The chicks and Clementine were sitting around as their father told them a story before bed like he usually did on most nights. Ginger would chime in every so often with the story as Rocky was telling them about the time himself and Ginger were in the dreaded pie machine and escaped

"How did you escape?" Grayson gasped, clutching his little tail feathers

"Well we were in an oven and we barely got out of there alive. I uh...lost my footing though and fell into a pie, got some gravy in my eyes..." Rocky says, a little embarrassed

"I had to save your father after he fell into every single pie." Ginger elbows her mate

The kids giggled which embarrassed Rocky even more

The rooster clears his throat. "But the machine started to rumble and go into chaos after the carrot shot out of the gravy dispenser I plugged up and knocked some gears loose and we escaped without a single scratch but we were both exhausted from what we went through."

"I hope I never go in a pie machine." Clementine shudders

The chicks nodded in agreement. They settled down for the night and had pleasant dreams until suddenly they all dreams of their own about being in a pie machine...

Grayson dreamed about getting trapped in the oven, Ava dreamed about drowning from being doused with too much gravy, Ricky being shredded by the spinning razors, Lillian unable to escape from her pie prison and Clementine getting flattened by the dough roller

None of them got much sleep because of their nightmares constantly happening over and over, tossing and turning numerously in their nests

Ginger and Rocky got the chicks up for breakfast since they slept in

"They don't look too good." Rocky murmurs

Ginger picked up Ricky and sighs. "Darling, you wet your nest again."

"I couldn't help it! It was the pie machines fault!" Ricky chirps

"What are you talking about?" Rocky asked

"The pie machine got me too!" Clementine trembled

"Me too!" Lillian chirps

"Me three!" Ava chimes in

"Did you all have nightmares about the pie machine?" Ginger asked her children, all of them nodding

Ginger had an idea and puts her son down. "You all have nothing to worry about. That was the only pie machine in existence. There are no more."

The chicks and the duckling relaxed at this. No more pie machines in the world was good to hear. Even if it was a lie that their mother made up. They had nothing to fear

"Smart, doll face." Rocky whispers

"I didn't see you step up with any ideas." Ginger teased

"What's for breakfast?" Grayson asked

"Pie." Rocky jokes

"Daddy that's not funny." Ava pouts

"Yeah. Show some respect." Ricky folds his wings

Ginger and Rocky chuckle at their kids. They may show fear at times but deep down the couple knew their kids would turn out to be just like them. Maybe even so when they become adults

Sorry for the short chapters. Until the next one! :)