Two children sat in the corner of a room, arms crossed and frowns on their faces. They took turns sneaking peeks at each other, frowning deeper whenever noticed. The door to the room opened, the sound of children playing finding its way in.

“Have you girl learned your lesson yet?” a woman with short brown hair and glasses said as she entered the room, arms crossed and eyes fixated on the two children.

“Yes ma’am.” said one of the girls as she toyed with a blonde braid hanging over her shoulder.

The woman gave a short nod and raised an eyebrow at the other girl. “Rainbow Dash? Did you learn your lesson?” she asked a bit more sternly this time.

The other girl sighed in frustration. “Yes Miss Dullswirl.” she said said in the mocking tone that every child seemed to have. She rolled her eyes and sighed again.

The womans frown deepened slightly, but she let it pass with a deep breath and a shake of the head. “Well, your parents are waiting outside to take you home. Get your things, you can go.” she said.

The smaller of the two girls wasted no time grabbing her bag, with ‘RAINBOW DASH’ stitched into it with various colors, from her cubby. Not even taking a glance at the teacher, she ran through the doors keeping her from freedom.

Miss Dullswirl shook her head again, it was something she seemed to be doing a lot lately when it came to the colorful girl. Her eyes focused on the remaining girl.

“Applejack,” she began “I know it wasn’t your fault, but I still had to tell your parents about what happened. Do you understand?”

The girl in question nodded her head in the affirmative. “Ah understand ma’am.” she said politely. “Have a nice day.” she said as she walked through the doors that separated her preschool class from the rest of the world.

The sun blinded her for a brief moment, but as her eyes adjusted, she saw a sight that she could never get tired of. A woman was leaning against the gate in the schoolyard, a stetson in her hands as her red hair flowed slightly with the light breeze.

“Hi mama!” Applejack exclaimed as she gave her mother a hug. “Ah missed you!”

The woman laughed. “Howdy sugarcube!” she replied as she returned the hug. “You say you missed lil ol’ me? Its only been a few hours!”

Applejack pulled away and grinned, showing she was missing her two lower front teeth. “Ah still missed you!” she said happily. “Are we gonna get Mac now ma?”

The woman shook her head. “Naw sweety, Mac don’t come out for a few more hours, and papa’s working. Know what that means?” she asked with a knowing smile.

Applejacks eyes brightened. “Sugarcube Corner!”

“Sugarcube Corner.” her mother affirmed with a wink.

Rainbow Dash sat quietly in the back seat of her fathers van. The man himself was driving and trying to talk some sense into his daughter.

“Why do you keep doing this?” he said, trying not to yell although his frustration could clearly be heard.

The girl sat back as far as she could into her seat. She usually didn’t do much that deserved a scolding, so she wasn’t exactly used to it. “I don’t know.” she said.

“What do you mean you don’t know?” he raised his voice a bit at that. She was his only child and she was usually such a good kid, a bit competitive, but well behaved nonetheless. “Your teacher tells me you’ve been bullying the same girl for a while now, and today she finally fought back!” he paused for a moment to survey the road.

“I don’t know.” the girl said again, her voice lower this time as if she was talking to no one in particular.

Her father took a deep breath. “Rainbow, you know today was your last day there, right? Did you really want everyone to remember you as a bully?”

“No dad.” Rainbow said with a sigh. She didn’t want to be a bully, she wasn’t even sure how it all started, it all just sorta happened.

Her father looked at her though the rear-view mirror. He hated seeing his daughter frown, no kid that age should be sad about anything outside of not being able to eat ice-cream for dinner. “Listen squirt,” he said as he paused to check for pedestrians at a stop sign “how about, after I drop off the keys to the old house, we stop by Sugarcube Corner? Just you and me.”

The effect was instantaneous. “Yes, awesome!” she yelled as she raised her hands in cheer.

As the two Apples walked into the sweets shop, a lovely smell filled their noses. The shop was relatively new to town, and was run by an older couple and their preteen son who helped out on weekends and school breaks. They served more than just cakes, although it was their namesake, they were also well known for their candy and various other baked goods.

“Howdy Mr. Cake!” Applejack said happily as she walked to the counter.

“Hey there Applejack, Caramel.” he said nodding to the older Apple. “What can I do for you today?” he playfully held up a hand, telling them to be silent. “Wait, let me guess, something with apples in it?” he said with a chuckle.

Caramel smiled. “You know it Mr. Cake.” she said happily.

“Ah want a pear snack.” Applejack suddenly said, shocking everyone. Her mother knelt down to face her.

“Applejack, honey, can you repeat what you just said?” she asked slowly.

“Ah want a pear snack.” she repeated.

Caramels eyes lost their brightness on that day. The day her daughter betrayed their family. She stood up again, but quickly had to sit down because of the shock. “Just...just give her what she wants.” she said monotonously to Mr. Cake, who stood behind the counter with his mouth hanging open.

It was then that the shop door swung open and in ran a small girl with brightly colored hair, followed shortly by a man who had a small smile upon his face.

“Applejack!” Rainbow Dash practically yelled as she ran to the counter to join the blonde girl.

“Uh, hi Rainbow Dash.” Applejack said as she shied away slightly.

“Oh is this a friend from school?” Rainbows father said to his daughter as he waved to Caramel.

The girls answered in unison.

“Yes!” from Rainbow Dash.

“No.” from Applejack.

“No?” Caramel questioned her daughter. “But she said you were.”

“No mama! She’s the one who’s always so mean to me!” Came applejacks response without hesitation.

Rainbows father, who had been placing an order for him and Rainbow, raised an eyebrow. “Dash, is this true?” he asked.

She gave a small nod and frowned at the floor.

He sighed and got down on one knee so he could be eye to eye with Applejack. “Hi Applejack, nice to meet you, my name is Light Prism.” he said as he held a hand out to the small girl.

Applejack was raised to be polite and knew nothing bad would happen with her mother there, so she shook the mans hand. “Howdy Mr. Prismum.” she said, having difficulty with his name.

Light gave a small laugh. “Hey, listen.” he said. “I’m Rainbow Dashs’ father, and I already spoke to her about how what she did was wrong. But Rainbow is moving away and she doesn’t want you to be mad at her. Do you think you could forgive her and be her friend?” he asked.

Applejack looked over to where Rainbow Dash was standing, catching her staring intently. She looked back at light and nodded. “Sure thing Mr. Prismum.” she said before walking over to the other girl. She stared at her for a moment, before giving Rainbow a big hug.

Light smiled as he stood up and faced Caramel. “Mind if me join you?” he asked.

Caramel smiled. “Go right on ahead, ah don’t mind at all.”

The two adults sat and began to chat about random happenings around the town, watching as their daughters ran around the shop looking at all the different candies and snacks. It wasn’t much longer before their orders were ready and they sat down to eat together. It all seemed simple enough, no one knew it would be an important moment in their daughters lives.

Author's Note

Boom, chapter 1 is done, look forward to the next one! Also, please like/favorite/leave a review or a combination of the three, it helps me know if I'm doing a good job, thanks!