Lemonade Twist

Lemon woke up to a beautiful day with her friend Joe. When she walked into the kitchen, she saw her dad, Cloud washing dishes.

"hi dad!" Lemon said to him. He smiled and went back to the dishes. Lemon sat down and started to talk.

"Sowhatdidyoudoyesterday? Didyouhavefun? Didyoumeetmyfriend? Huh? Didya? IhopeyoudidcauseIthinkyouwouldlikehimcauseheisfunnylikeyouandniceandhecanhelpandhesoundsabitlikeyou, didyouknowthat? Huh, dad? Ithink-"

"Lemon, stop gibber-jabberin'. We have work to do today. Its Friday, Grandma is coming over." Lemon froze. She remembered when grandma came over last week. It was all hugs and kisses.

"But....I.....was going to have fun today.....with my friends..."

"We all were, Lemon." He continued and she smiled.

"grandmare doesn't want us to have fun? Then I wont be happy when she gets here. Then she will be a sad grandmare. She doesn't want to be sad, does she?" Cloud sighed and shook his head. She giggled.

"Lemon? What are you going to do?" He said while she pulled out a cannon from the closet.

"Grandmares old party cannon makes an entrance! Yay!" Clouds face was blank and then Lemon shot at the ceiling and the floors. Almost every part of their cottage was covered in party supplies. Streamers, glitter, banners, confetti, everything lemon could find for the cannonballs. Cloud just kept washing the dishes. Diamond walked in, noticing the giant mess Lemon had made. She looked at Cloud and smiled.

"Family pictures are today at noon, guys! We must get ready after grandma comes over!" Everypony nodded. They got ready and waited for the golden Pegasus to enter the cottage. And greeted her with joy when she came in.

The next day, Cloud got a letter.

"Dear Cloud,

We sent you this letter to inform you that the pegisai and earth war has begun. Please remain calm and return to Cloudsdale to begin war.

From,

General Lenette

When Cloud showed this to Diamond, she told him it was ok. But it wasn't. This meant that the Twist family was to split up. She hugged him and cried. He cried too, but didn't show it. When Lemon walked in, she saw her mom crying.

"whats wrong? Did.....something bad happen?" Cloud went to his room to start packing.

"wait! Cloud!" Diamond said running after him. Lemons heart was beating out of her chest, faster then the day Pinkie died. She ran after them. Cloud was putting clothes in a luggage carrier. She pushed it away. "Y-You dont have to do this! Cloud! Remember the promise you gave our Lemon!"

He remembered when Lemon was only a newborn foal. He loved her and wouldn't spend a day without her. One morning, he saw Lemon sleeping. She was covered by a tiny yellow blanket and she was sucking on an orange pacifier. He picked her up, and sat her down next to a bottle.

"Lemon, you have to drink your milk, its not good for you if you don't. Come on Lemon." she giggled and crawled into the kitchen. When she got there she started to cry. She waited for her father to come to the kitchen. He sighed and lifted her up to the counter. "Lemon, please don't drink more lemonade..." Lemon giggled again and waited for him to get some down. Again, he sighed and gave it to her. All she did was sit there, waiting....he was confused. Lemon wanted the lemonade, but didn't drink it. AH! he trotted back to the bottle and filled it with lemonade instead. She laughed and drank it. Her coat was shinier and so was her mane. Even if she only had it tied up, it flowed. He looked at her, she was precious. "Lemon. If only you could talk......I want to promise you something....." he said. She was confused. He never used long words, "Lemon, I promise on Celestias wings, I will never leave you. You will always have my name. And me." She got back on all fours and walked to his face. She licked him. "AH! No, no no no...." He pushed her away and she climbed on his head. After that, they were still happy even when Diamond found them trashing the cottage with lemonade.

"Do you, cloud??" she said. He nodded and kept packing. Joe walked in and looked at them.

"whats going on??" he said. They looked back at him. Lemon walked outside. He followed her. "Lemon, whats going on?" she kept walking and sat on the porch. He sat with her.

"when will this week end?" She said.

"tomorrow, actually. What happened? Is it bad?" he hesitated.

"no....my dad is moving....there will be a war, that's why im mad..."

"Everypony should just, keep their hooves to themselves. Thank Celestia we are both earth ponies....but....all those kids in our school....your friend...." She nodded and started to cry.

"Everypony....I....need to talk to princess Cadence!" she started looking around for her saddlebag and some old notes. Joe followed.

"wait, why are we going to Cadence again?" he asked.

"because, if I win the contest, I can get wings, and...I can see my dad.....in cloudsdale...." Lemon snapped out of her memories and remembered her enemies. Flare rider, Third Star, Starlight Beats, Chatter Box, and Cottonswirl.

"Ok, lets go!" They ran like the wind.