Rosetta nodded, suddenly feeling nervous. "How would you feel if I were to tell you that you might be having another brother or sister?" she asked.

Johanna stepped forward and hugged her mother.

Rosetta's eyes widened slightly before a smile spread across her face. "I'll take it as you'd feel happy." she giggled, hugging her back.

Johanna smiled.That's great mom! Now I have some news for you.

Rosetta pulled back a little to look at Johanna. "What is it?" she asked, curious.

Johanna grinned.We found a house!

"That's wonderful!" Rosetta exclaimed, smiling happily. "What's it like?" she asked as she took a seat at the kitchen table and motioned for Johanna to do the same.

Johanna sat down.It's small and yellow with ivy growing across the door. It has four bedrooms, one bathroom and a small kitchen. It also has a lovely sitting room.

"That sounds like a beautiful home." Rosetta commented. "Have you told your father about this yet?" she asked.

Johanna made a face and shook her head.No, but I will soon. I dont want what happened last time to happen again.She sighed.

Rosetta nodded in agreement. "I would prefer avoiding that as well." she said, a shiver passing through her as she remembered the months that Sweeney would not speak to her.

Johanna nodded.Well, I had better go. I need to clean our room.

"See you later." Rosetta told her as she smiled at her daughter. She was about to head into the living room when the sound of claws came scrabbling across the kitchen floor. Raven let out a yowl as she went flying past them, back in her smaller house cat form. Rosetta cried out in alarm when she saw what was chasing the cat. Baron was covered from head to paw in mud, his white fur completely covered. He had grown into a huge dog and mud splatted everywhere as he ran past them.

Sweeney sat down in front of the boys.Now. I want to speak to you about the incident that just happened.

Alexander sat his book down and looked up at his father, listening silently. Logan's hands paused for a moment in his carving as he looked up at his father. "What do we need to talk about?" he asked curiously.

Sweeney sighed.You boys are both old enough to realise that your neice is only eight and you have to watch her.

Alexander dropped his head slightly in shame. He hated to disappoint his father. Logan on the other hand didn't like having responsibilities and did what he wanted to do. "Why do we have to watch her? When we were eight we knew better than to touch your razors." he argued.

Sweeney shrugged.Well thats not relevant. Just watch her in future okay?

Alexander nodded and Logan grumbled something under his breath, but nodded as well. "Is that all you wanted to tell us?" Alexander asked their father just as their mother's scream came from the kitchen. A black blur shot through the living room followed by a large brown mass of mud and fur which was followed by an equally mud covered Rosetta as she tried to catch the large dog.

Sweeney groaned and got up.No. Just stay here.Sweeney ran after the dog with Rosetta.

Alexander sighed and went back to reading his book. Logan on the other hand set his knife and carving down on a table and took off after Baron. The dog had finally stopped when Raven climbed to the top of a window, but he was dodging Rosetta's attempts to catch him. Logan reached the door to the room they were in and burst out laughing when he saw his mother covered in mud.

Sweeney sighed and grabbed the dog's collar.

Baron let out a shocked yelp when his collar was grabbed and tried to twist away. Raven let out an agitated yowl and a hiss.

Sweeney twisted slightly. He twisted so that the coller lightly pressed on the dogs windpipe. He then released.

When the collar tightened slightly and then the pressure was released Baron let out a snort and sat down on his haunches. His tail was still wagging like crazy, splattering mud everywhere. Rosetta was breathing nearly as hard as the dog was, her dress covered in mud. "Thank you." she gasped out to Sweeney.