Two more months have passed since the last events which have already occurred, and one of which (which was actually the most important of all) is Howard's punishment, as the demonic centaur showed no regret to his abusive actions towards Stephan and the twins and even tried to kill them when he felt so much regret for bringing them to Equestria and for having them as his own children, but that, however, also caused Howard's downfall, as Trog first bit him and then Tah fought him and restrained him and then she forced him (Howard) to apologize to Stephan and to the twins and show regrets for his actions (although he (in return) stabbed her in the back as he completely lost his temper), but then, in the end of the trial, Howard was caught and was then turned into a stone statue by the princesses, Thorax and Discord, and since then, Stephan and the twins are feeling safe, free and very away from him for the rest of their lives (and Tah was healed by Twilight after Howard's final outburst and blind attack).
However, since Howard's defeat, Stephan and the twins are now living away from each other - Stephan went to live together with Chloe and Aylene in the royal castle, as the princesses and Shujaa allowed him to be a new resident of the royal castle, and Stephan was even given both the rights and the opportunity to stay and live in the royal castle permanently so he can never leave Chloe and Aylene's side anymore, whilst the twins Andy and Zoey remained behind in Stephan's home, which is now Bluebell's home instead, because after Howard's defeat, she made a promise with their and Stephan's mother Helena and promised to her that she will take care of Andy and Zoey while Stephan is going to enjoy his new life with Chloe and Aylene in the royal castle, and so since Howard's defeat at the hands (or hooves) of the princesses, Thorax and Discord, the twins are now living in their home with Bluebell taking care of them.
Anyway, now it's already 66 months (5 years and 6 months) since Chloe first arrived in Equestria, and it was also 54 months (4 years and 6 months) since Aylene became her sister, and they and Stephan are doing just fine after Stephan came to live with them in the royal castle (after his evil father Howard is defeated), but today we're going to focus on Bluebell and the twins, who are happy to be living together and with each other since Bluebell became Andy and Zoey's surrogate mother as well as their mother figure (and also their future sister-in-law, since she's going to be mates with Stephan in the future), and since the twins got used to her, Bluebell has only a little to no problems at taking care of them.
However, one day, Bluebell's family (which are royal centaurs) came to Equestria from the centaurs homelands to meet her, but that's not the only thing they're coming for - they're also coming because they heard of Bluebell's relationship with Stephan and also heard from some subjects of their own kind (some of the centaurs who were there when Howard's trial and punishment took place) about how Stephan was abused by Howard before and after he met Bluebell, and they also heard about Stephan being rescued by Chloe and Aylene before Howard was brought to the court to stand trial for his crimes, and also about how did Howard got punished for his crimes and was turned into a stone statue so Stephan can be free and can also be far away from him at last (and also have much more time with Chloe and Aylene, and even some time with Bluebell and with the twins as well), and so the royal centaur family were all eager to meet Bluebell again and also get to meet Stephan as well, or maybe even get to know his other friends (particularly Chloe, because she's the only known human in Equestria to be good).
When Bluebell's family arrived at Canterlot they made their way to the royal castle, as they thought that she (Bluebell) is living there, and once they arrived at the royal castle, they're soon recognized as royal centaurs and so they're allowed to go inside to meet Bluebell (although she's not really living in the castle, but Stephan, Chloe and Aylene does), but even though they're not going to meet her first, they're still going to meet Stephan, Chloe and Aylene, who are going to be shocked when they realize who actually came to the royal castle to meet Bluebell but will end up meeting them instead.
The royal centaur family (Bluebell's family) consists a large adult male centaur with a pair of big and beautiful wings on his lower horse back (which means that he's a winged centaur (or Pegasus centaur) just like Bluebell), and he had a dark brown hair, mustache and beard, he had blue eyes and he also wore a beautiful crown on top of his human head, and he had the lower body and legs of a dark gray horse, with his tail having dark brown fur (which is matching with his hair, mustache and beard). For addition to his appearance, the winged centaur also had beautiful golden accessories on both his upper and lower bodies, and some of which even had gems attached to them and even to the crown itself as well, which means that he's likely the king of the royal centaur family.
The large male royal winged centaur is none other than Bluebell's father, his name is King Edward and he's the ruler of the centaur homelands, and in the future, he's also going to be Stephan and the twins' father-in-law, but first, he's going to meet Stephan, Chloe and Aylene face-to-face and also hear from them about their relationships with Bluebell (and particularly Stephan's relationship with Bluebell, which includes and consists their love to each other).
However, King Edward is of course not the only one of the royal centaur family whom we should know about right now, as there were also three centauresses walking right by King Edward's sides and even behind him, one of which was an adult female with a long horn growing on the center of her forehead which means just one thing we should know about the type of centaur (or centauress) she is - the adult centauress is a horned centauress (A.K.A a Unicorn centauress), which means that she doesn't uses only her hands to do her mgaic but also uses her horn as well, and she's also likely to be the queen of the royal centaur family.
She had a beautiful blonde hair (as well as a blonde horse tail), she had a smaller crown on top of her head, she had baby blue eyes and she too wore golden accessories with some gems on both her upper and lower bodies, and she had the lower body of a white horse (much like Bluebell herself). The adult royal horned centauress is none other than Queen Camilla, who is also Bluebell's mother and is going to be Stephan and the twins' future mother-in-law (after he and Bluebell will grow up into adults and later will become mates), and like her mate, King Edward, Queen Camilla also seems determined and very willing to meet her daughter Bluebell and also meet Stephan as well.
However, besides King Edward and his mate Queen Camilla, there were two other centauresses, one appeared to be a young adult, around 21 years old, while the much younger centauress appeared to be much younger than her and even younger than Bluebell and Stephan themselves, but she still appeared a bit bigger and older than Andy and Zoey, which makes her at least no older than 5 years old, and therefore it's obvious that these two are Bluebell's older and younger sisters, which makes her (Bluebell herself) the middle sister in her family, and at the age of 13, Bluebell is already mature enough to learn how to be responsible for a younger sibling, or even for a toddler or a baby (like Andy and Zoey, for an instance).
The young adult centauress (who is Bluebell's older sister) had a brown hair and tail, accessories on both her upper and lower bodies, a smaller crown (even smaller than her mother's) on top of her head, the lower body of a gray horse, she had lime-colored eyes and she also had extremely long, if not ridiculously long black eyelashes, but compared to either of her parents, the young adult centauress appeared to be less friendly and also less elegant or generous. As she appeared to be a normal centauress (just like Stephan and the twins, and unlike Bluebell or either of her parents), Bluebell's older sister's name is Princess Anastasia, and she's indeed a young adult, and she's nearly 21 years old (20 to be exact), thus making her almost mature enough to find and have a mate, although for some unknown reason (which even her parents don't really know), she's unwilling to have a mate of her own as she's sticking close to both of her parents and seems reluctant to come across or come in contact with any male centaurs who are either younger or older than her (possibly even Stephan himself), and for addition, she's much more unwilling to meet and she's sometimes unfriendly and very hostile when she meets or comes face-to-face with even younger centaurs, especially those who are much younger than her and Bluebell's own 5 year-old younger sister, like baby and toddler centaurs (like Andy and Zoey themselves, for an instance).
And then we also have the last (but not least) - Princess Vanessa, who is a normal centauress just like her older sister Anastasia, but she's pretty much friendlier than her, although she also appears to be a bit shy compared to Bluebell herself, and sometimes, she gets scared or afraid when she meets other centaurs or even non-centaur creatures (including ponies and humans) whom she haven't met before (and is only meeting them for the first time), and she have a black hair and tail, she had dark brown eyes and almost no accessories on her upper and lower bodies and no crown on top of her head, she have the lower body of a black horse with white markings on the lower parts of each of her four horse legs (minus the hooves), and she's indeed a very young juvenile centaur, and at the age of 5 years old, Vanessa is trying her best to get used to her new surroundings whom she have never seen or met before, but it's going to take for her and for the rest of her family a little longer to meet Bluebell again than they all thought, as instead - they're going to meet Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, who will be extremely shocked when they'll meet the royal centaur family face-to-face.
Just then, as they entered the throne room, the royal centaur family came face-to-face with Celestia and Luna, and when the Alicorns and the centaurs (particularly the king and the queen) recognized each other, they went forward to meet each other first, and then they asked the princesses where is Bluebell. However, Celestia said to the centaurs that Bluebell isn't living in the royal castle with them at all, but then she also added and explained that Stephan does lives in the castle with Chloe and Aylene, and she also said that she's pretty sure that they all will be shocked to meet them face-to-face for the first time.
However, just then, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan came into the throne room to talk to the princesses, when they suddenly noticed the four other centaurs in the throne room with them, and when King Edward, his mate and their two other daughters saw Stephan first, they're shocked to see how young and yet handsome he looks, and after a few moments of looking at Stephan, King Edward approached before he asked "Are you Stephan? The young centaur whom I heard who was abused? The son of Howard the disgraced centaur?", and when Stephan saw him and looked at him in the eyes, the younger centaur said to him, although he also stuttered at first from the centaur king's presence "Well, yes of course!", but then Stephan also asked him "Are you King Edward?", and then the older centaur said back "Well, yes I am!", and then he added and asked "I'm looking for my daughter Bluebell. Have you seen her?", but when Stephan heard what the centaur king just said, he gasped in shock as he realized that he's now talking to Bluebell's father, the centaur king of the centaur homelands.
"What?! You're Bluebell's father?! I can't believe it!" Stephan said as he quickly stepped aback and bowed his head down in front of King Edward, but then the older male centaur said to him "If a king may say, you can raise up, Stephan. There's really no need for you to now down to me. Although it's very respectful of you to do this in front of me, I do not require young centaurs your own age to bow down to me like this, for I know you've through a lot of stuff, and I also wanna know about the relationship you have with Bluebell. She must be very lucky to choose a centaur like you for a friend, isn't that right?", and when Stephan heard what he said, his face started becoming red as he blushed instead of getting mad because he didn't wanted to lash out at King Edward so not to make him change his mind and start thinking ill of him.
Then, Stephan shook his own head as he tried to snap out of his embarrassed state, before he said to King Edward "Well, she's not only lucky to be a good friend of mine, but she also loves me and wants to be mates with me in the future, and she also wants to help me shake the rest of the trauma that my own father still left on me.", and when King Edward heard what Stephan said, he said back "I know your father very well, Stephan. And to be honest, when I was younger and I had both Anastasia and Bluebell, but not yet had my third daughter, Vanessa, I wanted Bluebell to have some good friends who were around her own age, and then I stumbled upon you when you're much younger with your mother and your father, and when I saw your face back then at that time, but you didn't bothered looking up at me as well, I was shocked to realize that your face is already being written with pain and trauma, and so was your mother's face when I looked at her too, and I felt really sorry for you two. but then I also saw your father, and when I looked into his face, I saw a the shadow of a ferocious and evil centaur lurking behind his eyes, but I didn't know who that centaur was, but one thing I knew is certain - your father wanted to make you a bad centaur just like himself.".
When Stephan heard what King Edward explained to him, the younger centaur said back "I think the centaur whom you're speaking of that you saw behind my father's eyes is likely Lord Tirek, isn't he?", but when he heard the teenage male centaur saying and asking that, King Edward soon gasped in shock before he asked "That was Lord Tirek? How did you know?", and then Stephan explained "Because my father wanted me to be just like him, but in the end, however, when I refused to listen to him and do as he says, he even tried to kill me and my younger siblings as he felt so much regret for bringing us to this world.", and when Queen Camilla and Princess Vanessa, but not Princess Anastasia (who quickly avoided contact with Stephan when she saw him) heard what he said, the two centauresses gasped with fright before Queen Camilla asked "How could that ruffian do that to his own children?", and then Stephan turned to her and said "Because he only cares for himself. ONLY for himself.", and then Queen Camilla said "I was eager to know the answer when he announced Helena's death at the hands and paws of a vicious Beartaur. I wanted to know the truth behind Helena's death and I even tried to ask your father about what really happened to her, but he only said to me that a Beartaur broke her neck and ended her life, before he then rudely left without saying any other, but before left, I looked into his eyes and saw Lord Tirek's shadow lurking behind his eyes, and that made me think that Howard isn't really telling me the whole truth or isn't really willing to explain everything that happened when Helena died, and for years I have grown suspicious of him.".
However, when Stephan heard what Queen Camilla just said, he's surprised to realize that Bluebell's family actually cared and worried about his own family when hewas very young, and that even right now they're feeling very sorry for what he already have been through because of his evil father, and that's before the centaur queen introduced herself and said to him "I'm Queen Callima, and to be honest with you, I didn't had only subjects who looked up to me and adored me as a queen all the time, but I also had so many friends whom I also loved, cared for and worried about for the most, and your mother, Helena, was one of them, and I was really worried about her and you when you're abused by your father, and when he wasn't home with your mother, I would come to her home to meet her in my free time after I do my royal duties, and I always tried to speak and talk to her and I tried to show her that she's not weak like she thought she is after she became mates with that disgraced Howard, since he belittled her into thinking that she's always weak and helpless and will always need only him and not anyone else in order to survive, but when she started getting mu good advices into her mind, she would start fighting back against Howard to protect you and the twins from him when he wanted to force you to be like Lord Tirek so you can overthrow all rulers of Equestria, and eventually destroy both Edward and me so he can become the king instead and then place you and your mother and these poor twins just below himself as his slaves, for he didn't really cared about any of you at all, did he?".
When Stephan heard what she said, he sighed heavily and said "Yes, my mother, my younger siblings and I we're all being placed all together below himself so he can control everything, or so he thought he can until he was defeated.", and then he added "And without Bluebell and without my two other friends, Chloe and Aylene, my father would be taking me back to the Badlands with him and would try to corrupt me, or then he would try to destroy me when he finds out and realizes that because I'm too good to be a revenge soldier to avenge Lord Tirek, there's no way to use me in order to gain control on all of Equestria.".
Then, Chloe and Aylene interrupted and said to Stephan in unison "We'll go get Bluebell right now if you want to. We're pretty sure she will be shocked and surprised to see her own family are in the royal castle and are already getting to know you as well.", and this is when Stephan turned to them for a moment and said "Thank you girls so much. Now go and good luck, We'll be waiting here until you come back with her.", and when they both heard what Stephan said, Chloe and Aylene went out of the throne room and then left the royal castle and then they went together to find and take Bluebell to the royal castle so she can see her own family as well.
When Chloe and Aylene left, Anastasia asked, although in a rude and insulting tone "Who are these lame Pegasus and plain human being anyway?", but then Stephan turned to her with his brows starting to furrow in anger before he then approached her and asked her "Excuse me, but who do think you are that you have the rights to insult my two best friends like that?", but then Anastasia stepped aback from him and said "Ewww! Stay back! You're a male centaur! I don't want males like you to get this close to me! I'm a princess!", but then Stephan mocked her and asked "Oh, what's wrong? Afraid that I'll get angry and lash out at you for insulting my two best friends because neither of them are centaurs like me?", but then Anastasia said back as she tried to defend herself "Well, of course not! Who said I'm afraid of you? You may look like you're a good centaur, but you're just pretending to be good so you can trick whatever or whoever you want to be destroyed, just like your old man (your father) always did when he was young! I knew him ever since I met him, and he told me that one day, he'll be destroying me and my whole family using you as his revenge soldier!", but then Stephan said back "You're wrong! My father is defeated! I'm not revenge soldier! And I won't end up becoming like him either!".
However, Anastasia said to him as she kept messing with him (although she also kept her distance away from him) "You're really evil just like your own father is! I know you will end up just like him! Compared to your mother, YOU are his closest relative he ever had!", but then King Edward turned back and yelled at his own daughter "That's enough, Anastasia! This is going too far! Your mother and I we know Stephan's family for quite a long time, and I can assure you that Stephan is nothing like his own father!", but then Anastasia just huffed and turned away from him in anger, as she seemed to not trust what her own father says or Stephan, for she thought that Stephan would try to attack or harass her or her family in any given moment.
Meanwhile, Chloe and Aylene have already made it all the way to Stephan's (now Bluebell's) home, and so they knocked on the door and called for Bluebell to come out, and when Bluebell heard their calls, she answered to their calls and then she went up and opened the door to see them, and when saw Chloe and Aylene instead of Stephan, she asked them what did they came for, and Chloe and Aylene soon explained to her that her family came to Equestria from the centaurs' homelands to meet her, but instead they ended up coming face-to-face, meeting and befriending Stephan (except for Anastasia, of course), although they're all still waiting for her to come to meet them as well.
When Bluebell heard what Chloe and Aylene said about her family's being in the royal castle and are now getting to know Stephan in person (or centaur), she said "Oh goodness! My family are in the royal castle?! We must go there now! They could be angry or disappointed with me for not being there with you girls!", but just as she's about to use her magic to teleport Chloe, Aylene and herself back to the royal castle, Bluebell suddenly felt something tagging at her tail, and when she turned and looked down for a moment, She saw Andy and Zoey grabbing at her tail and looking up at her with sad and worried looks, thus showing her that they don't want her to go and leave them at home alone and scared (although it is very unlikely that Howard would be coming back to get them), and so Bluebell decided to take Andy and Zoey along as well so they won't feel alone and scared at home, and with that settled, Bluebell used her magic to teleport and transport herself, Chloe, Aylene, Andy and Zoey back to the royal castle to meet Bluebell's family.
However, once Bluebell, Chloe, Aylene, Andy and Zoey arrived back at the royal castle, they're suddenly being called by Shujaa to come inside and then go to the throne room quickly (and immediately), and once the five went together into the castle and then made their way and entered the throne room, they saw Stephan angrily staring Anastasia in the eyes and Shujaa is standing in the way between them as he's struggling to keep Stephan calm, for it's because Anastasia called Stephan a bad centaur for his father Howard have been one (who is also just like Lord Tirek) before he's defeated.
However, before Stephan could attack Anastasia and mean her harm for insulting him and his friends, Bluebell called for them, and when Stephan recognized her voice, he stopped himself before he and the royal centaur family all quickly turned around to see Bluebell standing behind them with Chloe and Aylene by both of her sides and with the twins tagging along right behind them (and particularly tagging on Bluebell's tail). When Queen Camilla saw her teenage daughter looking at her and at the others, she couldn't help but call her name as she quickly fully turned around and then trotted towards Bluebell, who also went up towards her as well, but it wasn't before the two suddenly shared a mother and daughter's hug in front of all the others, and Stephan couldn't help but change his scowl into a happy smile as he was happy to see such a family reunion, but that wasn't before King Edward also join in and also hugged Bluebell as well, and then Vanessa also hugged her, and so this is when Anastasia realized what's going on, before she sighed in defeat and turned away from Stephan and then trotted up to join the hug with the rest of her family, and once all five centaurs were hugging each other in a big family hug, Stephan couldn't help but shed tears, and also thanks to Bluebell, she helped and managed to spare him by stopping the confrontation between him and Anastasia before they could've done some bad injuries and/or some serious damage.
Then, Vanessa called out and said to Bluebell in an excited tone "Oh, Bluebell! I'm so happy to see again after such a long time! I haven't seen you ever since you left our homelands to travel around Equestria! I was just 2 years old when you left! But look at me now! I've grown up ever since you left and now I'm 5 years old! It's been 3 years since we've seen each other!", and then Bluebell said to her as she stroked her little sister on the top of her head with a free hand "Yes, little sister! I truly missed you, Anastasia and Mother and Father as well! I'm so happy to meet you all again after these 3 years which have passed!", but then Queen Camilla said to her "Bluebell, we're so happy that you also found a fine young centaur like Stephan for a best friend! And to be honest, Stephan is really nice when we get to know him, although we also know that we shouldn't anger him or insult him, because he can also be violent when someone angers him or insults him or his friends!".
When Bluebell heard what her mother said, she asked "Why are you saying that, Mother?", and then Queen Camilla said "Before you came here to meet us, your friend, Stephan, almost challenged your sister, Anastasia, for a fight!", and then Stephan interrupted and said "Because she insulted me and also called me a bad centaur! Your sister thinks ill of me because of my own father being evil before we defeated him! And so she fears that I may try to hurt you or your family, despite they already know me and my own family!", and then he added "They told me that they've seen me and my family when I was young, and your mother even tried to help my own mother to shake away her pained feelings of being weak and helpless against my evil father and try to stand up to him when he abused us!", but then Anastasia said "Well, you know what, Stephan? My parents did a huge mistake when they cared and worried about your family! Who knows when you'll become a ferocious and evil centaur just like your old man was before he was defeated!".
However, just then, Bluebell turned to her and said "Enough, sister! Stephan is a good centaur! He's nothing like his own father! He will never hurt anyone on purpose, except of course for those who try to hurt or attack others, strangers or friends!", but then Anastasia said "Ha! Like I should care about that, Bluebell! I don't feel safe with him around!", but then King Edward interrupted and said "Everyone, calm down! We came here to visit in the royal castle and meet Bluebell! Not to come here for a bad thing such a confrontation! Besides, I truly accept Stephan for who he is, and he seems to be fine and friendly when no one angers him! So, please, don't make me to step in the way between you!", and when everyone heard what he said, this is when the confrontation between Stephan and Anastasia finally stopped, but that wasn't before Anastasia said "Fine! I'll leave you alone, for now! But I still warn you though - if you dare to harm me, my parents OR my sisters, I will make sure that you'll regret it!", and then she finally turned away from Stephan and walked away without saying any other words.
However, soon afterwards, Stephan shook his head to shake away the anger towards Anastasia in his mind, and then he said "Well, how about I show you everything in the royal castle? I promise you that you can even stay here in one of our guests rooms for the night, or even for as much as you want, like four-five nights, you know what I mean.", and when they heard what he said, King Edward said to him back "Well, yes of course. We came here to stay with our Bluebell and also to have to get to know you better as well. You truly deserve to have a beautiful centauress like our Bluebell for a best friend.", and when Stephan what the centaur king said, he said back "Well thank you, King Edward. I wish I had a good father just like you. And now, let's go and I'll show you everything you'd want and would like to see around here in the castle.", and then Stephan started walking away and started leaving the throne room and went to the hallways of the castle, and as soon as he left the throne room, the other centaurs (minus Anastasia), Chloe, Aylene and even Shujaa went and followed after him.
However, Celestia and Luna still felt that something might go terribly wrong during the royal centaur family's visit, and the reason to why it could or would happen lies in none other than Anastasia herself, who is the only one from her family who appears to be acting hostile towards both unfamiliar males and also towards much younger centaurs from her own kind (like babies and toddlers), and she even tries to avoid contact with non-centaurs as well (like Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa). As for Anastasia, she's already starting to explore the castle all by herself, but she doesn't seems to mind or look at almost everything around her, and instead she continued looking and walking only forward so to avoid making contact with almost everything around her, as she thought that something in the royal castle might actually mean her harm.
Meanwhile, as they continued to explore the royal castle and their surroundings and also follow Stephan at the same time, Bluebell walked with Andy and Zoey following close behind her, but then something suddenly managed to distract the two toddler centaurs away from her and so they started walking away in a different direction, thus getting separated from the rest of the group, and as Andy and Zoey started exploring the inside of the royal castle all by themselves, they didn't know where they're going despite they looked at everything and everywhere as they continued to walk together on a certain pathway which leads down one of the hallways.
However, coincidentally, Anastasia was just about to turn away in a different direction and continue to walk in the hallways of the castle, but then she didn't noticed that she's actually going straight towards the twins, who are both walking together towards the opposite side of the certain hallway where Anastasia is right now, and after they walked together for about three more minutes, the twins were about to turn and then walk to the right, but then, however, they both collided with Anastasia (who didn't yet noticed them) and then they ended up falling backwards and hitting with their backs against the floor, although they didn't got or received much pain from falling and hitting against the floor.
However, as soon as they shook off the minor (small) pain which they did received from falling and hitting against the floor and then stood back up on their hooves, Andy and Zoey suddenly heard a female voice screaming down at them, and when they both turned their heads and looked up, they saw Anastasia (who just noticed them) looking down at them and even shaking in fear and distress at their presence (although the two toddlers centaurs didn't even appeared to be scary at all, and they won't even try to hurt or scare anyone else on purpose), and when they both noticed the new centauress standing in front them, Andy stepped forward and reached out his arms and his hands and asked as politely as he could "Excuse me, Miss, who are you?", but then Anastasia screamed at him "Ahhh! Stay back, toddler centaur! I'm warning you! Get away from me!", but then Zoey also stepped forward and asked her "What's wrong, Miss? Don't you like us?", but then Anastasia yelled in distress "No! You two stay away from me right now, do you hear?!".
When Andy and Zoey heard what she said, Andy turned back to look at Zoey before he said to her "Geez, Zoey. She's even more paranoid than our own father was.", but when he said that, he is suddenly grabbed from below his upper human armpits and was brought up by Anastasia, who looked at him in the face with both distress and anger which can be seen on her own face and eyes, before she then asked him in anger "What did you toddler centaur just said to me?!", but then Andy said back "First, put me down, then we'll talk.", but instead of putting him back down, Anastasia threw Andy back to the floor and then she lashed out at him and asked in even more anger "HOW DARE YOU NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION?!", but then Zoey jumped in front of her and said to her "Hey, please stop it, will you? You're hurting my twin brother!", but then Anastasia yelled at her as she shoved her aside with her horse forelegs "GET OUT OF MY WAY!".
Then, Anastasia placed a horse foreleg on Andy's lower horse body to prevent him from getting up (and thus also pinning him to the floor) before she then asked in anger "Who do you think you are that you have the rights to insult me like that, toddler centaur?! Huh?! TELL ME!", but then Andy cried in pain and said "Ow! Please, get off me, Miss! You're standing on my back! Please, let me go!", but she pain no attention to his begs for mercy and so she started adding more pressure as she tried to squeeze him mercilessly under her horse foreleg so to 'teach' him a lesson not to mess up with her.
However, just then, Bluebell's voice suddenly called and yelled "Let Andy go this instant, big sister!", and when she heard her sister's voice, Anastasia turned and looked away from Andy and she saw Bluebell, Stephan, the other centaurs, Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa all looking at her with both shocked and stern expressions on their faces, before Bluebell approached Anastasia and then she said to her and demanded "Let andy go, Anastasia!", but then the young adult centauress said back to her a huff "Hmph! Not a chance, sister! That little brat called me a paranoid centauress!", but then King Edward said "Well, you actually do act paranoid for quite a while, Anastasia! You're been acting like this for almost a full year, and we don't yet know why because you don't even tell us!", but then Anastasia said "I AM supposed to be and act like that! I hate babies and toddlers, even if I'm just a young adult! And this little brat is going to get what he deserves for insulting me like that!".
However, just then, Zoey cried and yelled up at the much older centauress "Let my twin brother go, you big bully!", and then she grabbed and pulled one of Anastasia's left arm and hand away from Andy, and then Zoey started clamping down her mouth and teeth on Anastasia's wrist, thus causing her to scream and yell in pain as the toddler centauress used her own deciduous (baby) teeth to bite as hard as she could on Anastasia's wrist, but then Bluebell said to her "Zoey, please stop doing that! You know it's not very nice to bite those who are older than you!", and then Stephan approached and added "Stop biting Bluebell's older sister, Zoey! She doesn't deserves to be bitten like that!", and then he and Bluebell tried to grab and pull Zoey away to make her release her grip of Anastasia's wrist, but Zoey used her own arms and hands to keep holding tightly onto Anastasia arm, as the toddler centauress wanted to teach Anastasia a lesson for harming Andy just a few short moments ago.
However, just then, Anastasia raised up her other (right) arm and hand and then she brought it down and hit Zoey on the head, thus making her to not only open her mouth and cry in pain, but also release her biting grip on Anastasia left wrist, before she then lost her hands' grip of the young adult centauress' arm as well and then she's thrown backwards with Stephan and Bluebell, who nearly got knocked back to the floor, and then Zoey fell out from their grip and she got hit in the butt upon hitting with the floor. Then, Anastasia angrily kicked Andy away with a horse foreleg and sent him coming towards Zoey, almost knocking her over as the two collided with each other, but luckily for them, neither of them got even more hurt from Anastasia's mad attacks on them.
However, just then, Andy and Zoey soon started to cry in pain as they hugged each other tightly and kept their distance away from Anastasia, who just looked down at them with displeasure before she said "Ha! And that's exactly what you both get for insulting a princess!", but then King Edward said to her in a stern tone "Anastasia!", thus causing her to turn and look at her father, who looked very displeased at his older daughter's misbehaving towards the twins, but then Anastasia said back as she tried to defend herself "Father, what did I do wrong? They deserved it for insulting me like that!", but then Queen Camilla joined in with her mate and then she said to her young adult daughter "Anastasia, Andy and Zoey are just toddlers! You can't blame them for what they said about you! You've been acting this way since the previous year! You should apologize to these poor little ones for scaring and hurting them like you did!".
However, Anastasia said "No! They both asked for it! I just wanted to show them not to mess up with a princess!", but then King Edward said to her sternly "Anastasia, that's enough! Now come with us so you won't mean these twins any more harm!", and then he turned to Stephan and then he said to him "Stephan, you stay here with your younger siblings and try to calm them down while we go somewhere else in the castle to talk privately to Anastasia, okay?", and then Stephan said back as he understood what the centaur king said "Okay, King Edward. I'll try to calm Andy and Zoey down and I'll also try to reassure them that they did nothing wrong.", and with these words said, the group splitted up in two - Bluebell and her family went to somewhere else in the castle to talk privately to Anastasia, while Stephan, Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa all stayed in the hallways with Andy and Zoey, and so the four tried to do everything they can to calm down the crying toddler centaur twins, who got hurt from Anastasia's mad attack and assault on them.
Then, Stephan knelt down to the twins' level and then he placed each of his hands on top of the heads of each of them and he tried to calm them down by stroking and caressing their heads in a comforting manner before he said "Shhh, it's okay my precious little siblings. Anastasia didn't really meant to hurt you two, she's just really stressed and she's under a lot of pressure, that's all.", and then he added as he tried to comfort his twin toddler siblings "It's okay, Andy and Zoey. There's no need for neither of you to cry. I'm not mad at you, and neither are Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa. I'm also pretty sure that the princesses won't be angry at you for what just happened between you and Anastasia. Things like that always happen to us at some point in our lives, and it already happened to me before, at the time I ran away from all of you and accidentally joined that monster, Brandon, and his muscular right hand henchman and second-in-command, Biff.", and then he continued and said as he tried everything he could to calm down Andy and Zoey and show them that they aren't to blame for Anastasia's extremely aggressive and stressed nature "Bluebell and the rest of her family will talk to her privately and they will figure out why she's acting like this. Now dry those tears, my dear little siblings. You're good little centaurs with big hearts, and I know that you didn't really meant to say these words or bite Anastasia on purpose. I understand how you two are feeling right now, but you both need to calm down. I truly care about your feelings, we all are.", and when Andy and Zoey opened their eyes, they saw Stephan smiling down at them in order to reassure them that they're not bad centaurs, and then they turned to see Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa also smiling down at them before they nodded their heads in agreement with Stephan's words so to help reassuring Andy and Zoey that it wasn't their fault at all.
However, the twins still believed that they had something to do with Anastasia's aggressive and stressed nature, and so Andy cried "No! It was our fault! She's angry at us for no reason at all!", and then Zoey added "She thinks that we are the ones to blame for her stress and pressure!", and then they both turned and started trotting and running away from Stephan and from his friends, and when the two toddler centaurs started trotting and running away in pain, Stephan called for them "No, wait! Andy! Zoey! Please, come back!", but they both just ignored him and his voice and continued to trot and run away as fast as they could, thus leaving Stephan shocked and heartbroken to see his little siblings running away from him because of what just happened to them when they both came face-to-face with Anastasia and got attacked and assaulted by her because of her aggressive and stressed nature.
Then, Stephan turned to Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa and then he said "Guys, I gotta go after them and make sure they're safe! They're my younger siblings after all! I gotta go now!", and then Chloe and Aylene grabbed at his hands and then gave him a couple of reassuring smiles, before they said together "We know, Stephan. We understand how you feel for your twin toddler siblings. Go look for them while we and Shujaa warn Mother Celestia and Aunt Luna, and then we'll go warn Bluebell and her family and tell them of what just happened so we can all help you find Andy and Zoey and bring them back here to the castle and try to show them that they did nothing wrong.", and then they let go of his hands and added and said before they nodded their heads to him in agreement "It's okay, Stephan. We'll go get some help. Now go look for Andy and Zoey and make sure that they don't get hurt.", and then Shujaa also nodded in agreement and said "Good luck, Stephan! I hope you'll be able to find them while we warn the other about what just happened so they can all help you as well! Now go!", and then Stephan said with tears in his eyes as he smiled back at the human, Pegasus and orangutan "Thank you all, my friends!", and then he turned around and started galloping away as fast as he can and went in the direction where his younger siblings have already went, and he soon left the royal castle and started searching for Andy and Zoey.