This one is longer, I felt as if I jipped you out with the last chapter.

Wow, my mom was way too loud. Ella sat up to fast and whacked Iggy in the chin with her head, causing both of them to blush and rub their head. Angel woke up before Gazzy and realized that he was drooling all over her, causing a huge commotion. Nudge didn't really wake up, just kind of rolled over. Me and Fang, however, watched this entire scene unfold, and started laughing our heads off.

But finally, everyone got out of the car and stared across the frozen lake. We were at the Marina of the lake, and there was a stationary dock there with a gas pump on it. There was also a house, with two levels, one the marina part, the other part is where the people lived. Then there was the lake.

It wasn't anything like some lakes I've seen, considering the size, but it was still a bigger one. The snow was sparkling in the early sun, like millions of diamonds. It was super clean, with some sort of track criss-crossing in the middle. There were some bare patches of ice showing, but that just added to the effect of it's beauty. Fang came up beside me with my coat, but took my hand as we gazed across the frozen wonderland.

"Wow," He said. It came out quiet though, as if the snow absorbed his word. Then getting to it, he held my coat out and I put it on. His was already on so we just stood there as the rest of the flock got all of their stuff out of the van. Fang already got mine and his out for us. Isn't he sweet?

As my mom moved the van into a plowed parking space, a woman came out of the marina, only in a windbreaker and slippers. Following her, there were three dogs, all eager to introduce themselves to Total and Akila.

"Wow, Val has done some serious sexing in order to get all of your guys." Did she seriously just say that? Who was this person?

"I'm just kidding ya, she's told me how she got the rest of ya. Now, tell me your names, but no funny business, I want to get them right." She looked at Iggy first.

Nudge moved up and tapped his hand.

"Now don't be shy, no one really comes around here except those damn electric guys that are always messing with my power. Just tell me your names."

"Uh, hi, my name is Iggy."

"And I'm Nudge."

She started looking at them funny.

"Those are the most messed up names I've heard in a while. Good job. Continue." She looked over at me and Fang. WE just looked at each other and he went first.

"My name's Fang."

"Max."

"The Gasman!" and he let one rip. There you go, she'll never forget his name.

"Angel. Can I pet your dogs?"

"Of course you can, darling. Just make sure Shakira doesn't jump up. We've been training her for three months so that mutt better not."

Angel just smiled and started playing with the dogs. We heard the crunch of footprints in the snow, and looked up to see an man with a beard and sun glasses walking towards us.

"Is this the new clan? Ever since Dave Oliver gave up the foster kids, there has been no screaming on the lake. Hi, I'm Ron."

He went around and shook all of our hands. He seemed a bit weird. Not a bad weird, just a crazy kind of weird.

"Oh yeah, how could I forget. I'm Debbie and we both run the marina here." She looked at Ron's boots. "How many damn times have I told you to change the laces of those ugly things? They are all broken and they hardly stay on your feet anymore. Jeez…" Wow, this was an insane couple. Just then, my mom came back after she found a parking space she could get out of.

"Hey Deb, Ron. How's the lake?" her words came out in little puffs as she walked closer to where were standing.

"Oh, it's good. Has a prop and a half of ice, but watch out for the shores. They have been showing signs of going ever since that warm front came in. But other than that, just a few slushy parts that the riders have been complaining about. How long you up here for?" If anyone in the flock actually knew what she was talking about, they didn't show it.

"Um, just for 3 days. They all have to finish their homework that none of them brought up." She looked at all of us with an accusing look on her face. "Are the machines ready for us? I was hoping they would be by the time we got here."

"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. " Ron said nodding repeatedly. "Just over in the hut. Come on kiddies, we got a surprise for you." I was just about to follow him into the snowy trail just off the road when I felt something ram into my butt.

"Ow!" I exclaimed and turned around to the accuser.

"Baaaa." The goat replied, tilted his head and ran into my leg.

"Go, get. That hurts you know."

"Baaaa." He sounded again and tilted his head for another hit.

"Paper! Get over here you stupid animal!" Ron shouted.

"Baaaa." The goat looked at me and trotted over to where Ron was waiting for him.

"Why do they have goats?" I asked Fang as he came up laughing beside me.

"Just for kicks." I glared at him and went to the trail that everyone was getting on. We continued down the train for a few hundred meters when I saw a small grey building. Ron opened a plywood door and held out for us as we trailed into the hut. Inside we saw 4 gleaming snowmobiles. They were all different colors and had detailed helmets on their seats.

"OH SWEET!" Gazzy and Iggy high fived and ran to the closest snowmobile. Angel ran to the one that looked a bit too sparkly to be normal, and Ella went through all the helmets, trying to find the one that fit.

I just stood there, looking at the big vehicles. There was no freaking way this was real. This was just way too cool to be true.

"Well, go try them out." And with that, Ron pushed down the wall that the machines were facing. That was unexpected.

Aha, I love the goats at the marina. :D I think one more chapter is in order to make this a exsam gift. Don't fail like I did. ;)

Ella