Worth more than silver

by Nova_Wings

02: Hotel Conversations and Confessions

Lyra and Bonbon walked back to their hotel with Silver Spoon still on Bonbon’s back, few ponies were out this time of night, most were already home or inside someplace enjoying whatever entertainment they pleased, leaving the streets rather quiet. As they entered the hotel lobby, the pony working the desk nodded to them. Waving back to him Lyra and Bonbon went up to their room, inside Lyra took their bags with her while Bonbon took Silver into the bathroom.

“I’m going to help Silver get cleaned up, see if room service is open.”

Lyra chuckled. “Find us food, yes ma'am.” She said with a salute.

Rolling her eyes Bonbon as she went into the bathroom, she lifted the filly from her back setting her in the tub. She took off Silver’s glasses carefully setting them on the counter, Bonbon noted how bad of condition they were in, she would need new ones before long.

“Miss Bonbon.”

“No Miss, I’m not quite that old yet.” Bonbon said with a chuckle.

“Thank you for helping me.”

Bonbon nodded, though she wasn’t sure how well the filly could see without her glasses. “Well, we couldn’t leave you out on your own, though I and curious, why didn’t anypony else in your family come find you, or help you and your parents?”

Silver went quiet sitting in the tub, her head low she didn’t say anything. Bonbon turned the water on, letting the warm liquid fill the tub surrounding the small filly.

“I’m sorry, I’m sure you don’t want to-”

“Dad’s family all live in Vanhoover,” Silver started cutting off Bonbon. “He didn’t stay in touch with them. As for mom’s, I think I remember her saying that she wouldn’t have anything to do with them ever again, I don’t know why.”

Bonbon’s ears flatten, some family the poor filly had. “So I’m guessing they didn’t even know you were… well.” Bonbon didn’t need to voice it, Silver knew what she was trying to say.

“I don’t think I remember meeting any of them.” Silver said sadly.

Bonbon didn’t say anything, there was nothing she could that would help the little filly. Taking a shampooed brush Bonbon started to clean Silver, she hardly seemed to notice just letting Bonbon lather up her coat. She got about halfway through cleaning her before Silver spoke up again.

“What's going to happen to me now?”

“Like we said, we’ll take you back to Ponyville and you can stay with us for a few days, legally we have to try and contact your family since you don’t know them we’ll try and find them.”

“What if you don’t?”

“Well decide if and when we get there, sometimes you just have to take life one day at a time.”

Silver Spoon leaned into Bonbon’s hooves, seemingly noticing them for the first time.

“Thank you.”

“You're welcome, we couldn’t just-”

“No, I mean… thank you for helping me wash. No pony would before, I was always doing things on my own.”

Something didn’t add up here. “Not to be rude, but didn’t your family have servants back in Ponyville? I was sure I saw some with your parents.”

Silver looked up at Bonbon. “They had assistants, but no pony was allowed around me, none of them were ‘good enough to be around our Silver’, that’s why I was only friends with Diamond Tiara. If somepony didn’t have a big enough bit count in the bank, they couldn’t be worth being my friend.”

Now that made sense. “But what about when you were younger? A foal can’t bathe themselves.”

“Mom and Dad did that until I was old enough to do it myself, then I needed to learn to be ‘an independent mare’, or something.”

Bonbon could only facehoof in her head, every pony had assumed Silver Spoon was spoiled and pampered like Diamond Tiara, now it seemed like the truth was a rather different story.

“I know what you're thinking, you and every pony in Ponyville thought I was spoiled like DT, what my parents lacked in parenting skills, they thought they could just throw bits at it.”

“So they gave you anything you ever wanted, as long as it could be bought with a bit? What about the ‘independent mare’ part?”

“I guess they thought if I learned to take care of myself, then I could have whatever I wanted, or something, I’m not really sure anymore.”

The best parents Silver’s mom and dad weren't, even so, they didn’t deserve to end up dead.

Bonbon finished cleaning Silver’s coat, followed by attempting to work out the rat's maze that was her mane. Eventually Silver was fully clean, Bonbon noted that her fur was actually a bit lighter than when they started, it must have been a long time since she had even brushed the dirt from her coat. After the two ponies got dry, they found Lyra lounging on her back on the rooms bed, paperback book in her magic and a large covered plate sitting next to her.

“Hey you two,” Lyra said not even looking away from her book. “I was starting to wonder if you would ever come out.”

“Oh hush you, what did you get?”

Lyra closed her book, looking at the pair from her position. “Only the best.”

Bonbon pinched her brow sighing. “Really?”

“Yep!”

Silver looked back and forth between the two confused. “What did she get?”

“Lyra ordered a Manehatten style deep dish pizza with onions, olives, peppers, mushrooms, spinach and…”

“Pineapple!” Lyra announced happily.

“You are incorrigible Lyra.”

Silver shuffled slightly. “I-I like pineapple.”

Lyra gave a huge grin. “You and I are going to get along just fine, come on let's eat, we still have to catch the train home tomorrow.”

Silver nodded, she seemed slightly happier than before. With some help from Bonbon, she made her way onto the bed, finding herself in between the two mares. Lyra levitated out some paper plates, placing a large slice of pizza onto each. As the plate floated closer to Silver, she felt a leg on her withers, looking over she saw Lyra looking at her with a knowing smile.

“It's not going to run away or get taken, so do try to eat it all at once, we don’t need you getting sick.” Lyra finished as she set the plate in front of her.

Silver dove in taking a large bite right away, Lyra looked nervous for a moment but relaxed as Silver chewed savoring the warm food in her mouth. The three ate in relative silence, Lyra would hum a tune or something now and then, a few times Silver would ask what she was humming leading the three of them to discuss whatever tune or song had popped into her head.

The three finished the large pizza with ease, after cleaning up Silver started nodding off, she began making her way off the bed, only for Bonbon to pick her up by the scruff of her neck and place her between her and Lyra. Silver started to argue, but her full belly and the warm bed mad her protests half-hearted, soon enough she snuggled in between the two mares and drifted off to sleep. After Silver had fallen asleep in Lyra’s hooves, she felt a familiar tingle in the back of her head.

<That’s a good look on you.> Lyra stuck her tongue out at Bonbon.

<And what about you miss nurturing one? Bathing Silver like she’s your own filly already?> This got a playful glare from Bonbon.

<Seriously though, how much did you hear?>

<Just about all of it, ya parenting skills they did not have. Still winding up dead, most likely in a back alley somewhere, I wouldn't have wished that on any pony, no matter who.>

<You saw how hard she was crying, she had to have seen or at least heard what happened, and at her age?>

<Ya, I think we should have her checked out, and I’m not talking about nurse Red Heart.>

<Agreed, but we need to be careful, we try too much too fast and it will be worse.> Lyra gave an internal sigh <We still have to look for her ‘family’ don't we?>

Bonbon nodded slightly. <We do have to try and find them by law, but I’ll bet good bits we don't find them.>

<Or they don’t want anything to do with her, just because their family doesn't mean they have to take her in if they are anything like her parents were they probably won't.>

Bonbon gave a slight nod. <I’ll bet we can track down the father's side, being a silver trader family will make it easy, as for the mothers…>

<If they got married before coming to Ponyville, it's unlikely we’ll get much farther unless we find her maiden name.>

<So then, it seems like finding family that will take her in isn’t likely, what should we do?>

Lyra gave Bonbon a flat stare.

<Hey remember last time I assumed you were thinking the same thing I was?>

Lyra rolled her eyes. <That was way different, but point taken. So we should look into adoption papers once we get back, just to have them ready if and when the searching doesn't pan out.>

<Agreed, I wonder how SIlver will take it?>

<We’ll know when we tell her.>

Both ponies nodded, before snuggling closer together around the filly between them and falling off to sleep.

Comments

[Random_Reader11]

Was that last part a reference to a comic about lyra thinking bon bon wanted a foal but she meant a muffin?

[NightwatchTheRogue]

8606284
What was the comic's name?

[Random_Reader11]

8606291
Idk...

[NightwatchTheRogue]

8606425
Oh, okay. Thanks for replying back.

[Random_Reader11]

8606434
I found it. It is called Moving too fast.

[NightwatchTheRogue]

8606435
Thanks for finding the name.

[Random_Reader11]

8606442
You're welcome.

[Peachy Keen]

Good thing Lyra and Bon Bon were both on the same page with possibly adopting her. It's going to be pretty interesting to see how everyone will adjust to living together and becoming a family. You wonder how things will be at school, and how Diamond Tiara will be around her now.

Nice chapter! :D