The boys came home for the Yule celebrations, which Sarah had started to really enjoy. It felt like having Christmas twice a year. The more exciting part was that they were going to the famous homelands this year. The scary part was that they were taking the girls with them to meet with some magic council. It was Esmeralda’s suggestion because their library of creatures was the most extensive of all the libraries, and they might have more information for them. They also wanted to meet the hybrid babies for themselves and spend some time seeing how much they have developed for their ages. Esmeralda’s babies were able to do magic and speak at a younger age than they were supposed to, so they were used to “impressive” babies, as Meg called them. There was a bit of a problem brewing between