𝚂𝚖𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝟻

A Much Older Child

Smg4 was pacing back and forth in the main room; trying not to have a panic attack but walking only made his nerves worse, "This- this, this can't be happening right now, th- this can not be happening right now."

"Smg4-"

"One minute she was right here and the next she's- s-she's out there! Talking! Walking! Th- tha-at isn't possible!"

"4-"

"Well I mean that is but I don't think it's supposed to happen like this-"

"Smg4!" Smg3 grabbed onto both of Smg4's arms to try and keep him from walking into the wall, "I know this is a lot but you need to calm down!"

"Calm down? Calm down!?" Smg4 slightly raised his voice, "3 my- your- OUR KID JUST GREW UP OVERNIGHT AND YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN?!"

"4, PANICKING ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING EITHER! HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL!?" Soon as Smg4 heard Smg3's panic; he quickly shut up. Smg3 then took a deep breath, "We need to try and keep our heads, okay? Can you do that for me?"

Smg4 only nodded but he was still slightly trembling despite Smg3 holding on to him.

"I didn't even think Meme guardians could age..." Tari wondered, "Or is it just in Smg5's case?"

"I don't know..." Smg3 took a pause as he let go of Smg4, "But I've called Smg1 and 2 for help so hopefully they'll have answers...?"

"Where is the kid anyway?" Bob asked.

"With Meggy..." Smg4 gave a heavy sigh , "We told her to stay with her for a while...I...I didn't know what else to do..."

"Well...you always wanted her to call you Dad right? Well...be careful for what you wish for!" Everyone only glared at Mario as he nervously chuckled to himself, "Too soon?"

Soon a portal opened inside the castle because of the snow outside from last night's storm and out came Smg1 and Smg2; looking as confused as the rest of the crew was.

"Gosh, the weather out there is crazy, we nearly-" Smg1 was then interrupted by Smg4's panic as he rushed over to them.

"1, 2! We need your help! Bad."

"Woah, what's going on?" Smg1 raised a brow, "You looked like you've seen a ghost."

"Worse," Smg3 walked up after 4, "A child."

Smg1 and 2 just exchanged the same glances at each other and then looked at them again; seeing the cold sweat on their faces. "Did you two forget that you adopted 5?"

"Wha- no! That's not what we meant!" Smg4 took a deep breath, "We mean...there is an actual child in the castle right now."

Smg2 blinked, "Is it yours...?"

"WE MEAN SMG5 JUST MAGICALLY SOMEHOW GREW UP OVERNIGHT!" Smg3 went into a frenzy, "We don't know how or why but she's not a baby, she's like...a toddler at best!"

"Wh- what?" Smg1's eyes widened, "Are you serious?"

"Hey! Why are you allowed to panic and not me?" Smg4 glared.

"Th-that doesn't sound right..." Smg2 was agape, "Where is she?"

"With Meggy..." 3 tried to keep his composure, "We asked her to watch over Smg5 because Smg4 was literally about to throw up."

4 elbowed Smg3 into the side after that comment but then Smg4 felt his meme guardian senses begin to act up in the back of his head and he turned around to see Smg5 who was running away from Meggy.

"Daddy!" Smg5 then hid behind Smg4's leg to hide from Meggy, "Keep her away from me! She's mean!"

"Sm-? M-meggy?" Smg4 looked at the both of them, "W-what happened?" 

Meggy groaned, "She just really wanted to see you guys...I told her she can't yet but...she sneaked out on me..."

Smg5 glared at Meggy as she held tighter to 4's leg meanwhile all of this was happening, Smg1 and Smg2 were not completely sure what they were seeing right now.

After the initial shock was out of the way and the Meggy situation was cleared up, all the Meme guardians decided that it would be best to talk in private so they all went to the kitchen, and by all that meant Smg5 too; she still stayed close to her Dads though.

They were lost in thought for a moment; trying to make the most sense of the situation until Smg1 broke the silence, "Alright so this is...shocking..."

"Uh, you think?" Smg3 scoffed.

"The best, and our only, explanation is that...it has to do with her avatar..."

"I was afraid of that..." Smg4 rubbed the back of his neck, "What kind of avatar ages that quick?"

Smg2 shrugged, "We don't know, we're still trying to find it."

"Right...of course..."

"Well at this rate we need to find it and fast," 3 sighed again, "Are you even sure it's near the showgrounds?"

"No...not really..." Smg1 paused for a brief moment, "Alright new plan, me and 2 will search in the city next and you guys...well..."

Smg5 stayed dead silent as she lightly clenched at Smg4's pant leg noticing Smg1's short glance at her.

"Looks like you two are up for some new challenges," Smg2 tried to lighten the tension, "Wish you guys the best of luck."

"And you two as well..." Smg4 nervously chuckled as he and 3 both exchanged glances at each other, "Just...keep us updated when you can, okay?" 

"Right, you guys too, who knows when this sort of thing will happen again." Smg1 nodded, "Well, looks like we'll have to take our leave but-"

"Hold on," Smg3 cut off 1, "What are we supposed to do in the meantime?"

"Well...it is Christmas...do what you would normally do."

And so they did exactly that. It wasn't the weirdest Christmas they had but it wasn't exactly that bad either; although most of the gifts bought for 5 seemed kinda outdated now. Nevertheless, it was still a good Christmas to spend time with what 4 loved the most, his friends and now Smg3's and Smg4's new task of taking care of a toddler. 

(Hey ya'll, I'm back from my month-and-a-half-long vacation /hj
Ya'll do not know how many times I wanted to write this book but life kept getting in the way so consider this as my apology now but thank you guys so much for 3K reads, it means a lot to me
New and old readers alike
I will try to stay consistent but until then, see ya'll in the next chapter! Bi guys!)