Chapter 32:
Comet's True Special Somepony, Truth, and Meeting the Twin Pegasi
When the four reach Dodge Junction, it's almost midnight. Applejack takes them to an inn she knew was there from her first time in Dodge. Comet paid for everypony this time. The family of three tried to tell her they got themselves, but Comet insisted because they're doing this for her. They eventually gave up and let her pay. Comet doesn't need to worry about money though. Reiterating, her parents are rich as hay. She can afford anything. She even has her own bank account full of money. So, they rented 2 rooms. Rainbow and Applejack, and Lucky and Comet. In the morning, they went to Blossom's house. Lucky knocked.
Blossom opened the door. "Hi Princess, Applejack, Rainbow." Then as soon as she saw Comet, she blushed and smiled shyly. "Hi Comet." Comet half smiled, "Hey Blossom. Would your parents mind you coming with us to Ponyville to see a special pony who can help us?" Blossom looked back, "Mom, dad, can I go to Ponyville for today? You remember what happened with Comet and I, right? Well... they said there's this pony who can help us. I don't know how... but, can I?" Miss Jubilee actually came to the door. "Applejack, Rainbow. Nice to see you girls again. I congratulate you on adopting this little Alicorn filly. Hello Princess. It's nice to meet you, I'm Cherry Jubilee, Applejack's former employer and boss of Cherry Hill Ranch."
Lucky inclined her head, "Nice to meet you finally Miss Jubilee. I've heard about you before from ma." Miss Jubilee smiled. "As to the question about going to Ponyville, well. I don't think there's any harm in it. It's good for my daughter to get out and go places. Even if she is only 13." (ok, I just looked at the chapter Flight Camp and saw Blossom's 9. I have edited that to make her say she's 13. much better age for what happened before they left for flight camp . so yeah, she's 13 now XD) Blossom smiled a big smile. "Thanks mom, now, for dad's answer." Her dad came into view. "Hello all. Well, I think your mother's right. Even at 13, I think you're old enough to travel to Ponyville, especially if you have two older ponies watching over you." Blossom hugged her parents. "Thanks guys. I'll be back later tonight." Her parents hugged her back and nodded.
"So, how much is the train ride both ways?" Rainbow gave the price. Miss Jubilee gave Blossom that amount. "Have fun girls. Comet, whenever you both do get together, if you ever do, please treat our daughter with kindness and be good to her." Comet saluted. "Yes ma'am. I would never hurt her or any other pony I may end up with. But I do hope it'll be Blossom." Comet totally looked sincere too. Blossom grinned. "And I hope I'll be with you too." She nuzzles Comet, who looked and smiled awkwardly. So they bid goodbye to Blossom's parents and got to the train station and boarded the train after getting their tickets. This time when they arrived at the Ponyville train station, it was 1:47 in the after noon. "Alright, now to find Pink. Thank goodness it's Sunday." Lucky led Comet and Blossom, Applejack and Rainbow left to find Twilight and Pinkie.
At the park, Lucky found Pink with her parents. "Pink! I have a case for you to solve with your special talent." Pink came over in a hurry. "Hi Lucky! Oooo, I can't wait to see who it is." Completely oblivious to Comet and Blossom standing behind Lucky. Lucky, Comet, and Blossom raised their eyebrows. "Um, Pink, these two behind me are your case." Pink finally noticed them. "Oooooh! Ok! Well, hmm... these two..." Pink walks all around them, looking, thinking. "I get the vibe from these two. I really believe these two are perfect for each other. They compliment each other. Aaaand, Lucky, I get the same vibe from you and Sweetie Belle." Lucky went wide eyed. "Pink, but... I'm only 8, and she's only 10. We're too young and the fact we're both not really thinking of preference or even a special somepony." Pink grinned, "Not too young for me to tell you the both of you are the perfect ponies for each other when you do become old enough to date and know your preference." Lucky blushed. Comet chuckled and Blossom giggled.
"Well, I still want to see if I can picture the both of you together too.", Lucky said. So the 4 fillies sat down and Lucky meditated. In her mind, she's thinking, 'Cherry Blossom and Wishful Comet, perfect for each other? Cherry Blossom and Wishful Comet, perfect for each other?' Lucky then started seeing something, though barely. She focused more on what she's starting to see. Slowly, it started becoming clearer. She could see Blossom and Comet. They were together, in what looked like Canterlot park. They were definitely older. Probably about 22. Their tails were entwined, and they were walking. Definitely looked like they were in love. After a bit of walking, Comet asked Blossom to sit down on a bench. Comet had something under her wing, and then she knelt and took whatever it was she had under her wing out from under her wing.
It was a tiny box, then she opened it. It was an engagement bracelet. Blossom looked completely surprised, and after Comet gave her speech and asked Blossom to marry her, Blossom gave a very emotional 'yes'. Lucky then came back to the real world, shook her head frantically. "Oh my gosh, you'll never believe what I saw. You'll find that out years from now though, but what I will say is, you'll definitely be together." Blossom and Comet smiled. "Now we have an answer from a filly with love as her special talent and a psychic pony who can see the future, and both say we'll be together in the future.", Blossom said. "Yeah, this is awesome.", Comet said. Blossom nodded. "Well Comet, want to explore Ponyville together?" Comet smiled, "Of course! I never been here before. I want to see what it looks like." Lucky nodded, "How about we meet at the train station at 5 then. I wanna find my mamas."
"Ok Lucky. We'll see you at 5." Pink went back to her parents, Lucky went to find hers, and Comet and Blossom went to explore the town. Lucky found her parents and Aunts at Sugar Cube Corner. 'No surprise there.', she though to herself. Then she went in. She was surprised to see Flower there, and even her parents. 'Black Rose, she could possibly be my mama's twin. Though, Rose wouldn't know I was her niece if that's true, would she?' Lucky went up to Flower. "Hiya Flower." Flower looked at her, "Hi Princess. Want to sit with us?" Lucky nodded, and sat down in the chair on Flower's other side. "I'm surprised to see you here, in a place that can get pretty crowded." Flower shrugged. "As long as they're not too near me, I'm fine.", she said. "Oh, ok." Black Rose spoke up, "So, this is our Princess, Lucky Fire. Nice to meet you. I'm Flower's mother, Black Rose." Then her father, "I'm Sunflower Seed."
"Nice to meet you both. Flower and I, I'm sure you know by now, are very much like very close sisters. I'm working with her on me getting close to her. Though she surprised me the day before my family reunion by getting in my face asking me something and then hugging me afterward. Has she told you about that?" They nodded. "She has said that you both think I could be your deceased mother's twin. I'm very impressed you can come to that conclusion. We are indeed. Our mother, the Queen of Baltimare. Now, I was there for 2 years, and I myself was a flier, so I kind of flew around the house when I was 2 years old. Mom tried and failed to catch me. Goodness, I can only imagine how much trouble I gave her. Well, I flew out of the house after my dad came home and came in the house, and I flew for a while. I got lost.
"I landed on somepony's porch after a long while of flying and resting, a lot and wandering, finding scraps to eat avoiding all ponies and avoiding being seen. I was like a hummingbird, seriously, I was that much of a flier and that elusive. Anyways, the couple found me and took me in for a while to rest. Actually, I had ended up in a totally different town. As a 2 year old, a toddler, I still was flying without knowing it. A foal starts becoming aware of their wings at about 5 to 6 years old. Thus, they can't fly unless they're taught. Also a two year old's wings become stronger after they fly since they are small babies, so a 5 to 6 year old's wings are very strong, they just need to practice their flying so they can fly like an older pony. But anyways, I ended up in a totally different town. I ended up in a town called Fillydelphia. Those two ponies put "Lost Filly" fliers all over the town. Nopony claimed me. So for 18 years, I was raised by those nice ponies. I'll never forget their kindness. I am very thankful to them.
"I met my real parents again last month, before we moved here to Ponyville from Fillydelphia, where your parents lived Lucky. I always wanted to meet my twin again after 16 years, but I was always afraid to. Now I wish I wasn't such a scaredy pony... now I'll never meet her." Black Rose laid her head on her forelegs and started to cry. Sunflower Seed put a hoof on her back. Lucky was stunned, and so wasn't Flower. Applejack, Rainbow, Twilight, and Pinkie, who had come over when they heard Flower's parents introduce themselves, are also stunned. A few minutes passed, and Lucky tried to speak. "A-Aunt R-Rose..." Her voice cracked, then she cleared her throat and tried again. She too, is crying now. Black Rose looked at Lucky.
"Aunt Rose... I-I'm so sorry. Y'know, Sometimes I wish that accident never happened. I wish my parents could still be here. My mamas both know that. I told them my wish already. They understand. They said if they were in my position, they'd wish the same thing. But you know what? I think things happen for a reason. There had to be a reason that freak accident happened. I have no idea what though, the reason was, but maybe someday I'll figure it out. Maybe it was to bring you, Flower, Sunflower Seed, and I together to meet. If my mama and papa were still alive, would you have met mama again for the first time after 16 years?" Rose shrugged, "I don't know. I've kind of always been a bit of a coward, so I don't think so. Well, I have Autism myself actually. My great great Aunt had it too, and she also had only wings, instead of wings and a horn. I got my just wings from her."
"Well then, there you go. Maybe the freak accident happened for me to meet you, my real Aunt and even real Uncle. Well, my other real Aunt and Uncle. Did you know you have a brother, sister-in-law, and a niece?" Rose shook her head. "Well, you do. Your sister-in-law is Japonies, and her daughter looks like her. She has Uncle's love for dancing though. That cousin's name is Fire Dancer. You do have a family Black Rose. Were you adopted by the couple who took you in?" Black Rose shook her head again. "Not really... they just took care of me, I think they knew I would meet my real parents again someday. Some ponies do. They figured I could be one of the ponies who did." Lucky smiled and nodded.
"Well, how did you know I was here in Ponyville? Did grandma and grandpa tell you, or did you see my coronation or speech on tv or hear it on the radio?" Sunflower answered, "We saw the speech. We were actually on vacation on a beautiful island when you were crowned as Princess. But we went to visit your grandparents before coming here, as Rose said earlier." Lucky nodded once. "Well, now we finally met, and Flower, we found out the truth, you and I are actually cousins. Maybe that's why you were getting more attached to me than others. Because we're actually true family." Flower smiled through her tears. "Yes, we are. Maybe I have a small dose of psychicness as well." Lucky giggled. "Maybe, but I got the full blast of it. Fire reading, future sight, and all that comes with being psychic."
"Yup." Flower then giggled too. Black Rose and Sunflower Seed looked happy that Flower was coming out of her shell much more now. Lucky was even happy for that. "Lucky, looks like ya found yer real family. Also looks like ya got family here in Ponyville, from yer biological family." Lucky nodded, "Yeah. It does look like it. It's really awesome. I'm glad, and it also makes me wonder if I have any other family members." Everypony shrugged. "I'm gonna have to get after grandma and grandpa for not telling me about Aunt Black Rose..." The others giggled/chuckled, then Rose said, "Don't be too harsh on them now." Lucky smiled. "I won't." The others smile. "Well, Lucky... cuz, wanna go play for a while?" Lucky nodded enthusiastically. "Oh, first, mama, ma. Comet and I agreed meeting at the train station at 5."
"Alright, we'll meet you guys there as well.", Rainbow said. "K, come on Flower." So the fillies left to play. "So Flower, what should we play?" Flower took on a thoughtful look. "Hmm, oh, how about we have a race? We can fly in the air and race each other." Lucky grinned, "You're on cuz." Flower grinned too, then they took off. "Hey Flower, you grinned, you're totally coming out of your shell, little by little, or should I say, lot by lot?" Lucky then giggled. Flower giggled too. "Hey, I just found out your my cousin, by a weird story, but still, we're cousins! I think in the back of my mind, I knew we were. As I said back at SCC, I think I got a tiny bit of psychicness in me. I think being psychic could run in the family, or maybe it goes for every which ever generation. Like, there could be a really late ancestor who was psychic, and a thousand years later, you came along and inherited the psychic gene and me, I probably only inherited a teeny tiny bit of it. My talent with botany being my true special talent, then psychic much less, but still there."
"That reminds me, I have to do research on Fire Reader, she was a Japonies pony who read fire, like I do. She lived like, thousands of years ago. I'm pretty certain she might be related to Fire Dancer's mom. Fire Dancer is our other cousin, and her mother is Japonies.", Lucky said. "Well, that has nothing to do with you or our mothers' and Uncle's side of the family." Lucky just nodded. They reached Cloudsdale and they touched down on the side of it. "Oooo, Cloudsdale. I always wanted to come here, can we explore Lucky, please?" Lucky smiled, "Sure, then we can have our race." Flower hopped up and down excitedly. Then the 2 of them walked around. After a while, they spotted a cloud park. "Whoa!", they both said. Then they went over to it. There were cloud slides, a cloud jungle gym, a cloud swing set, and a lot of other cloud things to play on. Lucky and Flower galloped over to the swing set.
On the way, they saw identical twins, and they really were identical. They both had yellow coats, sky blue mane, tail, and eyes, and even almost the same cutie mark. Their manes and tails were differently styled though. The one with the long lightning mark's mane and tail were the same style as Sweetie Belle and the other's mane was Scootaloo's style, and the tail looked like Vinyl Scratch's. One had a lone blue lightning bolt that was longer than the one on the other pony. The other pony had a blue lightning bolt that was really short, and, the two cousins think that it was on top of something, they weren't sure. Lucky, being the brave one, went up to them. Flower hung back, actually, she went to the swing set. "Hi, I'm..." The one with the short lightning bolt said, "Princess Lucky Fire of Ponyville, yeah, we know who you are. Why are you here?" Lucky's jaw dropped.
"Thunder! How mean. Just because she was a show off after flight camp, doesn't mean she could be all bad. Right?", the one with the long lightning bolt said. Lucky gulped, and nodded. "Pfft. Whatever. I still say she shouldn't be allowed here." The other twin looked at the one called Thunder in a defensive way. "Twin! This is a free country, ponies can go wherever they want." Thunder shrugged. "If you need me, I'll be over there.", she pointed to the park bench and went over. "Wow... what's her problem? Other than hearing about my actions at flight camp." The one with the long lightning bolt sighed. "Don't worry about her. She's way too much of a bully. I wish it wasn't so. It's so stereotypical of her and I. She's like the bad twin and I'm like the good twin. Her name is Thunder Crash, and I'm Lightning Sky." Lucky smiled, "Nice to meet you. Thanks for the warning. Um, you should know, I found the foals' addresses and went to their houses and apologized to each of them. I learned my lesson and won't be doing that again."
"I'm glad, well, I'm not sure that would run by Thunder. She's a hard one to convince of anything. It really has to be proven to her in front of her eyes for her to believe it." Lucky sighed and lowered her head. "That is unfortunate. I wish to become friends with her as well as you. How old are you? I'm 8, my cousin over on the swing set is 10." Lucky then tilts her head as she sees Flower's forelegs kind of... as Lucky would guess the term would be, 'flapping'. Lightning looked over too. "Ah, Autism. I know it well. My classmate has Autism. His forelegs flap like that too sometimes when he's deep in thought or just spacing out." Lucky then looks at Lightning. "So, then what Flower's doing is normal?" Lightning smiles gently and nods. "Have you read about Autism yet?" Lucky shook her head. "Not yet, but I keep meaning to."
"Well, you better kiddo. That way you'll know what to expect with your cousin, and to answer your question, Thunder and I are 12. We were in flight camp with you." Lucky blinked. "How could I have missed you two?" Lightning giggled. "Well, you were into hanging with your group. It's cool. Besides, our group leaders were all pushing us hard. We all were too busy doing what our leaders told us to do to really socialize and during breakfast, lunch, and dinner, well, we didn't really have much time to socialize either. It's like ever since our parents' time it became a military academy..." Lucky could only agree. "Though my camp leader was nice, still, he did the same as all the other leaders. He was also my mama's and Aunt Fluttershy's camp leader. That was cool to find out." Lightning looked surprised, "Huh, lucky. There's always the slim chance you get the same leader your parents did."
Lucky grinned, "My name's Lucky, whaddaya expect?" Lightning grinned as well, "True. Well, you better get back to your cousin." Lucky held out a hoof, "Wait, before I do, what are your and Thunder's cutie marks?" Lightning shows Lucky hers. "My cutie mark stands for my talent for blue lightning. Thunder's is a blue lightning bolt on top of rainbow colored sound waves. Though you can't see the yellow, obviously because of our coat color. Her talent is making the thunder for my blue lightning. We're a storm team." Lucky looked amazed, "Wooow. Cool! Well, thanks. Hopefully I'll see you again sometime." Goes over to Flower and tells her of the twins. Lightning smiled. "Cute little filly." Thunder came up next to Lightning. "Seriously?" Lightning gave Thunder a look. "Be nice. She's actually a very nice filly. If you would stop being like you are, you would know that." Lightning then walks away from Thunder.
Thunder looked at Lightning as she walked away, dumbfounded, one that Lightning actually is giving the 8 year old another chance, and the fact Lightning just walked away from her like that. Thunder huffed then walked home. Lucky watched the two, and looked sad at their exchange of words. "I really hope Thunder gives me a chance... it sucks having somepony mad at me." Flower nodded. "I bet it does. I never had anypony mad at me, and I hope that never happens, but I can imagine it would suck." Lucky just kept silent. "Wanna just postpone our race and go to the train station?" Lucky nodded, then the two went to the train station and waited. After what felt like forever, Comet, Blossom, Applejack, and Rainbow came. "Hey you two. What did you do during your play time?"
"We went up to Cloudsdale so we could race around above Ponyville, but Flower wanted to explore Cloudsdale because she never been up there before. Then we spotted a playground, then we saw identical twin ponies, but their personalities were total opposites. Thunder Crash, who I think might be boyish, is a bully type pony, and she was mean to me. Lightning Sky, she's really nice. She talked with me, and told me a tiny bit about Thunder. Their cutie marks are even almost the same. Difference is the lightning bolt. They're different sizes, and Thunder's is a lightning bolt on top of sound waves. Lightning told me that Thunder's talent is creating thunder for her special talent, blue lightning."
Rainbow, Applejack, Comet, and Blossom looked amazed. "I know right? I wish Thunder would give me another chance though, like Lightning..." Rainbow and Comet put a hoof on Lucky's shoulder. "It'll be alright Lucky. Thunder will come around someday. How old are they?" Flower answered. "They're 12, and Lucky told me they were in flight camp with her." Comet then said, "And me and Blossom." Flower nodded once in acknowledgment. "Ok, so the three of you. Did you two meet the twins?" The both of then shook their heads. "Ok. Well, I suppose I should go home. Bye Lucky, Applejack, Rainbow, um..." Comet chuckled, "I'm Wishful Comet. This is my future marefriend Cherry Blossom." Blossom blushed. Flower and Lucky giggled as Comet, Rainbow, and Applejack chuckled.
"Ok then, nice meeting you two and good bye." Flower then went home. "Ok, well, it was nice seeing you both again. Hope to see you again sometime.", Lucky said, shaking their hooves. "Ditto.", they both said, then hugged Lucky, who was surprised, especially with Comet, but hugged back anyways, then waved at them as they boarded the train. The train started to roll out after another minute, both fillies waving from inside the train, Lucky waving from on the platform. After the train was out of sight, Lucky, Rainbow, and Applejack went home for dinner, bath, then bed.
A/N: ok, did not expect to make Flower Lucky's cousin... so did not expect to... well, makes for an interesting twist and turn don't it? :/ well, hope this chapter was good. Aaand, if babies in MLP talk at an extremely early age, like the Cake twins can say Pinkie Pie at one month old, and Applejack talk basically fully at what I would guess maybe 6-7 months old, then 2 year olds probably can rummage for food. They'd be smart enough probably if they can talk that early.
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