A New Princess
Madeleine trotted off the ferry that she used to get to from Northern Arabland to Coltland, she then called Blackberry, a unicorn and Hazel, a pegasus, to follow her and they jumped excitedly over to her.
"Come on, you two, we're going to visit your grandparents and your uncle and soon to be aunt." Madeleine said as they trotted next to her.
"Soon to be aunt?" Blackberry, the youngest one, asked with widened dark purple eyes.
"Yes, your uncle Thaddeus is going to get married to Crystal in about a month and it is going to look so beautiful as it will be a royal wedding. Your uncle could be a prince." Madeleine replied with a wide smile.
"That's going to be soooooo, awesome!" Hazel, the older sister by two years, yelled with confidence and she also gave her best confident look.
That was so like her.
"Hey, Maddie!" Madeleine turned around at the sound of her nickname and saw her brother Thaddeus galloping towards them.
The siblings then trotted to each other and gave each other hugs and did their secret hoofshake.
"Uncle Thaddeus!" Blackberry squealed as Hazel flew after her and they tackled Thaddeus to the ground and he struggled to get his excitable nieces off him.
"I'll never get used to being called an uncle for a long time," Thaddeus said to himself as he got up and brushed himself off.
"I noticed that you two lassies have got your cutie marks." Blackberry and Hazel nodded their heads really fast.
"I got my cutie mark when I was picking some blackberries at a charity event and Hazel said that I got my cutie mark and I was so happy that I wanted to fly in the air in excitement but I don't have wings. I want to be an alicorn like Grandmother Elena!" Blackberry replied with a burst of excitement as usual.
"I got my cutie mark when I went on a school trip to a factory. They were making chocolate and when they allowed us to make them and I put hazelnuts into mine and this cutie mark appeared," Hazel said with a smile. "I just hope no pony got an allergic reaction from the hazelnuts."
She then whipped some of her chocolate brown mane out of her eyes.
"How are you and Crystal by the way?" Madeleine asked as she, Thaddeus, Blackberry and Hazel were walking to the castle.
"We're looking forward to the wedding next month and we have a surprise for you when we get to the castle." Thaddeus replied with a smile and they then started to trot and changed to a canter until they got to the castle.
They walked through the door where Elena and Duncan and the rest of the herd except Sven and Magnus all stood there with grins on their faces. Colette wasn't smiling the slightest and had a face of sadness and worry. Madeleine already knew why she looked like that.
"So, what's the surprise that you have for us, Uncle Thaddeus?" Blackberry asked with the same smile she had on since arriving at Coltland.
Crystal then flew out of a room, holding a banner and she hung up on the wall and gave a smile to her soon to be nieces. They turned to the banner and it read "You're going to be an aunt to a filly named Golden Heart" and Madeleine hung her mouth open and Blackberry and Hazel jumped about excitedly as their mum stood motionless.
"I'm going to be an aunt?" Madeleine asked in disbelief.
"We're going to be cousins?" Blackberry and Hazel asked in the same tone as their mum's.
Crystal and Thaddeus nodded as did the others and smiled.
"Oh my stars!" Hazel squealed and to her surprise she started to fly around the castle. "I can fly!"
Everypony stomped their hooves and cheered at her and they went to the next room to celebrate with cakes and healthy snacks.