A/N: hehe, my ideas keep coming and coming. I'm finding it very easy for me to write about Lucky Fire, which is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic set. I think I'm figuring out more ideas for my other two stories, I just need internet to see how far I am with them T_T I forgot how many chapters they were T_T
also, remembering Spike this time :D he has more lines and everything now. I'm also starting to like Twilight/Pinkie as a pairing a little bit. Not too crazy about it yet, but eventually I'll like it more. So maybe in this chapter it might start having Twilight/Pinkie. Idk yet.
Chapter 20: Visit to the Queen and King of Baltimare
When dawn arrived, Princess Celestia was gone, obviously to raise the sun. Lucky was facing the window, and when the sun hit her face, she slowly opened her eyes, then she saw the sunrise. She grinned and sat up to watch it. Twilight, Applejack, and Rainbow did the same. As well as the others in the train car behind them. "Beautiful.", they all said. Princess Luna was asleep, until Princess Celestia came back in. "Morning sister.", Princess Luna said. "Good morning Luna."
"Morning Princess Celestia.", the four other ponies said. "Morning girls." the door opened and the other four came in. "Morning Spike. You're finally up early for once.", Twilight said. "Har dee har har. Very funny Twilight.", he said sarcastically. Twilight giggled in response. "Oh, Lucky, ya let the mayor know we were goin' ta Baltimare ta meet with yer grandparents right?", Applejack asked. "Yeah, I told her. I told her that I had it planned for a while now."
"Good. That way she won't worry where our Princess has went.", Rainbow said. The breakfast cart came through and the ponies grabbed their muffins and juice/milk. "I can't wait to see my grandparents again. It's been a while, I think I was really young when I last saw them. They'll be surprised to know everything that's been going on so far." When they finally arrived at the station in Baltimare, they were happy, it was starting to get a bit boring on the train. Lucky looked around, she would recognize her grandparents. She finally got sight of them and grinned, then trotted over to them, the others following behind her. "Grandma, grandpa. It's me, Lucky Fire."
They looked her way, and they smiled. "Lucky, or should I say, Princess Lucky? We saw on the tv your coronation as Princess of Ponyville.", grandma said. "You and the rainbow mane and tail colored pony, do you two get along ok?", grandpa asked. Rainbow stepped up. "Yes, we do. Don't worry grandpa, I was trying to encourage her to talk louder, so that everypony could hear what she was saying. I'm always trying to get her to talk louder, sometimes she doesn't speak up. She mumbles most of the time."
"Oh, well, in that case, good job helping her. She certainly did become louder. I could hear her pretty well after the last time she spoke, giving where she became Princess of and everything like that." Rainbow grinned proudly, of herself and Lucky. "Well, shouldn't we introduce ourselves? Hello, my name is Princess Celestia." Princess Luna spoke next, "Mine is Princess Luna." Lucky's grandparents looked amazed, they never thought they'd meet these two in person (like I said, 'in pony' makes no sense and i'm sticking with 'in person' in this context .).
They bowed, "Nice to meet you my Princesses." Twilight went next. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, the student of Princess Celestia and the sister of King Shining Armor and sister-in-law to Queen Cadance, not sure if you heard of them or not, but I am also a Princess by marriage, although I'd rather not be called Princess or put in that category. I'd rather be treated as a normal citizen and pony."
"Alright then, we will respect your wishes.", grandma said. Grandpa agreed. Twilight thanked them and Rarity introduced herself next. "I am Rarity, fashionista and the top and only clothing designer and maker of Ponyville. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Grandpa thought she was too beautiful to be in Ponyville, he surely thought she was from Canterlot and he spoke his opinion, he got a glare from Lucky and grandma for that, and he grinned sheepishly and defended himself.
They still didn't look too happy, but they accepted his defense. "My name's Pinkie Pie! I'm the best party thrower in Ponyville, and I love making ponies laugh and smile. I also am a sweets maker, packager, and seller in Sugar Cube Corner." Fluttershy went next, though she was her usual extremely shy self. "M-My name's F-Fluttershy. I just t-take care of a-animals." Lucky shook her head. "Yes, she takes care of animals, and she also is really good with woodland creatures, they accept her and let her be near them. Even butterflies." Her grandparents looked impressed. Critters usually are shy around ponies.
"My name is Applejack, I run Sweet Apple Acres and I sell apples, carrots, flowers, celery, etc. I grow 'em too. We also make great apple cider. I reckon you've had it before? The symbol is a big ol' red apple." Grandpa said, "So you and your family are the ones who makes our cider we get in the store? You are excellent cider makers. Grandma and I just love your cider." Applejack smiled. "Last but not least, and I believe the saying goes, 'saving the best for last', I am the awesome Rainbow Dash. I bet you might have heard of me, I won Best Young Flier in Equestria last year and I am the only one to have done the Sonic Rainboom."
"I do believe I have heard of you winning the Best Young Flier, with the Sonic Rainboom. That was amazing to hear. Good for you kid.", grandpa said. Rainbow grinned proudly again, then Applejack grabbed her tail and pulled her back and leaned on her back with her elbow. "Ya gotta stop with the 'awesome Rainbow Dash' thing Rainbow. Yer ego is gonna git so big ya know that, then we might not even talk ta ya anymore from us gettin' so annoyed with yer talk of only yerself. Don't listen ta her ya two, she just is lettin' her ego git the best of her as usual."
Grandma and grandpa just laugh lightly. "It's ok Applejack. I used to be like that when I was younger. This one here though stopped it.", grandpa said, and 'this one' meant grandma. Applejack chuckled. "Rainbow, ya might end up listenin' ta me after all eventually when we git older, like he did with her." Rainbow gave Applejack a look from Applejack grabbing her tail and putting her elbow on her back, then when Applejack said the part about listening, she sighed. "Maybe Applejack, don't hold your breath though. You know how I am."
"Yeah, I know, I'm just hopin' is all." Rainbow gave a smile. "Well, it is nice meeting you all, so what say we get back to grandpa's and my home so we can get out of this crowded area." The others all agreed and followed Lucky's grandparents to their home. When they got there they were instantly hit by the feeling of a real home. They looked around, pictures of Lucky when she was a baby filly, and two older ponies who must have been her real parents.
Applejack and Rainbow knew they were, Lucky has her picture of her mama, papa, and her on Applejack's desk. They all smiled, and Twilight said, "Lucky, you were so cute as a baby filly!" Then Fluttershy said, "I agree with Twilight, you were so adorable." The others all agreed as well. Lucky blushed, "Hey, stop, you're embarrassing me..." Everypony laughed. "These must be your parents, right?", Rarity asked. Lucky nodded, "These are my parents. Well, were, because they passed on." Grandma and grandpa looked sympathetic.
"So, anyways, down to business. What we've all come here for is to ask, how come mama wasn't an alicorn like the both of you, me, and the Princesses?" Lucky's grandparents looked impressed at the vocabulary and speech of this 5 year old, though grandma answered, "Her great great great great grandpa was royalty, as well as me and your grandpa, but he had no wings either. She got that from him. It had skipped five generations, and your mother ended up getting that trait after all those years of us being all alicorns."
"Oh wow. Ok then. Um, I also just realized this, but grandpa's not from around these parts is he? Is he from overseas?" Grandpa nodded. "That's why I have this accent I have. I was the Prince of a land overseas, and my parents were an alicorn and a pegasus. Yours happened to be a unicorn and a pegasus. It's funny, alicorn is in your blood, but others might think if you tell them that your mother was a unicorn and your father a pegasus, that you got your horn and wings from both of them, but tell them if they make that assumption, that alicorn is in your blood. Tell that to your doctor too if you have one in Ponyville, or do you still have the one in Fillydelphia?"
"No, I don't have that doctor anymore. My new doctor is Horse MD. He's nice, and my nurse is Nurse Redheart. She's really nice too. I guess I have to tell them now that alicorn is in my blood." Applejack nodded and said, "We'll do that after the holidays pass. We'll just ask to see him and only tell him this new information." Lucky looked at her and said, "Ok Mama Applejack. That's a good idea. I'd have to let my advisor, the mayor, know that I'll be out of the office for a bit to do that." Grandma looked confused, "'Mama Applejack'?" Lucky said, "Hehe, yeah... I also call Rainbow Dash, Rainbow-mama."
Grandma and grandpa looked stunned. "They're both mares, right?" Grandma asked. Lucky nodded. "Well then... I guess, did you both make that official?", grandpa asked. Grandma and grandpa were a bit put off from them both being mares, and together, they guessed they were. "Yeah, we did. Not too long ago either. We just told Lucky the news yesterday. We're sorry, but we thought it over and we figured we already treat her and act like she's one of our own. She even thought us as parental figures, and she even called us that before we even made it official. So her calling us that helped in our decision.", Rainbow said.
Grandma just smiled, "Don't apologize dear. We understand. Lucky is one to where it takes a lot for her to trust somepony, even before her parents passed. She would talk to them and be friendly, but we saw it in her that she didn't trust them at all. You two must have been something special to have her trust you so easily like that. Did she trust you all as well the first time?" The others all thought, "Actually, no. She was tentative to approach me at first. Spike... well, she warmed up to him easily, saying he was so cute. Haha, now that I think about it, Fluttershy did the same. She did the same exact thing with me and him. When she met me, she was extremely shy, then as soon as she saw Spike, she went right up to him saying he was so cute. Lucky did exactly that."
Spike then found his chance to introduce himself, "I'm Spike, the one Twilight's talking about." Grandma and grandpa looked at him and grandma said, "Well, I can see why. Since Lucky was three she loved babies. She always said they were so cute." "So, you're the only boy in this big group of girls?", grandpa asked. "Yeeessss, and it stinks sometimes. The only other boy is Tank, and he's Rainbow's pet tortoise."
Grandpa chuckled, "Poor guy. You're stuck with communicating to all girls. Is it bad?" Spike shrugged, "Eh, not all the time. Sometimes I wish there were other boys, but hey. At least I have friends, even if they're all girls. Though Rainbow and Applejack are tough and like to play rough, so they're kind of like boys, they play like boys do. So that doesn't make it too bad." Grandpa smiled, "Well that's not too bad then I'd say. What about Lucky?"
Spike laughed, "Yes, I remember when we first met her and when Princess Celestia first met her, when they all went to the spa, Lucky stood back with Rainbow and when asked if she wanted a treatment, she said she's not that girly and she hated spas. Rainbow laughed at her response and she actually said, 'That's my girl!' Can you believe it, and when Rainbow was asked to repeat herself, she said something different. The others didn't believe her though.
"And the other time when they went to meet your other granddaughter, Fire Dancer, when asked what kind of dress she wanted by Rarity, she said nothing frilly, lacey, or girly. Haha, it was awesome to hear those two stories. I laughed, just like I did before telling you. Has she always been like that?" Grandpa chuckled. "Yes, though the only girly thing about her is she loves babies. That's her one soft spot. She also loves animals, especially cats and kittens. She used to love dogs, but then she had a bad experience with one and was afraid of them ever since. She did still love puppies, because they're tiny and can't chase yet is what she told me."
"Well, she's warmed up to my dog Winona. She told me she was afraid of dogs because of a bad experience with one, and I told her Winona was a good girl, and so over time Lucky warmed up to her, and now they're the best of friends." Grandpa smiled, "Well that's good. At least she has a dog that's good to her." Grandma said, "So, who's up for tea and crumpets?" The others, except Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight, Rarity, and Lucky all said, "What are crumpets?" Grandma just replied, "They're a baked good from overseas, just try one and see if you like it or not."
The others nodded, willing to give this new baked good a chance. They all replied they'd love tea and a crumpet. Grandma went to make the tea and grab some crumpets. "Crumpets are from where I'm from. That's why you've never heard of them, they're something from a different part of the world. Now, I'm not surprised the Princesses, Twilight, and Rarity know. Lucky knows only because obviously she would have had them before." Lucky then thought of something, "Oh, grandpa, will I get as tall as Princess Celestia is?"
"I think so. You see how tall we are, although it seems we're just a tad bit shorter than Princess Celestia. We'll still be around for a long time." Princess Celestia said, "Oh, I just remembered, Lucky, you also might have to be in the affairs of other parts of the world. Now that the whole world knows you're a Princess, they might just write letters or complaints and want your help." Lucky nodded, "Ok, I'll be ready and try to help the best I can. I haven't had any letters from different parts of the world yet, but if I do get them, I'll do my best."
Princess Celestia smiled, "Good, but that may not happen for a few years yet. They can see and probably hear you're a bit young yet. So they might be nice and wait until you're a bit older." Lucky nodded in understanding. Grandma came back in carrying a platter of crumpets and a tray with the tea with her magic. Lucky took the crumpets with her magic, then grandma let go of it to let Lucky bring them to the table when she knew Lucky had full control of it.
"Wow Lucky, you're really good at magic, and you're still young yet." Lucky set the crumpets down and said, "I know. I'm also better than papa at flying when he was my age, only a bit though." Grandma asked, "You can fly? How high?" Lucky said proudly, "30 feet." Grandma and grandpa looked impressed. "That's great.", grandma said. "Yup, I have the Best Young Flier teaching me, that's why."
Rainbow grinned. "Although I'm a bit of a weak flier, I can't fly for extremely long yet, oh Rainbow-mama, can I go to the flight camp you and Aunt Fluttershy went to?" Rainbow smiled, "Sure, that way you can make more friends and learn even more, and show me your skills when you get back." Lucky hopped up and down in excitement. As time passed and everypony got to know Lucky's grandparents and Lucky's grandparents got to know everypony, they all became friends, and they said they'd send letters and when they can, visit.
They left on the train and they were excited from the day's events. They all talked well into the night. Applejack and Rainbow both were happy Lucky's grandparents accepted them and their relationship, and their adoption of Lucky. When Lucky asked her grandma earlier about psychics, her grandma said she knew of only one. She'd been in the pastures in the sky for a long time, but she's heard stories, and she said it could be possible Lucky might be a reincarnation, or maybe just born with the ability and not be a reincarnation at all of this one psychic.
Lucky now laid in her bunk in deep thought. Twilight then went over to her bed and sat behind her. "Hey, thinking about the whole psychic discussion?" Lucky nodded slowly, aware of Twilight's presence and question, but is still thinking. "Maybe... I should ask grandma in a letter what this psychic was like, so I would know if I have any of her traits, that would be the key to figuring out whether or not I truly am her reincarnation, right?"
Twilight was amazed at her big words, maybe Lucky reads a dictionary in her spare time, because Twilight sure didn't teach her what traits meant, or what the words 'whether or not' were. Lucky has to be reading a dictionary, otherwise there'd be no way her vocab would be this good already. "That would be a good idea, but for now we'll say you were only born with it." Lucky nodded, if she really were psychic, they would only say she was born with the ability.
"Is there tests or something to find out if I really am psychic?" Twilight had to think about that one. "Um, there might be. I'm not sure, not until I get back to my library." Lucky just nodded again. 'Man, she's really thinking about this psychic thing too much.', Twilight thought to herself. Twilight then went into the other car, to where the others were, they were all still up as well. Princess Celestia had fallen asleep already as well as Princess Luna. She also saw that Spike was sleeping too already.
"Hey guys, Lucky's still up thinking about the whole psychic thing. It's starting to worry me, because I don't know if she's one to brood about something for the longest time or what. Hopefully she gets it out of her mind before we get back to Ponyville." They all looked at each other. "Hopefully, but we can't help the fact she could be psychic. I wonder if it could be reading minds, seeing things before they happen, like future sight, or what. Maybe she could read fire. Maybe that's what the fire in her name might be.", Rarity said.
"Ooooo, that would be awesome!", Pinkie said. "It would be, I wonder what her cutie mark would be then?", Rainbow asked, then they all imagined Lucky's future cutie mark. Twilight thought of a small white flame, the hottest of them, well, almost, as blue is the hottest, then white is. Still though, a white flame, with a small four leaf clover in the middle. (that's actually what my idea is for Lucky's cutie mark, but idk now, with her psychicness which I say in this show will be extremely rare, i'm starting to think of something else now).
Applejack thought of a red flame entwining a four leaf clover. Rainbow thought of an orange flame on top of a clover, making it look like the clover is burning, but really isn't. Pinkie thought of a yellow flame with a clover next to it. Fluttershy thought of an orange flame with a four leaf clover in the middle of it. Rarity basically thought the same as Fluttershy (eh, out of ideas). They shared their ideas, and liked the other ideas the others thought of, but Applejack's and Twilight's were the most liked.
They had finally fallen asleep, and when they arrived at the station in Ponyville, they were all woken up by Lucky. "Guys, come on wake up! We're back in Ponyville, the train will leave for another town if y'all don't wake up." Twilight was the first to wake, and she said, "'Y'all'? Now you're starting to sound like Applejack." Lucky just grinned in response. Applejack chuckled. "I guess she's been hangin' around me too much, or Apple Bloom even, they are classmates after all."
"True.", Twilight said. So they all got off the train, the Ponyville ponies all bowing and saying 'good afternoon Princess Lucky, Queen Applejack, and Queen Rainbow.' (technically they are, being Lucky's mamas now .) "Hey, don't call us Queen, we don't like it. It just sounds weird.", Rainbow said. They all nodded and won't call them that anymore. They all went back to Twilight's place. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna stayed on the train so they would go back to Canterlot when the train left for Canterlot after the rest of the ponies get off and more ponies get on.