The Colt from Kilkally

After her letter had been written, she had sent it via a dragonfire candle before landing in Ponyville. She couldn’t believe her uncle was coming over, she hadn’t seen him since she was just a little filly. A smile grew on her face as she thought of the memories of him, the stallion was always somepony she could turn to for a good laugh or advice, just like her dad.

Of course she was going to fly to Cloudsdale the second she got, she just wanted to inform the others first of what was going on before she left all of a sudden. Making her way to Twilight’s castle, she flapped her wings and took flight, flying overhead. Several ponies waved to her and she waved back, nodding to some and waving to others.

She spotted the CMC cruising by in their wagon, Scootaloo driving them with her scooter. She still couldn’t believe their marks had finally come, and they were all connected to each other, don’t get her wrong. She was proud of Scootaloo and the rest for getting them after almost five years of searching, and she couldn’t be happier.

As she flew over them, she could see the castle in the distance, the crystal structure hard to miss even if you were not flying. Rainbow could see Twilight’s guards patrolling nearby and gave them a wave, they saluted back to her as she landed on the balcony and near Twilight’s door.

With a flutter of her wings, she cantered over to the door and opened it, and was almost decked with a book.

Naturally.

“Whoa!” Rainbow ducked as the book soared overhead, disappearing out of sight and onto the ground below. However, the book hit a guard’s helmet with a *bonk* noise, followed a thud. “Twilight? What in the hay are you doing?”

Twilight, the Alicorn princess of Friendship, was currently tossing books left from right, a frantic expression on her face. “Where is it, where IS IT?!” She cried, tossing books from the shelves. “Oh I can’t believe I lost it!”

“Twi, will ya calm down some?” AJ said from the other side of the room, Rainbow saw everypony was in the room, and sighed when she realized that would cut down on her time to find everypony.

“I’m sure you’ll find it soon darling.” Rarity said with a gentle smile.

“This is very important! How could I lose it!?”

“Lose what?” Rainbow asked the mare, tilting her head.

“The book on Starswirl the Bearded’s Transmogrification Theory!” She cried as Rainbow looked at the floor, finding her cyan colored hoof on top of a book. When Rainbow moved her hoof, she saw the same title.

“This book?” Rainbow wondered, holding up the book with a grin. Before Rainbow could bask in the glory of finding an object so easily, she found the book snatched away from her grasp by an eager Twilight who hugged the book close to her like a mother would do to a child.

Twilight suddenly became aware she was being stared at, and chuckled sheepishly as she stored all of the books away with a flick of her magic. “Hehehe, let’s just forget that please?”

Rainbow chuckled as she sat down. “Hehehe,”

“So what brings ya on by Rainbow Dash?” Applejack asked the rainbow haired mare, eyes locked on Dash’s with a smile.

Chuckling, Rainbow said, “I’m here to tell you guys I’m heading on home for a bit to visit my dad.”

Those words made everypony stop laughing and look at her. Twilight looked suspicious, Rarity looked intrigued, Pinkie was eating a balloon, Fluttershy was hiding behind her mane, but still looked interested, and Applejack had an odd smile on her face.

Rainbow smiled wide, a squeaky sound happening as her eyes darted to the left and right. “What?”

“You’ve never told us about your dad before,” Pinkie stated the obvious, the balloon she had eaten inflating with each breath, and… oddly enough made her start floating around the room.

“Yes, you’ve never told us of your father, Rainbow Dash.” Rarity said, appearing on Rainbow’s right. “Hmm…”

Rainbow raised an eyebrow at her friend’s invasive tendencies. “Umm… Rares?”

Rarity only smiled. “Are you sure you’re not seeing… a stallion for a different kind of reason?”

*Facehoof*

“Are you serious Rarity?” Rainbow asked her friend. “I haven’t seen my dad in five years, and some family is coming over so I thought I’d go for a visit.” I told her, it was the truth, she hadn’t seen her father in so long, and she wanted to go see him again.

Rarity however, didn’t believe her but nodded her head anyway. “Mmhmm…” The alabaster mare then turned around and walked over to the balcony, looking out into the sky leaving behind Rainbow to wonder just what the mare was up to.

“Well Ah think it’s pretty swell yer going ta go see family an’ all Rainbow Dash,” Applejack smiled, tilting her hat back. “So when ya leaving?”

“I’m thinking sometime tomorrow, I gotta get a bag ready and all that and let Spitfire I’m not going to be home.” Rainbow told her, rounding off what all she needed to do. Pack a bag, write Spitfire… that’s really all I need to do. She thought to herself, rubbing her chin. “Not much.”

“Well Ah hope you have a good time,” Applejack winked. “But hey, think you could tell us a little about yer dad?” Everypony else nodded, Rarity having come back to sit on a nearby couch.

Rainbow smiled, and then racked her brain for something to tell them… “Well, he used to be an deckhoof on a ship before I was born,” She told them, “but eventually he became a captain of his own ship with my uncle, after all that he settled down with my mom, who was a Wonderbolt and… well…” She waggled her eyebrows. “After a few saucy get-togethers, I happened.” She laughed when everypony looked disturbed.

Ignoring what Rainbow said at the end, Rarity asked, “Your father was a captain of his own ship!” Rarity put a hoof to her forehead as Spike stood by, fanning her with a clawed hand. “Oh my stars! That is amazing, what kind of ship was it?”

Again, Dash racked her brains. “I think it was a frigate or something, I’m not sure.”

“A frigate? My my, that is quite a large ship.” Rarity commented.

“What do you know about ships Rarity?” Applejack asked, raising an eyebrow at the fashion pony.

“I’ll have you know my grandfather was a ship captain back in his day,” Rarity huffed. “Grandpapa would always tell me stories of his voyages across the skies, how he encountered so many pirates and flew precious cargo through war zones,” She looked up at the ceiling with a forlorn expression on his face. “Oh how I do miss him, I should write him a letter sometime.”

Twilight scratched her chin, making a humming noise. “Hmm, interesting, I didn’t know your grandfather was a ship captain, let alone an airship captain.”

“Hmm yes, I’ve heard from many,” Rarity waved a hoof. “An elegant mare such as myself the descendent of a line of airship captains, quite odd.” She giggled to herself, making Rainbow tilt her head.

“My dad said his dad was an airship captain to like he was, and his dad before him.” Rainbow told the mare, who gasped with a smile.

“How quant! We both found something in common!” Rarity squealed, clapping her hooves together in happiness.

“That is something, fraid my granddaddy wasn’t an airship captain,” Applejack admitted. “He was a train operator, I don’t think any apple has ever set hoof in the sky.”

“I never met my grandpa.” Fluttershy squeaked from her place on the sofa next to Rarity. “But my daddy said he was a war hero...”

“Really?” Twilight asked, “what’s his name, maybe I know his name from the records.”

“Oh, um.. his name was…” Fluttershy muttered the name.

“I’m sorry?”

“Um… its…” Another muttering noise.

“Didn’t quite catch that.”

“… Bloody Hoof.” She squeaked, making everypony’s eyes widen.

“Whoa.” Rainbow chuckled. Wasn't expecting that!

“Bloody Hoof?” Twilight thought for a moment, gasping. “The Bloody Hoof!? He’s not just any war hero, he was the one who single-hoofedly took on an entire Griffon battalion by himself!”

Sounds of amazement came from the others, save for Fluttershy who made a show of hiding in her mane, blushing with embarrassment. “Yeah, he kinda did that.” Fluttershy said, her voice barely audible.

Rainbow chuckled, slapping the floor with a hoof. “That’s awesome Fluttershy!” She chuckled as she looked at Pinkie Pie. “What about you Pinkie Pie?”

Pinkie Pie hummed, tapping the floor with her hind hoof. “Grandpa Pie was the first pony to ever kiss Princess Celestia and get away with it!” She cheered, throwing out her arms as confetti started flying out of nowhere.

Twilight looked disturbed by that information, making a face as the others chuckled. “Uhh well… my grandfather, what little I know of him. He was a… um… pirate?” The mare sheepishly said, looking away.

All was silent… until Rainbow broke out guffawing.

“Hahahahahahahahaha!” She laughed, tears in her eyes. “Your dad was a pirate!?” The mare questioned between laughs. “That is a riot!”

“How is that funny?” Twilight asked, frowning.

“The grandchild of a pirate being a bookworm is rather,” Rarity tittered. “Ironic, in a way, I suppose.”

“Oh whatever.”

As the laughed, Rainbow wondered what stories her uncle would have to tell her when she visits home for the first time in five years. She hoped he was doing good, cause she was going to hug the stuffing out of him.

End of Chapter Two