Just to let you know this really WILL be the longest chapter I have ever written. But it will be SO worth it I promise you all that. With that in mind please enjoy my newest Chapter and have a wonderful day. Read all the way till the End for a special treat! Enjoy!
Rainbow Dash Shook her son awake with a bright grin, "Rise and shine, Pal!"
The sleeping 15 year old grumbled as he covered his head with his blanket and groaned, "Moooooooooom! I'm trying to sleep, I had to do that huge thunderstorm last night and it's exhausting!"
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and smirked, "I have a surprise for you down stairs, Pal. Plus your dad's making pancakes with Zap apple jam on them, so get up!"
The 15 year old colt grumbled slightly but rolled over out of bed and stretched and his back and wings cracked and popped from not being used during sleep. He was of course excited for the surprise, wondering if it had to do with his little sister who was on the way, now only due in seven months. Discord had told them a few days ago that it was a filly, to Night's delight.
Night sighed as he brushed his teeth and talk with the old family Tortoise, Tank, "You know Tank...? My mom's kinda nutty some of the time isn't she?"
The old Tortoise looked at him almost sleepily and blinked slowly a couple of times.
"Never mind..." He chuckled as he brushed his wild mane and tail.
He went downstairs for breakfast and winced to find Solina sitting at the table. Though this wasn't what had shocked him, as she was staying with them after all. What shocked him was the four other ponies sitting along side her. There sat his father's older brother Storm Fleet, his wife and Night's Aunt, Flitter Fleet, their oldest daughter Cloud Runner, and their five year old daughter Flutter Mint.
"Surprise, Pal!' Rainbow Dash chuckled, "you cousin and aunt and uncle are moving to Ponyville! They're staying with us until their cloud home is finished, it's taking a while."
Night was overjoyed, but also a little bit curious. What would make his uncle Storm Fleet want to move to Ponyville? He had always assumed they enjoyed living in Cloudsdale. Why the sudden change?
"That's great guys, but...can I ask why you decided to move to Ponyville of all places?" He asked with a smile as his dad made everypony pancakes.
"See, Squirt, it's like this. Your aunt and I are also expecting another little one here soon, this one's a boy, and we wanted to get a bigger house three kids and a three bedroom house doesn't quite work. Plus, we have to make sure that the girls live in a good neighborhood. And the school here is really good. So we figured Ponyville is the best choice." His uncle explained with a grin.
Storm Fleet was a tall Stallion, much taller than Sorin was, but that was probably because he was the youngest and Storm Fleet was the oldest, he was dark blue, though still not as dark as Night, with a dark green mane and tail, cut kind of long but kind of short for speed and two Lightning bolts for his cutie mark. He mostly worked on really big storms like hurricanes and such for times of war, though only when needed, so he got by with just weather management which was just as good to him.
His aunt was another story, she was very much different. She was a light mint colored pony a little on the chubbier side, she was happy though. Her eyes were pink and her hair was sort of spiked and it was dark blue and hot pink. Her tail was cut kind of short but she liked it that way. Her cutie mark is of three blue lightning bolts. Needless to say, she was kind of rebellious, she was 32 but she looked about 24, and no pony could tell the difference.
Their daughters were pretty much typical. Cloud Runner was 14 years old, she had a dark pink coat, and her hair was minty green and dark purple. Her mane was cut really short, though her tail was rather long. Her little sister, FlutterMint, was another story, she was a five year old little filly with a big attitude. She was light lime green with teal eyes and she had a purple mane with a purple and red tipped short tail.
He loved both of them but he wasn't sure where they would be sleeping.
As if to read his mind his father said, "FlutterMint is staying in the first spare room with Solina, the second bedroom will be for your Aunt and Uncle, and so she'll sleep on the bottom bunk of your bunk bed."
He flinched, "A girl in my room?! No way!"
Rainbow Dash got one of her mood swings, they appeared often, and began to cry hysterically, "Why can't you just do this one thing for your cousin?! You're causing a scene!"
This made Night wince and feel really back suddenly before he groaned, "Ok ok! Fine! I'm...Going to take Solina over to meet with her friends after breakfast."
Rainbow Dash stopped crying and smiled sweetly, "Awww, that's nice of you, Dark. Be careful."
He nodded and sat down in his seat and his dad got everypony their pancakes with a grin. The family talked and laughed happily, Rainbow Dash of course ate 28 pancakes in a row as she did most mornings. After that as promised he got Solina ready for school before taking her to go to school. On the way he spoke to her.
"You're going to hear from Moon Stone about that mare right?" He asked quietly.
The four year old nodded and she said, "Uh huh. She said she would ask aunt Rarity last night."
"Hey! wait for me!"
The two froze and blinked slightly as they looked back and saw FlutterMint fluttering her way over.
"Why are you coming?" Night Flyer asked.
She smiled, "I'm going to school too!"
He nodded and said, "Ok."
The three of them arrived and said their goodbye before they went their separate ways. Night to go get a hay burger and the girls off to make new friends and meet with other friends. Solina grinned as she found her friends at the big house.
"Hey Zarina! Hey MoonStone!" She greeted happily.
Her two friends greeted her happily.
"Did you talk to Aunt Rarity last night Moon?" He asked happily.
MoonStone nodded with a bright and happy smile, "Yep! I can tell you guys at lunch time. Trust me, you'll wanna Sit down for this."
The other Two girls nodded. "Sure. Then we can go to the Clubhouse after School and discuss stuff with Night Flyer."
Solina had Aunt AppleJack and Apple Bloom build her and her Friends a club house behind the waterfall next to her castle, So that she and her best friends could have a place to themselves. Or Sometimes she just went there to be alone for a little while. It was what she had wanted all her life! Though her life was only Four years so far still, she still had wanted it quite a while. And her Aunts had given it to her as a fourth birthday present. It was a nice little clubhouse with two floors, one for hanging out with a mini fridge, mini pantry, and a small oven in case they wanted to make cupcakes, and the stuff was all stalked up too. The second floor was for Sleep overs with another mini fridge, for drinks, like milk and juice for late night snacking, and now Three beds. She would have to get a fourth one for FlutterMint if she wanted to be their friend.
The three friends walked into the schoolhouse and took their seats, all right next to each other, with an empty seat next to Solina which she assumed was added by Mrs. Cheeralie for FlutterMint.
"Alright my little ponies! Settle Down! Settle! Today is a really truly Exciting day. Today We have a NEW student! Her name is Flutter Mint, she just moved to Ponyville from Cloudsdale." Mrs. Cheerilie spoke with a soft but happy, excited, tone.
FlutterMint smiled sheepishly as she waved slightly, "H-Hi..." She said softly, almost meekly.
She had seemed so Energetic at Breakfast that morning. Perhaps she was just a bit nervous?
Mrs. Cheeralie smiled at her and she said, "Why don't you stand proud and tell the class a few things about yourself that make you who you are?"
The shy Pegasus nodded and she gulped slightly as she looked at the class and she began to speak, "well...I just moved here and...my daddy is a Soldier who makes big hurricanes whenever there's a war going on...he's also in charge of weather management until my auntie has her baby."
The class clapped for her happily before she hurried to her seat next to Solina happily. The lesson started and everypony listened. After a while lunch started and all four girls went to their table outside to eat their sack lunches.
"Okay MoonStone! We HAVE to know. What did Aunt Rarity tell you?" Solina asked as she took a bite of her peanut butter and banana sandwich.
MoonStone sipped at her apple juice as Zarina ate some odd green mush, and FlutterMint ate a grilled cheese sandwich, "Yeah, and let me tell you' it's a doozy! Aunt Rarity told me that when Elusive was younger he loved Radiant Shine more than ANYTHING, and she really liked him too!"
Solina blinked in confusion, "really? That's really weird, why did she leave him then if she liked him so much?
"What are you guys talking about?" FlutterMint asked, sipping on her juice quietly.
The three friends looked at her in confusion before they all seemed to realize that FlutterMint hadn't been told about what they were even planning. Though to be fair they didn't really know her that well yet so it was understandable why they believed that she shouldn't have been told yet. But since she had asked they shrugged and decided that it was going to be okay to tell her what was going on.
"well, Night Flyer really likes this mare but she's dating somepony else who's really mean and is just using her to become a prince so that he can show off for his fancy bullies back in canterlot, as well as his ex marefriend. So we said we would help him figure out a way to help him break them up by showing the mare that her current coltfriend is no good without actually telling her. So I asked my aunt Rarity about his ex marefriend so we could figure out exactly what our plan is supposed to be." MoonStone said, taking a big bite of her peanut butter and Jam sandwich.
FlutterMint blinked slightly and she said, "well that sounds really nice of you guys. Why though, is my question?"
Solina blinked slightly, confusion clearly on her and her friends' faces, "well...why wouldn't wouldn't we? He may be weird sometimes and love crazy, but he's still our friend. So we wanna help him however we can, so he can be happy."
FlutterMint seemed to agree as she nodded before taking a bite of her lunch and finishing it.
"Ok. So anyway, it's really a sad story. Because after she found out that he was born from Aunt Rarity, she started to doubt him...all because he wasn't born to a canterlot noble, who was born in Canterlot...but even more interesting is when I asked her about where she was now...She said that she went to Mainhattian to become an apprentice to Coloratura." MoonStone explained, earning a wide eyed gasp from Solina.
"really? That's Auntie Apple Jack's marefriend! She's coming here for Lucy's birthday party next month!" Solina beamed happily.
"perfect!" Zarina said with a bright grin, "we can talk to her about Raidiant Shine when she comes to ponyville and see what we can do about it!"
Solina nodded happily, "Yeah, it'll be great, that way, we'll have more time to do something about her and Elusive, so that we can get THEM back together and save my sister before anything bad happens!"
The three friends nodded in agreement.
FlutterMint smiled, "I'm in too! You're gonna need more than just four ponies to pull this one off. I can talk to my papa and I'll be he can help out Night too. He'd do anything for his favorite Nephew."
The other three fillies looked at each other but gave a small nod with a smile as they all four bumped hooves and grinned as they finished their lunches and went to go play with the others as recess was starting. They went and played tag and they played hide and seek for a while before they had to go back inside, it was family day and Solina had asked her aunt Cadence to come and speak about what it is like in the crystal empire and all the responsibilities she has protecting the empire and all it's citizens.
"Alright my little ponies, we have a VERY special guest here with us for family day because Solina's aunt Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, or Princess Cadence, is here to speak with us all about the empire." Mrs. Cheeralie said as she smiled, Princess Cadence coming into their classroom with a big smile.
"hey there, every pony. Solina told me about how you guys were curious about the empire and I offered to come by for her family day in her mother's place. Now. Does Anypony have any questions? I'll answer any questions you might have." She said with a cheerful smile.
Immediately foals began to raise their hooves and Cadence began with a little green and purple maned colt with bright green eyes, "what's it like in the crystal empire?"
Cadence smiled and she said, "well for me, it's pretty peaceful, despite my son being a little rebellious."
Another little filly raised her hoof, "Are there crystal unicorns too?"
Cadence blinked and she said, "Some, yes, but they're very hard to find. There are some crystal Pegasi too, but they mainly reside in the sky."
There were more and more questions, which she happily answered before it was time to go back home for all the fillies and colts.
Night Flyer came to pick up the girls to take them to AppleJack's so that they could talk to her about Coloratura and her apprentice. Coloratura had been going out with Aj ever since she had stopped being "Countess Coloratura" before Starlight had been born, but they always somehow remain in touch despite the distance, since they wrote to each other all the time. They arrived and grinned when they caught AppleJack with her hat over her eyes and resting under a tree.
"Howdy there, every pony. What bring ya'll here for a visit?" She asked in her thick southern accent.
"Hi Auntie, we were just wondering if we could talk over some nonalcoholic cider." Night said with a grin.
The orange mare nodded and smiled as she got up and she said, "Sure, ya'll can help me make it, by peeling the apples...least ya'll don't use rocks." She chuckled at the irony with a grin as she lead them inside.
They got to work on peeling the apples with a smile as she and Solina smiled as she asked, "Auntie? What can you tell us about Coloratura's apprentice? How did they meet?"
AppleJack blinked and she said, "well I know she's a bit of a snob, but she's a polite enough gal, now that she's learning from RaRa about singing and such. She's real nice. RaRa said they'd be coming by next month, I reckon they'd be thrilled to meet everypony."
The five of them nodded and smiled as they kept working and made the cider, everypony enjoying a glass happily as they chatted and laughed before they all went on their way, MoonStone to her home, and Zarina back to meet with her mothers for herb picking. Night took the girls back to his home and he smiled, having to head out to go grab a hay burger before his evening shift started.
"See you when I get home!" he called as he flew off and Rainbow Dash smiled and waved before getting the girls a snack with a grin, "So how was school?" she asked the two friends, setting down a tray of cookies and two glasses of milk for them.
"it was great!" Solina beamed as she ate a cookie and drank some of her milk.
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Rainbow Dash nodded happily as she put away the milk after refilling their glasses, "That's good, your sister called on the mirror a while ago, you should call her back whenever you get the chance."
Solina nodded happily as she continued to eat and drink her milk before the two of them were done and Solina went to their room, while FlutterMint went to go find her dad so that she could tell him what they were doing so he could talk to Night Flyer when he left for his own weather shift later into the evening. She found him training his wings in Rainbow Dash's gym and work out room.
He grinned when he saw his youngest daughter heading his way and he got up and ruffled her mane playfully, "Hey there, tiger! What's up?" He asked happily.
She grinned and she said, "Hey papa. I wanted to talk to you about something."
He smiled and nodded, "Sure, anything for you, kiddo."
She nodded and smiled as she began explaining the whole situation as far as she knew to him, before she asked him to talk with Night Flyer and see what he thought he should do about the situation while they waited for Coloratura and Raidiant Shine to arrive in a month. It was true it would be better to get it done before they returned so they could have it ready by then but that was not how it was going to happen unfortunately. But they had to make the best with what they had, after all they WERE all still young and SUPER young so they really didn't have all that much of a choice. Still Storm Fleet nodded in understanding and ruffled her mane again and he smiled softly.
"I can do a little bit but I can promise you that I will be able to steer him on the right path until you get a plan thought up. Don't you worry, FlutterMint. Daddy's on the case and you KNOW I won't tolerate failure." He said proudly and she beamed with a nod.
She hugged him happily before running off to tell Solina the news. Storm Fleet chuckled and he smiled, looking at the time and hurrying to fly to go talk to Night Flyer, he was working with him hat night after all. He planned to keep his promise to his daughter and he swore on his cutie mark that he would not let her down. He simply could not let her down, for the sake of both him AND Starlight, he had to do this right and keep that promise. He found Night flyer and he nodded as he flew over to him. Meanwhile FlutterMint grinned as she entered their room and she and Storm Fleet both asked their respective ponies, "Hey! It's important, can we talk a moment?"
And at the exact same time Night and Solina both respectively said, "Of course, what's up?"