You're Okay

I shivered at the touch of fur pressing against my chest. I assume the fur was part of my dream. There’s no way there’s fur in the tree house with me. I slowly opened my eyes and recoiled at what was in front of me. There was a mint green unicorn with a green mane sleeping peacefully in front of me.

“Good morning,” a voice from behind me said softly and I twisted my body to look behind me. There was an earth pony mare with pink and blue curled mane watching me with cerulean eyes. I think that was a fancy way of saying blue. I’m not entirely sure. Twilight hadn’t been too clear on the topic.

“Where the heck am I?” I asked hesitantly. While I did vaguely recognize the two from somewhere, I didn’t necessarily know where. I partially blame me being tired for that.

“Our house silly filly,” the unicorn mumbled. I didn’t know she was awake.

“Uh why? Why aren’t I in the tree house?” I tensed my legs up in preparation to run. The earth pony must have sensed it because she laid her foreleg over my chest, effectively pinning me down to the bed. Not to the point where I couldn’t breathe but just enough where I couldn’t move.

“Relax Scootaloo. Nopony here will hurt you. Lyra brought you home because the weather was awful last night,” the pony behind me said. Now I knew who these ponies were. They ran the Sweet Shoppe near school downtown. Since Lyra was in front of me, that must mean the pony behind me was Bon Bon.

“Oh uh thanks. I’ll be heading out now. Thanks for the shelter,” I struggled against the earth ponys foreleg.

“Not so fast,” Lyra chuckled. “We got some quick questions for ya.” That sounded slightly ominous and I don’t like it.

“Uh like what?” I asked cautiously. I had a slight feeling what this was about but I hope I wasn’t right.

“Why in Celestias name were you sleeping outside? Why didn’t you go home? The pegasus were making a crazy storm for the farm ponies.” Yep, it was what I thought it was about.

“Fine. I don’t have a home. My parents are always gone. My aunt has custody of me but she’s in the uh hospital,” I admitted. I felt the foreleg resting on top of me pull closer to Bon Bon in a hug. I felt the unicorn join in herself after a few seconds.

“I’m sorry. Did they tell you why?” Lyra asked.

“No. Something about hair or something I’m not sure. They keep things pretty hush over there,” I answered. “I don’t trust em.”

“Interesting,” Bon Bon mused. “You hungry for some breakfast kid?”

“Uhh maybe?” I said with a guarded expression. Lyra gave me a warm smile and tussled my mane.

“Let’s get some breakfast then.”

-------------------------------------------------------------I sat quietly at a table as Bon Bon hummed in the kitchen. Lyra sat at the table with a newspaper enveloped in a golden glow of her magic.

“Why don’t you try cooking?” I asked. “Uhm not to be rude of course.” Lyra smirked as she set the paper down.

“She can’t cook,” Bon Bon called out from the kitchen as she kept humming.

“Hey!” Lyra glared playfully at her partners hindquarters. “I am right here. And I can cook! I can use the microwave!”

“You set the microwave and toaster on fire,” Bon Bon said flatly as she entered the room with three plates on her back with orange juice on a tray.

“Okay that was an accident,” Lyra admitted as she took the plates and cups in her magic. She quickly set them at three spots, levitating forks along with knives and napkins out. I watched in awe as she did so expertly and easily. “What’s up?” Lyra giggled at my expression.

“I’ve never seen anyone use magic so easily,” I answered.

“What about Sweetie Belle? Or Rarity?” Bon Bon asked. “Isn’t her sister part of your crew?”

“Yeah Sweetie is but her magic isn’t that strong. Nor is Raritys to be honest. She’s no Twilight,” I answered. Lyra gave a chuckle.

“Nopony could ever be as good as Twilight. Except for somepony I knew as a filly back at Celestia’s school. But she hasn’t been seen in a long, long time,” Lyra admitted.

“You went to school with Twilight? What happened to your friend?” I asked.

“Yes I did. And Sunset wasn’t a friend. She was complicated to say the least,” Lyra sighed as she cut her pancake up and tossed it in her mouth.

“What was Twilight like? Did you search for this Sunset?” I pressed.

“A total shut in. Complete bookworm. Just like Moondancer was. I haven’t seen Moonie in years so I’m not sure if she’s changed or not. As for Sunset, we didn’t search. Princess Celestia sure did along with her guards but I don’t know if they ever found her.”

“Maybe I can search for her! Me and the other cmc!” I announced eagerly. “Missing pony finder cutie marks!”

“I wouldn’t search for her. Celestia said she knew where she went but was shifty about it. She didn’t tell me or Minuette or Lemon Hearts. Not even Twinkleshine,” Lyra sighed as she ate another piece of her pancake. “Maybe one day she will resurface. You really seem eager to get your cutie mark.”

“Got that right. All three of us will get our marks. It’s important!” I boasted. “We go all over Ponyville trying out different potential cutie marks!”

“Oh we know,” Bon Bon laughed. “I also remember Big Mac yanking Berry Punches house out of the ground when you three chained him to it after giving him and Cheerilee that love potion.” I turned a faint shade of red.

“I thought we agreed to never speak of that again as a community.” Lyra gave a shrug.

“Oh we did. It’s still fun to bring up now and again. Especially when Berry is around,” Lyra smirked. “Now eat your breakfast. We have to take you to school after this.” I gave a nod as I finally started eating.

“Wow. This is pretty good,” I announced. Bon Bon gave a giggle after she swallowed her own bite.

“Thank you.”