Apology

"Hey, Candy!"

Candy turned around to see Target, climbing out of the floorboard that he and the others would use to hide and sleep in.

"What do you want, Target? We're pretty much in a very terrible mood and we don't feel like talking." Floss responded with sadness in her voice and she sighed softly.

"It's alright, I just want to talk to Candy about something important. It won't take long."

Candy looked at him with widened eyes, got off the bed and walked up to him.

"What do you want?"

"We can't talk it here, we might as well because I don't want anypony to hear us. It's embarrassing to talk about and I don't want to be laughed at or being talked all around."

Cookie and Floss giggled to themselves, as if they knew what the conversation was going to be.

Target and Candy walked to the back of the shed and sat down on the ground that was still muddy.

"Eww, why did I not think before I sat in this yucky mud and now it's on my tail?" Candy responded with disgust and she tried to shake it off but she didn't want to do it too much in front of Target. "Anyway, what did you want to talk about before I got all this mud onto my tail?"

Target took a deep breath and sighed softly.

"Candy... Candy Cane... I... I."

"Why did you just call me Candy Cane?"

"Because your hair just reminds me of that delicious sweet. I guess it's just a really silly name that I kept thinking of."

"But it does sound like a nice nickname. No idea what one could suit Floss." Candy said with a small smile and she looked up at the sky.

"So... Candy Cane... I wanted to tell you that I... I..." Target said with a shaky voice and he rubbed his hooves together nervously. "You know what, this was never going to work anyway! See ya!"

Target galloped off while Candy stared back at him with confusion.

"What in the heck was he going to say to me anyway?" Candy wondered to herself as she looked at the ground. "Was he going to tell me that...?" She looked at the sky slightly then shook her head. "Nah, I don't think he was going to say that."

Candy got up and shook her tail vigorously to get most of the mud off her tail. She could get the rest off with water that they had in a room that was attached to theirs. That was one of the nice things that the foalnappers had given them. She walked into their room and as soon as she got through the door, Topaz, Cookie and Floss looked at her with questionable eyes.

"Hey, sis, what did Target want to talk to you about?" Floss asked with a small smile. "Aww and you got yourself all muddy. Don't worry, I'll clean it off for you." She levitated a bucket and cloth from under the bed, dunked the cloth into the water and wiped it onto where the mud was on Candy. "There! Now you look squeaky clean!"

"Thanks, Floss, I don't know what Target was trying to tell me. He just galloped away from me."

The door opened, Golden Heart and Silver Star walked in, all soaked from the rain and their hooves were muddy.

"Oh no, you're muddy as well! Let me clean you." Floss did the same thing she did to Candy and wiped the mud off the floor.

The door opened again and Gold Star sprinted in, panting and soaked.

"Wow, I can't believe it's been raining and we haven't any rain in weeks!" Silver Star exclaimed with excitement.

Floss did the same thing she had done some moments ago and tipped the bucket outside the window and the dirty water poured onto the ground.

"Golden Heart, I really need to talk to you," Gold Star responded with a shaky voice as if she was nervous and cold at the same time. She would be as she had been standing out in the rain for quite a long time. "It's important that you listen because our fight has been upsetting Cookie ever since and I've noticed how upset Silver Star has been." She took a deep breath and looked at the others who had questionable looks. "I'm sorry for yelling and saying that you weren't my friend, you are my friend, my best friend forever. You're all my friends."

Golden Heart stared at her and she looked like she was going to start crying.

"Oh, Gold Star!"

She galloped up to Gold Star and gave her a tight hug.

"Hey, let us also join in!" Candy and Floss yelled together and all the friends joined in the group hug.

"Now I'm not so traumatised anymore, thank goodness." Cookie said with a big smile.

"I'm just glad that you aren't as angry anymore, sister." Silver Star responded with delight.

That night, the friends sat down on the floor with a candle in the middle, they laughed and even had tickle fights.

"So does anypony have any crushes on anypony here? At least we'll have something to gossip about and all," Silver Star responded with a giggle, she and the others didn't realise that Topaz and Cookie were looking at each other with widened eyes. "What about you, Candy? I think Target has a thing for you. Do you have a thing for him?"

"Uhhh... hey, we never tease you about colts. Do we, everypony?" Candy said with a nervous voice.

"That's because she's never had a crush on anypony." Gold Star responded with a stern voice and gave a side glance to her sister.

"It's true, nopony has got my attention." Silver Star said in a low voice and Floss nodded slowly as if she was agreeing with her.

"I'm not even sure if I want to be in a relationship." Gold Star responded with a sad voice.

"I'm thinking about being in one but I don't really see anypony that'll be for me. Maybe Bookworm or Fieramente. Fieramente does have a great singing voice and Bookworm is so into his reading," Golden Heart said with a dreamy voice and she looked like she was going to faint. "Hey, Silver Star, maybe colts aren't your thing or you're not into relationships."

Silver Star giggled a little, shook her head then she widened her eyes and looked to the ground. Was it what Golden Heart said true? Colts weren't her thing? She turned to look at Floss a little.

Author's Note

Fieramente is a musical term which means proudly in Italian. I was a little stuck on names so I chose this one while looking up musical terms.