Page 30 of Celestia, Year Four

I picked her out of the water to stare at her.

"Momo, where did you go?"

"BIBOOOOOO!" she replied, and her body began to change to white as her original white string like hair shifted to purple.

"Momo, wha- EEP!" I shrieked when a huge gust of wind passed, and the waters began to toss and spiral around.

"Wha- Momo what are you doing?!" I heard Esme's voice from my right side.

"Esme?! I think Momo's doing something!" I exclaimed, unsure what to really say standing naked with wind and water swirling around me.

"BRUREEEEEEE!"

HUH?!

My body froze as a shot of emotions hit me all at once; shock, fear, sadness.

I cursed under my breath, and my eyes grew wide when a white portal morphed in the ceiling and a very familiar person fell out and straight into the deep end of the pool.

My jaw went slack, and Momo's glowing body began to dim, returning to her black appearance with white stringed hair.

"BiBo?" She gave me an innocent look, blinking her eyes in anticipation, but I was speechless.

"Momo… did you just summon Celestia's familiar?" Esme asked. Momo leaned over to see Esme and began to wiggle in excitement.

"BiBo! Bibibibibi," she replied.

"BRU!"

My gaze slowly lowered to see Arielle's head pop up from the water. She spat out some water and coughed. "HOW THE BRUREE DID I GO FROM THE LIVING ROOM TO A POOL?!"

"A… Arielle..." I whispered, and her amber eyes locked onto me. She stilled, her eyes growing wide as they slowly glanced down my body and back up to meet my shocked gaze.

"M… Mistress, Bru?" she whispered, looking just as baffled as I.

"BiBo!" Momo lifted her hands, and I had to fight to tug my eyes away to look at her.

"Momo… you brought Arielle here?"

"BI!" she replied, reaching up to hug my neck. "BiBiBiBi."

"Well, that's a first," Esme noted, her voice sounded super close. I glanced to my right to see her standing there with a wide smile.

"Momo… thank you," I whispered to her, giving her a tight squeeze.

"BIBO!" She began wiggling in my hold. I pulled back to see her attention was now on Esme, and her hands were lifted in Esme's direction.

Ah, she wants to greet Esme.

I passed her over to Esme who gladly took her and returned my gaze back to Arielle who was still in shock.

"Arielle?" I questioned, noticing the dramatic difference in her human appearance.

Her hair that was now drenched was in a messy bun and her eyes had dark circles under them.

Aside from the multiple emotions hitting me through our bond, her energy was really weak like she'd been sick.

The exhaustion was apparent in her eyes and she looked really pale, compared to her normally tanned skin.

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