White Lightning flew straight through the bottom of her house or well, her parents house now she supposed. Clouds were nice like that. Most pegasi used their magic to detect certain ponies that allowed them to just fly in through the floor. Most chose not to because it tended to mess up the clouds in that room.

White was just glad her parents hadn’t gotten around to removing her from the clouds magic or whatever it was called. She didn’t really care enough to learn what it was called. Sunset would probably know, honestly. She seemed to be fairly smart when it came to magic.

She poked her head out the doorway of the bathroom cautiously, grateful nopony had been using it. That would have been pretty awkward she would imagine. That already happened once with her and Cotton Cloudy, except White had been using it. She didn’t know which was worse honestly.

White trotted to her room quietly and dropped Cotton in her bed, biting the blanket and dragging it over the filly.

“Goodnight,” White Lightning muttered and trotted to her old room and she started to shove stuff into a suit case she had stored under her cloud bed for storage. “Dresses, check. Random books, check. Bits, check. Flight goggles, check. Pillow and plush, check. Blankets, check. Looks I got the essential stuff.”

White opened her door softly and started trotting down the hall carefully to avoid waking anypony up.

“You’re leaving.”

White Lightning stiffened and turned slowly to face her mom standing behind her. It wasn’t a question.

“Yes, I am.”

White Lightning shifted her saddlebags on her back and tightened down her suitcase she had on her back. Way easier than carrying the damn thing with her mouth.

“I don’t belong here. You and that stallion downstairs made that perfectly clear. I’m moving to Canterlot. To be with my friends,” White Lightning narrowed her eyes. “And you know what, I’m happy you kicked me out. I get to finally find out who I’m meant to be without these freaking metaphorical hoof cuffs you’ve placed on me.”

White Lightning continued to stare at her with a scowl and sighed as she started to walk past her.

“I’m sorry.”

“Little bit late for that now, isn’t it?” White Lightning retorted bitterly with an eyeroll without turning to face her. “I’m almost eighteen, this will be the last time you ever see me. If either of you are ever sick or dying, I will not visit you.”

“Don’t say that. You don’t want to live with that,” her mom rested a hoof on her back and White shook her off.

“Do not touch me,” White Lightning warned and glared at her. “You know, I got first place in the BYFC today. Or well, yesterday now since it’s one am. I spent the entire day with the Wonderbolts and the Princesses. So did Sprinkle and Cotton Cloudy. I even got a trophy that Sprinkle is holding onto for me. As my mom, you should be proud of me. Not whatever the hell you said to me the other day.”

“Aren’t you forgetting somepony?” Her mom jerked her head to Cottons room. “The Princess has your birth certificate and all other documentation. We have negotiated that Cotton Cloudy will live with you during the school year and the first week of summer. We get her the rest of the summer. She was adamant this be done.”

White Lightning shifted slightly. The rational side of her brain told her to not trust a single word she said, but on the other hoof her mom had been the more caring parent and trustworthy.

“Okay,” White nodded after a long moment of thinking. “I’ll go get her and some things of hers. She fell asleep pretty fast.”

“She is good at that. So were you her age.”

White Lightning resisted the urge to make a rude remark as her mom hugged her and she tensed. It was fairly rare for her to be hugged by anypony other her marefriend and sister. White Lightning hesitated before she hugged her back.

“I love you,” White Lightning admitted and nuzzled her. “I don’t know why, but I do.”

“I love you too. Why exactly Canterlot? You don’t even know these ponies. What makes you think they won’t drop you when the moment presents itself?” Her mom asked and White growled at her.

“What, like you and dad did?” White shot back bitterly and her mom flinched.

“Yes.”

“Enough with the simple, one worded answers,” White grumbled and stepped away. “You know I hate that. I’ll send a letter once we’re settled in Canterlot and such. Do I seriously get to see my sister?”

“Yes, you do. Princess Celestia has ordered it and she was uhm very persuasive,” her mom shifted nervously. More along the lines of Princess Celestia had threatened them with numerous court dates and expensive fines and potential jail time unless they complied with her demands.

Not that she would ever admit that. It was already embarrassing having the Princess know all of your business like that.

“Can I have another hug before we go get Cotton Cloudy at least? We have her registered at a school in a town called Ponyville. It’s about a two hour train ride from Canterlot, probably faster if you fly but I’m unsure. You will be responsible for getting her to and from school, housing her, feeding her, making sure she has a proper room, getting her to the doctor, dentist and more. It’s not easy being a parent. You’re gonna have to get a job, pay for her school supplies and pay for an apartment or house. It’s not easy or fun being grown up.”

White Lightning felt like her head was about to start spinning. She knew raising a kid had a lot of work, but she wasn’t entirely ready for that.

“I got a partner. I’ll be fine. Cotton and my loving marefriend will be fine. And yes, marefriend,” White Lightning gave her a smug grin and she fluttered her wings. “Once you decide you’re done with dad’s shit, you and I can maybe work on our relationship again.”

White Lightning and her mom both turned to Cottons room where the filly was standing with a blanket wrapped her and her teddy bear held in a wing.

“I gotta use the bathroom,” Cotton Cloudy mumbled and stumbled around them.

Freaking adorable, White and her mom thought at the same time.

Sprinkle Medley paced back and forth on her cloud, occasionally glancing at the moon to help her tell the time. She always found using the moon was a bit more easier than using the sun to tell time. But she wouldn’t even admit that out loud.

A few suitcases sat in front of her as she continued pacing, flicking her tail back and forth before pausing to preen her wings. Keeping her wings in perfect condition was always a thing she liked doing. Certainly helped make flying easier.

“I’m surprised you actually came. I half expected to find a note saying you couldn’t come.”

Sprinkle Medley glanced back at the white mare standing behind her with a few boxes on her back and White Lightning stumbled before regaining control of her hooves.

“That is such a cliché thing to do,” Sprinkle Medley scoffed and took a few boxes from her. “What is with so much boxes? Where we headed?”

“I was thinking Canterlot,” White Lightning deposited the sleeping foal on her back onto the cloud. “Managed to negotiate with my mom and dad to keep Cotton for the school year and first week of summer and then we will trade her back and forth.”

That would explain the random boxes with the words CC on a few and Sprinkle Medley shifted her weight.

“Canterlot is a bit far away for us to carry all these, Whitey. There’s a dozen other towns. Hell, Trottingham is under us right now. And Cloudsdale will float away so our parents won’t look. I told mine I was going out to get ice cream and snuck out the window so we don’t have long.”

White Lightning rolled her eyes and started shoving boxes off her onto the cloud as Sprinkle raised an eyebrow.

“You’re about to start singing, aren’t you?” Sprinkle sighed and White nodded enthusiastically as she hovered in place.

“Yes, yes I am,” White Lightning cleared her throat and coughed into her hoof. “And that sky rolls out like a welcome mat. don’t know where it goes but it beats where we’re at. We always said someday, somehow we were gonna get away, gonna blow this town. And what about now, how ‘bout tonight? Baby, for once let’s don’t think twice. Let’s take that flight that never ends that we’ve been talkin’ about.
What about now, why should we wait?
We can chase these dreams down the interstate. And be long gone before Equestria moves on and makes another round. What about now?”

“Please stop, you’re making a scene,” Sprinkle muttered and rolled her eyes as she tapped her hoof against the cloud. “The fact it’s just us three is a minor detail.”

“We’ve been puttin’ this off, baby, long enough. Just give me the word, and we’ll be kicking up clouds. We both know it’s just a matter of time before our hearts start racin’ for that city line,” White Lightning ignored her protest and flew around her in a circle. “And we could hang around this town forever making plans.
But there won’t ever be a better time to take this chance. And what about now, how ‘bout tonight? Baby, for once let’s don’t think twice. Let’s take that flight that never ends that we’ve been talkin’ about.
What about now, why should we wait?
We can chase these dreams down the interstate. And be long gone before Equestria moves on and makes another round. What about now?”

“You’re lucky I love your singing,” Sprinkle Medley grumbled and nodded. “Fine. Let’s go.” White hummed the last few remaining lines and picked up a box. “But we’re having that delivered for us. We’re not flying carrying like, fifteen boxes White.”

White Lightning grudgingly had to admit she had a point. She could barely fly here with a majority of Cottons stuff alongside her own on her back. And the filly was surprisingly heavy herself. White blamed herself for that one. She did often give her snacks randomly or left her go wild. Just another thing she assumed she’d have to keep an eye on in Canterlot.

“Okay, fine by me. And we can sing the entire way. I’ve got dozens and dozens memorized in my head. We could do this for hours,” White Lightning clapped her hooves together excitedly and Sprinkle Medley smirked slightly.

“Oh boy. This is gonna be another one of those trips where you sing so much you lose your voice, isn’t it?”

“Shush. But maybe so, yes,” White Lightning conceded after a moment and she turned around. “So where exactly do you know of a spinning company open this later? Everywhere is closed.”

“Not everywhere,” Sprinkle Medley grinned and started hovering above her. “Grab a box.”

White Lightning didn’t necessarily like the grin she was on the receiving end of and idly wondered if that’s what she looked like when she was about to say a really awful joke.

While most places were closed, Raindrops and a few other pegasi were known for working for a moving company that worked whenever a pony needed. And Sprinkle Medley did happen to be friends with Raindrops. And Raindrops did like money, as did practically all of Equestria.

Money did make the world go around, after all.

“Did you bring bits? We should be able to get a discount because we’re awesome enough and Raindrops is our friends. If only Derpy still lived in Cloudsdale. But alas she does not so we can’t ask her. But damn it we can ask Raindrops,” Sprinkle Medley took off and White Lightning stared after her.

“And here I thought being impulsive was my job in this relationship.”

Sunset yawned and rested her hooves on the basket of their balloon as they floated through the sky, Cloudsdale long since becoming a small dot in the sky behind them.

Silver Spanner was laying in a ball snoring next to Celestia, the brown unicorn tucked under her wing and Sunset pushed down her jealously. Sunset did live with the alicorn, she would be fine until she got home. Or that’s what she kept telling herself, at least.

Sunset had volunteered to stay awake while the other two slept. She did have to promise to wake them up if anything bad did happen, like running out of gas for the balloon or whatever Celestia had stated. Sunset didn’t really like being given orders like that, she was more than capable of using a balloon. Somewhat.

“You look bored.” Sunset’s head whipped aside to look at White Lightning and Sprinkle hovering behind her with their hooves resting on the basket. “Heyo.”

“Hi.”

Sunset raised an eyebrow at the filly sleeping on Sprinkle Medleys back for a brief moment. She was a bit impressed that the kid didn’t roll off her in her sleep. Knowing Sunset’s poor luck, she would have if the roles were swapped.

“What are you three doing here? It’s late as heck,” Sunset commented and watched as White Lightning nuzzled her sister.

“We’re uh moving. To Canterlot. Tonight,” Sprinkle Medley flicked her tail a few times to swat at a fly. “White Lightnings idea. I’m just here because I wanna be with my marefriend.”

Sunset shifted awkwardly as the pair kissed and Sunset reisted the urge to gag. She was not a big fan of the whole romance thing. Seemed kinda like a waste of time to her. That’s pretty much the main reason Sunset refuses to date in general.

“Out of curiosity, why?” Sunset wanted to know and leaned forward curiously as the two looked at each other.

“Something is telling me to go with you,” White Lightning admitted after a moment and licked her lips. “I can’t explain it. But I firmly believe living in Canterlot, near you and Silver Spanner is the right move. I already got kicked out, might as well move as far as physically possible from my mom and dad.”

“Weird gut feeling?” Sunset asked and the white mare nodded slowly as Sunset glanced at her sleeping unicorn friend. “Silver Spanner and I briefly talked about something last night. We both felt the same you are. It’s a very weird thing, now give me the filly. If you’re gonna be living near us and be our friend, I should probably get better with children.”

Sunset wagged a hoof impatiently and Sprinkle Medley nodded after a moment of silence and Cotton Cloudy glowed a faint teal color as Sunset levitated her next to her.

“Well, hi. I’m really not good at kids but I’ll try. You’re freaking adorable,” Sunset muttered and allowed Cotton to grab her hoof. “Careful with that.”

“She’s always been touchy in her sleep like that. She sucked my mane once,” White Lightning stretched her hind legs out. “That was super uncomfortable for me. My poor mane was soaked.”

Sunset grimaced a bit at the mental image of that.

“So which way is Canterlot again?” Sprinkle Medley looked around and Sunset pointed south after looking at her compass she had bought with her allowance from some gift shop. “You should probably hold onto something.”

“Why?” Sunset asked and the two pegasi started to flap their wings harder as the balloon shot forward. Sunset and the other ponies are rolled backwards, slamming hard into each other. “Oh sweet stars!”

“What in Equestria?” Silver Spanner growled as she blinked. “Why are we flying so fast?”

“Hi,” White Lightning waved a hoof at her. “Welcome to the express way around Equestria. Please keep all hooves, tails and manes inside the balloon at all times unless you have to vomit. Thank you for flying Air Lightning.”

“Hey! I’m here too!” Sprinkle Medley snapped at her and White chuckled before flicking her tail against Sprinkles flank. “Ay, save that for the bedroom.”

“Yes ma’am,” White Lightning rolled her eyes and smirked at her.

“I’m going back to sleep. Goodnight,” Silver Spanner muttered and she stretched out her forelegs and curled up in between Celestia and Sunset as she rested her tail on Sunset’s cutie mark. “Have fun.”

“She loves her sleep,” Sunset explained and managed somehow to untangle Cotton Cloudy from under Celestia. “How I’m not dead by mare, I will never know.”

“Death by mares. Great way to go,” Sprinkle Medley sighed and White Lightning whapped her with a wing upside the head. “Ow!”

“I hope you meant mare as in singular. As in me,” White shot her a look and spit out some cloud they had flown through. “Eugh, tasted like salt.”

“None of the clouds I eat taste like salt,” Sunset muttered and she nuzzled Celestia. “Taste like cotton candy and chocolate milk.”

The two pegasi didn’t really know what to make of that. As far as they knew, clouds never tasted like what she described just now. They almost always reminded the two of salt water for some odd reason. It varied for each pegasus.

“I’m going to get some sleep if you two can handle the balloon,” Sunset yawned hard enough that her jaw hurt a little bit. Cotton Cloudy rested on her stomach and Sunset wrapped a foreleg around her. It was surprisingly comfortable, not as annoying or uncomfortable as Sunset had expected the extra weight would be.

“Night,” the two pegasi said at the same time and both glanced at each other before laughing softly.

“That was nice. Can’t wait till I can go sleep,” Sprinkle Medley glanced backwards briefly at her wings. “These are gonna be sore by the time we get to Canterlot.”

The two resumed talking and missed the mare on a cloud behind them, watching them as White Lightnings mom blinked back a few tears, staying till the balloon disappeared before she flew back to Cloudsdale.

Author's Note

Name: Sprinkle Medley.

Age: 17(currently)

Mane color: Green

Coat color: Persian

Eye color: Blue

Motto: Be brief in speech and long in action.

Bio: Sprinkle Medley is a soft spoken green pegasus who prefers to let her actions speak where her words tend to fail her. She is widely liked by most unless you go after ponies she trusts or likes. She is the marefriend of White Lightning.

Sprinkle Medley is fiercely loyal to Princess Celestia, Sunset and Cadence and admires the trio greatly. Sprinkle Medley is the Princesses most outspoken supporter and often defends every little decision they make, even the ones she doesn't understand.

She is a talented flyer and once placed second place at the BYFC before she encouraged her marefriend to compete the next year. She is the main rival of Short Fuse and often enjoys annoying him with her soft spoken personality. Later runs away to live in Canterlot with White Lightning.

Sprinkle Medley is a close ally of Redheart and the two both share an interest in helping the public.

She spent most of the changeling invasion unconscious in the castle and woke up in time to assist with cleaning up Canterlot.

Sprinkle Medley later helped Sunset by being a judge alongside the unicorn as Twilight had a impromptu magic duel with another unicorn in the streets of Canterlot.

Sprinkle Medley is a decent flyer and often helps White Lightning teach Cotton Cloudy various flight maneuvers. Sprinkle Medley later applies for the Wonderbolt Academy together with White Lightning and is currently waiting to hear from them. She serves a decent contrast to White Lightnings snarky personality and often reins her in from telling too offensive jokes. It occasionally works. Occasionally.

She currently lives in Canterlot and is a weather manager. Currently attends night classes for college.

Abilities: She is highly intelligent and has slightly above average strength. She can control stray lightning bolts, though not to the same degree as her marefriend.

Weaknesses: her blind allegiance to the rules can sometimes hinder her to think outside the box.

Making a group that will have all my stories in specific folders to make it easier to find them by universe, genre etc. Huge work in progress, but here's the link. People who have been with me since day on the site get admin. There'll also be a link to my discord server in it.

https://www.fimfiction.net/group/218591/theking2001