Scene 7 – Capriccioso emotion

Lucko stood outside one of the shops in Ponyville, chewing on a piece of hay. Nearby, little colts and fillies were playing under a lone rain cloud that had been put there due to the hot day. He wiped the sweat from his brow, before speaking with two of his friends outside the shop with him.

“Next time, place out bits on Rainbow Dash. I don’t know whose dumb idea it was to bet on Thunderlane, but I’m not losing money again.”

A carriage then pulled up on the opposite side of the street, and Lucko could see that Sunny was inside. He decided to see what his now sister-in-law was up to, so he left the stoop of the store. As Sunny got out of the carriage, Lucko could tell that she didn’t look to happy with him, and the brick she held in her hoof didn’t make her look any friendlier.

Sunny chucked the brick at Lucko, barely missing him, before running after him, and tackling him to the ground. She then began to punch and kick Lucko repeatedly, all while he tried to crawl away. Sunny left bruise, after black eye, after mark on Lucko, even going as far as to take a nearby garage can, and slam it down on top of him. Lucko at one point tried to pull himself up on a fence, but Sunny just latched her jaw onto his hoof, biting down hard.

Lucko toppled back onto the ground, now covered in bruises and his own blood, before Sunny finally spoke to him.

“If you ever touch my sister again, I’ll kill you.” Sunny told Lucko, before giving him one last buck kick to the chest, sending him rolling end over end, until he came to rest under the raining cloud. Sunny then picked up Lucko’s hat from off the ground, and tossed it at him, landing it right on his face.

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A few days later in Filcily,

Octavia and Florina knelt down in front of the steps of the Colteone chapel, as the local priest spoke aloud.

“We are gathered here today, to bond these two mares, under the everlasting love and admiration, of Celestia’s sun.” The priest spoke.

It was truly an amazing and perplexing day for Octavia. Although she had been in Filcily for not even a year, she had somehow fallen in love with another mare of all ponies. Granted, she always had a bit of a school filly crush on Vinyl when they were roommates, but it never went as far as what she was doing today. Something about Florina had just caught her eye when she first saw her, and over the months that the two had gotten to know one another, something more had seemed to spark. Now, here they both were, getting married in the town of her family’s name.

“If there is anypony who believes that these two should not be wed, please speak now, or forever hold your peace.” The priest spoke again.

Octavia and Florina then turned to look at each other, preparing for what was to come next.

“The ponies shall now repeat their vows.” The priest spoke.

“I, Octavia Melody, take you, Florina, to be my partner in life, my best friend in life and my one true love. I will cherish our marriage and love you more each day than I did the day before. I will trust you, respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I give you my hoof, my heart and my love, from this day forward, as long as we both shall live.” Octavia spoke to Florina.

Florina then spoke the same, before the priest spoke once more.

“Then by the power invested in me, and with Celestia’s sun as my witness, I now pronounce you two partners in life, for life.” The priest spoke. “You may now kiss your significant other.”

Octavia and Florina joined lips in a kiss, as; Don Cappuccino, Octavia’s guards, Pristine, and his family all stomped their hooves in cheer. Octavia, Florina, and the rest of the ponies, then began to make their way down the streets of Colteone, as a band played behind them, and little fillies tossed rice around.

Upon arriving in the town square, all the guests of the wedding sat in chairs, encircling Octavia and Florina. The two mares then proceeded to pass out pastries that they carried in saddle bags on their backs to everypony. Once all the pastries had been passed out, the music started up again, and Octavia and Florina danced in the circle.

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Later that night inside Octavia’s room at Don Cappuccino’s home,

Octavia closed the door behind her, as she gazed upon Florina, sitting on her bed. Florina was wearing a white nightgown, and still had her red bow in her hair. Octavia walked over to Florina, giving her a kiss, before starting to help her out of the nightgown that she wore. The two then stared deeply into each other’s eyes, before slowly falling onto the bed, locking into another kiss.

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The next day,

A carriage pulled up to the gates of the Colteone family home in Ponyville. However, instead of the guards letting the carriage inside, a pony exited from the carriage, and walked through the gates. Prim Raining walked out of the Colteone house and began to greet the visitor, as the carriage pulled away outside the gates.

“Well Apple Cinnamon, this is an unexpected surprise. How are you today?”

“I’m doing fine, thank you Prim, but I don’t want to get distracted from why I’m here. I’ve been trying to send letters and calls, but I haven’t been able to get in touch with Octavia yet.” Cinnamon responded.

“I’m sorry to tell you Cinnamon, but from what I’ve heard, nopony knows where Octavia is, not even us.” Prim replied.

Cinnamon became distraught, but then turned his gaze from Prim to a nearby carriage, which looked like it had just gone through a horrific fire.

“What happened to that carriage?” Cinnamon asked.

Prim turned to take a quick look at the carriage Cinnamon was talking about, before turning to answer him again.

“It was just in an accident, nopony was hurt though.” Prim told Cinnamon.

Cinnamon knew that Prim was lying to him, but decided not to push the issue any further. Instead, he reached into his saddle bag and pulled out a letter.

“Could you just please try to get this letter to Octavia? I just want to know that she’s alright.” Cinnamon told Prim, passing the letter to her.

“You do realize that if I accept this, then the court could claim that I know where Octavia is right?” Prim told Cinnamon, as she took the letter from his hoof.

“Please Prim.” Cinnamon asked.

“Alright.” Prim replied, before tucking the letter under her wing. “I’ll do my best to try to get it to her if I can.”

“Would you mind if I come in and call for another taxi Prim? It would be a very long walk for me back home otherwise.” Cinnamon asked.

“Sure, come on in Cinnamon.” Prim responded.

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Meanwhile,

The phone began to ring in Bonnie’s home, and she quickly went to answer it.

“Hello?” Bonnie asked the pony she was speaking to.

“Is Lucko there?” A mare asked from the other end of the line.

“Who is this?” Bonnie asked.

“Lucko knows. Could you tell him that I can’t make it tonight?” The mare told Bonnie.

Without saying another word, Bonnie hung up the phone, before walking into her and Lucko’s room.

“Dinner’s on the table.” She told Lucko.

“I’m not hungry.” Lucko replied, as he started adjusting his tie in the mirror.

“But it’s on the table already. It’ll get cold.” Bonnie told him.

“I’ll eat out later.” Lucko responded.

“You just told me to make you dinner.” Bonnie replied.

“Hey piss off huh?” Lucko told Bonnie, getting annoyed.

“Oh piss off you!” Bonnie yelled at Lucko, before turning and storming out of the room crying. She then made her way into the kitchen, where she proceeded to start breaking several of the dishes in the cupboard.

Annoyed even further, Lucko made his way to the kitchen, and began to antagonize Bonnie.

“Yeah go ahead, break it all you spoiled pig. Break it all.” He told her.

Bonnie then made her way to the dining room table, speaking incoherently while crying.

“Why…why don’t you go feed your whore her own dinner!?” She exclaimed as best she could.

“Maybe I would.” Lucko tried to say, but was drowned out by Bonnie’s crying.

Bonnie then started breaking more things around the room, until she finally started to quiet her crying.

“Now clean it up!” Lucko yelled at Bonnie.

Bonnie started to pick up her crying again in protest, but Lucko just took off his tie and started to swing it at her as hard as he could.

“Clean it up! Clean it up!” He yelled at her, as he continued to swing and hit her with his tie.

Bonnie ran out of the dining room into another part of the house, still crying, but Lucko kept following her, swing his tie and yelling at her. Bonnie eventually made her way back to the kitchen, and pulled out a knife. Seeing this, but not deterred, Lucko kept antagonizing Bonnie.

“Yeah, go ahead! Do it! Do it!” He yelled at her, keeping his distance from her and the knife.

“I hate you!” Bonnie called out between her crying. She then tried to take a lunging stab at Lucko, but missed, falling on the floor instead.

“There, now get outta here!” Lucko yelled at her, as she started to pick herself up.

Bonnie then retreated to her bedroom, Lucko right behind her.

“Yeah, now I’ll kill you.” Lucko spoke, as Bonnie tried to hide herself in the bathroom. “Get out here!” He yelled, as he kicked in the bathroom door. He then continued to hit her with his tie, as Bonnie’s crying got worse.

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The phone began to ring at the Colteone family home, as Momma Colteone went to answer it.

“Hello?” She asked the pony on the other end of the line. She could tell that it was Bonnie who was trying to talk to her, but she couldn’t understand a word she was saying over her crying.

Sunny then walked into the room, and asked her mother who she was talking to. Her mother told her it was Bonnie, and Sunny immediately took the phone.

“Hello Bonnie!?” Sunny asked her sister on the phone. Sunny had a difficult time trying to understand her crying sister, but she was able to make out that Lucko had beaten her again. “Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be right there!” She told her sister, enraged. She then stormed out of the house, and into one of the carriages in the driveway. The guards outside asked Sunny if she wanted any of them to come with her, but Sunny told them all no, before taking off in the carriage.

Prim ran outside, trying to stop Sunny, but failed. She then told the guards to follow her, hoping they could catch up to her.

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Sunny made her way down the road to Bonnie’s place, but got stopped at a toll road along the way. She honked the carriage’s horn at the carriage in front of her, trying to get it to move faster. Sunny finally made it to her turn in line, and quickly handed the toll guard the fare. The guard appeared to drop the money in his hooves, and bent down to retrieve it. At the same time, the doors and windows to the toll booths closed, as Sunny looked around, wondering what was going on.

Mobsters suddenly appeared and took the place of all the toll guards, as they each began to unload their machine guns on Sunny in her carriage. Sunny violently jerked around inside the carriage, getting shot at from all sides. She managed to get outside the carriage door, before getting shot at again. She collapsed dead on the road, and received one last kick from a mobster, before they all ran away.

A couple minutes later, the Colteone family guards finally arrived at the toll road, only to find Sunny dead on the ground, riddled with bullet holes.

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Later that day,

Prim sat alone in the Don’s office, swirling a glass of cider in her hooves. Don Colteone then entered the room, still dressed in a pair of pajamas. He sat down across from Prim, and poured himself a glass of cider, before speaking.

“My wife is crying upstairs, but I don’t know why? I’ve been hearing carriages come to the house all day, but I don’t know the reason. What happened Prim?” He asked.

“I was about to wake you and tell you, but…” Prim told the Don.

“But you needed a drink first.” The Don spoke before Prim could finish.

“Yeah.” Prim replied. She then took a deep breath, before telling the Don the news. “Sunny was shot dead today dad.”

Don Colteone sat there for a minute, silent. He wasn’t sure how to handle what Prim had just told him, but he did his best to keep himself from crying. He took a couple of deep breaths, before coming to the realization of what happened, and what he needed to do.

“I don’t want any vengeance to come from this. Instead, I want you to arrange a meeting with the heads of the five families. This war stops now.” He told Prim. “Also, call Red Gala, we need to meet now.” He then slowly made his way out of the room, and headed upstairs to his wife.

Prim got on the phone, and called Red Gala. She soon picked up, and Prim relayed the Don’s message.

“Red Gala. The Don is calling on you to come perform your service. He will meet you in one hour.” Prim told her over the phone.

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One hour later at Red Gala’s obituary,

Members of the Colteone family wheeled in Sunny’s body on a table. She was covered with a bed sheet, but it was still stained with some of her blood. Don Colteone entered behind them, and spoke with Red Gala as she approached him.

“I want you to use all of your powers and skills for this. I don’t want her mother to see her like this.” The Don told Red Gala.

Red Gala then lifted up the sheet covering Sunny’s body, a grim and frightened look on her face.

Author's Note

Terms used, in order of use:
Filcily= Sicily

Ponies referenced, in order of appearance:
Lucko= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #1
Sunny= Sunny Smiles
Octavia= Octavia Melody
Florina= Florina
Don Cappuccino= Cappuccino
Pristine= Pristine
Prim Raining= S04E10 Unnamed Pegasus Mare #3
Apple Cinnamon= Apple Cinnamon
Bonnie= Bonnie
Momma Colteone= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Mare #4
Don Colteone= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #6
Red Gala= Red Gala