3 Pies and a Baby Dragon

The next morning, as Sandstone came down for breakfast with Marble, he met Maud and Limestone at the stairs.

"Good morning, Sandstone. I hope you slept well last night.", Maud smiled, putting her hoof around Sandstone.

"I sure did, Maud. Thanks for asking!", he smiled back, hugging her neck, Marble decided to join in, and hugged Sandstone.

"If you three are done being mushy in the stairway, I'd like to get down to breakfast!", Limestone growled.

"Sorry, Limestone...", Sandstone whimpered.

So after Limestone went down, the others followed. Igneous and Cloudy were at the table, with a pot of oremeal and some biscuits.

"Good morning, Pa! Good morning, Ma!", he smiled, hugging them before he sat down and started eating.

"Good morning, dear. Eat up, Pa's going to take you to Ponyville and pick you out a bed!", Cloudy smiled, kissing his forehead.

"Just for me?", Sandstone asked.

"Yes, just for you, son.", Igneous beamed, "And we'll be visiting your sister, Pinkie, while we're in town."

"Wow, Pinkie sounds really...pink.", Sandstone thought.

"You better believe it!", Igneous smiled.

After they finished breakfast, the girls and Cloudy stayed home and read, while Igneous and Sandstone took a train to Ponyville.

When they got there, Sandstone asked,

"Where are we going first?"

"We're going to visit your sister, Pinkie Pie. So she can meet you.", Igneous smiled, as they walked to Sugarcube Corner.

When they got inside, Pinkie was eating cupcakes with her friends, that was before she saw her pa. The next moment, she was all over him saying,

"Hi, Pa! What are you doing here in Ponyville?"

"We came to introduce you to a new member of our family, he just joined us yesterday. This is your brother, Sandstone. Sandstone, this is your sister, Pinkie.", he replied, showing her the baby dragon.

"Well aren't you a little cutie! It's nice to meet you, little brother!", she smiled, hopping around Sandstone and inspected him.

"It's nice to meet you too, Pinkie.", he grinned.

Rarity stared at Sandstone before sighing, "Oh, Pinkie! Cutie simply won't do..."

She grabbed him and squeezed him tightly, exclaiming, "He's simply adorable! Hang on a second, darling. I think I have a little something that would look perfect on you."

She dug through her bag, until she pulled out a sparkly bow tie and put it on him, "There! Perfect! It's all yours!"

"Wow! Thanks Miss...uh...""

"Rarity. My name is Rarity. And your very welcome, Sandstone.", she smiled.

"Rarity...that's a pretty name. Just like you are!", he grinned.

"Oh! You sure know how to flatter a mare...but thank you anyway. It was very nice meeting you! I hope I see you again soon!"

Luckily for Spike, Rarity was busy waving goodbye to Sandstone along with Pinkie, so that she didn't see smoke fume from his nose, while Rainbow laughed at him.

They got to the furniture store, and Igneous let Sandstone try out all the beds. However, he had tried all the beds in the store, and didn't like a one.

Instead he asked, "Do you have any beds made of...I don't know...bedrock?"

The store keeper laughed, "I'm afraid not, sonny. Most ponies like soft beds."

Igneous had an idea: As they walked out he smiled, "We have plenty of bedrock at the farm. We can make you your own custom bed."

"Wow! Really? Thanks, Pa!"

So after they got back, they spent about 2 hours carving Sandstone a bed, which was a bit smaller than Marble's bed. When he laid on it and rolled over on it, Cloudy asked, "Are you sure you're okay with that?"

"Ma! It's perfect! Thank you , Pa!", he grinned, launching himself at Igneous.

"You're welcome, son.", Igneous smiled, hugging Sandstone.

Maud came into the room and asked, "Me, Marble, and Limestone are going to the quarry, do you want to come?"

"Can I go, Pa?", Sandstone asked excitedly.

"Only if it's alright with your ma.", he replied.

"Oh...okay. But don't hurt yourself, okay?", Cloudy sighed.

"Okay, Ma! Thanks!", Sandstone smiled, skipping after Maud.

When they got to the quarry, Maud showed him how to crush rocks with his feet, and Marble showed him how to kick rocks and break them.

"Hey, Limestone...", he shyly asked, walking up to her.

"What do you want, dragon?", she asked back, glaring at him.

"Can you show me how to smash rocks with my head, like you?", Sandstone answered with a question.

"You mean like this?", she asked, smashing her down on a nearby rock, shattering it to pieces.

"Wow! You're awesome!", he exclaimed.

This made Limestone blush, but not enough for anyone else to see, "Yeah, of course I am!"

"Let me try...", Sandstone smiled a smile of willpower, as he ran towards a rock wall.

"No! Sandstone! Don't! That's Orthoclase Feldspar! One of the hardest...", Marble screamed, but it was too late. Sandstone had already made contact with the wall, as a sickening crack was heard.

"Sandstone! Are you okay?", Maud exclaimed, as they ran over to him, he was still standing with his face to the wall. He had broken off a chunk of the wall.

He turned around, his face not having been hurt, "Yeah, I'm fine, why?"

Limestone sighed in relief, then she did something she never did before: She screamed.

Sandstone's right horn fell to the ground from his head. There was no blood, but that didn't help the situation much. If she thought this was bad, she wasn't prepared for what happened next. Then, without warning, Sandstone's other horn was split vertically down the middle.

"Well at least..."

Too late, half of it fell off.

All three of them screamed, Igneous and Cloudy came running.

"Children, what happe...Good Granite! Sandstone!", Cloudy exclaimed, when she saw his horns.

On his head, the right horn was nothing but a stub, and the left horn was vertically halved.

"What happened, son?", Igneous asked, examining his head.

"It's my fault, Pa. I just wanted to make Limestone like me...", Sandstone sighed.

"Sandstone...", Limestone said for the first time since he showed up, "I'm sorry for treating you like I did since you've been here. But now I know that I'm proud to have you for a brother."

"Really?"

"Really. I love you, Sandstone.", Limestone smiled, hugging him.

"I love you too, Limestone.", he replied, hugging her back as she kissed his forehead.

Limestone went with Igneous to take Sandstone to Ponyville Hospital, while Cloudy, Marble, and Maud put his horns on a plaque that read, "Sandstone's First Broken Horns: Age 10"

"Ma, why are we putting these up on the wall?", Marble asked.

"Because dragon horns are like ponies teeth, they fall out, and grow back. And these horns were too adorable to let go to waste.", Cloudy smiled.

At the hospital, Pinkie had to hold Sandstone's paw while they sawed off the rest of his left horn. Rarity went ballistic when she heard what happened to her "Little Sandy". She quickly ran and got a sparkly top hat to go with his bow tie. Somewhere in the background, Spike was getting jealous. Really jealous. When they got home, it was time for bed. Everyone kissed him good night.

Even Limestone, in fact, she slept in his bed with him that night.

"Good night, Sandstone.", she smiled, "You're the best little brother ever."

"And your one of the best big sisters ever.", Sandstone replied, "Good night, Limestone."

And all was at peace.