The unlikely siblings

It was later that day and Ryan was sleeping in Applejack's bed at Twilight's castle all snuggled up with Scootaloo who was just still awake in the bed. She looked at her brother feeling bad for what her brother had said earlier in the hospital. Just then a knock came to the door in the silent room. Ryan shifted a bit. Scootaloo sighed and carefully got out of the bed trying not to wake him. He looked too tired from crying and from his late night. The orange mare walked to the door and opened it. There she saw Rainbow Dash looking a bit sorry for herself. "...Uh... Hey squirt..." Dash said. "...Sorry if I woke you but... I just... Twilight told me to come to the hospital but..."

Scootaloo cut the rainbow Pegasus off by giving a grunt as she closed the door. "...You never gave a shit about me..." She said pushing Dash out of the way going down the hall. "...I always looked up to you... Every time I asked to hang out with you it was an excuse after another to avoid having to spend time with me...."

Dash gave a sigh following her. "Scootaloo it wasn't like that!" She said. "...I wanted to have you have some sister-figure to look up to and hang out with... The problem was I made those excuses up to keep you safe and out of harms way. Being part of the elements of harmony might sound fun but it's a serious job. Not to mention it could happen at any time say if a new nightmare erupted somewhere or even if the Everfree Forest attacked again!"

Scootaloo stopped at an intersecting hallway. "Dash... Look... I know you came to our birthday because Twilight and your friends were there..." She said looking back at the rainbow Pegasus. "...Tell me I'm wrong... Tell me you came to my birthday party because you wanted to see me happy!"

The cyan mare took a deep breath and looked into Scootaloo's eyes. "...I came to your party because your mother wasn't at this one..." She said. "....When I passed the crime scene where your mother was I felt sorry for you... I know I never said anything... I never did anything to show my condolences... or even just to help your dad out... You gotta know my job busting clouds is hard on me... I fly so fast and just get winded... I hold it back for as long as I can and when ever I sleep... its just me passing out because of that..." She came closer to her. "...I didn't want to have you hang out with me and I end up going down because of it..." She hugged Scootaloo. "...I... I promise... You every time you want to hang out... I'll be there just for you... And... If you'd like I can teach you to buck clouds..."

Scootaloo forced out a smile and hugged her. "...That... That sounds nice...." She said. "...You... You want to grab a drink or something?" She brought her head up and looked into Dash's eyes. She nodded and broke the hug. "Great! ...Lets just see if Spike can leave a note for Ryan telling him where I am."

Dash sighed a bit. "Alright I guess... You wait for me downstairs." She said. "I'll get Spike to get that note to your brother." Scootaloo smiled and turned back and started towards the stairs.

Not long later Spike was over in Ryan's room with Twilight standing at the door. Spike set a scroll marked for Ryan on the nightstand next to the bed. Backing away he stopped covering his mouth. Twilight gasped and used her magic to pick her assistant up but before she could set him outside he burped spewing fire that transformed into a scroll. Twilight dropped him and grabbed the scroll scared. She looked to Ryan who groaned a bit shifting as he turned over. She sighed relieved as she looked back to Spike who was just brushing himself off. That's when Ryan jumped a bit scared. "Wha...? Huh? Who's there?" He said looking around.

Twilight smiled a bit nervously giving the scroll to Spike. "Sorry we woke you Ry..." She said. "Scootaloo went out with Dash just like she said and we gave you a note just so you didn't freak out."

Ryan threw the covers off moving himself to the side of the bed. "...How long have I been out?" He asked.

Spike thought to himself. "I'd say about an hour and a half." He said. "Shining and Cadence brought you here along with Scootaloo just for some rest. Cadence actually used some magic so you wouldn't have any nightmares after something that happened... What no one even said."

Twilight helped Ryan out of the bed. "Shining even said you laughed a bit in your sleep on the way over here." She said. "Anything in that department?" Ryan thought for a moment and shook his head. "Well then! How about you follow me. AJ and Big Mac seemed to have dropped our dinner guest off and right now she's trying to keep herself awake with a coffee in my dining hall."

Ryan and Spike followed Twilight out of the room. Spike opened the scroll he burped up and started to read it. "Dear Twilight I will be bringing my sister to Ponyville for a visit with that human boy tonight during dinner." Spike read. "Yes I do understand he will be having his proteins through eating meat but... I'd preffer he ate before we arrived. I don't want to have to look at that stuff... Not to mention Fluttershy would be in awe about his diet." He looked up at Twilight. "Celestia has that right.... Fluttershy doesn't know Ryan is a carnivore like Gilda is." He looked back at the scroll as they turned a corner. "Speaking of Fluttershy I would like you to bring her and your other friends for the dinner. An all Royalty dinner makes things boring. Exactly why I invited your parents, just so they could visit with their children!"

Twilight stopped dead in her tracks and yelped her wings extending and ruffling. "...C-celestia is bringing mom and dad HERE?!" She asked shocked. She looked back. "Spike.... Take Ryan to meet Gilda.... I need to talk with Shining..." Twilight took the scroll from the purple dragon and ran off back down the hall where they had come from.

Ryan looked to Spike. "Twi doesn't have a good relationship with her parents I take it?" Ryan said starting off again. "I heard her talking with Shining about her parents thinking just because their son and daughter are royalty they can get what ever they want."

Spike sighed. "Guess you heard that huh?" He asked. Ryan nodded a bit. "Well it's self explanatory. Twilight doesn't want her parents here because they just insist on wanting to keep their children close and they even try and get gifts as a 'thanks for raising us right' gift. Honestly they should think their kids unconditional love is thanks enough."

Ryan looked back down the hall in front of him. "Um... Question... Is there anything I should know about Gilda?" He asked. "Big Mac said Gilda has a temper before I decided to have a nap..."

Spike stopped at two big doors. "She does have a temper but she takes anger management classes." He said. "I wouldn't worry if she does happen to go off. You can get a guard here faster than your father could." Spike opened the door and inside the dining hall sat Gilda. She sipped from a glass of soda. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Ryan and Spike walk up to her. "Gilda?" Gilda full on looked to the boy and purple dragon. "This is Ryan. He's the one you're going to be cooking for tonight."

Ryan smiled nervously as he pulled a chair out and sat next to the griffon. She huffed. "...Can't believe some princess got me cookin' food for a little runt like you..." She said. "...Of course bein' surrounded by veggie munchers has a toll on us meat eaters..." She looked back down at Ryan. "Tell me... What's a runt like you doin' in a place where fuckin' cant getcha nothin' but weird looks?"

The boy looked to Spike. "Can I get a drink? I might be here a while." He said. Spike gave a nod and went for the kitchen. He looked back to Gilda. "This is about the fourth time I had to explain it here. My parents were drug dealers, I was the delivery boy, one day after I got suspended from school and went home just to see a note that my mom got arrested and he had to hide the 'lab'. I ran off with the things I had along with a gun and came here where I nearly blew my sisters brains out because she startled me in that... 'Everfree' forest... After that my dad took my gun and put it in his gun safe."

Gilda gave a smile swirling her drink a bit. "Well... Seems we got a gang-banging drug dealer here." She said.

Ryan sighed a bit. "Not much of a gang banger but a drug dealer nonetheless." He said. "I had to keep myself armed. One day I was riding my bike doing a bit of planning for an escape route just in case a drug deal in that area went bad. Just as I turned a corner a car drove up and the guys in it were part of a known gang I dealt with. They basically thought I stiffed them on a deal. I ended up getting away after blowing their tires. Lucky my revolver doesn't leave shells until I change out the bullets."

Gilda sipped her soda. "Getting really lucky in that line of work?" She asked. Ryan shrugged. "Ah... Well... I guess you seem pretty cool for a little runt. You know I used to be like you. Small and pretty much fending for myself in an unknown area. Except I wasn't armed and dangerous." She looked back at Ryan. "You ever kill anyone?"

Ryan nodded a bit. "I got a bounty on my birthday when one of Princess Twilight's friends took me to get a few CD's." He said. "Dude had the mare who worked there tied up in the back. I left a gruesome scene there. Head cut off and blood everywhere on the floor. I think it still might be closed for cleaning up the mess." He looked down room where spike went. "...Jeez where is that dragon with my drink? What's he making a cocktail?"

The griffon next to him gave a bit of a laugh. "Yeah he's slow. Took him about five-ten minutes to bring me this drink." She said. "Doesn't that princess have a personal chef or something? Shouldn't he be doin' this shit?"

The boy thought for a moment and shrugged. "I'm just the new guy here." He said. "You've been in Equestria longer than I have. At least I can get me some meat with you... I'm stuck with eating salad, artificially meat flavored noodles, stews made with veggies and peanut butter sandwiches." He sighed leaning on the table. "... at least here it isn't crap drinks... Soda's aren't laced with any drugs, the air doesn't reek of pollution, and I'm making friends... Well... Slowly..."

Gilda looked over and saw Spike coming out with a chocolate milk shake on a tray. "Sorry that took a bit Ryan." Spike said. "I had to make this one. The stupid milkshake machine wasn't working for me... And I didn't really know what kind of drink you would've want so I brought what everyone likes to drink!"

Ryan gave a smile taking his milkshake from the tray. "Well thanks Spike." He said before sipping it.

Gilda looked to Spike as he hopped up into a chair next to Ryan. "So Spike...." She said. "...You're a dragon... You eat any meat?"

Spike shook his head. "Nope. Never done that." He said. "I only eat gems. Rubies, Sapphires, occasional Diamonds. You ever wonder what an Opal tastes like? It's kinda sweet but with a slight tang that's given by some of the colors."

Gilda rolled her eyes a bit. "....Yeah... So... Ryan... Do you wanna plan your meal out?" She asked. "I've got a feeling in my feathers that means something more of those royals are coming... And I don't think they would be pleased to see you eating any meat."

Ryan thought for a moment as he sipped from the thick chocolate milk shake. He stopped sipping. "Well... Best stuff I've ever had was a plate of ribs when my friend took me out for my birthday..." He said. "That just covered with barbecue sauce maybe with a bit of red pepper to give it a kick."

Gilda gave a bit of a laugh. "Seems you and I have something in common!" She said. "The love of spicy foods! What do you say if I upgrade the red pepper to a bit of habanero? Make the kick a full on napalm strike!"

Ryan grinned a bit. "Napalm is the ghost pepper. What you're doing is making a Molotov cocktail." He said. "But I say we stick with the Molotov. I go home and puke it's gonna make it seem like I ate someone here."

Gilda sighed. "Fine I guess." She said. "Besides it'd look like I poisoned you or something." She thought for a moment. "Tell you what. You eat half a rack of Ribs with one ghost pepper I'll come back and make you another meal. Just say the word to Dash and I'm gonna be over here faster than you can say the most lyrics to each song you know by heart from Metallica!" She tapped on Ryan's shirt making him blush. She patted his head. "Don't get your hopes up. I'm more for the mares. And I don't think a BJ would feel good with my beak."

Ryan averted his gaze continuing to drink his milk shake. Spike glanced at Gilda a bit. "You think you can actually cook that soon? Twilight's having everypony over for dinner. Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie and AJ are coming along with Princess Luna and Celestia and Shining and Cadence!"

Gilda gasped a bit. "Alright then I should get it going." She said getting up. "It'll be a breeze but I'd need some hot peppers here!"

Ryan set his milkshake down and put his hand up to his head. Spike looked to Ryan. "Bit of a brain freeze?" He said. Ryan nodded. Spike took the milk shake. "Ah alright I guess you can pretty much save this for later. Wouldn't wanna ruin your appetite. You just... Maybe find Twilight. She could use someone to help calm herself down."

Ryan nodded and got up from his seat. He hobbled out the door feeling a blunt cold pain in his head. As he walked he shook his head as the pain faded. "Jeez... That sucked..." He said. He stopped and looked around for a guard. None in the hallway. "...Weird... Guard's would be up and down this area..." He walked down towards the rooms and turned the corner. There were guards around a door at the end of the hallway just across the hall from Fluttershy's room. He approached them hesitantly. "Excuse me?" The guards looked at him. "Do you happen to know where Princess Twilight is? I need to ask her something."

The guards looked to each other. "Right now she's talking with her brother in the throne room." One guard said looking back down at the boy. "They might need someone to help with a decision. Spike isn't good with decisions so you might help them. If Prince Shining asks why you're helping them think of something." Ryan nodded and went for the throne room.

Once at the door to the throne room Ryan looked in and saw Twilight sitting in her throne with Shining with his hoof resting on his sisters arm rest. Twilight had her head hung and a sad look on her face. "Uh... Shining? Twilight?" Ryan said alerting them. They both looked at him. "...Is everything alright? I'd hate for something to go and ruin a mood between brother and sister."

Shining sighed as he got up. "...I'd definitely say so." He said. "....Our parents want Twilight to give them something they'd enjoy that's materialistic. I told them I'd lose my job for it so they went to their own daughter because they think being a princess giving to ponies is good karma or good publicity. What they don't know is Twilight could get in a lot of trouble with Celestia."

Twilight leaned on her throne. "...If I do it trouble with Celestia... If I don't I get in trouble with mom and dad...." She said. "...They'll think I don't love them anymore now that I'm a princess..." She whimpered a bit.

Shining sat back next to his sister and nuzzled her shushing her. "...Don't cry Twily..." He said.

Ryan came over and patted Twilight on her back. "...Well... Why don't you consult Princess Celestia about this?" He asked. "If its gotta do with parents and Princess Celestia I would just say something. Celestia could help fix something that your parents could be hiding and that they just aren't saying!" He lifted himself up on to the armrest. "May I ask how long your parents have been asking about giving them stuff?"

Shining thought for a moment. "...I'd have to say about two months." He said. "And... If they were hiding something I'd've found something that was out of the ordinary."

Ryan hummed a bit in thought. "...They could be low on money or greedy... Most likely the low funds." He said. ".... If I were you Shining I'd ask your mom and dad what was wrong." He looked to Twilight. "And Twi you talk with Celestia. If you need me I'll be there to help."

Shining and Twilight looked at each other. They each gave a smile and looked to Ryan. "That just might work..." Twilight said sniffling. "...You... you might need to get a suit from Rarity... How about after your meal you clean up and I get you over to Rarity and she can help you get all ready? I can guarantee she will make something for you for tonight!"

Ryan smiled and nodded. "Sounds good Twi. Maybe you can take me by my place so I can get some bits to pay for Rarity making a suit?" He asked. Twilight nodded and hugged Ryan. He hesitantly hugged back but gave a smile. Shining gave a smile and joined in on the hug making Ryan feel a tiny bit awkward.

After about fourty five minutes Ryan was chowing down on his ribs with Gilda at his side with a plate of bones picked clean. A mug of Soda sat off to the side still looking full. "C'mon Ry five ribs down five more ribs to go!" She said. "Those peppers cant be stoppin' ya! Either stop to take a drink or keep eating but if you do keep eating slow down!"

Ryan stripped the meat of the rib almost like an animal looking red in the face. He quickly chewed it and swallowed it before wiping his mouth with a nearby napkin. "...Sorry... This is just so fucking good..." He said panting like a dog. "...I haven't had ribs this good for a while.... Thanks again...." He picked up his drink and sipped from it.

Gilda laughed a bit. "Don't mention it you little wolf you!" She said. "It aint often I find another meat eater that aint a mountain lion or something. Most of the Griffons around Equestria are vegetarians, some eat meat but they don't get fancy with it. They just cook it and eat it. No marinade, no seasoning. Just raw right in the oven or over a fire and once its good and ready they rip it right off the bone!"

Ryan took another bone from the rack actually ripping the meat away having it stay on the rack. "Damn... Don't know why they would do that." He said. "You might as well just take what ever animal you can and shove it in your mouth." He looked up at Gilda setting the bone down. "You want a few of these? I don't think I can finish the rest on my own."

Gilda took two bones on the end and ripped them both off. "Well... Thanks... Not even when I was little would any of my meat eating griffon friends share their food with me." She said. "...I grew up eating tofu that 'meat-free-meat' crap... When I tasted real beef I flew over a farm and stole a cow myself with a bit of help from a few friends of mine... Us being avians we aren't that strong alone but together its a different story..." She started to eat the ribs she took.

Ryan gave a smile tearing off another bone this time keeping the meat on it. "First time I ate real beef was when I was taken to a steakhouse." He said taking a bite from what he had. "Had me a steak gushing with juices. Tender... yet so thick.... Seasoned with Cajun spices... OOH it was delicious!"

Gilda coughed a bit as she finished the ribs. "...Yikes... Little bit too much spice for me..." She said. "...Still good though... I'm surprised you can deal with this spice."

Ryan gave a sigh swallowing the last few bites. "Well... I'd always be challenged by what friends I did have for boredom and I guess that paid off.... Bet most of them don't give a shit that I'm gone..." He said. "When ever I went out with them they'd always end up buying food for me... Never once I paid for mine. Parents said 'Don't go and spend any of that money you get from the drug deals! One little white speck of dust or something and they'll know its drug money.' They basically gave me dirty money. Couldn't do anything with it. They never even bothered to help get it cleaned."

The griffon leaned back in her chair. "...Wow... Must REALLY suck to have had parents who wanted you to get busted." Gilda said getting up with the plate of bones and the other plate. "Maybe I could come back a bit more often and take you camping so we can cook more meat... A growin' boy like you has to get his protein somehow and if you're a friend of Dash's you're a friend of mine. Just uh... Try and keep it in your pants if we do go. Don't wanna catchya jerking off inside the tent."

Ryan blushed a bit drinking of what he could of the soda before giving a loud burp. He wiped his mouth with the napkin and sighed. "I'll try but uh... Right now I gotta wash myself up." He said. "I'm supposed to be helping Twilight and her brother. Maybe you can help to by getting everyone over here when I go down to get my suit made?"

Gilda gave a smile. "Yeah... Sure. Just wait for me before you go?" She asked. Ryan nodded before getting up from the table and giving her a quick hug before going to the door. Gilda blushed smiling as he walked off.

A little while later Ryan was walking with Princess Twilight and Gilda down the stairs. Ryan rode on Twilight's back. "So let me get this straight...." Twilight said a bit confused. "...Gilda is going to get your sister, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, AJ and Pinkie while we get you ready?"

Ryan smiled at Gilda. "Well... Yeah..." He said. "Maybe she can get some good karma for doing this for you. She already cooked me a great meal and offered to come back and do it again but... Away from everyone else. I don't wanna seem like I'd be some sort of animal eating anything I can find."

Gilda sighed. "Yeah I agreed to take him camping." She said. "Besides hanging around with Dash all the time isn't all that great. All she likes to do is talk about how awesome she is and she just gets carried away with things. She even makes it a race to see who can collect the most fire wood."

Twilight gave a chuckle. "Yeah. She thinks more things are games than pinkie does." She said. "The one thing she can do is actually behave herself around Princess Celestia. Not to mention keep a promise as well..." They reached the bottom of the steps and stepped out of the castle. The sun was setting giving the sky a nice orangy red glow. The streets were quiet. The air was cool. "Well we should really get over to Rarity's. The longer we stay and chat the harder time I might have to talk with Celestia about some things. Dash should be over at the fair with Ryan's sister. She should help you get the others." Gilda nodded before flying up kicking up dust.

Ryan covered his face keeping the dust from getting in his eye or in his mouth. As the dust settled Ryan sighed. "...This is a beautiful sunset..." He said. "Is it always like this here?"

Twilight sighed as well. "Not really. The Pegasus here make the weather conditions just right so this can happen. Yeah where you come from the weather happens. It still happens the same way in Equestria but the problem is we get a bit too much cloud cover. Exactly why pegasai like Rainbow Dash bust the clouds. We do however have scheduled weather. Today we had a bit of light clouds. Next week we could have rain or maybe even a bit of fog. We do it weekly for the schedule and sometimes we even are late or forget what the weather was supposed to be but what we forget gets us an extra day of what ever we missed. Mostly Rain."

Ryan yawned a bit. "...Sorry twi...." He said. "...I don't think that nap helped me at all... And with the meal I had you'd think the peppers would keep me awake..."

The purple alicorn laughed a bit as they turned a corner. "It's alright Ryan." She said. "Maybe we can get you something to keep you awake so Princess Celestia can see you. And... You might want to meet Luna in person. Dreams are one thing but when it comes to seeing her up close she's just taller than I am but shorter than her sister." She looked back at Ryan. "Did you say you were going home with Fluttershy?" Ryan nodded. "Ah well... I'd say brush and floss get beef breath out of there. Fluttershy doesn't like it when animals eat other animals. She finds out about that and you might have to eat tofu, salads and keep with that diet until she forgets about that... Which... Could be a while... A LONG while..."

Ryan sighed. "...And my Iron and protein levels will slowly decrease until I manage to find something to keep that up." He said. He looked to the sky again. "...Say Twilight... You ever get lonely in that castle?"

Twilight stopped. She gave a bit of a sigh. "Yeah... It does get lonely in there..." She said a bit sadly. "...It's why I have rooms for all my friends... Spike sleeps in his own bed in my room but he just doesn't fill any of the room and the guards don't help either..." Ryan leaned forward and hugged her. "...Thanks... I need that... It's just a bit of a touchy subject... I used to live in a library that stood there. It was small... I could even talk to Spike without an echo talking back at me..." She started to tear up a bit.

Ryan nuzzled her. "Maybe that's why you're torn about your parents staying with you or not." He said. "Yes you still have to talk with Celestia but... Maybe she can help mend that loneliness."

Twilight smiled and nuzzled back. "...M-maybe she can..." She said starting off again. "...I.... I've been in this castle for so long it's affected m-my mind...." She looked back to the road as Ryan wiped her eye. "...I wish I could keep you in my castle... but... Scootaloo and your father.... They might not want that..."

Ryan sat back up on her back. "I'll see what I can do with that." He said. "Right now we might need to hurry. No telling when Celestia could arrive."

Twilight nodded and started off again. After a while Ryan was all tuxed up. He walked with Rarity and Twilight at his side along with Sweetie Belle who was behind them. Rarity and Sweetie Belle both wore dresses with sequence and glitter. Sweetie Belle had a pink dress whilst Rarity had a deep purple one. Sweetie huffed. "Why do I have to come to dinner with you Rarity?" She asked. "I told you I wanted to invite Applebloom and Scootaloo over for a movie night!"

Rarity looked back at her sister. "You can do that AFTER dinner!" She said. "But you'll have to go to Fluttershy's. Scootaloo and Ryan are going there and splitting them up is not an option! Twilight said they're going there afterwards to spend the night until their father gets released from the infirmary."

Twilight looked back. "You might want to bring Applebloom's cousin as well." She said. "It wouldn't be nice if you took her instead of both."

Sweetie Belle grunted and stamped her hoof a bit. "Damn! I almost forgot about her!" She said.

Rarity laughed a bit and looked down at Ryan. "You wont mind a little feminine company will you?" She asked. Ryan shook his head. "Ah that's good then! I was hoping you and her would spend some time together. She doesn't want to leave the house and if she does its always with the same ponies."

Ryan sighed. "I'd love to do that but tomorrow I'm probably gonna have to start work out at Sweet Apple Acres." He said. "Maybe she could drop by and walk with me because I don't think I'll be able to ride my scooter any time soon..." He looked at his arm. "...If it weren't for Twilight healing my arm I'd've probably joined Sweetie Belle at home doing nothing but sleep and watch TV or listen to music."

Rarity looked back at her little sister. "Well that's something she can do with you!" She said. "I've been pushing her to get something to get her some money so she can stop asking me for things!"

Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes. "That was ONE TIME!" She snapped.

Rarity quickly raised her tail smacking her sister in her face. Ryan quickly fixed Rarity's dress. "You hush now or else you might as well cancel movie night with your friends!" She snapped. They turned the corner going towards the castle now. "Behave now or you might as well dye your mane white and the rest of your body pink and purple!"

Ryan looked forward and saw Gilda standing with Pinkie, Scootaloo, Applebloom, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Babs, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Princess Celestia and a bunch of guards standing around. Every mare there wore a dress for the occasion. The only two not in a dress were Gilda and Princess Celestia. Twilight hummed. "...Celestia's note said Luna would be here..." She said. "...I don't even see her..."

Rarity looked to Ryan. "You were informed to bow for a princess right?" She asked. Ryan nodded. "Ah! Good. You want it to seem like you can belong here and not behind bars."

Ryan huffed a bit. "Better this than behind bars for what I used to do...." He said as they got closer to the large group.

Once in the group Ryan walked with Rarity and Twilight up to Celestia while Sweetie Belle ran off to join her friends. Twilight hurried up to Princess Celestia hugging her. Celestia looked down and hugged back. She noticed Ryan and Rarity who bowed to her. "Well now! I was wondering where you were!" Princess Celestia said as she broke the hug with Twilight. "Your parents are upstairs along with Princess Luna. I told her to go use the bathroom before we left but you know how siblings are. They just don't listen."

Twilight laughed a bit. "I used to be the same with Shining." She said blushing. "Anyways... I actually need to talk with you about something before we eat... It's important."

Celestia tilted her head looking down at her. "Do you want me to get Shining?" She asked.

Twilight shook her head and averted her gaze. "....It needs to be with you..." She said. "...I've already talked with Shining but he was no help..." She looked back at Ryan who kinda looked a tad uneasy. "Ryan was actually going to help me try and explain my problem..."

Celestia lowered her head looking at Ryan. "Still nervous are we?" She asked.

Ryan shook his head. "I just need to use the bathroom before anything else..." He said as his stomach gurgled. He went for the door looking back at Twilight. "I promise I'll be there!" Twilight nodded just before Ryan hurried inside and went up the stairs. He went as fast as he could going up. It only took a minute or two to get to the floor. Almost immediately he went to a guard on the side of the hall. "Excuse me? Can you point me in the direction of a bathroom?"

The guard pointed towards the throne room. "Down there and its the first door on the right before the throne room!" He said. Ryan nodded and hurried over.

Back downstairs Scootaloo was at Rainbow Dash's side. Babs, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were near by talking with each other. Scootaloo gave a sigh looking at her wings. Dash nudged her. "Hey c'mon you cant still be on about your wings!" She said. "Sure Cadence messed up but she apologized! It's better she did than just hiding it forever."

Scootaloo looked up. "I know...." She said. "...I'm still shocked... I could swear my wings were just too weak to lift me off the ground... My dad thought it was because of me being part earth pony or something.... He kinda suspected mommy of cheating on him..."

Rainbow Dash rested her wing on Scootaloos back. "Squirt your mom would never have cheated on your father." She said. "While your mom was pregnant with you and before that your I saw your mom stay by your dad's side the whole time. Sure I was just a filly when I moved here but I remember it all too well." She nuzzled her.

Scootaloo gave a bit of a smile. "...Can... Can we hang out tomorrow too Dash?" She asked.

Dash smiled too. "Why don't I join you at Fluttershy's for a sleep over?" She asked. "I might need to stay with her if you do end up watching that movie." Scootaloo laughed a bit along with Dash.

Twilight spread her wings and cleared her throat. "Attention! Attention everypony!" She said going towards the door with Celestia at her side. Cadence hurried over and stood by her sister in laws side. Everyone looked to them. "I'm glad you all could come to this dinner party." She looked to Pinkie who was just about to blow a party favor. "Pinkie I'm sorry but it's not that kind of party! You can do that at your parties and other parties that are thrown but we need to keep a uh..." Pinkie started to give a puppy dog face making Twilight sigh. "....Fine do it..." Pinkie quickly perked up and blew the party favor.

Celestia and the others laughed. "Well now I definitely needed that." Celestia said. "Anyways we have friends and family of Princess Twilight here and some shenanigans are expected. Just everyone here remember we have a human amongst us so please watch your surroundings so you don't knock him over." Everyone gave sounds of agreement.

Twilight cleared her throat again. "Thank you Princess for that reminder." She said. "Now if you'll all follow me we can prepare to eat!" She turned about with Celestia and Cadence each entering one by one. The rest piled in after.

Gilda lagged behind with Fluttershy. Gilda had her feathered head hung a bit. Fluttershy looked over at her. "Um.... Do you want to talk with me?" The yellow Pegasus asked.

Gilda nodded. "Y-yeah...." She replied. "....I wanna say... I'm sorry for nailing you with that water balloon this morning... You know every time I'm with Dash... It just gets a bit crazy with us... I try and ask if we can do something different like just a lunch or maybe get around to do a bit of racing but with her its prank, prank, PRANK!"

Fluttershy sighed a bit. "With me she doesn't even want to help take care of my animals and she pretty much thinks of me as some sort of play thing for her..." She said. "...Sure I'm uh... fragile, shy, I get scared easy, I speak softly, I get excited for cute things, I sleep in fluffy PJ's.... But that doesn't mean I like being toyed with like that..."

They both looked at Rainbow Dash who still had her ears set to Scootaloo's frequency. A little while later they were all in the dining hall together. All except for Ryan, Celestia, Twilight and Luna. They were all in the throne room. Ryan sat with Princess Luna at his side. He looked happy while Twilight sat With Celestia right across from them, Twilight looking quite nervous. "I'm so sorry I had to intrude on your talk Twilight." Luna said as Ryan got closer to her. "I just had to see Ryan here at least once. I'm glad everything is working out so far with the arrangements made!"

Ryan sighed blushing a bit. "Well... What better than staying with someone I just met?" He asked. "Now uh... Why don't we uh... Get this talk going?"

Twilight gave a nod and cleared her throat. "Well... I guess we should..." She said. She looked up at Princess Celestia. "....I uh... My mother and my father keep sending me letters asking for things... The dinner being one of them...."

Celestia tilted her head. "And the problem is...?" She asked.

Twilight looked to Ryan and whistled a bit. Ryan looked up and sprang to his feet. "Well... Her parents keep asking for things and she doesn't know if she would be able to fulfill their requests without pissing you off or getting in trouble with her parents." He said. "We- Twilight, Shining Armor and I- Were thinking you could help get this predicament taken care of and get some things cleared up."

Celestia sighed standing up. "Ah well..." She said. "...You already know what a princess can and cant do with her power. Me I cant give Ryan here a home of his own or give him an endless supply of snacks. You being the Princess of Friendship can give a gift or two, nothing too expensive, you cant give places to live or even do any bodily repairs, Sure a free meal given to somepony in need can get good publicity but doing it too often might make it seem like there is something between you." Twilight yelped a bit and covered her mouth blushing. Celestia looked to Twilight. "Is something wrong? Was it something I said?"

Twilight looked to Ryan who looked as calm as can possibly be without being dead. "N-No Princess! Everything's fine!" She said giving a nervous smile.

Luna looked at Twilight. Closely. "....Sister your gut feeling must be on to something..." She said.

Twilight sprang to her hooves. "Luna d-don't be silly there isn't anything wrong!" She said floating Ryan over to her side. "Why don't we just head back to the dining hall? You probably need to have a chat with my parents tell them why I can and cant do stuff for them!"

Celestia brought Ryan over to her side. "You can probably tell them on your own. Ryan doesn't need to make friends with parents other than his own unless its the Cakes." She said. "Now I wouldn't keep your guests waiting. Luna and I will be there in a moment." Twilight sighed and nodded before walking towards the door. Once Twilight was out Celestia looked to Ryan as she sat down and lowered her head. "...You wouldn't happen to know why Twilight is acting nervous now would you?"

Ryan shook his head. "Nope." He replied.

Luna sighed and rolled her eyes. "Celestia I did tell you of his dealings with narcotics where he had came from?" She said. "He's obviously covering up something she had already done for her!"

Celestia sighed shaking her head. "...Right right..." She said. She looked in to Ryan's eyes. "...You tell me what Twilight did for you or your crimes will pay here since not from where you came! I mean the whole thing! You will be locked up with no visitation from your family, dangerous unicorn, pegasai, earth and guards EVERYWHERE!"

Ryan huffed. "...Intimidation? Really?" He said. "Last I checked bribery was more my game. Gladly I'm not a public official!" He grinned putting his hand out.

The Princess of the sun growled a bit. "Me? Bribe a kid who came here on a boat?" She said. "Don't make me laugh! I can easily get Shining in here and have HIM tell me! Or maybe your sister can? She's a nice little law abiding filly and she would probably tell me everything!" Ryan didn't even flinch let alone give her any sign he was hiding something. Celestia brought her head up and looked to her sister. "Luna I'm going to grab Shining and his sister. Watch him so he doesn't go anywhere!"

Luna nodded and sat Ryan down in Twilight's throne with her magic. She sat right in front of him as Celestia left the room. Just as Celestia was out of ear shot Luna looked to the boy. "Alright I don't want to bribe you, I don't want you to be placed in a prison cell but my sister doesn't like it when anypony holds out on her." She said. "Tell me what we want to know. I promise I'll have mercy and say you cracked after she left. Pretty please tell me?"

Ryan smiled. "Well since you asked nicely I guess I can tell you!" He said. "Yesterday I busted my arm up falling off of my scooter that dad fixed up for me to get around without having to ride on his, Scootaloo's or even Princess Twilight's back. I tried showing off for Applebloom's cousin to see if I could get a smile out of her but all I pretty much got was dirt in my teeth, a dislocated arm that Fluttershy fixed and uh... A... Wet bed later that night...." He averted his gaze blushing a bit. "...Worst part was Dad and Scootaloo were in the hospital with mom and I was stuck at home with Babs... She helped me clean myself up and flip my bed..."

Luna sighed. "You're lucky Celestia already knew about Scootaloo's mother being brought back..." She said. "I wont say anything about an accident but just... Just feel free to seek comfort from me." She opened her arms and almost immediately Ryan hugged her shaking a bit. "...There there you're going to be alright." Not moments later Ryan was crying softly as Shining Armor came back with Scootaloo and Princess Celestia. Luna looked at the three ponies. "You weren't needed here Shining. Neither were you Scootaloo!"

Celestia stepped up and looked to Ryan. "Sister what did you do with him?" She asked. "A princess is not to harm others! That is the job of who evers parent or attacker! Our guards are to deliver punishments but not to hurt anypony!"

Luna beckoned Scootaloo over who came almost immediately. The dark blue alicorn pushed Ryan over to his sister. He hugged her shaking more scared. Luna stared her sister down. "He told me everything and all I had to do was ask nicely while you just threatened him with jail time!" She snapped. "Twilight was hiding something and that was she healed a broken arm for him. She knew he was supposed to be working with Applejack and her family soon but that happened and with his father in the hospital and his sister being there instead of him he was forced to be at home with somepony who he had just met. Do not punish him. Do not continue this with Twilight, she was just trying to be nice so he could make progress with making friends here in Equestria!"

Celestia got in her sisters face. "Why must you make it seem like I'M the bad one here?" She asked. "I wont punish him, not even my faithful student. But YOU! You might as well stay here at this castle to do your duties. Return tomorrow with a note of apology. I shall inform Twilight of her stay and she might as well write a letter herself! Everyone might as well come along to dinner. No sense in standing here where there isn't food."

As Celestia walked out Scootaloo sighed and sat down still hugging her brother. Shining sat with them. The white stallion looked up at Celestia just as Luna passed. "...You two go on ahead..." He said. "...I was as much a part of this as was Twily..." Celestia would've said something but Luna kept her sister's mouth shut. "...Thank's Luna... Sorry Celestia..."

Luna released her sisters mouth and Celestia followed her out the door. Once they left Scootaloo started to shush her brother. "...There there Ry..." She said. "...You're okay... I gotcha...."

Shining sighed. "...Look Ry I'm sorry Princess Celestia scared you like that..." He said. "...She doesn't like it when anyone hides things from her... And... She doesn't give any bribes... Not even to neighboring areas... You want me to get my wife in here to calm you down?" Ryan sniffled and nodded into his sister's shoulder.

Scootaloo watched as Shining stood up and hurried out the door. She looked back to her brother. "...I cant believe that happened..." She said. "...Just one thing after another keeps happening here... First it's me not taking you to be with mom and dad... Next its you having an accident after breaking your arm... Me leaving you with Twilight.... All that makes me feel like what you said in the hospital is true..." She started to tear up as well.

Ryan sniffled and looked up at his sister. "...I-I didn't mean it like that..." He said. "...I... I want to be included in everything...Sure it just.... I cant do what you can do but... It'd feel nice to be included..."

Scootaloo gave a smile and nuzzled her brother. "... I promise everything me and daddy do you can do too..." She said. "...Y-you are family after all..." She broke down as Shining and Cadence came into the room. Cadence used her magic to make the crying siblings stop crying and made them smile bigger.

Later in the evening Scootaloo, Babs, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were sitting in Fluttershy's living room watching a movie. Fluttershy sat behind them with Ryan leaning on her nodding off. Babs yawned. "...This movie aint scary what-so-ever..." She said.

Applebloom looked to her cousin. "Yeah this aint one bit scary unless you count that terrible acting." She said. She looked over to Sweetie Belle. "Shut this crap off. It's late and some of us seem to need a bed to sleep in." She pointed back at Ryan who had just cuddled up to Fluttershy.

Sweetie Belle sighed. "Fine." She said. "...Cant believe Rarity talked me into buying that shitty movie..."

Fluttershy shushed the four mares. "Can you please keep it down and watch your language?" She asked. "I don't want Ryan to wake up... Poor thing must be very tired."

Babs stood up and stretched a bit. "Um... You have a guest room or something we can sleep in?" She asked the yellow mare. "I don't got a sleepin' bag and walkin' home in the dark aint one thing I'd do even if I knew how to defend myself."

Fluttershy gave a nod as Scootaloo helped get Ryan on her back. "I do but There's only room for two ponies in the bed." She said. "It's the same as my bed and... You girls can share it if you'd like... I'll be fine on the couch."

Scootaloo looked to her brother. "What about him?" She asked. "He doesn't have anywhere to sleep!"

The yellow mare hummed. "...Well he could have the guest room with somepony and... Maybe one of you can sleep on the floor in there if you want to.... I have a sleeping bag for when I have to sleep with a few animals out in the fields and I haven't used it in a while so... Feel free to use it."

Babs looked to Scootaloo. "I get the bed and you get the sleeping bag?" She proposed. "You might as well take it as your punishment for not being there for him last night."

Scootaloo sighed. "Fine..." She said. "Just try not to suffocate him. I don't want to explain how he was deprived of oxygen while he slept." Babs gave a nod and went into the hallway.

Hours later Ryan somehow managed to wiggle out of his clothes. He was in his boxers and he had his head near Babs' flank. Scootaloo slept on the floor right next to the bed. Ryan tossed and turned a bit but ended up face first into Babs' Marehood. She yelped a bit waking up blushing. Scootaloo snorted and sat up a bit scared. "...Babs...? Was that you...?" Scoot asked rubbing her eyes. Babs whimpered giving hesitant moans. Scootaloo got up and clicked on a light on a nearby nightstand. It illuminated the room. Scootaloo looked to the bed and blushed seeing Babs with her eyes cletched shut blushing hard and Ryan still asleep licking away at her. "...O-oh my god.... This.... What the fuck...?!"

Babs looked at Scootaloo scared but then noticed Ryan. "...I could swear he kicked me at first..." She whispered. "....How could he still be asleep...?" Scootaloo went to wake her brother but Babs knocked her hooves away. "....L-lets leave him... It's dangerous to wake someone while their dreamin.... Or was that sleep walkin...?"

The Pegasus mare sighed. "...Well do you want me to ask Fluttershy? She could think this was on purpose!" She snapped almost silent. "It's either we wake him or we get in trouble with Fluttershy!" Babs grabbed her pillow and buried her face in it. "...I'm waking him up." Scootaloo reached for her brother and nudged him.

Ryan stopped licking and woke up groaning a bit. "...C'mon.... That Ice cream was so sweet..." He mumbled. He rubbed his eyes a bit before opening them. Once he saw his 'Ice Cream' he yelped sitting up. He saw Scootaloo looking a bit worried and Babs looking horny. "...W-was I just eating pony pussy?!"

Scootaloo and Babs both gave a nod. "...Please try not to freak out... You freak out we get in trouble..." Scootaloo said. Ryan nodded hesitantly shaking a bit.

Babs pulled Ryan close and nuzzled him. "...That felt great... Almost better than my ex..." She said fondling his sack. He blushed as he slowly became horny. "...Size don't matter in this house... You might as well just get sucked dry by me."

Scootaloo swatted at Babs' hoof. "No!" She whispered. "You aren't having sex with him in here! If there is one loud noise and Fluttershy comes in here we are ALL sunk!"

Babs looked to Ryan. "Why don't you get your clothes back on? We can go somewhere... Private for what we can do...." She said. "What we do probably isn't your sisters business anyways but... You? Me? And a little private time might be the best." She grinned a bit. Ryan blushed and nodded hesitantly.

Scootaloo sighed. "...Fine go but you better be back here before sunrise." She said lying back down on the floor. "...I don't want Fluttershy to come wake us up for breakfast and find out you two snuck out. She's gonna tell dad and AJ and they're gonna come down on both of you AND Fluttershy."

Ryan pulled his pants up and got his shirt on. "Okay if we aren't back by sunrise and Fluttershy asks where we are just tell her Babs woke me up and we went out for a walk." He said grabbing his socks and shoes. "I'll think of something just in case she finds us. Like... We were going to Twilight's to see if we can send a letter out to her father?" He looked to Babs who was standing at the door. She shrugged. As Ryan slipped his shoes on he went to Babs side. He looked back at his sister. "...Also... I'm... I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier Scoot... I just didn't like waking up and not have you be there for me to hug or... In this case cry to..." He blushed averting his gaze.

Scootaloo gave a bit of a sigh. "...Well... I'm sorry too..." She said. "...Just remember to be home tomorrow. I want to show you the costume mom and dad helped me think up. We need to help you get your costume for nightmare night too!"

Babs gasped. "Oh it's Nightmare night?" She said. "I almost forgot! I'm dressin' up as Hailey Williams from that band Paramore!"

Ryan climbed onto Babs' back. "....Can we talk costumes later? I'm kinda dying back here." He said.

Babs sighed. "Alright just keep it in your pants for now!" She said opening the door. "Why don't we just hit the castle maybe check on how Princess Luna is doin? Hides the real reason we're out."

Ryan nodded and went out of the room riding on babs' back. They soon came upon Twilight's castle where two weird looking guards. Bat Pony guards. Ryan cowered a bit. "...Y-you talk to them... They seem like they're made of night mares..." He said before burying his face into Babs' neck.

Babs nodded and hesitantly approached the guards. "... Um... Excuse us?" She said. "We were here earlier for dinner and my friend here forgot to take something Princess Twilight let him borrow. Would you mind if we go up and look for it please?"

The two guards looked to Ryan. He blushed a bit. Then they looked to each other. "Miss if both of you are to go up you must have one of us come with you. Princess Luna is here spending the night and watching over Equestria." The left Guard said. "Do you wish to enter still?"

Babs nodded and allowed the guard to enter first. She followed him in and looked back at Ryan as they walked up stairs. "Ry? You doing okay back there?" She asked. Ryan hesitantly nodded still doubled over. "You sure you're okay? That grip you got with your legs makes it seem like you aint."

Ryan looked up at Babs a bit. "...S-stomach ache...." He said. He sounded like he was in pain.

Babs looked back to the guard. "Is it possible to stop by a bathroom for him first?" She asked. "Something isn't sitting right with him." The guard nodded and sped up his pace. Babs did as well.

Once in the hall Babs lowered herself allowing Ryan to hop off. "The bathroom is up ahead to the right." She said.

Ryan held his gut and ran towards the bathroom. "Thanks!" He said before darting into the bathroom and closing the door behind him. He quickly dropped his pants and hopped onto the toilet. He gave a sigh as he ripped a wet fart. But... Something was off. The room felt warm and humid. He looked to the sink. Water was off. Then he looked to the shower which was right across from him. Steam rose above the shower curtain. He blushed hard. "Uh... To who ever is in here... Sorry for intruding... My meal didn't seem to want to agree with my desert..."

A sigh was heard. "...It's quite alright..." A familiar voice said. "Be sure to get some guards to spray in here when you're done there... I want to just enjoy my bath without distractions..."

Ryan tilted his head. "...Princess Luna? Is that you in there?" He asked. The shower curtain was pulled to the side and there was Princess Luna sitting in a warm bath with her gaze averted to the wall. Ryan blushed and covered himself. "Luna I-I'm very sorry I didn't knock first I just had to go!"

Luna took one quick glance at him and looked away. "Oh! Ryan!" She said. "What are you doing here? Arent you supposed to be at Fluttershy's home?"

Ryan sighed. "Yeah..." He said. "...Babs woke me up because... Well... I dreamt I was eating Ice Cream but what I woke up to was me licking at pony parts..." He blushed hard pulling his shirt over his crotch.

The blue alicorn hummed. "Something tells me she wants you to finish what you started." She said looking over at Ryan. He nodded hesitantly. "First off I think that's... Okay for you... Second... How did you get in here?"

Ryan wiped himself. "Well..." He started. "Babs and I told the guards I forgot something here... When in reality I wanted to find you and see if everything is alright."

Luna gave a smile as he flushed the toilet. "Well that's thoughtful of you." She said. "But maybe you should tell that guard of mine why you two are REALLY here."

Ryan got up and pulled up his pants. "...Maybe come help me with it...? Those guards of yours scare the living shit outta me." He said. He looked at the toilet. "...Quite literally I might add..."

Luna sighed standing up in the tub. "I suppose I've been soaking in my sorrows for far too long anyways." She said making a towel appear out of thin air. "Just wait and give me a minute. I'd need to dry off!"

Ryan gave a nod and went to the sink. He turned the fixtures... Or at least he tried to. Luna used her magic and helped him. He gave Luna a smile as she stepped out of the tub her blue mane. "Thanks Luna." He said starting to wash his hands.

Luna gave a smile as she dried herself. "Well you do seem like you need a bit of help with that." She said.

Ryan rinsed his hands off and dried them with a near by towel. "Uh... Luna?" He said looking back at the blue maned princess. "...Your mane is different from earlier... And from the dreams..."

Luna giggled a bit. "My mane is different depending on how I feel." She said. "If I'm depressed then my mane goes to this length and color. If it's any other mood my mane is long and flowing. And yes those are stars you see in my mane." As she dried her tail the length and shimmering stars returned to both mane and tail.

Ryan gasped a bit. "Woah... It's beautiful Princess." He said. Luna blushed a bit. "Now uh.... Can we get Babs now? I feel that guard will try something being a mare of her age and... I think she might be in heat or something."

Luna gave a nod and tossed her towel aside before opening the door to the bathroom and walking out with the boy at her side. There at the end of the hall was Babs looking a bit scared with the guard looking smug. Even his stallionhood was erect. "YOU THERE!" Luna snapped making the guard jump. Babs maneuvered around the guard and went for Ryan. She skidded to a stop and hugged him as the guard turned about. "What do you think you're doing!? Coming on to this mare who CLEARLY has a lover here while on duty? You might as well go back to your post or I might have to have a talk with Shining Armor about employment in the guard!"

The guard blushed. "Y-yes princess I apologize! It will never happen again!" He said turning about and running off.

Luna turned to Babs and Ryan. "I am terribly sorry that happened to you Miss Seed." Luna said. "I'll find you two a room to share but try and keep it down. Princess Twilight's family along with Princess Cadence are here and waking them with... What you two have planned might get me in even more trouble for allowing you in." She looked closer at Babs. "...But maybe waking Cadence might be a good thing for her... Shining might even need to fire that guard... This isn't the first time something like that happened with that guard."

Ryan looked up to Luna. "Just get them... I think that will be worth the trouble." He said. Luna nodded and flashed away. Ryan looked back to Babs. "....Damn... Glad I got out here when I did... My damn sixth sense was right..."

Babs sniffled. "....H-he knew we weren't there to look for something..." She said. "...He wanted me to... d-do things... I-in order to stay..." She whimpered and sobbed more.

Moments later Shining Armor ran up with Cadence and Luna at his side. Shining turned down the hall and ran for the stairs as Luna helped pry the crying mare off of Ryan. Cadence shushed her as a heart came from her horn and popped over Babs. "There... You gonna be okay now?" Cadence asked. Babs wiped a tear from her eye and nodded. "Alright come with me. My husband will be back up here soon. I'll sit you and Ryan here in our room so you'll be able to file a report against that guard. Okay?"

Babs nodded. As Cadence turned around Ryan climbed on Babs' back and hugged her. "....Maybe we should just file that report and hit the hay..." Ryan said. He yawned a bit. "...I'm feeling a tad drained now... And... It is late... Really... late..." He started to nod off not even meaning to.

Babs sighed. "...Y-yeah... Sleep... That's what we need..." She said sniffling.

Well... Eventful yet a teeny bit dull. Nightmare Night should be more fun. Something tells me fun only happens in nightmares.