Hope,Determination and Kindness

Apple Bloom awoke to the smell of food coming from the floor below. It smelled like tomatoes... cheese and... what was that?! She rolled out of the bed, hitting the floor with 2 hooves before losing balance and crashing to the floor with a bang.

"APPLE BLOOM?! ARE YOU OKAY?! WHAT WAS THAT BANG?!" The door creaked open and Papyrus came in, a chef hat on his head.

"Yeah, I'm mighty fine thanks. What is that smell?"

"IT IS MY SELF-PROCLAIMED 5 STAR SPAGHETTI, YOUR BREAKFAST!" Apple Bloom giggled at his antics and walked after him when he left the room. She walked down the stairs, smelling the food making her mouth water. She also began to hear the sounds of her friends.

"Say, Papyrus? What's in the spaghetti? Ah can smell the Tomatoes and Cheese an' I'm guessin' that Pasta is involved but what's that other smell?"

"AH. THAT, MY FRIEND, IS MY SPECIAL INGREDIENT!"

"An' that is?"

"WHY THAT IS MEATCHUNKS OF COURSE!"

"Meatchunks! Awesome! Wait... Where's Sweetie Belle?"

"IN THE KITCHEN, EATING HER BREAKFAST."

"..."

"ARE YOU OKAY APPLE BLOOM?!" She quickly dashed to the kitchen, hoping Sweetie hadn't eaten anything yet. Sweetie was a vegetarian since she could breathe which meant forever and that was for a very good reason, she was allergic. It is quite impossible for such a thing to occur but it had, no meat at all was her new policy. Most ponies didn't eat meat on a daily basis anyway, sometimes eating it once in a while, so it didn't really matter. Sweetie knew some others who were vegetarians so she was okay.

As she made it to the kitchen, she collided with something, tripping over. When she picked herself up, it turned out that Star had been the reason.

"What the hell? What was that for?"

"Star, do I look like I purposefully ran into you so I could trip over? Especially since I have no time?!"

"Okay! Okay! Gee, some ponies know how to throw a tantrum. How come you have no time?"

"Sweetie is a vegetarian."

"That's why I removed all the meat from her bowl silly!"

"I don't have, wait... what?!!? But how did you know?!" Star went red in the face as he stammered, trying to find an excuse. This wasn't the first time and it was getting a bit creepy. She sighed, it didn't matter." Don't worry 'bout it, come on, let's go eat." As the finally entered the kitchen, the sight that greeted them was a nice one.

"Hey, Apple Bloom, come on and sit here you sleepy head!"

"Yeah! What took you so long?"

"Sorry, guys but I just had a bad nightmare and could't sleep."

"You're not the only one..." Scootaloo muttered under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Don't worry... Hey, have you seen Sans?"

"SANS... HE SLEEPS REALLY LATE AND I DOUBT HE WILL GET UP TILL I WAKE HIM UP..."

"But I thought that he left yester-" Sweetie said before Star elbowed her. How did he even manage that? He's a cat! He doesn't have an elbow! And what was this about Sans leaving?!

"What Sweetie is trying to say is that Sans went for walk yesterday so he's gonna preeeety tired today." Star covered, still completely red in the face. He was lying but she guessed that wasn't as surprising seeing that 'Amy' was his sister. She sighed. She was too hungry to think about it at this moment.

"Right, look, can we just eat?"

"OF COURSE, HERE YOU GO!" Papyrus passed her a steaming bowl of spaghetti. She accepted it and dug in, the unique flavour as delicious as can be.

"Hey, um, Pap?" Scootaloo looked up from her plate. "Say, if you had captured us... what would have happened to our stuff? Like where would it go?" Where had that question sprung from?

"GREAT QUESTION SCOOTALOO! WELL. SEEING AS I CAPTURED YOU I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANTED WITH YOUR STUFF. HOWEVER, I DID NOT! AND NOW WE ARE FRIENDS!"

"I-I see... thanks for telling us that..."

"Why did you ask anyway? It's a little pointless... why would you want to know something like that?" Apple Bloom knew why she wanted to know but she wanted confirmation. If what she thought was true, it would hurt. Hurt a lot. She stared her friend down as she glanced to Star for help. He shrugged. How? She had no clue.

"W-Well... U-Um..." Scoots started, glancing around the room for inspiration. Then there was a knock at the door, a firm 3 knocks. Papyrus walked out puzzled and the 3 girls and cat followed in confusion. Papyrus reached the door, took in a big breath and opened the door. It was the bunny from the shop.

"BONNIE?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

"I-I-I was instructed... I mean, I was told that Sweetie was here."

"Yes, I'm here, why?"

"Uh... Oh, right. You brought the instrument, right? This is some other stuff that I got at the same time, I was told-I thought that you'd be interested."

"Thanks?" Sweetie grabbed the medium sized box in her magic."But why would you just give me this?"

"Uh... I mean... It's because..." Her eyes flashed green for a second, her head drooping for a second. In the corner of her eye, for a fraction of a second, she saw Stars feline eyes widen with fear and surprise. When she looked around for a closer look, the sign of weakness was gone."I would never sell it, nobody wants it, you looked like you would be someone interested though. Sorry, I really have to go." She turned and left, leaving them standing there, the cold seeping in.

"Shut the door! Let's see what's in this box!" Sweetie exclaimed as she began to open the box with her magic as Papyrus swung the door shut. Sweetie looked at the contents and gasped. Her grip failed her. The box fell, it's contents spilling onto the floor. Apple Bloom looked once and her heart stopped...