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"Saying the Right Thing"

Chapter 1

Megan sighed as she brought her seven year old sister into the house. She didn't know what she was going to do with her, but she knew what she wasn't going to do.

"No way," Megan said firmly as Molly attempted to wrap her arms around her waist. "No way. Sit down now." She was surprised at how firm she was being, but she had to be. Molly had done something that was inexcusable and she had to correct it before it went any further.

"Megan!" Molly sobbed. "Please, I just-"

"No. Now sit down and let me think for a minute."

Molly obeyed, but she was still crying. She had her face buried in her hands and she was sobbing hard.

Just then, Fizzy came in. She frowned when she saw the state Molly was in.

"Megan, what happened to Molly?" Fizzy asked. "Why is she crying?"

"I'll tell you later," Megan told her friend. "I promise. Either Molly or I will tell you. Right now, can you please put the baby ponies down for nap?"

Fizzy nodded, but she didn't want to leave her friend. She gave Molly a sympathetic look, followed by a reassuring smile

Before she left, Fizzy hesitated as she stepped forward and nuzzling Molly reassuringly.

Megan saw Fizzy's uncertainty and hastened to put her fears at ease.

"It's okay, Miss Fizzy," she said, using her special name for Fizzy. "You can nuzzle Molly, but she can't go with you right now. She and I need to talk."

Fizzy nodded and gave Molly one more nuzzle before leaving the room. She hated leaving her best friend when she was upset, but she didn't want to get her into anymore trouble.

"It's gonna be okay," Fizzy assured her best friend. "I promise." With that, she left the room to put the baby ponies down for nap.

Once Fizzy was gone, Megan sat down across from Molly.

"Molly, I want you to look at me, okay?" Her tone was a no nonsense one and Molly knew it all too well. She had heard Megan use it with their cousin, Danny more times than with herself, but she knew it anyway. "I want you to tell me why you talked back to your teacher."

"You wouldn't understand," Molly said tearfully.

"Try me," Megan said. She was almost back to her gentle self. "Let's put it this way, try me, or you're going to spend the next hour in your room."

Molly nodded and did her best to explain what had happened.

"I didn't want to read in front of the class, and I told Mrs. Marson, no thank you, but she still made me do it. I tried my best, but the class started making fun of me."

"Why in all of Ponyland would they do that?" Megan asked.

Molly shrugged. She was almost in tears again.

"I couldn't say one of the words and I messed it up."

Megan nodded as a light bulb when off in her head.

"Was it a "ge" one? Did it have a hard "G" Sound?"

Molly nodded and the tears came pouring out of her hazel eyes like a waterfall.

Megan's heart broke as she thought of what her baby sister had to endure that day.

"Molly…come here." With that, Megan held out her arms to her distraught baby sister and offered her the cuddle she so desperately needed.

"What happened next?" Megan asked softly as she wrapped her arms around her baby sister protectively. She started stroking Molly's light brown hair, hoping it would bring her a sense of comfort.

"Mrs. Marson asked me to try again, and I did, but I couldn't say it, so I stopped. I told her to get someone else to read and she said I was a bad girl. She said that I wasn't trying hard enough and then she called me…." Molly's voice trailed off as she started to cry again.

"Shh," Megan said gently. "It's okay. Megan has you. You're where you belong now. You're in your big sister's arms, safe and sound. It's okay now. Come on, my little sunshine, you have to tell me what she said. That's the only way I can help you."

"She called me… she called me…. She said I was stupid."

Megan's jaw was about on the ground. In the twelve years she had been in school, she had never heard of a teacher calling a child stupid. Let alone her baby sister. Molly was anything but stupid. She was very smart for her age and she was very bright.

"What did you say next?" Megan asked, feeling like she was now getting somewhere.

"I told her I wasn't stupid and then I called her an ugly witch." Molly admitted.

"Oh Molly!" Megan exclaimed, a little exasperatedly. She was trying to keep from laughing. The reason was, Molly's teacher did resemble Hydia in a certain way. She had a crooked nose and a few missing teeth, but overall, she was an okay woman.

Megan regained her composure and her smile faded. She had to be the big sister. She had to teach Molly right from wrong.

"You know that wasn't nice right," Megan asked.

Molly nodded.

"But what she called me was worser," Molly said.

"Worse," Megan corrected her. "Not worser."

"Yeah, that," Molly said.

Megan sighed. One of these days she was going to succeed in correcting her baby sister's English.

Heaving another sigh, she gave Molly a hug.

"Tell you what, I'm going to talk to her and then we'll get everything straightened out, okay?"

"You promise," Molly asked.

Megan nodded.

Just then, the front door burst open and their younger cousin, Danny Smith, stormed in. He looked angry.

"That son of a-"

"Danny!" Megan exclaimed. "We don't need that kind of language here. Especially with Molly in the room. There are other words you can use to express your anger."

"Whatever," Danny said. "That two faced monkey brain."

This got Megan smiling and Molly giggling.

"Who are you mad at?" Molly asked, trying to change the subject.

"My math teacher," Danny said.

Megan sighed. It seemed like her whole family was having problems in school. She was just grateful that her little sister, Julie, was doing well.

In fact, Julie was on a trip with her fourth grade class for the next two weeks. They had gone to Florida to learn how to create their very own books. They were going to take lessons from a real children's book author. Julie had been excited about the trip ever since her teacher, Miss Crystal, had announced it two weeks before hand. Megan prayed and hoped that her little one was having a good time.

As for Danny, he normally lived in Colorado with his parents and little brother, Zack. But Megan's Aunt Rosie and Uncle Chris were having problems, so they had sent Danny to live with Aunt Abby for awhile. Therefore, that meant Danny was hanging out in Ponyland with the Hartson sisters the majority of the time.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Megan asked, giving Danny a concerned look.

Danny shook his head.

"Nah. I want to burn off some anger. Where's Fizzy. I need a game of soccer."

Megan sighed.

"I think you should still talk to me. But we can talk later. Fizzy is in the back yard. Buttons too."

Danny nodded and left, slamming the door behind him.

"He needs a time out, " Molly said, snuggling into Megan.

"I think you're right." Megan agreed. With that, she scooped Molly up and started tickling her tummy. She wanted to get her mind off of the horrible day she had experienced. Besides, Megan loved hearing Molly giggle.

The tickle attack did the trick. In a matter of mintues, Molly was giggling up a storm.

Megan grinned.

"Now that's the sound I wanted to hear." With that, Megan hugged Molly close before suggesting she go play with the baby ponies until dinnertime.

Molly liked that idea and went off to find Baby Lofty and the others.