Meet The Parents - ~Gilding The Lilly~ Ver. Featuring Apple & Amelie

[onaroll]

Well, it's finally happened. After the Duck connected them to Moon, Amelie knew it was only a matter of time before she would go home and introduce her wife to her parents. She is a little worried about how it's going to go, however - from her perspective, it's been three years since she saw them; from their perspective, it's been a little over a month.

She's pretty sure there aren't many good scenarios where a sixteen year old girl drops out of society for a month and then returns married. However: there's nothing to it but to do it, because there is not a single part of her life Apple isn't a part of. As she throws open the door to her old house, she calls out in a voice she wants to be cheerful but isn't quite up to snuff.

"I'm home, Mama! Can you set an extra place for dinner? I bought company!"

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[cidery]

"Both are strangely in the vein of whelp," replied Apple with a faint chuckle as she grinned.

"Well in any case, we should probably figure out what to do for dinner. May I help?"

[onaroll]

Amelie considers.

"We could make sandwiches?"

[cidery]

"I think it would be a good idea. Do we need to pick up things in town or...?"

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Amelie does a quick check of the kitchen and shakes her head.

"We have some nice tomatoes and...ah, this is Gogoat cheese! Magnifique! Ah, check the pot on the stove, it should be Mama's vegetable stew...Papa! Do we have any fresh basil?"

Tadashi, who is stroking Grace's back soothingly, raises one hand and waves it from side to side.

"No, only dried. We do have fresh mint and tarragon."

[cidery]

"We can work with this then," said Apple with a cheerful clap of her hands. "Let's get started Amelie!"

She brings out the tomatoes and Gogoat cheese. "What kind of bread do we have?" She asked, checking the pot and it is indeed vegetable stew.

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"Ah..."

Amelie takes a second to look before reporting back.

"Baguettes, brioche, and pain de campagne...Papa, Mama, the usual?"

Tadashi nods for the both of them, as Grace is too busy seeking emotional comfort from her Fletchling to answer.

"Papa will have the pain de campagne and Mama will have the brioche; would you like to split a baguette with me?"

[cidery]

"That sounds wonderful, of course I will!" Apple smiled as she she to slicing up the tomatoes for the sandwich.

"And we'll have your mothers stew and I have a bit more tea left."

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Amelie nods in agreement, smiling.

"Alright! I'll go feed Rhyhorn and Lairon; I'll be right back!"

With that, Amelie goes out to the front yard, reaching into her purse for something as she does. As the door closes behind her, Tadashi speaks up.

"Apple...ah. No. Daughter. There will always be a place for you here."

[cidery]

Apple paused in her work as she turned around, all smiles and a little teary eyed as well. She's a princess, she can cry on command, but these were real tears of joy. "Thank you so much, mama, papa!"

She goes over to hug them and wraps the pair in a big hug.

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Tadashi and Grace share a look over Apple’s head before returning the hug. And then Amelie comes back in.

“Papa, you didn’t say Lairon evolved - ah! Group hug!”

And with that she joins in on hugging Apple.

[cidery]

Group hug indeed. It made Apple feel warm and welcome, as she hugged all three of them in the big group hug.

After a moment, she added, "I hope my mother is okay with this though. She has... very high expectations of me. And I hadn't even come out to her, let alone inform her I'm married now."

[onaroll]

Oh boy, that's gonna be fun.

"I could bring Xerneas with us?"

Grace reacts to that instantly.

"Amelie, no bringing a god to intimidate your mother-in-law into silence."

Why do you make her say these things, Amelie?

[cidery]

"I'd imagine she'd at least be impressed," said Apple with a little hint of a giggle.

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Amelie’s smile can only be described as triumphantly smug, not that Grace is looking.

“Amelie, wipe that smile off your face. Apple, don’t encourage her, for goodness’ sake. I already told you she doesn’t know how to de-escalate.”

At Amelie’s indignant exclamation Grace actually looks at her.

“Tell me I’m wrong.”

Amelie just looks away, unable to meet Grace’s gaze.

[cidery]

"I'll be honest, mother doesn't know how to deescalate either," said Apple with a little impish grin. "The last time she saw her classmate out of the mirror prison, she literally built a entire area for Dragon Riding Games under my nose."

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Grace blinks as she considers that.

“Apple, if Amelie and your mother burn down your kingdom in some kind of insane feud, you can have her room.”

Grandly ignoring Amelie’s protests, Grace sweeps into the kitchen.

“Beaucoup for starting dinner; would you like to help me finish?”

[cidery]

"Yes please, thank you!" Exclaimed Apple as she giggled at Amelie's indignation. "I'll be sure to ward off mother next time we visit."

[onaroll]

Selecting a baguette, Grace splits it lengthwise and pours olive oil on the inside liberally.

“Amelie loves olive oil on her sandwiches; I’m not sure where she picked that up. Could you chop the mint and tarragon, dear?”

[cidery]

"Of course," said Apple, selecting a knife and washing the mint and tarragon first before setting her skill with cooking to work. It was often said Apple was one of the best normal cooks in Ever After, a fact that she would have had to cook for 7 dwarves for a while.

[onaroll]

Behind them, Amelie and Tadashi are getting several bowls out of the cabinets and proceeding to set the table as Grace preps the bread for the other two sandwiches. The brioche for her own sandwich is sliced thickly and spread with butter, while Tadashi’s pain de campagne is lightly toasted. Amelie calls out to Grace as she sets the table.

“Mama, we had our honeymoon in a parallel Alola and I picked up some red Alolan salt while we were there, would you like to try it?”

As Grace adds the Gogoat cheese to the bread, she considers the question before nodding.

“Yes, that sounds good! And what do you mean by parallel?”

[cidery]

"There are other worlds out there which are similar in nature, and one of these worlds is the Alola Region, but it belongs to a girl who is basically an alternate version of your daughter. Her name is Serena," said Apple, trying to explain.

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Grace blinks a little, pausing in laying down the sliced tomato.

“Huh. Wasn’t that what you wanted to name her, Tadashi?”

He nods in reponse, having stopped setting the table when he heard that. Amelie chips in her own opinion.

“We kind of decided we were sisters; she was the flower girl at our wedding.”

There’s a lot more to unpack about Serena but frankly now is not the time.

[cidery]

That was a lot of stuff yeah.

"She's in love with a boy Amelie said was Trainer Red in this world," said Apple, decorating the sandwiches.

[onaroll]

There’s a long pause at that. Grace looks over at Amelie, opening her mouth to ask a question, but she’s cut off.

“No, Mama. Also, Serena is twelve.”

And then she looks over at Tadashi.

“Also, Papa, Red - Ash - is also twelve. And yes, I got to have a match with him, his Pikachu really is as strong as the rumors say.”

[cidery]

"I think Amelie is very impressed with Serena's taste in men," she giggled. "They're a cute relationship and I'll be interested to keep them together."

Finishing with the food, she said, "Food's on!"