The Lovely Bones: Afterlife of a Murdered Pegasus

Chapter 15: Departure and Arrival

Stormflower raced towards the library as fast as she could. She had spent too much time teaching Scootaloo how to fly and now she was late for her visit to Twilight's house. She arrived at the library just in time to see Twilight locking the door. Spike stood next to her and he was carrying two small bags.

"Are you going somewhere?" asked Stormflower.

"Yes. Spike and I are going up to Canterlot for a little bit," Twilight replied.

"For what?"

"There's something important that I need to look into."

"Hey Twilight. I'm sorry about being late. I was busy with Scootaloo and I lost track of time."

"It's no problem. I was too busy today to visit anyway. Besides, there must be something else you could do to entertain yourself while I'm gone."

"Well...I do have a date tonight."

"Really?" asked Spike with a grin. "So who's the lucky stallion?"

"Joan."

"Joan Silver?" Twilight asked.

"The very same."

"Alright then. Well Spike and I will be back in a couple days at the most. See you then!"

Stormflower nodded goodbye and watched as the unicorn and the dragon headed off to the train station.

"I might as well head over to Sweet Apple Acres," she said as she turned away from the library.

Sweet Apple Acres looked calm and relaxing in the evening sunlight. Stormflower approached the bordering fence and sat down.

"Are ya looking for somethin'?" asked a young voice. Stormflower looked over the fence to see a yellow-coated, red-maned earth pony filly.

"I'm waiting for somepony. You're...Apple Bloom right?"

"Correct. How do ya know about me?"

"Your friend, Scootaloo, has told me a lot about you."

"You know Scootaloo? How?"

"I met her when I arrived in Ponyville a week ago. I'm Stormflower, Rainbow Dash's sister."

"Oh! I remember you now! Scootaloo has mentioned ya to me a couple times already."

"She tells me that you, her, and another filly named Sweetie Belle are determined on getting your cutie marks."

"Yep! Our goal is to try every talent known to ponykind so that we'll eventually earn our cutie marks!"

"Well I wish you the best of luck."

"Howdy, Stormflower," said Applejack as she appeared from behind a set of trees.

"Hey Applejack. I haven't seen much of you since my first day here."

"I've been busy."

"With the orchard?"

"Sort of. I've mostly been busy thinkin'."

"About what?"

"Rainbow."

"Yeah. I have to admit that even I am getting a bit suspicious. Maybe Joan's right. Maybe something bad has happened to her."

"Did I just hear what I thought I heard?" asked a voice from behind Stormflower. Stormflower jumped and turned around to be confronted by Joan. She nearly slapped the snarky stallion but she resisted. "Did you just say that I was right?"

"Yes. Is that something to gloat about?!" Stormflower snapped.

"Sorry if I frightened you. I didn't expect a pony such as yourself to be so jumpy."

"Yeah, well, a lot of weird things have been happening recently."

"Is this that special somepony that you were waiting for?" asked Apple Bloom with a devious grin.

"As a matter of fact he is."

"Okay. Well y'all go and have fun!"

Apple Bloom chuckled childishly as she disappeared into the trees. Applejack rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"It'll be a very awkward day for me when ah finally find my special somepony," Applejack chuckled.

"Well we better be going. I've got some special reservations," said Joan.

"Reservations? Where?" Stormflower asked.

"You'll see."

Applejack smiled and waved at the two ponies as they walked towards town.

"At least somepony's gonna to have a fun time tonight," sighed Applejack as she walked back into the orchard.