Chapter 28
Apologizing
Lucky, Applejack, and Rainbow finally arrived back at Ponyville, to a huge crowd. Most likely all of Ponyville, and even Cloudsdale, seeing as it was literally above Ponyville. Lucky smiled and waved. "Hi everypony, it's good to be back home." Ponies all chatted around her and Lucky had to answer a ton of questions. Lucky obliged to everypony and answered questions and all of that. Eventually the crowd died down and she was able to go home. She hung her head, "Boy, these ponies really flock to the famous ponies like bugs to lights." Applejack and Rainbow chuckled at the comparison. Even Lucky chuckled a bit at it.
They got inside and Lucky immediately went to see if she could find out where the 4 ponies she made mad at her lived. After hours of searching, she found them all... Cherry Blossom lived all the way in Dodge Junction! Lucky groaned at that. "Really? I don't want to travel all that way after I attended a Princess meeting..." Rainbow thought. "Maybe Twilight could take you there by teleportation... oh wait... I don't know if she could. Yeah, she's one of the best magic users, but that's still too far for a teleportation spell. Augh! Hmph. Well, I guess we'll have to wait a while yet..." Lucky sighed/growled. Applejack said, "Well, we can still go ta the ones who're closer." Lucky looked at Flash then Thunder, both in Cloudsdale, then she looked at Comet's address... "Canterlot?! Oh come on! We were there like, almost 2 weeks!" Lucky groaned in frustration. "If we knew that when we went there, we could have gone and I could have apologized while we were there..." Applejack and Rainbow put a hoof on Lucky's shoulder.
"Ah understand yer frustration. Rainbow, can ya fly far fer a while?" Rainbow grinned, "Us weather ponies fly to really far places to get the southern birds during Winter Wrap-Up. How could you ask that?" Applejack replied half sarcastically, half joking, "Oh how could ah ferget?" Then she says seriously, "Think ya can take her ta Dodge Junction? Maybe we can get somepony else ta take her ta Canterlot, and she herself can go ta Cloudsdale fer the other two." Rainbow saluted, "Yes ma'am!" Lucky and Applejack chuckled and Lucky left with Rainbow. Lucky flew with her actually.
Lucky flew a good ways, but she got tired about halfway to Dodge Junction. She got onto Rainbow's back, and even the great and awesome Rainbow Dash couldn't make it all the way, Dodge is in the middle of nowhere basically. Rainbow laid down and rested for a good hour or so, then both started out again. "Your flying is much better now than it was before you started flight camp." Lucky merely nodded, focusing on getting to her destination. Finally they got to Dodge Junction. Rainbow and Lucky touched down on the ground and Rainbow led Lucky to the cherry orchard. Lucky looked at it in awe. Cherry trees were really pretty.
"We're not here to sight see ya know. You need to apologize to Blossom." Lucky looked at Rainbow seriously, "I know..." They reached the house and Lucky knocked on the door. It opened a minute later to reveal what could only be Blossom's dad. "Hello there, what can I do for you two?" Rainbow answered, "Lucky wants to apologize to Blossom for being a showoff." Blossom's dad relayed that she had a visitor, Lucky Fire. Lucky heard Blossom say, "That showoff? Forget it dad, I'm not going to talk to her." Ouch. Lucky's ears drooped upon hearing that. "Actually Blossom, that's why I came here. I came to apologize for my behavior at the end of flight camp.
"I realize that I was foalish in showing off like that. My family talked to me and scolded me for it. Now I realize that I should never have done that. I lost 4 friends. I don't ever want to lose friends again. It hurt when I got over my arrogance and realized. I'm sorry Blossom... could you ever forgive me?" There was silence for a couple minutes, then Blossom came into view, peeking around the door. "Lucky, I am very happy you came all this way to tell me that. Did you come by train?" Lucky grinned sheepishly, "I flew here with mama. I haven't exercised my wings since flight camp, it was probably time to." Blossom looked amazed. "I can't believe you flew here, no breaks?" Lucky smiled, "Oh, I had a good long break. Mama had an hour break when we got a little closer."
Blossom grinned. "It is a far flight." Lucky nodded. "Mind if we come in and get some water? We're parched." Blossom let them in and they got some water. "Thank you so much Blossom.", Lucky said. "You're welcome." They talked a while, and when they ran out of things to say, Lucky said her and Rainbow should get going. She has three more ponies to apologize to. Blossom hugged Lucky and Lucky thanked her for the water and for forgiving her, then Lucky and Rainbow left. This time Lucky didn't get tired until a fourth of the way to Ponyville, and Rainbow collapsed on the couch at their home. Applejack said, "So, how'd it go?" Lucky grinned, "It went great, she forgave me." Applejack smiled happily. "That's great! Now ya gotta go ta Canterlot 'n talk ta Comet. That's after ya get somethin' ta eat 'n drink and rest a bit. Flitter agreed ta take ya ta Canterlot."
Lucky nodded. "You see her on the street or something?" Applejack nodded. "Alright, that sounds good." Lucky laid on the half couch and rested up for 4 hours. Then she got something to eat and got some water, then she left to find Flitter. Didn't take long. "Hi Flitter. Thanks for agreeing to take me to Canterlot." Flitter turned around and smiled, "Heya Princess, it's no problem. Ready to go?" Lucky nodded, then they took off. Lucky flew all the way to Canterlot, but walked to Comet's house, which was a mansion. Lucky's jaw dropped, as did Flitter's. "Dude, I never knew she lived in a mansion!", Lucky exclaimed. Then she steeled herself, then rang the doorbell. Comet answered.
"Oh, what do you want?", she asked, with a small dose of venom in her voice. Lucky and Flitter winced. "Jeez Princess, what did you do to piss her off?" Lucky's ears drooped again, "I was a showoff. I came to talk to you about that actually Comet. I wanted to apologize for it. I realized it was a foalish act, and I repent for it. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me Comet." Lucky actually bows to Comet, to show her sincerity. "... Lucky... you were bold to show up here. Also, very brave to admit to your wrongdoing and apologize for it. I do forgive you. Now come here kid.", she said, taking Lucky in a foreleg and messes up her mane playfully.
Lucky giggled, and managed to escape and fix her mane, grinning all the while. "Thanks for forgiving me Comet. So now, two ponies down, two to go. I still gotta apologize to Thunder and Flash." Comet nodded. "Ok Lucky. Hopefully we'll be seeing each other sometimes." Lucky nodded, still smiling. "I sure hope so too, but being a Princess is busy and hard work, so there aren't any guarantees or promises. I can only try." Comet nodded and said she understood. With that, Lucky and Flitter left. An hour and 30 minutes later, Lucky arrived home, Flitter landing next to her, and followed her inside. "I'm back!"
This time Rainbow and Applejack came out and Rainbow asked, "How'd it go?" Lucky smiled. "She forgave me too." Both ponies smiled, "Good!" Lucky took a deep breath. "I'll rest an hour, then go to Cloudsdale." Applejack and Rainbow nodded, Applejack said, "Sounds like a plan then." Flitter bid the three goodbye and left, after Applejack, Rainbow, and Lucky thanked her. Lucky laid on the big couch this time, and Rainbow sat on the half couch with Applejack. As Lucky said, an hour later, she left for Cloudsdale, on her own this time. First she went to Thunder's house. Thunder's mom answered. Two embarrassing minutes later, Thunder came blushing lightly and having an annoyed look to the door to an also blushing Lucky.
He chuckled. "Sorry about that... my mom can be embarrassing at times... so, what do you want?" Lucky told him all that she wanted to say, that she realized her foalishness and wants to patch things up. Thunder smiled, "I forgive you Lucky. I'm glad you came and apologized. You're actually pretty alright.", he said, lightly punching her arm in a friendly way. Lucky smiled. "Thanks for forgiving me. So now three down, one to go. Gotta see Flash and apologize to him." Thunder nodded and the two bid each other good bye. Lucky made her way to Flash's house and his mom answered too, Lucky hoped she wouldn't be like Thunder's mom. Thankfully she wasn't. Flash came to the door. "What?" Lucky looked down, then looked back up and explained everything and apologized.
Flash nodded. "Ok, I guess I forgive you Lucky. You had the guts enough to show up and apologize. You're not too bad of a pony I guess. Especially for a filly." Lucky took no offense about the filly bit. He was just being a colt. She smiled instead and thanked him for forgiving her, then left for home. Instead of going home though, she ran into another pony. This pony was a pure white alicorn with a midnight blue mane with a bright blue streak going through it and she had blue eyes and a constellation for a cutie mark.
A/N: cliffhanger! :P lol. New ponies to come, I will explain this pony next chapter :)