Frost Queen's food problem

Reason

Chernobly had just arrived home and immediately started to look for their father. They remembered him saying something about leaving the castle, so they thought that he might not be there until they saw some of the cleaners cleaning drawings off of the walls. He was definitely there. Chernobly went to his room, finding him on the floor playing with the toys that are almost always scattered across his bedroom floor. Their father soon noticed his firstborn at the door and wagged his tail while continuing to play with his toys.

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Chernobyl your back already."

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "Yeah, busy day today."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "You were gone for quite a while. Any reason why?"

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "I was helping Acid; he needed some things from his lab moved around, and I wanted to help him."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Haven't seen him in a while. How's he doing?"

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "He's been doing good."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "That's good to hear."

As Nuclear Meltdown finished his sentence, his personal servant, Elephant's Foot Cookie, walked into the room.
Elephant's Foot Cookie: "Master, there's something I need to inform you about."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Elephant's Foot Cookie, is dinner ready yet?"

Elephant's Foot Cookie: "That's the thing; we're out of waffle mix and cheese; unfortunately, the chefs can't make your waffle pizza tonight."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie looked at them for a second before he started crying. No one would have expected it, but he actually did this quite often. He cried every time the food he wanted was out of stock in the castle. Elephant's foot tired to calm him down as Chernobyl watched. They never liked seeing their father cry, even if it was over stuff like this. They thought about what to do to help their dad, and then they got an idea.

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "It's okay, dad, we can play with your toys while we wait for the chefs to make something else."

Nuclear Meltdown looked at them, tears still in his eyes.

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "o-ok."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie sat on the floor and pouted as Elephant's foot left the room, and Chernobly sat with him.

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "So what do you want to play, dad?"

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "I know we can play with the stuffies."

Nuclear Meltdown goes to the closest and pulls out his big collection of stuffed animals, pouring them on the floor.

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Okay, we're going to play warrior cats. This orange cat is gonna be the leader, and this tortoiseshell shell one is gonna be the deputy. The group of cats on the left are gonna be the warriors, and the ones on the right are gonna be the kits, and the ones in the middle are gonna be the elders ok."

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "Okay, dad."

They both grab the toys and start playing. Chernobyl played with their dad for a while, even though they sometimes did not understand the game, but they couldn't stop thinking about what their brother said about what might have happened to their father, so they waited until Diner was ready to ask him about it so they wouldn't ruin his fun. Eventually, Elephant's Foot Cookie told them that Diner was ready, and they both went to the table. They sit down and start eating. Chernobyl sat there nervously, thinking about how their father might react to their question. They were like that for a second until they were brought out of their thoughts by their father's voice.

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Are you feeling okay? You look nervous."

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "I need to ask you something, but I don't know how you'll react if I do."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "I'm sure it's not that bad. What is it?"

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "Have you ever heard about Cruxius research labs?"

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "W-Where did you hear about that place?"

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "Acid told me about it; he's been doing research on it until and I thought maybe you would know more about it since you were around when the facility got destroyed, so I can give the information to Acid so he can use it, but I was scared to ask you because an event like that was probably terrifying for you."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "Yeah, it was."

Chernobyl Dragon Cookie: "Acid said Sugary Yogurt's dad used to work there; did Mom ever tell you about it?"

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "I-I don't think I can talk about this right now; I'm starting to feel sick."

Nuclear Meltdown got up from the table and speed-walked to his room as Elephant's foot followed. Chernobyl sat at the table, knowing that their father definitely had something bad happened to him there-something really, really bad. Their father would not be like this for no reason. They knew that he was definitely one of the experiments at Cruxius. They remembered the machines at their brother's house; they looked like torture devices. Chernobyl couldn't even imagine what could have been done to their father; they couldn't imagine how their father was feeling right now. They got up and walked to the door of their father's room and listened through the door. They could hear their father crying with Elephant's foot, trying to comfort him.

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "I can't tell them; I can't tell any of them what happened to me. What are they going to think when I tell them I killed the cookies at Cruxius? My children will think their own father is a bloodthirsty murderer."

Elephant's Foot Cookie: "It's okay, Meltdown; they don't know we were there."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "But they'll find out; they'll find out everything; they'll find out how weak I am, and they'll hate me."

Elephant's Foot Cookie: "They will not hate you. What that man did to you is terrible, and anyone would understand why you hid this, especially your own children. That family is evil, and you know it, we all saw what Frost Cookie did to Chernobyl; they have no reason not to believe you."

Nuclear Meltdown Cookie: "I guess you're right; I have to tell them Frost Cookie already hurt Chernoby; I can't let her do anything else."

As he finished his sentence, Chernobyl stepped away from the door, went to their room, and sat on the bed. They felt like they wanted to cry; they didn't want to see their father in this much pain. They weren't ready to hear what their father was going to say about what happened to him in Cruxius. They just laid down and went to sleep to forget about what they heard today, just for a moment.