Chapter Seven: Someday My Prince Will Come

That night, after dinner, which even Rainbow Dash had to admit was delicious, the kids showed Fluttershy what they did after coming home from mines, have fun. They each played an instrument they did best with and simply sung nonsense, with Rainbow Dash playing the organ that Fluttershy saw earlier.

Applejack then walked up and smiled.

"I like to dance and tap my feat, but they won't keep in rhythm." She sang. "You see I washed them both today, and can't do a thing with them."

Everyone then chuckled at the joke and sang out,

Oh hum,da-doo-lee-dum!

The words don't mean a thing!

Isn't this a silly song for anyone to sing?

Pinkie then used several pots and pans as drums and did a nice trick where she pounded on the drums before hitting a cymbal with a twirl of the stick. Trixie then stood up.

"I…" She began. "Uh…"

Rainbow Dash then blew a loud note, and that snapped Trixie to the alert.

"I chased a pole cat up a tree." Trixie said. "Way out upon a limb, and when he got the best of me, I got the worst of him."

Oh hum, da-doo-lee-dum!

The words don't mean a thing!

Isn't this a silly song for anyone to sing?

As the music continued, Rarity was pestered by that fly again.

"Hey, go away!" She said.

The fly then bothered Pinkie who ended up quickening the beat in her effort to get the fly. She only ended up panting as the fly landed on Rarity's nose. She then made to swat it as Pinkie gave her a cymbal, but she only succeeded in giving herself a big headache.

"Why you…" Rarity said angrily, and Pinkie ended up with a very bad headache.

Fluttershy then danced with each of the kids, except Rainbow Dash in turn.

Pinkie then got on top of Sunset with a long cloak.

"Hey watch it!" Sunset said. "Don't tickle my nose!"

Pinkie made sure to keep her hooves still as he put the cloak over the two, with Pinkie as the arms and legs and Sunset as the legs. They then walked up to Fluttershy, and she danced around a little, with Pinkie only nearly falling off once before she was pulled back up by Sunset.

The dance went on and everyone had a great time until they heard a sneeze building up from underneath Pinkie's hooves.

"Uh-oh." Pinkie said.

"Duck and cover!" Rainbow Dash called out, and everyone hid behind the organ.

"Mommy." Pinkie squeaked as Sunset sneezed, and Pinkie flew up into the ceiling and dropped down, using her tail to break his fall.

Everyone laughed, and Fluttershy sat down.

"That was fun." Fluttershy said with a smile.

"Now it's your turn to do something." Applejack said.

"What should I do?" Fluttershy asked.

"Tell us a story." Rarity said.

"Yes, tell us a story!" The others called out.

"A true story!" Trixie said.

"A love story!" Applejack said.

"Well…" Fluttershy said before she remembered the day she met Bulk. "Once there was a princess."

"Was the princess you?" Twilight asked.

"And she fell in love." Fluttershy said with a nod.

"Was it hard to do?" Sunset asked.

"It was very easy." Fluttershy said with a laugh. "Anyone could see that the prince was charming. The only one for me."

"Was he strong and handsome?" Twilight asked puffing out his chest.

"Was he big and tall?" Sunset asked as he flew up.

"There's nobody like him anywhere at all." Fluttershy said dreamily.

"Did he say he loved you?" Trixie asked.

"Did he steal a kiss?" Applejack asked.

"He was so romantic, I could not resist." Fluttershy sang out.

Everyone except Rainbow Dash then sat down as Rainbow Dash leaned against a corner.

Someday, my prince will come.

Someday, we'll meet again.

And away to his castle we'll go,

To be happy forever, I know.

"Hmph." Rainbow Dash muttered. "Mush."

Applejack then managed to pull herself away from the story and pulled Rainbow Dash over to Fluttershy.

Someday when spring is here,

We'll find our love anew.

Rarity was beginning to fall to sleep, just as if she was listening to a lullaby, even though she tried to resist it.

And the birds will sing,

And wedding bells will ring,

Someday when my dreams come true…

Everyone then sighed as a clock began to chime eleven.

"Oh look at the time." Fluttershy said. "It must be way past all of our bedtimes."

"But I'm not sleepy…" Rarity said as she yawned.

"Oh yes you are." Fluttershy said as she picked Rarity up.

"No I'm not." Rarity said as she made another yawn.

"Now, all of you, go to your room." Fluttershy said kindly.

"Wait a second." Twilight said. "We can pretty much sleep anywhere. The princess will sleep in our room tonight."

"But where will you be sleeping?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, we'll be fine down here." Twilight said.

"In a pig's eye." Rainbow Dash muttered.

"Hey, stop that!" Twilight said. "Don't worry. We'll be comfortable down here. Won't we, guys?"

"Oh yeah." They all said as Pinkie grabbed a pillow and prepared to go to sleep on a bench.

"Don't worry about us." Applejack said. "We'll be alright."

"Go right on up." Twilight said.

"Well…" Fluttershy said. "If you insist. Good night."

"Good night princess." The children said.

"Are you sure you'll be comfortable?" Fluttershy.

"We'll be fine." Sunset said.

"Well, have pleasant dreams then." Fluttershy said as she went inside.

Once Fluttershy closed the door, they all headed for the pillow.

Unfortunately, it ended up ripping because everyone had dived at it. Pinkie shrugged and went to sleep on the bench.

()()()()()

In the children's room, Fluttershy was saying her evening prayers.

"Bless Gabby for saving my life, and please help my sister overcome her anger." Fluttershy prayed. "Bless the seven little children who have been so kind to me, and may all my dreams come true. Also, please help Rainbow Dash find it in her heart to like me. Amen."

Fluttershy then went to sleep on the same three beds she had taken her nap in.

()()()()()

"Adults!" Rainbow Dash said as she tried to get herself comfortable in the pot that Fluttershy's soup had been before he felt something poking in his back and pulled out the ladle. "This has been a fine kettle of fish."

She tossed the ladle onto the floor and began to go to sleep.

Trixie was sleeping near a drawer. Applejack was sleeping on top of the drawer. Twilight was sleeping in the sink, getting a small drop of water in her mouth too. Sunset was sleeping on top of Pinkie, but she woke up when Pinkie was whimpering like a dog he before Sunset poked her in the hind leg, and she went back to sleeping peacefully.

Rainbow Dash went back to sleep as she was used to their snores by now, but the only thing he wasn't used to was someone whimpering, and Rarity did just that. She was fretting like a toddler as she squirmed in bed. Rainbow Dash easily knew what had happened. Rarity's stuffed rabbit, Bunny, was upstairs in the bed room. Normally, if Rarity didn't have Bunny, Rainbow Dash or Applejack would go and get it for her, but Applejack was out like a light, and Rainbow Dash didn't feel like looking for a stuffed rabbit up in the bed room with Fluttershy there, so she just got out of the pot, walked up to Pinkie and pulled her tail out from under her before moving Rarity to Pinkie. Rainbow Dash then put it in Rarity's arms, as she slept contentedly while Rarity petted Pinkie's tail.

Finally with some variation of peace and quiet by now, Rainbow Dash hopped back into the pot and fell asleep.

()()()()()

Meanwhile, the old hag that would be Suri for the next few days dipped an apple into a potion she had spent several hours making.

"Dip the apple in the brew." Suri chanted. "Let the sleeping death seep through."

She then picked the apple up, and it had turned black with the green potion clinging to it dripped away until it made a skull image.

"Yes!" Suri said wickedly. "Under skin, a symbol of what lies within. Now turn red to tempt Fluttershy and make her hunger for what's in thee."

Suri then smirked and looked at the now beautifully red apple in her hand, sort of an opposite of her. Something ugly disguised as something delicious.

Suri chuckled and got a mischievous look on her artificially aged face.

"Have a bit, sweetie!" Suri said as she shoved the apple into Coco's face.

"BWAH!" Coco said as he backed away.

"Oh, you know it's not for you." Suri said as she tickled Coco's chin with her skeletal hoof. "It's for Fluttershy. When she breaks the tender skin to taste this apple, her breast will still, her blood congeal, and I'll be the fairest in the land!"

"As soon as that disguise wears off." Coco said before Suri starred her down.

"Wait a minute." Suri said as a sudden thought crossed her mind. "There may be an antidote. Nothing can be over-looked!"

Suri looked at her book again and found what she was looking for.

"Here it is!" Suri said. "'The victim of the sleeping death can be revived only by love's first kiss.' 'Love's first kiss'? Suri said with a sneer before closing the book. "No fear of that. Those brats will think she's just dead. She'll end up buried alive!"

She then walked down a secret stairway.

"Sweet Celestia, what's that lady's problem?!" Coco asked as the door closed.

()()()()()

Suri then made her way to a secret ship as she looked at a long dead captive of the dungeon that appeared to be reaching for water.

"Thirsty?" Suri asked the skeleton that was left of the prisoner. "Have a drink!"

Suri then kicked the jug, and the skeleton smashed to pieces. She then got onto the ship and rested as she thought about what she would do once Fluttershy was out of the way. Maybe she'd seduce that little beau Fluttershy met just to spite her soon to be buried alive step-daughter.

In a few days, Suri landed on Earth and saw the ruined husk of the boar Gabby had killed to trick Suri. She'd deal with the griffin and his family after this. She only had about five hours left before the disguise wore off, and she knew Fluttershy would never accept an apple from her.


Aw… Rainbow Dash has a heart.

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