After leaving Kat's shop, the two colts decided to head back to Joel's apartment. A cool breeze blew past them as they walked, making their tails swish as they walked. By the time they reached the apartment, it was cloudy and about to rain outside. Rain began to pour, soaking their manes just before they got inside.

Joel stepped through the door, tracking muddy hoof prints over the wooden floor. He gave his mane and wings a shake, spewing water everywhere but making himself completely dry. Turning to Sonny, Joel saw that Sonny had covered himself in a red aura of his magic. After a second, the color faded and he was left there, all dried.

"Where'd you learn to do that?" Joel asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's just a little trick Sofi taught me." Sonny said, stepping over the muddy tracks their hooves made to get to the kitchen, "Do you have any food?"

"Nope." Joel said and sat down on the couch, waiting for Sonny to finish searching for grub.

Sonny opened the fridge to find it empty. After searching a bit, he found a fresh pie in the back of Joel's cupboard, "Liar!" He yelled, levitating the pie out from the back and in front of his face. His mouth watered, and the pie looked so good. Just when he was about to take a bite, Joel smacked him in the back of the head, making the pie drop. Joel saved it with his left wing, and then held it protectively against his chest.

"Don't touch my pie!" Joel backed up, still grasping the delicious culinary masterpiece, "It's a zap apple pie, and you can only get it once a year, so I'm not sharing it!"

Sonny frowned, his stomach growling as he continued to stare at the rainbow apple pie. He remembered when he was colt he wanted so badly to try the famous Apple Family Zap Apple Pie, but never got a chance to.

"Please Joel." He started, trying to see if he could get Joel to spare some. Joel just shook his head and moved the pie further away as Sonny took a step forward.

"Just a slice, Joel. Just one slice!"

"It's mine!"

Joel balanced the pie on one wing, making sure it was out of Sonny's grasp.

"A bite? Please?"

Joel still continued to move the pie away, shaking his head. Suddenly, he slipped on the mud tracked into the house, but grabbed the pie just in time before it hit the ground. Sonny dashed forward and pushed him to the ground with his powerful front hooves. Joel let go of the pie and it flew into the air.

"My pie!" Joel shouted, watching the pie spin several times in the air, "Sonny you little prick!" He looked up to see Sonny standing above him, his hooves on Joel's chest, keeping him from grabbing the pie. At the last second, Sonny caught the pie with his telekinesis. The red glow formed around the almost-crushed pie.

Sonny tilted his head to the side a bit and did a half smile, showing that he was pleased with himself. Wait…what the hell am I doing?! Reality caught up in his mind and he realized what he was doing. He looked at Joel, and their eyes met for a second, but Sonny stepped off of him, breaking the connection that almost seemed to spark something in his mind.

Sonny used his telekinesis to bring the pie in front of Joel, "Here you go. I'm sorry I…don't know what came over me…" He wondered what that was he felt when their eyes met.

Joel stood up and took his pie from the red glow, "It's ok, bro." Sonny sighed and walked a few steps away, turning to see Joel eating bits of the pie but still holding it protectively to his chest.

Sonny walked over to the old couch in the middle of the apartment and flopped down, lying on his stomach with his hind legs tucked on each of his sides. After stowing the rest of the pie safely in the far corner of the kitchen, Joel sat down next to him.

"You know, dude, I kind of want to get a haircut." Sonny said, levitating a tuft of his black hair with his magic. Joel ignored him, and went through the TV channels.

"We should both get haircuts!" Sonny exclaimed, and Joel turned to him, shocked.

"What?! No." Joel frowned and refused to cut his hair.

"Whatever." Sonny said and got up, "I gotta get back home now." Joel slightly nodded, but acknowledged his departed. Suddenly, the door burst open and a familiar face ran inside.

"Sofi?! What are you doing back here? You're supposed to be in Canterlot." Sonny exclaimed, looking at a very hyper Sofi.

Purple fireworks exploded from her unicorn horn as she shouted, "I got kicked out!"

Both Joel and Sonny's jaws dropped, "What? How the hell did you do that?"

Sofi beamed as she said, "Well, I kind of said the spell I was learning wrong, which kind of brought evil demons into the Canterlot Castle and wrecked it, then Celestia and Twilight Sparkle had to come down and save the day, blah, blah, blah. Moral of the story is that they kicked me out because of 'property damage'."

Joel's hoof smacked against his face and Sonny snorted.

Sofi squinted at Sonny, "Hey, you got your lip pierced!" Then she turned to Joel, "And you got a tattoo. Wow, I've been gone for what, a week or so, and you already go and change."

Sonny felt a bit of guilt and said, "Well…I didn't think I changed that much, and I've always wanted…" But Sofi cut him off.

"Nah I'm just kidding. Those fit you well, Sonny. And the hearts was a good choice, Joel. I like it." She smiled and they smiled back, "What smells like Zap Apple Pie?"

Sonny snickered and Joel rolled his eyes and said, "Ugh, don't even ask." Sofi blew a tuft of her hair out of her eyes and walked over to the couch.

"Well, I have to go." Sonny began to walk toward the door, but Joel jumped up off the couch and flew over toward him, flying a couple inches off the ground, his wings flapping to keep him up.

"You know how you said you wanted a haircut?" Joel said, smiling.

"Dude! Stop flapping your damn wings in my face for a second! I can't see with feathers in my eyes!" Sonny pushed Joel down on the ground again.

Joel sighed and tucked his wings on his sides, "Whatever. As I was saying, you know what you should get for a haircut?"

"What?"

"I'll show you." Joel pushed Sonny into the bathroom and in front of the mirror. He parted Sonny's mane, then pulled back the left side of it so it looked like there was no hair there.

"Whoa…that actually would be really cool!" Sonny admired Joel's idea and said, "Can you cut it now?"

Joel shrugged, "I guess." He found some scissors and a razor in his drawers, then cut and shaved Sonny's head on the left side. Sonny's black mane fell to the floor in clumps, but when he looked up his mane looked better than it had ever looked before.

"Wow…it looks really good!" He turned his head so he could see his mane clearly, "Thanks!"

Joel just shrugged again, "It was just what I had in mind, I guess."

Sonny turned to him and said, "You know what you should do? Wear hats."

Joel became self-conscious and grabbed his short mane, "Why? Does my mane look terrible or something?"

"No!" Sonny scrambled for the right words, "That came out wrong. What I meant was that hats would look good on you."

"Oh." Joel relaxed and let go of his hair, "I get it."

"Ok, now I really have to go." Sonny trotted out of the bathroom and waved goodbye to Sofi on his way out the door, "My mom is going to shoot me from getting my lip pierced and a new haircut."

Joel laughed, "She'll warm up to it."

"I like your hair!" Sofi interrupter, and Sonny thanked her before he trotted down to the sidewalk, then galloped down the rainy roads to get to his house.