Family Frantics (A Father's Day Special)
By Golden Flare
It was a beautiful morning in Ponyville as this town's local storywriter, Golden Flare, went on his daily stroll through the neighborhood. During of which, he heard the same phrase from everypony he passed by:
"Happy Father's Day!"
Eeyup, it's Father Day today, and Golden doesn't have a father to celebrate it with, but he could care less about that.
. . .
What? Did you expect me to write my usual cliché plot on every holiday special? Nah, that's not what this story's about, so let's get back on topic.
Golden continued his little walk until he made it to Twilight's castle; he was upset that the Golden Oaks Library was blown to bits by that monster, Tirek, but at least he can go to Twilight's new home and get a book or two if he needs it. In fact, that's why he was headed there, and to say hello to the Princess of Friendship and her #1 Assistant. He knocked on the door a few time and waited for one of them to answer it, in a few moments, it was Spike.
"Oh, hey, Golden! Long time, no see!" He greeted.
Golden chuckled, "Good to see you, too, little buddy. Is Twilight home?"
"Yeah, but we kinda have company right now."
"Her dad's here?"
Spike's reptilian eyes widened, "How did you—"
"It's Father's Day, kinda obvious, little buddy."
"Oh...right." Spike rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Anyway, I just came by to say hello and to pick up a book."
"Oh, okay, come on in!"
Spike opened the door wider for Golden to enter, he step through and admired the crystalline texture of the inside of the castle. They entered what appeared to be a living room and saw two ponies seated across from each other, one was Princess Twilight and blue unicorn stallion with a dark blue, combed mane and wavy tail, yellow eyes, and his Cutie Mark was a crescent moon with a smaller crescent moon nestled inside it. Golden assumed that must be Twilight's dad. He and Spike trotted up to them as they took notice of their presence.
"Oh! Good morning, Golden!" Twilight greeted, "I wasn't expecting you to come today."
"Just came to say hello and borrow a book or two," he turned to the stallion in other chair, "and you must be Twilight's father."
"Yes, I am," the stallion replied, "my name is Night Light," he extended his hoof to Golden, "a pleasure to meet you, Mister..."
"Flare. Golden Flare." He introduced himself as he shook Night's hoof.
Night suddenly stretched a smug grin across his face, "So, are you dating my little girl?"
"GAH! DAD!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Let me stop this wildfire before it spreads, I'm seeing somepony else." Golden cleared up.
"Oh, sorry about that," Night apologized, "it's just so fun to tease my daughter every now and then."
"It's okay."
"So, who are you dating, Mr. Flare—"
"GOLDIE, GOLDIE, GOLDIE, GOLDIE, GOLDIE, GOLDIE!!"
Out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie burst through the door and crashed into Golden, standing on top of him with a big smile.
"Her." Golden pointed a hoof at the mare who has him pinned down, "Hey, Pinks, what's up?"
"TWO NEW PONIES CAME FROM THE TRAIN STATION AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO MEET THEM!"
"Okay, okay, okay, Pinks," Golden tried to calm her as he nudged her off and stood up, "I'll go with you, just try not to lose it," he turned to Twilight, "Sorry, I'll have to pick up a book later, but it was nice seeing you guys again."
"Same here," Twilight said, "we'll see you two later!"
Golden and Pinkie left the castle and headed into town towards the train station to greet two new ponies in Ponyville. But little did either of them know that those two ponies are the last ponies that Golden ever wanted to see...
As the two lovebirds made their way to the train station, Pinkie told Golden everything she's done with friends since the last time they saw each other; they went to the Grand Galloping Gala and she made friends with something called "The Smooze", she and Rainbow Dash were tasked with helping the kingdom of Griffonstone with a friendship problem via Cutie Map (he still doesn't understand how that thing works, even after she told him about their confrontation with a unicorn named Starlight Glimmer), and how they fought a Bugbear rampaging through Ponyville on the day of Cranky and Matilda's wedding, which he attended in the far back, but that's another story for another time, what Golden couldn't understand was how he could've missed the Bugbear.
I mean, sure, I was holed up in the house most of the day preparing my tux to go to the wedding, but still! Golden thought.
In the time it took for Pinkie to tell her tales, they made it to their destination. Inside, they saw the two ponies Pinkie mentioned before; one was a unicorn mare with a light brown mane, yellow coat, brown eyes, and a forest fire for a Cutie Mark. The other was a Pegasus stallion with a golden blonde mane, metallic blue coat, blue eyes, and a suit of gold armor as his Cutie Mark. Golden's blood ran cold when he recognized them.
The mare turned in their direction and sneered, "Well, well, well, look what the timberwolves drug in."
"Huh?" Pinkie said, confused.
Golden glared at the two ponies who approached them, "Careless Spark. Gold'n Steel." He addressed them, emotionlessly.
"That's 'mom and dad' to you, son." The stallion named Gold'n Steel corrected, venom dripping from his words.
"Wait, WHAT!?" Pinkie exclaimed.
"You're a tough pony to find, you know," Careless spoke, sneer still present.
"I thought I was finally rid of you two all those years ago." Golden retorted.
"Yeah, well, you thought wrong, c'mon, we're leaving," Careless reached for him, but he batted her hoof away.
"I'm not going anywhere, especially with either of you."
"Listen to me, you little brat, I am your mother, and I say we're going home!"
Pinkie stood in between Careless and Golden and pointed a hoof at her, "No touchie my Goldie! He said, 'no', and no means no!"
"And just who do you think you are, talking to my wife like that?" Gold'n stepped in.
"She happens to be my girlfriend and I would appreciate it very much if you didn't lay a hoof on her." Golden warned.
"Oh, yeah? And what are you gonna do about it, huh?"
POW!
Gold'n was attacked from behind with a trash bin aimed at his head, he turned to face his attacker; a unicorn stallion with a dirty blonde mane, green coat, brown eyes, but no Cutie Mark.
Gold'n scowled when he saw him, "We meet again, Lloyd Shamrock."
"Who?" Golden and Pinkie questioned.
"Your long lost older brother, you dunce!" Careless yelled.
"WHAT?!" Golden screeched. Since when did I have an older brother?!
"I'll explain everything later, right now, we gotta deal with these jerks!" Lloyd called out.
Golden and Lloyd steeled themselves while Pinkie tried to look as menacing as possible.
"What in the name of the princesses is going on?!"
You all turned to see Mayor Mare, Princess Twilight, who is wearing her crown, with the rest of her friends and Night Light rushing into the station.
"Twilight! Thank Celestia you're here! These two meanies are Goldie's parents! You know, the ones who tried to disown him all those years ago? Now, they're trying to take him back! And there's that green stallion trying to help us! He's actually Goldie's older brother that he's never heard of—"
"Shut it!" Careless barked, "This has nothing to do with any of you! So, why don't you kiddies go play somewhere else?"
Her words were grinding on everypony's nerves as each of them showed their anger in their own way. Spike decided to take the initiative and quickly write a letter to Princess Celestia, Twilight looked down at her friend and nodded.
"Hey, what are doing over there, lizard?"
Spike finished the letter, raveled it up, and blew a puff of dragon fire onto it, sending to the princess. With a smug smile, he said, "Just wait till Princess Celestia gets here!"
"What are you...talking...about..." Careless' eyes became the size of dinner plates at her sudden realization. "Oh, no."
"Oh, yes!" Twilight declared, "I am Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship, and my #1 assistant just a letter to Princess Celestia, she'll be here any second to punish you two for your crimes!"
One by one, everypony in Ponyville came into the station and glared at the two terrible parents, ready to protect their princess. Golden couldn't believe this, everypony is helping them, itching to kick these monsters out of their town.
Careless was beginning to fume, "You...you...! Friendship is nothing but a bunch of hooey, anyway! The way we see it, ponies are like tissues—"
"—And tissues are meant to be used." Gold'n took over, "Used, and thrown away. That's how we've made our living."
Twilight was speechless as the entire town gasped in shock; how could somepony do such a thing to other ponies?
Careless smirked when Twilight didn't respond, "What's wrong? Did the wittle Pwincess finally shut her stupid muzzle?" She taunted in baby talk.
BOOM!
Careless and Gold'n tensed up when they something landed behind them. Fearfully, they slowly turned their heads to see Princess Celestia and a legion of pegasi and unicorn guards, glaring down at them with visible anger. This is one of the few times Twilight has ever seen her former teacher without the stoic mask she always wears.
"Careless Spark...Gold'n Steel...for the crimes of child abuse upon your children roughly ten years ago, and defiling the Magic of Friendship with your horrendous views of life, and in front of the Princess of Friendship, no less, by the power invested in me as ruler of Equestria, I hereby revoke your Equestrian citizenship, and banish you two from Equestria!"
"W-WHAT?! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!" Careless cried.
Gold'n tried to reason with the princess, "Your Majesty, if I may—"
"You may not!" Celestia shouted, silencing him, "Guards!"
Two of the unicorn guards nodded and their horns began to glow as magic hoofcuffs appeared, latching onto the couple's forehooves, and a magic blocker on Careless' horn.
"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US!" Careless screeched.
They ignored their cries of resistance and shoved them into a carriage-like chariot fashioned with iron bars and four pegasi guards hitched to it.
"This isn't over! Oh, this can't be over!" Gold'n whined.
Golden walked up to the chariot and said, "Deal with it, freaks, it's over."
"What he said," Lloyd agreed, joining his side.
As the chariot took off, everypony could faintly hear every piece of profanity being shouted at their kids. Celestia redirected her attention to Twilight with a relieved expression.
"I'm glad you sent me the letter when you did."
"It wasn't me, it was Spike."
"Really?"
Spike began wringing his claws sheepishly, "I was just doing what anypony would've done."
"Nevertheless, you helped put a stop to those who scarred their young." Celestia turned to Golden and Lloyd with a smile, "Isn't there something that you two would like to say to him?"
They stepped forward and the first to speak was Golden, "Spike...I owe you my life. Finally, I feel like I can let go of my past and live out my days like a normal pony, instead of moping around about my old life."
"I agree," Lloyd said, "maybe now, I can rest easy, knowing that our terrible family has finally gotten what they deserve."
"Annnnd, you two get to have a brotherly family reunion!" Pinkie cheered, bringing the two siblings into a bone-crushing hug, "PARTY AT SUGARCUBE CORNER!!"
The whole town rejoiced at this, tonight could possibly be the biggest bash Pinkie has ever thrown. All the while, Golden and Lloyd were still at the mercy of Pinkie's grip, rapidly losing airflow.
"This...hurts..." Lloyd wheezed out.
"You get used to it after a while," Golden said with a strained voice.
Pinkie lets go of them and they all bow to the princess before they go to Sugarcube Corner to help Pinkie prepare the party.
"Twilight?" Celestia spoke, "I know you are no longer my student, but is there anything that you've learned today?"
"Yes, there is," Twilight began, "I learned that sometimes good ponies can come from bad places, and those bad places can traumatize them, but with the help of good friends, you can find comfort in one another, and even find closure from such unforgettable experiences."
"As bright as always, Twilight," Celestia smiled, "now, let's go join the others, it'd be a shame to let them eat all of the cakes."
The two princesses made their way to the crowd, following them to Sugarcube Corner. In the front of the crowd, Pinkie, Golden, and Lloyd were enjoying each other's company as Golden wrapped his wing around her.
"So, you left before I was even born?" Golden asked.
"Yup, around the time I ran away, mom was four months pregnant with you," Lloyd answered.
"If that's so, then what's your take on all this?"
"Well, it's a long and sad story...you got any sarsaparilla?"
The End
Author's Note
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, EVERYPONY!!!!! 
EDIT: Sorry this came out a day late, went fishing with my stepdad and I got tired
If you want to see Lloyd's side of the story, check out his profile
