Natalie and her brothers obtain their drivers licenses and decides to plead the case for cars before her parents. She includes the facts that all three of them are not only scoring A's at school, but all three of them are also currently on the honor roll. Marcus explains that he had to do an advanced safety course to get his car, and offers the same deal to his kids. Pass the course, and get the car of your choice, or fail or not attempt the advanced test, and get a Jalopy, a Lemon, or a Wornado.
The triplets 'Ace The Test'!, and 'Bob And Son, The Builders', soon arrive, to modify the house yet again. It is a very quick job, as very little is needed to fit three more cars. However, getting a specific car from the garage might involve a lot of shuffling.
Lilliana takes the triplets car shopping, trading her old Chev on a utility vehicle that is more suited to her lifestyle at the junkyard and with her charity work.
Dylan chooses a red Land Rover, it has plenty of room for camping gear and tools, and being a four wheel drive, it will go anywhere.
Natalie chooses a purple Volkswagon, as it is modern and stylish, and has a great stereo. The paint has a chameleon effect, sometimes it looks blue, sometimes it looks purple, depending on the lighting.
Dylan had been considering getting a Land Rover the same as his brother's, but changed his mind at the last moment after spotting an old hot rod. It still had room to carry any tools or athletic gear he might want to transport, and flames are always awesome!
The garage now contains six cars, three scooters, two motorcycles, and three bicycles. The next person to move in might need to be a witch, as there is little space in the garage for anything else bigger than a broomstick!
After Venice had passed away, Lilli had tried to distract herself with as many hobbies as possible. Lilliana, being not just a fairy, but of Royal Fae lineage, would live a very long time, possibly even long enough to see the birth of V's great great great grandchildren.
The though of seeing so many generations of her soul mates descendants, warmed her heart somewhat, However their was still a void. Lilli, at some stage, had decided that she needed a companion for the ages, and as such had created Astrid.
Although Lilli had asked Astrid to try to remain hidden from the family,
until the right time. Casey had glimpsed her working in the garden,
one dark night and had been concerned that it had to do with
the unusual building that appeared next door.
It was now time to introduce Astrid to the family.
Casey wasn't happy with the idea of having a house full of criminals living right next door to her children, Lilli pointed out that she knew the administrator of the facility, and that her aim was to mostly house youth that she considered had been wrongly convicted, or harshly sentenced.
Lilli also pointed out that some of the teen girls that would be living next door were found guilty or excessively charged simply because they were supernaturals,
The administrator had also pointed out that if she filled the trial house with trouble makers and those who were likely to be repeat offenders, that her trial would fail dismally.
Casey was resigned to the fact that everyone thought it was a great idea, except herself.
Natalie had another vision, of what she assumed was a gypsy caravan by the gaudy decorations. She found this vision more disturbing than any of her previous, as she had no understanding of how it related to anything else.
Natalie asked her brothers on the way to school about her visions. "Guys, do you ever, like, have visions, you know, like seeing the future?", Natale asked nervously. She told her brothers of the dream memory like images of the violin, the fire house, and the Gypsy van that she had had.
Dylan and Dominic both shook their heads in the negative. "I assume that if you have visions, it may came from Casey's side of the family, because we don't have them, and lets face it, both of our Aunts are... a bit mental.", Dylan stated.
"The fire house thing, that's something we did that a few weeks ago,", Dom volunteered, "You can't do part time work there as a school student, so we decided to sneak in for a look, we are both thinking of being full time Firey's when we finish school", Dominic added.
"Didn't Margarita's little sister say something about a single circus caravan parked up near the recycling yard the other day at school? Maybe that explains the Gypsy van thing?" Dylan explained.
"If these are true visions, they seem to be past and present when get them, If you are worried about what Mum and Dad might think, talk to Lil or Serena?" Dylan suggested.
Natalie sighed in relief, she had been sure her brothers were going to think she was crazy like her aunts, but instead they were there for her, as always.
Natalie waited until Casey was across the road fishing before making inquiries with Lil. "Your Grandmother Venice only ever had three visions that I know of.", Lil explained
"One was to be one of the greatest rock stars Simnation had ever seen, another was to build a house and legacy to hand down for many generations, the third was for her only son to find someone special to continue that legacy with."
Lilli continued, "I know all three of her visions have come true, but I really don't think the visions you are having are the same thing, If you want I could ask Serena if their is any history of Second Sight, Scrying, or Clairvoyance."
Lilli knew that these paranormal type of powers where far more prevalent in Fae and Witches, than in humans, and vampires, and werewolves where less likely than any other race to have mental gifts. That didn't mean it didn't happen.
Almost every kid in school wanted to go do their homework in the Jettstar household, it was a well known fact that they were most affluent family in Elba, and the house and indoor pool never failed to impress.
Natalie invited Margarita Wong-Jonas home, one of only two other teen females in school, however, after meeting Dominic at the front door, Margarita forgot all about the house, homework, and swimming pools.
Dominic was rather distracted from doing homework as well.
Natalie hadn't really been interested on boys until she met Eric Grayson, Eric was a military cadet, whose parents were both witches, Eric was both athletic and ambitious, and was already working towards his future. Natalie decided he was cute as well, and used the excuse that she wanted him to teach her to dive properly as an excuse to get to know him better.
Serena was still in great shape for an elder, only a few wrinkles and the gray streaks in her hair giving away her true age. she had recently divorced the triplets stepfather, and had begun dating Nick Wulf-Ogden, he was a few years her junior.
Serena caught her daughter Casey, and Lilli up with the latest family related gossip.
"Alycia is pregnant to Ernest Lum, and they are going to call their boy Lewis.", Serena tried to keep the bitter tone from her voice. "If only she had married Lawrence, he was a nice boy, unlike Ernest, who hasn't even signed his divorce papers yet.".
"Bernadette is pregnant to Martin Ogden, who is my age, and they have decided to call their boy Rocky when he is born.", Serena added, again trying to hide the disappointment in her voice.
"At least one of my babies has her head screwed on straight!" Serena whispers in her daughter's ear. "Yeah, most days!", chuckles Casey.
Despite Natalie getting her first kiss in first, Dominic, the youngest of the triplets is the first to 'go steady'. Margarita visits regularly, and the young couple do their homework together and spend most of their after school time playing video games together. 'Dom' and Maggie' also share a love of athletic pursuits, and while Dom has some skill in painting, Maggie is passionate about art, painting in particular.
Chapter Notes:
Same old, same old with time travel dilemmas, again I blame the possible future purchase of the 'ITF' expansion :P
I have used a batch of Ambrosia to stop some people aging up in the incorrect order, and will have to manually age up some at the correct time. I have also written down my age stage numbers for future reference, in case of future re-installs, etc. :)
Astrid should technically not be in the house because of my RLC rolls for this generation, but with all the new stuff in Ambitions I am using Astrid to explore that, she is not financially contributing to the house hold, not that they need it, with all the spending I'm doing on things outside the household, they still have over §1,000,000. I could chisel this down easily by buying venues, but I'm saving that option for 'property mogul' in a future generation.
