Equestria Girls: Apple To My Eye

A small 5 year old boy sat beside his dad in the hospital, waiting for his mother, wearing a simple black T-shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers. His short light blue hair contrasted with his skin, which was similar to his father's. The dad had dark blue skin and rainbow hair, with a white a T-shirt and unbuttoned light blue shirt over it and jeans. He wore an angry look on his face like he didn't want to be here, while the boy just had a smile on his face. It had been a surprise for a while, but it was soon revealed that he would become a big brother. Spectrum Flash was excited that he would get a little brother or sister, and was waiting to meet them. He quickly saw the nurse look at them and instantly ran into his mother's room. He and his dad saw a tired Magenta in the bed holding a small little bundle in her hands, a weak but sincere smile on her face.

"Hey there Spectrum, meet your baby sister." Spectrum then looked over the bed at the little bundle, and saw a baby girl wrapped in a light blue blanket, with rainbow locks sticking up and out in a frazzled manner. The little boy just looked in wonder at his little sister, not hearing the grumble from his father, Prism Light, who earned a death glare from his mother. He smiled at her as she was handed to him, and his mom introduced her to the family. "Her name is Rainbow Dash."

Spectrum watched his sister pick up her toys and play with them. It had been a year since Rainbow had been introduced to him, and he loved every day of it. He was trying to ignore his dad downstairs who was in one of his binge drinkings, which had started to happen frequently, and he wished his mom would come home from work. "Man, Dashie, I wish Mom would come home, I'm so bored. No offense, it's just that I can't really play with a baby." Spectrum said, he would frequently have conversations with Rainbow even though she didn't understand, but he didn't care, all he cared about was caring for his sister. "Mom's gonna be so proud, she'll be like 'Spectrum, good job!'" He said while congratulating himself, but stopped when he saw Rainbow start to make faces. "Oh what is it, Rainbow? You hungry, need to be burped? What is it?"

"Spu-spe-Spec!" The toddler said loudly in excitement, earning a surprised look from her brother. "Spec?" She said again, and quickly got a hug from her brother.

"Your first word! I'm so proud!"

Spectrum was holding his sister tightly as they stood at the top of the stairs, watching their parents fight. Rainbow huddled against Spectrum in fear, the two year old hadn't seen her parents like it before, while the seven year old just protected her since Prism started to get physical. The man then pushed Magenta aside and grabbed his wallet and small valuables. "That's it, I'm leaving!!" He shouted as he slammed the door shut and went into the empty cold night. Magenta just walked away from the door towards the stairs, and saw her two kids staring at her.

"Oh my gosh, kids, I'm sorry you had to see that. It's just that... Dad has been doing some bad things that isn't good for our family." The woman said as she pulled the children towards her. "But don't worry, we'll be fine. It'll be just us three." Spectrum and Rainbow smiled at their mother's kindness. They enveloped her in a hug and she held them tightly, trying to not show her fear while thinking of how much their life would change.

"Hey Dashie, how was school today?" Spectrum asked his little sister who had just returned from her kindergarten class. The only noise was her mother going to her room to relax, and the house quickly became quiet. "You ok Dashie?"

"I'm fine Spec." A monotone yet raspy voice came from the little girl as she sat on the couch beside her brother, not making any eye contact.

"Rainbow, what's going on? You can tell me, I'm your brother." Silence filled the house once more before Rainbow let out a small sigh.

"The kids at school called me lame." The little girl muttered while holding her head up with her hands, looking down at the ground.

"What, how in the world are you lame? You're the best little sister anyone could have."

"Yeah, but I can't play any sports! They called me lame because I can't kick a ball, and they can." Rainbow said as she laid back on the couch, looking angry and sad. Spectrum just looked at his sister with a surprised look, then got a determined smile.

"Well then, we'll just have to change that! From now on, I'm gonna teach you about any sport you want to play, and you show those other kids who the best is!" Spectrum said as he grabbed Rainbow into a tight hug, with her giggling her head off.

"Really Spec!"

"Do I lie to you, Bow?" Spectrum said, returning with the nickname he gave his sister. She just responded with a shout of excitement and the siblings broke into fits of laughter.

"How was soccer practice today, Bow?" Spectrum asked as he watched his sister kick the ball on her knees, with her backpack in his hands. They walked along the sidewalk as they were halfway to their house, the boy heading from his middle school.

"It was awesome! We learned the normal drills and practicing making goals, and I got the first five balls in the goal in a row!" Dash said as she kicked around the ball her mother had bought for her, and she had barely put it down.

"That's great! You'll be in the Hall Of Fame in no time!" Spectrum said as he smiled to his sister, earning a giggle from her. Dash continued to kick her ball, until it went too far and rolled across the street. "Stay here Bow, I'll get it." The brother said as he set his bag down, then looked across the road before running across. He then picked up the ball and turned back to his sister, who was still on the other side.

"Yeah, go Spec!" Dash shouted making her brother smile, and he then started to walk across. His was halfway when he head a sudden zooming sound, and turned his head seeing a car racing towards him. "Spec!"

Rainbow jolted awake, feeling tears falling down her face with shaky breath. She looked around her room seeing it was still the same, and then her eyes landed on her closet. She let out a quiet sigh and walked over to the closet, opening it to see the one reminder of her greatest friend. She carefully picked up the soccer ball and held it gently, letting her hands run over the two handprints of dark and light blue. She then sat down on her bed and rolled the ball around, feeling the memories flood to her mind.