Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale

by TheothersideofSunny968

A Magical Cure

((https://youtu.be/FulI9eqJvyU))

????Morning on the apple farm shimmers!????

????Morning on the apple farm shiiiiiines????

????And I know for absolute certain,

That everything is certainly fiiiiine!????

????Granny's backing in the kitchen!????

????and Big Mac's on his way to run some errands!????

????Applejack's on a mission with her friends,

????while Apple Bloom's of to learn at school!????

-does a dance-

???? Yes, life on the apple farm shimmerrrrrs!????

????Life of the apple farm shiiiiins!????

????And I know for absolute certaaaain!????

????That everything is certainlyyyyy-!????

Out of the blue, Sunny's moment of breaking out into song and dance was stopped by a small flood of water splashing down on him. Annoyed, Sunny looked to the sky knowing that most of the duties of Ponyville's weather control rested with Score, Hoops, and Dumb-bell, the three ponies Sunny liked the least out of every pony residing in town. It would be them to splash him with water when he was enjoying a wonderful morning enough to break out into song. "Very funny gu-Thunder Lane?"

As Sunny looked up to the sky at the raincloud that just soaked him, he saw his good friend, Thunder Lane, instead of the three pegasus stallion's who normally give the yellow unicorn trouble. "Hey, sorry about that, dude."

"What are you doing here?" Sunny asked as he watched Thunder Lane struggle with breaking the cloud up. "Where's Score and the rest?"

"They're out sick, again" Thunder said as be continued to kick, punch, and even bite at the cloud in a futile attempt to break it up.

"Sick? What did they do? Eat some bad nachos?" Sunny said with a half smile as he shook himself half dry. "Or are they all just playing hooky?"

"Nah man. They've had some issues since Winter Wrap-Up. The doctor's say they get over stressed" Thunder Lane said as he gave up on trying to break up the cloud and just threw it through the air. "They're taken to the hospital and everything. Somepony finds them huddled over in the ground muttering stuff to themselves and everything. Really freaky stuff."

Sunny gulped, feeling like he was about to upchuck breakfast. "Ugh.... I-isn't there anything he doctors can do for them? Medication? Therapy?"

"Not sure, all I know is that I'm their back up while Rainbow Dash is off at Wonderbolts training." Thunder Lane sighed looking at all the rogue clouds hovering around Ponyville. "I'd like to stay and chat man, but I got a lot of work to do. See ya around..."

Sunny watched his grey pegasus pal fly off as he sat frozen with fear on the ground, starring off into the distance with a million things running through his mind. All of Which could be summed up in ten simple words. "Something tells me everything is not going to be fine..."

( http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMizrTFiFo)

Sunny raced through town, dodging ponies who were in his way, and at a few points where he couldn't dodge or maneuver around them, he teleported away from where he would have run into the pony, to just a few feet away from them, thus avoiding collision entirely. Sunny did so until he reached the Ponyville hospital, which was significantly less busy now that most ponies had gotten over their flu bug. The yellow unicorn took several deep breaths and tried to calm himself down before his heart jumped out of his chest. After getting his breathing under control, Sunny walked as calmly as he could up to the counter and asked which room the three pegusi were staying in. Following the nurse's directions, Sunny walked down a short hallway and was about to enter the room when he heard a pair of voices and paused to listen.

"Are you certain of it, your highness" a stallion asked, it sounded like the doctor Sunny had met the previous time he was here.

"I'm almost certain of it" a feminine voice replied, and that one Sunny was certain belonged to his friend, Twilight Sparkle. "It looks like the curse Sombra in the Crystal Empire."

"Do you have a way to break the spell?" The doctor asked again.

"I'm not sure. I brought some books back from the Empire that Cadence and I found in Sombra's private study. They might have the spell in it, but I need some time to decipher it" Twilight answered honestly, sounding slightly downhearted.

"We'll continue to do all we can here, but if what you say is true, they really need that counter spell" the doctor sighed heavily then began to walk out of the room.

Thinking quickly, Sunny hid behind the bathroom door, wanting to avoid being spotted. After the doctor left, Sunny peaked out to see Twilight looking over Score who was curled up in a fetal position in his bed, muttering something about his mother and a work belt. Hoops and Dumb-Bell were in beds facing the opposite wall from Score. The guilty yellow unicorn nervously adjusted his Stetson then walked up to his troubled alicorn friend.

"Hey, Twilight" Sunny's sudden appearance almost made Twilight jump out of her fur. "Oh, ugh, s-sorry. Didn't mean to scare ya or nothin'. A-are you ok?"

"Sunny! What are you doing here?" The princess of friendship asked, trying to calm down.

"I ,ugh, heard from Thunder Lane that these guys were, well, not doing so well. So I came by to see, ugh, if there was anything I could do to help." Sunny answered, leaving out the fact that he felt incredibly guilty because it was him in fact, who put the curse on the three pegasus ponies.

"That's really sweet of you, Sunny" Twilight said, putting a hoof on his shoulder and smiling sincerely at him. "I know that you four have had your rough patches in the past, but it means a lot that you could put that behind you and come here to support them. You're a really kind pony."

Sunny gulped and chuckles nervously, avoiding eye contact with his alicorn friend. "T-that's me! Yep! Mr. Kind! Yep! That's what they call me! All the time! Just good old Mr.Kind!"

"Right" Twilight nervously chuckled as well, feeling the atmosphere in the room grow slightly more awkward from Sunny's response. After clearing her throat, Twilight's tone became more forlorn. "But I'm afraid that there isn't really anything you can do. Like I was telling the doctor, I think this is the work of King Sombra."

"K-King Sombra?!" Sunny repeated Twilight's last two words, slightly shocked. "B-but he can't. Can he? I mean, even if he was around here, why would he curse these three. They're annoying and insulting at best."

"I'm not sure, Sunny" Twilight said, bravado raising in her voice. "But I'm going to find out. Even if I have to pull an all nighter or two to decider Sombra's books."

Sunny began to panic, thinking if Twilight really was able to decipher his father's books, would she be find out about him?! Luckily he noticed a calendar hanging on the wall and realized just what day it was! "Hey Twilight, don't you and the girls have a slumber party scheduled for tonight?"

Twilight turned and looked at the calendar Sunny just glanced at, checking the date as well. "Oh my gosh, you're right. I'll have to cancel!"

"WHAT?! NO!!!" Sunny accidentally screamed, then put his hooves to his mouth for a second after realizing how loud he actually was. He paused then tried to salvage the situation as best he could. "W-what I mean is, your friends would all be disappointed if you did that!"

"I'm sure they would understand" Twilight said as she looked to the three suffering pegasus stallion's in the room. "This is a little more important then pillow fights and facials."

"Ugh, yeah, b-but it would be better for you!" Sunny continued to press the issue. "I mean, you've been working really hard to crack that code recently, right?"

Twilight looked surprised. "How did you know that?"

"Twilight, I'm your friend, and I know a tired and mentally warn out pony when I see one..." Sunny began to speak smoothly with a silver tung as he levitated a small mirror up to the purple princess. "See. One night to relax and have fun before you tackle the books would be good for you. And who knows? Maybe you'll be able to crack the code after you get some well deserved rest!"

"Well..." Twilight was beginning to consider it, eyes falling to the ground as she consider it. Now was Sunny's time to pour it in thicker.

"How about this, Twilight" the yellow unicorn shot Twilight his most charming smile. "I'll personally help you in deciphering the books after you have a fun night and get some well deserved sleep. Ok? And if you want, I could even take the books back to the farm and start working on them tonight."

Twilight smiled and laughed lightly. "Ok ok, you've convinced me. I'll take the night off. And I'll even accept your help. But you take some of your own advice and get some rest tonight. We'll start tomorrow afternoon. Ok?"

"What?!" Sunny gulped. "Ugh, what I mean, is, I don't mind starting tonight. Maybe go over the notes you have thus far."

"I'm not going to make you work while I sit back and have 'smores with the girls" Twilight continued. "We can start tomorrow. It's not a problem."

"Well, I-if you... Wait... I wanted to ask you about that" Sunny's train of thought hopped onto another track. "What's a s'mores? I read about them in 'The Elements of Harmony' but it didn't elaborate on what they actually were."

"You don't know what s'mores are?" Twilight sounded taken back by Sunny's statement. "Then again, I'd only read about them myself until Rarity, Applejack and I had a slumber party during a storm. But I'm sure Applejack or even Pinkie Pie could help you make one or two."

"Maybe I could even get Big Mac to help" Sunny suggested, thinking about the odd sweet treat from the book.

"That sounds like a fun idea" Twilight beamed. "You could hang out with Big Mac and roast some marshmallows for 'smores tonight. Then after a good night's sleep, we can hit the books! I better get going. Lots to plan for! See you tomorrow, Sunny!"

Sunny shook his head free of the thoughts involving roasted marshmallows, chocolate and gram crackers, only to realize that his plan had some what backfired. When Twilight had left the room, Sunny sighed and looked upon the three trouble making pegusi who had passed out and we're now quiet and still. His heart felt heavy with guilt knowing what he had to do. He had to get those books from Twilight without her knowing. He not only to keep his identity a secret, but he knew it was his responsibility to break the curse on Score, Hoops, and Dumb-bell. He would need to get the books without Twilight realizing he had done so, so he could decipher them himself and fix his mistakes.

"But how am I going to get them..." Sunny paced back and forth, desperately trying to think up a plan, when a small commotion from outside caught his attention. As Sunny walked over to the window and peered though, a wonderful idea came to mind. He had seen two groups of ponies playing about, pulling pranks on each other. One group being made up of all fillies older then Apple Bloom. The boys were about to peg the girls with water balloons when out of nowhere the girls' friends appeared and pegged the boys with their own water filled balloons. As the boys chuckled now soaking wet, a toothy grin spread all across Sunny's face.

"S'mores won't be the only thing we'll partake of tonight" Sunny said to himself.

-fire pit outside Sweet Apple Acres-

"Man, Sunny, this was a great idea!" Thunder Lane commented as he pulled a toasted marshmallow off his stick and smushed it between a few squares of gram cracker and chocolate, melting the chocolate slightly before the grey Pegasus shoved the whole snack in his mouth.

"Eh'yep!" Big Mac agreed as he started skewering another marshmallow on his sown stick.

Sunny had gathered the supplies he needed from Pinkie Pie at Sugar Cube Corner before she left for Twilight's slumber party. All he had to do was walk into the backery where his pink friend worked, ask her what he needed to make enough s'mores for 3 full grown stallions, tell her he'd never made them before and how to make the best ones, and Pinkie went nuts. She didn't even charge him for the supplies, despite Sunny making his best efforts to try and pay.

"Mmmm... Still...mmm" Thunder Lane mumbled as he fought against the delicious desert that was trying to lock his mouth shut. "I can't... Hmmm... Believe you've never had s'mores before. Did you, like, live under a rock?"

Sunny gulped. Suddenly stricken with fear that they might come to the conclusion that he isn't what he appeared to be. But looking at his two pals, the yellow unicorn just chuckled his worries away. 'There's no way they could ever piece something like that together. After all, Twilight said she had 's'mores for the first time at her slumber party with Rarity and Applejack.' Which brought the topic back into Sunny's mind.

"He he, ugh, I guess" Sunny awkwardly smiled at his grey pegasus friend before clearing his throat and leaning in closer to his two friends. "Hey guys, wanna have some fun?"

That caught the attention and intreat of Thunder Lane and Big Mac. The look Sunny had seemed deviant, which the other two stallion had almost never seen him like. It was Big Mac who actually answered as he swallowed down the last bite of his s'more. "Whatcha' got in mind?"

Sunny's smile cracked further across his face as he scooted closer, ready to explain. "Well... You know how Applejack and Twilight are having that 'sleep over' with the other girls at Twilight's castle tonight?"Both of the stallions nodded simultaneously, so Sunny continued."Well, how fun would it be to pull some pranks on them? You know, scare them a bit."

Big Mac questioningly turned to Thunder Lane, hoping that the pegasus would share his uncertainty.

"Awe yeah! I am soooo on board, dude!" Thunder Lane gave Sunny a hoof bump as Big Mac face hoofed himself. "I've been waiting to get Rainbow Dash back for the fake spider on my back last week!"

"Awesome!" Sunny said as he turned his attention from Thunder to Big Mac. "What do ya say Big Mac? You in on this? We need you."

The big red earth pony scratched the back of his head as he avoided eye contact with the other two stallions. "Ah don't know, fellas. Ah mean, ain't th' girls supposed ta be relaxin' and unwind in', specially after all th' friendship stuff they've been working on and what not."

Sunny could see he'd have to work hard to win over Big Mac, but luckily, he seemed to have discovered he had a bit of a silver tongue. The yellow stallion put an arm around his muscular red friend and shot him an easy going smile. "Big Mac, it's just a little harness prank, or two or three. It's not like we're going to bother them all night. Just a little bit of fun. I'll even come out and say it was all my idea when we are done. We'll have some laughs, maybe enjoy some more sweet treats, then leave them to enjoy the rest of their slumber party."

Sunny was persuading the large farm stallion, but there was still doubt it Big Mac's mind that this was still a bad idea. "Ah don't know..."

"Hey, Big Mac," Thunder then spoke up. "Didn't Rainbow and Applejack team up and prank you last week?"

Sunny's smile grew again as he remembered the prank that did pull. He wanted to give Thunder a high hoof, but later. As Sunny turned back to Big Mac, he began to lay it on thicker. "That's right! They put those spring snakes in that Apple berral that you opened, then Rainbow dropped a ton of fake spiders on you!"

"Yeah! Sent you running right out of the barn and into town!" Thunder added, holding back a chuckle. "Gatta admit, that was a good one."

Now the doubt in Big Mac's mind was gone, remembering his humiliation that day. He acted like a darn fool in front of the whole town! For a week, everypony he walked passed made a remark about spiders, even tossing a plastic one at him to add insult to injury. It didn't help that it actually made him flinch, but Big Mac had been afraid of spiders since he stumbled onto a nest of them when he was younger. It still haunts his nightmares.

"What do ya have in mind?" Big Mac's expression hardened as he looked to Sunny and Thunder, ready to join them on the pranking.

Sunny had Thunder moved in closer around their bi red friend, as he began to whisper his plan to them. Little did his two buddies know that Sunny had a hidden agenda to this harmless pranking.

Author's Note:

I know its been a while guys, but I've been a little preoccupied with some of my other responsibilities. any who, expect a lot to happen from now on as things begin to heat up for Sunny and his friends. Friendships will be tested as Sunny has to decide what's more important to him.