Alphabittle couldn't deny that it was as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders by the time he had arrived back at Bridlewood. He was still worried, no doubt, but he had done it; he had reunited with his long lost child. Granted, it hadn't been as long as he was perhaps hoping for, but she had started to build a life of her own with her new friends, and the last thing he wanted to do was butt in.
He would be here for her when she was ready.
After doing a quick walk-around inspection of the exterior of Izzy's home, he continued down the main road north into Bridlewood. He got several welcomes back into town, but strangely wasn't asked when he'd be reopening the Crystal Tea Room, as it was a fairly popular destination in town.
Of course that was because when he got to that area of the forest, the Crystal Tea Room looked open.
Raising an eyebrow curiously, he stepped forward, opened the front doors of the Tea Room, and indeed, several tables had patrons seated, even some earth ponies and pegasi who had decided to relocate to Bridlewood. He had chosen the perfect time to come in, as Oak was passing the entrance with a platter of food and drinks.
"Hey, Oak. What's going on?" Alphabittle asked, his tone more curious than accusatory.
"Hey there, Alph. You got a guest who came looking for you last night, apparently not knowing you'd be spending the night in Zephyr Heights. She's at the bar," Oak said, before continuing on his way to the table waiting for their order.
Alphabittle continued into the seating area, and his eyes widened when he saw just who was waiting for him at the bar.
"Misty...?"
The light blue unicorn swiveled on her stool, and smiled when she saw him, immediately getting up and going towards him.
"Hey dad," she greeted.
Alphabittle came forward and pulled her into a hug.
"I must say, this is quite the surprise. I... I thought you were headed back to—"
"I know, but I thought about it, and decided that I didn't get enough time with you yesterday. You did come all the way from here to see me in Maretime Bay. Besides, when I do go back, I'm not exactly going to stay. I'll need to occasionally go out for 'recon' and 'intel', and those will be perfect times to keep in touch with everypony," Misty said as she returned the embrace.
Father and daughter parted from the embrace, and Alphabittle made his way to the other side of the bar.
"So I'm guessing Oak spotted you and decided to just open up with that spare key I left him, did he?" Alphabittle asked with a smirk.
"Nothing wrong with a trip down memory lane, Alph," came Oak's reply from around the corner.
"Well, I've thought about things too, Misty. If this Opaline is as big a threat as you all claim she is, and your friendship with Izzy and the others helped pull you away from her, then it's not fair for you to take a back seat in trying to defeat her. It's not fair that they expose themselves to danger, while you hang back just because I'd worry. I'm sure they have others that worry about them. I worry about Izzy too," Alphabittle told her.
Misty gave him a smile.
"Thanks for understanding, Dad," she said.
"So, what will it be?" Alphabittle asked, motioning to all the teas on the shelves behind him, between all the trinkets that were on the left and right.
"Oh wow, I don't know. I haven't decided which one of Sunny's smoothies is my favorite. How about your best-selling tea?" Misty asked.
"That's easy. One cup of black tea, coming up," her dad replied, immediately getting to work, and within a minute, a fresh steaming cup of black tea. She gave it a few stirs, and sipped at it.
"Delicious," she complimented.
"So, anything around here jogging your memory? I brought you here on more than one occasion," Alphabittle asked her.
"I'm... Not sure. I don't remember much of anything from before Opaline," Misty answered.
"Well, that's alright. As long as you can make some new memories here. And not here as well. Queen Haven ran an idea by me, and I'd like to know what you think," Alphabittle said as he slid a serving bowl of pretzels to her.
"Sure, what did you have in mind?" Misty asked, taking a pretzel and beginning to munch on it.
"Each of the tribes used to have their own annual celebrations for ponies who have gotten their cutie marks that year, and Queen Haven has offered to hold a larger, single 'Cutie Blossom Bash' in Zephyr Heights for all three tribes. They certainly have the room for it in that banquet hall of theirs. So, what do you say? Want to go celebrate your cutie mark with your old dad?" Alphabittle asked.
Misty swallowed her nervousness as best she could.
"If you want to, dad, yeah."
Thanks immensely for getting this next chapter up. Definitely liked the dialogue between Alphabittle and Misty as the latter is trying to figure out how much the latter remembers about her childhood and, in addition Alphabittle is also trying to be supportive of Misty while making his understandable concerns obvious.
For the Cutie Blossom Bash, perhaps Misty can be seen putting in a sleeping dummy to fool Opaline before heading out. And of course, the others agree to a more private Cutie Blossom Bash - just Misty, Alphabittle, Haven, Izzy and the rest of the Mane 5.
Another bit could have Alphabittle helping Misty and Izzy and their friends in helping Sparky after they encounter the Breezies.
And, of course, Alphabittle, Izzy and Misty all learning snow and ice magic to better combat a fire alicorn.
This one definitely has the best title...
Is this connected in any way to the Forgotten series?
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No.
Story I whipped up when I was absolutely certain that Alphabittle was Misty's father.
This was before anything was proven in Chapter 5 last month.
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Wanna guess some lottery numbers for me?
Yep, she probably doesn't want to do it by the mention of this.
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It was hardly an uncommon theory.
Now the question is why misty does not remember anything about her past and if that could answer the theory that opaline kidnap misty
Basically keeping an eye on opaline and what she's up too
That's always a nice way even though the old memory is gone but you can always make something new ones
Oh boy I probably will see how this will go unless it goes differently
Well I would say this is a pretty cute one so it looks like Misty decided to Alphabittle since they haven't really hang out on the last time they saw each other but it looks like this is should be a perfect chance to get to know each other which is always nice and it looks like there's a celebration going on when the ponies get their cutie marks which looks like she's a little bit nervous about this I wonder how this will go guess we'll find out next time
Maybe, to cover the events of "Father of the Bridlewood" in this fic, you could instead have Misty ask about her mother. And Alphabittle could be reluctant to bring it up.
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But I think at this point she's willing to try to step out of her comfort zone for the sake of her dad, her friends, and herself, before the point she's actually there and she realizes she doesn't want to do it. (where r u G5 emotes?)
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I'm caught up with everything. I was just saying my opinion on it like I did when I watched chapter 5 back in September.
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As was I. Didn't mean to imply I thought you weren't caught up and didn't know, just explaining my thoughts on the character's motivations. . .
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That's ok, you didn't know, that's all.
Hopefully we'll see more soon. Having 'Alphadaddle' at the Cutie Blossom Bash would be interesting, and I wonder how it would change. I'm thinking even after not being around her so long, maybe he'll recognize she doesn't like crowds... Or... there is even more pressure on her to actually go through with it since he's there.
I would love some Alpha-Haven shipping too. I know how Zipp and Pipp reacted to their mom with someone, but this means Misty would get a mother, and two step-sisters, I want them all to be happy about it.
Finally free from Opaline, Misty gets a big family and her friends that care about her.