DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own any of the ponies you recognize in this story. They belong to Hasbro. I do however own Baby Rainbow Star as well as Serenity, Baby Sunflyer and Melody. I also own all of the Human characters in this story except for the Moochick.
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"In No Time At All"

Chapter 2

The next day Megan returned home. She had been told by Dr. Larson to take it easy, and Firefly spread the word around the Estate.

"I'm so glad you're home!" Molly shouted, as she gave her sister a hug. "I missed you so much!"

"Aw, me too, my little sunshine," Megan said. "Me too. Did you and Fizzy have fun?"

Molly nodded.

"Uh-huh."

"Were you a good girl?" Megan asked, hugging Molly close.

"Yup."

Megan turned to Fizzy for confirmation. Her best unicorn friend had just nuzzled her in greeting.

"Molly was really good," Fizzy affirmed, "she had a little trouble falling asleep, but she got there eventually."

Megan smiled.

"I'm proud of you, Moll," With that, Megan put Molly down so that she could hug Emily.

Emily threw her arms around Megan's waist the moment Molly was on the floor. She had really missed her older cousin as well.

"I missed you so much!" Emily told her. " I was worried you weren't gonna come home!"

"Aw, it's okay, Em. I'm home now," Megan assured her little cousin.

After Megan and Emily had some cuddle time, Firefly insisted that Megan get some rest, so Emily let her go. She knew it was important for Megan to rest if she was going to recover fully.

Once Firefly had tucked her daughter in, she volunteered to stay with her. Megan agreed on one condition.

"Can you get Patrick for me?" she asked, "I want to talk to him."

Firefly smirked. She knew what her daughter had in mind and she was all too willing to oblige.

"Sure thing, sweetie. I'll be right back." With that, Firefly left to find Patrick. The minute she left, Julie walked in the room. She had been taking a flight with Medley when Megan had returned. She grinned upon seeing her older sister. She was happy to have her home again.

"Megan, you're home!" she said excitedly. She climbed on the bed and gave her a hug.

"Yes I am, my little one," Megan said. She hugged Julie back and let her cuddle up to her. "Were you a good girl for Medley?"

"Yup."

"I'm glad," her sister replied.

After Julie spent some time with Megan, she left so that she could get some rest.

Meanwhile, Firefly found Patrick in the kitchen, working on a history project. History was Patrick's worst subject at school. Firefly waited until Patrick was done answering the last question in his notebook before making her presence known.

When Firefly nuzzled Patrick's right arm, he jumped a mile.

"Firefly, you scared the world out of me!" the teenager exclaimed.

"Sorry, kiddo. Megan wants to talk to you. She asked me to get you for her."

Patrick groaned. It wasn't that he didn't want to spend time with Megan, far from it. It was just that he didn't want to talk about the phone call he had received from his mother and he knew that's what Megan wanted to talk to him about.

"Can I finish my homework first?" Patrick asked in an effort to stall for time.

Firefly saw this and giggled.

"Sure," with that, she went back to relay the message to Megan. On her way, she heard Baby Sunflyer crying in her crib.

Smiling to herself, Firefly went to check on her. She found her sitting up in bed. It looked like she was lonely. Firefly had put her down an hour ago and she had gotten a good enough nap since then.

"Hey, sweetie. What's wrong, huh? Do you want to spend some time with your big sister? Do you want to see Megan?"

Baby Sunflyer stopped crying almost immediately at the sound of her Mama's voice. She loved her Mama as well as Megan.

"Aw, that's my girl. Come on now. Let's go keep your sister company." With that, Firefly took Baby Sunflyer out of her bassinet and carried her back to Megan's room.

Megan glanced up when she saw Firefly return. She gave her mother a questioning look when she didn't see Patrick with her. Her face broke into a grin as Firefly set Baby Sunflyer on the bed next to her.

"Someone was lonely. I think she wanted to spend time with her favorite sister."

Megan giggled.

"I'm her only sister," she said. She knew Baby Sunflyer viewed Molly, Julie and Emily as her aunts.

Firefly smirked.

"Same thing."

Megan smiled as she began playing with Baby Sunflyer. She stroked her mane before starting to tickle her tummy. This got the baby pony to let out a string of giggles that melted Megan's heart.

After a few minutes, Megan looked up at Firefly expectantly.

"So where's Patrick?" she asked.

"My kiddo's finishing up his homework. He should be in after he's done. I told him you wanted to talk to him."

"Thanks," Megan said as Baby Sunflyer settled down in her lap to rest. "Aw, it looks like someone's still a little tired." She observed.

Firefly nodded in agreement.

Just then, Patrick came into the room. He smiled at the sight he found as he sat down on the edge of Megan's bed.

"Firefly said you wanted to talk to me?" he asked. He looked like someone who had just been sent to the principal's office.

Megan giggled at the look on his face.

"Yeah. Don't worry. I just wanted to spend some time with you. I also wanted to ask you what happened with your mother."

Patrick nodded.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone," Firefly said. She went to take Baby Sunflyer from Megan, but the teenage girl shook her head.

"Baby Sunflyer can stay with me. It's okay," she assured her mother, "she's fine."

"Are you sure, my sweet girl?" Firefly asked. She knew how fussy her youngest daughter could become sometimes.

"I'm sure. It's fine."

Firefly nodded and left the two teenagers alone. She wandered into the kitchen to see what was going on.

After Firefly left, a few minutes of silence fell over the room.

Patrick broke it with an attempt to change the subject.

"Baby Sunflyer really loves you." He observed as he watched the way the baby pony was trying to play with the fringe on Megan's jumpsuit sleeve.

Megan nodded.

"Yeah, she does. I love her too. She's a cutie pie. So, what happened with your Mom? I just want to help."

"I know, " Patrick said, reassuringly. "It's just I can't believe she did this!"

"Did what?" Megan asked. She then turned her attention to Baby Sunflyer who had started crying at the sound of Patrick's shout.

Patrick blushed when he noticed Baby Sunflyer's mood change.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I didn't mean to scare her."

Megan shook her head.

"It's okay. It's not your fault. She just doesn't like it when anyone yells or raises their voice when she's in the room." She then turned her attention to her "baby sister" and tried to calm her down. "Shh, hush now, Baby Sunflyer. It's okay. You're okay. Megan's right here. Your big sister has you. You're all right. Patrick didn't mean to yell." She started stroking Baby Sunflyer's mane, hoping it would help her feel better. She also started humming. She prayed it would work. She wanted to prove to Firefly that she could handle taking care of Baby Sunflyer all the time, not just when she was in a good mood.

Sure enough, Baby Sunflyer calmed down at the sound of Megan singing to her.

"There you go. See, you're okay. We'll prove to Mom I can take care of you sooner or later. Yeah." With that, Megan turned her attention back to Patrick.

"What did you just say?" Patrick asked. He knew Megan viewed Firefly as her mother, but he had never heard her actually call Firefly the "M" word before.

"I said we would prove to Mom that I could take care of her." Megan said.

Patrick nodded.

"That's what I thought."

Megan gave him a funny look before changing the subject back to what had happened between Patrick and his own mother.

Megan's expression softened as she turned her attention back to the matter at hand. "Patrick, you know you can always talk to me right?"

Patrick nodded.

"Yeah."

"Good." With that, Megan went back to playing with Baby Sunflyer. She was going to let Patrick come to her on his own. She knew Patrick well enough to know he would come to her when he was ready to talk. And when Patrick was ready to talk, Megan would be ready to listen.

*******

A few days later, Megan was eating breakfast with the others, when Fizzy came into the room, followed by Molly. The little girl looked upset about something and Megan noticed immediately.

As Megan gazed at her little sister's expression, she remembered that Molly hadn't been that talkative the night before and she had hardly eaten any of her dinner. And when Megan had taken her and Emily to a movie to celebrate her being home, Molly just drank some juice and had fallen asleep in the middle of the movie, which was something she only did if she wasn't feeling well.

"GO ahead," Fizzy said. "You need to tell Megan. She'll know how to make it better." Fizzy gently nuzzled Molly as Molly made her way over to Megan.

"I'll know how to make what better?" Megan asked, putting her fork down and picking Molly up.

"My right jaw hurts," Molly replied. "It started a few days ago."

Megan nodded and felt Molly's forehead. She didn't feel warm at all, which made Megan sigh with relief.

"I think it's from getting hit in the face with that baseball a few days ago. Let's see if some more ice will help." With that, she picked Molly up and carried her into the kitchen.

Fizzy followed. She wanted to make sure Molly was going to be okay.

Molly had been playing catch with Fizzy, Patrick, Danny and Buttons a few days ago when Danny had accidentally hit her in the face with the baseball.

It left a good enough sized bruise, but Megan was able to get the swelling down with some ice. She had given Molly Tylenol for the pain as well. Apparently, she needed a little more tlc in order to get better. Little did Megan know what was really going on.

After Megan got Molly another ice pack, she tucked her back in bed, gave her a kiss and told her to rest. She promised her she would be back to spend some time with her and Fizzy volunteered to stay with her for awhile.

It was still hurting two days later.

Megan had taken her to the doctor the day before and she had prescribed pain killers for her. She also told Megan that she was doing the right thing and to keep on doing what she was doing for Molly.

Even though Megan trusted most doctors, she didn't exactly think this one knew what she was talking about. They would have gone to see Dr. Larson, but Arielle was away for a few days at a conference.

But by the next night, Megan was sure something was very wrong with her little sister.

The reason was, Molly wasn't able to eat anything without great pain in her mouth and she was having trouble swallowing as well.

Megan had planned a small trip to the carnival that was supposed to be coming to Nebraska the next weekend.

It was this that caused Molly to say she was feeling better. She loved going to carnivals and the one in Nebraska was especially fun.

That afternoon, Molly and Emily sat in the living room, talking about what they were going to do at the carnival that weekend.

Julie was on a flight with Medley. The two had gone to garden valley for a while.

"I wanna ride the Ferris wheel!" Emily announced. "Patrick said he would go with me. What are you gonna do?"

Molly thought for a minute. She was about to answer, but was stopped as a stab of pain made it's way around her right jaw.

"I think I'm gonna ride the side wind-OW!" She exclaimed suddenly as more pain surged through her right jaw.

Emily saw her cousin's mood change at once and frowned.

"I thought you told Megan you were feeling better. Is your jaw still hurting you?"

Molly nodded.

"Sort of. I'll be right back." She went to find Megan so that she could get more medicine.

As it turned out, Megan was teaching Kassie, so Molly didn't bother her. She found Firefly who helped her out instead.

As Firefly was dishing the medicine into a small cup, she said, "Ya know, my precious peanut, you should really tell Megan about this. She could help you."

"No way!" Molly exclaimed. "I want to go to the carnival. Besides, the spring festival is coming up. I want to help with it. and Medley's wed. OW!" She put a hand to the right side of her face as more pain surged through her jaw.

"That's it. I'm getting Megan." Firefly said.

Molly shook her head and practically jumped on Firefly's back, trying to prevent her from going anywhere and telling Megan what was going on.

"Firefly, please, don't say anything! Please, I-I promise, if I don't feel better by tomorrow or if I throw up again, I'll tell Megan everything."

Firefly didn't know what to do. She was caught between a rock and a hard place. She knew Molly didn't normally lie, but she had a bad feeling in her stomach about this.

"Okay," Firefly said finally. "But if you get worse, you're going to tell Megan. Promise"

"I promise, " Molly said. She then gave Firefly a hug and patted her mane.

after that, Molly went back to Emily. Her cousin gave her a worried look.

"Does Megan know about your jaw?" She asked.

Molly nodded.

"Yes. I told her the day it started."

Emily nodded and rolled her eyes.

"Does she know that it's still hurting you"

Molly shook her head.

"I'll tell her if it gets worse. I promised Firefly."

Emily nodded, but she still wasn't sure about this whole thing. She knew Molly really, really wanted to go on the trip and she didn't want to spoil the fun time that they were going to have, not to mention Fizzy, but Emily also knew that Molly needed to tell Megan what was going on. It was the only way she was going to feel better in time for the carnival and the spring festival.

But as much as Emily wanted her cousin to do the right thing, she couldn't make this decision for her. She could only pray and hope that Molly did the right thing on her own-before it was too late…