"Night, Sara..." Miracle says softly, not actually hearing the girl. She then gave in and had a little cry.
Columbia showed Magenta to the room where Miracle was.
Magenta looked to see the girl, getting a closer look. She couldn't believe her eyes and she put her hands to her mouth. "Oh, my little Miracle..." she whispered.
Columbia nudged her gently. "Go in and soothe her..." she whispers.
Miracle was quietly crying into her bag still, her emotions had ran high all day.
Magenta smiled, then went in quietly. "Are you okay, sveetie?" her voice rang melodically inside the room like a natural mother.
Miracle's head shot up, a few tear streaks down her face. She looked at Magenta with wide eyes. "Huh?" she asks softly. She wasn't expecting a visitor.
"Excuse me, child..." Magenta came in closer and sat on the bed. "I just vanted to take a look at you..."
"Vhy?" Miracle asks softly. She was still scared, but not as much as she was when she first came into the castle and saw Magenta.
Magenta twiddled her fingers together and looked into the girl's eyes that could only match her own. "Vell, h-h-have you ever felt different from your family?"
Miracle nodded slowly, but surely. "Yes..." she says softly.
"There's a reason for that..." Magenta told the girl and dug out a picture she had kept for a very long time in her life. She showed Miracle a photograph of a young couple who looked reminiscent of her and her brother, Riff Raff with a bundle that had pale as the moon skin with shimmering platinum blonde hair with emerald-green eyes. "Does this baby seem familiar to you?"
Miracle gently and carefully took the picture to have a closer look. She then looked up at the woman with wide eyes. "That baby is me..." she says softly, no louder than a whisper.
"Yes, Miracle, it is..." Magenta confirmed, using the girl's name and sounded emotional as a smile with tears in her eyes came plastered on her pale face.
Miracle started to breathe quickly and in short gasps. "S-so a-all my life v-vas a lie?" she asks, her voice showing her shock and her quickness of breath, meaning she was almost hyperventilating.
"Oh, honey..." Magenta frowned, holding her hands out, seeing how shaken Miracle was with all this news. It must have been so overwhelming her to run away from the home she grew up knowing nearly all her life only to find out now she was adopted and her biological mother was a stranger in the room with her.
"N-No... N-Not yet..." Miracle gasps, not letting Magenta touch her yet. She wasn't totally rejecting the woman, but it was obvious she would end up getting in a worse state if she touched her.
Magenta stepped back and went to the door. "It's okay... I understand... Good night, Miracle..." she shut the door without another word and left the room.
Little Precious had crept out of her room successfully, but unfortunately, she ended up in her father's bed without realizing it. Miracle clutched her head a little and kept breathing like that. She was half crying too. She was so surprised, shocked and overwhelmed. She started to get a little light-headed.
Columbia looked at Magenta, having been waiting down the corridor a bit. "So, what happened?" she asks.
Magenta sighed and came back. "She believes her whole life vas a lie..." she looked up at Columbia with tears streaming down her face.
Columbia looked sadly at Magenta. She hugged the woman a few seconds and then pulled back. "What happened?" she asks.
Miracle went to the water jug that had fresh water in and tried to pour herself a drink. She was shaking a little too.
"I think it vas just too much for her... I told her she vas adopted..." Magenta told the groupie, softly.
Columbia dried Magenta's tears. "What was her reaction, and what was she doing before you came out?" she asks.
"She vas sleeping, but crying." Magenta explained softly. "I knew she'd hate me..."
Miracle managed to get a drink, but ended up dropping the glass as she swayed a little.
Little Precious noticed she was in her father's bed. She was about to get out, but Frank moaned passionately in his sleep and grabbed onto his daughter and snuggling with her like he were in a dream.
"Mm... hello, beautiful..." Frank purred, stroking her hair.
Riff was doing a last check around. Little Precious muffled out for help as her father was snuggling with her in a rather adult way. Riff heard the commotion in Frank's room and sighed and sneaked in to rescue the Princess.
Miracle winced at the crash and then dropped, having fainted.
Columbia heard the crash and looked at Magenta. "Come on..." she says and rushed with the woman to see what had gone on.
Magenta's face paled, even more so than it already was and rushed with Columbia. She had seen Miracle in the middle of the floor in distress. "Honey!" she cried and picked her up in her arms and held her close. "It's okay, dear, Mommy's gotcha..." she whispered, holding the young girl close to her chest and stroked her hair, nearly crying again.
Columbia set to cleaning the mess so no one would hurt themselves on the glass. Miracle, who was still in a faint, gave a soft groan. Her breathing was slowly calming down though.
"Thank you, Collie." Magenta whispered to Columbia as she tried to soothe Miracle.
Columbia gave a tiny smile. She then put the rubbish away and came closer to the room again to keep an eye on them. Miracle, in her 'out of it' state and sensing the familiar vibes even if she only knew them as a baby, kind of held onto Magenta. Her breathing was definitely calming down.
Magenta sat on the guest bed, holding Miracle like a baby. "Oh, please be okay, sveetheart..." she then started to hum an infamous Transylvanian lullaby, she sang it to Miracle when the girl was born and she had hoped that would be one of the memories the girl would keep from home.
Miracle seemed to calm down even more. She settled into a proper sleep, looking almost like a porcelain doll. Columbia closed her eyes. Magenta hummed a bit, still using the lullaby to hopefully settle the girl. Miracle breathed softly as she slept. The motherliness of Magenta soothing her a little.
Magenta felt relieved as Miracle's breathing was more soft and calm. "Oh, my sveet baby..."
Frank turned over in his sleep, snoring as his daughter was taken away.
Little Precious shuddered as she left the room. "Th-Th-That was... t-t-traumatizing and embarrassing..."
Riff escorted the girl back to her room. "That is why I'm not going to do anything, except bring you back..." he says. He hated what he had to do, but he'd have to shut her in for the night, she had disobeyed twice now.
Little Precious scoffed at him. "Maybe I should send YOU to the dungeon." she threatened, pointing deathly to the handyman.
Riff didn't answer and simply let the girl back into her room, before shutting the door and locking it. Luckily there was a en-suite bathroom, though it didn't lead out to the hall.
Little Precious stuck her tongue out and stormed to her bed. "Stupid Riff Raff... Doesn't know how to treat a princess..." she muttered to herself, then got back in her bed.
Riff went to bed, now that Little Precious couldn't disobey again.
Brad shifted a bit in his sleep. He was very concerned for Miracle. He had to admit, even though the girl wasn't his biological daughter, he still loved her as much as he did Mark and Sara. He knew she was lost, but just wondered where, he really wanted to find her.
If she wasn't back by tomorrow morning or afternoon, the family was going to travel at night and find Miracle, no matter how stormy it was outside, just thinking about Miracle's condition out there was enough to make him brave enough to do anything for her. Janet was sleeping, though she had a slight crease between her eyebrows as she slept.
The next morning Miracle awoke to find she was in the embrace of the two long-term friends. She looked worried, but kept still. Columbia had snuck in in the night as she was half asleep and must have crawled into the bed. Riff woke up early, but had a few minutes lie in.
Janet was awake early and was drinking coffee. Magenta softly snored, but not nasally or loudly. Frank slept in, like most mornings while his servants would wake up and prepare him everything. Little Precious slept in too, nearly half-way off her bed. Brad couldn't sleep very well with Miracle out there in the world alone. Probably lost, cold, and hungry.
Janet handed Brad a coffee. Brad muttered a morning greeting and took the cup, sipping some. Brad smiled at her, then frowned once he saw that Miracle didn't come back. He had left some of the leftover cookies on the table for her if she would have come while they were all sleeping and saw the cookies were all untouched. Janet looked at Brad. She wrapped her arm around him and hugged him.
Brad sighed. "What if she doesn't want to come home as soon as we find her?"
Janet looked at him. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but we must find her..." she says.
"I guess so, Janet..." Brad muttered, looking grim.
Brad stirred the coffee cup with his hand under his cheek in distress.
Miracle didn't dare wake up the two women. She whimpered in her mind though. Columbia shifted and ended up falling off the bed.
Little Precious finally woke up and jiggled her doorknob. "Open, you stupid!" she growled, pounding on the door with her hand. "SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF THIS STUPID DOOR!"
Frank was still sleeping, curled up in a fluff ball. Riff got up, dressed and washed, and then went searching for Magenta. He searched until he found her, Miracle and Columbia. He internally smiled as he saw the way Miracle and Magenta were.
"HEEEY! SOMEONE OPEN THIS DOOR!" Little Precious screamed.
Frank came passing down the hall with his robe and face cream and he opened the door. "Good morning, sweetie..." he then leaned forward much to her dismay and he planted a smothering kiss on her face.
Magenta's eyes flashed open and looked down to see the groupie. "Columbia...?"
"I'm okay, Maggie..." Columbia says as she got back up to a standing position. She smiled slightly at the sight of the recently reunited Mother and Child.
Miracle released a soft and gentle, but shaky breath. "C-Can you l-let g-go please?" she asks softly. She was uncomfortable a little.
Magenta looked down. "Oh, sorry hon..." she did as told and released the girl from her grasp before the longest time. She smiled deeply once her brother came in and sighed, looking back down at Miracle. "Vould you like to meet your father?"
"My... Father?" Miracle asks quietly and softly, her eyes widening.
Riff looked in, he almost went to leave seeing the scaredness in Miracle's face. Columbia, however, stopped him. Magenta bit her lip. This wasn't how she often imagined possibly in reuniting with her long-lost daughter. She envisioned that her daughter would ask a thousand questions and she and Riff would take the child out for ice cream and some motion picture shows.
Little Precious came by whimpering and wiping her father's slobber off her face. She saw everyone in Magenta and Columbia's room. "Heeey! I want attention!" she hopped around as everyone was focused on a very overwhelmed Miracle.
"Uh, do you have a phone..?" she asks softly, nervous of all the attention. She looked at Little Precious, looking scared.
Riff looked at the poor girl. "Yes, this way..." he says, slowly.
Magenta sighed and held herself, looking down at the floor. "Maybe I shouldn't have told her..." she whispered with a tear rolling down her cheek.
"I, uh, needed to know... Don't feel bad..." Miracle says softly. She then followed Riff Raff to the phone. When she got there, she called Brad and Janet.
Columbia held Magenta, and reminded the woman that the girl was probably shocked and nervous, and so she wasn't to feel bad about how Miracle reacted.
"The sooner you show her the phone, the sooner you can make my breakfast!" Little Precious glared at Riff.
Riff ignored Little Precious a moment. He left Miracle to call whoever she needed too.
"She's gonna think I abandoned her on purpose!" Magenta cried. No one ever saw her this emotional, except maybe Riff Raff and Columbia.
Little Precious was shocked. "Wow... Magenta has feelings!"
Magenta glared at her. "If your father's not on this floor, I'm going to jungle pounce you again..."
Columbia clung to Magenta. "Don't worry, when everyone calms down, we'll get it so you can talk properly..." she says.
"Thanks, Laura..." Magenta teased, using the groupie's birth name.
Columbia fake glared at Magenta.
"Shall ve get breakfast?" Magenta had an amused smirk on her face.
Columbia shrugged. "Sure." she says.
Columbia skipped by and nudged Magenta to get the girl too.
Riff went to get something for Little Precious' and Frank's breakfast, giving Magenta a break. Miracle clung to the phone and called them.
Janet, hearing the phone ring, ran to answer it. Brad watched her go and continued to stir his cup.
"Hello?" Janet asks.
"...Mom?" Miracle asks, actually hesitating before saying the word.
"Miracle?!" Janet exclaims.
Brad shot up from his seat as he heard Janet say Miracle's name.
"Come on, Mark, there's other people in the house too." Sara slapped on the bathroom door. She really needed to work on her self-defense.
"Yeah it's me... I ended up in this veird castle in the voods... Come and get me... I'm sorry I ran avay..." she whispers. These people were strange, and she was over emotional, after finding out the truth.
Janet looked slightly relieved. "We'll come and get you, sweetheart." she tells the girl.
"Where is she? Is she with a boy?" Brad growled, a little over protectively.
Sara came over, hearing her parents on the phone. "Who is it?" she asked, curiously.
Miracle sniffled slightly. "Please hurry..." she whispers and then hung up.
Columbia skipped by and nudged Magenta to get the girl too. Miracle looked at the women passing by with a nervous look. Had they heard her call?
Magenta nudged her back. "Stop it, Coco..." she muttered with an amused smirk.
"Go and inform her that breakfast is done," Columbia whispers back.
"Ah, there you are, ready for breakfast?" Magenta asked Miracle, smiling as friendly as she could, then smiled back at Columbia, then back down at Miracle.
"Uh, yes, ma'am..." Miracle says softly.
Columbia took both their hands and pulled them to the dining room. Magenta grunted from being pulled, but made her feet walk.
Frank was at the table and waited to be served. "Little Precious, get your butt down here this instant!"
The princess grumbled and went to the dining room table. "Morning, Daddy..." she went to sit down, but was pulled back.
"Ah, ah, ah...you know the rules." Frank tutted.
"Daddy, do I have to?" she whined, looking around nervously to make sure the others weren't watching.
Riff got the food sorted. Little Precious and Frank sat together and Little Precious talked about herself like always while Frank smiled at her when she was positive. He loved her to bits, but it felt hard to love her sometimes when she would act up. Riff brought the food in, he didn't know Frank knew about Miracle.
"What's for breakfast?" Frank asked with a smile.
Little Precious slammed the table top. "FOOD! NOW!"
"Ham and cheese omelettes, pancakes, and bacon..." Riff says.
"Ah, excellent!" Frank beamed, taking the bigger part of the portion for himself.
"Wine, NOW." Little Precious demanded.
"Monkey, don't be spoiled." Frank scolded a bit.
Riff Raff looked at Little Precious, "Wine is for adults..." he says, forcing himself to be respectful more in front of Frank.
"WINE!" Little Precious growled.
Frank grabbed her wrist. "Don't!" he snapped at her for being brutish towards Riff.
Riff looked at Frank, a little bit of true respect for the man. Afterall, Frank barely stood up to Little Precious unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Come on, it doesn't taste that bad!" Little Precious argued.
Frank shot up. "YOU TASTED MY WINE!?"
The princess gulped and hid under the table.
Frank sighed. "I'll get the pump..."
"Mornin', Frankie!" Columbia chirps.
Miracle flinched slightly and blushed a little. Riff looked at the three people who just came in.
"Morning, Columbia, my dear." Frank beamed at her.
Magenta came in, wondering whether to sit down or stand up and help serve the food.
"How are ya?" Collie chirps.
Miracle looked timidly at the floor.
"I'm fine, you?" Frank grinned at her. "Anticipated for our little party tonight?"
Magenta glared at Little Precious, making the princess avoid her hateful gaze.
"I'm excited!" Columbia grins. She then gasped happily. "Ooh, can, Miracle come too? We can dress her up in something suitable!" she then asks, and adds. After all Frank had the best taste in her opinion.
Miracle's head shot up with wide eyes.
"Umm... If it's okay with her..." Frank shrugged, smirking at Miracle once he got a good view of her. "Little Precious can tell her about it."
The princess growled at him for forcing her to do such a thing.
Magenta bit her lip, nervous about the poor blonde girl overwhelmed in just staying for the night in such a strange place.
"Me an' you gotta dress her up though." Columbia gushes and clung to Frank.
Miracle nervously twisted a strand of hair between her hands.
Frank smiled. "Well, okay...Still gonna show her what we do, Little Precious."
"I never get what I want..." Little Precious growled to herself as Riff served her.
"Behave or you're spending the night vith me again!" Magenta threatened.
Columbia grinned. Miracle looked at Little Precious, and looked kind of sad but nervous. She looked shy too. Little Precious grumbled to herself and picked at her breakfast. Magenta wanted to comfort Miracle, but she decided to wait until the girl was more used to her. Columbia was cuddling up to Frank.
Miracle scratched the back of her head. She blinked as Riff got her to sit down and put some food in front of her. Frank grinned, nuzzling her. Magenta rolled her eyes at her master and the groupie, but smiled at Riff. Little Precious stayed quiet and ate her breakfast. Columbia grinned happily. Miracle looked shyly at Magenta and Riff, curious even if she thought she wasn't going to stay at all. Riff gave a tiny smirk to Magenta.
"My best girl..." Frank cooed and stroked the groupie's face, then had an evil smile. "No longer deal with EDDIE."
"Eddie!" Little Precious hiccupped about him.
Magenta smirked back.
Columbia looked surprised. "Eddie?" she asks.
Miracle toyed with the food a little. She was too nervous to eat. Riff also kept glancing at the girl who looked like a perfect mix of himself and Magenta.
Frank glanced at her warningly. He then looked back at his daughter. "Little Precious, I want you to be nice to our visitor. it's not often we receive visitors, you know..."
Little Precious heaved a nasty sigh. "Yes, Daddy..."
"She's so beautiful..." Magenta whispered to Riff.
Riff nodded. "Just as beautiful as you." he whispers back.
"Stop..." Magenta smiled.
Miracle looked between Frank and Little Precious "I-I don't vant to be a bother..." she says softly.
"Then why did you even COME HERE!?" Little Precious snarled at Miracle.
Columbia blinked at Little Precious. Miracle flinched as if physically struck. She looked down and then, as she was so nervous and scared, pushed away from the table and went to run out of the room. Riff caught the girl and instinctively held her. He looked furious in his eyes though his face went deadly calm.
"GO ON! GET OUT OF HERE!" Little Precious fumed.
Magenta's mouth gaped open then she firmly glared at the princess. "I don't care if she is going to be the future ruler over any grandchildren I may have, Frank! Control that girl!"
"LITTLE PRECIOUS!" Frank snapped, coming toward her and grabbed her arm a lot tighter than Riff.
Little Precious winced and awed in pain. Miracle shivered in the man's hold, her shoulders shaking in a way that showed she was trying not to cry. Riff wasn't mad at Miracle, but he was at Little Precious. Magenta tried to coo at her daughter.
Little Precious glared back at them. "I never get any attention around here!"
"What's the matter with you? "Frank sneered at her. "It's almost as if we can't make you happy anymore!"
Little Precious growled, folding her arms turning her back at her father.
"We have to work, Princess..." Riff says, his voice deceptively calm. He passed Miracle gently over to Magenta.
Miracle, rather upset, clung to the woman who was radiating motherly vibes.
Columbia, who wanted to calm the situation down, suddenly brightened. "If you look after Miracle, you'll have her attention while we're busy, and we'll get you done up nicely for the party too!" she chirps.
Magenta cooed and tried to settle Miracle by giving her endless comfort and warmth she never got to once she gave up the child for adoption.
"Really?" Little Precious seemed to warm up to Columbia.
Frank rubbed his head, having a head ache from his daughter's bratty behavior. Miracle soon settled down with the comforting. She loosened her grip once she did, but didn't actually let go. Riff ran his hand down his face a little.
Columbia nodded. "Yeah, we'll do you up pretty... But we can't if you don't help Miracle as then we couldn't get the party prepared." she says. She did secretly hope the girls would become friends and that Little Precious would apologize to the girl. If they became friends then Magenta could form a bond with her daughter.
Frank ate quietly. Little Precious glanced at Miracle, but puffed some air. If it would make Columbia happy, she would do it, because if anyone was caught making the groupie cry or unhappy, they would be severely punished for it. She had been hiding something from the girl, not just her long-lost parents.
"Are you hungry, child?" Magenta asked the blonde girl.
"Not really..." Miracle says softly. She couldn't stomach anything right then.
Riff looked at Little Precious. Columbia smiled at Little Precious and leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"That's okay, sveetie, if you don't vant to, I von't force you." Magenta tried to be as gentle as she could with Miracle.
The princess squirmed at the kiss.
"Stop whining." Frank told her sharply, then continued to eat.
Miracle offered a tiny smile, though it was shaky. Columbia happily ate then. Riff, who was standing not far from his sister and their child, glanced at them.
Janet looked worried then and looked at Brad. "She's at a castle in the woods..." she tells him.
"A castle in the woods...?" Brad sounded dumbfounded by that.
"Yes..." Janet had said. She then got everyone to get ready.
"Mom, I can look after Sara myself, we can stay here, we promise not to sneak off." Mark told his mother after he had heard the news about what they were doing today.
"Oh, yeah? What about that time I left you with your Uncle Steve and you snuck into an R-rated movie?" Brad reminded him, a little firmly.
"You will stay in the car with us today." Janet says.
"If Miracle's still alive." Mark smirked.
Sara then gasped, afraid of what would happen if Miracle were found dead. Janet smacked the back of Mark's head lightly.
Mark winced in slight pain.
"Who knows where that castle could be?" Brad sighed.
"Maybe there's a nice King and Queen in there who have taken Miracle in as a lady in waiting for their children!" Sara beamed as she heard 'castle'.
Janet looked slightly sad, but amused at Sara. "She just said in the woods..." she says.
"But, still." Sara shrugged.
"So come on, let's just go!" Janet says, determined to get her adopted daughter back.
"Hang on, Janet!" Brad tried to calm her.
"Why?" Janet asks.
"It's too early, maybe she's asleep by now..." Brad shrugged.
"No, it is morning now..." she says.
Brad sighed. "Fine, I'll get dressed, Mark, Sara, wash up."
"Adventure!" Mark grinned.
"Yay..." Sara sighed, avoiding his eyes. She'd rather stay in her room curled up with a good book.
Janet was already dressed. She made everyone some toast to eat on the way.
Mark and Sara sat in the back while Brad did the driving.
"Daddy, it's too early..." Sara moaned.
"I know, honey, but we need to get your sister home." Brad consoled.
"What if she doesn't WANNA come home?" Mark scoffed.
Janet looked back at her children. "She called to tell us where she was and to come and get her." she says.
Mark grunted. "Can't we just go somewhere else while you and Dad look?"
Sara put her nose in a book she brought with her to keep busy while her parents would look for Miracle.
"I know she's in that castle now, but I still wanna see just to make sure if Betty and Ralph haven't seen her." Brad said.
"If you think that's best, Brad..." Janet says.
"Just a quick check." Brad said, then drove to the Hapschatt house.
Janet nodded. Mark scoffed and looked out the window, bored.
"Sapphire Hapschatt is mean..." Sara muttered.
Brad drove over and parked. "Would you like to come in?" he asked his wife.
"No, no, it'll be after midnight by the time Mom finishes talking with Betty!" Mark whined.
Janet scowled a little at Mark. "No, I wouldn't be comfortable going inside when Mir is out there." she says to Brad.
"Okay, I'll just pop in and come back, then we'll go to the castle if Miracle isn't with them." Brad compromised.
"Castles don't have telephones, asshole..." Mark grumbled under his breath.
Janet looked at Mark. "Language..." she scolds. "And, yes, they can do." she then tells the boy.
"We never know." Sara shrugged.
Brad stopped at the house he and Janet had looked forward to visiting since the wedding they attended. "I'll be right back." he told his family, then quickly went to the front door and knocked on the door.
Ralph opened the door. "Brad." he greets, solemnly.
"Ralph," Brad nodded his head and adjusted his glasses. "I know you said you'd call, but I just wanted to make sure if Miracle was here or not."
Sara kept reading her book while Mark was lying against the window on his side, asleep.
Ralph looked at Brad. "Sorry, she's not here..." he says quietly.
Brad sighed. "Okay, just double checking... Thank you anyway, we're going for a drive to look for her, but thanks again."
"We'll keep an eye out." Ralph tells his friend.
Janet looked at Brad.
Brad nodded, then came back in the car. "Well, she's not here, let's find that castle." he told Janet before climbing back into the driver's seat.
Janet frowned softly and nodded.
"It's alright, Sara." Brad told her sharply, then started driving and did his best to drive to the woods without getting any flat tires. "If memory serves, Dr. Scott doesn't live too far into the forest..."
Janet soothed Sara. Sara did her best to calm down and looked out the window.
