Siblings
Main Characters: Freya, Kain, Pumpkin, Pound, Satsuma, Starlight, Del, Rei
Cameos: Razzly, Summer Rain, Pinkie, Presea, Juliet, Inkie
Original Start Date: January 4, 2015
Freya's sleep is uneasy as the morning sun enters her room. She tosses and turns, trying to shake the bad feeling away. Giving up, she slowly opens her eyes. Her brother stares back at her. Freya screams and swings a foreleg. Kain yells and ducks, barely avoiding the punch.
‘What the hell is your problem?’ the filly quietly growls.
Kain resumes his stance. ‘A Lunar Guard is always on duty. ... And mom didn't want me guarding the kitchen anymore. Also, it is almost time for breakfast.’
Freya sighs and hops out of bed. She examines her brother. ‘Your hooves are too close together,’ she comments, adjusting Kain. ‘You back is too arched. And’ -- she pushes on her brother's neck -- ‘your head is too low.’ She snorts and marches out of the room. ‘And you call yourself a Lunar Guard.’
‘It hurts to stand,’ Kain whimpers, stuck in place.
Satsuma slowly trots to the schoolhouse. He is the only pony in the area at this early hour. He grumbles to himself, wishing his mother did not wake him so absurdly early, since he does not have chores before school. The colt trots up to the schoolhouse door and gets out a book as he waits for Starlight or Del to arrive.
Starlight sleeps face first in his pillow. He receives a gentle nudge in his side. ‘But I want to wear the pretty dress, mommy,’ he mumbles in his sleep.
‘Ya gotta wake up,’ Apple Bloom says. ‘School can't start without ya.’
‘I didn't go to school and look how I turned out.’
‘Sleepin' all day an' watchin' video game videos all night?’
Starlight groans and sits up. ‘No,’ he replies indignantly. ‘Sleeping all day and watching video game videos all night with the sexiest mare ever by my side.’
Apple Bloom rolls her eyes. ‘Flattery will get ya everywhere, an' right now, it is gettin' ya out o' bed so ya can shower before school.’
‘I don't wanna!’
The mare blushes. ‘But ya smell like me.’
Starlight grins. ‘And that's a bad thing how?’
‘Not mah coat me. Mah... private me.’
The unicorn adjusts his glasses. ‘And that's a ba-’
Apple Bloom wraps a foreleg around her coltfriend's neck and drags him to the shower.
Pumpkin Cake looks in her mirror as she decides what to do today. She nods and levitates her brush, combing her mane perfectly straight. The process is an uphill battle that leaves many causalities, but she finally gets her mane to a perfectly manageable state. Happy, she ties some ribbons in her mane and prances out of her room. A door opens as she passes, and she gets hit with a blast of steam. When the vapor clears, her mane has puffed up wildly.
Pound trots out with a towel around his head. ‘Hey, sis. Washroom's free.’
Pumpkin takes a deep breath then yells and chases her brother downstairs.
Noise fills Carousel Boutique.
Pinkie Pie trots downstairs, rubbing her face. ‘Diamond, keep it down. The twins were up all night.’
‘It isn't me,’ Diamond Tiara grumbles, trotting up from a different direction.
They stand at the base of the stairs before a thought strikes them. ‘Where are the twins!’ they shout in unison.
Pinkie reaches into her mane. ‘They're not here.’
A loud crash fills the building. The mares creep forward. They peer into the kitchen together. Presea and Juliet have climbed onto the counter and are digging through the cabinets.
Juliet sits and looks back. She sees the mares at the door. ‘Eat, mom. Eat, Dia.’
Pinkie and Diamond breathe a sigh of relief. Pinkie goes to retrieve her foals and prepare their meal. Diamond goes to make some coffee.
Rei and Inkie cuddle in bed. Rei keeps nuzzling and kissing her wife. Inkie laughs and tries getting up.
‘Rei, we have to get out of bed sometime,’ Inkie sighs.
‘Nuh uh,’ the pegasus replies. ‘I'm not letting you up until I've kissed you all over. Twice!’
Her wife laughs. ‘We're so active we in that department, one of us would be pregnant by now if one of us were a stallion.’
Rei blushes and backs off.
Inkie sighs and sits up. ‘You're still nervous about having a foal, aren't you?’
‘A-as long as I get to carry the first one, I'm fine,’ Rei replies.
Inkie kisses her wife. ‘I'm ready whenever you are. Take all the time you need.’
Rei nods, silently. She watches her wife get out of bed. ‘Big day today?’
‘Sorta,’ Inkie replies, combing her mane. ‘AJ wants me to evaluate some soil samples from Appleoosa. See if they need to spice it up a bit. Also, I should be getting a shipment of rocks for my collection later.’
‘Then, it is settled.’ Rei leaps up and flies to the kitchen. ‘Super ultra mega bentos to help us power through the day!’
Inkie laughs as she trots out of the bedroom. ‘Are you sure you can get by on such a small meal?’
‘I have okonomiyai demos planned for later.’
Inkie smiles. ‘Just remember to let your customers have one too.’
‘No promises!’ Rei shouts as she prepares their meal.
Lucky Heart swoops out of the sky. ‘Tag!’
Pound yells and flies after the other colt. Lucky darts past Shaun, giving Pound a new target. Shaun squawks when tagged and flies after his friends. Kain loops through them, teasing them.
On the ground, Pumpkin watches her brother playing. She snorts and takes a bite out of her snack. Razzly watches the pegasi, griffin and bat pony swooping and soaring as she joins her friend.
‘Bet you wish you were up there too,’ the purplish unicorn says.
‘Whatever,’ Pumpkin huffs. ‘Not like there are many flier-only sports.’
‘Still would be fun though, right?’
Pumpkin takes a deep breath and looks up at her brother again. She sighs and looks around the yard. She frowns when she sees Freya watching the skies too. Summer Rain trots to her friend and sits down.
‘Watching the game?’ the green pegasus asks.
‘Just Kain.’
Summer giggles happily. ‘Yeah. He's silly.’
‘He's slow.’
‘Well, he might not get the best test scores...’
‘And he keeps dodging right,’ Freya continues. ‘Shaun noticed, but he's too weak to press him.’
‘They're just playing tag.’
The bat pony snorts. ‘I can take them.’
‘Oh yeah? Prove it.’
Freya squeals as her friend drags her up to join the game. Pumpkin gets up and leaves when she sees Freya joining the game. Razzly looks from the game to her friend and follows Pumpkin.
In the schoolhouse, Satsuma buries his face in his book to avoid watching his friends outside.
‘Are you sure you don't want to join them?’ Del asks, trotting over to her brother.
‘Yes. I'm fine.’
‘Are you sure you're fine?’ his older sister/teacher asks. ‘You've been spending a lot of time by yourself. I'm sure your friends are worried too.’
Satsuma stares into his book more intensely. ‘Whatever.’
Del frowns. ‘Just don't let whatever is bothering you to eat you up too much.’ She pats her brother's back. ‘Now, I have to find Starlight. It is almost time for classes to resume.’
Starlight and Apple Bloom fall out of a closet with a number of cleaning supplies. They lay on the ground panting.
‘Two ponies can't fit somewhere that tight,’ Apple Bloom moans.
‘Good thing I was the only one then,’ Starlight laughs.
The tired mare grunts as she stands. ‘That ain't what ah meant, but that is true too. 'Sides, shouldn't ya be in school?’
‘I'm on a field trip.’
Apple Bloom groans as she goes back to work.
‘What? No cuddling?’ Starlight calls.
‘Rock!’ Juliet cheers.
Pinkie lifts her daughter. ‘No, Juli. That is Maud.’
‘Rock!’
‘No. Maud.’
‘Its okay, Pinkie,’ her older sister says, smiling slightly. ‘You called me Mud until you figured out how to say Maud correctly.’
Pinkie pouts. ‘But I know she can get it. She is good with one syllable words.’
‘Mom! Rock!’ Juliet speaks up.
Pinkie laughs. ‘It is great of you to stop by, Maud.’
‘I was bringing Marble some souvenirs from my recent trip to Neighgypt, and I couldn't resist seeing how my other sister and nieces were doing.’
Pinkie grabs her sister in a hug. Juliet hugs her aunt while still in her mom's hooves. ‘Aw! You're the best big sister I have!’
‘I'm your only big sister, Pinkie.’
The pink party pony laughs. ‘Oh yeah.’ She puts a hoof around Maud and sets Juliet on her head. ‘So... What was this about souvenirs?’
Maud sets her niece on the ground next to Presea. ‘I don't think you'll be too interested in them...’
‘Ah! It is not like it is something boring like a...’
‘Rock!’ Juliet interrupts.
Pinkie laughs. ‘Yeah! It is not like it is a big pile of rocks!’
Maud stares at her sister and blinks.
‘You got everypony a big pile of rocks, didn't you?’ Pinkie snorts, losing her energy.
Maud reaches into her saddlebag and gets out a fez. ‘Actually, I got you a funny hat.’
‘Oooo!’ Pinkie gasps. ‘I had a friend who would have loved one of these, but he died saving Christmas and now he is grumpy and doesn't like them anymore.’
Maud blinks, not knowing how to reply. Before she can say anything…
‘Rock!’
Pinkie sighs. ‘Yes, Juli. It is your Aunt Rock.’
Juliet shakes her head. ‘No. Rock.’
She points at her sister. Presea has organized all of Maud's rocks by type, mineral composition and morphology. The filly smiles as she plays with one of the samples.
‘Holy molely!’ Pinkie exclaims.
Maud stares, impressed. ‘That's just...’ She lets out a small laugh. ‘Wow.’
‘Inkie! Equestria to Inkie!’
Inkie snaps out of her stupor. Applejack is beside her in her lab. A monitor in front of her displays a long data readout and an automatically-plotted graph.
‘Sorry. What were we talking about?’ Inkie hastily asks.
‘We weren't,’ Applejack replies. She takes a seat by Inkie. ‘Ah jus' got done with my shift sellin' apples, an' wanted t' see how the analysis Ah asked fer was comin'.’
Inkie looks over the readout. ‘Well, uh...’
‘Is everything all right?’
‘I'm fine,’ Inkie sighs. ‘Just that, this morning Rei and I talked about having a foal again, and she freaked out, as usual...’
‘She'll be ready eventually,’ Applejack assures. ‘Jus' give 'er time. Jus' make sure she knows yer concerns and ya can work it out.’
Inkie takes a deep breath. ‘I guess.’ She laughs. ‘I could always just cut a bag full of her hair and ask Lyra's company to use that as source DNA.’
‘Ah wouldn' do that. Keepin' a foal a secret ain't a good idea. Trust me.’
Inkie grimaces. ‘Yeah. I'd hate to see the reaction from Rei's family. Who knows what she'd do?’
‘Don' ferget yer sister. Pinkie might teach her foals a few new words to describe Aunt Inkie.’
Inkie laughs. ‘Good point.’ She looks back at her monitor. ‘Hey, give me a couple minutes and I'll have your analysis for you.’
Applejack smiles. ‘Greal. Ah'll jus' be catchin' up with everypony.’
Foals run around the schoolhouse as they get ready to go home. Del talks with Starlight briefly before tending to some of her students. While his sister packs her bag, Kain chats with Lucky Heart. Summer Rain talks with her friend, though she watches Pound Cake at his desk. The young pegasus rushes to pack his bag while his sister stands next to him, glaring.
‘All right! I'm done!’ Pound declares. ‘We can go to your sports thing now.’
Pumpkin snorts at her brother then turns towards Razzly's desk. ‘See you tomorrow, Razzly!’
‘See ya!’ her friend calls back.
Pumpkin and her brother get to the door right as Freya and her brother arrive. The fillies growl at each other as they pass. Kain and Pound exchange confused looks. Satsuma finishes his packing and starts leaving. Starlight calls him over.
‘Hey, little bro,’ Starlight begins. ‘Del says you're having a tough time right now. I just want you to know that I'm here to talk with you.’
‘You smell like Aunt Apple Bloom.’
The stallion turns bright red. ‘Great talk! We should do it again sometime.’
Satsuma rolls his eyes as he trots away. Razzly catches her friend, and they leave together. Del trots over and sniffs her brother.
‘Where exactly were you during our lunch break?’
‘Right. I understand,’ Rei says into her mobile. ‘I'll see you soon, and we'll work everything out.’ She hangs up. She starts snacking on some leftover okonomiyaki. The shop door opens. ‘Welcome to Neighponese Imports!’
‘Hello, Rei,’ a monotone voice replies.
The pegasus looks up from her snack. ‘Maud-chan!’ she cheers. ‘Welcome to my shop! Oh! We got some new dishes from Equina recently. High quality granite.’ She points to a rack.
Maud looks at the dishes. ‘They're schist.’
Rei snorts angrily. ‘They might not be the best quality, but there is no need for insults.’
Maud stares at the other mare blankly. ‘Will Marble be back soon? I have something for her.’
‘Nope. Inkie will be at work for a while longer. But you can wait here if you want.’
‘It is okay. I can leave it by your home.’
Rei smiles kindly and replies assertively, ‘I said you can wait here if you want.’
Maud forces a smile and sighs, ‘Sure, Rei. I don't mind staying with you.’
‘Yay!’ her sister in-law cheers. ‘You can sit with me.’
The earth pony sighs again and goes around the counter to sit by Rei. Her dark grey coat and blank expression contrast with Rei's white coat and large smile.
Rei looks up at her guest. ‘You remind me of my brother. He gets grumpy in social situations too.’
Helios sits at his desk. He has several books in front of him. The prince unravels a long scroll. He leans back and groans, ‘Why does Alba get to go on all the cool adventures?’
Alba sits on Sunset's couch. She has two slices of pizza in each hand. Sunset watches her new friend eat, wondering if all the princesses she knows are messy eaters.
‘This is so good!’ the princess moans. ‘Why didn't anyone tell me meat on pizza was so good?’
Sunset laughs. ‘Wait until you try bacon. Twilight literally out-ate Pinkie when she first tried it.’
Pinkie and her foals eat at the dinner table. Pinkie mimics a train sound before eating from the spoon she is holding. Presea imitates her mom. Juliet tries climbing onto the table to better reach her bowl. Pinkie makes a loud 'ahem!', getting her daughter to return to a proper sitting position.
The Apple Family quietly eats dinner together, much to Big McIntosh's enjoyment. Applejack watches her son as he just stares at his plate while he eats.
‘So, uh, Satsuma, how was school?’ his mother asks.
‘It was fine.’ He finishes his plate. ‘Can I be excused now?’
‘Sure.’
The colt takes his plate to the sink then gallops to his room. Big McIntosh helps himself to another large serving of apple casserole.
Applejack sighs. ‘He's still beatin' himself up 'bout Freya. Ah don' know what else Ah can say t' him.’ She looks at her brother. ‘Ya think ya can have a word with him?’
Big Mac swallows a large bite of food. ‘Nope!’ He goes in for another bite.
‘Ya think Miss Cheerilee would like t' hear that Fleetfoot came by the stall earlier lookin' fer ya?’
Big Mac grunts. ‘Nope,’ he huffs angrily as he gets up to find his nephew.
Freya plays with Angel and her Zorua in her bedroom after dinner. She hears marching outside of the room. She looks over to see her brother at the door.
‘Commander Mom orders us to "please do our homework" now and "stop marching around the living room",’ Kain reports, saluting.
Freya sighs, sets down her dolls and goes to a desk. ‘Why aren't you at attention like I showed you?’
Kain shakes nervously. ‘It really hurt, what you did to me.’
‘Do you see dad complaining when he is at attention?’
Kain whimpers. Freya smiles when she hears a pop as he locks his back in place.
Pumpkin sits in the kitchen of Sugarcube Corner. She watches as her parents prepare dough, batter and other mixtures for the next day's baking.
‘Are you sure there is nothing I can do to help?’ the filly asks. ‘I can lift heavy stuff with my magic.’
‘Thank you, dear, but we got this,’ Carrot Cake replies.
‘Why don't you go watch TV with your brother?’ Cup Cake suggests.
Pumpkin groans. ‘He's watching some stupid sci-fi thing. I rather help you. Please.’
‘We're fine, Pumpkin. Now scoot!’ her father commands.
The filly moans as she leaves the bakery. She heads upstairs. Pound sits in the living room watching a show and playing a hoofheld game.
‘I'm bored,’ his sister complains. ‘Let me watch the cloudball game.’
‘Watch it in your room,’ Pound answers. ‘You know you can stream it.’
Pumpkin grumbles as she stomps out of the room. She goes to her room and collapses on her bed. She lets out a moan as she looks out the window.
Starlight sings a show tune while showering. His singing is so loud that he does not hear the washroom door open. The intruder quietly slips across the room and into the shower. The stallion shudders and moans as Apple Bloom licks up his horn.
‘Mah turn t' sneak attack ya this time.’
Inkie paces in her lab at home. She has made up excuses to avoid her wife all evening as she works out what she wants to say to Rei. With her thoughts in order, she opens the door to find Rei waiting outside.
‘We need to talk,’ both mares say in unison, surprising each other.
‘Y-you go first,’ Inkie offers.
Rei kicks the ground. ‘Well, you've been hiding in your lab all day. I was afraid Maud-chan said something to upset you.’
‘Maud actually said something?’ Inkie jokes. Both mares laugh. ‘Anyway, I'm fine I just...’
‘Wait!’ Rei interrupts. ‘I'm not done.’ She takes a deep breath. ‘IcalledLyrathisafternoon! Wehaveanappointmenttomeetherdoctorsaboutmakingusababy!’
Rei catches her breath in time for Inkie to tackle her in a big kiss.
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I knew this was a reference, but it took me a while to figure out the Christmas part, because it is a silly name for a town. and the doctor isn't grumpy, it's just that his eyebrows are so angry they force him to be too. Plus he is Scottish, so that apparently means he can complain properly too.
5493966 Thought you would like to know someone in SCS knows how 12 is doing
5494166 does this make pinkie one of the paternoster gang?
5494445 I think it means Pinkie is just being Pinkie. Who would believe her otherwise?
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Names are weird, an island named Easter and a town called Christmas. Also, we don't quite know how 13 will react to a fez they haven't exactly showed it yet. Unless it was in one of the episodes that I missed... Anyways fun chapter. Until next time,
-Sphinx
Where is Twilight and her brother? Aren't they siblings enough for this chapter?
Bugs me to Hell and back that everyone obsesses over one Doctor Who reference and not over anything that the chapter is about.