Chapter 2: Trouble with Teens
"You never let me do anything!" Blaze, now sixteen, screamed and ran off to her room angrily.
"Blaze!" Twilight gave off a frustrated sigh. "Ever since her cutie mark appeared eight years ago, she has become so difficult. It's only become worse since she became a teenager." Twilight sat down on the couch as her eight year old son came over to her. Twilight picked up her son and held him tightly in her hooves. "What have you been up to today Nightshade?" Twilight smiled looking down at her son with wonder. Her sons a unicorn with a dark blue coat that looks black and his mane and tail are black.
"Why is my sister always so angry with you mom?" Nightshade stared at his mother sadly.
Twilight knew why, she wouldn't let Blaze go into the Everfree Forest with her friends. Blazes frustration wouldn't end there once Twilight talked to her friends' parents. "She is angry that I won't let her do things that she wants to do." Twilight said and frowned wondering if she is being over protective. Sure she had gone into the Everfree Forest but she had her friends with her who also represent the Elements of Harmony. Granted she didn't realize that the first time but still, it's not a safe place to go. Twilight shook the thoughts from her head and stood up. "I have some things to go do, don't let your sister leave." Nightshade saluted his mother making her chuckle. Twilight waved goodbye and then shut the door behind her. Twilight knew that once she got back, Blaze would be gone. So she wasn't going to be going home.
Blaze couldn't stand it; her mother is being such a party pooper. She continued to scream frustrated screams into her pillow. Soon she threw her pillow into a wall and then did the same with some trinkets in her room. She continued to throw things around the room in frustration and then she heard the door to the library shut. She isn't far from the front door and so hearing the door open and shut is easy to do. Blaze peaked out the door of her room and smiled seeing through the window, her mother leaving to do some errands or so she guessed. Either way she would be gone for a while. "Hey Nightshade, don't tell mom that I left ok." Blaze said walking toward the back door. She wouldn't have said anything but her brother is watching her.
Nightshade went over to the back door and blocked his sisters' path. "Mom said not to let you leave." Nightshade said; his eyes determined not to let his sister leave.
"You're such a mama's boy you know that." Blaze tried to push by her brother gently but he wasn't budging.
Tears started to form in Nightshades eyes from his sisters' words but he kept them back. "No I'm not, she is in charge of us and so we do what she says."
"Yeah and the next thing we know, a cutie mark will appear showing mommy with you in her hooves." Blazed teased and then picked up her brother and put him to the side. She then walked out the door leaving Nightshade to cry.
Twilight had gone to one of her daughters' friends' home and warned the parents about their kids going into the Everfree Forest which of course they had been grateful to hear. Twilight had told them to spread the word to the other parents and then headed off to the Everfree forest. Soon Twilight arrived and then saw the other two parents arrive. "Twilight, when are they supposed to be here?" A white earth pony named Crystal asked.
"They should be here about, now." Twilight and the other parents hid in the trees waiting for the kids to arrive. As they got closer Twilight and the parents listened to what the kids are saying.
"I can't believe that your mother actually left you alone with your brother." A pink earth pony said.
"I know; how stupid are parents these days?" A blue Pegasus said flying just above her friends.
Just as they were headed into the forest, the three parents stepped out from behind the trees startling the kids. "Mom?" the three kids smiled sheepishly.
"You get back home right now missy, you're in so much trouble!" Rainbow Dash yelled at the blue Pegasus.
"You're in just as much trouble Diamond." Crystal said taking her daughter by the ear and pulling her away.
Twilight watched as the other four left and then began tapping her hoof. "What the hay were you thinking? I don't care that you're an Alicorn Blaze; you have rules just like any other pony and I won't stand for you breaking them. The Everfree Forest is dangerous no matter the type of pony you are." Twilight lowered her voice. "If I lost you, I'd just die." Twilight walked over to her daughter and gave her a big hug. "Let's go home."
Rainbow Dash got her daughter home and just blew her top. "Lightning Blitz, you are in so much trouble. What were you thinking and taking my best friends daughter with you not to mention taking Diamond with you. Why would such a smart pony do something so stupid? Do you have a death wish?" Rainbow Dash continued to rant for another minute.
"It's not that bad mom, besides, you and your friends went there all the time and Blaze is an Alicorn anyway. There is no way we would be in danger with her around." Lightning said staring at her mother.
"You really think that just because she is an Alicorn that you can't and she can't die?" Rainbow asked and then paced for a minute angrily. She made her decision. "You're grounded for a week, no ands ifs or buts about it. Go to your room this instant." Lightning then ran to her room upset.
"Diamond, how could you even think of doing something like that? When your father gets back you are going to tell him exactly what you were about to do today. I can already tell that you thought that being with Blaze would make it safe to go there but you are clearly mistaken and how could you put her and Lightning in that kind of trouble. Go to your room and stay there until your father gets home." Diamond didn't say anything and just walked off sadly.
"Blaze, what made you think that you can handle it there?" Twilight asked gently unlike the other two parents.
"You go in all the time to see that old Zebra. You handle it in there just fine; surely I could handle it in there if we ran into something. We would have been just fine and how could you embarrass me like that?" Blaze angrily stomped her hoof and stared her mother in the eyes.
"Blaze, I may be a powerful unicorn and though you may be powerful, you can't handle it in there by yourself. I know my way around, you don't and don't you tell me that it's because I won't let you go in. I wouldn't have ever gone in there the first time if I hadn't needed to. I have troubles now in there when running into some creature. I take caution in there Blaze; I don't just go running in there. If I do that, I take my friends with me; they know the forest just as well as I do. I don't take them to increase our numbers. I do that because of the Elements of Harmony. If it weren't for that, I would be even less likely to just rush in there. Now go to your room." Twilight said keeping her voice calm and pleasant. "What am I going to do with her?"
A/N: This had been my first time trying to use breaks in the story to help it run smoother. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review.