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No sooner had the train pulled up to the Bunnyburrow train station and the doors had opened than Judy was running down the stairs, small suitcase in paw, to greet her parents and some of her siblings on the station platform.

"Mom! Dad!" Her voice was ebullient as usual, as she embraced both her parents. Her siblings soon joined in soon after, with the smaller ones crowding around their legs as they fought each other for space.

"Well, it's good to see you too, hun!" Stu began, breaking out of the hug, all smiles and warmth. Her mother, Bonnie, and her various siblings around were likewise, beaming at her with familial warmth. "Come along now. Much has changed 'round here since you left, young lady! I'd be happy to show you some of them, especially what the Jumps family has done. It'll knock your socks off!"

"I can't wait!" Judy said in earnest, returning her own toothy smile.

With that, they all started walking out past the station building and toward the truck parked in the parking lot.

After they had all bundled in, and Stu had driven them all back to their old home, Judy took the time to get reacquainted with her surroundings once she had hopped off the truck bed along with her siblings, which were now eagerly racing each other to the front door.

Bonnie simply sighed with a smile as she exited the passenger side of the truck, and trudged off after them leaving Judy standing alone and Stu still behind the driver's wheel.

Standing beside the now stopped truck, she took in the old large wooden barn house that towered regally in front of her, as well as the endless carrot farmlands that stretched out as far as her eye could see. She may have been away from all of this for over two years, but being back here never failed to give her a sense of nostalgia.

After all, there would always be a sense of warmth that could only come from the place you grew up and formed most of your childhood memories.

"So," Stu began from somewhere behind her, breaking her out of her reverie. She hadn't noticed that he had left the driver's seat. "You want to see what's been brewing here?"

Judy spun around to see her father practically brimming with excitement - eyes shining, ruddy cheeks, and a wide toothy grin on his face.

What could possibly make him this excited?

"I haven't even unpacked yet. What's so special?"

"Well you'll just have to wait and see."

"Now?"

"No time like the present, right Judes?"

Judy heard footsteps behind her and turned around again to see her younger sister, Carlie walking up to them, thumb of her left paw in her mouth. Carlie may have been eleven, but she still sucked her thumb occasionally, like she was doing now.

Turning back to the truck, she grabbed her small suitcase from the truck-bed and handed it to her.

"Carlie, could you put this in my room for me, please? I've got to go somewhere."