- A Stroke of the Tail -

Ever since the whole Phrona-Britney kerfuffle, everyone's lives has been in disarray, if only for a temporally time. After having Britney clean up the mess she made, Phrona was back in control once more and although she is still paranoid about her coming out and seizing control, her twin got her back. Cora, Belle and Kate manage to get through the laborious task of planting trees (which actually took them about ten days but it felt like an entire month had passed) and returned to doing what they normally respectively. Erma, after going through a terrible week, is now doing better and continue to play video games with the occasional emotional support from Nyxie, who may or may not be her twin sister separated under strange circumstances. Samantha and Sylvia weren't that badly affected by this; the latter not being harm by Britney's actions while the former went through something that was a rare occurrence for her, so it wasn't a surprise nor the first time for her. After that rough day, things went back to normal for the two of them, and soon for many others.
But the same can't be said for Vivi, who hadn't engaged in any conversation with anyone since the incident. Yes, she was effective as much as the others were but unlike her sisters who cope with another one, Vivi didn't come to anyone for help. It also hasn't help that she has became she became even more ruder to her sisters than ever, with seemingly no reason given other than her green-tinted jealousy.
This morning, she was walking down the hall when her mother pass by. Vivi glance over her before looking away, in fear of being called out for her rudeness. And to no one's surprise, Anastasia did exactly that.
"You know, Vivian. You should at least give your sisters a chance. Can't you see that they want to help you?"
"Yeah, right! They're probably too busy with their own stuff to deal with a run-of-the-mill Eevee like myself," Vivi retorted.
"But, couldn't you at least give it a try?"
"How can I ask them if they're too busy all the damn time?!"
"None of them can be busy all the time! Just try to talk with them, please. It's for your own good!" The Glaceon mother demanded.
"I think I'll pass, mom," Vivi scoffs as she walk away from the conversation, much to her mother's frustration.
That Vivi is going to get herself into trouble, Anastasia thought to herself, well concern about her daughter's wellbeing.
As Vivi walk around the mansion, she couldn't help but think back to her mom's words and could only scowl. Oh, what does that old hag knows? She doesn't know what I've been through, she grumbled internally. Eventually, Vivi arrives at her room, which is decorating with various artworks of her sisters but none of herself. She rested on the bed and look at the time. Ugh. It's not even noon yet. Why can't this day go any faster? Vivi groaned once again. As she waits for the time to fly by, Vivi looks at the paintings all around her and sigh in respond.
Eventually, she decide to get up and walk around her room, stopping at mirror. As she continue to look at herself, Vivi couldn't help but feel ashamed of herself. She then spoke to her reflection, "I don't get it. Why is it that whenever I see the others, I feel something special about them, but whenever I see you, I feel nothing about myself?" She ask herself. Just... Why do I feel so incomplete about myself?

Meanwhile, Anastasia arrives at her bedroom, and took off her blue dress and put on her profession weal, a dark blue pantsuit for the day's work. She was already grumbling as she didn't want to do but had no other choice as par of her deal with the devil (aka Ruth). It couldn't have been bad enough but to make things worst for the Glaceon mother, her phone rang. Anastasia pick it up to see that it was from the person she hated most, her sister.
"God damnit, Ruth. Not one day that I get could a break from you," Annie groaned as she answered the phone. "What is it, Ruth-less?"
"Oh, nothing. I just came to check up on you to see if you still got those little problems with those daughters of you? I could give you a lending hand if you want," Ruth teased.
"No, Ruth. We know that this is just another attempt to control them like some sort of puppet just like how you do with yours!"
"Not exactly. I just want to show them some discipline, that is all," Ruth retorted.
"Argh! Can you just leave me alone for once? I'm kinda busy at the moment!"
"Busy drinking alcohols to drown your sorrows in? Nice try, sweetheart," The Eeveeon mother teased, much to Anastasia's frustration. "Now, since you don't want my help, I guess I should leave you be. Besides, I've go my own things to do, ta-ta," she hang up the phone, leaving a vexed Glaceon behind on the other side. Anastasia's mood didn't increase much better afterwards as she went on to work on her laptop, looking over her emails and trying to respond to them without getting overdramatic.
Stupid Ruth with her stupid demands, Anastasia grumbled to herself. As she began to rant on inside herself, she began to take a sip of her coffee mug, only to spirit out. "The bloody hell?! This isn't my daily bottle of whiskey! Where is-" As she passed, the realization soon sets in on her.
"OH SHIT! I'VE GOT ONE OF MY DAUGHTER DRUNK!" Anastasia shouted as she got up from her chair to rush over to each of her daughters to see if any of them are drunk. She've looked everywhere but all she could find is Cora working on yet another outfit, Kate practicing her music skills, Belle writing what appears to be a love letter to someone, Velvet once again trying to make a deal with some ancient demon (and Sylvia hiding behind a crate, don't ask) and lastly Erma raging during a livestream (she was just on her 209th attempt against the Cryptic Stalker and is still losing at the final phase). Phrona was out of the house at the time if any of you are curious. But yet, Anastasia still couldn't find that bottle of whiskey. She hope that poor Vivi wasn't the one who got it. Fortunately, her fears would soon be proven to be false as she found that bottle of whiskey she left earlier that morning, albeit half-empty much to Anastasia's concern.
"Oh God. Don't tell me that I'm too late," she moaned. Just then, she heard someone clearing their thought so she turn around and gasp. "K-Katsumi, how did you-" She ask, dumbfounded. In front of her was a Vespiquen Pokémorph, wearing a golden yellow tank top, an unzipped white fur sweater, a red long skirt, and a pair of red high heels.
"You left your door open again, Annie," Katsumi teased jokingly, letting a slight chuckle. "Oh, sorry about the whiskey. I was a bit thirsty from all that travel. But seriously though, you really need to close that door. It's like you begging for an armed shooter come after you and your family," she argued, sounding much stern.
"Kat, don't say that! You know how much I hate the thought of my daughters getting hurt! Look, just tell me why you're here? I thought you were in Manaus," Anastasia demanded.
"Oh, I just want to go ask you if you wanna go hang out like the good-old days."
"But you just ask me through a phone call, not abandoned your kids."
"Okay, first off, if I called you through the phone, you will be less likely to say yes because it's not too late. By coming to you in person, you have no choice in the matter," Katsumi smiled, much to her friend's annoyance. Then she put on a more serious look, "And second, I have you know that my daughters can take care of themselves like yours, Anastasia."
"But our families are nothing alike! No offense."
"Not taken... But still, you and I aren't so different, Anastasia. May I remind you that you once say that you'd rather died than have a baby?" Katsumi ask of her friend. Upon hearing this, Anastasia remembers that she did say something like it in the past and deeply wish she hadn't.
"Yes, Katsumi. That is true, but that was months before Phrona and Velvet came into my lives. Okay, even then I was kinda iffy about being a mother and all but someone has to take care of them and it can't just be anyone. Surely, you felt the same when you had your child, right?"
"Of course, Annie. But unlike me, you gave birth to all of them, save for Erma. I've only gave birth to one of them. It's a bit of a long story with the others," Katsumi said, nervously scratching behind her head near the end. Having heard about the whole situation between Katsumi and her husband, Annie understands how Kat feels about it, even five years after it all went down. There was a sense of loss for the two and Annie decided that she must change the mood to a more happier one.
"Alright, so you wanna have some fun?" Anastasia ask meekly.
"Yes, anything to get my mind off it," Katsumi said as the two exited the kitchen to go somewhere else.

Meanwhile, Vivi was in her room, still looking at her reflection in the mirror. She then look at her shoulder guard and sighs. Vivi touch the V emblem on it and waits for something to happen. A few moments later, Vivi soon started to change form as the V turned into a blue hue. After sometime, she would become a Vaporeon, and one similar to her sister, at least in personality.
"Oh my. Don't you looking quite lavishly this morning," "Cora" complimented. Immediately afterwards, she shifts into her Kate persona.
"Agree. Ex-act-ly like your sisters," "Kate" purred. It didn't took long for her to transform into a more Belle-like form.
"Y-Yeah, what the others said," "Belle" reaffirms. After this, Vivi finally return back to normal and saw the same boring Eevee she was staring at moments before. Dejected by this uninspiring sight, Vivi sighs as she walk out the door and began to walk around the hallways. As she wonder again, Vivi began to think up off ideas on how to be just like her sisters.
"Grr... There got to be something I'm good at," Vivi grumbled to herself. Of course, everyone knew that Vivi was wrong since she was a great artist but Vivi doesn't sees it that way. In her eyes, most people who were considered great at their professions weren't considered as such during their time alive, including this world's equivalent of Van Gogh. Knowing this, Vivi did not want to die with her word being credible years after her death and wanted to be alive to relish in the moment while it lasted. Selfish, I know, but it's what the Eevee wants.
As she continues to brainstorm, Vivi walk past the kitchen where her mother and family friend once were minutes ago. Hearing her stomach grumble, Vivi wonder if there's anything good to eat and check up the kitchen. Looking around, she stumbles across a glass bottle containing a strange ink-like liquid inside with a paper attach to it that says, "DO NOT TOUCH! WILL THROW AWAY TOMORROW! - Velvet."
"Stupid Velvet. Keeping things between her and her sister and never letting me know about it," Vivi grumbled to herself as she look at the bottle. Although not as much as a glutton as Erma is, Vivi was still interested in trying out this strange liquid and unlike Erma, she has no qualms in risking her own life. Okay, she did have some qualms with this if it means making her someone special, then so be it.
After drinking the whole thing, Vivi didn't felt any different. Curious about its effects, she waited for a while, still standing up. It wasn't long until Vivi got bore and decide to sit down and grab a bite to eat. Once she sat down, it was then that Vivi felt that the effects but she didn't know where it was coming from. That is, until she look behind her and saw that her tail has become elongated, looking a lot like a paintbrush with the tip being a rainbow-like color.
"What the?!" Vivi stuttered, staring at her paintbrush tail in amazement. Despite still being at a loss for words, Vivi manage to mustered up the courage to grab her paintbrush tail, wiggling and moving on its own, and wonder what she could do with it. Vivi then look down at her breasts and thought of something. Vivi then painted it with her tail and didn't expect much to happen, but to her surprised, her breasts manages to became huge. Like Supersize-Samantha huge, so much so that Vivi could barely be able to stand up straight. Regardless, Vivi was quite in love with her new power and began to do the same to her buttocks. And boom, they became equally as big as her breast, if not bigger. It wasn't long until she did it to her entire body, now looking a lot like a Jessica Rabbit-like character, green dress and all. Although everything seem like rainbow and sunshine to her now, what Vivi doesn't expect to happen was that her tail now has a mind of its mind and that it wouldn't listen to her demands much longer.

Somewhere inside the mansion's basement, both Anastasia and Katsumi were setting up some equipment you would see on a heavy metal concert, as well as soundproofing the room so Anastasia's daughters wouldn't be rudely interrupted. You see, back when they were teenagers (or well, when Anastasia was a teenager), they started up a heavy metal band called, "Frozen Hell," or at least until they found out that the word Frozen is trademarked by an evil corporation hellbent on taking over the film industry and the girls decided to replaced it with Frosty, renaming their band to "Frosty Hell," and to be honest, I kinda like that.
Anyway, back to the preparations. As someone would obviously pointed, they obviously need more than just two people and you are right. But fortunately, Katsumi called some of her and Anastasia's friends over beforehand so the problem never rose up quite as frequently. It wasn't long before the others arrived, though Anastasia uses this time to put on her costume. She dyed her hair about as white as snow and did the same to her face, adding an icy blue snowflake pattern in the areas around her right eye. Once everything was ready and set, Frosty Hell took to the stage and immediately began to play one of their songs (Now I would go ahead and describe what happens next but to keep this story from becoming too erotic, we will simply cut to later. Well that and to avoid copyrights).
After some time has been spending screaming at the top of their lungs, Anastasia decided that it was time for a break and to save her "beautiful" voice from being completely destroyed. Well, that and during each song, she has a tendency to drink a "X-Pansique" soda can in-between song, which causes her body to ballooned up. Right now, her breasts and buttocks are three times larger than her long drill-like hair as she wanted to wait until her body has returned to its original size. As she sat down on a bench, Katsumi walk up to her.
"That was fun, wasn't it Annie?"
"It sure was. Though, I should probably get back to work. Plus, my girls might be wondering where I am so I really need to go."
"But come on, don't you want to have some fun?"
"Yes, but my daughters might want me to-"
"Look, Annie. I know how much you want to protect your daughters but sometime you just gonna have to let them go eventually. They're big girls now and can take of themselves for now on," Katsumi reasoned. "Look, I don't mean to sound rude but-"
"I understand, Kat. Maybe I am getting too old for them," Anastasia sighs. "I should go walk for a bit. Wanna come join me?"
"Nah, I'm cool," Katsumi said as the Glaceon mother walk outside the door, still brooding about how her daughters no longer needed her.

Meanwhile, Velvet, having just been kicked out to the deal with the ancient demon (thanks to Sylvia, don't ask), was walking toward the kitchen to look for something. Of course, it's to see if anyone, Erma and Vivi especially, has taken the ink bottle she specifically wrote to tell the others to leave it alone. To elaborate on how this came to be, during one of their night excursions into abandoned building, Velvet had come across with a strange ink-like liquid and put it inside the jar and took it home. It wasn't until she look into the place and found something quite startling.
About some months ago, a Meowstic scientist was experimenting on a potion that can turn her tail into something similar to a paintbrush but something went wrong as her tail has gain a mind of its own, wrecking havoc as it turn everything, including her, into something out of a rubberhose cartoon. After the army got involved and transported the scientist to the Pokémon's equivalent of Area 51, it is said that some of the are still inside the laboratory that Velvet entered the night before. Although she was cool with keeping supernatural artifacts to herself, she did not by any circumstances want to own something that could get her and her family arrested by the government.
Once Velvet arrived at the kitchen, she found that, to her horror, the bottle was completely empty. Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! Velvet panicked internally as she began think of what could've happen. Her thoughts soon turn to one of her sisters drinking the bottle and it would only be a matter of time before chaos reigns in the household.
Now in a hurry, Velvet raced throughout the house to see which one has drink the bottle. The first person she decided to check up on was Erma, but once she found out that she was playing her game, Velvet then turn around to look for Vivi in her room. Once she open the door, she saw Vivi was admiring herself in front of the mirror, whom Velvet had a hard time registering that it was really Vivi.
"V-Vivi, is that you?" Velvet ask, still flabbergasted.
"Oh, why yes, Velvet." Vivi replied as she turned away from the mirror to look at her "Little" sister, "Liking the new me so far?"
"The new yo- What are you talking about, Vivian?! Did you even bother to read the note?!"
"Oh, I did but I thought nothing of it."
"Well, maybe you should because your tail's going to-" Before Velvet could finish her warning, Vivi's tail suddenly smack her over to the side. Once she recovers, Velvet screamed in horror as she found herself in a similar Jessica Rabbit-esque body as Vivi's, but with a hot pink dress. Her breasts and buttocks were like the size of half of Vivi's body apiece and her tail did look much like a paintbrush. Fortunately, it doesn't have a mind of its own but that didn't stop the Espeon sister from losing it. "Nonono, this cannot be happening!"
"Oh my Arceus, can you please me what's going on?!" Vivi shouted to her sister as she tried to wrangled her tail back into her control. Before Velvet could reply, Vivi's tail slap her right on the cheek, causing Vivi to flinch. "Ah! Why you little-"
"Hey, guys. What's up?" Sylvia ask as she enter the room, holding her spellbook. She then notices Vivi's tail as it charges towards her. Luckily, Sylvia jump out of the way in time but she accidentally toss her spellbook out into the backyard. "Whoops..." Sylvia chuckle sheepishly as Vivi's tail grab her and shook her violently before letting go her, now having transformed the same Sylveon sister into the same Jessica Rabbit-figures as the others, albeit with a sky blue dress, her breasts and buttocks being sort of a medium between Velvet's and Vivi's and her tail was more akin to a paintbrush, albeit with no mind of its own.
Velvet then glares at Vivi, "Vivian, this shouldn't have happened if you'd just listen to me!"
"Yeah, Vivi. Also, why have you acting all jerkish all of sudden? Was it because I kept calling you Sugar Mommy? I can stop if you want."
"Yes! That's exactly-" Vivi shouted before her tail slipped out of her grasp and slap her again, much to her annoyance.
"You sure? Cause it feels like you're keeping something from us, Vivi," Sylvia ask, rather nervously.
"No, Sylvia. It's just the "Sugar Mommy" thing and nothing else! And besides, it's not you or Velvet would understand it!" Vivi stuttered as she tries to keep her highly-active tail under control.
"So you admit it? If so, then what is it?!" Sylvia ask.
"Vivian, keeping your feelings will only do more harm to you than good. Tell us this instance or else!" Velvet demanded.
"Or else, what? You meaning going to tattling on me to Phrona without asking my anything like you normally do?" Vivi retorted.
"Well, why should I even ask if you're not going to bother to answer them in the first place?" The Espeon sister retorted.
"Because all of you are too busy with your twins to even pay attention to me!" Vivi bellowed at the two girls, who were both astonished by this revelation. But because Vivi let go of her tail in the rage, the paintbrush/tail fly out of the room and into the hallway. Vivi tried to grab on to something but she was soon carry away by her tail, with Velvet and Sylvia giving chase after getting over their shock.

Outside in the backyard, Anastasia was walking around the family's pool, still pondering on about herself. She was still wearing her heavy metal band make-up and clothes. "I mean, they need someone to look up to in their time of need, right? Maybe then they'll need me..." Anastasia then she fall silent as she stop in her tracks. "But what could it even be or even happen?... Hmm, I guess they really don't need me around anymore since they're all grown up. Maybe I should go back to Katsumi and-"
"Mom!" A voice cried out.
"Not now, girls. Your mother's sulki- OH MY GOD, what has happened to you two?!" Anastasia shouted as she turned around to see her two daughters, Sylvia and Velvet, still in their hourglass forms.
"Well, let's just say that Vivi got a little carry away," Sylvia chuckled.
"Explain... Now!" Anastasia snarls, her eyes slowly glowing icy blue.
"O-Okay, mother. You see, Vivi may or may not have drank a dangerous substance out in the kitchen that I've found during one of my voyages. Now, this substance can turn anyone's tail into something similar to a paintbrush but unfortunately, this tail can somehow gain a mind of its own so-"
"If it's so dangerous then why did you leave it out in the open?"
"I was tired when I got back from last night, okay!" Velvet respond harshly to her, though she was soon silenced when she saw her mother's glare at her. "S-So, anyway what happened to you?"
"Velvet, now's not the time to question my sanity. Now is the time where you could like, oh I don't know, fix this mess you brought upon this house?" The Glaceon mother replied.
"Um, well. We could use that spellbook and- Wait, where is it?!" Velvet realized that the spellbook had fallen into the backyard and wasted no time in searching for it. Meanwhile, Sylvia was explaining what happened to Anastasia, whose glare soften but she still remain mad. Though, not at Velvet, but to Vivi.
"So, this all happens because she's jealous of not having a twin like you two do?"
"I think it's more tha-" Sylvia paused as she began to take in what her mother has just said, "Actually, that's accurate to what I was going to say then again but it doesn't explain why she is jealous of us. Aren't we all family? Unless maybe she doesn't see that- Wait, are you doing that band thing again,?" Sylvia ask as she finally notice Anastasia's bizarre attire, much to the Glaceon's anxiety that she knows about her less-than-stellar past.
"Oh, um. No, it's, umm..."
"I got the book!" Velvet shouted as she grab the book out of the grass. "It didn't as long as I thought it would be so let's find Vivi... Wherever she is," she said as she look around for any signs of the Eevee sister. And to no one's surprise, they've heard someone cried for help. That is, until they listen carefully and realized that it was Phrona's voice. "What the?! How is she here this early?!"
"Plot convenience, anyone?" Sylvia reasoned to Velvet and her mother, who both stared blankly at her.
"Um, let's just try to stop Vivi," Velvet replied as her mother nodded.
Shortly thereafter, the trio follow Phrona's cries for help and traced it right into the grand foyer, where it was already too late. Phrona was now like a shortstack Jessica Rabbit, her bright red dress sparkling in the sunlight. Phrona's breasts and ass were about eight times their normal sizes, her lips were quite plump and bright yellow, her hair reach down to her waist and finally her tail was changed to look a lot like a paintbrush.
"Vivian!" Phrona shouted.
"Sorry, Phrona!" Vivi continue to struggles with her paintbrush tail, which has coiled around her like a snake. Ugh, now I wish I hadn't drank whatever that was, She grumbled internally. As the tail tried to let go of its captor, it saw Sylvia from the distant holding the spellbook and quickly tries to run away. But it was all in vain as Sylvia immediately fire the spell on it with no hesitation. Although Vivi's tail finally begin to lose that mischievous mind of its own, none of the four's body haven't, much to their chagrin. Vivi tried to walk away from the fuming Glaceon mother but she was suddenly hold back by Sylvia and Velvet.
"Where do you think you're going, Vivian?" Velvet ask.
"Yeah, you've got a lot of explaining to do!" Sylvia added. Having not been present for pretty much everything, Phrona had no idea what was going and tried to get Velvet's attention but Anastasia look at her, stopping her in her place. She then turn to Vivi and began to walk towards her. Vivi's ears droop as her anxiety began to take over.
"Okay, mom, I can explain everything. When I saw it, I thought that it could give me something that the others don't have or maybe make me something better than them, mom. I-I just want to special," Vivi explain hastily.
"I understand, Vivi. But you should know better than to play with stuff that might kill you," Anastasia argued. "However, that still doesn't explain one another thing... Vivian, is it true that you're being rude to your sisters just because they have twins and triplets?"
"Yes, mom. It's just that ever since that whole Britney disaster, everyone's been hanging out with their twin or triplets while I'm left with no one to talk with. It's so frustrating to see everyone except me have someone else to hang around with and I just wish I just had someone to talk with," she sighs.
"But I told you this morning that you could've talk with them, especially they're so eager to help you out with your problems. Why are you saying that you're lonely when you could just as easily do it yourself, dear?" Anastasia ask.
"I-I'm too frustrated to think about it, that's it!" Vivi snarls.
"Classic tsundere..." Sylvia scoffs to herself.
"Hey, I heard that!" Vivi yelled, glaring at the Sylveon sister with intense fury though it soon softens as she saw her mother glaring at her. "S-Sorry, mom... Am I in trouble?"
"No, you're safe. Velvet, on the other hand..." Anastasia then turn to look at Velvet, who let go of Vivi. "What were you even thinking?! Bringing something like that into this household!" She boomed as the Espeon sister look back at her with anxiety coursing through her veins.
"W-Well, I-I thought that- Um, yeah so umm..." Velvet began to stuttered for a few moments, trying to explain herself. Thankfully, she didn't have to as Phrona noticed her mother's bizarre attire.
"Um, mom. Why are you dressed up like that?" She ask, still perplexed by her outfit, if not a bit uneased.
"Oh, it's nothing, girls. Just your mother going through the motions of life, that's it," she explained, though it was clear that none of them were buying it. "Okay, so I've been having a bit of a mid-life crisis today," Anastasia put it bluntly.
"Is it about the fact that we're old to take care of ourselves and you won't be needed, right?" Sylvia answered.
"Yes, Sylvia. That is the case."
"Look, mom, we may have drowned-up but we still need you. We've already lost someone important, we don't want to lose another one," Phrona said with sad look on her face as she remember her deceased relatives, including her father. Sylvia, Vivi and Velvet follows suit as the memories soon resurfaced with Anastasia, despite being more emotional than them, comforting them. She then look at Phrona, letting a small smile.
"Maybe you're right, Phrona. Maybe there is still some use for a gal like myself."
"Of course, there is. Though, why exactly are you wearing there?"
"Oh, well. You see-"
"Oi, Annie! It's already five before our last song of the day! Hurry up!" Katsumi shouted from across the halls. Anastasia look at her girls while chuckling nervously. Of course, all of her daughters, sans maybe Erma, know about her less-than-stellar past from their aunt, who mentions that she was a member of a heavy metal band and was far-cry from the mother they now have. As Anastasia quickly rush over to start the next song, Phrona and Velvet then look at each other and then to Vivi, who was walking away while talking with Sylvia.
"So, Phrona. Did you got the message?" Velvet ask.
"Yeah, I did though I refuse to believe it," Phrona whispered in return.
"Hmm? Why so?"
"No offense, Velv, but your theory about Vivi doesn't really make any sense. I mean seriously, how does disappearing make her twin a stillborn. It doesn't really make any sense."
"I know it doesn't, Phrona, but trust me. And besides, haven't you noticed something about the pictures our mom took of us when we were just born? Particular Vivi?"
"Not really. Why?" Phrona ask. Velvet then look around her personal and grab a bunch of photos, each one being of Anastasia and some of her daughters. The first was of her with Velvet and Phrona and it was no doubt that she was happy to give birth to two beautiful girls, and the same goes for the triplets, Cora, Kate and Belle, and the second set of twins, Sylvia and Samantha. Once they come across Vivi, they couldn't help but notice something off about her mother. Of course, she was smiling but unlike the other times where it was genuine, this smile in particular felt forced.

"See?"
"Um, Velvet, it's probably because she was disappointed that she tied with our aunt's number of children at the time. You know how competitive those two get. Well, it's either that or she just sad that Vivi might become lonely in the future," Phrona explained. "Maybe you should give up on this theory of yours and go do something else cause this feels like a waste of time to me. No offense." As Phrona walk away with her figure, Velvet couldn't help but look at the four pictures, trying to understand why their mother felt so differently in her third birth, the one being of Vivi. As she look closer, she couldn't really find anything else, much to her frustration.

"Grr. Our mom gotta be hiding something. I just know it!"

Author's Note: I'm not going to lie, this was probably my worst story that I've created thus far. I mean, from the beginning, it started out somewhat somewhat okay, but then the whole Anastasia-Katsumi subplot happen and that's where the whole story went downhill real fast. The reason why I added that in was because I thought this story was going to be due for Mother's Day over on my dA account, but then someone suggested an idea that is much better in comparison to what I have but before I can work on that, I have to finish this Fourth Short Sweets first and foremost, which is why this story felt rush in many parts. Thankfully, I have been able to get my act together for the real "Mother's Day" special, so at least there's that.

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