//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: An Unfulfilled Past // by Ctmaley //------------------------------// "Oh that was so adorable!" said Fluttershy with her voice getting high pitched. Sunset just rolled her eyes amused by her girlfriend, it was this adorableness that Fluttershy had, which was one of the reasons why the red and yellow haired girl loved her some much. "Are you finished?" asked Sunset. "It just so cute hearing how wonderful of a sister you were to Ruby." Fluttershy said nudging Sunset, causing her to smile and laugh. "I just have one question." Fluttershy began. "Which is?" Sunset asked. "Umm...you've told me that when a pony gets there cutie mark, that it has something to do with the pony or what they have done........so my question is despite it being very wonderful that you saved your sister from the bullies, how did that give you a sun-based cutie mark?" asked Fluttershy. Sunset pondered on this for a moment, this was something even she didn't fully understand, in the years after that incident she never really thought about it until now. "I honestly don't know, the only thing that I can think of is that day the bond between myself and Ruby had become stronger and it shined bright like a sun, I know it's extremely cheesy, but it's the only thing explanation that I can come up with." Sunset finished. "Oh, alright so what happened afterwards?" Fluttershy asked. "Well the two of us were just happy that Ruby was alright and when we finally got home, what we didn't expect was the reaction from our dad to be what it was." said Sunset as she continued the story. When Sunset and Ruby opened the front door to the house, they were nervous about how to tell the rest of their family about what had happened today, as there was going to be questions, due to the fact both of them were a little dirty from being pushed onto the ground by Raven and Hazel. "There you guys are!, mom and dad have been wondering were you've been so what took you?......"asked Ty who stopped himself when he saw his sisters had dirt on them "Why have you two got dirt on yourselves?, have you been rolling around on the ground or something?" he finished. "Or something.." said Ruby nervously as she hid her face behind Sunset's mane, making Ty give Sunset a confused look, however before Sunset could answer their parents walked in. "Ah Sunset, Ruby there you two are, finally myself and your mother were starting to get worried, I had begun thinking about sending Tyrolite here to go and get you, but your mother convinced me not too a......what happened to the two of you?, why are you both filthy?" asked Malachite who just as Rose had a questioned look on his face. Sunset and Ruby looked back at each other nervous about how to say this, it took a few minutes of awkward silence and their father getting impatient telling them to speak up before Sunset spoke. "Umm......well you see while I was getting the fruit and vegetables, Ruby got a little impatient of waiting for me to get done, so she wandered of and ran into these two bullies who began......you know bulling her, they were pushing Ruby around like she was a little toy, laughing at her, teasing her and when I found her and saw this and I-i............"Sunset stopped looking up at her parents nervously, rubbing one of her font legs around the other. "Go on!" said Malachite sternly. "I k-kinda got really angry with the two bullies and blasted them with my magic, which then sent them into a wall" Sunset finished looking away from her parents, making surprised looks appear on their faces and Ty's as well. "You did what?!" said Malachite. "I-um." said Sunset trying to answer him before she was cut of. "You NEVER resort to this kinda of behavior!, I mean do you know how embarrassing this will make our family look!?" Malachite asked beginning to raise his voice a little. "I d-didn't think about that." Sunset said now scared, Ruby was still hiding behind her sister's mane and was now holding onto Sunset. "OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T!, we are trying to make this family look presentable to all of the other ponies in Equestria! and now if they figure out that it was the daughter of myself and your mother, others who have been mocking our family, will now think we adopted an angered issued pony!" yelled Malachite. There was nothing but silence for a few moments before Ty spoke up. "Um....Sunset did you get your...." Ty said before he was cut off by their father. "Now I want you Sunset to give the groceries to your mother, then I want the both of you to go upstairs and clean yourselves off and stay in either your rooms or one of your rooms I don't care, just stay upstairs for the rest of the evening!" yelled Malachite. Sunset gave the groceries to her mother than she and Ruby quickly went upstairs with Ty following. As the three were making their way to the bathroom, Jade opened her door confused on what she had heard coming from downstairs. "So what is going on and what happened to you two?" Jade asked. "I'll tell you later." Sunset responded before she and Ruby entered the bathroom, leaving both Jade and Ty still confused on what just happened. "Does Sunset have a cutie mark?" Jade asked looking curiously at Ty. "Yeah she does" Ty answered. "Alright then, I guess that's something interesting." Jade said before waking back into her room and closing the door. When Sunset and Ruby finished cleaning themselves off, the two had went into Sunset's room for the rest of the night, manly due to Ruby being shaken up after hearing their father yell, they sat up on the bed trying to figure out what had just happened. "What was all that about?" Sunset asked confused. "I don't know I've never seen and heard dad that angry before, I thought he was going to be concerned for us, not angry with us." said Ruby who had tears forming in her eyes and had begun to cry. Sunset then wrapped her hooves around her sister to calm her down. "Ssshh, ssshh, hey it's alright there's no need to cry i'm here, I wont let anything happen to you again." Sunset said calmly looking down at her sister. "Are you sure?" asked Ruby wiping the tears from her face. "Yes i'm sure Ruby." Sunset said smiling. "I love you." Ruby smiled back. "I love you too Ruby." said Sunset nuzzling her sister. "Forever and always?" asked Ruby. "Yes forever and always." Sunset answered. Back downstairs in the living room, Malachite and Rose were trying to figure out what do next with their daughters. "Whiskey?" asked Rose. "Yes please." Malachite answered. "Did you notice that Sunset now has a cutie mark or were you just busy yelling to notice?" asked Rose who was not pleased with the way her husband handled the situation. "Yes I noticed." said Malachite taking the whiskey that his wife brought him. "So what should we do now with Sunset?" asked Rose taking a drink of her own whisky. "Well given the circumstances of how she got her cutie mark, I think we should see what Princess Celestia and her school can do with Sunset." said Malachite. "Are you sure that's the best idea right now?" asked Rose. "Yes Sunset needs to learn how to control her temper and her magical abilities, even know the situation is not ideal, this is something we need to do for Sunset's benefit." Malachite finished. "Are you sure it's for her benefit?" Rose asked giving her husband a questioning look. "What's that supposed to mean?" asked Malachite shooting his own questioning look back at his wife. "Nothing, I just hope your right." finished Rose.