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Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale - TheothersideofSunny968



A story of love, loss, pain, and how finding and making friends is as easy as giving an honest smile.

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Picnic at Fluttershy's

Fluttershy was busy setting up for yet another picnic with all her critter friends in her back yard, when a friendly and familiar voice called out to her from the other side of her cottage.

"Excuse me, miss Fluttershy!" Sunny called out, hoping the timid pegasus was home as he stood in front of her front door. "Are you home, miss Fluttershy?!"

Just then a beaver approached the yellow stallion and grabbed his attention. Sunny looked down at the furry dam builder, and saw that the little woodland creature was directing him to the back. Sunny followed him to the back, lugging a large apple family cart behind him. It didn't take the farm pony long to see the yellow mare setting up for quite a picnic.

"Howdy, miss Fluttershy" Sunny smiled and tipped his hat to the shy young mare. "I have your order right here..." He then pulls out a check list and a quill as birds, beavers, mice, a raccoon or two, and a bear begin unloading the goods as he went over the list.

"Ok... We have; 3 dozen apple fritters, check. 5 apple crumble pies, check. 2 backers dozen of apple turnovers, check. 10 gallons of milk, check. 2 barrels of red delicious apples, check. And last but not least" Sunny concluded with a smile. "A barrel of Sweet Apple Acres signature apple cider."

Sunny looked down at a white rabbit with a stern look on his face as he checked off on all the products as the other animals carried them off of his cart. The white rabbit then mumbled to Fluttershy, who smiles and nodded in response. "All present and accounted for."

Sunny smiled and tipped his hat back a little. "You must be throwing one heck of a hoedown, miss Fluttershy."

The shy yellow mare with a log flowing pink main grabbed a large bag of bits and passed it to Sunny. "Oh no, no, no. It's just a small gathering of me and a few of my woodland animal friends."

Sunny looked around to see her backyard was now covered in animals that could fly, crawl, and swim. Birds, insects, fish, rodents off all shapes and sizes, and even a bear had joined in. "If you say so..." Was all he replied with, smiling at her 'small group of friends'.

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He didn't know what the shy young mare had done to persuade him, but somehow he was dinning with her and all of her animal friends. The yellow stallion sat there, nervously sitting on a mug of the apple cider watching Fluttershy talk to animals that only growled, chattered, squeaked, and tweeted back. It was amazing to him how she could communicate with them.

"Are you sure we can't offer you something to eat, Sunny?" Fluttershy asked in a chummed voice.

"Thank you for the offer, but I had breakfast not that long ago." Sunny told her again, feeling half bad for not at least taking an apple fritter.

"Oh no no, don't worry about that." She began. "I just want you to feel comfortable."

To this, Sunny couldn't help but smile and laugh a bit, which confused the shy pegasus. "Sorry, I don't mean to laugh, it's just... I don't think I've meet such kind ponies in all my life, like you and your friends."

This made the shy pegasus to blush a little, and retreat a little into her pink mane. The white bunny next to her then glared at the yellow unicorn as he clenched his soft white paws onto his apple fritter and took a hard bite into it. His eyes stabbing at the Yellow farm pony.

"But how can you afford feeding all of your..." Sunny paused and motioned to all the critters that had joined them for the picnic. "... Friends? If you don't mind me asking."

The timid mare began to emerge from her mane a slight smile on her face. "Well, I'm really good with animals so I-"

"FLUTTERSHY! FLUTTERSHY !!!" A young pink filly with a bright blue ran up to the two ponies at top speed, breathing heavily. "Fluttershy! Come quick! There's more trouble at the construction site!"

"Oh dear!" Fluttershy gasped, then turned to Sunny. "I-I'm sorry, but I'll be right back. I hate to ask you this, and feel free to say no, but would you look after my friends while I'm gone. if you don't mind, that is..."

"No problem, miss Fluttershy" Sunny tipped his hat to her again. "You can count on me."

Before she could give her animal friends a second worried look, the timid mare rushed off with the pink filly off to a construction site. While Sunny watched as Fluttershy and the filly flew off, he reached into the pile of baked Apple family goods without looking. He couldn't help himself, the aroma of the apple based sweets had grown on him living at the farm, and the smell of it was pushing the breakfast in his stomach aside to make room. His hoof found an apple fritter that was laying right in front of the white bunny, known as Angel.

The yellow stallion picked it up, his eyes still glued to the direction that Fluttershy left in, and he took a large bite out of the fritter as the white bunny tried to grab it back. He only took about four, large, stallion sized b bites and the apple fritter was gone, leaving Angel Bunny as red as Big Mac. The enraged bunny then moved over to a small group of brown bunnies and began plotting against the yellow stallion in a Stetson hat.

As Sunny whipped the crumbs off of his lips, a brown bunny jumped up onto his face, distracting the yellow pony, while angel jumped up, snagged the stallion's Stetson hat, then made a mad dash to the other side of the backyard.

"Hey!" Sunny yelled, and eventually was able to fling the brown rabbit off his face. He then noticed his apple family Stetson hat was gone! It didn't take him long to find where it had gone off to. Angle was waving it around, tauntingly about ten yards away from the yellow stallion. "Get back here you thieving varmint!"

As Sunny chased the white bunny, Angel decided to have some fun with him. Angel ran threw a pair of trees, two of the brown bunnies pulled a rope on either sides of the trees, stretching it as tight as they could. Sunny didn't see the rope before he tripped and landed face first in a puddle of soupy mud. He remained there for a long moment before whipping the mud out of his eyes. His sharp gaze taking aim at the smug little white bunny.

"I hope you know, that this. means. war. rodent." he growled threw his teeth.

But the triumphant Angel only waved Sunny's hat in the air, then suck his tongue out at the yellow unicorn.

After getting to his hooves, Sunny wiped the rest of the mud off of his face, then examined the mud closer and got an idea. A devilish grin grew across his muzzle as he looked from the white bunny to the pile of mud that lay before him. Sunny began to gather up globs of mud and form them into some what solid balls. Angel bunny was confused at first, but as the first mud ball flew threw the air and smacked him right in the face, the farm pony's intentions became clear. Angel and the brown bunnies were under attack by Sunny and his seemingly endless supply of mud balls. That is, until Angel looked over and saw the garden hose.

As Sunny began to make more mud balls, he was then hit with a powerful stream of cold water. He looked up and saw that Angel had enlisted the aid of the Beavers so he could control the strong kick back of the garden hose. The fiendish white bunny narrowed his eyes and smirked at Sunny as he gave the signal to the Beavers holding the hose to fire!

Sunny dodged the next shot from the hose and the one after that. After working on the apple farm, a pony grows some strong leg muscles. What with all the tree bucking, heavy lifting, and unearthing that had to be done. But the third shot hit its target, soaking the yellow stallion complexly. Sunny glared at the white bunny and his cohorts, then broke out into a trot across the now muddy back yard. It was hard for Sunny to move, which gave Angel and his pals the upper hand. But Sunny began to intimidate their next moves, and quickly dodge their strikes just moments before they got him. Every now and again Sunny had to take the brutal blow of the garden hose or slam down into the mud to avoid a strike. But once Sunny got within a few yards or so of Angel and the Beavers and other bunnies aiding him, he let them take a close range shot, to which , the yellow stallion easily dodged. But the blast created a large watery puddle.

Sunny anticipated this, and as his hooves stopped sliding in the thicker mud behind him, he jumped and cannon balled as hard as he could into the muddy puddle, creating a giant wave of mud water that covered Angel and his trouble making companions. As the Beavers and other bunnies tried desperately to clear their eyes of the mess, Sunny quickly grabbed Angel, who, was still holding Sunny's now mud soaked hat.

As Sunny grabbed the muddy had and plopped it back on his head, he raised the trouble making white bunny up to his face, the critter the hardest glair that he ever made. As Sunny held the white menace in his hooves, he began thinking what he should do with him to 'repay' Angel for his little 'fun' he had, soaking him and taking his hat. But before he could decide, Sunny heard a quiet grasp come from the far end of the yard.

"What is going on here?!" Fluttershy asked, outraged by what she saw. "Look at this mess!"

Sunny and Angel Bunny then began to look around at the entire back yard that had been completely devastated by their muddy battle. Most of Fluttershy's animal friends were either covered in mud or had run away. The food that Sunny had brought, along with his cart, had also been damaged the scrimmage. At that moment, Sunny and Angel Bunny's anger had died down and guilt filled their hearts.

Fluttershy hovered just barely above the mud soaked ground as she looked at the damage that had been done, before turning to the two who had caused it. Her eyes payed heavily on the two, weighing more than Sunny had ever had to bear.

"What do you two have to say for yourselves?!" She harshly asked, her tone never rising above normal for her.

Angel began to mutter something really fast while pointing at Sunny rapidly. Sunny wanted to fallow, but the bunny was speaking gibberish. Well, gibberish to anypony except Fluttershy, who listened to everything the white bunny had to say. Then she turned to Sunny.

"And what do you have to say to that?" Fluttershy asked Sunny coldly.

"Ugh... Well, I don't really know what he said." The yellow stallion began. "But after you left, I was just relaxing, watching the animals, then this critter comes out of nowhere, snags mah hat, trips me in the mud, then starts spraying me with a guarded hose!"

"And you threw mud at him and his friends?" Fluttershy asked, already guessing the answer.

"But he started it!" Sunny whined. "I don't even know what I did to the critter. He just came out of nowhere and snagged mah hat!"

The white bunny began to make more muttering and squeezing noises as he pointed at Sunny. Fluttershy listened intently, nodding, then turned back to the Stallion. "Angel said you ate his apple fritter right I front of him."

"What?" Sunny was confused. Then he remembered the mortal he consumed after Fluttershy left. "Ah... an apple fritter.... Ugh,yeah-"

"That was on his plate, I front of him, without even turning to look?" She said flatly, her eyes still weighing down on him as she hovered above.

"Well.... Maybe... Ah wasn't really lookin...." Sunny felt two inches tall as he broke eye contact with the yellow Pegasus .

"I think you owe Angel and my friends an apology, Sunny" Fluttershy told the mud covered stallion. The she turned to the white bunny who was sticking his tongue out at Sunny. "And Angel Bunny, you owe Sunny and the others just as much of an apology!"

The bunny looked back at his owner in protest and tried to argue threw squeaks and mutters, but the normally timid mare put her hoof down. "You started this all over a pastry. Yes, granted, I bet it did look really tasty. But now nopony else could enjoy their food either!" She motioned to the ruined picnic.

Angel sighed and hung his head low as he shot a defeated glance at Sunny, who returns a similar look back.

"Now get this place cleaned up!" Fluttershy ordered. "I want every critter not only given a nice bath but apologized to! From both of you!"

"Y-yes ma'am!" Sunny jumped right to work, Angel Bunny apologized in his own language as well and quickly followed suit.

It had taken most of the day, but Sunny and Angel had given all the birds, bunnies, and even the bear a nice bath outside. The Beavers, on the other hand, had more fun helping to clear the mud away, and didn't ask to be bathed afterwards. They simply swam back to their homes in the dams down the stream.

While Fluttershy took Angel Bunny inside to give him a bath and to give him a firm talking to about his actions, Sunny grabbed the hose one last time to wash off his cart. He still felt terrible about ruining not only the food and making a huge mess, but about ruining Fluttershy's picnic with her animal friends. His mind was racing with trying to find a way to make things right.

"The tub is free if you want to wash up now" Fluttershy appeared out of nowhere, half startling the farm pony.

"Oh, ugh, t-thank you miss Fluttershy..." He began, still unable to make eye contact with the timid yellow mare. "But I think it would be best if I just went back to the apple farm to wash up..."

"Well ok, if you would feel more comfortable with that." Fluttershy commented.

Sunny gulped and and tipped his hat to slightly cover his face. "Fluttershy.... I'm really sorry about today. I'll make it up to you." Sunny began and Fluttershy just sat back to let him finish. "I'll cover your bill today, and even throw in the next one on me... Just... Just know I'm really sorry about all of this..."

Se smiled and put a hoof on his shoulder. Their eyes met and she just replied in the softest of tones "it's ok. I forgive you."

"How can you just do that?" Sunny asked, his confusion began to spark a flame in his tone. He looked at the yellow mare, more confused then he had ever been. "How can you just smile at me and offer me and say 'it's ok' when I ruined your picnic? Ruined so much food? Freighted away your animal friends? Made a mess of your yard and house?! How can you be so kind?!?!"

Sunny had taken a deep breath and realized that he was now yelling his question at the mare, who, in turn, shocked Sunny by looking at him, unfazed by his rioting.

"It's what friends do" Fluttyshy simply answered. "I value our friendship more then some pastries or a yard. And I don't want to lose you over it. The same as how I know you wouldn't want to lose me the same way."

Sunny took a deep breath and I looked at all she raid in those few simple words. 'Does friendship really mean so much?.... Did I know that before?... Did I think that before?....'

Fluttershy put her hoof on Sunny again. He turned to her, eyes met again, as she saw the conflict and confusion in his eyes. "It's ok. Just know that i was mad at you and Angel for what you did, but I don't hate either of you. Tell you what" Fluttershy beamed Sunny a smile. "Why don't you come next week to my tea party? I'll order more snacks."

Sunny couldn't help but smile back and lightly laugh again. "That sounds swell. But I insist on two things."

Fluttershy tilted her head in slight confusion. "Oh?"

"1) I insist you allow me to pay for all the snacks and beverages. And that means no order in any less then whatever you and your other..."he looked to the animals that had dried off and were mingling around the yard. "Friends want."

Fluttershy smiled "and the second thing?"

"2) I get to use the hose next time" Sunny chuckled.

Fluttershy couldn't help but laugh. Half because of the relevancy of the comment, and the other because she was so happy to see her newest friend was able to move past the awkwardness of the situation and make a joke.

As Sunny waved goodby and pulled the now clean cart along with him back to the farm, he couldn't help but think more about this concept of 'friendship'. Would Applejack have reacted the same way Fluttershy did? Or Ratity?... Maybe not Rarity. Sunny didn't know her that well. But he could tell from her reaction to the dusty boxes, that she wasn't one for a messy area.

Still, the concept of 'friendship' intrigued the yellow stallion. What were it's limitations? How did it form? It was a mystery.

The sun had gone down quite a while ago. As Sunny put the cart into the shed he ran into Applejack. She had seen him approaching and wondered what had taken him so long... And why he was covered in mud.

"Mud wrestlin?" She asked with a smile on her face, kinda liking the thought of Sunny rolling around in the mud.

"Not exactly..." Sunny said as Applejack lead him around the corner to the farm hose. She didn't want to track mud in the house.

As Sunny washed off most of the mud, he told Applejack about what happened. Se didn't much care for Angel and his gang of carrot stealing buddies, but she was a little disappointed that Sunny let it go that far. She loved to hear that the stallion had fight in him, but it's obvious he needed to learn some restrain. Although she was kinda one to talk.

"... And it's just..." Sunny continued as he turned off the hose. "There's still so much about this 'Friendship' thing that I don't fully grasp.... Maybe I'm looking too deep into this..."

"Well Sunny" Applejack said as they walked up and into the farm house. "Th' best way ta learn about friendship is ta make friends."

"But that's just it" Sunny said as he walked with Applejack up the stairs. "I don't even know how to do that! All my 'friends' just came up to ma wand said that we were friends."

"Well first things first" Applejack said as she and Sunny stood outside the bathroom. "Get cleaned up, and get ta bed. Start I' tomorrow, we'll go and introduce ya to every pony around town. That'll help ya make some friends. Maybe even somepony'll recognize ya and ya'll get yer memory back!"

"That's a brilliant idea Applejack! You're a genius !" Without hesitating, Sunny kissed Applejack on the lips, mud covered al all. After a quick moment, Sunny released her and hopped in the shower, shutting the door behind him. He sung something to himself, soundin happy and cheery from the possibility of the prospects tomorrow promised.

Applejack however just stood there, petrified with shock, but melted on the inside as er heart leaped into her throat. 'Mah first kiss from a stallion....'

Applebloom walked past her sister and eyes her, looking confused. "Hey sis, you didn't eat the mud pies we made, right?"

"Sure Apple Bloom" Applejack replied from cloud 9. "That sounds great. Have fun."

With that, Applejack stumbled back into her own respective room and fell lightly on her bed, hugging her pillow.

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