Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale

by TheothersideofSunny968

Big Mac's Plan

The next morning Sunny dragged himself out of bed and flopped down the stairs, any indication that he was in pain was numbed by the yellow stallion's lack of energy. As he pulled himself up to the breakfast table, Granny, Big Mac, and Apple Bloom all looked at the yellow unicorn, concerned about his half dead state.

"You ok there, Sunny?" Granny spoke up, passing him a tall plate of fresh pancakes.

He hated himself for not being hungry, he loved Granny's pancakes. But this morning, as his blood shot eyes fell upon the delicious breakfast plate, Sunny felt like eating them would do more harm then good right now. "Ugh.... Am I awake?"

"Eh'yep" Big Mac answered with his signature phrase, as he shoved the last bite of his own pancakes into his mouth, savoring their rich, fluffy goodness.

"Then I don't think so..." Sunny forced himself to sit up, but his head began to throb. "Ugh.... My head is killing me..."

Apple bloom lowered her head. "It wasn' all the crusading you helped us with yesterday, was it?"

Sunny shook his head, only half believing it. "I had a hard time sleeping last night."

"Bad dreams?" Apple Bloom asked after swallowing a bite of her breakfast. "Luna normally deals with that."

"No, well I did have a dream but....It was... Weird. Like I wasn't even there, I don't even remember much about it. I remember a poorly written poem being, but that's it." The yellow stallion said with a sigh. He then got up from the table. "I think I'm just going to get started on the chores. Maybe a little physical work will help clear me up."

Granny was about to tell Sunny she'll wrap his stack of pancakes up to go for him, when Big Mac grabbed them and took a huge bite out of them before she could get a word out. This earned the big red stallion a shamed look with narrow eyes from his grandmother, and a giggle from his younger sister.

Sunny started harvesting the apples from one of the southern orchards. It was funny, he thought, how a unicorn could learn to buck apple trees, plant new ones, haul around heavy farming equipment and even help out with the cooking and food preparation. Normally that was specifically meant to be earth-pony abilities. Sunny paused to look up at his own horn, he touched it, and even flicked it. It felt real, and even flicking it caused an odd sensation to vibrate down his back. It was real alright. ''Maybe I'm part earth pony" he said to him self as he got back to work.

As the sun began to rise in the east, Sunny watched as Apple Bloom met with her friends, Sweety Bell and Scootaloo, half way down the road, and they walk to school together. Seeing Apple Bloom smile and laugh with er friends made him think about Thunder Lane. "Maybe I should go see him later today" Sunny said to himself again, then chuckled. "I'd love to see the look on his face when I show him my horn!"

"Eh'yep!" Big Mac commented as he sneaked up from behind the yellow stallion.

Sunny nearly jumped out of his skin. "Big Mac! Geeze! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

The red stallion chuckled and began picking up the spare apples that missed the basket. Sunny shook off his shock with a smile and slight laugh, then started to pick up the stray apples as well. He paused, then thought maybe it would be a good idea to test and stretch his magic.

As the red stallion placed another stray apple in a basket, it was followed by another one, coated in a green magical aura. Big Mac saw it drop gently into the basket, then looked over at his harvesting buddy. The same green magical aura that coated the stray apple was also wrapped around his horn.

"He he, just thought I'd practice" Sunny explained. "No harm in just doing the stray ones, right?"

"Eh'nope" Big Mac answered, smiling at the yellow unicorn.

As the two continued to work into the day, a tan Pegasus with a brown, messy mane and a crescent moon for a cutie mark flew up to Sunny from down the road. The yellow unicorn stopped working and tipped his hat, greeting the familiar pony he recognized from town.

"How's it going, Crescent? What brings you around these parts?" Sunny asked the Pegasus.

"Hey Sunny!" the pegusus' eyes continued to stair at the yellow stallion's horn as he talked. " Ugh, well, Thunder Lane is getting out of his casts today. Well, at least the ones around his legs. So me and some of the other guys from the weather factory were planning to throw him a party this week end, and being one of his best pals and all, wanted to know if you would come. You and Big Mac, that is." Crescent added, not wanting to single out one of Ponyville's most popular stallions.

Sunny then turned to the big red farm pony and asked "think we'll be free that night?"

To which, Big Mac paused one moment, half way threw bucking a tree, smiled and replied "Eh'yep "

"Sweet! We have a party!" Crescent cheered, pumping his hooves in victory. After a moment, he stopped his victory dance and turned his attention back to the yellow farm pony. "So, ugh, how's it feel? Being a unicorn and all?"

Sunny shrugged. " kinda weird. You know, moving stuff with my mind and all. But Twilight's a really good teacher. She's taught me how to do a few spells. Like levitation or a small shield, but I still have a ways to go."

"Couldn't ask for a better teacher, but how does Applejack feel about it?" Crescent asked, picking up a stray apple and tossing it into a basket. "You know. You spending so much time with another mare?"

"Well Applejack was the one who asked Twilight to tutor me, and I get all my chores done before hand, so it doesn't interrupt-" Sunny went on to say but was interrupted.

"No!" Crescent stopped his friend mid-sentence. "I mean how does your Special Some Pony feel about you spending so much time with another mare?"

Even though Big Mac had been focusing on his work through most of Sunny and Crescent's conversation, he couldn't help but pause and listen when he heard the phrase 'Spacial Some Pony'. He pretended to still be working, but his ears were the ones that were really putting in over time as he homed in on the conversation.

"Oh? You think AJ might be getting jealous?" Sunny asked then it hit him, Crescent was kidding with him about Applejack. Even though they weren't really a couple, it was plane to see that the town's folk thought that. And most of the time the other guys would call them 'a couple'.

"Yeah, heck I would" Crescent continued. "And the last thing I want to see is you breaking the heart of sweet, sweet Applejack because you fall head over heels for the princess."

Sunny playfully punched Crescent on the shoulder. He knew how the other stallions and even some mares joked about such things up in the weather factory, having delivered some supplies to them a few times, which was how he met Thunder lane in the fest place. Not many ponies got their humor, but being exposed to it, Sunny knew how to joke back.

"You just wish you had a mare beating down your door" the yellow unicorn said. "And I don't mean your sister when you forget to do the dishes!"

"Oh whatever!" Crescent said as he began to fly away. "I'll see you and Big Mac at the party ok?! See you later lover boy!"

"Yeah yeah! Quit your yakin' and get to vacuuming! Ya lazy bone! Or Ah'll tell yer sister!" Sunny called out, and slightly chuckled to himself, realizing he's starting to get that accent back. That notion made him smile. It meant he was spending so much time with the Apples that he was ping up on the way they talked. With that happy thought, he went back to work.

As he went back to bucking the Appel trees, thinking about the party and wondering who else was going, a certain over protective older brother was hiding near by. If he wasn't already red before, he sure was now. Unlike the pegusi or other ponies who worked at the rainbow factory, the strong farm stallion wasn't used to hearing, much less understanding, such humor. Jokes like saying one was married to another, or was a play boy were over his head and thus were taken literally. With the thought of Sunny acting as a womanizing stallion, and even worse, as a womanizing stallion playing with his kind and loving sister's heart, made his blood boil.

Images of Sunny going out and charming mares all around town, leading them on, then breaking their hearts, filled Big Mac's head. He didn't know much more about Sunny then what he saw on the farm and at home. For all Big Mac knew, he could really be a play boy, a heart breaker, and they let him into their own home?! Maybe he knew the entire time that he was a unicorn, and wanted to just make fools out of him and his family! Maybe he never really lost his memory at all! Maybe he's using Big Mac and his family to hide out or something!