After the death of her grandmother, the narrator decides to move to a new town called Appaloosa Plains with her grandfather and son Vincent. She must first properly pack up the family heirlooms and portraits from their old home, as well as deal with the import papers for some cursed gem skulls in the basement that are connected to a price Vincent will have to pay. The family is now ready for a fresh start in their new home.

2. After my grandmother died, I was wanting to move once more to
continue with a fresh start. I had to make sure grandfather was
alright with it because it had been his home with my grandmother.
He told me that ever since he moved in when he and my
grandmother were young and they had met in the sleepy town of
Riverview, his home was always with her and not the building that
surrounded them. As long as we made sure to have my
grandmother’s remains brought with us to the new place he would be
alright with leaving Moonlight Falls. Of course I would make sure to
have my great grandparents’ remains moved with us of course. I
would be a terrible heiress if I forgot all that Temecula and Medina
had done for the family and if I left them behind as well. I do hope
that Vincent will do the same for me when it comes time for him to
take over the family. Alfred will likely see the tenth generation of the
family unless he chooses otherwise. I will leave that up to him.

3. It was important to my grandfather that he spend time with Vincent.
Our move would have to wait until Vincent was a little older because
it would be too much of a shock for him to leave now. When
grandfather asked if he could teach Vincent to talk, I of course said
yes. It meant a lot to him and I could see that.

4. Vincent made the most adorable faces when he was learning to talk.
I couldn’t help but take a picture. My little ham, when he sees this
picture when he’s older I bet it will embarrass him. It’s a mother’s
privilege to embarrass her son.

5. I didn’t catch the whole conversation between my parents but they
told me afterwards that mother had been doing some thinking and
she wanted to tell father about it before she did it.

6. Apparently, it was possible for a ghost to age. Mother had told father that she planned to age
up with him. An eternal life without him was too sad for her to bear. Before she met father, she
had been hopeless, lost and confused. She had no idea it was possible to fall in love with a
mortal and bear a child. Father showed her the way out of the darkness she was in and she
wanted to join him when it was his time to go. A true love story if I ever heard one, I hope
Alfred feels the same way about me, as a fairy he also will have eternal life.

7. Speaking of aging up, it was almost too soon. Vincent was finally ready to
attend school and I was wondering where all the time went. Although now
that he was old enough, I could finally start my preparations to move to the
new town. A few things had to be done first, like properly packing and
storing the family heirlooms and portraits.

8. Vincent even grew up in his favourite colour. My little boy was also Shy. I
can understand why he would become shy, he is an only child so he’s only
ever known his family. Making friends in school is going to be difficult for
him as well as finding someone to carry on the family line with…there’s also
that price that Grim has been warning us about ever since mother was
allowed to return to this realm. I fear that it will soon come due.

9. When Grim came to collect grandmother, he did not just leave like
he did when he took my great grandparents, he went into the
basement. I did not know this until I heard Vincent saying he had to
be down in there. When I asked him why, he couldn’t tell me, all he
said was that he “knew” he had to be there to see something…this
worried me of course.

10. Something drew him down to the basement, a place he could not go
before when he was younger. I hadn’t been down there much myself,
I knew we kept the family treasures down there as well as some of
my grandmothers’ paintings. Vincent knew where he had to go
despite never being down there before.

11. Vincent was drawn to a particular gem skull we had down there, it was
on the expensive display. I always thought it looked creepy the way it
would glow and seem to shimmer whenever I walked by. I have a vague
memory of seeing this skull when I was child. The label card said it was a
Vampire’s Eye gem skull and that told me everything I needed to know. I
now knew what price Vincent would have to pay when he was old
enough…and I didn’t like it.

12. Despite learning the price that Vincent would have to pay, I kept up a
straight face when it was time for mother to trigger her age transition.
Father was at work and missed it and he felt bad when he returned
home to see that mother had aged up when he wasn’t there. My half
brother Forrest and I were the only ones to watch her.

13. My mother was now a mature adult, just like father. There were a few things
to sort out before we could move, like the import papers on those gem skulls.
It seems to be coming back to those things again, what did Grim do down
there when he took grandmother? Did he curse them? I didn’t know but there
was a lot of red tape when it came to the importation of precious gems like
that, which would take a while…I had heard anywhere from months to years.
Just one more headache to deal with as heiress…

14. While I wait I have nectar to make. Squishing the fruit with your
bare feet was definitely not something I would have ever thought of
doing but it turned out it’s actually quite satisfying. I hope to make
some of the best nectar Moonlight Falls has ever seen.

15. Only other choice is what type of nectaration do I set it to. I like
Extended but also Concentrated, those two usually give me the best
results.

16. Vincent asked grandfather a lot about their ancestors, specifically about our
family’s founder Temecula. He was curious about what kind of powers he had.
Grandfather knew he was a witch and that he had fled to Riverview fearing
prosecution in the town he grew up in. Temecula never told Rena much about
where he came from so grandfather didn’t have a lot to offer on why
Temecula left.

17. It took a while but I finally got notified that my import papers for the
gem skulls had come through. And it was just before Vincent’s next
birthday as well. He would be starting high school in a new town.

18. Vincent being as Shy as he is, chose to become a Bookworm which didn’t
surprise me a lot. He was always in the library as a child and I suppose it
made an impression on him. He told me that he had been researching the
occult there, something compelled him to…and I know what.

19. We were now finally ready to pack up the house and move to the new town I
chose. Appoloosa Plains; I have heard great things about that place and I am
looking forward to seeing all the wild mustangs and mares that are said to
live there. I have always dreamed of having a pony, as many little girls did.
Now I can. I hope our next place is big enough for a horse to be kept in.

20. I will miss the old place though, it’s really the only home I remember. It
served the family well but with the new possibilities of owning horses, this
place is simply not big enough to handle them. I also want to get back to
traveling too, I miss it.
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