Breaking Through The Clouds

by Flightless

Getting Help

This was a morning like any other in Equestria, most people were still waking up, and some of the people in Ponyville were being woken up by the loud voice coming from a window of Sugarcube Corner.

"Cloudy! Cloudy! Wake up!" A young woman's voice sounded into the ears of a sleeping Cloudy Skies.

"I don't think you realize how tired I am, Sugar." Cloudy mumbled, barely awake.

"I'll go get Candy to help if you don't get up noooooww." Sugar Rush sang to her twin sister.

Cloudy's eyes snapped open, and she hopped to her feet. Dear Luna, never again, Cloudy thought to herself, remembering the last time Cotton Candy helped wake her up.

FLASHBACK

Sugar Rush walked to Cotton Candy, who was sitting down at the breakfast table of the Pie/Pierce home.

"Candy, can you help me? Cloudy won't wake up." Sugar asked her older sister.

Candy's head looked up to her younger sister, and instantly shot a big smile towards her.

"Of course I will!" Cotton exclaimed, hopping up from the chair and practically bouncing to her mother in the kitchen.

Even though it was early in the morning, Pinkie Pie already had her hair in the wavy cloud of pink. Her snorting laugh ringing through the kitchen, her daughters knowing she was talking with her toothless alligator, Gummy.

"Oh, Gummy. You tell the funniest stories." Pinkie said, while Gummy just blinked in response.

"Mooooooom, can I borrow the Party Cannon for a few minutes?" Cotton sweetly asked, her mother turning around to face her.

"Sure! What's the occasion?" Pinkie Pie asked back to two of her daughters.

Candy and Sugar looked at each other, questioning if they should tell their mother a white lie to ensure their plan. They quickly chose against it, knowing Pinkie can tell if they are lying. Sugar spoke up, first.

"Cloudy won't wake up, and I wanted to get her out of bed so we could go hang out with Echo, Api, and Pixel." She explained to her mother, who soon shook her head.

"No, no, nononononono. You might hurt her being that close in a room." Pinkie said, her daughters gaining frowns on their faces.

"Buuuuuuut, you can take Gummy here," Pinkie picked up her pet miniature alligator from the kitchen counter, "You know how much he loves Cloudy."

All three smiled big as Sugar quickly grabbed Gummy from the counter and ran upstairs, her older sister on her heels. Slowly, they opened the door to Cloudy's bedroom, tiptoeing to her sleeping body.

"Good morning, Sky!" Sugar yelled as she tossed Gummy on top of her sleeping twin.

Cloudy Skies' twitched, opened her eyes, then screamed, realizing a toothless alligator was latched to her face. She rolled from the bed, landing on her back, whilst trying to pull the reptile from her face. Gummy could've been a plunger the way Cloudy struggled to pull him off. After a few minutes of the battle for the gray haired teenagers face, the reptile gave up and instead latched to her grey streaked hair.

Cloudy slowed raised from the floor, breathing heavy slightly, glaring at her sisters on the other side of her bed. Sugar and Candy both gave Cloudy a big grin as if saying, We're sisters and you're totally cool with this, right? Cloudy breathed in deep, ready to yell at the two pink haired women, but caught a smell in her nostrils.

"You're both lucky I smelled mom's cooking, or both of you would need new eardrums." She started walking across the room, pulling Gummy from her hair and cradling him as if her were a baby, "Good morning, Gummy. Did those two make you wake me up?"

END OF FLASHBACK

Cloudy started down the stairs and began smelling the aroma of a Pinkie Pie breakfast. Freshly made waffles, muffins, eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee and see soon caught sight of orange juice and milk. Mom makes sure everyone in the house is happy, no matter what they want for breakfast. Cloudy smiled as she thought to herself. She loved her family dearly, and was essentially connected by the hip to her twin sister, Sugar Rush. It was to the point where they would finish each others sentences. And the fact they could practically read each others minds made things a lot easier... Sometimes.

"So, why have you been sleeping in so much, lately?" Sugar whispered, leaned over to Cloudy while they were eating. "Are you okay, sis?" Cloudy swallowed her last bite of waffles before replying.

"Yeah, I'm always fine." She whispered back. Sugar looked at her with a knowing look. Then stood up, finishing her orange juice, and grabbed Cloudy's arm to take her upstairs.

They reached the top of the stairs and Sugar Rush looked Cloudy Skies in the eyes while an unspoken conversation went on between them. Sugar nodded once, and strolled to her room. Sky sighed and retreated to her room, changed out of her pajamas, and met her twin at the front door of Sugarcube Corner.

"Mom, Dad! We'll be back, going for a walk." Cloudy called to her parents.

"Make sure you call when you get to the Crusader's Clubhouse. " Pokey, their father, called to the twins.

"Are we really-" Cloudy started.

"-That predictable?" Sugar finished.

They walked outside to the cool air. It was Autumn, and only two weeks until Nightmare Night. But, that wasn't on either of the twins' minds. Lately, Cloudy has been sleeping more, and just been less motivated to do anything. This worried all of her family, but Sugar Rush the most. She felt as if she was losing part of herself. Cloudy was her best friend and her other half, they told each other everything, and Sugar knew what was causing all this trouble with her twin.

"Are you actually gonna tell me what's going on in your head?" Sugar asked warmly. Trying to comfort her sister.

"Why? You already know what's wrong. Remember? That twin ESP?" Cloudy replied, trying to keep from saying her problems.

"Because you haven't told me. Just because we know what each other is thinking doesn't mean we don't need to actually talk about our problems, sometimes." Sugar stepped in front of her sister to stop her. "Sometimes, you need to talk things out. You can't let your problems fester inside."

Cloudy sighed and hugged her sister. She tried not to cry in public, and she was fighting back tears. Sugar returned the hug, running her hand through her twin's hair. She squeezed Cloudy, then patted her on the head.

"Let's go to the Crusader's Clubhouse. Pixel's gonna be the only one there today. Echo's at one of Scootaloo's races, and Api is helping her cousins applebuck." Sugar said softly, then started towards the clubhouse, her hand holding on to Cloudy's wrist.

They walked through the town, Sugar Rush and Cloudy Skies now holding hands, like they usually did. It gave them both a sense of comfort, knowing that the metaphorical other half of themselves was with them. But, the grey haired teen wasn't comforted by her twin's hand, this time.

You're a klutz! You can't do anything right! You always mess everything up. That's why Sugar can barely stand you, let alone everyone else... That and they don't even want to look at you. Why would they?

Cloudy's mind was berating her confidence, as it it has for a long time, now. But as she's gotten older, school hasn't helped her self esteem at all. The other students found it entertaining to tease ad make fun of her when she tripped or fell from getting too excited. And lately, Sky's thoughts of herself has been the most negative, yet.

Soon, they arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, finding the three Apple cousins working in the fields. Api Apple, the daughter of Applebloom and Pipsqueak, was the first to notice them, her red hair bouncing as she ran to the two twins.

"Hey, y'all! What can Ah do for ya?" Api asked excitedly, happy to see her friends come by. Her red hair bouncing as she ran up to the Pie twins.

Sugar Rush was the first to respond to the southern twang of the Apple.

"Hey, Api. Is Pixel Bit in the Crusader Clubhouse? We need to talk to her." Sugar asked simply.

"Yeah. Go right through the Eastern fields, right here. Then take a right at the second gap in the apple trees. If ya need help, Ah'll be applebuckin' with Golden Delicious and Red June here for about another half hour." Api Apple answered, walking back to the group of apple trees Del and June were at.

The twins watched her watched her walk away before they hopped over the wooden fence and started through the apple orchard. They saw the Apple cousins walking through the trees in a hurry. After a few more steps, they heard a thud of a kick, the sound of lightning, and Api screaming.

"Oh, yeah!" Cloudy Skies said, slightly cheerful for the first time, today, "It's Zap Apple season! Ohh, I can't wait for some Zap Apple jam! The way it even comes out in all the colors of a rainbow is so cool!"

Sugar Rush looked to her sister, then back out into the orchard. It is Zap Apple season!... Wait, I know just the person to help Cloudy with her confidence if Pixel can't, she thought to herself. A smile formed on the pink haired twin's face as the two Pies took the second right and walked towards the Crusader's Clubhouse.

Author's Note:

So, this is my new story. I felt problems like this should be addressed and the victims should be helped. Having self esteem issues sucks.
So let me know how you like it by thumbing up or down, respectively. And leave a comment if you want!

Comments

[Unbridled Dolly]

Haven't read it yet (I'll comment again when I do) but I noticed in the description that you say "but" way too often. It leads to run-on sentences and kinda draws away the focus, so I'd recommend you fix that. (Sorry if I came off as harsh; didn't mean it, so please don't take offense)

[Flightless]

5174717 I realized that after I posted it. Thank you, though. I will let you know that it doesn't use "but" that I often... That I remember.

[EllyCoo]

Whew, I thought it was over!
I thought "Wat. Is this how it ends." but now I realize it's incomplete. xD
Cute so far.
One thing shocked me though: THEY EAT BACON AND SAUSAGE??? OnO

[Unbridled Dolly]

5175683 No problem... and even if you can't remember it, it's still there.

[Flightless]

5176392 It's gonna keep going. xD And they are human in this, so yeah. Because bacon is amazing.

[EllyCoo]

5178314 Oh riiiight.... They're huumaaansss

[Flightless]

5179811 Yup. They touch stuff with hands, not hooves.