A/N: Hahaha, I wanted to wait until the 20th chapter, but I couldn't, and you'll see what I mean in this chapter, so, on with it! Lol.
Chapter 16: Lucky Called Them What?
As the day went by and it got dark, Princess Luna had to excuse herself from meeting Lucky Fire and had to go and raise the moon, the ponies went to Princess Celestia, wondering if she was done with her paperwork. She smiled and nodded, but said she needed sleep. She apologized and said she might play and dance with them tomorrow, if the paperwork isn't too bad for tomorrow. They all went to Fire Dancer's room.
Applejack then said, "Well, ya got school tomorrow Lucky, we gotta git on back ta Ponyville. Fire Dancer, it was real nice meetin' ya and we'll see ya tomorrow at 4. We're gettin' on the 3:00 train and headin' on up here after Lucky gets outta school." Fire smiled and nodded, then bowed to the 3 ponies. "I apologize, but where my mother comes from, it is polite to bow, and it is the greeting to everypony, even if you are friends." They said they understand and bowed back. "See ya!", they said. Fire waved and then they disappeared. They went to the station themselves this time, and left on the 7:00 train, which was the last train for the night after it arrived in Ponyville.
As they went to bed, Rainbow of course, was on the top bunk and Applejack on the bottom bunk. Lucky wanted the middle bunk, so they let her have it. Lucky loved the fact of the window at her bunk, she wanted to see the full moon before going to sleep. Lucky laid down and put the covers over her and faced the window, it wasn't sundown yet, but she still wanted to look out the window and she knew she wouldn't be able to go to sleep until the moon rose. She couldn't wait until tomorrow, when all the ponies would come with them to Canterlot, so the others could meet Fire. They'd like her, especially Pinkie, who loves to dance just as much as Fire.
"Good night everypony.", the three of them then said together, then they all ended up laughing. The train went a little slower than usual, that way no pony would get woken up by the rattling of the train when it goes fast like normal. They arrived at the Ponyville Station at midnight, the ponies on the train weren't happy about being woken up in the middle of the night, but that's why they went to sleep as soon as they got on the train, that way they'd have a good amount in so they weren't too extremely tired to get to where they wanted to go whether it be a friend's or their own homes after shopping at Canterlot Mall.
So Rainbow, Applejack, and Lucky woke up when they were woken up by the conductor and went to their home. Lucky rode on Applejack's back while Applejack and Rainbow walked to their home. "Ugh, I wish home wasn't so far away, but at least it's better than trying to fly to my old cloud home." Applejack nodded, "Way better far as I'm concerned. Especially fer this little one, who has zonked back out on my back.", she said while chuckling. Rainbow smiled, "Silly little filly. Oh well, she's only 5 and she needs her sleep way more than us, though we still need sleep too, still though."
"What?" "Still we can go one night without sleep, but we'd be dead tired by the next day, you already proved that Applejack. With your stubborn ways at Apple Buck season. Sheesh, you're not Iron Pony or even Super Mare. You're just a regular pony like the rest of us who need help with something that huge. Be glad Twilight already scolded you for that, because I still have my say about it, but you already learned your lesson." Applejack nodded, "I sure did, and from now on I'll ask for help if I need it." When they got home, they quietly went in the door, and Rainbow had Applejack get on her back so she could fly up the stairs so the stairs didn't creak and wake everypony up.
When they got to their room, Rainbow let Applejack off her back, which was slightly achey due to having Lucky on Applejack's back as well. Well, Lucky wasn't too terribly heavy, she's getting to her goal weight, but still, for her size she still is a good weight for carrying and at least getting achey forelegs if carried by forelegs. Rainbow took the scruff of Lucky's neck in her mouth to take her off of Applejack's back and Applejack got in her bed, then Rainbow flew up a few inches, then put Lucky on her bed, then touched down on her bed and laid down. "This is so much better. Now I can just fall asleep and not wake up until noon."
"Oh no you're not. We need ta see Lucky off ta school at 7:20 and get her breakfast ready fer her before she leaves." Rainbow pouted, but then thought to herself, 'Hey, I agreed to take Lucky in as my own filly, so I should take care of her like I'm supposed to. Meaning in making sure she's all set for school and for helping her reach her goal weight so she's truly healthy and keep her healthy and if she gets sick make sure she's taken care of until she feels better. She's my responsibility and my filly now.' Rainbow then nodded, "You're right Applejack, though I kinda didn't really mean it. I just wish I could sleep till noon but I know I gotta see this one off to school later."
"Oh, alright, just makin' sure. I know sometimes you're serious about sleep like that. You are the lazy one around these parts." Rainbow pouted again, "Hey, not anymore. Not since Lucky came into our lives. I've been taking really good care of her, and you can see that in her." Applejack grinned, "I know, I was pickin'." Rainbow shook her head, then said, "Well... whatever. I just want to get back to sleep, and I bet you do too. So good night Applejack." Applejack smiled, "Night Rainbow. I love ya, y'know that?" Rainbow grinned, "Yep I do. You know I love you too." "Uh-huh. I know." Lucky heard them, then smiled, yes, she was sleeping, but she wasn't entirely zonked out like Applejack said she was.
Lucky was happy to hear them say that, like her mama and papa used to say to each other too when they went to bed, just like these two. Lucky then decided to say, "I love you Mama Applejack and Rainbow-mama." The two mares smiled and said, "Love you too Lucky." Then the three fell asleep. In the morning though, when Lucky woke up, she saw the two asleep and she sighed, 'Well, I guess I should get them up too, and it seems like they didn't hear me when I called them both mama. ~giggle~ Well, they might hear me and know about it this time.', she thought to herself. She looked at the clock. 7:00.
"A good time to wake them up and for their reactions because everypony else in the house will already be up. Hehehe, hey, Rainbow-mama, Mama Applejack, wake up. It's 7:00 and you need to help me with breakfast." Rainbow groaned, "Aw man Lucky, why now? …...Oh yeah, you have school and whatdidyacallme?" Lucky giggled, then Applejack said, "Say what now? You called me somethin' too Lucky. What was that?" Lucky loved their reactions. "I said... Rainbow-mama and Mama Applejack." They both then sat up, looked at each other, then back at Lucky then said, "What?" Lucky then put her face in Rainbow's pillow, not holding back her laughter this time.
Next thing they hear is hoofsteps. The door came open and Big Mac and Apple Bloom came in. "What's wrong?", Big Mac asked. Rainbow's mouth just opened and shut, she couldn't say a word. Applejack just stared at Lucky in disbelief. Apple Bloom looked between Lucky, who was laughing into the pillow, Rainbow, who was still trying to get words to come out, and Applejack, who was just staring at Lucky. "Ok, what did Lucky do?", Apple Bloom asked. Applejack spoke, though very slowly and still staring at Lucky, "S'unbelieveable, but I think she jus' called Rainbow and I... Rainbow-mama and Mama Applejack." Apple Bloom's jaw dropped, Big Mac looked at Lucky in disbelief too.
Granny Smith who arrived just in time to hear Applejack said, "She called you both mama? Well now... that's somethin' new. One fer never in my life would I ever hear of two mothers and fer two, never thought my own granddaughter would be one of the two mothers I never thought I'd hear in my life." Applejack then looked at Granny Smith. "Well... the two you never thought would happen happened and they happened at the same time.", Applejack said. Granny Smith went in the room even more. "Lucky, think you can control your laughter?" It took quite a few minutes, but Lucky calmed down, she just loved their reactions.
"Sorry Granny Smith, what did you say?" Granny smiled. "I had asked if you could control your laughter, but no need ta answer now. I wanted to say, seeing as you call Applejack mama, well, I just wanted to say, welcome to the family Lucky Fire." Lucky grinned, "Thanks Granny Smith." Granny nuzzled Lucky, and Lucky nuzzled back. Apple Bloom jumped on Lucky, hugging her tightly. "Yay, I have a... um, what would Lucky be to me?" Rainbow then finally found her voice, "She'd be your niece, like how you're your Aunt's and Uncle's niece."
Lucky looked at Apple Bloom, who was still hugging her, and said, "It would be weird to call you Aunt Apple Bloom, so would it be ok if I just called you Apple Bloom still?" Apple Bloom nodded, and agreed that it would be weird having Lucky call her Aunt. "Besides, you're 2 years younger than me. Too close in age to be callin' me Aunt." Lucky nodded, then she hugged Apple Bloom back. "Well, we should go downstairs and get breakfast. Come on now y'all.", Applejack said. So they all went downstairs and got breakfast. Applejack and Rainbow looked at each other and decided to walk Lucky to school, then go to everypony's and ask to meet at Twilight's. Right now it was 7:15, that whole ordeal when Lucky called them Mama Applejack and Rainbow-mama and the rest of the family took about 15 minutes, so they hurried to get breakfast.
Rainbow put Lucky's bags on her back and AJ put AB's bags on her back as they got breakfast from Big Mac, and when it hit 7:20, the two school fillies and the older mares walked to school. Lucky saw Sweetie Belle and waved, "Hey Sweetie Belle!" She looked over to them and smiled, then trotted over to them. "Hey guys. Hi Applejack, Rainbow Dash. What's new?" They just shook their heads, telling her nothing was new, they want to keep Lucky's names for them a secret for the time being until they feel comfortable letting other ponies know of one, their relationship, and two having Lucky as their own filly now.
"Don't lie you two, and especially you Applejack, I'm surprised. I thought you might be excited after the shock of it, to tell at least our friends, even if two of them are my age." They looked unsure, especially Applejack. "I dunno Apple Bloom. I might think of tellin' yer friends, just not now ok?" Sweetie Belle just looked more curious now. "What happened?" Rainbow then looked at Applejack, "Um, I think they'll find out anyway, Lucky will call us that when we leave." Applejack facehoofed, "Okay then... how could I forget?"
So when they reached the school, they saw Scootaloo there already, waiting. "Hey guys, what's up?" Lucky thought she'd be smart and say, "The sky." The others all laughed. They heard Miss Cheerilee laugh behind them. "Ok smarty pants, since you so correctly answered Scootaloo's question, think you can you tell me what the meaning of the phrase 'smart aleck' is?" Lucky looked at Miss Cheerilee. "I think... I heard my papa call me that a lot when I said something sarcastic. He never really told me the meaning, but only because I never asked, I usually grinned when he called me that. It means somepony saying something sarcastically, like how I said 'the sky' when Scooter asked 'what's up'. Right?"
The others looked impressed. "How didja know that?", Applejack asked. "Eh, "lucky" guess." Rainbow laughed, "Ok, you're being a smart aleck today, why?" Lucky just shrugged, "I'm just in a good mood." By that time the other students were arriving, "Ok kiddo, we gotta get going before you start school. Applejack and I want to see the others before coming to pick you up at 2:30 to head to the train station." Lucky nuzzled the older ponies, "By Mama Applejack and Rainbow-mama. See you after school."
"Yup, we'll see ya later squirt. By Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Miss Cheerilee.", Applejack said. Scooter, Sweetie, and Cheerilee looked at Rainbow and Applejack in shock. They grinned sheepishly, "Hey, she called us that out of the blue this morning trying to wake us up to help her get ready for school. We were just as surprised." Apple Bloom vouched for them, "They were too. Their shout of "what?" scared me and Granny Smith and Big Mac, we thought something bad happened." "Wow, never thought I'd hear Rainbow Dash and Applejack be called that ever.", Scootaloo said. They just shrugged, "Hey, her choice. Well, we'll go now so your teacher can start school. Bye guys.", Rainbow said.
Then her and Applejack went to Pinkie's first. "Hello girls, looking for Pinkie?", Mrs. Cake asked. They nodded. Mrs. Cake let them in and she called up the stairs, "Pinkie, Rainbow Dash and Applejack are here for you." They heard an, "Already? But its only... 7:30. They're supposed to be here at 2:33 to get me. I'll be right down." The others are going with Rainbow, Applejack, and Lucky to see Fire again. "You can wait at one of the tables, she was up earlier to help set up. She usually gets up at 6:30 to help Mr. Cake and I with either the tables and chairs and putting the sweets on display, or if the twins are up, to help watch the twins while Mr. Cake and I set up everything."
They both sat down at a table and nodded. Pinkie came down in a minute, like she said. "What's up girls?" Rainbow smirked, 'pulling a Lucky', she said, "The sky." Pinkie just said, "I know, I meant to say, how come you're here so early?" Rainbow facetabled. "Oh come on... why won't it work on Pinkie?" Pinkie just said, "Because I'm too smart to fall for that." Applejack laughed. "Oh whatever, we wanted to tell you we want to have a meeting at Twilight's, we're about to go there to let her know after going to Rarity's."
"Don't go to Rarity's, she's not home. She's at Fluttershy's." Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other, confused and wondering the same thing. "Why's she at Fluttershy's?", they asked at the same time. Pinkie smiled, "Beacuse, didn't you know? They started 'seeing' each other after you guys went to get your dresses made to see the Las Pegasus Princess. Well, actually, the evening, or close to 5:00, because they were acting like you two when you're not arguing or being stubborn on who's the best or the strongest. They were walking closer to each other than usual. They also looked at each other in a different way too, like love or something.
"I happened to notice it and asked them why they were acting so differently than usual and they wondered if it was too obvious on their faces. I was like, "Uh, yeah! Your face are like, so lovey dovey that I couldn't help but notice, and they told me. They got together a tiny bit earlier and they wanted to come here to get something to have a tiny celebration of their newly found feelings for each other. They got two cupcakes."
Applejack looked surprised, especially because she never thought Fluttershy or Rarity to have feelings for another mare. "Huh. Interestin'. 'Specially 'cause Rarity's always goin' on about findin' a stallion of her own to be with and Fluttershy, well she's obvious. She's too shy for having a marefriend or even a coltfriend (sounds better than 'stallionfriend' don'cha think?) fer goodness sake." Pinkie just shrugged, "I don't know the story behind it, nor do I want to know, but hey. Long as they're happy." Rainbow and Applejack nodded. They then went to Twilight's to ask if they can have a meeting there.
"Hi girls, sure. What's it for?" Pinkie replied, "I dunno, they wouldn't tell me, but it might be important if they want to have a meeting this early." Twilight looked on in thought, "Eh, true. Ok, well, get the other two here and we can start. Spike, do you want to take part?" Spike came down as Applejack and Rainbow went to get the others. So they went to Fluttershy's. When they got there, Fluttershy was tending to the birds, giving them their breakfast worms. Rainbow and Applejack made a face. "How can she stand that? That's just gross.", Rainbow said.
Rarity turned around. "Yes, it is most disgusting, but you got to do what you got to do. Fluttershy is the one who likes animals and they certainly accept her, so she likes to have them around for company. She is the one who takes care of them with no problem. I never could, especially taking care of birds, she can put up with anything for her animal friends." The other two nodded, then Fluttershy came down. "Hi Rainbow, Applejack. What brings you here?" Rainbow answered, "We want to have a meeting at Twilight's, she already said it was ok." Then Fluttershy said, "Alright, well, lead the way. What is it you need to hold a meeting so early in the morning for?"
"You'll see when we get there." So, when they arrived at Twilight's, her and Pinkie were talking and Spike was busy in the kitchen with something. "Hey, everypony's here. Lets get this meeting started already, I wanna know what's going on.", Pinkie said. Twilight turned around and said, "Yes, what is going on Rainbow and Applejack?" Rainbow told everypony to sit down for this one. They looked at each other confusedly and then sat down. Spike came in with his apron on and a platter full of dandelion sandwiches.
He sat down too, as he heard Rainbow tell everypony else to. Applejack then said, "Y'all won't believe what Lucky called Rainbow and I this mornin' ta get us up ta help her get everything around." Fluttershy said, "Oh, was it bad? I hope she didn't call you anything bad." Rainbow reassured her. "Nah, she'd never call is anything bad. In fact, well to her, it was good. To us it was surprising at first, but... I think I might be starting to get used to it now. At least I think. Well, she called me Rainbow-mama." Applejack then said, "And she called me Mama Applejack."
"She what?", they all said. "I know right? That's exactly what Applejack and I said when she repeated what she called us. Well, we only said 'what?', but still." Rarity said, "Rainbow dear, remember our talk? If she called you Rainbow-mama, you might consider something?" Rainbow sat down, a thoughtful look on her face. "I don't know Rarity. Maybe... but there never has been an adoption recorded ever, there was no need. All parents loved their children, and no parents died in a young foal's life ever so I don't think there is any recorded adoptions throughout history. Twilight, do you have anything here to help out? I want to make sure I have my facts straight."
Twilight stood up, "I might, though I'm not quite sure, do you all mind helping me look? Rarity and I can search the middle sections of the shelves, Fluttershy and Rainbow can search the high shelves, and Pinkie and Applejack can help with the bottom-most shelves." They all nodded. Spike took off his apron and brought it back into the kitchen. After a while, Rarity found something. "Here Twilight, I think I found something." Twilight went over to Rarity. She read the title, "A History of Orphanages and Adoptions... wait what? Where in the world would that have come from and been? I've never heard of such a thing."
They all shrugged. Spike said, "Maybe orphanages and adoptions come from a far away land... hey, Twilight, didn't you basically adopt me?" Twilight gave him a look, "Not that again Spike. Yes, I took care of you from when you were a baby, but that doesn't mean I'm your mother." Spike smirked, "I don't know Twilight, it seems to point that way." Twilight just groaned in annoyance at the constant subject. The others giggled/chuckled. "Not funny guys..." She opened the book. Everypony read over her shoulder, so as time went on, they all read the book. It was about 2:27 when they finished the book, it was quite a good length too. Of course, as any history book would be.
Rainbow looked at the clock. "Oh sweet Celestia, it's 2:27! We have to go get Lucky from school, all of us, come on!" Twilight dropped the book, hating to do that, but she had to and they all, including Spike, who Twilight put on her back, went on a full gallop to get to the school. Of course, some ponies stared as they went by, but they were in a hurry. They saw the school and they slowed to a fast trot. When they reached the school, the school foals were getting out. They saw Lucky and her three friends come out in the middle of all the foals.
"Lucky!", Pinkie said. Lucky looked their way and smiled. "Hi everypony!" Her and the CMC went their way. "Oh, hey Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, wanna come with us to meet the Princess of Las Pegasus? Also, you can meet Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." The three all smiled, "Are you sure?" Applejack nodded. "Awesome!", the CMC said, and also Lucky, because her friends get to come with her. So they all walked to the station, all in deep conversation. It was 2:45 when they got to the station, and they all boarded the train.
The CMC and Lucky all sat on one bench, 4 smaller fillies able to fit on one bench, another had Rainbow and Applejack, who were in front of the fillies, across the aisle from the fillies were Rarity and Fluttershy, and in front of Rarity and Fluttershy were Twilight and Pinkie. When the train started moving, Lucky was starting to get excited, she couldn't wait until she got back into Canterlot. "Oh, and my little fillies, did you get homework?", Rarity asked. Lucky grimaced, "Oops, I almost forgot, sorry." She took out her homework, the CMC of course complained a little bit, especially this time because they're literally on their way to meet royalty.
So, the fillies did their homework all the way into Canterlot. On the way, Rainbow asked Twilight if it was a good idea to talk to Princess Celestia with Applejack there too and ask about the history of adoption and everything in that line. Twilight agreed to that, so when the train came to a full stop at the station, Rainbow and Applejack went on ahead, and Lucky led everypony to Fire's room. Fire opened her door when Lucky knocked and smiled. "Hi Lucky, and friends. Where's Rainbow and Applejack?" "They're with Princess Celestia. They wanted to talk to her about something.", Lucky answered.
"Oh, well come in. So, what's your friends' names?" They all introduced themselves and Fire greeted them as she did with RD and AJ and told them where she's from and her heritage, well, on her mother's side. "Cool, somepony from overseas. You're definitely going to be interesting to know." Fire just smiled at Twilight's comment. So, as time went on, Pinkie definitely became really good friends with Fire. Rainbow and Applejack came back in at around 6:30. "Well, that sure was interestin'. I'll bet we need more time though before actually considerin' that option though."
Rainbow nodded, "Definitely. I mean, I dunno if we're ready for all that or what, I mean, yeah, we already take good care of her and everything and we're definitely good parent-like roles to her, but... I just don't think we should consider that option yet I mean also, we only met her like, not even a month yet, or if it has been a month already, then not even two months." Applejack agreed with that statement. "Who and what are you talking about?", Twilight and Pinkie asked together. They looked at each other, then smiled.
Rainbow answered, "Oh nothing. You guys heard us?" The CMC and Lucky looked at Rainbow like, 'what are you talking about?'. "Uh, well yeah we heard you, you came in this room, talking about ti then went on talking and we saw you come in so we stopped everything then heard you talking, of course we heard you talking.", Lucky said. "Oh, well... hehe, it's nothin', it's a mare's conversation.", Applejack said. "Whatever, start the music back up Fire, please.", Lucky said. Fire did, then everypony danced again, this time Applejack and Rainbow joining in.
Princess Celestia came in then too and she spent the last 30 minutes with the mane 6 and the fillies, and 15 minutes with Fire, Celestia walked the mane 6 and the fillies to the station, Princess Luna had left early. "Thanks Princess Celestia for walking us to the station.", Twilight said. "It's no problem Twilight. Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom, it was nice meeting you." The 3 mentioned fillies beamed and said, "Nice meeting you too Princess Celestia.", then they bowed. "Princess Luna is actually really nice, and pretty cool.", Scootaloo said.
"Yes, Luna is very nice. She tries too hard sometimes to be fun to be with, so she sometimes is too pushy or something, and hopefully you understand that." The four young fillies nodded. Princess Celestia then bid them good night and flew back to the castle as the ponies all went into the train for their beds. The Earth ponies were on the bottom bunk, Applejack shared her bunk with Apple Bloom, the Unicorns on the middle bunks, Sweetie Belle shared with Rarity, and the Pegasi on the top bunks, only because they're the only ones who can reach the very top.
Scootaloo shared with her idol Rainbow, she asked before she did though, and Rainbow said yes. Although she needed to ride on Rainbow's back because she couldn't reach that high yet when she flies. So Lucky decided to share with Twilight, she liked the middle bunk a lot. "Twilight, can I share with you?" Twilight smiled, "Sure Lucky. Lemme move over then you can get up here." Lucky said, "Don't please, I like being next to the window." Twilight peeked over the edge, "Oh, ok then." Lucky flew up and over Twilight and landed next to the window and laid down. She smiled. "Thanks Twilight." Twilight nuzzled Lucky, "It's no problem, so I gotta ask, what made you decide to call Rainbow and Applejack mama?"
Lucky turned over and faced Twilight now. She knew the other ponies were listening too. She thought she might as well tell them. "Well, I felt it was the right time is all. It's been a good long time since Mama Applejack first found me, and I feel comfortable with it now. I hope they feel comfortable with it too." Applejack chuckled lightly, "Lucky, if we weren't comfortable with it, we'd have said somethin' by now 'bout it, wouldn't we have?" Lucky thought about that. "Hmm, true, so... then what were you talking about when you came in that huge room?"
Rainbow sighed. "Not that again Lucky, we told you it's for older mares to talk about, not little fillies to be knowing, well, not yet anyway." Lucky huffed. "Fine, when will I know about it then?" Applejack said, "When we know we want to tell you." Lucky grumbled, "Never know when that'll be though." Twilight smiled, "Hey, don't worry about it ok? Just think of it as getting your cutie mark, be patient, then when it comes, be happy and relish in the moment." Lucky looked at her funny, "Relish? Isn't that stuff you put on sandwiches?" The others giggled/chuckled.
"Not necessarily Lucky. Well, yes actually, but the way I used it, it means be happy and joyous.", Twilight explained. "Oooohhh." Then Fluttershy said, "I think we should get sleep now, so we can get home without being tired." The others agreed, then the smaller fillies yawned. Fluttershy giggled, "My point exactly." Everpony grinned, then they all fell asleep.