Chapter 31 (Loss of a sister.)

Last night went terribly, absolutely terrible. We had the worst night mare night possible. So here’s what happened, the five of us walked through Sweet Apple Acres before it got dark and started getting candy from some of the houses on our way towards Ponyville. Everything was going good, we got some candy, but Koto was still acting strange. She was acting like she didn’t want to be there; she just kept staring off and ignoring us. I tried to brush it off but something kept telling me to talk to her, so I did. This is how the conversation went.

“Koto, is something wrong? You seem so… distant,” I asked with a concerned expression.

“No, not really, why?” she said, giving me a hug.

“Because you don’t look like you’re having a good time. Are you?” I asked getting more curious.

“It’s not that I’m not having a good time, it’s just, well, Twister, I’ve been thinking… about, well, us,” She said.

“Koto, what do you mean?” DT asked, growing visibly concerned.

“Well, I’ve been thinking about our relationship and I think I need to get out,” Kato said, looking me dead in the eyes. The second she said that she was bombarded with questions by Applebloom, Sweetie, and DT.

“What do you mean, don’t you love us,Koto?” Sweetie asked looking hurt.

“Well of course I love you, it’s just… I’m 14, in two years, I’ll be an adult. You’re 8. It was fun while it lasted, but I don't think that, this was right. This is a relationship I shouldn’t have gotten into, I only did this ‘cause, of my problems with my coltfriend, and that was wrong. Twister made me feel special, and I appreciate that, but I can’t be in this relationship, i’m sorry.” Her eyes were filled with an apologetic glimmer.

“It’s alright Koto, I understand,” I said, giving her a small smile. As much as it sucked, it was true, she was too old; it wouldn’t be good for either of us to be in that kind of situation. I just had to live with it.

“That’s why I got into this.” She gave me a smile and a kiss on the nose before hugging her (former) herd sisters and trotting out towards the general midtown area.

I stayed quiet as she left. The others stayed silent as well. The emotional tension was so thick around us you could cut through it, like gold through magic, It was a pregnant silence, the kind you have when somepony farts at the movies: Dead silent. As she disappeared into the crowd Sweetie Belle gave a sad whiny.

“Wow I can’t believe she just left.” she enquired, looking in to my eyes. Her sea green eyes, were filled with confusion and something I couldn’t really lay my hoof on.

“Believe it Sweetie, ‘cause she just left,” Scootaloo said, just staring at the place that Koto had been.

“I don’t think it’s fair that she did this to us. I mean, we poured our hearts out to her, and she just leaves us like that? That isn’t cool.” DT said, looking at Applebloom.

“Ah know but what can we do? She’s a grown mare, she can make ‘er own decisions. It hurts but ah think that she deserves to do what she feels is right. Even if it hurts us knowing she doesn’t want us anymore.” Applebloom said, her accent filling me with an odd sense of comfort.

I looked around and found that the streets were still full. “C’mon, lets get back to the club house. I may have lost Koto but I still have all of you,” I smiled, holding Scootaloo on my right, and DT on my left, looking over at the other two left out. “Sorry, only have two legs, that can still hold me up.”

“It’s ok Twister, let’s just go back.” Sweetie Belle said, smiling.

I smiled and dropped my hoofs from around DT and Scoots before trotting forward following Sweetie’s swaying hips. Tonight would be a fun night even if Koto wasn’t there.

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I awoke to a bright light and a pain in my groin. Opening my eyes slowly I realized that there was a tiny crack in the window letting in a painful amount of evil light, bent on destroying my good morning. Getting up and out of the ray’s glare, I looked around me. The scene before me was something some (or many, who knows) stallions could only dream of having. All four fillies, lay randomly around, sticky and matted fur amongst the four fillies. Ranging from Scootaloo, having her left eye “glued” shut, to DT whose tail had some strands stuck together.

“Dear Celestia, what happened last night?” I asked myself, looking at some candy wrappers, at least thats what they looked like, that lay on the ground, some still wet, others looking like they’d never even been touched other than the original unwrapping, Standing from my spot, with an audible spot in my back, and trotted to the main room of the tree house. “This place really is like a house.” I spoke to myself as I looked around.

We have a bed, a kitchen, even a working toilet (though it was more of a hole with a seat), as well as a dinner table. I went over to the kitchen and opened a small ice box Scootaloo had borrowed from Rainbow Dash. “I still remember that she said we needed to use it to store drinks,” I said to myself opening it and taking out a large bottle of, what I hope was, applejuice. Something felt different this morning. It wasn’t a wrong feeling, not even a bad one, it was just a feeling that made me feel like I was missing something, something important. I couldn’t understand it, so I just decided to ignore it and go use the restroom. After relieving myself of things you dont need to know about, I trotted back into the master bedroom, or the only bedroom, and noticed Applebloom giving me a cute little grin. I knew that grin, it was the grin she always gave me before either pulling a prank or before she got me lying on my back.

“What?” I asked, pretending it was innocent in nature.

“Oh, ah Think ya know what.~” She said, with that incredibly cute and sexy voice that she loved using whenever we got some time alone.

It wasn’t more than a few seconds before I was forced onto my back.

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I panted heavily, laying on my back as I petted Applebloom’s head. I looked at the roof and hear a small “pop” before Applebloom came up and held onto me, nuzzling my neck.

“Thanks Applebloom, I really needed that…” I yawned, holding her.

“It wasn’t nothin’, just happy ya enjoyed yerself,” She said yawning into my neck.

“I love you,” I said drowsily. I was so close to falling asleep I didn’t register Applebloom continuing to nuzzle on my neck.

Koto had left, and it had hurt. She won our love only to crush it. We couldn’t find another to replace Koto. No matter what, she will always have a certain place in our heart. I still loved her and I would as time went on,but I had to let it go.

“Ah love you Twister,” I heard Applebloom say before darkness took over.