Chapter Nine: Shopping and Surprises...

Barbie flipped through the dresses that were on display for sale, pausing at a pink sundress with dark pink roses. "This is cute... does it come in Chelsea and Kelly's size?"

"Who exactly are Chelsea and Kelly?" Queen Cecelia pulled out a simple designer sweater with sparkles, eyeing it curiously.

"My little sisters." Barbie suddenly wondered if she had told her apparent grandmother anything about the younger Roberts children.

"My husband mentioned that you mentioned that you have quite a few of them. You wouldn't mind telling me about them?"

Barbie shrugged, placing the dress back on the rack before moving onto another one. "Not much to say really. We're all pretty close, though. After me, it's Skipper, she's the family DJ and tech wiz. She loves technology and music and she's been working on her own DJing gig so that she can combine the two." Barbie picked up a bright red evening dress, examining it with some interest. "After Skipper, it's Stacie. Her real name is Anastasia but we've always called her Stacie. She prefers it too. She's the family athlete. And she is always making up new sports for her to play. If it's a sport, she's done it at least ten times." Barbie placed the dress back, before selecting another one, this time it was a off-shoulder glittery pink dress that fell to the floor. "Then its the twins. Todd and Tutti. Mind you, Tutti is short for Tiffany. Only I don't think we've ever called her that. They're both like Stacie, really into sports. The only difference is that they don't make up sports to play as well as the sports that do exist." She draped the dress over her arm, before moving to another rack, this time with accents for various outfits on it. "Chelsea is the family dancer. She's amazing too. Won a few rewards for her skills. She also has an obsession with marshmallows cupcakes, and animals."

"Marshmallows and cupcakes?" Queen Cecelia was very puzzled on what Barbie meant by that.

Barbie smiled wryly at her long lost grandmother, before clarifying that. "She's only six." The queen nodded slowly, a smile now dancing on her features as she wondered at the talent that the young girl must have to already have won rewards. "After Chelsea, it's Kelly. She doesn't have her own thing yet... but she loves to do whatever it is that Chelsea is doing." Barbie paused to examine a pink handbag with diamond accents on it. "That just leaves the last one. Krissy. Her full name is Kristine, but Mom randomly started to call her Krissy and it stuck. Unfortunately, she's only a few months old and hasn't really developed a personality just yet."

"I see." Queen Cecelia suddenly wondered what her other grandchildren were doing at the moment. "What about your parents? Surely they want to know how your doing?"

Barbie froze, surprise flashing through her. "Oh... I see... no one told you about that..."

"Told me what?"

"Well... you see..."


Skipper placed her headphones on DJ, before typing quickly into her laptop. "How does this sound DJ?" DJ tilted his head, before bobbing it to the beat that was now playing in his ears. "Taking it you like it so far?" Skipper went back to working on her new song, grinning as her faithful, music loving, puppy curled up next to her.

Stacie wandered into the bedroom that they shared at that moment, carrying a rather worn-out soccer ball, Rookie at her heels. "Hey Skip."

"Hey there Stace." Skipper grinned at her younger sister. "How did the team do this time around?" Stacie had volunteered to coach a co-ed children's soccer team for the summer.

"Good. Great even. They're definitely getting better." Stacie flopped onto her bed, allowing the ball to roll out of her arms and onto the floor.

Skipper chuckled at that, before picking up the baby monitor to check on Krissy. Upon seeing that she was still asleep, Skipper went back to what she was doing. The twins were away with friends at the moment, and Chelsea and Kelly had a dance recital, which their grandmother had happily taken them to.


Barbie wasn't too sure about how much money she had spent of the queen's, but the elderly royal had insisted that she pay for everything. Shaking her head, she had several bags and boxes as proof of her adventure that day, she approached the bedroom that they had given her to use. Pushing the door open, she expected to find it as she had left it... a gasp tore from her upon discovering that it had undergone a transformation while she was gone. While the layout was the same, the color scheme was vastly different. Pink marble, Barbie pink as her family loved to call it, replaced the white marble from before, and the silver accents were replaced with white ones. In fact, everything had been turned pink. Moving through the room, walking past Sequin who was sleeping on a pink canopy dog bed as she did so, she spun in a slow circle.

"Do you like it?" Queen Cecelia asked as she appeared in the doorway.

"Like it? It's amazing! I love it!" Barbie squealed as she eyed the pink décor.

"Good."


He was furious... beyond furious. He had sent his best men to get the job done... and they failed! There was a girl... a mere child really. But still in his way to greatness. Slamming his fist into his desk, he leaned back slightly as he wondered what the best course of action to get rid of her would be...

"Sir?" Another one of his men peeked into the darkened room. "I have reports here of the girl confirming that she has several younger siblings..."

"Bring them to me. I want this job done right." He steepled his fingers together, a pleased look crossing his features.

A/N: Done! Sorry it took so long. I was out in the middle of nowhere this weekend and I just couldn't concentrate once I got back. I really hope you all enjoyed this little chapter! And now I have to figure out and write a one-shot for my Halloween one-shot collection... fun.

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jennyBloom: Thank you! I have lots of stories and I just rotate through them for an update schedule so it might be quite some time between chapters, but I do try to update all of my stories. One-shot collections don't count. Only when inspiration hits.

kathmanw19: Thank you. I really need to start working on setting it up so that they'll join her... oh look I'm starting to do that now in this chapter.

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