Ruferd

Applebloom yawned as sunlight filtered into her room. She yawned and hopped out of bed. She smacked her lips together as she looked at her reflection. She then waved at Ruferd, who was making her bed. "Morning, Ruferd." She yawned, but then stopped halfway as her brain tried to process properly. "You're in my room..." she said. 'Now why is that odd?'. She then remembered that she went to bed in the guestroom. She sighed and headed down stairs. She found a breakfast waiting for her. It was pancakes, with eggs and fish. She didn't like fish so she would eat that first, to get it over with. As she bit into the meat, her mind snapped awake.

"Pah!" She spat out the fish. "Ruferd!" she shouted. Ruferd ran to the top of the stairs and saluted.

"Yes Ma'am?" Ruferd spoke in order to his commanding officer. Error: Sister. Conflicting data. New entity System: Diamond Stroke. Diamond Stoke Emotion Lobe + My Emotions From Books initiating override of Programmed Logic Core. Overridden.

Applebloom watched for a moment as Ruferd shook his head. He then slowly took his hoof down, a calm look coming to his eyes. "Alrighty then..." Applebloom arched her eyebrow. She then shook her head as she looked at the two breakfasts on the table. She then looked at Ruferd, who was still standing at the top of the stairs. "Why were we in the same bed together?"

Diamond Stroke spoke up. It was still odd to be a foal, when he was once thirty. "That would have a bit to do with all three minds. But it started with me. I had asked of the room I was in, to which I was informed that it was your room. I then stated that it wasn't fair that we took your room. Ruferd and The Program decided to help you. So Ruferd then decided to bring you to your room. I then stated that we should take the guest room. Ruferd and The Program said that went against orders." Diamond Stroke paused to breath properly. "So then they decided to stay with you in their room. Ruferd and I then tried to sleep on the floor. But then we had nightmares and Ruferd somehow took complete control. He then slept in the bed with you so he didn't get nightmares."

Applebloom nodded. "Okay. I guess that makes sense. And the making of my bed?"

Responding: Error: Still in override. Ruferd spoke. "That was somewhat me and 'The Program', I guess? I wanted to do something nice for you, so I made breakfast. I then also decided to make your bed for you, and The Program, as Diamond Stroke keeps calling it, said it was my duty. I don't know why it said that."

Applebloom nodded again. "Alright, that also makes sense. Why is your left arm wrapped, and why is there fish in breakfast?"

Ruferd responded to Applebloom. "Applebloom thought it best if my arm was wrapped. I put fish in the breakfast because Doctor Turner said I should eat fish. Applejack disagreed with this, but Doctor Thomas agreed it would be best."

Applebloom scratched her head. "Doctor Thomas and Doctor who? Do ya mean Time Turner?" Applebloom ate the pancakes and eggs. They were good. She left the fish. "Is your arm better now?" She received a nod from Ruferd. "Then take off the bandage. And eat your breakfast. You can have my fish. I need to pack me school bag." Applebloom trotted up stairs. If Ruferd was a little soldier with ghost in him, that could only mean one thing. A trip to the library. She entered her room and found her bed made neatly. She opened her closet and found all her bows fluffed and brushed. Applebloom smiled and put one on her head. She then found her school bag already packed, with the weight distributed evenly.

Ruferd ate his breakfast and Applebloom's fish. He felt tired. Diamond Stroke informed Ruferd it was likely due to Ruferd's regeneration of Ruferd's left arm. Diamond Stroke then suggested They clean up.

Diamond Stroke was given control. He began to clean up, when he felt his left arm tugged at. He looked at an orange mare with a nice hat on her head. He could feel Ruferd recognize her. Unfortunately, he mind was too alert to give Ruferd back control. Diamond Stroke coughed while trying to prepare his voice. "Hello!" he said in a rather terrible impression of Ruferd.

"Why'd ya take your bandages off?" Applejack asked quickly. She checked Ruferd's arm and saw it was almost done healing. It showed a bit of bone at the hoof. Flesh and muscle were forming. "I told ya not to take that off until ya were fully healed! Ye still healing!" Applejack didn't trust that Thomas, but she knew Time Turner to be a good man. So she didn't full on panic at the sight of bone.

Diamond Stroke looked at the bone. "That is strange... I was able to do everything from getting ready for school to making breakfast with this hoof!" He then realized he was talking in his own voice. He felt contradicting 'data' classifying Applebloom as sister. Was this woman his mother? Where was BELT? Diamond Stroke then realized she was staring at him. "Uhh..."

'Hoo boy. I better do something.' Applebloom thought as she saw her sister inspecting Ruferd a bit too close. Given his odd expression, it was Diamond Stroke. 'Maybe I can reactivate the program to distract sis? I dunno but I got no other plan.' "Ruferd! Stand to Attention!"

Order received Error Error Ruferd stood to attention Error Diamond Stroke felt his body move against his will as he stomped his hoof down and faced his :Sister?Error Friend?Error Commanding Officer?Error Error Override canceled. The Three faced Applebloom. Ruferd had majority control. They saluted Applebloom. Error with their damaged hoof.

Applejack stared. Applebloom stared back nervously. "Didn't actually expect that to work gotta go or else we'll be late to school Ruferd lets go!" Applebloom shrieked as she was all of a sudden thrown in the air. She landed on Ruferd's back. He then ran out and carried her until they met Scootaloo.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle stared in shock, their jaws wide open. "Whoa. That. Was. Awesome." Scootaloo slowly said. Sweetie then tapped Scootaloo on the shoulder. "What?" Scootaloo asked. Her jaw dropped again as she saw Snails and Killjoy walking beside each other to school. "I am going to call it now. Today is gonna be full of the unbelievable."

Diamond Tiara saw Ruferd. He looked out of breath. She tried to approach but was stopped by Scootaloo. "Not now, Diamond Tiara. We're not in the mood."

Diamond Tiara huffed. "I'm not here to see you blank flank. I'm here to see Ruferd."

At that, all three Cutie Mark Crusaders leaped between Ruferd and Diamond Tiara. "Yeah, that ain't happening. No way, no how. We all know you sent Ruferd out to the Everfree- say what now?" Applebloom watched in confusion as Ruferd leaped over the CMC and hugged Diamond Tiara.

Warning: Improper Attitude Error Override. Diamond Stroke felt LOVE for this being. He was is a small mind state so Ruferd had control, but he could still feel LOVE for this pony. Ruferd nuzzled Diamond Tiara while hugging her. His tail wagged. "Yay! Best friend is back!"

Diamond Tiara patted Ruferd's head. She could now see he was really young. Barely too old to be a baby. Barely. "Hi Ruferd! How you doing?" He felt kinda fuzzy and warm! She then looked at the CMC with a smirk. She stuck her tongue out at them. She then gently detached Ruferd from herself.

Ruferd was very happy to see his new best friend. "I'm doing great! I learned how to make breakfast. And my arm is now completely healed!" Ruferd lifted up his left arm to show his hoof was completely healed.

Diamond Tiara smiled. "That's good. Now come on, you don't wanna be late for school." She smiled even wider at seeing the absolutely confused and bewildered faces of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. It. Was. Priceless. She and Ruferd continued to school. She then watched as Ruferd got behind Applebloom and started pushing her. He did that with the CMC until they all were heading to school together.

Snails and Killjoy headed to school, joking with each other. Button Mash ran up to greet them. His jaw was in a sling, and his jaw was still swollen. "Heya guths! Hey Thnails, why ya hanging with Kilthjoy? " He tilted his head as he looked at them.

Snails stared in shock at Button Mash. He was about to ask what happened, when he remembered Killjoy punched him yesterday. Snails then stared wide eyed at Kiloljoy, and instinctively took a step away. At this, Killjoy gained a smug smile, which quickly became a scowl. "Yeah... I'm really sorry about that." Killjoy said.

Button Mash waved his hoof dismissively. "Dunt worthy adout dat. Hoo boi ith hard to talk. Anywayth, the doc ain't mad. He even offered to pay Mom's bill. And he'th paying for a new window!" Button Mash now took a closer look at Tyrant. "I'll get hyew a doc I trust to remofe that glass sthard." Tyrant winced at this. "Oh look! We're at stchool. I gotta give ma doctors note to the teather. See ya!" Button Mash ran to the school house to give his note.

Lord Tyrant looked around and saw many odd looks directed towards him. He proceeded to mess up his hair and re-positioned his crown so the shard was hidden. "WHAT?" he snapped at the others. They quickly looked away. 'If there is one thing other than Dad that I hate, it's too much attention. And being touched'. He shook his head. He then looked up and saw Snips approaching with a small bag.

Snips trotted up to his friend and gave him the bag of bits. "There you go!" He smiled. Snips then realized he was getting stares. That, or Snails was getting stares for having come to school with Maimjoy. "Uhh... Here. The bits I owe you."

Snails smiled as he looked in the bag. He then cocked his head to the left in confusion. "Uh Snips? I think you made a mistake. The bet was only for ten bits. There's like, fifty in this bag." Snails tried to give the bag back. Snips pushed it away.

Snips looked down at the ground. "Everypony looked at the two of you oddly when you guys came to school. I didn't". He slowly said.

Snails mind snapped to a panic. 'Oh fiddlesticks, Oh fiddlesticks, Oh fiddlesticks' he repeatedly thought.

"I saw you two yesterday."

'Oh fiddlesticks he thinks I'm a homeless orphan but I'm not Oh fiddlesticks Oh fiddlesticks'

Snips looked up and saw a look of panic on Snails' face. "I watched so I could make sure you couldn't cheat."

"Hey Snips shut up I need to do something." Lord Tyrant turned to the small crowd of ponies and screamed. "Hey look it's the Wonderbolts!" And sure enough, Spitfire was near the school. Lord Tyrant knew Twilight had convinced her to come to the school as a treat for the students. After all, he overheard. The crowd of ponies moved to gather around Spitfire. Scootaloo was hopping up and down in joy. "Okay, continue."

Snips cleared his throat. "Anyways, I kinda followed you to make sure you wouldn't cheat. I then of course discovered you couldn't... cheat." Snips then looked Snails in the eye. "So keep the money. I don't need it. You do."

'Oh fiddlesticks Oh fiddlesticks'. "Uh... Thanks. But hold on to them for me until after class." Snails then saw his parents approach. 'Well fiddlesticks I am so dead.' "Hi Mom hi Dad can I talk to you for a second thanks." Using a quick burst of magic, he flung himself and his parents away from the students. Using another burst of magic he caught himself and his parents.

Snails quickly whispered in his mother's ear. "Okay due to a lot of confusing stuff, Snips and my friend Maimjoy think I'm a homeless. Maimjoy is also a homeless. In short I kinda need you and Dad to play along or else I could lose Maimjoy's trust. Whisper that to Dad." He then looked at Maimjoy, who was facing away. He then whispered a tiny bit louder. "Plus I think he has super hearing. But he didn't hear the first part." At that, Maimjoy's ears flicked and turned away. Snails' mother pulled her husband away from the group by a good fifty meters and told her husband. He nodded and said he understood.

Snails let out a breath as he walked back to his friends. "What was that about?" Button Mash, Tyrant and Snips said simultaneously. Button Mash looked at the others.

Snails sighed. "I talked to my 'folks' to explain the current situation." He put emphasis on the word folks. He watched as Button Mash tilted his head confused.

Lord Tyrant groaned and spoke bluntly. "Because of your stupidity to have yet figure it out, we have another orphan in our group. That is Snails."

"Oh! Cool!" Button Mash said. He then realized what he said and his ears flattened. "I mean. Not cool. Anythays! I had an idea earlier. Becauth I destoryed your box earlier I thought we could make a new one out of wood! And with wheels so it can move around!" Button Mash winced as Tyrant scowled, but then smiled as Tyrant began to think.

"Perhaps... I could help pay for the supplies. And we might as well make on for Snails as well, because why bucking not." Lord Tyrant mused over this. "Also sorry for cussing." Both Snails and and Button Mash gave an approving nod.

"I am confused. How does the word 'bucking' became a cuss phrase?" The group turned to look at the small colt known as Ruferd. Most of them smiled. Tyrant did not. Button Mash noticed Tyrant go rigid. His eyes opened wide in fear. He looked terrified of Ruferd.

'Oh dear this is not good. That's Project Maimjoy' Diamond Stroke thought as Ruferd stared curiously at the child. Ruferd did not want to be feared. He leaped at 'Maimjoy' and hugged him. "Don't be afraid. I am not going to hurt you.

The children watched as Killjoy remained still, continuing to stare strait ahead. He then slowly hugged Ruferd. A single tear rolled down his cheek. He then shoved Ruferd off him and walked towards the classroom, before changing direction and heading to the Wonderbolt, his head held high. "I have a reputation to uphold." they heard him murmur.

Soon, the bell rang. Everypony headed inside.
*
Scammer Siblings Tonic Stand
*

Susan yawned as the first customer of the day approached. It had been a long night. And by the looks of the customer's face, it would be a long day. Her brothers snoozed beside her. "Great! Just great! It's you two again. Wait. Who are you?" The customer stared at Susan. Susan smiled.

"I'm Susan of the Scammer Siblings." At that, the man began to walk away. "Ya, ya I know. But Scimmer Siblings didn't sound right."

The man considered this. "Scimmer Siblings. Scammer Siblings. Yeah your right. Scammer has a better ring to it. But your not gonna scam ponies like those two do, are you?"

Susan tilted her head in confusion. "Wha?" She then looked at her brothers. "N-no! I'll do my best to keep them honest. Anyways, if you don't trust their merchandise, I made some tonics of my own!" Susan's head ducked beneath the counter as she pulled out a few bottles. She pointed to a pink one. "This one will make you brave for around an hour. A side effect is two hours of a headache afterwards." She then pointed to a green one. "This one will heal a chipped tooth. It will not regrow a missing tooth, however. Side effects are jaw aches for two days. One should only have liquids like soup and water." She then pointed to the third. It was blue. "This one is supposed to help one sleep, but it has yet to be tested."

The customer looked at the potions. "I'll take the chipped tooth one. I have to eat food made by my grandpa, and she makes really hard cookies that my family forces me to eat. How much?"

Susan stared at the bottles. "Uhh... twelve bits. I think." She scratched her head as she looked for a price on the other bottles."

"Deal." the man put down twelve bits, took the potion, and left.

Susan smiled. She made her first bits.
*
AFTER SCHOOL
*

Applejack, The CMC, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon watched in amusement as the boys tried to construct the 'boxcars'. They boys were made up of Snips, Snails, Button Mash, Tyrant and Ruferd. Snips and Snails looked proud of the boxcars. Tyrant looked somewhat frustrated, yet also proud. Ruferd for some unknown reason just sniffed the boxcars, like a dog smelling a new wagon. Button Mash was sitting in a tub of cold water, his face resting in it almost like he was ashamed. He was actually cooling his aching jaw and his tired muscles. "I think we did good." he stated as they all watched Ruferd sniff the boxcars.

Diamond Stroke inspected the structure of the boxcars, as he had called them. They were not well built. He could feel the too large amount of air flow through them as Ruferd sniffed. "Applebloom, buck them." No pony questioned his odd voice. Earlier, Tyrant told everypony he wanted to be called Lord Tyrant. Ruferd took the time to explain he had few minds, and few voices. So no pony was surprised by the odd voice.

Applebloom gave Diamond Stroke an odd look. "If ya say so..." She proceeded to give one box a single buck. It broke easily. She then gave the other box a single buck. It broke just as easily. She looked at the boys and felt bad. They all looked crushed.

Diamond Stroke now turned to Applejack and put on a rather adorable sad face. He then whispered very quietly to Ruferd what to say. "Applejack, will you help us please?"

Applejack took Ruferd into a hug. "Of course, sugar cube. I'll help ya." Ruferd wagged his tail in joy.

"Yay!" Ruferd shouted. Ruferd then looked at the boxcars. "Do we have enough wood to work with?" Ruferd then turned to Applejack and tilted his head. "Or do we need more?"

Applejack scratched her head with her left hoof. "I think we can use this wood still. We just need to grab the extra Tyrant bought." She then looked down at Ruferd. "Also, little fella... I gots a question that needs an answer. No pony has been asking but... Who and where are your folks?"

'Well bucking bunk. We are doomed. Why can I think to you, but not reverse!?' Diamond Stroke tried to think. He could come up with a lie, but he was talking to the Element of Honesty. Ruferd began to panic. Ruferd did not know. And it seemed this was concerning to Diamond Stroke. ERROR DATA NOT FOUND ERROR "I" Error Answer DO NOT KNOW: FALSE ERROR EVADE QUESTION "I don't know?" ERROR WARNING APPLEJACK is giving odd look. Breaking point. Sweat factor 3% above average. "I DON'T HAVE ANY!!!" System Standby.

Applejack looked at Ruferd as he seemed to be scared and confused, along with trying to seem emotionless. "Can we just focus on the boxcars please?" Applejack saw looks of fear coming from the rest of the boys.

"S-sure, Ruferd" Applejack said. She then shook her head. "Alright, lets get to work."
*
An Estimate of 40 minutes later
*

Scootaloo looked at the carts. She didn't know why they were being called boxcars. Until they made some adjustments. "Hey, I think I could pull these boxcars like a train if you guys get in." The others shrugged and hooked up the boxcars. Scootaloo was disappointed that she couldn't pull them that fast.

Sweetie Belle sighed. "Well there goes that plan. Disconnect yourself from the boxcar." Sweetie was surprised when Ruferd put himself in the harness to pull the boxcars. He did just as well as Scootaloo. "Hmm..." Sweetie Belle jumped in the air as she got an idea. "I got it! We made two harnesses for this odd plan, so if we have Scootaloo with her powerful wings and Ruferd with his grand strength, this could work!"
*
ABOUT TEN MINUTES LAAATER!!!!
*

The Citizens of Ponyville had normal days. At times, they had do deal with the Cutie Mark Crusader shenanigans. But a small orange pegasus and a tiny brown Earth pony pulling two small boxcars with a whole crew of pony was a bit much. The fact the crew included two of the snobbiest snobs was also a bit much. But add the motion that they were all playing instruments in an odd folks style music... This caused some ponies to ready their homes for the worst.

"WOO HOO!" Silver Spoon shouted as they almost flew over one of the hills of Ponyville. It had been a grand day. "You all better help me on Wednesday to babysit the Cake Twins!" she shouted over the rush of wind.

"Sure! Me and Snips don't have much else planned!" Snails shouted in return.

Rarity, Time Turner Berry Punch walked out of the new Watering Hole. They both decided to investigate the new place and found it rather fancy and nice. "I keep telling you," Time Turner said as he licked a salt cube. "They should them called 'Salt Saloon's'! It only makes sense! And I think I'm drunk from the salt."

Berry Punch and Rarity looked at Time Turner oddly. Berry Punch knew what it was like to pass out from a fruit punch sugar crash, so she prepared to catch him. Rarity gave a small, nervous chuckle. "Darling, I don't believe you can get.. ahem.. intoxicated from salt. Aged sour cider, yes. But salt? No."

Time Turner gave her a confused look. "But I really think I'm drunk! I just saw a train in the street." Berry Punch took his salt away. "I believe this because... Well, Rarity. You know of how your sister is insane and is enemies with Diamond Tiara and her cohort?"

"My sister is not insane!" Rarity snapped. Berry punch tilted her head from side to side. It was obvious that she believed that to be debatable. Rarity glared at Berry Punch, before returning her gaze to Time Turner. "And what does that have to do with her dislike for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?"

"I saw those two along with your sister and her friends, plus four others going around in a train." Time Turner said before taking back his salt.

Rarity stared, her anger gone and replaced with confusion. "I'm sorry, but did you say the cutie mark crusaders were hanging out with the ponies who hate them most, on a train, moving about Ponyville?"

Time Turner nodded. "Like I said, I think I'm drunk. But I see Scootaloo and that tiny brown colt Ruferd harnessed to two train like boxcars, fashioned out of wood, with Snails, Silver Spoon, Snips and Applebloom in one boxcar, and Sweetie Belle, Diamond Tiara, Button Mash and Mr. Maimjoy in the other."

Berry Punch and Rarity nodded their heads together. "Darling, you may be right. Let's get you home, okay?" All of a sudden, two boxcars pulled by two children zoomed by. Berry Punch then ate all of her salt lick and downed all three cups of water. She still saw the 'train'.

Applejack ran up to Rarity, Berry Punch and Time Turner. "Y'all seen a train go by?" she asked, mentally kicking herself for how crazy the question sounded. The three all pointed in a single direction. "Thanks." Applejack prepared to run in the direction. But then she saw their hooves begin to move direction, simultaneously. "Let me guess, I outa jump out the way, else Ima get ran over." They nodded. Applejack leaped ten feet strait up into the air. The train zoomed by her, followed by Ruferd and Scootaloo, who were sitting on the scooter, clinging to each other for dear life.

"I believe I am now super drunk, because it looked like the train was going backwards. I show now attempt to pass out so I don't have to deal with this madness." Time Turner began to keel over to his left, so Rarity prepared to catch him. Suddenly, he was carried in the air.

"Come on, Doc! We gotta stop that weird train thingy!" Ditsy yelled as she carried Time Turner. "But... I have no idea how to do that. Any ideas, Doc?"

Time Turner thought deeply. An idea came to him. 'Oh God, this will hurt.' he thought. "Derpy! I need you to throw me ahead of the run away train! I got a plan that may work, but we need to move fast!"

Ditsy nodded as she flew faster. She had no idea what Time Turner was planning, but she was sure it would be amazing. She threw him so he would land slightly ahead of the train. She was confused as to why he rolled up into a ball. That is, she was confused until the train crashed into him.

The children were confused when the boxcars seemed to swap places. They soon became afraid when they discovered that Ruferd and Scootaloo were no longer steering. They then screamed louder when they saw a brown cannonball land in front of the wagon. The cannonball was Time Turner. The train hit him. But because he rolled into a ball, it didn't run him over. The train went flying, flinging all but two occupants out of it. A few seconds later, three shouts of pain were heard, along with a sickening crunch.

"OH MY GOD, THAT HURT!" Time Turner screamed as he got up. Somehow, the boxcars were not broken. They didn't even carry a crack. "WHO THE BLOODY HELL BUILT THOSE!?" He then realized that one of the boxcars had landed on top of somepony, while Scootaloo landed on the boxcar. "Rarity, stop tending your sister!" he shouted. He groaned as Rarity ignored him. "Your sister's best friend is unconscious on top of a box and should be carefully levitated away. NOW BLOODY STOP TENDING TO YOUR SISTER AND CARRY SCOOTALOO OFF THE BOX!"

Applejack stood back as Neighton tried to get her to calm down. She payed him no mind and ran to her sister. She hugged Applebloom tightly. "I am so glad you're alright!" she said. She then whispered "Your grounded for a week."

Diamond Stroke could feel that his arm was broken. "At least it isn't crushed." Ruferd said. Diamond Stroke had to agree with this. He saw a purple aura on the boxcar as it was lifted away from him. Diamond Stroke quickly leaped to all but his left hooves. "Can you straiten this for me?" he asked, raising his left arm. "Otherwise, I will have to do it myself."

Twilight saw Ruferd's left foreleg was bent in an odd way. She wasn't sure how he wasn't screaming. But then she remembered that yesterday he said his left foreleg was crushed. "This may hurt" she said. Twilight saw Ruferd's face go emotionless. She then shoved the leg in it's proper placement.

Diamond Stroke told The Program to stand by. He could now feel pain again, but that was good. He moved his arm. It worked good. Diamond Stroke then looked at the unicorn before him. "Um, I think I've forgotten your name."

"Oh! I never actually introduced myself. My name is Twilight!" Twilight paused. "So... How do you heal yourself like that?"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I-" Diamond Stroke had no clue whether or not he should answer. He then heard a ear piercing scream. "That's not good."

Scootaloo stared wide eyed at her wing. Her right wing. It was horizontally almost split in half. "AHHH!!!!" Scootaloo kept screaming at the top of her lungs. She knew if she stopped, she would feel the pain.

Time Turner used his scanner. There was little hope, but it could still be saved. If they acted right now it could be saved. Everypony clambered around him, begging for help. "Gotta think gotta think gotta- OH! I've got too much going on in my head, I need a bigger head!" he shouted. Time Turner then turned to Ruferd. "To what extent can your healing magic do?"

"Give me a knife. Now." Diamond Stroke quickly said. He was given a medical knife. He could smell sugar and sweets coming from the pink mare. So he tackled her. Cookies fell out of her mane. He quickly began eating them. Ruferd could see the plan. System Check: Error: Not healer. Soldier. 'Too bad, Program! Change, no, ADD HEALER STATUS to soldier SYSTEM.' He made a slightly deep cut in his left arm. He quickly forced some blood into Scootaloo's mouth and forced her to swallow. He began to let his blood pour on her wound. It began to heal with a slight glow.

Scootaloo tried to spit out the blood. "I'm DYING HERE WHAT THE TARTAR SAUCE ARE YOU DOING!?!?" The blood felt like it was alive! It was moving in her, to her wing. She saw a glow.

"Stop wasting energy burning!" Diamond Stroke commanded. DNA COMMAND received Error healing self. "No, override self healing!" Self healing overridden. Warning: Extremely low on healing Sugars. Ruferd pointed at the Pink Earth Pony. "You! I need more sugar to complete the healing process! And I need more energy!"

Lord Tyrant knew what to do. He raced over and began pumping his energy into Ruferd. He heard his program interacting with the other. They allowed the energy flow. A black aura covered Ruferd. Pinkie ran over with a bag of sugar.

"GREAT!" Diamond Stroke slammed his head in the sugar and began eating it. The sugars kicked his blood cells into high power. He let it glow. There was enough sugar here. His blood glowed as it poured in Scootaloo's wound.

"OW!! THAT HURTS!" Scootaloo screamed as a burning sensation traveled through her body. But she could see her wing pulling itself together. It was being fixed. She saw Ruferd bring his cut foreleg to her mouth. She sucked on it, slightly thinking that this is was it felt like to be a vampire. His blood burned in her mouth and throat as she swallowed it.

Lord Tyrant was surprised. He still had so much energy left in him. Scootaloo was healed. He then stopped supplying, grabbed Button Mash, and ran from the scene.

Time Turner quickly scanned Scootaloo and Ruferd. He let out a sigh. He then looked over to where Spoiled Rich was scolding her daughter. "These two are fine! Scootaloo is now completely healed! And quite scolding your daughter, she's done nothing wrong, and hanging out with those who have yet to find their talent is not wrong, it's just you being a moron for not being concerned about your daughter." Time Turner turned away. "Now, where was I? Ah, yes. I am going to start crying out from slash in broken rib pain." He took a deep breath. "OH MY GOD, THAT HURTS! I THINK I ALREADY SAID THAT!" He then passed out from the pain. He then awoke laying on the ground two seconds later. "DERPY! CARRY ME HOME!" He then fainted again. Ditsy lifted him and left.
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LATER
*

Applebloom and Ruferd sat in a pair of chairs as Applejack paced in front of them. Granny Smith was making food in the kitchen. Big Mac simply stared. "First off, y'all grounded." Applebloom's ears flattened against her head. Ruferd carried a blank expression. "Second, WHAT WERE Y'ALL THINKING!?! YA NEARLY GOT YOURSELVES KILLED!"

"Point is: we did not die. Second: No."

Applejack whipped her head towards Ruferd. "What was that?" she said coldly.

Diamond Stroke looked down. "Nothing." He had left his mother at twenty, because she still scolded him like a little child. Now, he was a little child. For the most parts. He wanted to feel angry. But Applejack only was worried. "Sorry Ma'am." Ruferd said. Ruferd felt sad that he was making Applejack feel so bad.

Applejack looked at Ruferds face. He looked like he was disappointed in himself. Her own ears flattened. "Look y'all, I'm sorry for yellin. I was just so worried. I know you do crazy things with your friends Applebloom, but you need to calm things down a notch." Applejack lifted Applebloom's chin up with her hoof. "Ya also gotta be careful 'bout who ya bring! Ruferd's just a foal." She then hugged her sister and Ruferd.

Big Mac clopped over. He stared for a second. He then calmly joined in the group hug. Granny Smith left her pie and joined in the hug as well.

Diamond Stroke returned the hug. Ruferd could feel an odd warmth inside of him. He wasn't sure what it was, but it felt nice.
*
MEANWHILE, THE SCAMMER SIBLINGS
*

Flim and Flam waved goodbye at the customer. They counted their bits. "Well brother of mine, it seems are tonics are still a big hit!" Flim said.

"Indeed, brother of mine! And that Applejack won't ruin things this time!" Flam said. He and his brother received a slightly painful bonk to the heads. "OW!" they said.

Susan glared at her brothers. "No." They looked at her confused, rubbing their heads. "We may be the Scammer Siblings, BUT WE WON'T BE SCAMMING PONIES!" Susan shouted so strongly that the brother's hair stood back.

"Yes ma'am!" the brothers said. "Wow, you can be loud!"

Susan blushed, taking that as a compliment. "Thanks" she said quietly. The three then shared a laugh. "Actually, the ponies here don't exactly trust us, so I was looking at our map. I found a place I seem to remember with kindness. Let's go to Ponyville, selling proper tonics and potions!"

"Uhh... That may be a problem" Flim slowly said.

"We... have a really bad reputation there..." Flam replied.

"Really? Well TOO BAD! And if anypony has a problem with you two, they can STUFF IT UP THEIR-"

Flim reached up and slapped his sister. "Don't say cusswords, and don't say things that sound like cusswords! Your point gets across, but all family members must agree." The sister and the brother turned to Flam.

'Why did I ever agree to this family thing?' Flam thought. "Ugh. FINE, we'll go to Ponyville selling proper tonics. What are you doing to our stocks?"

Susan turned back to face her brothers. "We can still sell the fake tonics as juice! After all, that's all it is!"

Flim looked at Flam. "Lets do this." They both said.
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CANTERLOT CASTLE
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Celestia paced in her chamber. There were those who wanted to destroy the cult's creation. From the information she could gather, a powerful and ancient demon would posses the body of a child, gain friends and allies, then kill them all. She could not allow this. Celestia turned to her guard. "Get me Miss Gritty Blossom now. I have a mission for her."