That night, the toddlers were sleeping soundly on the bed. Well, except for Vanilla, who was tossing and turning in her sleep and whimpering a bit. She was having a nightmare.

(Vanilla's dream):

[There was a 6 year old rabbit sitting on a bench having a great time enjoying the singing Flickies. "Vanilla!" A voice said. The voice snapped Vanilla out of her thoughts and she looked at the source of the voice. It was no more than her best friend, Vector. He was running towards Vanilla. "Hey, Vector!" Vanilla responded. Vector stopped running as he got to Vanilla. He was trying to catch his breath.

"V... Vanilla! I was wondering if you want to join me at the ice cream parlor, later? I'll buy the ice cream if you want?" Vector asked with a blush. Vanilla nodded in agreement. "Of course, Vector! But, I have to ask my mom and dad first. Okay?" Vanilla asked. Vector nodded and waved to Vanilla and left. After getting permission from her mom and dad, Vanilla was with Vector at the parlor.

After that, the 2 friends were walking and talking to each other. "Thank you for the ice cream, Vector! It was delicious!" Vanilla thanked the 8 year old crocodile. Vector put his hand behind his head. "Aww! No sweat, Vanilla! I'm glad you enjoyed your ice cream!" Vector responded with a blush. Vector and Vanilla were walking until they saw a Police car pull up next to them.

The 2 friends were confused at this. They were worried about what they did wrong. But, the window rolled down revealing a dark blue rabbit with orange markings around his eyes and the tip of his ears. 3 bangs stook out of his head (similar to Amy's). He was wearing his Police uniform. Vector and Vanilla sighed with relief. It was Vanilla's father, Carlos the rabbit.

"Vanilla! You and Vector better get back to the house! Now!" Carlos said with a stern voice. "What's wrong, daddy?" Vanilla asked confused and worried. "There's trouble up ahead and I don't want you both to get involve in this! This is Police matter!" Carlos responded. He drove off, leaving Vector and Vanilla confused. "I think we should go, Vector! My daddy sounded pretty serious." Vanilla said as she grabbed Vector's arm.

But, Vector didn't move as he kept staring at the direction that Vanilla's father was going. "I think we should follow your dad and see if we can he help!" Vector said with a determine voice. Vanilla's eyes widen. She knows when Vector's tone is determine, they're going to do it. Vector grabbed Vanilla's arm and followed the car's trail.

They stopped as they saw Police cars, Fire trucks, and ambulances at the Mobotropolis power plant building and a big crowd . The 2 kids ran through the crowd to get to the building only to get stopped by a familiar cop. Carlos looked at the children with a crossed look. Vector and Vanilla gulped from Carlos' angry look.

"I thought I told you both to get home, Vanilla? What are you both doing out here?" Carlos asked with a stern voice. "Sorry, daddy." Vanilla apologized. "S-Sorry, Mr. Rabbit. But, I wanted us to help you with your problem." Vector said with an apologetic voice. Carlos looked at both the kids with soften eyes. "I know you 2 want to help, but, this is very dangerous and I don't either of you to get hurt, you both understand?" Carlos asked.

Both the kids nodded. Then, a dog officer ran up to Carlos. "Carlos! We got almost everyone out of the building." The dog reported. "'Almost? Who else is left in there, Richard?" Carlos asked. "Professor Harold, sir!" Richard responded. "WHAT?!" Carlos yelled. Professor Harold happens to be one of Carlos' older brothers. They are real close to each other. Carlos didn't like the idea of one of his older brothers left in the burning building.

He looked at Vector and then, at Vanilla who was shocked by this news. "Daddy? Is Uncle Harold going to be okay?" Vanilla asked with a worried voice. Carlos bend down to Vanilla and Vector's level. "I'm going into the building, you both stay out here, okay?" Carlos asked. Vector and Vanilla nodded. Carlos ran to the building and his favorite cap flew off his head and landed on the ground.

Vanilla grabbed and looked at it for a minute and then, ran to the building. "Wait, daddy! You forgot your-!" But, the building exploded. It made Vanilla flew back and she landed on the ground.A few minutes later, Vector ran towards her and sat her up. "Are you okay, Vanilla?" Vector asked. Vanilla nodded. But, she gasped as she looked at the burned building and back at Vector. "Where's my daddy, Vector?" Vanilla asked with a panicked voice.

Vector looked at Vanilla with sad eyes. "I-I'm sorry, Vanilla. But, your dad is... Gone." Vector responded with a sad voice. Vanilla's eyes widen and she looked at the burning building which the fire fighters are putting out. Her eyes teared up and slide down her cheeks. She shut her eyes tight. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" She yelled]

"WHAAAAHHHHHHH" Vanilla cried. The other toddlers woke up from her cry. But, surprisingly, the 3 older kids didn't wake up from it. Espio, Sonia and Tails got out of bed and ran over to Wally's room. The door was already opened, so the 3 toddlers walked over to his bed and climbed it. Tails walked to Wally's and tugged on his ear.

Wally's eyes opened up and so did Cream's. They looked at the 3 toddlers with tired looks. "What's wrong guys?" Wally asked. "Vanilla's cwying, Olly!" Sonia responded. The other 2 nodded in agreement. Cream gasped and jumped out of bed and ran with the 3 toddlers running after her. Wally got out of bed and to the bedroom too with the now fully awake Charmy flying behind him.

Once they reach the room, they saw Vector hugging Vanilla but, this time, she didn't stop crying. Cream walked over to Vanilla and picked her up and left the room. She sat in the living room rocking chair and rocked Vanilla. "What's wrong, mommy? Why are you crying?" Cream asked the crying baby mother rabbit. Vanilla let out sniffs as she looked up at her daughter with big teary sad eyes. "Me had nightmare, Cream." Vanilla responded.

Cream looked at her mother with sad pity eyes. She gave Vanilla a kiss on her forehead like she did to her when she was a toddler. Vanilla started to calm down a bit. Cream looked at her and then, a question popped into her head. "Was your nightmare about your daddy again?" Cream asked. Vanilla looked at her with fresh tears forming in her eyes.

"Wes! Me want mwy dwaddy, Cweam!" Vanilla responded. Cream looked at Vanilla with sad eyes. She remembered the story her mother told her about what happened to Vanilla's real father (Hailey got married about a year later) and what happened to him. Cream smiled though and started rocking Vanilla a little bit. Vanilla started to calm down again.

She leaned against Cream's chest and let a few extra tears slide down her cheeks. Cream saw them and wipe the tears away from her eyes with her thumb. She picked Vanilla up and placed her on her shoulder and rubbed her back slowly while rocking her and humming her a lullaby. Vanilla really enjoyed this. She layed her head on Cream's shoulder and stook her thumb into her mouth and began sucking on it slowly.

Her eyes were getting heavy and they finally closed. Cream felt Vanilla's back slowly going up and down. She knew she was asleep and she smiled at her sleeping baby mother. "Wow! You're good!" A voice said. Cream gasped as she looked right next to her. She saw Wally and Charmy standing right next to her. "Oh! I guess I learned from my mother!" Cream said as she looked at the sleeping Vanilla.

Wally and Charmy nodded in agreement. Then, Charmy let out a big yawn. "*Yawn* Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm going back to bed!" Charmy said as he flew back to his room and closed his door. Cream and Wally yawned as well. "Well, we should drop her off and get to bed ourselves." Wally said. Cream nodded and got up slowly with out waking Vanilla up.

They walked over to the toddler's room and Cream slowly try to put Vanilla down, but, Vanilla had a good grip on Cream's pajamas. "Nnngg! Mommy let go!" Cream whispered. "Mmm! Nwo gwo, Cweam!" Vanilla whispered back. Cream stood back up with Vanilla still gripping to Cream's pajamas. Cream heard some sniffling and look down. Vanilla had tears forming in her eyes again.

"Nwo gwo. Pwease, Cweam?" Vanilla whispered. Cream looked Vanilla with pity eyes. She looked at Wally and he knows what she's going to ask. "Can mother sleep with us, Wally?" Cream asked. Wally didn't like this one bit. Then he heard 2 whimperings and he looked Cream and Vanilla. He got nervous because, they were doing the puppy look. Wally put up his hands in the air.

"Alright, Alright! She'll sleep with us just for tonight!" Wally said. Cream and Vanilla smiled. All 3 friends walked to Wally's room and got into the bed. Vanilla slept between Wally and Cream. Wally looked at Vanilla who, was snuggling against Cream. She began sucking her thumb again while enjoying being against her daughter's warm body.

Wally looked at the 2 sleeping rabbits. He couldn't help but to smile at this mother and daughter moment. He fell asleep and was wondering what tomorrow's going to be like.

Hope y'all enjoy this! R & R!

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