//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Happy times // Story: Always there for you // by Rising Shine //------------------------------// Ice Cream is a 12 year old filly, that is reading a book right now, when she hears screaming from the living room. The white filly, with a mix of yellow and red mane and tail and blue eyes ears perk up directly, recognizing the screaming voice. "Mommy?!" Ice directly runs into the living room to look, why she is screaming so loud. Whe she reaches it, she sees her father with her mother, who seems in pain. Her father notices Ice and nods. Ice nods too and runs out directly from the house, running to the hospital. Her father explained, that her mother is pregnant and if ever something happens, that needs a doctor, he just nods to Ice, signaling to get a doctor. Ice reach the hospital and runs up to the counter. "Hello, little one. This is a hospital, no runni-" "My mommy needs a doctor, miss! She is pregnant and I think, the foal is coming!" The nurse on the counter nods, her horn glows and a message is to hear over the whole hospital. "Doctor Smile and Nurse Redheart, directly to the counter. Emergency." It took only a few seconds before both running up to the counter. So much about not running here. "The filly her needs you two, her mother is pregnant." They look to her and nodding. "Lead us." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Congratulation, Mrs. Swirl and Mr. Cream, you have a healthy filly foal." Ice Cream is watching her parents, looking stressed but happy. She herself waited outside, until it was done. She looks up, when the nurse gives the foal, mostly covered in a towel, to them. The foal looks similiar to Ice, only the fur has a more vanilla tint. Wow, she looks similiar to me. "And already an idea, how to name her?" The doctor gives a smile, while Ice's parents look to each other, nodding. "Vanilla Cream." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Vanilla, happy birth day to yoooouuuu!" Friends and family where come to celebrate Vanilla's first birthday. While everypony was talking and having fun, Ice sits on a chair, away from the rest and bored. Since Vanilla came into her life, the attention of everypony, especially her parents, where focused on the new foal. She feels left out of her family, only there to get stuff or to clean stuff. She puts the plate with the rest of her chocolate-nougat cake on the desk and stands up to get to her room, when her mother walks to Ice. "Hey, Ice, could you get the bottle with milk for Vanilla, please?" "Urghh, yes, mom ..." Annoyed, she leaves the living room to walk to the kitchen. At least the milk was prepared already, so she only fills the drink bottle from Vanilla with the milk and walks back. "Thank you, Ice Cream." Ice rolls her eyes watching her mother giving Vanilla the milk, before turning to leave the room. When Ice reached the door, her ears perk up in surprise. "Ice ... Cream ..." Ice turns around, to look, who was talking. Everypony is looking, changing there views between her and Vanilla. "Ice .. Cream." Vanilla looks happily to Ice. Her mother smiles wide, while Ice feels a tear of joy running down her cheek. Her first words ... where my name ... Ice smiles wide, walking to Vanilla and hugging her carefully, feeling Vanilla's little hooves hugging back. "Ice Cream." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ice Cream and Vanilla Cream where playing outside hide and seek. Ice where looking around for Vanilla. "For a 5 year old filly, she is pretty good in hiding." Vanilla hides behind a big bush, pretty much there, where Ice wasn't searching right now. Suddenly, something flies right on her nose. The little flying animal looks so beautiful, especially the wings. She don't move anything from her body, to not scare the little animal, just watching it with big eyes. She never saw something so beautiful before. "GOTCHA!" Ice looks trough the bush, that made Vanilla wince and the animal flying away. "Awww, you scared it, Ice ..." "Scared what? The butterfly?" Vanilla looks up to her. "B-Butterfly?" "Yeah. That's how those are called. Beautiful, isn't it?" Vanilla smiles and nods. She crawls out from behind the bush. "You don't catch me, sis!" Vanilla starts running, laughing happily, while Ice follows her, extra slowly to give Vanilla a chance. Then Vanilla slipped on the grass, falling to the ground, hitting her hoof on a stone. "Vanilla, you okay?" "Mooommyyyy!!" Vanilla start crying loud, holding her hurted hoof. Ice runs to her saddlebag, taking out a Wonderbolt-Design plaster and runs to Vanilla. She is still crying, when she feels a kiss on her wounded hoof. She sniffs and looks to Ice. "Doctor Ice here, to save hurted filly!" Vanilla chuckles a little, before Ice puts the plaster on her wound. "And another filly saved!" Both chuckling, when Vanilla boops Ice nose. "Boop!" They laughing and hugging each other. "Your the best sis ever!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Feeling better, Vanilla?" Vanilla lies deep snuggled under her blanket, looking sick. "A little ..." "Come on, mom, she has only fever. She wont die in few minutes." Her mother rolls her eyes. "Am I'm not allowed to care for my daughter?" "I'm thirsty ..." Her mother nods and gives her the glass with water. Vanilla drinks a bit from it. "Thank you ..." "You can care for the day? I need to go to work soon." Ice nods. "Vacation. I can do that." She nods and walks out, while Ice looks to Vanilla. "You better try to sleep, sis. You want to be fit for the spa tomorrow, right?" Vanilla smiles and nods. "Okay ..." She closes her eyes, trying to sleep. "If you need me, just call me, I wont leave the house." Then a knock on the door. Ice walks to it and open it, seeing one of her best friends, Gear Break. He was a handsome brown stallion, with darker brown mane and tail and a wrench as his cutie mark. "Yo, Ice, I heard ya got a day off?" Ice nods, blushing a tiny little bit. "Y-Yeah, but my little sis is ill, I need to watch over her." "Aww, shoot! Ya have sunday time?" Ice nods. "Great, I know an awesome new restaurant here, I wanted to ask ya, if ya wanna come with me?" Ice nearly faints from joy. "I would love to go with you!" "Awesome, see ya then on sunday, 12 PM?" Ice nods. "Great! See ya!" Ice nearly grins when closing the door, sliding down by the housedoor, her heart beating fast. This is going to be the best sunday ever ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Where is mom and dad, sis?" Vanilla looks a bit worried. It's nearly 10 PM now, usually there parents are back since hours. "Don't worry too much, Vanilla. Thee are some free days coming, where no shop has open. They sure need to carry a lot of stuff. Want to play-" Then they hear a knock on the door. "See? There they are already." Ice stands up to open the door, looking surprised, when she sees a royal guard on the door. "Uhh, hello, mister? What's wrong?" The guard looks nervous. "Well, you are Ice Cream and Vanilla Cream, right?" Ice nods nervously. "Y-Yeah." "The guard sighs, it can be seen in his face, that he feels really uncomfortable. "There was a fire ... in the market. Some of them didn't got out of it ... I'm sorry to tell you two, but your parents didn't got out alive ..." Ice feels tears running down her cheeks. "N-Nice joke, dude ..." The guard sighs. "I wish it would be a joke." Ice hears a loud crying from behind her. She didn't noticed, that Vanilla was behind her, listening. "Vanilla ..." "YOUR LYING! YOUR ALL LYING!" She runs out, nearly knocking the guard away. "Vanilla, wait!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "There you are ..." Ice, pretty exhausted walks slowly to Vanilla. She sits near the lake, throwing some stones into the water, her eyes red from crying. "Go away ..." "Vanilla ..." She glares to her. Ice winces, she never had look so hurted. Anger and fear was clearly seen on Vanilla's face. "You said, everything will be fine! Your a liar, I hate you!" "Vanill-" She stands up and pushes Ice on her back, ready to beat her like a punch bag. "QUIET!" "Please ... calm d-ouch!" Vanilla punches on Ice's cheek, but before she hit again, Ice stops her hooves withher own. "Calm down!" Vanilla glares, but stops, when she sees Ice eyes too. Ice sniffs, tears falling down. "S-Sorry sis ..." "I-It's fine ... not your fault ..." Then Vanilla hugs her tight. "I miss mommy and daddy ..." "M-Me too ..." Ice hugs her back, together crying trough the night. From today, there lives wont be the same anymore ...