It was hours after Ryan had been taken to Twilight's castle to connect with his mother. He now sat in his room with Scootaloo and her mother listening to Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Scootaloo leaned on her mother giving a sigh. "....Just like old times huh mommy?" The orange mare said.

Mrs. Rubber nodded. "Yes Scoot but you gotta know calling me mom is just as good as mommy but less childish you know?" She said. "You didn't get in too much trouble with your father did you?"

Scootaloo sighed. "....Dad grounded me for accusing Ryan for hiding from you..." She said. "...I never knew the sink fixtures were too tight for him to turn!"

Ryan reached into his dresser drawer and pulled out a can of soda. "Well you should really expect it Scoot." He said. "I'm a human remember? Smaller than ponies, pegasi and unicorn? Not trying to be rude here sis."

Scootaloo rolled her eyes a bit as the music started to fade away. "...Hopefully dinner with Twilight goes well..." She said. "Dash told me while you were in the bathroom at the castle Twilight was going to bring her brother and her sister in law."

Her brother cracked the can open and sipped from it. "Never knew Twilight had a brother or a sister in law..." He said after letting out a suppressed belch. "You meet him before Scoot?"

Scootaloo nodded as she sat up again. "I was in the Equestria games a while back. Held the flag for Ponyville." She said. "Just so ya know the Equestria games are just like your Olympics. Only pegasi preform though. Unicorns will cheat and Earth Pony cant really do much other than heavy labor."

Their mother looked down at her. "Scoot? You're getting a bit off topic." She said.

Scootaloo shook her head. "Right right right!" She said. "About Twilight's brother! He's a prince and the head of the Royal Guard. Trained most of the guys you saw in Twilight's castle. He's married to Princess Cadence otherwise known as Princess of Love or one of the best foalsitters in Equestria."

Ryan hummed. "Cool. Guess she can pretty much help everyone fall in love or something right?" He said getting up. He looked to his radio. "...Damn thing must've ran out of batteries. Explains why the next song hasn't started playing..." He looked behind the stereo and started messing with the battery compartment.

Scootaloo got up and stretched. "Mom why don't we go out in the living room to wait for dad?" She said helping her mother up. "He did tell me he would be back after picking up Ryan's 'new' scooter and I think he'll be back soon."

Mrs. Rubber looked to Ryan. "C'mon stop messing with that thing we've been sitting here for about an hour." She said. Ryan sighed looking back at his mother. "Hey you ever have a stash hidden somewhere?"

Scootaloo ignored what her mother said before going out. Ryan looked to his mother after sipping his soda again. "Nah." He said. "I'd never have a stash unless my dad told me to have it for his personal use. Besides a drug dealer never uses his own product." His heart dropped a bit. "B-but I'm no drug dealer! Only son of a drug dealer! And he cooked meth and made cocain. Surprised he never blew up the house." He followed his mother out of the room and down the hall. "My life here is different and... I actually like it. No risk of trouble other than booting a guard in the balls...."

Mrs. Rubber gave a laugh. "Oh you really did a number on him man!" She said. "And I think it's good you got away from that life. Drugs ruin lives." She looked at her necklace. "Even with this thing other ponies still think the hippies are some hash smoking dope heads." As she sat on the couch with her daughter she looked to Ryan. "You seem like the type of boy who would use a bit of something to make the music better."

Ryan sighed sitting next to his sister. "Okay I admit I tried it once!" He said. "A family friend took me home after I smoked a bit of weed and I was honestly freaking out. Never again would I touch a bud or blunt or even bong." He looked to Scootaloo. "You wont tell dad about that will you?"

Scootaloo shook her head. "As long as you don't say anything about me sneaking into your room to cuddle before our birthday." She said blushing a bit. She looked to her mother who was blushing as well. "...I know I'm old enough to sleep in my own bed but I kinda needed it... Dad was making a whole deal about you while Ryan was out with Applebloom."

Her mother gave a smile. "Don't worry there my little flowerfoal." She said. "Mommy raised you to be a lover and not a fighter. Loving your brother enough to climb into his bed with him to make him feel at home was just what I taught you... Kinda..."

Scootaloo hugged her mother along with her brother in the middle of them. "...Oh mommy..." She said.

Ryan blushed being between the two mares. He carefully squeezed his way out of the hug and onto the floor. He rubbed his neck hearing the mares giggle. "A mother daughter hug should only be with a mother and her daughter..." He said. "... Not to mention I fear being crushed between things bigger than I am..."

His mother giggled a bit. "Sorry there lil man but hippies in Equestria are very much huggers instead of protesters." She said bringing Ryan back up on the couch. "Of course the only time we protested was when we had a curfew that Princess Celestia had her guards enforced. That's pretty much how I met Scoot's father. I was hiding from the guard after they came at us. He basically sheltered me hiding me from the guard's. My friends were arrested with a little hash on them, I ended up getting away after drinking a few beers and.... Well... You basically get the point of where I went from there."

Ryan and Scootaloo blushed looking to each other. "...Mom we don't really want to hear what you and dad have been doing..." Scootaloo said. "...Trust me I've seriously had enough of that when you were alive..."

Mrs. Rubber blushed and averted her gaze. Same with Scootaloo and Ryan. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ryan hopped up. "Th-that must be dad now!" He said going for the door. He grabbed the knob with both hands as if he were just a small child and twisted it opening the door.

There stood Mr. Rubber with a wing on the handle bars of a scooter rigged with a motor on it. "Hey! There's the happy family!" He said pushing Ryan back inside as he brought the scooter in. "You see Scoot I told ya Ryan wasn't hiding!"

Scootaloo sighed and hung her head. "Yeah dad I know he wasn't..." She said. "...Can I please be ungrounded? Knowing mom's going to be gone tomorrow is punishment enough..."

Her father thought for a moment as Ryan looked at the scooter before him. "Alright you're ungrounded but remember if you EVER snap at me like this morning you're probably going to wish you had your mother to go to." He said. Scootaloo smiled and hugged her mother nuzzling her. Mr. Rubber looked to Ryan. "Ry why don't you go ride around town see how that thing feels. Oh and by the way I ran into Applejack on the way home. She needs you to head to Sweet Apple Acres now."

Ryan let out a sad sigh. "But dad! I wanted to spend more time with mom!" He said.

His father pushed the scooter and his son out the door. "Ryan you still have dinner with the princess tonight you can spend time with her then!" He said. "Right now Scoot and I need to spend time with her. Original family stuff you know?"

Ryan nodded. "Yes sir..." He said before having the door close on him. He looked back at the scooter. It looked as if it were made with the bottom of a cart for the wheels and the handlebars looked as if they were from a pogo stick. The motor looked as if it came from a lawn mower. There were wires rigged to it going around the handlebars and onto green and red buttons stuck there. The motor was rigged as well. It was made to make the back and front wheels rotate in the direction they were supposed to go. "Well... This is a good gift... Hand-me-down scooter... What ever... Transport is transport I guess..." He stepped on to the scooter. There was a draw string on the motor. He gave it a few quick tugs before the motor started up. He grabbed the handlebars and pushed the green button. Suddenly he shot off away from the door and his house.

After a while of turning corner after corner nearly eating dirt he rode up the dirt path to Sweet Apple Acres. He pushed the red button and the motor died. The scooter soon rolled to a stop just feet from the door. Ryan hopped off the scooter and rolled it up to the door parking it against the wall before knocking on the door. He waited for a moment hearing someone coming. The loud sound of hooves made Ryan think it was either Big Mac or Applejack. When the door opened there was Applebloom to Ryan's surprise. "It's about time y'got here!" She said.

Ryan looked at her. Her mane was a bit of a mess along with her tail. Her hauches twitched a bit standing there. "Is.... Everything alright?" He asked grabbing his scooter again.

Applebloom stepped out of the way so Ryan could bring it inside. "...Not really Ry..." She replied. "I'm in heat and its driving me INSANE!" She closed the door. "AJ told me to be careful and i asked if Big Mac could help me but he ended up telling me Granny would'nt've wanted to have that happen because its immoral to fuck a family member."

Ryan sat on the couch. "And... Applejack sent me here why...?" He asked still sounding unsure.

The country mare thought for a moment. "I think it's because our DNA dont mix." She said. "And everyone thinks us country folk cant comprehend biology!"

Ryan blushed hard. "...So... AJ sent me here... to help you get laid?" He asked. Applebloom nodded before turning around and pulling her tail aside. Her marehood was twitching begging for pleasure. Ryan could swear he could feel the heat coming off of her. Her clit peeked out making her pussy open up a bit more. Ryan averted his gaze. "Well... A-are you sure Big Mac wont flip out like when i did this with AJ...? I mean... He pulled a freaking gun on me for messing with one of his younger sisters but he seriously might just kill me!"

Applebloom whimpered sounding desperate. "If he pulls that gun again AJ's gonna end up having the guard take that thing away!" She said. "If he does pull that gun again he aint gonna try nothin' if I get in between you n him. Can we just worry about this later? I'm seriously dyin' over here!" She lowered her head and wiggled her flank.

Ryan gave a sigh. "Fine but we go upstairs into your room..." He said getting up from the couch. "If Big Mac and Applejack were to bring someone back and right when we were doing it I'd be taking my own knife and slitting my own throat."

Applebloom raised her head a bit and followed Ryan towards the stairs. "Well... That's good thinkin'." She said. "Y'all remember after you had your birthday? Aj n Big Mac had to go pick up my cousin Babs from the train station?" Ryan nodded backing away so she could climb up first. "Well she didn't come but we did get a letter from our uncle sayin' it'd be a bit later. She might come today n stay the rest of the week so y'might have a chance to meet her."

Ryan came up the stairs and followed the mare in heat to her room. "Might bring Scoot by tomorrow after you know what happens." He said. "I've got a feeling you and your cousin can help cheer her up."

Applebloom got onto her bed and lied onto her side just as Ryan started to undress himself. He tossed his jacket and shirt onto the floor before dropping his pants and kicking out of his shoes. He now sat hesitant in his boxers blushing hard. "Well I'd certainly say y'can do that but.... Y'might wanna lose them drawers of yours." She said. "'T'aint no fun if you aint in the nude!" Ryan blushed more. "You alright there? I thought you wanted to do this!"

Ryan sighed averting his gaze. "...I do but... I wanted to spend some time with my mom too but my dad forced me to come here..." He said. "...I know it's just their family time but... I just feel like I'm not even a part of their family..." He crossed his arms and lied down on the bed tearing up.

The mare with him slung a hoof over him and held him close giving a hefty sigh. "...Well... I'll try to live with my little heat problem...." She said. "I aint one to force ya to do anythin' ya don't feel like doing it." Ryan flipped over and hugged her starting to sob a bit. Applebloom shushed him. "...C'mon now don't go cryin' now... You want me to make ya somethin' to eat while we wait for my brother n sister to get back?" Ryan sniffled and nodded. "Alright then get up n get dressed. Wouldn't want you to have my cousin comin' here seein' ya in your underpants."

Ryan nodded and got out of the bed. He grabbed his pants and slipped them on before grabbing his shirt again and putting it on. "...Any chance you got some soda or chocolate milk?" He asked grabbing his jacket again. He sat on the bed and started to get his shoes and socks on.

Applebloom gave him a smile. "Always gotta have some chocolate milk with pancakes!" She said going out of her room. "Just get on downstairs, have a load off on the couch and we could watch some TV while we have a lunch together!"

Ryan got up from the bed and followed the mare out. Not much later Ryan was sitting next to Applebloom. They both had cups filled with chocolate milk and a peanut butter sandwich in front of them. Applebloom's looked like it had slices of apple in it. "So... Applejack and Big Mac don't like you eating any other fruits than an Apple and oranges?" Ryan said confused.

Applebloom nodded. "Eeyup." She replied. "Surprisingly I can still eat a pineapple which technically aint an apple at all. And if you're wonderin' why AJ told me that every time she ate a fruit other than an apple and an orange she'd choke on it or throw it back up. Calls it a curse." She picked up her sandwich and took a bite getting a bit of a crunch from the apples inside.

Ryan grabbed his chocolate milk and took a sip. "Well that's odd too." He said setting his glass back on the table. "I actually have a curse on me. Not with a fruit but with a song. Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones. Every time that song comes on the radio I am forced to listen to it. If I have to cut it short then I get a bit of bad luck. Devils work y'know?"

Applebloom laughed a bit. "C'mon that silly old song?" She said. "Besides anythin' with the word 'Devil' In it aint gonna curse ya."

The boy looked to her. "You got a radio anywhere?" He asked. Applebloom thought for a moment and shook her head. "Ah... Well just take my word on it. Its my curse and I hate it. It's a good song but I cant help but hate it."

Applebloom drank her chocolate milk washing the taste and stickiness of peanut butter out of her mouth. She sat her glass down again giving a sigh. "Y'ever listen to any country songs Ry?" The country mare asked. She looked over at Ryan who had a mouth full of peanut butter sandwich. He gave an unsure nod before swallowing.

"Well... I have heard a few songs but only one or two of em just appealed to me." Ryan replied grabbing his drink again. "Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band. Found a more... Rock version of it I guess you could say that grabbed my attention." Just as he put the glass up to his lips a loud knock on the door startled him making him toss the glass aside breaking it. "...Shit.... Sorry..." He blushed hard looking up at Applebloom.

Applebloom sighed standing up. "No worries I wasn't expectin' that either...." She said going to the kitchen. "Y'mind seein' who that is? Could very well be your dad or somethin'. Don't worry 'bout the mess I'll clean up."

Ryan gave a nod and went to the window right by the door. He looked out and saw a mare just a bit taller than Applebloom. She had an orange coat and a short red mane and tail. It was short enough to look colt like but long enough to be mare's style. Ryan knew it was a mare because she had turned around and he caught a glimpse of her marehood. She had bags by her side as well. "Uh... It's.... Someone... Red mane and tail, orange coat..." He said.

Applebloom came back to the broken glass with a few towels in her teeth. She lied them over the puddle and most of the glass. "They got a cutie mark y'can see?" She asked.

Ryan looked at the mare outside again. She looked behind her at the orchard. He had a clear view of her flank but she kept it covered with her tail. Her marehood made it look like she too was in heat. "She's covering it." He said looking back at her as he stepped away from the window.

The country mare sighed. "That must be Babs then." She said. "She's got her cutie mark but she's been hiding the fact that she was a blank flank for a long while and she just does that almost automatically now." Ryan hummed and sat back on the couch just as Applebloom went to the door. She took a breath and gave a smile before opening up the door. "Babs! I was wonderin' when you'd get here!"

The mare turned back around blushing a bit. "Well... Y'kno what my dad told ya dontcha?" She asked. She had a New York accent from what Ryan had heard.

Applebloom nodded. "Yeah Uncle Orange told us about what's goin' on and why he's sendin' ya and we don't want you to fret!" She said. "We understand and we're behind ya. I understand why you did what you did but you just gotta learn how to get around giving in to being in heat."

Babs sighed blushing harder. "...Well you know I aint in the best moods cuz... Coltfriend left me for some skank..." She said averting her gaze tearing up. "...More like several skanks... Datin' em all at the same time..." She hugged Applebloom burying her face into her shoulder holding back tears.

Applebloom looked back at Ryan giving a worried face. "Babs. C'mon in n make yourself at home." She said prying her cousin off of her. "Just have a seat next to Scoot's brother and I'll get your stuff up to the uh... Guest room..." She hesitated a bit.

Babs pushed past her cousin as she stepped to the side. Ryan was quick to grab his sandwich before the mare pushed past and sat on the couch grabbing a pillow starting to cry into it. Applebloom grabbed Babs' bags and brought them inside, closing the door before hurrying upstairs with them. Babs wiped her eyes and looked over at Ryan. "...Y-you're Scootaloo's brotha?" She said a bit confused. "...You aint even a pony..."

Ryan sighed swallowing a bite of his sandwich. "Nope." He said. "One hundred percent human. The names Ryan. Ran off from my drug infested home and wound up here where Scoot's dad adopted me." He took another bite of his sandwich blushing a bit from the mare staring at him.

Babs sniffled. "...Well... I'm Babs..." She said. "You already know me as 'Bloom's cousin... I got sent her by my dad just cuz I bopped him one for gettin' on my case about a few condoms I had stashed away... Just wanted to be safe if I were in a relationship..."

The boy set his sandwich down noticing more tears in Babs' eyes. He hugged her and shushed her. "...C'mon I know its hard to have someone break your heart..." He said. "...Back where I came from I used to have a girlfriend... One day my dad was a bit startled by my girlfriend coming over and he basically had her killed thinking she was a rat or something..."

The mare whimpered a bit. "...W-why would he do that...?" She asked hesitantly.

Ryan broke the hug and sighed. "... My dad was a drug dealer and I basically pedaled them for him... And literally I pedaled all over on my bike to make the sales. If I didn't do the sale my dad would lock me out of the house or deny me dinner until I did the sale."

Babs wiped her eyes sniffling. "...What did you do for the whole night if you couldn't eat or sleep in your bed?" She asked.

Ryan crossed his arms lying back. "Biked to my friends place after I hid the drugs." He said. "He let me in, allowed me to shower and eat but I just went to a spot at the park I hid in to sleep the night away. Sometimes i'd toss rocks at a target I hung in the tree if I couldn't sleep." He got up from his seat and went for the kitchen. "You want anything to drink? I'd have the rest of my chocolate milk but I'm a bit of a klutz as you can see over there."

Babs looked at the wet brown towel and the shards of glass. "...Maybe grab me a bottle of pop if they got any?" She said.

"One bottle of soda coming right up!" Ryan said going into the fridge.

Moments later he came back to the couch with two bottles of apple cider. Applebloom came back down stairs with her mane brushed straighter than it was. "Alright... Sorry that took so long..." She said going back to the couch just as Ryan sat down. "...Y'already got an idea what kept me so long. I aint sayin' anymore."

Ryan opened the bottle for Babs before giving her the bottle. "Welcome back then Applebloom." Ryan said opening his cider bottle. "I was just trying to make Babs here feel at home." He looked at Babs and gave a smile making Babs blush as she sipped from her cider.

Applebloom laughed a bit sitting next to her cousin. "It's good you're gettin' to know each other!" She said. "Hey you guys wanna head into town n go see Sweetie Belle?"

Ryan gave a nod as his took a few gulps from his cider. Babs sighed a bit. "...Eh fuck it... I could use a walk around town." She said. "Get to know the joint. Seein' the crusader's might just bring a smile to my face..." She drank from her cider again.

Ryan gave a burp panting as he brought the now half empty bottle. "Woah Ry y'might wanna take it slow!" Applebloom said grabbing the bottle from him. "This stuff's gonna getcha throwin' everythin' up if you drink it like that!" She set the bottle down on the table. "Someone of your size might not be able to drink the full thing and not get away with your stomach bein' carbonated to high hell!"

The boy burped again and covered his mouth blushing. "...S'cuze me there..." He said wiping his hand on his pants. "...Didn't have a clue what it would do but I was thirsty. I mean I just spilled my chocolate milk." Everyone looked to the shards of glass on the ground with the towel on top of it. "...We wanna get that cleaned up before someone steps on it or something?"

Applebloom went over and picked up the towel which seemed to have soaked up most of the spilled drink. The glass wasn't broken that bad. Not many small pieces. "Ry y'think you can get the glass pieces please?" She asked. "I gotta put this thing through the wringer and let it hang out to dry." Ryan got up and nodded.

After a while Ryan was on his scooter again. Babs and Applebloom were at his side as they went down the road together. Babs looked at Ryan as he buzzed around her and her cousin and smiled a bit. "...Hard to believe that used to be Scootaloo's..." Babs said. "...Speakin' of that friend of yours how is she? She flyin' yet?"

Applebloom nodded a bit. "Yeah..." She said somewhat hesitantly. "She can fly now but she just doesn't wanna fly that high. Says she doesn't want to lose sight of the ground but I think she's just afraid of heights." She looked to Ryan who popped a wheelie in front of her. "Ry! C'mon over here I need to talk with ya!"

Ryan whipped around the two mares and killed the motor at Applebloom's side and hopped off the scooter. "Yeah? Need something?" He said.

"Just wanted to ask ya a few questions." The country mare said. "First question is are you afraid of heights?"

Ryan looked towards the trees on the road. "Well... I've pretty much never been that high off the ground." He said. "I've never gotten on a plane, never went hang gliding, never even went on a hike on a mountain." He looked back at Applebloom. "But I have been in Twilight's castle... Felt a bit shaky but couldn't tell if it was fear or nervousness."

Babs rolled her eyes out of Ryan's line of sight. She looked back and smiled a bit. "Next question from me." She said. "Say you were born here in Equestria. What would you want to be born as? Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony or Griffon?"

Ryan thought some more. "Tough one..." He said. "...I'm gonna have to say griffon. Meat eating, Flying, claws so I can grip stuff and just having a tail is cool. I'm not one to do stuff that has to do with keeping a straight tail."

Applebloom sighed a bit. "Guess'n you gotta be born with a tail to keep track of one." She said. "Lets see if I got another one before we get into town..." She thought again to herself.

Ryan hopped on the scooter and pulled the cord again starting the motor back up. "Well I'll be busy making progress if ya need me!" He said before zipping down the road.

It didn't take long for him to get way ahead of the mares before he went in a few small circles. Babs laughed a bit. "That what he calls 'progress?'" She asked looking over to her cousin. Applebloom laughed a bit and shrugged. "You think he's had any progress findin' a lover since he's been in Equestria?"

Applebloom sighed letting her giggles subside. "You're askin' if he's gone and found someone to sit with and smooch?" She said looking over at Babs. Babs nodded hesitantly blushing. "Well he has snuck into Scoot. Gave me a bit but not the whole thing. He even gave my sister a ride and I don't mean he climbed on her back and they ran around the orchard." She looked back to the boy who continued down the road to make more 'progress.' "If you're thinkin' about hoppin' on that boy try not to crush him. Let him know you like him, send him a few letters, maybe get Uncle Orange to let you visit more often and you could be giving him a little thing to enjoy."

Babs gave a little whimper looking back at her flank which had tree seeds as her cutie mark. "...I really hope he can help me with this damn heat..." She said. "...This shit's been bugging me since Manehattan... I wanted to duck into a bush, into a restroom or deep in the forest to get a little relief but that sister of yours busted me and sent me straight here...."

The mares country cousin sighed blushing. "...AJ told me if Granny saw me she'd be tannin' my hide before I had a chance to say I was sorry." She said. She looked back at the road seeing Ryan making progress at the end of the road. He leaned a bit too far and bit the dust rolling a bit. "Ryan!" Both mares ran the rest of the way towards the boy who was sitting up holding his arm. "Ry! You okay there bud?"

Babs helped Ryan up dusting him off with her tail. "...Yeah... Just a little stupidity..." He said rubbing his arm. "...Arm hurts but... I really don't think it's that serious..."

Applebloom picked the scooter up and Babs sat down. "Alright lose the jacket and lets see the damage." Babs said. Ryan removed his jacket hesitantly. As he took his arms out of his sleeves one was bruised here and there. "Try moving it a bit? Gotta make sure it aint more than a few bruises... Trust me what looks to be just a few bruises could be a bit of a fracture or something...." Ryan moved his arm a bit and gasped quickly taking it back. "...Shit... Doin' that high speed of a fall really woulda hurt bad." Babs lowered herself and helped Ryan on.

Applebloom killed the motor to the scooter and sighed. "Lets just get him home." She said. Ryan leaned on his arm a bit and grunted not wanting to cry out in pain. "...Maybe we can get him over to Fluttershy... My brother n sister would just tell him to walk it off... Dash would have some stupid thing to heal him, Twilight doesn't do healing, the damn hospital is for ponies and I got no clue if Pinkie or Rarity would even try to help him. Pinkie would try n make him laugh and... Heck I aint sure what Rarity does when Sweetie Belle gets hurt."

Babs looked back at Ryan who was obviously trying to hold back tears. "Maybe we should swing by his place, drop the scooter off and then get him fixed up..." She said. "...Either that or we could get AJ and Big Mac to help me out. Applejack could get me over to... Who ever you just said and you could just take the scooter back and meet me there."

Ryan brought his hood over his head and hid his eyes as tears started to stream down his cheeks. "...J-just do something... I don't know how long I can take it..." He said.

Applebloom looked back to the road. "You just go on ahead I'll get Ry's scooter back to the house!" She said. Babs nodded and started off towards town. "Be careful with him! And if you see Scoot in town tell her what happened!"

Babs looked back and nodded just as Ryan started to cry softly. A little while later Ryan was full on in tears. Babs passed ponies who looked at the crying boy on her back. Each pony she saw made her more and more worried. She looked down an intersection three ways except the way she came. "...Which way was the fuckin' train station again....?" She asked herself. She looked to her right and saw a colt carrying a basket full of apples on his back. She started for him. "Sir! You! With the Apples!"

The colt looked at the worried mare and the crying boy. "Yeah? What do you need?" He asked.

"You got those apples from a cart in town right?" Babs asked. The colt nodded. "Ran by a colt and a mare?" He nodded again. "Which way?" The colt looked to his right down the road and pointed. Before he had a chance to ask why Babs was already in motion. She hurried as fast as she could without causing Ryan more pain. Soon she found the cart with Applejack and Big Mac selling their apple products. "AJ BIG MAC!" She called out.

Applejack looked to her cousin and gasped seeing Ryan in his injured state. "What the hell happened to him?! You didn't hurt him didja?!" She snapped. Babs shook her head. Applejack looked to Ryan. "Sugarcube what happened?"

Ryan sniffled. "...S-scooter... Fall... hurts...." He forced out.

Big Mac came over and sighed. "...Alright AJ I owe you five bits." He said. "That scooter was an accident waiting to happen!"

Applejack looked back to Babs. "Where's Applebloom? She shoulda been with him when you got to the house!" She said.

Babs lowered herself so Ryan could get off with no problem. "She's goin' and takin' his ride back home." She said. "She told me to take him to Fluttershoes... Or somethin' like that."

Applejack huffed a bit. "Fluttershy." She said. "Alright Big Mac'll getcha there. His head aint all there today and we're losin' a bit of business cuz of it." She looked to her brother. "You heard that Big Mac?"

Big MacIntosh got all the way down for Ryan to hop on with a little help from Babs. "Yeah I got it. Take him to Fluttershy's and get his arm fixed." He said standing back up. "If Applebloom comes by and I aint back yet just have her work the shift!" Applejack gave a nod before her brother and cousin hurried off. After a while they came up to Fluttershys home which looked to be made in a hill side. Ryan's cries simmered down to sniffles and whimpers. He still sobbed a bit but not as hard as before. Big Mac looked at his cousin. "Start knockin' I got him." He nodded towards Ryan. Babs nodded and walked up to the door. Big Mac looked back at Ryan as the mare knocked. "You alright there Ry?"

Ryan nodded just as Babs backed away from the door. Babs put her hoof on his leg. "You just try and keep yourself from losin' your lunch here." She said. "You tossin' your lunch would not look good."

Ryan whimpered and sobbed a little more just as the door opened. Big Mac looked to the door and saw Fluttershy looking as if she had just woken up from a nap. "Hey Flutter's sorry if we woke ya but we kinda need your help here." He said stepping up. Big Mac looked back at Ryan. "He seemed to have had a little fall and he just hurt his arm. You're the only one here who's helped small things his size reset a bone or somethin'"

Fluttershy stretched a bit and sighed. "...Bring him in I'll see what I could do..." She said yawning a bit. Big Mac nodded and went inside with Babs behind him as Fluttershy stepped aside. Once inside Big Mac got as low as he could. Ryan was helped off by Babs. He gasped a bit feeling a bit of pain. Fluttershy came over and helped him onto the couch. "Take the jacket off and I'll be right back... Just need a little pick-me-up..."

Ryan nodded hesitantly as Fluttershy went towards her kitchen. Babs came over and sat next to him. "Need a little help there?" She asked. Ryan nodded a bit and held his good arm out. Babs helped him out of one side of his jacket. When he turned to take his other arm out of the jacket he gave a yell nearly a blood curdling scream as he extended his arm. Babs grabbed his dirt covered jacket with her teeth and quickly pulled it off. He screamed again and started to cry more. "Shit sorry sorry!" She quickly pulled Ryan close and hugged him trying to be careful of his already bruised and red and puffy near the elbow which looked at an angle.

Fluttershy quickly came back looking more wide awake but startled. "What happened now?!" She asked scared.

Big Mac went behind Fluttershy and started nudging her towards Ryan. "His arm? C'mon Fluttershy y'gotta help him!" He said.

Fluttershy nodded and looked at the boys arm. "... It looks dislocated at the elbow..." She said. "Okay we're gonna need something for him to bite down on, soft but enough to keep him from chipping teeth, a makeshift sling... Maybe after we can take him to the hospital to get it in a cast." She looked to Big Mac. "You know how to make a sling don't you?" Big Mac nodded. "Good now go grab a towel and make one!" The red stallion nodded again. She looked to Babs. "Go grab a dish towel from the kitchen and ball it up to put in his mouth." Babs nodded and let Ryan lie back on the couch before getting up and going into the kitchen.

A little while later over with Applebloom she was running through town with Scootaloo, her mother and her father. Scootaloo looked as worried as her mother and father. "C'mon guys we're almost there!" The yellow mare said. "Lord I hope he'll be okay..."

Mr. Rubber grunted. "Dammit Scoot why didn't you talk me out of giving him that damn thing?!" He asked as they turned a corner.

Scootaloo huffed and turned another corner. "Dad! I did try and tell you!" She snapped. "You remember how many falls I took when I first got that thing? You just made it even MORE dangerous!"

Mrs. Rubber sighed and started to flap her wings. "...Hopefully I know how to do this right..." She said before she lifted off the ground. "This running is hurting my legs... Of course I haven't done it in a while..."

As they turned another corner Applebloom nearly ate it before continuing behind her worried friend. Just before they turned another corner they saw Big Mac following Fluttershy and Babs with Ryan passed out on Fluttershy's back as she flew down the road. "BIG MAC!" Applebloom called out.

Big Mac stopped and looked to his cousin and friend. "YOU GUYS JUST GO ON AHEAD! I'LL CATCH UP!" He yelled. He looked to Applebloom who ran up and hugged him. Scootaloo hugged him as well. "We did as much as we could but he ended up blacking out from the pain. Fluttershy should be getting to the hospital as we speak!"

Scootaloo pushed off. "What are we waiting for?! Lets get there!" She said before she ran off with her mother and father on her tail. Applebloom and Big Mac soon followed.

Hours later Ryan was in a hospital bed hooked up to an IV still passed out. Scootaloo sat against the wall with her mother hugging her worried. Big Mac sat with Fluttershy on a nearby couch. Mr. Rubber paced in front of the bed with his head hung as if he had failed at something. "...This is all my fault..." He said. "...I shouldn't have gotten him that fucking scooter..."

Scootaloo looked up at her father. "C'mon daddy don't blame yourself." She said getting up. "You just wanted him to get places fast. It's my fault for even letting you take my scooter..." She hung her head and hugged her father.

Mrs. Rubber got up too. "Look it's all our faults." She said. She looked to her husband. "It's your fault for kicking him out when he wanted to spend time with us." She looked to Scootaloo. "I don't mean to say this sweetie but... It's your fault for not stopping your father from doing that."

Just then Babs came back inside the room with a white coated and pink maned nurse. She was an earth pony. Big Mac got up from the couch and approached the mare. "Is he gonna be alright?" The red stallion asked.

The nurse gave a humble smile going to the boys bedside. "He'll be just fine." She said. "You were lucky to not smash his arm up even more when you reset that bone. We have a mare by the name of Lyra coming in to take a look at his injuries. She said she's studied the humans and how they work."

Fluttershy sighed. "...Thank Celestia..." She said. "I just got so scared when he collapsed... Will it be long for him to wake up?"

The nurse shook her head. "Not at all. If i'm right he should come to within the next hour." She said. "Everyone can go back to their homes but we will need somepony here to help him out."

Big Mac looked to Babs and Fluttershy. "Alright girls... Guess we should get back to Sweet Apple Acres." He said. "Applebloom should be helping AJ with the cart and I think we might need a drink after this..."

Babs sighed and sat down on the couch. "...I'll stay here Big Mac..." She said. "...I feel like I just need some time alone..." Big Mac gave a smile and nodded as Fluttershy got up.

Scootaloo came over to Babs and sat with her. "...You mind if I stay too?" She asked. "...Gotta be there for my brother... You know?" Babs nodded just as Mr. and Mrs. Rubber left the room. "...You.... Want some Pizza? My dad's going to cancel our dinner with the princess and just grab something quick..."

Babs gave a smile. "Thank's Scootaloo..." She said. "I always thought you were one of them fillies who could survive in the city... Your dad prolly let's you hop the train and go visit someone in Fillydelfia or maybe somewhere in Manehattan..."

The orange pegasus looked to her brother in the bed. "...Nah... My dad needs me around..." She said. "...I can only roam Ponyville. If my dad had me get on a train it'd have to be with somepony I know wont screw with me... If I did have someone on their they'd have to have someone else on to make sure it wont happen."

Babs looked to Ryan as well. "...I'm surprised he's your brother..." She said. "...You know how old this boy is?"

"...Nineteen." Scootaloo replied hesitantly. "Same age as me... He and I ran into each other a few weeks ago out in the forest... I ran of and hid just the night before after my dad yelled at me for some stupid thing I didn't even do..."

Babs slung a hoof over her friend. "...I know how that feels." She said. "Walkin' outta store with my saddle bags on. A colt passes me quick knockin' me into the door as the sensors go off. That colt had a hidden case of cola. I was taken into custody by the guard but while we were on our way back to my place the shopkeep caught the real shoplifter trying to pull the same thing with a few bags of chips."

The two mares talked a few minutes more about their run-ins with the guard about theft. Ryan groaned a bit alerting the mares. Scootaloo and Babs sprang up going to either side of the bed. "Ryan! C'mon wake up!" Scootaloo said.

Ryan opened his eyes a bit and saw Scootaloo and Babs over him. He gritted his teeth as he repositioned. Babs put a hoof on top of him keeping him still. "Don't move. You're still hurting and you need to rest so you can get that thing casted up." She said. "I'll grab a nurse for ya. You just sit still alright?"

Ryan nodded before Babs left the bedside and went for the door. Scootaloo whimpered a bit hanging her head tearing up. "...Ry... I'm sorry..." She said. "...Dad should've just let you stay... If you didn't leave you wouldn't be here..."

Ryan sighed a bit averting his gaze. "...Well... I was only doing what dad said..." He said. "...Not to mention I needed to write in my journal a bit more..." He looked to his busted up arm. "...Now I cant really do much... I'd really need help with my entries..."

Scootaloo sniffled wiping her eyes. "...M-maybe I could help?" She asked. "...It was my scooter and dad would make me help anyways... Either that or Spike but I don't think Princess Twilight could give him up for even a minute." Scootaloo backed away from the bed seeing Babs on her way back in with a seafoam green unicorn mare. "If you need me I'll be out in the hall waiting for mom and dad to get back."

Ryan nodded just as the unicorn nurse came to the bedside with Babs. "Ryan this is Nurse Lyra." Babs said. Ryan smiled at the mare. She had a white streak in her mane and a harp for a cutie mark.

Lyra gave a smile. "You must be my patient. First one!" She said using her magic to sit Ryan up. "You really hurt yourself here haven't you? Mind telling me what happened?"

Ryan nodded as his puffy and busted arm floated up now sitting horizontal. "I was screwing around on my new scooter and I fell... Didn't realize I landed so hard I dislocated my elbow..." He said. "...It... Is back in place isn't it?" He grunted as Lyra lifted his arm up over his head.

"Sorry about this." Lyra said setting his arm back down. "Your arm will be set in a cast at a ninety degree angle. You will still be able to move your shoulder but your arm and hand wont move. It's going to take a week for that thing to heal." She used her magic to stand Ryan up on the ground. "Come along now. Let's get that done!"

Ryan gave a nod and followed Lyra out whimpering in pain. Not long later Ryan's arm was casted in a red cast rested in a sling. He sat with Babs, Scootaloo, Mr. Rubber and Mrs. Rubber in their home eating a big cheese pizza. Babs sat on the floor with Ryan while Scootaloo sat with her mother and father. Scootaloo swallowed a bite. "How's the pizza Ry?" She asked.

Ryan swallowed what he could of the bite he had taken. "...Pretty good... Might only have a slice or two..." He said. "Still got dirt in my teeth. Not to mention this arm is killing me with the pain..."

Mr. Rubber set his pizza crusts down and sighed. "...Ry... I wanna say I'm sorry for kicking you out earlier..." He said getting up. "...I just thought... Maybe Scootaloo and I could've had a bit of alone time with your mother but... I felt stupid after the fact but... I didn't know if you and Applebloom were doing something I shouldn't see or if you were just doing a bit of work... When Applebloom told me you ate shit on that damn scooter I got a bit scared." He knelt down in front of his son. "You think you can forgive me?"

Ryan nodded before swallowing what he had left in his mouth. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ryan looked to his father confused. "....Who's that?" He asked. Mr. Rubber shrugged going over to the door. The boy set his pizza down and got up with the help of Babs. She nuzzled him a bit before letting him walk of towards the door. When his father opened the door there standing in the light of the home was Spike! He was accompanied by a guard. "Spike? Dude what're you doing here?"

Spike gave a smile entering the home. "Fluttershy came by and told me you messed up your arm." He said. "Twilight has told you to write entries in your journal and I think this might be a good entry to write about. You tell me what to write and I gotcha!"

Ryan gave a smile stepping to the side for the guard to come in. "Well that's nice of you Spike." He said walking towards the hall. He looked to Babs. "You wanna come with? You might like what I have to say." Babs nodded and stood up as well. She grabbed her plate and Ryan's putting both on the coffee table before following the boy and the dragon. As they entered Ryan's room he went to his dresser and took his journal off along with his pencil. He gave it to Spike as he hopped onto the bed sighing. "I've been here for almost a month or so and there's only two entries."

Spike chuckled. "Don't worry about it!" He said opening the book. "Princess Celestia had Twilight write letters to her expressing the moments of friendship. She wasn't told to write about it every day but every chance she got." Spike got the pencil ready. "Now about the entry?"

Ryan sighed and gave Babs a smile as she sat on the floor. "First off I'm glad I met Scootaloo's mother and accepted her as mine..." He said. "She was there for me when I was being poked by that unicorn guard and I was there to give her daughter comfort when she was missing her. Next... I want to say being a show off isn't a good thing to do... Even when you're trying to put a smile on someone's face. The mare that I was trying to impress wasn't looking but I was glad she was there for me after the fact that I crashed and burned. I might want to be more than friends with her once my arm heals but... Maybe I can heal a heart before that happens." He looked to Spike blushing a bit. "Try and keep it clean there bud. I don't want Princess Twilight thinking I'm just keeping myself happy like that."

Spike nodded as he finished the entry. He faced the pages towards Ryan for him to read the entry. "Well tell me what you think!" He said.

Ryan took the book in his good hand and set it on his lap holding it open.

'Dear Princess Twilight,

Today I met my mother thanks to your help. She's a really kind and thoughtful mare. As you know she protected me from a guard who assaulted me, a human boy more fragile than anypony around here. I also want to thank you for taking appropriate action with that guard. Another thing is I met Applebloom's cousin after I had gotten my new scooter from my father who... kind of regretted his decision after I injured myself. Fluttershy and Big Mac were nice enough to help me get my arm back into place and to the hospital where the mare I was trying to impress was there. The mare being Applebloom's cousin, Babs Seed made it easier to make friends with her. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her in the future. Oh and I'm sorry about the dinner plans. We can definitely reschedule the dinner even without the guest we have. I want my arm to heal fast because I still need to start work at Sweet Apple Acres to get working. Just adding to the memories of my new life in Equestria.

Ryan!'

Ryan gave a laugh closing the book up. "Well I think it's great Spike." He said setting the book aside. He looked to Babs who had tears in her eyes. "And yes I was trying to impress you. I tried doing a wheelie but I hit a rock and ate it. And... Really you should be old enough to make your own decision to what you want to do... Maybe if you're given a few more weeks here I can give you whatcha want."

Babs smiled at Ryan as a tear streamed down her cheek. "...I'll like that..." She said. "...And... If you want to have a little time together I'll be more than happy to hang out with you..." She sniffled and hugged Ryan barely missing his cast. "...Anythin' you need I can lend a hoof..." She gave him a kiss on his cheek before sobbing a bit.

Spike hopped off the bed giving a chuckle. "I'll give you two some alone time." He said. "You seem like you need it." Ryan gave a thumbs up just before Spike disappeared out the door. As the purple dragon came from the hall he saw Mr. Rubber nuzzling his wife on the couch. Scootaloo still sat eating her pizza with the guard next to her. He was having a slice himself. "Alright! All done with that journal entry Mr. Rubber!"

Mr. Rubber looked to Spike. "Thanks Spike." He said. "You tell Princess Twilight we should be having Ryan spend the night there soon. You come back in a few days to see if you can help Ryan update the journal again."

Scootaloo swallowed the bite of pizza as the guard finished his slice. "Speaking of Ryan where is he?" She asked. "Is he still in the room with Babs?"

Spike sighed a bit as the guard got up. "Yeah. She's just having some liquid pride after what Ryan said to her." He said. "If I were you I'd probably check on them so Babs doesn't fall on him and crush him even more." Spike looked to the guard next to him as he opened the door. "Let's get back to the castle. Pizza isn't my food but it sure is making me want some Gems!" The guard nodded and followed the little dragon out before closing the door.

A few hours later Babs was passed out on the couch with a blanket. Ryan stood with his father standing over the sleeping mare. "... Thanks for letting her stay here Dad..." Ryan whispered.

Mr. Rubber sighed. "...You're welcome Ry... The least I can do for booting you from the house earlier..." He said. He looked down at him. "Your mother is in Scootaloo's room if you want to stay up with them... You and I both know Scootaloo would probably want someone there for her if someone passed out first." Ryan nodded before giving Babs a kiss on her forehead blushing a bit. He left the couch and went for the hall.

As he walked down the hall he heard a bit of sobbing coming from Scootaloo's room. He stopped at the door looking in at his sister and mother as his sister cried into her chest. "...Scootaloo please don't cry..." Mrs. Rubber said. "...I know you don't want this to end but believe me this hurts more to me than it does you... We both want to keep seeing each other after today but... We also know that this day was a great day... You and I spending the day together again... Listening to CCR with my son... Honestly... I feel as if I could just hold you in my heart and take you with me but I know I cant do that and you really wouldn't like being away from your brother and your father..."

Ryan knocked on the door with his good hand alerting the mother and daughter. "...You guys okay in here?" He asked.

Scootaloo got up breaking the embrace with her mother. She sniffled and shook her head. "...M-mommy's disappearing tomorrow morning..." She said. "...I-I.... I DONT WANT HER TO GO!" She collapsed and started to cry harder.

Mrs. Rubber got up from the bed and sat next to her daughter while Ryan knelt down. He stroked her mane shushing her as she cried. "...Scootaloo look... I wish we could keep mom too..." He said. "Remember I had to leave my own parents... Your parents are more loving than mine... Yes mom is leaving but... Don't think of it as goodbye... Think of it as a see you later... You'll see her again next time Twilight brings her back for a visit... Could be for our birthday... Could even be just a few months from now... Just know you'll see her again..." He gave a bit of a smile as Scootaloo sat back up.

"Well put Ryan..." Mrs. Rubber said resting her wing on his back. "...We'll be able to do this again. May or may not be soon but we can visit... Just carry on my memories.... Your father should help you with that..." She rested her other wing on her daughter's back. "If you ever listen to those hippy rock CD's I left somewhere in the basement there's something meant for Scootaloo to have... I wanted to save it for her birthday but I seemed to have missed it..." She blushed smiling warmly. "...You can either split the CD's or you can take them for yourself Scootaloo... Not to mention the other thing I kept with the CD's... That's pretty much all yours. You wanna go see it?" Scootaloo sniffled and nodded getting up.

Scootaloo helped Ryan up with her wing. They walked out of the room and back down the hall. They went out into the living room seeing Mr. Rubber washing the dishes. They went towards the basement door. Scootaloo went through first and went down first. Ryan went down after her carefully as not to miss a step. Scootaloo felt Ryan put his hand on her flank and heard him whimpering a bit. "...Ry you cant be scared of the dark..." She said. "Please tell me you aren't afraid of the dark..."

Ryan sighed. "I'm not afraid of the dark." He said. "I'm just afraid of.... Falling on my ass twice in one day.... getting killed from not having a weapon, and worst of all spiders.... I.... Hate.... SPIDERS!" He shivered a bit and grunted a bit having a sharp pain jolt through his busted arm.

Mrs. Rubber hummed a bit. "...You really must've came from a bad family if you needed a weapon." She said as Scootaloo switched the light on. The washing machine and dryer sat against the far wall away from the stairs. Boxes sat stacked on shelves on the side walls. Most of which were labled 'Fragile' or 'memorables'. Some were marked 'Kitchen ware', 'Music', and a few marked 'Emergency Supplies'. "Alright... One of these has to have my gift for you." Mrs. Rubber grabbed one of the boxes labled 'Music' off the shelves and sat it on the floor as Scootaloo grabbed the other box.

Ryan sat down next to his sister and picked at the tape that held it shut. "Shouldn't be too hard..." He said gripping the piece of tape he lifted up. Scootaloo held the box down as Ryan pulled the tape tearing away a thin layer of paper. He ripped it off allowing one of the flaps to open up a little bit. He did the same thing to the other box and the mother daughter duo opened the boxes all the way at the same time. He looked into both boxes and saw numerous CD's from The Who, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cream and a lot of other sixties and seventies hippie rock groups. "...Wow... Mom you really went in deep and pulled the key to a vault of gold here..."

His mother gave a little laugh. "Yeah..." She said. "...I used to own record after record of these bands that got a bit cluttered up but when CD's came out I just... It was really a big clean up. Lord knows where I put my record collection after that but I'm sure it's around here somewhere." She started to dig through the CD's taking a few of them out. "....You know you are welcome to keep these in your room Ryan... I figured you deserve them after what you've done for my flower foal."

Ryan smiled and leaned on his mother a bit being careful of his arm. Scootaloo blushed a bit. "Mommy can you not call me that please...?" She asked setting a few CD cases aside. "....It's kinda making me want to cry again..."

Her mother gave a sigh. "Alright but... Just remember I have only a limited amount of time to call you that...." She said. She looked back in the box taking a few more CD's out. She gasped a bit. "There it is! Alright Scootaloo close your eyes!" Scootaloo closed her eyes and Ryan watched as his mother pulled a framed picture out a long with a necklace similar to their mother's. "Alright before you open your eyes I want you to get closer to your brother." Scootaloo nodded and hesitantly scooted to the side a bit feeling around with her hoof. Ryan moved a few Rolling Stones CD's back into the box clearing a spot for his sister as she nearly was at his side.

Scootaloo's hoof knocked into Ryan and she stopped. "Can I open my eyes yet?" She asked.

Mrs. Rubber gave the picture to Ryan to have him hold it. "Just one more second sweetie." She said getting up with the necklace hung on her hoof. Ryan looked at the picture and saw his father and mother holding a little filly. Must've been Scootaloo but it was kind of hard to tell since the photo was in black and white. Not to mention it was a bit dusty as well. As Mrs. Rubber hung the necklace on her daughters neck she sighed a bit. "Alright Scoot... Open them."

Scootaloo looked down and saw the peace necklace. "...Mom... It's just like yours..." She said looking up at her mother. "...It's beautiful... Thank you..." She hugged her mother giving a little whimper.

Her mother gave a sigh taking the picture from her son. "...This goes with it..." She said giving her the picture. "...And... That actually is my necklace... I gave it to your father a while ago and we decided to put it somewhere safe. I got a new one right before... it... happened... and because I was buried like this it just stayed with me when I ascended... You keep this... keep my memories... and keep your father happy along with your brother... I promise you'll be happy." She smiled tearing up and hugged her daughter. Ryan hesitantly joined in. Mrs. Rubber adjusted herself starting to sob and hugged Ryan as well.

Ryan suddenly screamed out in pain pushing his mother away falling back and holding his casted arm. "RYAN!" Scootaloo said springing to her hooves. Scootaloo helped Ryan up a bit. "Ry? C'mon you need to get up to bed and rest... I'll set an alarm for you so you can say goodbye to her..." Ryan whimpered his eyes welling up with tears.

"Scootaloo?" Someone upstairs said. It was their father. "Scoot is everything alriii-" Suddenly yelling and the sound of something tumbling down stairs.

Scootaloo and Mrs. Rubber looked up at the stairs and saw Mr. Rubber rolling down the stairs and smacking into a shelf having a box fall on top of him. "DADDY!" Scootaloo said quickly going to her father. "Daddy! Come on! Answer me!" She pushed the box off starting to tear up. Her father was out cold. She put her ear to his chest. His heart was still beating and he was still breathing as well. She looked back at her mother who was already getting Ryan onto her back. "Mommy! Hurry and get Babs up! We need her!"

Mrs. Rubber nodded and quickly stepped over the passed out stallion with her son crying on her back. About fourty five minutes later Scootaloo was helping medic ponies- both unicorn- load her father into a stretcher. Mrs. Rubber was standing to the side a bit teary eyed. "...Please be careful with him!" She said.

One of the unicorn medics looked up at her. "Ma'am don't worry we're professionals." He said. "Now we are going to need someone to come with us just in case he has some kind of brain damage or amnesia."

Mrs. Rubber looked to Scootaloo. Scootaloo looked back up at her. "...Mommy let me go..." Scootaloo said. "You should stay here and help Ryan if he needs it."

"Scootaloo no!" Her mother snapped. "I'll go too. Ryan has that friend of yours with him in his room. She should be fine and... I wanna spend more time with you before I leave in the morning... I know Ry' wanted to spend more time with me as well but that long time while I was away made me miss you and he already has accepted me as his mother... And I have given him a few gifts as well... We should just get going..." Scootaloo sniffled and nodded just as the unicorn medics lifted the stretcher with their magic.

The mother daughter duo followed them up the stairs and into the living room. Scootaloo hurried down the hall stopping at her brothers door. She looked in and saw Ryan lying in his bed sniffling just looking at Babs who looked tired and concerned for him. "Ryan? Babs?" She said. They both looked to her. "You two are going to be here alone because of a few things... One the medics say me and mom need to be at the hospital incase dad has amnesia. Two is we cant just have me go there and leave you here with mom. She has to leave in the morning. I want to spend as much time as possible."

Ryan sniffled and averted her gaze. "...I-I understand...." He said. "....Just... Give mom a hug from me before she leaves... and make sure dad is okay..." Scootaloo nodded and left the door way. Ryan looked down at Babs. "...You're a light sleeper aren't you? I might need someone to help me..."

Babs gave a bit of a smile. "...You got nothin' to worry about..." She said. "...I'll wake up to just about anythin'. My dad sound proofed my room to the point where I cant hear a thing... You just get on to sleep. I'll grab a few pillows and sleep on the floor in here. Anything you need before I go?"

Ryan nodded a bit. "...Maybe get me something to drink?" He asked. "I have some sodas in the fridge... Grab a few.. I might be up until this pain dies down..."

Babs nodded and got up. She was only a few moments out of the room before coming back with two cans of soda. One in her hoof, the other pinched between her bicep and fore arm. She set both cans down and cracked them both open giving one of them to the injured boy. "There... You'll probably need to use the toilet afterwards." She said. "I could help you up and to the bathroom but you should get everything done yourself. Right?"

Ryan sipped at his soda. "Yeah... But I'd need help with the fixtures..." He said. "I was having a bit of trouble earlier. But now I only got one hand free I'm really gonna need some help...." He drank from his soda again curling up a bit. "...This sucks... I wanted to spend some time with mom but I only spent a few hours with her... It's like only getting to a concert only to have them play two songs and be done..."

Babs sighed setting her soda down. "I know how ya feel there..." She said. "...My dad works almost non stop in Manehattan... He works by selling oranges that he does nothing to grow... He has griffons in the outskirts picking the fresh ones and crating them up... I sometimes go down there to plant some seeds but he wants me to act like a spoiled rich filly... I know of friggen assholes who just rake in the cash and don't do jack to do anything to help sell what they made."

"...Sounds like you and I are the same." Ryan said setting his soda can down and lying back in bed. "You want to help make money instead of just sitting around and waiting for it to be given to you on a silver fuckin' platter... I was given a job at Sweet Apple Acres before my birthday but I ended up slicing some robber up and getting a bounty that was on his head." He looked away from Babs. "Now my arm is fucked up and I gotta wait to get into work."

Babs and Ryan continued to drink their sodas for a few minutes more. Before Ryan had a chance to get up he was already nodding off. Babs had forgotten about getting him to the toilet. She sat at his bedside just watching him as he slept. "...I'll be riiiiiiight here when you need me..." She whispered before kissing his forehead a bit.

A few hours later Ryan woke up to an aching bladder. It was dark but he could hear someone sleeping near by. "....Babs? That you?" Ryan said softly but a bit panicked. He heard Babs shift a bit but not answer. "Babs? Babs! C'mon please wake up!" Still no answer. The aching turned to a bad pain. He would've turned the light on but it was on the side of the bed with his bad arm. Instead he took his pillow from under his head and chucked it to where he thought the sleeping mare was. Ended up hitting the nail on the head because he heard a groan. "Babs! Help! Bathroom!"

Babs gasped a bit and threw the pillow to the side before springing to her hooves. She felt her way around the dark and bumped into the bed accidentally causing Ryan to yelp a bit. She felt her way around the bed hearing Ryan whimper a bit and went for the light. When she flipped on the light she looked to Ryan. He was blushing hard with tears in his eyes and his hand over his mouth. She looked at his bed and saw a stain growing on his pants and his bed with a slight pitter patter. "... Oh shit...." She said blushing. "....I am so sorry! Uh..." She started to think quickly as Ryan started to sob a bit embarrassed. Babs went around the bed as the stain stopped growing. She helped Ryan out of the bed and saw his entire backside soaked and stained. "....C'mon just get undressed and I'll help you wash up alright?" Ryan sniffled and nodded.

Not too long later Ryan was naked and blushing as Babs wiped him down with a wet wash cloth in the bathroom. Babs sat on the toilet while Ryan stood with his legs open facing away from her. "....I... I cant believe that happened..." He said sniffling. "...I-I haven't wet the bed since preschool...."

Babs sighed. "... If it makes you feel any better I've been having occasional accidents cuz of stress and me bein' in heat...." She said. "...No worries my mouth is shut... I aint no squealer... You're safe from everyone knowin' about this... well... other than Scootaloo and your parents... and... Me for that matter..."

Ryan sniffled and turned around and let Babs clean his crotch. ".... I... I hate today... First I bust my arm up... Then I wet the bed..." He said. "...I don't want this... I'm 19... I'm an adult... I'm acting like a fucking baby..." He sobbed a bit hiding his face.

Babs tossed the tissues into a nearby trash can. She rested a hoof on his shoulder. "C'mon no more crying you're going to get sick!" She said. "I don't want to have you puke and end up in the hospital again... Lets just calm down... Get into some nice clean clothes and sleep out in the living room... I'll still be fine sleeping on the floor..." Ryan sniffled and leaned into Babs. She nuzzled and shushed the embarrassed boy.

Not the best day for Ryan or Babs for that matter... Come to think of it is it a good day for anyone? Probably probably not.

Author's Note

DONT QUESTION ME ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE! I HAVE NEVER DISLOCATED A BONE ANYWHERE IN MY BODY!