"hey remember that one time you tried doing parkour videos?" Zipp laughed, sitting on the couch. the two sisters were watching a movie with the alicorn and two unicorns.
"well I remember when you promised not to bring that up again. ever!" Pipp replied.
"can we just watch the movie?" Sunny asked, gesturing to the TV.
a teenage Pipp walked through one of the hallways of the castle, looking down at her phone. Her mane was in neck length loose curls and pulled back by a sparkly purple headband.
she squeaked as she bumped into somepony.
"look where you're going Pipp" Zipp sternly told her. her mane was really short, too short to be in any hairstyle except loose.
"sorry. can I know where you're going?" Pipp asked, turning her attention to the white pegasus.
"I'm going to the library to study history. you can follow me if you want" Zipp explained, still walking away.
Pipp shrugged before putting her phone away and following her.
"hey Misty" Pipp said, walking over to the blue unicorn sitting at a desk with a few books piled on top.
"yeah?" Misty asked, pulling out one of her earplugs.
"I remember you mentioning pegasi being able to control the weather a few days ago" Pipp recalled.
"oh yeah, pegasi were controlling the weather for years. until magic went away and the knowledge was lost to time" Misty responded with a shrug, putting the earplug on the desk.
"do you have a book on it or something? I think it might be useful for pegasi to know" Pipp spoke.
"well, all the guide books were lost with cloudsdale but I do have a book with a chapter on weather magic. maybe that could help?" Misty replied as she pulled out a book from one of the piles, causing the pair of books on top to collapse. it was a worn out leather book with the words 'the study of magic' written across, multiple thin bookmarks pressed between the pages.
"the pink ones the weather magic chapter" Misty said as she gave it to Pipp.
"thanks" Pipp responded before walking away.
"why do you like this place so much?" a teenage Pipp asked, looking at her surroundings. She had followed Zipp to the castle library, who was now scanning through a shelf of old books.
"because all the interesting history books are here. The public library only has books that flat out lie" Zipp explained, not taking her eyes off the shelves.
Pipp gave a quick look of confusion before turning a corner and grabbing a random book. it was a blue book with white clouds painted around the edges and had the words 'the history of cloudsdale' written in rainbow colored silk.
curious, she sat in a corner and began reading. strangely, chapters three to six were ripped right out, but the rest was perfectly readable.
"what are you reading?" Zipp asked, pushing the book Pipp was reading down and away from her face.
"I'm reading about weather magic" Pipp explained before returning to her reading.
"weather magic?" Zipp wondered aloud.
"I'm gonna go try something" Pipp said as she shut the book, hopping off the bed.
she went outside into the sunshine, her golden colored headband shimmering.
Pipp flew up and grabbed a cloud big enough for three ponies to stand on.
she pushed it over to a spot near the path leading to the front door before standing on top of it.
the pink pegasus looked down below her before continuing.
her hoof stomped against it, the sound of thunder roaring for a moment.
she smiled before doing it again.
"what are you doing?" Sunny asked from below.
Pipp looked down, seeing Sunny standing in the middle of the path. her horn and wings were visible and her mane was tied back in a ponytail instead of its usual braid.
"I'm practicing weather magic! you wanna join? you have wings after all" Pipp happily replied.
"not everypony who has wings have weather magic. have you ever heard of hybrid magic ponies?" Zipp asked as she walked outside.
"hybrid magic ponies are basically like a side effect of all pony kind living together. its when somepony has the body and some of the magic of one type of pony and some of the magic of another. theres also sort of nicknames for different kinds of hybrid magic ponies. such as pegacorn, earthasus, earthicorn, so on so forth" Zipp explained, walking down the short steps and standing next to Sunny.
"okay...you wanna try making thunder?" Pipp asked, proceeding to stomp her hoof and cause thunder to roar from the cloud.
"no, no. I'm going to go try some flying tricks" Zipp replied before flying off.
"you wanna join Sunny?" Pipp asked, looking at the orange alicorn.
"sure" Sunny replied with a smile.
a teenage Pipp sat in a corner of the castle library, lost in the history book she was reading.
"Pipp" a voice called from ahead.
she looked up, only to see a grayish pink pegasus in front of her. her mane was teal with purple streaks and tinted gray. she was wearing a short collared cape, a gold chain necklace and a crown containing the pegasus crystal. Zipp was nervously standing a few hooves away while awkwardly rubbing the back of her hoof, a habit she had when she was feeling guilt.
"mom!" Pipp shrieked in a panic, slamming the book she was holding shut with a small thud.
"what were you two doing in here without permission?" queen Haven asked in a serious tone.
"Zipp said she was coming here to read and I decided to follow her" Pipp explained.
Haven turned her attention to Zipp, who was now rubbing faster every second, just enough for it to be noticeable.
"why did you think it was a good idea to come in the private section of the library without permission?" Haven asked.
"private section!?" Pipp spat out in surprise.
Haven ignored the pink pegasus, calling one of the guards to take Pipp back to her room while she kept talking to Zipp.
"how do you make rain?" Sunny asked from a nearby cloud.
"I have no idea, I just came up with a theory for how to make thunder and went with it. it was just luck that it worked" Pipp shrugged, now lying on the cloud she'd brought over.
"how long have your horn and wings been visible?" Pipp asked, changing the topic.
"since you told us about Zipps ex" Sunny replied, frustration on her face.
"but that was almost two days ago! haven't you been having trouble sleeping when your horn and wings are visible?" Pipp spoke, shock in her voice.
"yeah, I got like, five hours of sleep last night" Sunny responded, gently rubbing her eye.
"you should probably try to go get some more sleep" Pipp said, gesturing to the brighthouse.
Sunny nodded before gliding down and heading inside.
Pipp pondered for a few moments before a smile appeared on her face and she flew off.
a teenage Pipp sat on her bed, scrolling through ponygram.
"hey Pipp" Zipp awkwardly said, opening the door.
"what do you want? you got me grounded for a week" Pipp scowled.
"you were the one who followed me" Zipp scowled, shutting the door and walking into the middle of the room.
"yeah? well now I really regret it. jerk" Pipp's voice turned into a whisper at the last word.
she glanced down and saw Zipp was rubbing the back of her hoof.
"what's wrong?" Pipp questioned.
Zipp sighed.
"I should have told you I was going to the private section, I'm sorry" the white pegasus spoke, looking down at the ground.
Pipp couldn't help but sigh at the words.
"apology accepted. now get out before you're caught in here" Pipp replied, gesturing to the door.
"alright" Zipp shrugged before rushing out the door.
Pipp carried a bucket full of water over to the cloud.
she then dumped the salty contents onto the floating ball of fluff.
Pipp then landed on the ground, placing the bucket on the ground and getting out her phone.
she quickly set up the phone with a tripod to face the cloud.
the pink pegasus pressed the record button before flying up right above the cloud.
she held her breath as she hopped down, waiting a second before the cloud began raining down on the grass.
she squeaked with joy at the sound of the rain.
"Zipp! I did it! I made rain!" Pipp yelled, completely forgetting about the phone.
she glided down, leaving the phone and rain cloud behind.
a few seconds later, Izzy came into view of the camera, walking over to the device.
she activated a few filters before it finally ended.
a teenage Pipp began recording on a phone, which was set up on a tripod.
"hey pipsqueaks! today, I am going to do parkour! make sure to like and subscribe~!" Pipp cheered, her voice turning to a sing-song one at the end.
she then jogged over to the nearby walls in the castle courtyard, ready to begin.
starting off strong, she hopped onto a trash can, tipping it over as she jumped to a close by windowsill.
Just as Pipp was jumping to another windowsill, a voice called.
"Pipp?" Zipp said from out of view, causing Pipp to lose concentration.
her hoof slipped, making her tumble to the ground and land on her wing hard.
"what in tarnation!?" Pipp screamed in pain as she sat up.
"are you okay!?" Zipp yelled, knocking over the tripod as she ran over to the pink pegasus.
"look!" Pipp happily squealed, dragging Zipp outside to show her the raining cloud.
"at what?" Zipp asked, seeing the cloud had drifted off in the wind.
Pipp scowled when she saw the cloud pressing against the roof.
"hold on a second" Pipp said, letting go of Zipps forearm.
she grabbed the bucket she had left behind before flying up to move the cloud.
Pipp dragged the cloud to where she left it before gliding off towards the ocean.
she filled the bucket with sea water then flew back to the cloud.
she dumped the water onto the cloud, tossing the bucket behind her before landing on it.
the salty rain poured down on a confused Zipp.
"is that weather magic?" Zipp asked, beginning to gently rub her eye when a drop of water fell on her eye.
"yep! I figured it out!" Pipp cheered.
"well that explains the live stream" Zipp replied, walking out from under the cloud.
"what live stream?" Pipp questioned.
"the live stream you did like, 15 minutes ago of you using weather magic" Zipp explained, looking up at Pipp.
"oh Celestia! I must have started a live stream instead of a recording out of habit!" Pipp said with concern.
"well, good thing it worked or you would've been deeply embarrassed. also Izzy ended the live stream for you" Zipp responded before disappearing inside, her wings doing a single flutter.
a teenage Pipp scowled as she sat on her bed, her wing bandaged against her side.
"what happened?" her mother asked, standing a few hooves away from the bed.
"I tried to do parkour and fell" Pipp grumbled, crossing her front legs.
"yeah, I kind of snapped her out of her concentration" Zipp admitted from the corner of the room.
"but she was trying to do parkour that needs at least a full week of practice before hoof" she continued.
their mother sighed before turning her attention to the doctor about to leave the room.
"how long does she need to have her wing bandaged?" the grayish pink pegasus asked.
"at least two months" the doctor replied before disappearing out of view.
Pipp gave a quiet yawn as she walked down the ramp to the main room.
"what you watching?" Pipp asked, seeing Sunny and Zipp sitting on the couch while Izzy sat in the armchair next to it.
"and now pegasi across equestria are making it rain after watching Pipp petals' latest live stream" Pipp's eyes widened when she heard the mare on the TV screen talk.
"that thing was two minutes long!? how many ponies watched it!?" the pink pegasus cried out in shock.
"its reported that a shocking two million ponies watched the live stream" the stallion on screen said with a smile.
"two million!? the live stream before that had two million and a hundred viewers!" Pipp exclaimed, rubbing her hoof against her forehead.
a slightly younger Pipp rubbed her hoof against her forehead with boredom as a worker attached strings to her spread out wings.
"when are we going down?" Pipp asked, looking over to her mother.
"once your sister gets here" her mom replied, putting down a powder puff she was using to apply makeup.
"queen Haven, we found intruders at the edge of the city" a guard said, walking over to the grayish pink pegasus.
"hey mom" Zipp muttered quietly as she entered the room.
"finally, there you are. get the strings on and we'll go downstairs" queen Haven smiled, turning to look at the white pegasus.
credits
writing: hanhanlovesbananas
inspiration: my little pony make your mark, my little pony a new generation, my little pony friendship is magic