Art of a Sun's Love Volume 1

AUGUST 2, 2038

Song Cue was blushing when her husband commented on how lovely her name was. "You really thought that back then, even before we met?"

"I did then, and I still do to this day, my love," smiled Comet Tail, and he gave his wife a kiss.

"Eww!" protested Dusk.

"Oh, it's not like you haven't done that with Venus," smirked Twilight V.

"You be quiet!" protested her brother.

"For goodness sake, how many times must I stop you from getting into petty squabbles?" Flash scolded.

"Sorry, dad," said the two kids.

"Oh, kids these days; always getting into cheeky fights."

Fictionary had come in whilst the four couples were sharing their stories.

"Oh, it's not like you weren't troublesome when you were their age," retorted Vincent, "if not younger."

"Hey!" protested Flash.

"I believe he was directing that comment at Fictionary," said Sunset.

"Oh. Sorry," said Flash.

Rarity knew what Vincent referring to. "You're talking about when she first met with Sweetie Belle, aren't you?" she asked.

"And when I met the kids' auntie Scootaloo and uncle First Base as well," added Fictionary, "who wants to hear about that?"

"I'd love to!" said Dawn, and the other kids agreed.

"Alrighty then," said Fictionary, and this is the story she told...

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fictionary was about to begin fourth grade. By this point, Vincent was now an eighth grader and it would be his last year at Canterlot Middle.

"Another school year's about to start," Vincent told his little sister.

"After this year, I won't get to see you as much," moped Fictionary.

"It'll be okay," said Vincent, "after all, you'll still have your new friends to play with."

"You're right," said Fictionary, "but you'll always be my best friend, big brother." And she gave Vincent a hug. Vincent smiled and hugged his sister back.

Rainbow Falls Elementary soon loomed ahead and Lullaby Strings brought the car to a stop.

"Have a good day, Fictionary," she said.

"Yes, mom," said Fictionary, and she jumped out of the car, but not without kissing both her mother and brother goodbye.

"Bye, little sis," said Vincent as the car drove off.

"Bye," waved Fictionary.

"Hey Fictionary!"

Fictionary turned to face Apple Bloom (who had called out to her) and Heartsong walking up to her.

"Hey, girls," she called back, "wait, where's Twist?"

"Didn't you hear?" asked Heartsong, "She moved away during the summer."

"What?" asked Fictionary, "Why?"

"Her dad got a new job," explained Apple Bloom.

"Why didn't she say goodbye?" asked Fictionary.

"I don't know," said Heartsong, "but maybe she was busy and didn't have the time."

"It still would have been nice of her to say something about it," said Fictionary.

"Eeyup, same here," said Apple Bloom.

"But we still can make new friends, right?" asked Heartsong.

"Of course," said Fictionary, "mom tells me that sometimes, we have to make new friends but keep old ones as well."

"Yer ma's very smart to say that," Apple Bloom remarked.

"Thanks," said Fictionary.

Soon, the three were in Berry Punch's class.

"Oh no," said Apple Bloom.

"What?" asked Heartsong and Fictionary together.

"It's them..."

Apple Bloom was referring to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon; they were now in the same class as they were.

"Well, well, well," grinned Diamond Tiara, "if it isn't the loser squad. Aren't you missing a member?"

"Twist moved away and transferred out," said Fictionary.

"Guess she got bored of hanging with you dorks," teased Silver Spoon.

"That's not true!" protested Heartsong, "Her dad just got a new job."

"Of course he did," said Diamond Tiara sarcastically.

"Are you calling me a liar?" asked Heartsong, insulted.

Before a fight could be broken out, Berry Punch cleared her throat.

"Could you please save your petty arguments for after class?" she scolded.

"Sorry, ma'am," the students said sheepishly (Diamond Tiara was more annoyed, but hid it well). The three girls soon sat down at their seats. Berry Punch then addressed the whole class.

"Alright class," she said, "for the new school year, we have three new students joining us."

The students were intrigued; who were they, and what were they like?

"Would our students step forward in front of the classroom and introduce themselves?" asked Berry Punch.

The three students did so, all ten years of age. One of them was a girl with pale harlequin eyes and grayish mulberry hair with pale grayish rose streaks. The other two students were twins, a girl and a boy. The girl had darker skin, grayish purple eyes, and moderate cerise hair, and her brother had azure hair and cornflower blue eyes, not dissimilar to that of Flash Sentry.

"My name is Sweetie Belle," said the girl with mulberry hair, "I'm the youngest of two sisters, and my older sister Rarity is a student at Canterlot High."

"I'm Scootaloo," said the girl with cerise hair, "and that's my twin brother, First Base."

"Hi," said the boy in a shy tone.

"We're sports fans," said Scootaloo, "I like skateboarding and First Base likes baseball."

"Um, I can speak for myself, thanks," said First Base.

"You three may pick your seats," said Berry Punch.

The three newcomers picked seats close to Fictionary, Heartsong, and Apple Bloom.

"Hi there," said Fictionary, "I'm Fictionary."

"I'm Heartsong."

"And Ah'm Apple Bloom."

"Nice to meet you," said Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah, same here," said Scootaloo. First Base nodded quietly in agreement.

"How'd you like to hang out with us during the breaks?" asked Heartsong.

"Sounds like fun," said Sweetie Belle.

"Y-y-yeah," agreed First Base, "f-fun to make n-new friends."

Soon, it was recess. Fictonary was playing ball with her friends.

"Here you are," she said, passing it onto Scootaloo.

"Think fast!" said Scootaloo, passing it onto Apple Bloom.

"Whoa!" cried Apple Bloom, who intended to kick it to First Base, but kicked it maybe a bit too hard.

"I got it!" said First Base, racing to catch the ball. Unfortunately, he didn't look where he was going and bumped into Silver Spoon, both falling to the ground.

"Hey, watch it!" snapped Silver Spoon.

"Oh! I-I'm t-terribly sorry, m-miss!" stuttered First Base, sheepishly handing over her glasses.

"You'd better be," muttered Silver Spoon. First Base helped in dusting off Silver, but Diamond Tiara slapped his hand away.

"How dare you be so careless!" she scolded.

"I said I was sorry!" protested First Base.

At that moment, First Base's friends and sister came up.

"Hey, what's goin' on here?" asked Scootaloo.

"This barbarian knocked Silver Spoon to the ground," protested Diamond Tiara.

"He was trying to catch the ball Apple Bloom kicked and he simply ran into her," retorted Fictionary, "that was an honest mistake!"

"So was you kicking a ball on our heads a few years ago; don't think we forgot!"

"Stop accusing us of doing it on purpose!" protested Scootaloo, "And please give my brother a break!"

"Oh, that was your brother?" asked Diamond Tiara, "Oh, I'm so sorry," she added sarcastically.

"Liar!" snapped Apple Bloom.

"How dare you talk to me that way!" snapped Diamond Tiara.

Just then, they heard a whistle. It was Berry Punch; she had blown the whistle to stop their quarreling.

"What's going on here?" she demanded.

"That boy bumped into Silver Spoon and deliberately knocked her to the ground!" said Diamond Tiara.

"Th-that's n-not true!" stuttered First Base, "I was trying to catch a ball and I bumped into her by accident! I meant no harm!"

Berry Punch looked at both groups of children.

"Who's telling the truth here?"

"We are!" insisted Fictionary, "Diamond Tiara's just making up excuses to get us in trouble just because she's richer than us!"

"Plus, I know when First Base is sorry for when he makes a mistake," added Scootaloo, "I know him better than most people do."

"Is this true?" Berry Punch asked sternly.

"Well, duh!" retorted Diamond Tiara. Realizing that she had given herself away, she gasped and covered her mouth.

"Thanks a lot!" Silver Spoon whispered harshly.

Berry Punch just sighed and shook her head sternly.

"You two have been warned to stop with this behavior," she scolded, "I will be calling your parents and you both will stay a half an hour after school."

"Half an hour?!" protested Diamond Tiara, "B-but it's only the first day!"

"Want me to make it a full hour?"

That was enough to make Diamond Tiara shut up.

A few minutes later, recess was over.

"Everybody inside," said Berry Punch. The students followed their teacher inside.

"If you don't mind me asking," said Fictionary to First Base, "how close are you and Scootaloo?"

"She's like my best friend," said First Base, "whenever I'm in trouble she always sticks up for me."

"Yep, cause good siblings always stick by each other," said Scootaloo, wrapping her arm around him.

"Got that right," said Fictionary, "and I should know having two big brothers who look out for me."

"Ah've got mah big sis Applejack and mah big bro Big Macintosh," said Apple Bloom.

"And then there's me," said Heartsong, "and Song Cue and Orange Sherbet."

"I have Rarity," said Sweetie Belle, "but I think she cares more about fashion than me."

"That's a bunch of rubbish," said Fictionary.

"How do you know?"

"She's family, right? Families are supposed to care for each other."

"Well..." Sweetie Belle hesitated. "I guess she does care for me once in a while, but please don't get me started on my fifth birthday party, okay?"

"Fair enough," said Heartsong.

"First Base, girls," said Berry Punch. The six friends instantly hushed, and they quietly went to their seats so class could begin.

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Soon, it was lunchtime. First Base and the girls were all sat together.

"Ah got some homemade Apple family fritters," said Apple Bloom, "Granny Smith suggested that Ah may want to share some with mah friends."

"Thanks," said Sweetie Belle.

"They smell delicious," agreed First Base.

"We Apples are well known for bein' good at makin' apple related treats," said Apple Bloom.

"I should go there sometime with my family," said Heartsong.

When Scootaloo had finished her lunch, she got up to take her tray away. But she wasn't watching where she was going.

"Whoa!"

She bumped into another student. This was a ten year old boy with grayish purple eyes and dark grayish sapphire blue hair.

"Sorry," said Scootaloo.

"No, it's fine," said the boy, "I'm Rumble, by the way."

"I'm Scootaloo. You wanna join us?"

"Sure."

Rumble sat down at the table with Scootaloo and her friends.

"So what are you all having?" he asked.

"Apple fritters," explained Apple Bloom, "all freshly baked at Sweet Apple Acres."

"Could I try one?"

"That's mah last one," said Apple Bloom, handing it to Rumble.

"Thanks, uh, what's your name?"

"Apple Bloom."

"Nice to meet you," said Rumble.

At that moment, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon went by.

"Stand aside, losers," said Diamond Tiara.

"Here we go again," groaned Heartsong. It was then that Fictionary had a rather cheeky idea.

"Does anyone have a fake spider?"

"I do," said Rumble. He fished one made of rubber out of his pocket. "A leftover Halloween decoration."

"Excellent," said Fictionary.

"What do you need that rubber spider for?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Oh, it's a good one," smirked Fictionary.

While Diamond Tiara wasn't looking, Fictionary placed the spider alongside her mashed potatoes. The blond-and-pink haired girl giggled quietly to herself as she snuck away.

"This is going to be hilarious," she whispered.

"What's happening?" asked Scootaloo, "I don't see-"

Suddenly they heard a bloodcurdling scream from one of the tables.

"SPIIIIIDEEERRRR!!!!"

They could see a very terrified Diamond Tiara racing out of the lunchroom. Fictionary fell to the ground, laughing her butt off. In the ensuring chaos, Silver Spoon found herself covered in her friend's lunch. At first, she panicked upon seeing the spider, but then realized it was a fake.

"Hey, this is a fake spider!" she snapped. She looked over to Fictionary and saw her laughing. Fictionary noticed Silver Spoon glaring at her and quickly stopped laughing.

"I should have known you'd be involved," growled Silver Spoon.

"Whatever would give you an idea like that?" asked Fictionary innocently.

"You were laughing!"

"Oh, that!" said Fictionary, "Er, I, uh, just heard a really funny joke from my friends! Yeah!"

"Really?" Silver Spoon raised an eyebrow. "What was the joke you were laughing at?"

Fictionary's friends quickly caught on what she was doing, and Apple Bloom was first to speak up.

"This apple pie was walkin' into a restaurant," she began, "and he asks for a drink."

"And then the server says," added Sweetie Belle, "'Hey, you're famous! We've got a dessert named for you!'"

"And then the apple pie replies," finished Scootaloo, "'Really? You got a pie named Steve?'"

This resulted in the friends laughing over the joke the three girls had just told (they thought they were faking it, but it came off as real instead). Silver Spoon couldn't help but chuckle a bit, but then she saw a very miffed Diamond Tiara walk through the doors and stopped.

"That... was not a good joke," Silver Spoon said awkwardly.

"Come, Silver Spoon," said Diamond Tiara, "let's leave these losers."

Silver Spoon followed, but not without a quick glance back and mouthing "actually a funny joke" to the friends.

"Why are those two even friends?" asked Heartsong.

"Beats me," said Sweetie Belle, "maybe cause they're both rich?"

"Hopefully she grows sense and stops hanging out with her," said First Base.

"How'd you know?" asked Scootaloo.

"Well, she kinda smiled at me when I dusted her off."

"Looks like somebody's got a girlfriend," teased Scootaloo.

First Base blushed red whilst Rumble and the other girls giggled. "I do not!"

"Don't worry," said Rumble, "siblings like teasing each other. My brother Thunderlane once teased me when I had a crush on his friends Flitter and Cloudchaser."

"But aren't they older than you?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Well... yeah, but..."

"That doesn't bother me," said Fictionary, "Vincent's got a crush on Sunset, and she's seven months older than him!"

Just then, the bell rang.

"Back to our classes," said Rumble, standing up, "nice meeting you, guys."

"Nice meeting you, Rumble," said First Base. With that, the friends headed off to class.

Once the school day was over, the children were making their way home.

"See you guys tomorrow," called Scootaloo.

"Alright then, Scootaloo," replied Fictionary, "you too, First Base."

But First Base didn't reply; it looked as though a lot was on his mind.

"You okay, bro?" asked Scootaloo.

"Eh? Oh yeah, totally fine."

"If you say so," said Scootaloo.

"I can see my mom's car," said Fictionary, and as soon as it pulled up, Fictionary opened the door and jumped in.

"Hi, little sis," said Vincent, giving her a hug.

"Hi, Vincent," said Fictionary, "you, mom, dad, and Flash won't believe the day I had today."

"Really?" said Lullaby Strings, "I think that will be an interesting story."

And Fictionary told them all about her adventure and new friends.