Over the next couple of days, many questions were asked about the big
brother ponies. Almost incessantly to tell the truth. Photos were brought
out, some hung on the walls, and some home videos were shown before bed
each night.
"I can't wait to meet my dad!" said Baby Ribbon. "I hope he likes me."
"I can't believe I have a brother," said Baby Quackers. "I can't wait to meet him and my dad!"
"I think I look a lot like my daddy," said Baby North Star.
"Well, a little... I guess," said Baby Gusty.
"Do too!" snapped Baby North Star. "Well, I guess our hair colour is a little different. That's all though!"
"All right girls!" said Gusty. "It's time for bed."
Baby North Star carried a picture of her father, Steamer, to her bed and set it on her pillow.
"Good night," said Posey. "We don't want to hear any noise. It's time for you to go to sleep, all right?"
"OK Posey," said Baby Ribbon.
"Good night," said Baby Glory.
Posey turned the lights of and closed the door so that only a crack of light shone into the room. She and Gusty walked down the corridor and joined the other ponies in the den. Baby North Star stared at the picture of Steamer and smiled.
"Good night daddy," she whispered.
"We shouldn't have told them," said Glory. "They're still too young."
"And now they're expecting them to come home," said Gusty. "How do we tell them that it's probably never going to happen?"
"Don't say that," said Bubbles as she rocked her babies to sleep. "The last time I saw Chief he told me they were close to a way of destroying the beast. They were just waiting for it to come out of the cave."
"And what if that thing has reproduced again?" asked Gusty. "I mean, it's a never-ending cycle. That thing reproduces faster than a rabbit."
"Gusty!" Magic Star laughed.
"It's the truth," laughed Gusty.
"If we're lucky the excitement will die down within the next few days," said Ribbon.
"Yeah," sighed Twilight. "Excuse me." She got up from her spot and walked sadly to the room she shared with Glory and Ribbon.
"Oh..." gasped Glory. "I almost forgot about 4-Speed."
"Oh yeah," said Magic Star. "Gosh, we should make sure she's all right."
"No," said Ribbon. "I think it's best we leave her alone."
Twilight crawled into her bed and pulled her framed picture of 4-Speed out of her nightstand drawer. After gazing at him for a few minutes, she burst into tears and held the frame tightly against her chest. 4-Speed had been one of the ponies that went into the cave... and never came out.
"I can't wait to meet my dad!" said Baby Ribbon. "I hope he likes me."
"I can't believe I have a brother," said Baby Quackers. "I can't wait to meet him and my dad!"
"I think I look a lot like my daddy," said Baby North Star.
"Well, a little... I guess," said Baby Gusty.
"Do too!" snapped Baby North Star. "Well, I guess our hair colour is a little different. That's all though!"
"All right girls!" said Gusty. "It's time for bed."
Baby North Star carried a picture of her father, Steamer, to her bed and set it on her pillow.
"Good night," said Posey. "We don't want to hear any noise. It's time for you to go to sleep, all right?"
"OK Posey," said Baby Ribbon.
"Good night," said Baby Glory.
Posey turned the lights of and closed the door so that only a crack of light shone into the room. She and Gusty walked down the corridor and joined the other ponies in the den. Baby North Star stared at the picture of Steamer and smiled.
"Good night daddy," she whispered.
"We shouldn't have told them," said Glory. "They're still too young."
"And now they're expecting them to come home," said Gusty. "How do we tell them that it's probably never going to happen?"
"Don't say that," said Bubbles as she rocked her babies to sleep. "The last time I saw Chief he told me they were close to a way of destroying the beast. They were just waiting for it to come out of the cave."
"And what if that thing has reproduced again?" asked Gusty. "I mean, it's a never-ending cycle. That thing reproduces faster than a rabbit."
"Gusty!" Magic Star laughed.
"It's the truth," laughed Gusty.
"If we're lucky the excitement will die down within the next few days," said Ribbon.
"Yeah," sighed Twilight. "Excuse me." She got up from her spot and walked sadly to the room she shared with Glory and Ribbon.
"Oh..." gasped Glory. "I almost forgot about 4-Speed."
"Oh yeah," said Magic Star. "Gosh, we should make sure she's all right."
"No," said Ribbon. "I think it's best we leave her alone."
Twilight crawled into her bed and pulled her framed picture of 4-Speed out of her nightstand drawer. After gazing at him for a few minutes, she burst into tears and held the frame tightly against her chest. 4-Speed had been one of the ponies that went into the cave... and never came out.