Oh Brother...

The four ponies walked through the town in peace. Thunder looked around the village curiously. He had never been there before now. Sure there had been that time when he had come for his brothers house warming party (Courtesy of a pink pony) but he had never really gotten the chance to look around.

Lightning hummed and looked to the ponies. “So, what do you guys want to do?” He asked curiously. The three hummed and looked at each other unsure.

Thunder suddenly grinned and looked at Lightning excited. “How about we go the bakery?” He had only been there once and it was to get a quick snack before he and his parents went back to manehatton.

Lyra blinked and grinned brightly. “Oh, yeah! I love cakes! Let’s do that!” She exclaimed excited. Bonbon and Lightning sighed, gaining a weak smile.

“Yeah sure. I’d could go for something.” Bonbon said, rolling her eyes a bit.

“Sure. Why not.” Lightning agreed, shaking his head bit.

With this idea in mind they all started walking again. After a few minutes of walking they made it to sugar cube corner. Thunder was about to walk in before a cough from Lightning made him halt.

“Hey, um… Thunder, do you mind getting the cakes while me, Bonbon, and Lyra talk for a bit?” Lightning asked gesturing to the aforementioned ponies.

Thunder blinked. “Talk? About what?”

“Nothing, just some stuff...” Lightning said, grinning weakly.

Thunder narrowed his eyes, but still nodded. “Alright… What do you guys want?” He asked, tilting his head slightly.

“I’ll just have a plain cupcake.” Lightning said, waving a hoof.

Lyra bounced up grinning widely. “Oh! And I’ll have an angel cupcake with extra frosting!” She practically shouted.

Bonbon sighed at Lyra, but still smiled. “I’ll the same as Lyra, but with a normal amount of frosting.” She said simply.

Thunder nodded and walked inside. Once he was gone the three ponies looked at each other and blinked.

Thunder walked to the counter of the bakery and looked around. Nobody was there. Blinking he looked down and saw a service bell. He narrowed his eyes and raised a hoof, ringing the bell once. Once he did a pink pony quickly ran out of the kitchen and jumped to the counter which made Thunder jump back bit.

"Hi! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!" She shouted in a high pitched and squeaky voice. Thunder recognised her as the pony who threw Lightnings house warming party. It was rather hard to forget her. As Thunder stared at Pinkie with wide eyes, she blinked and stared back at him. "Woah! Lightning, when did your coat and mane get darker? And did you get rid of your horn and grow a pair of wings?!" She asked, leaning on the counter and stretching her neck to look all over Thunder.

The pegasus took a moment to stare at the ponys unnaturally long stretched neck before he realised her mistake. "Wait, Lightning? No, I'm not Lightning. Lightning is my brother." He corrected watching as Pinkies eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Thunder took a moment to gawk at the sight before he continued. "Uh... I'm his brother, Thunder." He finished.

"Oh my gosh!" The pony screamed in excitement. "So that means your new to Ponyville?!" She continued, her eyes sparkling with excitement. Before Thunder could responded she ran back into the kitchen leaving Thunder alone. The pegasus blinked and looked around awkwardly.

Just as he had thoughts of leaving the pink pony suddenly ran back in with a machine that began to play some sort of music. To add on to the surprise Thunder was feeling the pink pony suddenly began to sing and dance. Thunder stared bewildered at Pinkie as she bounced around singing some kind of welcome song.

Outside of the shop, Lightning, Bonbon and Lyra talked. "So, wait why are Thunder's eyes red?" Bonbon asked tilting her head at Lightning.

"I don't know. My parents told me they were like that when he was born. The doctor's tried to find out why, but they couldn't." Lightning said raising a hoof. "He can see just fine, and there's no damage in his eyes. They're just... like that." He finished, putting his hoof back down.

"But why are they such a sensitive subject for him?" Lyra asked narrowing her eyes in confusion.

Lightning suddenly looked uneasy and moved his eyes away. "He... got teased a lot by other colts and fillies when he was growing up, because of his eyes." He explained, rubbing his hoof across the ground. "It never really got easier for him. The colts and fillies never really stopped with their teasing and other ponies tended to stare at him when we went out for walks, as if there was something wrong with him." He continued, letting a huff through his nose. "It did eventually get better when he got older and eventually got his cutie mark. Ponies stopped staring and the ponies that teased him either stopped or moved away." Lightning added, gaining a weak grin, before he quickly dropped it. "But ever since then his red eyes have always been a sore spot for him."

Lyra and Bonbon stared at Lightning with wide eyes. "Wow... That... sounds terrible..." Lyra said slowly, her eyes dropping downward. Bonbon nodded her head slowly in agreement.

Lightning sighed and looked away. "Yeah... That's kind of why I told you two not to talk about his eyes." He said, stamping the ground softly.

"Don't worry about it. We won't." Bonbon said, with slight smile. Lyra mimicked her expression and nodded.

"Thank you." Lightning thanked, smiling lightly.

Back in the shop Pinkie finished her song and stood on the counter with a bright grin. Thunder blinked and forced a grin. "Wow... That was really something... thanks..." He said unsurely as the pony jumped back to the ground. "So... Can I order something now?" He asked watching Pinkie's eyes widen in realisation.

"Oh, right! Sorry. What do you want?" She asked, leaning on the counter again. Thunder smiled weakly and spoke.

"A plain cupcake, two angel cupcakes, one with extra frosting, and a vanilla cupcake please." He said, listing what his brother and his friends wanted, and something for himself.

Pinkie grinned and exclaimed. "Got it!" Running to the kitchen to get what Thunder asked for.

The pegasus sighed and brought a hoof to his face. Did Lightning really deal with this sort of thing all time? Thunder was hoping not all the residents were like this. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to handle dealing with that for a month, let alone a day.