Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed.

A/N: Thank you to my reviewers. Here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 16

After they had unpacked all of their things into the dressers and closets in the two bedrooms, Piper, Leo and the twins went out to see Patty and Victor. They weren't up at the house yet, so they decided to head towards the stables.

As they got closer, they could here faint noises that sounded they have been from a horse, and Victor and Patty talking.

When they walked into the barn, Piper saw Beauty, her horse, lying on the floor. Victor and Patty hadn't noticed the others walk in. Piper ran over to her parents and her horse, while Leo kept the girls back.

"Mom, Dad, what's going on?" Piper asked, half panicking.

"Well," Victor started. He didn't quite know how to tell Piper what was happening. "Piper, honey, Beauty isn't doing too well. During a storm a little while ago, all of the horses got loose, but didn't run away. Beauty and one of the newer horses, Yoshi, had been getting closer and closer. We found out that Beauty had become pregnant, with twins, we think. But now, she's..." Victor stopped. "Patty, why don't you take Jessica and Melinda up to the house."

"Ok. Come on girls. Let's go get some cookies."

"Dad, get to the point," Piper said. She paused when Beauty whinnied, lifted her head and swooshed her tail. "What's going on with my horse?"

"Piper," Leo said as he came up beside her, "calm down. I'm sure everything will be fine." He wrapped his arm around her. "Victor, is there anything I can do?"

"Actually, yeah. I need your help. Piper come here. You come keep Beauty calm while Leo and I try to help her."

"Dad, help her what?"

"We're going to try to help her deliver her babies and hopefully save her, too. I know how much she means to you. Leo, have you ever delivered a farm animal?"

"Of course I have. We had a whole bunch in Hope. And when we lived down here, too."

"Ok. Piper, honey, sit down at Beauty's head. Just gently stroke her fur, calming her down."

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Half an hour later, Beauty was a mother. Piper had her head down, nearly touching Beauty's neck, the entire time. She was talking in a soothing voice. Victor and Leo were still working at the other end. Piper had her eyes closed since she knelt down and tried to block out all of the noises around her. Paige had come down to help Victor and Leo when she found out what was going on. She had taken the young horses to clean them up since Beauty was still down. Once they were clean, she took them to their father's stall to be taken care of.

Twenty minutes later, Beauty had calmed down. Her breathing slowed. Piper sat up, beginning to panic. "Daddy, Leo, what's happening?"

"Nothing, Piper," Victor said as Leo walked over to her.

"What do you mean 'nothing'? Is she..." Piper couldn't bring herself to say the word 'dead'.

"Piper, calm down," Leo said. "Everything's going to be fine. She's just resting."

"She's going to be fine, Piper," Victor said. "Why don't I go introduce you to Yoshi. Paige, come stay with Beauty, make sure she doesn't get up and hurt herself."

"Ok."

Victor, Leo and Piper slowly walked over to Yoshi's stall where the new members of the family were resting.

"Piper, Leo, this is Yoshi, the new father." Yoshi wasn't even paying attention to the people. He was to fascinated by the new, small horses Paige had brought to him. The three people walked into the stall very slowly, so Yoshi wasn't too disturbed. As they reached the back of the stall where the young horses were curled up, the little horse heads raised up to see who was coming.

Piper's mouth dropped. "But, I thought you said it was twins. Not triplets!" (A/N: I don't even know if that's possible.)

"That's what we thought, Piper," Victor said. "And the good thing is that everyone is perfectly fine. Sure, the phillies and colt and a little small, but that's to be expected when it's multiple offspring."

"I know, Dad. I lived it. Remember your twin grand-daughters up at the house?"

"Yes, Piper. Why don't we go back and check on Beauty?"

"I think we should before Paige gets bored out of her mind," Piper said.

"Actually, Piper, she loves it out here, helping me with the livestock. She loves the horses."

"Really? That's great." The three of them left Yoshi and the new foals alone, and went back over to Beauty.

Leo and Victor gently helped Beauty up and back into her stall. While Piper stood in the stall with her, brushing all of the hay off of her, Paige, Victor and Leo went to get Beauty's children for her to meet. She instantly loved them and knew exactly what to do.

"You are a very lucky girl, Beauty. You've got three beautiful foals here."

"Do you have any names in mind, Piper?"Victor asked.

"What?" Piper asked, thinking he somehow knew of her pregnancy when she knew she hadn't told him yet.

"Do you have names in mind for the foals? After all, they are technically yours. Beauty is your horse, and so are her children."

"Oh, thanks Dad. Um, no, I don't have a clue what to call them. Paige, why don't you go up to the house and get Mom and the girls. I want the girls to name the phillies. And Leo, you can name the colt."

"Really? Thanks Piper," Leo said.

"I'll be right back, then," Paige said as she headed out of the barn.

"I think I'll name the little guy after the horse I had when I was growing up," Leo said.

"Oh, yeah? What's that?"Piper asked her husband as she stared up at him, still brushing Beauty.

"Streak. He had a streak of white down his nose like a lightning bolt, just like this guy here. There was one major difference between them, though."

"What's that?"

"My Streak was chestnut brown, and this Streak is black."

"I see."

Paige walked back in followed by Patty and the twins. "Oh, I'm so glad everyone's alright," Patty said when she got over to the group.

"Mommy," Jess said. "Aunt Paige said that you said we could name the baby horses."

"Well, you get to name one each. Daddy already name the boy, so you two get to name the two girls."

"There's three?" Jess and Mel said together.

"Yes there is. And everyone is doing very good so far. It was getting close a few minutes ago with Beauty, but everyone's fine now."

"Yay!"the girls cheered.

"Dad, why don't you go get Yoshi?" Piper said.

"Ok, I'll be right back everyone."

"Mommy, who's Yoshi?" Mel asked.

"He's the baby horses' Daddy."

"What kind of name is Yoshi?" Jess asked.

"Jessie, don't you remember when we play Mario Kart? Yoshi is the little green guy."

"Oh yeah! Can the girl horses be named after Mario Kart people, too?"

"If you want to," Piper said. "But first, you need to pick which one you want to be yours."

Victor came back with Yoshi and let him go over to his new family.

"Mommy, I want this one," Jess said, walking over to the phillie that was mostly black, with one white hoof, a white patch on one eye, and a few white speckles on her back end.

"Ok then, Mel, you get this one," Piper said as she called Mel over to the phillie that was more like Yoshi than Beauty. She was grey with a black mane and tail, and had some dark grey/black smudges on her back end.

"Ok, Mommy. She's pretty," Mel said.

"Have you thought their names?" Leo asked.

"Peach," Jess said. "From Mario."

"Daisy," Mel said. "That's from Mario, too."

"So," Patty said. "Should we introduce the parents to the children's names?"

"I think we should," Piper said.

"One thing first," Victor said. "When I got Yoshi, I was planning on giving him to you, Leo."

"Really? Thank-you."

"Now we have a horse for everyone, Leo," Piper said.

"And one extra," Victor said.

"Actually," Piper said. "Only for a few months."

"Really?" Patty said. Piper smiled and nodded. "Oh, congratulations, Piper! I'm so happy for you!"

"Thanks, Mom."

Victor shook Leo's hand. "Congratulations. But, Piper Weren't you telling us that you couldn't?"

"No, Dad. I said I might not be able to. The doctor said it was possible, but difficult."

"Oh, ok. We must have misunderstood you."

"When are you due, Piper?" Paige asked as she went over to hug her big sister.

"Oh, not fora few months. We just found out a few days ago," Piper told her parents and baby sister.

"And we're really excited," Leo said. "Right girls."

"Right, Daddy," they both said. They weren't really paying attention and Leo knew that. They were busy petting their new horses.

"Anyway, we were introducing the parents to the children's names," Piper said. "Yoshi and Beauty, your daughters: Daisy and Peach, and you son: Streak."

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A/N: Wow, almost an entire chapter on horses. I don't actually know a whole lot about horses, but I really like them. Anyway, I hope everyone liked it! Please review and stay tuned! I think there will only be one more chapter for this story, but I have already started another sequel in the Too Young series.