Chapter 12: Moving In
Lucky took out her apple slices before putting the ranch on her salad. "Don't ya like apple slices in yer salad? You are one o' them who said apple slices in salad.", Applejack asked. "Not with ranch on them, yuck. I guess I didn't think." Applejack smiled and turned back to her salad. Big Mac came in when Applejack called him in for lunch. "Big Mac, Lucky got me to thinkin', will ya be alright with her and Rainbow movin' in with us?"
"Eeyup, it might be nice fer Apple Bloom (haha, sorry, I just found out Apple Bloom's name is separated . ) to have somepony her age to play with." Lucky smiled at him, "That's what Granny Smith said to Applejack when she asked her." Big Mac nodded, thinking Granny might have said that already if Applejack already asked her. Rainbow then asked Applejack, now knowing her and Lucky can move in, if she'd be able to get all her stuff into Applejack's room. "I dunno Rainbow. I'd hafta see how much things ya got."
Rainbow then thought for a second. "Maybe you can have Twilight cast that cloud walking spell so you can see my house so you can see everything I have and be able to put everything in their own place at your house." Applejack contemplated that thought. "We'll see Rainbow, right now I wanna finish my salad then get workin' in our garden. Them weeds don't pull themselves. Our crops will be ready soon fer pickin'. Then we'll have enough food fer the winter and fer everypony else to buy fer themselves and their families."
"Can I help?", Lucky asked. "Why sure, you'll be plenty helpful pullin' weeds and stuff." Lucky grinned and finished her salad, which there wasn't much left to begin with. When Applejack finished her salad, her and Lucky puts their bowls in the sink after rinsing them out and Lucky raced to the garden. Applejack smiled, 'She's gonna be a good workin' pony someday if she loves to help outside and stuff. She might have all 3 traits, wings like a pegasus, horn like a unicorn, and good workin' ethics like an earth pony, yet she's an alicorn. This one could be special, just to give it time ta see if it's true.', she thought to herself.
So, as Lucky worked in the garden with Applejack, Rainbow watched. Lucky did everything she was asked without complaint, which surprised Rainbow, knowing fillies or colts her age will sometimes complain or not do what they're asked of. Lucky however, she must have definitely been raised right, up until 'everything happened', as Lucky put it. That or Lucky was an obedient filly by nature. Never know unless you ask. Rainbow decided she'd ask Lucky about it later. Right now she wants to watch her family work.
'Family…. The only family I have is mom and dad, but I never see them anymore. I've been alone for a really long time, until I met everypony. Especially Applejack, and then Lucky, who brought Applejack and I together with her freaky knowledge on ponies in love….. I still think it's freaky and unusual for a filly her age to know about that stuff. But I'm glad she did know, otherwise AJ and I wouldn't be together yet, it would have taken one of us to say how we feel, and that could have taken forever. And now I have a family of my own I guess, what with Applejack as my marefriend and Lucky as our, well, maybe I can say our filly, but I dunno yet...', Rainbow thought to herself.
Rainbow didn't want to think about how long it would have been for her and Applejack to get together, so she flew up to see how much of the crops had to be weeded, most of it to Rainbow looked weeded, only the area Applejack and Lucky were working on had to be weeded, but the whole thing needed watering.
"Hey Applejack! Want me to bring some rain to the crops after you and Lucky weed it?" Applejack looked up, "Sure, that definitely would help a lot. Gather some rain clouds only above the crops, and only rain clouds Dash, not storm clouds like ya did last time." Rainbow grinned sheepishly, "Hehe, sorry again AJ, I really didn't mean to. It was an accident. I was still psyched from Nightmare Night when I scared everypony with my storm cloud."
Applejack just shook her head, "Well, pay attention this time, and also you don't have an excuse, because Nightmare Night hasn't even come yet." "I know I know." Rainbow flew off to gather rain clouds and gather them over the crops. Over time it seemed she enlisted some help from other weather pegasi. Lucky flew up 6 feet, almost enough to reach the clouds. It seemed they were about 15 feet above ground. "I wanna help, but I can't reach your clouds." Rainbow looked at Lucky.
"Sorry kiddo, I don't know if you can control the weather, or even if you're up for the job. Controlling the weather is not for all pegasi. I mean, yeah you'll be able to, but you might not have control over it. Just look at Derpy, she can manipulate weather, but she has no control of it. You might end up causing a big natural disaster. I'm sorry kiddo." Lucky looked down in sadness, then fluttered back down to Applejack. Applejack nuzzled Lucky. "Cheer up squirt, you were able ta help me weed. Now we need to give these to the cows, they love these things."
Lucky smiled, "I never seen a cow before." "Really now? Well let's go, you can meet all of 'em here on the farm. Just follow me." Lucky followed Applejack with a bucket of weeds hovering in front of her, and Applejack with her own bucket, though she's carrying it in her mouth by the handle. When they reached the cows, Lucky looked at them in awe. "Cool, so these are cows? They're taller than I am, by a lot." Applejack set down the bucket and chuckled. "Yup, they're a big species. Mooriella and the others are very nice. They can talk like us."
Lucky looked at all the cows. Her ears went back, then she said, "Um… hi. I'm new to the farm work. I'm Lucky Fire, Applejack's um…." Lucky looked at Applejack, "What am I to you anyways?" Applejack looked unsure herself. Sure she saw Lucky as one of her own, she guessed, but she didn't know if she should actually tell Lucky to say that. "I guess, what you could say fer now, is you've become a member of my family." Lucky nodded.
"I'm a part of Applejack's family." The cows looked at Lucky, then one of them came up. "Nice to meet you Lucky Fire. We've never seen you at any of the family reunions before." Applejack spoke up now, "Well, ya see… she kinda just became part of the family. Actually, I found her when she used ta live in the forest. She was just sittin' there almost at the edge of Ponyville and Everfree Forest, I went up ta her and well, ever since we became closer and she's become part of the family."
The cow smiled, "Well it seems you're in good hands Lucky. Your name suits you too, you're very lucky to have been found by Applejack. She'll take good care of you." Lucky nodded. Then all of the cows noticed the weeds, "Ooooo you both brought us our favorite snack. You didn't have to." "Well, I thought we would, since Lucky wanted ta meet y'all and we ain't got nowhere to put any of this." They all thanked Lucky and Applejack and dug in after both ponies dumped out the buckets.
They went back to the barn and put the buckets away and Winona came up to them. Lucky watched her. Winona went up to Lucky slowly, remembering what her master told her. Lucky slowly reached out a hoof to pet Winona after Winona sniffed her. Winona laid down, and Lucky pet her back. Winona rolled over, wanting a tummy rub. Lucky smiled and gave her a tummy rub. Winona's back leg got to kicking and Lucky laughed. Applejack laughed too.
Lucky then started playing with Winona. "I'm goin' ta see how Rainbow and her crew are doin' with the rain." Lucky nodded. Applejack went out. She was pleased to see everything was going smoothly. As the weather crew got done watering the crops, Applejack said, "Ok, thank y'all! Now my crops will be good until next month, seriously. Y'all watered 'em down pretty good. Well, next month'll actually be the last time I'll water them. Before the snow comes, I gotta harvest everything."
The weather pegasi waved, got rid of the clouds, and left. Rainbow helped kick the clouds out and then went down to Applejack. "Where's Lucky?" "In the barn playin' with Winona." Rainbow went to the barn and saw Lucky playing with Winona, she smiled. "Hey kiddo, having fun?" Lucky nodded and went over to Rainbow. Applejack came in and checked Winona's food and water. The food needed changing and so did the water, so Applejack changed them and the three went back inside.
It was about 2:15 now. Seems like it took a while to do everything they needed to do. "I've been thinkin' on yer suggestion Rainbow, I think it's a good one. We'll go and ask Twilight now. That way we'll get everything pertainin' to yer stuff and tryin' ta figure out where to put it." Rainbow nodded. "How will we get you up there? Lucky will want to get her things too, well, she doesn't have much, but still, she has to pack them too, and if we pack everything at the same time, it'll go faster."
"Yeah, true." Lucky now thinks. "Well, maybe I can fly up to the cloud home again, but it'll probably do the same thing it did to me last time." Rainbow and Applejack both say, "Oh no. Not again." They look at each other, grinned, then looked back at Lucky seriously, "Lucky you are not going to scare me like that again, and seeing as Applejack was there, I bet she was scared when you didn't come down for a long time." Applejack nodded, "I was scared, I was hopin' ya weren't hurt real badly. I mean ya made it all the way there, that was a miracle in and of itself, but you not comin' back down after the longest time, I was startin' ta worry. So wasn't everypony who was there ta see ya fly."
Lucky nodded slowly, she guessed she would try that again when she was 10. "Then what will we do? Rainbow can't carry us both." Rainbow facehoofed after a while, "Duh, the hot air balloon!" Applejack facehoofed as well. "Ok, why did it take us so long ta figure that out?" Rainbow shook her head, not believing it took her that long to think of that. Lucky looked at them oddly, hot air balloon? Then she thought about Fluttershy. "Can't Fluttershy carry me or Applejack?" Rainbow looked at Lucky, "Hmm, she could probably carry you, but not Applejack. I can carry Applejack no problem."
"Then we'll ask Fluttershy for help. Besides, I don't even know what a hot air balloon is." Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other skeptically, then looked back at Lucky, Applejack explained. Then as she finished she said, "Pinkie Pie has it at her place, but we won't go there because we don't need it." They set out to Twilight's so they can get everything done faster. On the way there, they saw Apple Bloom and her friends just getting out of school.
They waved to them then continued, the crusaders waved back, then continued onto their clubhouse. When Applejack, Rainbow, and Lucky arrived at Twilight's, they found Twilight and Spike doing their daily dusting. Spike looked back, "Hey again girls. What are you doing here?" Lucky smiled, "Hi Spike, these two have a question for Twilight." Twilight turned around, "Hi everypony." "Hi Twilight. We want to know if you can perform that cloud walking spell on Applejack so that she can see where all my stuff can go in her place because Lucky and I are moving in with Applejack and her family."
"You are? That's awesome! Ok, I can do that. I just gotta find that book again." Twilight searched through her books, Lucky and Spike helped. Lucky took them down with her magic for Twilight, while Twilight as well took books down from the shelf. Spike wound up finding it. Lucky put all the books she took out back with her magic. Twilight looked at the spell, then she performed it on Applejack. Lucky watched.
When Twilight finished the spell, the three ponies thanked her, then told her they needed to see Fluttershy now. Twilight smiled and bid them good bye. They said bye to her and Spike, then went on their way to see Fluttershy. Lucky flew to Fluttershy's with Rainbow, Applejack on Rainbow's back. They arrived and knocked on Fluttershy's door. The door opened after almost a minute. "Hi girls, what brings you here?" Lucky told her. "Oh, well, I think I can carry you, we'll have to test it out. I'm only used to holding a bunny or two when I fly."
Lucky nodded, then got on Fluttershy's back. Fluttershy looked back at Lucky. "Well, I guess I can carry you on my back, it might be a bit easier…. Ok, well, I'm taking off now." Lucky held on. Fluttershy took off into the air, Rainbow following, Applejack still on her back. Fluttershy was able to carry Lucky to Rainbow's house. The two pegasi landed and the two ponies riding on their backs got off and the four went in. "What'll we do about my pots, pans, bath rugs and things I have that you already have at your place?", Rainbow asked. Lucky had gone to the bedroom to get her stuff ready. "I dunno Rainbow, maybe you could give them to a place where they give stuff like that for ponies who need them."
Rainbow nodded, that would probably be a good idea. I also have to call up the movers for their service, I need something to move my things with. I know Derpy helps them out when she can. I'll go find her and ask." Rainbow took off. Lucky came out with her stuff. "Where'd Rainbow go?" "To find Derpy. She needs to ask her if she's helpin' out with the movers this week so she can move her things." Lucky nodded in understanding. Applejack then said, "I hear from Apple Bloom that the talent show will be comin' up in no time at all, why didn't I hear it from you?"
Lucky lowered her head, "I don't really have a talent." Applejack and Fluttershy looked at Lucky in disbelief. "Now I know that's not true.", Applejack said. Fluttershy said, "You can fly and do magic already, and the magic you do is really good for your age." Applejack added, "I also heard from Apple Bloom that you can sing really good, now the song you sang, how could you understand it and relate it to you when you lived in the forest?" Lucky looked at Applejack, "Mama told me the meaning of it when she heard me listening to it.
"I told her I liked it and she told me, I still listened to it, but she didn't mind. Her and papa liked it too after listening to it. I never thought I would know what the singer meant until I lived in Everfree Forest. I wanted to get out of there, but I was too shy. Well, I almost knew what the whole song meant and it went for me, not the whole song. A little different, but kinda the same too." Fluttershy and Applejack nodded. "I also wanted to fly away from there too, but I didn't know how. I wanted to break away from the forest, live a better life in Ponyville where I was supposed to be with mama and papa, but you know what happened."
Applejack smiled gently, and so did Fluttershy. They nuzzled Lucky, and she nuzzled back, "Well, now you don't need ta know how it feels anymore. You got Rainbow and I as your primary caregivers, well, I guess ya could kinda say…. Having us as…. Parents I guess….and ya live a better life now. Ya also have friends now, and Twilight and them are like family too. Us six older ponies feel like sisters or somethin' ta each other, well, hehe, Rainbow and I more than that, but other than that…. We're all like sisters." When Lucky heard Applejack say parents, even though she sounded unsure, she still said parents and that made Lucky's day. Yes, she knew they had feelings of parents towards her, but they never said that they were her parents.
Lucky tackled/hugged Applejack. "Do you know how happy that made me? You said you and Rainbow were my parents, not really saying it but you said it differently." Applejack grinned a little unsurely. "Well….. yeah, I said that indirectly. Meanin' that I said that we're your parents without actually sayin' it." Lucky just hugged Applejack, she didn't want to let go, lest she lose Applejack too like she lost her parents. Rainbow came in saying she had the movers outside. Rainbow tilted her head at Lucky. Fluttershy explained.
"I see. Well AJ, looks like you do feel your maternal instincts now, all of them if you called yourself Lucky's parent." "Hehe, yeah. I guess." Lucky then tackled/hugged Rainbow, seeing her other 'parent', then said, "I have all my things ready Rainbow. Where are the movers?" Rainbow had Lucky gather her things and led her out there. Lucky put them in the big thing that two pegasi are pulling, then Rainbow put all the things she needed into that thing as well.
"I guess that'll be it. All my personal stuff, but the things you already have that I do stay here until I can get them to that place we talked about. I think only the fridge stays, I don't need it and it was here when I moved in so… that's a given. I think I'm ready." Applejack and Fluttershy nodded. "Oh, Lucky, you're probably wondering who Derpy is. I've talked about her a lot. Lucky, this is Derpy." She introduced the filly to the gray pony with the yellow mane and tail. "Hello Derpy. I'm Lucky Fire. Rainbow's and Applejack's new filly."
Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other. "Um, not yet Lucky. Yes, we're like mamas to you, but we're not really, not by records." Lucky looked at them, "Um, then what? Just a family member?" They nodded. Derpy smiled. "Hi Lucky! Good to meet you." Lucky smiled at Derpy. Then she tilted her head and looked at Rainbow. "Um…. What's wrong with her eyes?" The three of the mane 6 who was there all put their hooves over Lucky's mouth, "Not a good thing ta say like that. That's rude. I suppose you never met a pony who was kinda special-like. She has problems with how her brain work.
"You know how us older ponies think, well, kinda, but Derpy, she thinks differently. She sees the world in a different way than us other ponies. She's kinda like a young'un. She'll always be that way 'cause she was born like that." Lucky nodded, then the three took their hooves off her mouth. Lucky looked at Derpy. "Sorry." "I get that a lot from little ponies like you. It doesn't bother me because I know I'm different and I'm ok with it.", Derpy said, a tiny bit slowly, like she kinda had to think what she wanted to say.
Lucky smiled, "Wanna be friends? We can hang out after I get out of school. I live at Sweet Apple Acres now." Derpy nodded, "That sounds fun. Ever had cider from that place you live?" Lucky had to think. "I've had cider before, but I never knew where it came from. What's the picture on the farm's thingy where you walk under at the start of our land?" "It's just a plain old red apple." Lucky's eyes got big, "Then I have had your cider!" Derpy smiled, "Good right? I like it a lot." Lucky nodded.
Everypony went to Applejack's, Lucky flying with Derpy, she does it only because she's talking to Derpy therefore she's not paying attention. Fluttershy flew under Lucky, that way she could catch her if she noticed and started to fall. As they got to Applejack's, Lucky and Derpy touched down on the ground, as well as the other pegasi and Applejack got off Rainbow's back. Lucky and Derpy went off into the acres to play. Rainbow tried to tell Lucky to get her stuff, but she was gone. Applejack and Rainbow sighed.
They along with Fluttershy and the movers, they brought everything in and placed them where Applejack told them and Rainbow when it came to the things she had in her bedroom. When they were done Rainbow paid the movers and they left, that move was Derpy's last one for the day, and the other two's. Meaning their shift ended. The two though had to bring the thing back to the HQ.
Fluttershy, Rainbow and Applejack went to find Lucky and Derpy. They found them in an area with a little less trees and they're frolicking and playing around. They smiled. "Havin' fun?", Applejack asked. Lucky and Derpy nodded. "Derpy's fun. I'm glad we're friends now." Rainbow nodded, "Apple Bloom brought your homework with her for you to do Lucky. You have two assignments. Better get going before you continue to play."
"Can I come too Rainbow Dash?", Derpy asked. "Sure I guess. Just be careful." Derpy nodded and the five went off to the house. They saw Big Mac on the way. He smiled and they waved. When they got in the house Apple Bloom was doing her homework with Granny Smith helping. Lucky went over to the table where her homework was sitting. Lucky got her books from her saddlebags with her magic, and brought them over to the table. As Lucky did her homework, Derpy watched her, hoping she'd get done soon so they can hang out more.
A/N: Guess I'll end here :/ Well, I'll be introducing another new pony, I got a friend of mine hooked on MLP: FiM so she wanted to create a pony and we did, and we came up with her pony appearing in this story so…. I promised her I would put her pony in my story, so next chapter will introduce her :)