Chapter 39: Terra meets Princess Lucky Fire

A/N: yh yh, I know. Sucky arsed title... hopefully not foreshadowing to a sucky chapter. That would suck a lot... and lol to guitarrawr. Glad I was able to do that XD imagery is one good thing to a story or even poem or song. Well, in your case, I think it would be auditory-ness XD I dunno what the real word would be for that. Also, it would be the same day for everypony in this chapter. The day after Tiara went to Lucky.

Terra, Thunder, and Lightning all woke up at the inn around 7:30 and went down to get breakfast. For an inn, the breakfast wasn't too bad. Oatmeal and milk. Then they went out to Ponyville. They saw some ponies getting out of their homes and greet the day. "I still can't believe how young the Princess of Ponyville is though. She's only 4 years older than me. How can she do it?", Terra said. "She is a very exceptional little filly. It's also in her blood. She was born into it, and it seems she was able to do the whole Princess thing ever since she was much younger, even younger than 5 years old when she first became Princess." Terra looked amazed. "Wooooow." Thunder asked, "Where do you want to go?" Terra replied, "I wanna go to the apple farm and meet the Apple family." Thunder nodded and Lightning smiled and nodded. They took her to Sweet Apple Acres. It was a little after 8 when they arrived. When they spotted one of the Apple siblings, Big Mac, Thunder shouted out, "Hey Big Mac!" and waved. He looked up and waved back.

When they got to him, "This is Terra, the little filly we foalsit. She wanted to come to Ponyville and meet the Princess, but we're waiting until she gets out of office to meet her. So we're going around town meeting other ponies and this is the first place she wanted to come so she could meet the Apple family.", Lightning said. "Nice to meet ya Terra. Ah'm Big McIntosh." Terra smiled weakly, "Hi Big McIntosh. Nice to meet you too." Big Mac smiled, "Call me Big Mac, everypony else does." Terra nodded a small nod. "Where's Applejack, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith?", Thunder asked. "Applejack's somewhere in town, prob'ly with Rainbow, Apple Bloom is out with her two friends, and Granny Smith is visitin' her friends in the nursin' home." The three nodded. "Ok, thanks Big Mac." He smiled and nodded, then continued on his way, he was doing some of the chores around the farm. Thunder was pushing Terra's wheelchair, so she pushed Terra to the town with Lightning walking with them, of course.

When they got to the middle of town, they saw Applejack walking with Rainbow and to the twins' surprise, Spitfire. "Spitfire?!", the twins said. The three ponies looked their way. "Howdy Thunder, Lightnin'! Fancy seein' ya both here. What're ya doin' here? Is that the foal ya both started foalsittin'?" They made their way to the twins, meeting them halfway. "Yup, this is Terra. She has a crippling illness that made her this way. She draws strength from the Earth, so she can walk, but her walking is very wobbly and slow.", Lightning said. "Poor filly. Seems she is doing fine though, despite her illness if she can walk and draw strength from the Earth. Does she have a set lifespan because of the illness?", Spitfire asked. "Yeah, Terra mentioned not living that long." Terra then said, "The doctor said when I reach 20 I will pass on. I hope not. I wanna live a longer life than that." The 5 older ponies nodded, understanding her wish. "Who knows kid, you might surprise everypony and live longer like you want to." Terra looked hopeful. "I really hope that does happen." The 5 all smiled gently at her.

"So, getting off this somewhat depressing topic... Spitfire, what are you doing here in Ponyville?", Thunder asked. "I thought I would come down here and see how my friends were doing. You included now. What are your names?" Thunder was elated to know a Wonderbolt was talking to her, though she's hiding it very well. "My name is Thunder Crash." Lightning went next and she too is quite happy a Wonderbolt is talking to her, "I'm Lightning Sky. We both are a storm team. When we get older, we will be working under Rainbow Dash, if she still works as supervisor to the weather team when we get old enough to be on the weather team." Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "I'm only 20. Of course I will still be supervisor. I resent that.", though she said 'I resent that jokingly' and smiled too when she said that. Lightning and Terra giggled and Applejack, Spitfire, and Thunder chuckled. "I'm Rainbow Dash by the way, though you could probably could figure that out by my rainbow mane. Also, nice to meet you kid" Terra nodded, "Yeah, I did figure it out." Spitfire then said, "And you know me by overhearing my name from Thunder. Nice to meet you." Applejack then said, "N' mah name's Applejack. Nice ta meet ya."

"Nice to meet the three of you too." Lightning then asked, "Know where we can find your younger sibling Applejack?", Lightning asked. "She should be at the park ice skatin' with her friends." Thunder grinned, "Nice. Are they any good?" Applejack made a :/ face, made a so-so gesture and said, "Eh... kinda Ah suppose. Though Scootaloo is real good at it. Ah'm not surprised actually." The twins smiled and said, "Well, we're off to let Terra meet them." Applejack then said, "Alright. See y'all later." The three smiled, "Yup!", Thunder said. Then they went to the park. They went to the lake and saw that Apple Bloom and her friends were actually getting off of the ice. It was probably about 9:12 right now. "Apple Bloom!", Lightning called out. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Silver Spoon, and Twist all looked in the three's direction. "Howdy Thunder, Lightnin'! Who's yer friend?" The three reached the fillies. "This is Terra. She wanted to come to Ponyvlle to meet Lucky. We're waiting until she gets out of work to actually introduce Terra though." Sweetie nodded and said, "I see. Good idea. I will be having lunch though with her. I made an appointment with her a couple of days ago to have lunch with her."

"That's nice. Hope you have fun.", Lightning said and smiled. Sweetie smiled happily and said, "I will." Terra then said to AB, "So, you're Apple Bloom, I can tell by the way you talk. You talk the same way as Applejack and Big Mac." Apple Bloom smiled and said, "Eeyup! Ah'm an Apple 'n proud of it! Nice ta meet ya Terra." Terra smiled weakly. "So, who are your friends?" Sweetie introduced herself first, "I'm Sweetie Belle, Rarity's little sister. Nice to meet you." Then Scootaloo went next. "I'm Scootaloo. Nice to meet you Terra." Then Twist. "I'm Peppermint Twist, though everypony just calls me Twist." (I know, she has the lisp, but I don't remember how bad it is, so I don't know whether to lispify XD lol, 'lispify'. I dunno whether to lispify 'though' by putting 'dough' :/ plz let me know so I can edit.) Then last but not least, Silver Spoon. "I'm Silver Spoon, the newest friend of these four. Nice to meet you Terra."

"Nice to meet you all too." The 5 smiled, then Silver said, "We were about to get hot chocolate at Sugar Cube Corner, want to come with us?" Thunder, Lightning, and Terra smiled. "That sounds like a good idea. Thank you for inviting us.", Lightning said. "Yeah, thanks.", Terra and Thunder said. "You're welcome." Sweetie, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Twist are all somewhat surprised, though they lose the surprise fast. They still think it's really awesome that Lucky got to her and Tiara about their bullying and changed them. So, the 8 of them went to SCC. When they got there they all went to the counter and well, the 5 fillies Terra just met ordered hot chocolate. The twins only had enough for the train ride back to Canterlot. "You three aren't getting anything?", Mrs. Cake asked. "We only have enough bits for the train ride back to Canterlot." Silver Spoon then said, "I can get you hot chocolate. I get a fairly decent allowance, so I can get the four of us." Lightning shook her head, "No, we couldn't do that. We'd have to pay you back, and we wouldn't know when we could do that since we live in Canterlot ourselves."

Silver waved a hoof. "You don't have to pay me back. I'm doing this because I want to really redeem myself after all the bullying I have done. I want to show that I have changed my ways and this is one way." Lightning looked unsure. Thunder did too. Terra just asked, "What's bullying?" Thunder explained, having been one herself. "Oh, that's not nice." Everypony who heard her shook their heads, agreeing with Terra. Sweetie said, "She really means it when she says she wants to redeem herself." Lightning sighed, then said, "Alright. You win Silver Spoon." Silver smiled kindly, then paid for the three's hot chocolates. Mrs. Cake smiled at Silver Spoon. "That was very kind and generous of you Silver. I'm proud of you." Silver just blushed lightly. Thunder, AB, Scootaloo, and Twist chuckled and Lightning, Mrs. Cake, Terra, and Sweetie giggled at Silver's light blush at the compliment. Then when they all got their hot chocolate, Sweetie moved two tables together and moved the chairs so that they could all sit together. "Well thanks Silver for paying for us.", Lightning said. "Yeah, thanks Silver.", Thunder and Terra said. "It's no problem, really. Glad to help. Like I said, I want to redeem myself and also, I kind of felt bad you guys couldn't get hot chocolate though we could."

The three smiled. Pinkie then came out with the Cake twins and spotted the big group, of course, not that hard to spot. Pinkie brings the Cake twins over to them. "Hi everypony! Who's the new pony? Is she new in town?" Terra said, of course as always in her quiet weak voice, "My name is Terra. I'm from Canterlot visiting here. I'm going to meet the Princess here." Pinkie smiled a big smile. "Oooo, well you'll like her, she's really nice and very smart for her age. She's only 9." Terra nodded a tiny nod. "I know. I saw her being made Princess and her speech on tv. She's only 4 years older than me." Pinkie made an 'oh' face. "Why talk quiet?", Pumpkin asked. Terra explained how her doctor explained it, it's the only way she knows how to explain it. When the Cake twins tilted their heads and looked confused, Lightning explained in a way they can understand, though left out the short life span part of it. "Oh, that bad, right?", Pound asked. "Yeah, it is. Sometimes I wish I could play with other foals on the playground and stuff, but sometimes I like watching them play."

"Can play blocks?", Pumpkin asked. Terra smiled weakly, "Yeah, I can play blocks. I love blocks. Thunder, can you get me out of my wheelchair?" Thunder nodded and unbuckled her, then picks her up and sets her down on the floor with the Cake twins. Pinkie went to get the blocks in the twins' room, and comes back down with them and sets them in front of the three young foals. The three of them started playing, Lightning set Terra's hot chocolate next to her, so she can drink it while playing. "Can walk?", Pound asked Terra. "Yes, though only outside, the Earth helps me walk." Pound and Pumpkin tilted their heads and asked, "How?" Terra thought carefully this time so they can understand. "Well, I think my magic helps the Earth help me, though my horn doesn't shine or anything." The twins looked thoughtful, most likely processing that. They finally got it after a bit of thinking. "Oh." For a while, the three played with the blocks, but then Terra started getting hungry. It was 11:58 now. The three played for a couple hours, not with just the blocks, but other toys too in that time frame.

"Lunch time Pound and Pumpkin.", Mr. Cake said at 12:00 as he came out to them. "Oh? Who's your new friend?" Pumpkin said, "Terra! Weak filly. No walk inside. Only outside. Earth help her." Mr. Cake smiled gently at Terra. "Hello Terra. My name is Mr. Cake. Though, my full name is Carrot Cake, everypony calls me Mr. Cake." Terra smiled back at him, "Nice to meet you too." Mr. Cake then asked, "Do you want to stay for lunch? You are my twins' new friend after all, and it would be rude not to ask." Terra looked at Thunder and Lightning. "Can I?" Lightning smiled gently, "Sure. It's ok with me." Thunder nodded, "I don't mind." Mr. Cake looked at the older twins. "Oh, hello you two, foalsitting this little filly?" They nodded. "Thanks.", Terra said to the older twins. "You're welcome." Mr. Cake invited them to have lunch with them too. They accepted and thanked him.

~with Lucky during lunch~

Lucky was just opening her lunch box when Sweetie came into her office. Lucky looked up and smiled. "Hi Sweetie Belle." Sweetie smiled back. "Hiya Princess." Sweetie sat down and put her lunch box on Lucky's desk and opened it. "So, what did you get for lunch? Your favorite sandwich?" Lucky grinned. "Yup, tomato sandwich with miracle whip and one leaf of lettuce. Along with an apple and carrot juice." Sweetie then said, "That sounds yummy. I got some pineapple for us to share and then for myself I have a salad and a carrot and grape juice." Lucky grinned and said, "That sounds really good too. We both have really good lunches." Sweetie nodded and then passed some pineapple to Lucky. Lucky took it and thanked her. "So, I wonder how else other than Comet's way of finding out her preference we can find out?", Sweetie asked. "No clue, though I did see Pink about if Comet and Blossom belonged together, and Pink even said after giving her insight and after me giving mine, Pink said that we give her that vibe that we seem to be a good match."

Sweetie blushed. "Sh-she did?" Lucky chuckled at Sweetie's blush, and nodded her head. "Yeah, she did. I told her that we're too young for that and that we're too young to find out if we even prefer the same gender as ourselves. She said that didn't matter and that she still says we make a perfect match." Sweetie got thinking, then said, "If that comes true, then Rarity and Fluttershy wouldn't be your Aunts anymore. They'd be your mothers-in-law. Though Rarity and Fluttershy aren't married yet, still, when they are, they'll both be your mothers-in-law." Lucky grinned, "Awesome!" Sweetie giggled, "Yeah. That is pretty cool now that I think about it." Lucky then said, "We'll ask Twilight today about how we can tell how we know we like the same gender other than kissing." Sweetie smiled, "Well, actually, you'll be having a visitor, or should I say, 3 visitors when you get out of work today. Thunder, Lightning, and the filly they foalsit are here to visit with you."

Lucky's face lit up, though not literally, and she was really happy. "My storm twin friends are here?!" Sweetie nodded. "Yup. Their little filly they brought with them is so cute. She's really tiny though she has an illness that makes her like that. Poor filly." Lucky tilted her head. "Really? So does she have a wheelchair then?" Sweetie nodded. "Oh wow. Well, I'm definitely looking forward to meeting her then." Sweetie smiled, then said, "Tomorrow when you get out of work we can ask Twilight about the whole, finding out if you like the same gender without having to kiss' thing." Lucky nodded, then they got to actually eating their lunch.

~back with the twins and Terra~

After lunch, the older twins bid the Cakes and Pinkie good bye and thanked them again for inviting them to lunch, which was sandwiches, so Mrs. Cake could easily have made more. Lightning brought Terra to the library. When they walked in, they heard a "Welcome to Golden Oaks Library... oh, Thunder, Lightning, hi!" The twins grinned and looked at Twilight. "Hi Twilight.", Lightning said. "Hey Twilight.", Thunder said. "So, this is the little foal you're foalsitting? She's so cute. Hi, my name is Twilight Sparkle." Terra smiled a small smile and said, "My name is Terra. Nice to meet you Twilight." Twilight smiled at the twins, "She's very polite. How old is she actually?" Terra answered, "I'm 4. I'll be 5 in June. My mommy taught me how to be polite. Her name is Golden Quill. She works at Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns."

Twilight looked amazed, "I enrolled in that school a long time ago. I wonder if she worked there back then, or maybe she would have been in college for teaching at that time." Terra shrugged. "I'm here to meet the Princess here. When does she get out of work?" Twilight said, "She gets out at around 2:30 or 2:40. It depends on how much work she has for the day." Terra just nodded once. "So Terra, do you like books?" Terra half shrugged. "They're ok." Twilight smiled at that. "Well, how often do you get read to?" Terra tilted her head, "Often?" Twilight explained. "Oh. Once a week." Twilight thought that was fair enough. "So, meeting the Princess huh? You'll like her. She's very nice." Terra giggled, "That's what Pinkie said." Pinkie introduced herself at lunch after having realized she didn't introduce herself when she first met Terra. Twilight grinned. So Terra got to spend time getting to know Twilight, until it was 2:20 then they went to the Town Hall.

They arrived at 2:27. They waited 7 minutes and then Lucky finally came out. When she saw the twins she grinned and tackle/hugged Thunder, then hugged Lightning. "Hiya Little Princess." Lucky grinned at Thunder. "Hi! So, this is the little filly you foalsit for?", Lucky asked, having saw Terra before she commenced her tackle/hug on Thunder. "Yup, this is Terra. Terra, meet Princess Lucky Fire." Terra was in awe, the Princess was right here in front of her! She thinks this one special, as do all the other ponies in the world. Having been Princess ever since 5 and having the paper work to do as well, as well as the knowledge and wisdom a true Princess has. Lucky smiled gently at Terra. "Hey there Terra. I'm Princess Lucky Fire. Nice to meet you." Terra blinked, then said, "Y-Yeah... n-nice meeting you... t-too."

Lucky grinned, "Too much in awe at my appearance and meeting me huh?" Terra looked surprised, though as surprised as she could muster. "I know what you're feeling, as well as Thunder and Lightning. I'm psychic." Terra looked confused this time. "Psychic?" Lucky explained so Terra could understand what she is trying to explain. "Ooooh, ok. Neat." Lucky nodded, "It is pretty cool, but can be a burden too if there are way too many ponies at once and I don't expect it so that I can't block it out." Terra looked confused again. Lucky explained in simpler terms. "Oh, yeah, I bet it would be pretty bad at times." Lucky nodded, "And the big word for the 'I bet it would be pretty bad at times' would be 'overwhelming'." Terra nodded a tiny nod. "So, wanna hang out with me Terra? I got my work all finished and everything. I'm free for the rest of the day. Of course, I gotta find my mamas and tell them I will be spending time with you." Thunder said, "Last we saw them they were with Spitfire." Lucky looked happy. "Oooo, Spitfire's in Ponyville?!" Thunder grinned and nodded. "Awesome! Let's go!" Lucky took off flying, "Lucky! Hold up! We got a wheelchair bound filly remember?" Lucky skidded to a stop in midair. "Oops. My bad. Sorry Terra." Terra giggled her quiet giggle. "It's ok."

The twins and Terra got caught up to Lucky, then they commenced their search for Lucky's mamas. They found them at the nursing home for the elderly ponies with Granny Smith and Granny's friend. "Hiya Granny Smith.", Lucky said and nuzzled her. "Well howdy Lucky.", Granny said, nuzzling her back. "Who's yer new friend?" Lucky happily replied, "This is Terra. She's come from Canterlot just to meet me." Granny smiled. "Howdy Terra. Ah'm Granny Smith. Nice ta meet ya." Terra smiled and nodded, "Nice to meet you too Granny Smith." The rest of the day was very interesting, though fun. Thunder and Lightning hugged Lucky before getting on the train and Lucky shook Terra's hoof gently. "Bye guys. It's nice seeing you and it was nice meeting you Terra. Hope you had fun." Terra smiled, "I did. Thanks Princess." Lucky smiled, happy to hear that. Then the three got on the train. Lucky waved till they couldn't see her anymore. "I liked meeting Terra." Rainbow and Applejack smiled.

A/N: hmm, I think now would be a good time to skip to when Lucky's 16. What do you guys think? Think it's about time for that now? It would introduce new steps in her life. Ain't no way I'm spoiling it so I'm not telling what it will introduce. You'll have to see for yourselves if you agree to me skipping to when she is 16.