To Mend A Broken Heart

by Tiberia Silverfang


Ch. 22 The Heart Of The Family

        The sun began to gently set over the ocean waves near Canterlot as in the distant island off the coast Mise was gently waving goodbye to his friends and boarding his ship soon turning to the four “Well, I wish all a good time, Fang, remember what we talked about and take care of this place, it's yours now.” Mise said as he stepped on board his ship and revved the engines. The four stood upon the dock and watched Mise soon sail across the ocean waves with the four soon turning towards the large mansion, Fang soon took the key off his key chain and looked towards it then upon the mansion “Guess we should head back inside for the night.” Fang had said with the three nodding and starting to walk inside as Indigo turned to him with a soft smile “You know, this is going to be a great place to hangout and possibly live once we graduate, ya know?” Indigo said, gently taking Fang’s hand making him smile softly while gently taking a hold of her hand. “I agree, it’s a very nice place and it would be big enough to live once we graduate, maybe even start a family.” Fang had said as Indigo gently laid her head on his shoulder with her smile. The four soon walked into the mansion with the sun gently bleeding through the windows, and through the large curtains with the faint sounds of the soles of their shoes clicking against the marble floors, gently echoing across the halls with the four walking up the stairs as their footsteps had gotten muffled by carpeting while Smoke and Butterfly looked around a little more “This place is really beautiful…” Smoke had mused watching the light gently cascade across the marble walls, making Indigo and Fang smile. The four walked up to the upstairs portion of the mansion with Fang looking towards the three “Well, the sun's setting and we just ate dinner… what do you three want to do now?” He asked as three smiled and spoke “Movie!” They had cheered at the same time making Fang chuckle softly and nod “Alright, alright I think Mise said the living room or something like that was down the hall.” He said walking with the three down one of the halls.

        The four had soon reached the end of the hall in front of a familiar wooden door, Fang gently took a hold of the doorknob and opened the door to reveal the living room as the four smiled softly while Smoke and Butterfly ran in and jumped on the couch, making Fang and Indigo snicker softly as Indigo gently sat down on the couch next to the two with Fang walking to the TV. “I wonder what should we watch?” Fang asked, taking a hold of the TV remote as Indigo smiled warmly “Well, riddle me this Nerd, what convention did we go to recently?” Indigo teased slightly making Fang chuckle softly “I can answer that easily my dear, I just hope Smoke and Butterfly still like the show.” He had said sitting down on the couch next to Indigo and started to go to Hulu, soon searching for something but suddenly stopped on a familiar show that made Smoke and Butterfly gasp softly. “B-Big bro? T-That’s M-My Little Horsie… W-We thought you would've hated that show?” Butterfly asked while Fang smiled softly “Me and Indigo were forced to go to a convention for the show, in the end… It was a lot of fun really, and we kind of got hooked on the show.” He had said simply with his smile, making the two smile happily and giggling. The two gently rolled their eyes and switch on the movie, when it began to play Butterfly soon got up from her seat and sat next to Fang, gently laying her head on his arm with Smoke doing the same with Indigo, making them smile warmly and holding them close while enjoying the movie.

About Two hours later…

        The movie slowly began to end as Smoke and Butterfly were completely out, gently snoring in Fang and Indigo’s laps with Indigo stifling a soft yawn with the movie coming to a close with Fang turning off the TV “Well, that was a pretty good movie.” He had said with Indigo nodding in agreement “Yeah it was, it was by far my favorite one.” Indigo said as she yawned and stretched her arms, laying her head on Fang’s shoulder making him smile softly “I hear you, also sounds like you're getting ready to pass out yourself.” He said, stifling a small chuckle making Indigo giggle softly and gently punch his arm. Fang gently let out a sigh as Indigo gently picked Smoke and Butterfly up, while Fang gently picked her up bridal style and carried the three out of the living room “How about we drop off the little angels, and we go to be ourselves how does that sound Kitten?” Fang asked, using Indigo’s nickname making her giggle softly and gently nuzzle herself into Fang’s chest “That sounds wonderful Tib-Tib.”  Indigo said, using Fang’s nickname getting a soft chuckle out of him. Fang carried the three to the first room as Indigo gently opened the door, giving Fang easy access to the room as the two gently placed Smoke and Butterfly into their beds and placing a gentle kiss upon their foreheads as they tucked them into bed, watching them nuzzle into their blankets bringing soft, yet warm smiles to their faces soon exiting the room to theirs, slowly and gently closing the door behind them. The two quickly got changed into their pajamas and crawled into bed, with Fang gently wrapping his arms around Indigo’s waist, gently pulling her close “This has been a really crazy, but fun day… you know?” He asked with Indigo giggling softly and nuzzling close to him “Yeah, I hear you honey, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Indigo said kissing Fang on the cheek, causing him to blush slightly and chuckle softly.

        She giggled very softly as Fang soon returned the kiss upon her cheek, then upon the lips “I hear you sweetie, and I never want it any other way… cause then life would be too boring.” He had said, gaining a soft smile from Indigo when they heard a faint knock upon the door as Fang slowly sat up “Come in.” He had said with the door slowly creaking open to reveal Smoke and Butterfly in their pajamas with soft tears in their eyes “B-Big bro? W-We had a nightmare again…” Butterfly said with a soft sniffle while Smoke gently nodded. The two gently smiled upon this as they opened up the bed blankets “Climb on in girls, we’ll keep you company.” Fang had said with the two gently crawling into bed, Smoke gently laying next to Fang and Butterfly gently laying her head on Indigo’s chest with them gently pulling the blankets back over them and holding the two close as Indigo gently looked towards Fang holding his little sister with a caring look upon his face, made her smile softly ‘If and when we get married, he’s going to make a great father one day…’ Indigo thought to herself as she ran her fingers through Butterfly’s hair. The two slowly relaxed in their siblings arms, gently getting lulled to sleep again with Fang and Indigo gently laying their heads upon the pillows, letting sleep overtake them with warm smiles upon their faces.

The Next Morning…

        The gentle streams of light cascaded across the room through the small gaps between the curtains gently dancing upon Indigo’s face, making it softly scrunch letting off a soft groan as her eyes gently fluttered open with her vision still very blurry but slowly coming back, she slowly looked around the room but her sights gently fell upon her boyfriend Fang, gently holding Smoke close to himself as she still had a hold upon Butterfly as all three were gently snoring. This brought a very soft smile upon her face, gently running her fingers through Butterfly’s hair ‘These two are so precious, I almost don’t even want to wake them up…’ Indigo said in her mind smiling warmly, she heard a soft groan close by as Fang was slowly starting to wake up gently opening his eyes and stifling a soft yawn, his vision started to slowly come back to him as his sights fell upon Indigo who was gently petting Butterfly’s head, making him smile softly and gently placing a gentle kiss upon her lips “Good morning, sweetie.” He whispered softly to Indigo making her giggle very softly as she returned the kiss “Good morning honey, did you sleep well?” Indigo whispered back making Fang nod. “I did sweetie, you sleep well also?” He whispered making Indigo nod with a soft smile, holding Butterfly close almost like a mother would “I did as well, this is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept on, it what I imagine it's like sleeping in Pinkie’s hair.” Indigo whispered, giggling softly with Fang laughing quietly too. “I hear you sweetie, I wonder what it’s like to sleep on her hair as well, I can still wonder how Swift hasn't been swallowed by her head yet.” He had whispered back, quietly laughing as Indigo giggle very softly but madly also with the two slowly calming down with Smoke and Butterfly gently shifting in their sleep, gently fluttering their eyes open and letting out adorable yawns, slowly rubbing their eyes “Mmmm…. H-Huh…?” Smoke gently asked as Butterfly gently nuzzled close to Indigo.

        Fang and Indigo gently smiled as they kissed their heads “Good morning, you two. Sleep well?” Fang asked the two as Smoke smiled softly and nodded, while Butterfly gently yawned “Mmmm… M-Mhmm….” She had said in a tired, yet gentle tone making Indigo giggle softly “I’m going to take that as a yes, but I can’t blame them.” Indigo said with a soft smile making Fang chuckle and nod “I hear you on that, and I don’t either.” He said as Smoke and Butterfly’s stomachs gently growled making them blush softly and making Fang and Butterfly snicker softly “Guess it’s time to for breakfast, come on let’s go get something to eat.” Fang said, gently picking Smoke up as Indigo nodded and gently picked Butterfly up. The two carried Smoke and Butterfly out of the bedroom and down the stairs towards the dining room, Fang gently set Smoke down on a chair and gently kissed her forehead as he then kissed Butterfly on the forehead as Indigo gently set her down in a chair. Fang and Indigo smiled softly as he kissed Indigo on the lips “I’m gonna make breakfast, you relax okay sweetie?” He asked with Indigo nodding with a soft smile upon her face “Alright honey, if you need any help, just let me know. But what were you thinking for food?” Indigo asked as Smoke and Butterfly were entranced by their reflections on the many shiny surfaces of the dining room in their sleep states. Fang smiled softly “A normal breakfast, scrambled eggs, corned beef hash, toast and bacon maybe even some hash browns.” He said with a soft smile as Smoke and Butterfly giggled “It will be like when you were still living at home!” Smoke had said happily, breaking her trance from the shinny dining room table as Fang smiled softly and nodded “Yup, you three relax while I make breakfast, as well I will let you know sweetie if I need help.” He said with his smile as Indigo nodded, with the three watching him walk into the kitchen.

        Indigo sat in front of Smoke and Butterfly as she watched them go back to being entranced by their reflections again, making her giggle softly gently thinking to herself ‘If cuteness were a weapon, those two would be outlawed in several countries under international law…’ She said in her head. The two kept staring at their reflections, making faces at them, and giggling to themselves while Indigo smiled warmly at this, softly giggling at the two’s actions. As Indigo watched on she began to wonder what they’re lives were like before the accident as she gently spoke up towards the two “H-Hey, girls, can I ask you both a question?” Indigo asked as this caught the girl's’ attention as they looked up at her “Sure big sis, what’s up?” Smoke asked with Butterfly looking towards her while Indigo felt a little uneasy but soon spoke “Well, I was wondering, what was life like for you 3...ya know, before the accident…” Indigo asked with a hint of caution in her voice. The two looked at each other and then back at Indigo, their smiles faulting a bit “It was, pretty good actually… even though our big brother lost both his Mom and Dad… things were, alright we guess really…” Smoke tried to say as Butterfly spoke up “We were grieving really, we lost our Aunt and Uncle and our big bro was not doing the best, our first big sis Milky was always watching over us and so was our big sis Junebug… Our big bro was still trying to be happy, the best he could even Milky and Junebug were trying to keep him out of the darkness… after the accident… he completely shut down and lost it all…” Butterfly had said feeling the sting of tears upon her eyes making Indigo feel very sorry for the two. “I-I...I-I’m so sorry that happened to you three, and the rest of your family...I kind of feel bad for asking now.” Indigo said as she stared as her reflection. She continued staring at the table as Smoke and Butterfly’s reflections appeared behind hers. As she looked to turn around, they hugged her from both sides “It’s alright big sis… cause we have you now.” Butterfly had said as Smoke nodded “Yeah, big sis and big bro is a lot happier now because of you, we are still grieving but we are healing again.” Smoke had said with the two hugging Indigo, making her smile softly as she hugged the two back.

        Unknown to the three, Fang was watching on from the door with a warm smile upon his face soon gently walking out and setting plates down on the table, gently wrapping his arms around the three joining the warm hug as the three smiled warmly and relaxed in Fang’s arms, soon gently breaking the hug he set the table and walked back in the kitchen and came back and started to pour eggs, bacon, hash browns, corned beef hash with Smoke and Butterfly quickly jumping back into their seats and starting to eat. Indigo smiled warmly at the scene as she started to eat, giggling softly to herself as she gently kissed Fang’s cheek “This is excellent, honey, don’t tell Mise, but this almost better than his.” Indigo said giggling softly as Fang sat down with his plate “Your welcome, sweetie. As well I won’t but then again he did teach me almost everything he knows, which I am glad for since he took me under his wing.” He said with a warm smile as Smoke and Butterfly were giggling “This tastes really great big bro!” Smoke had said while Butterfly nodded with a happy smile, making Fang smile “You're welcome, girls. Oh! That reminds me, what do you all want to do today?” He asked as Indigo smiled softly and gently laid her head on his shoulder. “I saw a nice stretch of beach when we arrived yesterday, maybe we can go swimming later and have a picnic on the beach?” Indigo proposed as Smoke and Butterfly’s faces lit up at hearing the idea “Can we big bro!?” They asked happily, making Fang chuckle softly and nod “Of course, I think that would be really fun. Maybe even have a bonfire tonight and make s'mores.” He said with a soft smile making the two squeal in delight and Indigo giggle softly and gently kiss his cheek, making him chuckle. The four soon quickly finished eating breakfast with Smoke and Butterfly quickly running upstairs as Fang took the plates up from the table and into the kitchen with Indigo following behind as she started to pack a picnic basket with a large blanket, soon starting to make sandwiches as she turns to Fang “So how much did you hear, earlier?” Indigo asked with a knowing smile with him gently turning towards her with a soft smile “I heard a good portion of it, i’m really glad they see you as a big sis and that they have an older sis in their lives again, besides Milky they are happy to have both in their lives.” Fang had said with his smile.

        Indigo smiled warmly as she kept packing the picnic basket, but soon gently stopped as she turned to Fang and gently kissed him on the lips, soon wrapping her arms around his neck “And i'm glad to have them both as my little sisters and Milky as an older sister as well. It’s been really lonely since my older brothers left for college about a year and half ago, ya know?” Indigo said as Fang smiled warmly at this “I know what you mean, sweetie. And were really happy to have you in our life as well, we have lost a lot but we have gained a lot, you know?” He asked, gently wrapping his arms around Indigo’s waist as she giggled softly and nodded with a warm smile, when the door soon opened with Smoke and Butterfly running in wearing shorts and short sleeve shirts with sandals on “Big brother! Big sis! Were ready to have fun at the beach!” They cheered happily, making the two snicker softly as the two gently broke away from each other. “We can see that girls, but we need to get changed as well. You wait for us in the dining room while we get changed, alright?” Fang asked the two as they nodded and walked into the dining room with Fang turning to Indigo “Shall we get changed, sweetie?” He asked with Indigo giggling softly and nodding “We shall, come on, let’s gets upstairs. Don’t wanna keep those two waiting too long.” Indigo said as she finished packing the sandwiches and set them on the counter. The pair quickly made their up to the bedroom where they started getting changed. The pair quickly got changed as Indigo was wearing a pair of dark blue shorts and a dark green tank top, Fang was wearing a pair of half jeans with a dark blue t-shirt smiling softly as he kissed Indigo on the lips “You look good sweetie.” He said, making Indigo blush softly and giggle as she returned the kiss “Same to you honey, you’d probably look even better without a shirt, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.” Indigo said, subtly giving Fang bedroom eyes making him blush deeply and chuckle very softly making Indigo giggle madly as she left the room, with Fang soon walking tow after a few minutes later of trying to get his breathing back under control. The pair soon reached the bottom floor as Smoke and Butterfly had the picnic basket already on the table with the two waiting happily as they soon got up with Butterfly holding the basket “Were all ready sis!” Butterfly said happily with Smoke nodding happily.

        Indigo and Fang snickered softly as Fang gently picked Smoke up and placed her upon his shoulders while Indigo gently took the picnic basket and Butterfly’s hand with the four walking out of the mansion and down the path towards the large stretching beach, watching the gentle waves crash against the sand and rocks making the group smile as Fang gently set Smoke down off his shoulders while Indigo was helping Butterfly set up the blanket for the picnic “Thank you big sis.” She had said with a warm smile, making Indigo smile happily “No problem, little sis, I figured you 3 would like the idea. I remember when I was your age, me, my parents, and 2 older brothers would go down to the beach every weekend during the warmer months.” Indigo said reminiscing about her past making Butterfly smile. “That sounds really wonderful, we used to go camping during the warm months. Big bro always used to play with the wolves, he used to scare mom and dad all the time with it.” She said giggling with a warm smile as Indigo shook her head, giggling and rolled her eyes with a knowing smile, remembering to how Fang showed her with his wolf companions in the woods “Ahh yes, I’m very familiar with Cinderheart, Tib-Tib introduced us back when we work working off our community service hours.” Indigo said as she glanced at Fang, who chuckled softly “It’s true, and they took a quick liking to her, it was really sweet and we visit them when we can. I’ve been even thinking of bringing them to the school with teacher’s permission, I think it would be pretty neat.” Fang had said as Butterfly giggled softly while Smoke spoke up “I think that would be really cool, big bro. But how would you do it?” She asked as Fang looked towards Indigo and chuckled softly “We would do it how Mise gets Frosted Flakes everywhere.” Fang had said as Indigo giggled madly and nodded. “Well I think that’s more to the fact that everyone is too scared to stand up to him when he’s riding on the back of tiger. But I do think he could help us secure a permit of some kind.” Indigo said as Fang chuckled and nodded. “Yeah I hear you on that one, though I’m pretty sure he forged a doctor’s note. As well, I think so as well, Frosted Flakes is literally like a big kitty cat.” Fang said as Butterfly’s ears perked up “Kitty?! Where?” Butterfly asked excitedly as Smoke giggled and pulled Butterfly back down “He means their friend has a tiger and thinks of it as a kitty.” Smoke said as Butterfly looked down “Ahhh….” She had said sadly making Fang and Indigo smile softly.

        “We can always get a kitty later, sis.” Fang said as Butterfly gasped “Really?!” She asked happily and Fang nodded with a soft smile “Of course.” He said with Butterfly giggling happily and leaping at Fang with a happy smile. Indigo smiled warmly at the scene and gently held Smoke close to her “Your sister really likes cats, huh?” Indigo asked as Smoke nodded “Mhmm, we used to have three, their names were Butterscotch, Oreo and Fluffer.” Smoke said with a warm smile as Indigo giggled softly with a warm smile forming upon her face, watching Butterfly starting to bury Fang in sand “That’s pretty cool, I used to have a bunch of cats, but we found out my brother was allergic so we had to get rid of most of them till he went off to college.” Indigo said with a soft smile. Smoke giggled softly and nodded “Thank you, as well I hear you we kept ours till they past away, we even kept their ashes in the urns so we can keep them with us.” Smoke had said with a soft smile while Butterfly was giggling sitting on top of a now buried under the sand except his head as he was chuckling softly. Indigo smiled softly and gently sat down on the blanket with Smoke and nodded “You’re welcome sis, but that’s really sweet. I wanted to do something like that but my mom thought it was too morbid.” Indigo said as looked over at Fang “You look like those heads in the jars from Futurama.” She said as the group started laughing. The group soon started to quiet down as Fang slowly risen from the sand and popped his back “Dang… that felt much better.” He said stretching as the three sat upon the blanket giggling softly making Fang smile softly and walking over to the blanket “Alright, so what do you all want to do first?” He asked as Indigo, Smoke and Butterfly looked at each other and smiled warmly “I think we should go swimming first, the sun is perfectly positioned in the sky.” Smoke said as Indigo and Butterfly nodded in agreement. Fang smiled softly and nodded in agreement “Well, I have to agree as well, why don’t we all go get changed into our swimsuits and go for a swim?” Fang had asked as Smoke and Butterfly quickly ran to a changing booth, making the two smile softly as Fang laid gently back on the blanket “You know… This is being a great weekend so far, you know sweetie? Ever since all that crazy shit that has happened, this is a great way to end the week.” Fang had said as Indigo smiled warmly and nodded in agreement, gently laying next to Fang.

        “Yeah, the whole school year has been one crazy SNAFU after another, especially at Mise’s wedding and everything that he brought in his wake...come to think of it, a lot of our friends have brought crazy stuff to this city.” Indigo said as Fang nodded with a soft smile “That’s very true sweetie, and you know… I’m really glad I came to this town and the school.” He said, gently taking a hold of Indigo’s hand “Cause if I didn’t, then I would have never met you… or our friends… or any of this, and I don’t want it any other way.” He said while Indigo smiled warmly, gently planting a kiss upon Fang’s lips “I feel the same exact way, if you hadn’t come here, I would have never broken out of my shell and opened up, ya know?” Indigo said as she snuggled up to Fang. Smiling warmly he gently wraps his arm around Indigo and holds her close “I agree sweetie, and I am glad we met.” Fang had said as Smoke and Butterfly soon ran out of the changing booth in a dark blue and dark purple swimsuits that were two piece ones “Big bro! Big sis! Were ready to go swimming!” They said happily as the two smiled warmly and sat up as Fang spoke up “Alright you two, let me and Indigo get changed into our swimsuits, then we can all go swimming.” Fang had said with Smoke and Butterfly nodding, soon sitting in the sand and starting to make sand castles while Fang helped Indigo up to her feet gently taking a hold of her hand and walking to the changing booth and pulling back the curtain as Fang was walking to one of the booth areas “I’m gonna change in one of the other things, I know you want your privacy.” Fang had said until Indigo kept a hold of his hand “I never said that, big boy~ If you go, who’s gonna help me put on my….bikini~.” Indigo said teasingly as Fang blushed deeply “I… I uh well… I-I uh…” He stuttered as Indigo giggled madly, soon gently dragging Fang into the booth with a sultry smile.

About Forty Five minutes later…

        Smoke and Butterfly had built three sand castles as one was three levels high as Fang and Indigo gently stumbled out of the changing booth as Indigo was giggling softly and Fang had a slightly still deep blush with Indigo gently kissing his cheek “I’m gonna call you Sulliven, because i'm pretty sure you broke the record of 72 rounds~” Indigo whispered in Fang’s ear so Smoke and Butterfly couldn’t hear. Fang blushed a little deeper and chuckled very softly as Indigo giggled softly as she watched over to the ocean as Smoke and Butterfly saw the two and smiled happily “There you two are, what took you two so long big bro?” Smoke asked as Fang kept his blush “U-Uh phone call, just a phone call from our friends, they were wishing us a great weekend and we thanked them for it.” Fang had lied through his teeth, making Indigo giggle as she nods with a warm smile “Yeah, because our friends just love to run their mouths, huh honey?” Indigo purred as she leaned against Fang. He chuckled a little and nodded a bit “At times they do sweetie, but they are a good bunch at times.” Fang said with a soft smile, gently kissing Indigo upon the lips making Smoke and Butterfly giggle softly as they got up “That sounds pretty crazy big bro and big sis, now… Let’s go swimming!” Smoke had said as Butterfly giggled and nodded, soon running towards the ocean as Fang chuckled softly “Should we join them sweetie?” Fang asked with a soft smile as Indigo giggled and nodded, soon getting up and helping Fang to his feet “Yeah, I wouldn’t have said let’s do this if I didn’t want to go swimming!” Indigo said as she ran after Smoke and Butterfly while Fang chuckled and followed close behind. Smoke and Butterfly giggled as they jumped into the cooling ocean with Indigo diving in after the two, Fang then leapt in and chuckling soon rising to the top of the ocean waves chuckling and spitting out a little water as the four were laughing softly with Butterfly and Smoke splashing water at Fang and Indigo, making them laugh as they splashed them back and having a water fight against each other soon Fang dived under the water, making the three confused but smiling thinking they won until he soon re-emerged under Smoke and Butterfly, picking them up from the water screaming like a lagoon monster “RAWR!!! I’M GONNA DRAG YOU TO THE LAGOON!” He yelled in a mock monster voice making the two playfully scream.

        Indigo was giggling madly as she soon swam over to the two and gently tackled Fang into the water making him drop Smoke and Butterfly into the water, soon re-emerging again laughing happily with Fang and Indigo laughing happily with the two girls. The four continued to swim and play in the water for nearly three hours, soon taking a break as they began to eat lunch under a large umbrella joking around a little more starting to relax as they watched the ocean waves and finished eating lunch to go back into water again and swimming. Time passed by slowly for the four as they were sitting along the beach, changed back in their normal clothes as they say by a roaring bonfire roasting marshmallows as Indigo gently laid her head on Fang’s shoulder while Smoke and Butterfly sat close to the two with warm smiles. Fang gently smiled as he chuckled softly “You know… this has been a really fun weekend, you know?” Fang asked the three as they giggled softly and nodded as Butterfly smiled warmly “Can we do this again?” She asked with Smoke nodding “Mhmm! Can we?” The two asked happily as Fang turned to Indigo with a soft smile, making her giggle and nodding “Of course we can grls, Fang is the master of the house now, we can come back whenever we want.” Indigo said as the girls squealed in delight as they thanked the pair over and over again, causing them to smile and laugh. “You’re welcome girls, like Indigo said we can come back whenever we like, Mise gave me a key so I am the master of the house. But also that means we don’t trash the place, we are respectful of what our friend has given us.” Fang had said as the two nodded with warm smiles and continued to squeal in delight. Fang and Indigo smiled softly as he gently wrapped his arm around her waist, Indigo giggled softly gently kissing his cheek gently whispering to him “This was the perfect way to end off the day...I love you, Tib-Tib.” Indigo said as Fang’s heart skipped a beat, his cheeks flushed red as he smiled warmly and widely “And I love you too, Kitten.” He had said back soon gently pulling Indigo into a gentle, passionate kiss.

        Indigo kissed Fang back as Smoke and Butterfly saw this and giggled very softly, soon stifling soft yet adorable yawns gently nuzzling close to Fang and Indigo with them gently breaking the kiss and smiling warmly “Guess it’s time to call it a night.” He said with Indigo nodding with a warm smile as she gently took Smoke and taking the picnic basket while Fang gently took Butterfly and poured a bucket of water onto the bonfire, letting it softly die out. The two carried Smoke and Butterfly into the mansion gently closing and locking the front door, soon carrying them up the stairs soon walking into their room as they gently set the two in their respective beds, tucking them in and kissing their foreheads watching them nuzzle into their blankets making the pair smile and slowly and quietly walking out of the room and into theirs as the closed the door gently. The two walking into their room as Fang gently sat down on the bed with Indigo “This was a lot of fun, sweetie… I’m really glad you were able to come with me this weekend.” Fang had said with a warm smile, making Indigo smile warmly while gently laying her head upon his shoulder “I couldn’t agree more honey, this is one of the best times I’ve had in years. We have to keep coming here.” Indigo said as she wrapped her arms around Fang. Fang smiled as he wrapped his arm around Indigo “I hear you on that sweetie, as well we are. Maybe we can even live here after graduation, It would nice.” He said holding Indigo close with her nodding with a warm smile as she let out a soft yawn, making Fang chuckle. “Getting tired there, sweetie?” Fang asked while Indigo nodded a little “Mhmm, but…I’ll...be...fine…” Indigo said in between yawns as she slowly drifted off to sleep, making Fang chuckle softly gently laying Indigo into bed soon taking her shoes off as he kicked his off getting into bed and holds Indigo close to himself, wrapping his arms around her and holding her close soon letting sleep overtake him.

The Next Morning…

        The group was sitting upon the dock as Smoke and Butterfly stifled soft yawns making Fang and Indigo snicker softly “Sounds like you two slept pretty well last night.” Fang said towards the two as they gently nodded with warm smiles, while Indigo giggled softly looking towards the ocean to see a familiar boat heading their way “Well, looks Captain Crunch is here, everybody ready?” Indigo said as the group snickered and nodded “Yup, let’s hope he doesn't come through the dock or a house wall.” Fang said making the group snicker more as Mise soon parked his boat at the dock and tied the rope around a post with the group walking towards him and starting to put the bags on the ship as he smiled warmly seeing the four “All aboard that’s coming aboard! Woman and children first, take a seat anywhere and make yourselves comfortable.” Mise said in a fake old timey american accent as he stepped away from the helm to help the group with their bags. The group smiled warmly seeing their friend and his crazy antics soon getting up upon the ship as they stored their bags away “It’s good to see you again man, anything crazy happen in Canterlot since we’ve been gone?” Fang asked as Mise gently shrugged and sat back a little on a chair “Meh, mostly just the usual shenanigans, these days i'm just trying to enjoy my new found freedom, it's feels great not having to constantly look over shoulder for assassins or government agents.” Mise said as he pulled away from the dock and headed for canterlot. The group smiled softly and nodded.

“Well, glad to hear you are doing good so far and glad to hear that you are enjoying your new form of freedom.” Fang had said with Mise nodding while Indigo spoke up “Yeah, now we can’t get a bounty on you, we could have been rich and became bounty hunters, like Dog or those guys off Loiter squad.” Indigo said as the group snickered and laughed a little, while Mise on the other hand couldn’t help but smile and roll his eyes with a soft chuckle “Yeah, that would have been a handsome 50 million dollars, wouldn’t? Too bad that money stayed with the conjoined economies of several countries. If you want to become bounty hunters, talk to me former 3rd in command, she goes by the name Coco, she’s in charge of a drug dealer hunter group funded by the new united government.” Mise said as he handed Indigo a phone number gently looking at the number, she soon pocketed it and shrugged “Maybe, but it was just a joke man… either way we’re glad things are doing well back home, at least nothing crazy happened… though with Treble, Gaige, Vinyl and Pinkie pie… anything is possible.” Indigo had said making the group laugh softly and nod while Mise smiled softly, but thought about something in his head ‘If they turned me in, they would have sent me to my death...and with it, Ireland’s chance at freedom.’ Mise had thought with a somber tone. The group relaxed a little as time began to slowly pace by cracking jokes once and awhile when the ship soon gently docked in Canterlot while the group started to set their bags on the dock, with Fang soon unlocking his car. Mise got his attention as Fang turned to him when he then tossed him a second key, soon looking at it he saw a familiar apartment logo “What the…? This is my apartment's logo, why do you have a key?” Fang asked as Mise smiled warmly looking towards the three then back at Fang “You can’t keep all 4 of you in that tiny ass apartment, now can you? When you get home, test the key out until you find the door it unlocks and all will come full circle.” Mise said with a smile.

Fang nodded with a warm smile, putting the key on his key ring “Thanks man, I will find a way to pay you back for all the help you given us.” He said as Mise simply shook his head with his smile and started to walk past him “I do these things not because I want to flaunt my wealth or get rid of money, I do them because the things I gift to people are better suited with them than with me.” Mise said as stopped, turned, and smiled before getting in his tank. This made the group smile warmly as they watch him drive away, soon getting into Fang’s mustang and buckled up as they soon drove off towards Fang’s apartment but the key was still racking on his mind when they had made their way to his home. Soon exiting the vehicle they made their way into the apartment building and into the elevator, riding it to his floor they walked to the familiar room as Fang unlocked the door and opened it to reveal the apartment was… empty. The whole apartment was stripped clean of everything as Smoke and Butterfly were getting ready to scream, until Indigo quickly quieted them down as Fang soon looked towards the key and walked back into the hall, soon starting to test it out on all the doors of the hall, to have no luck as he walked to the elevator and went to the next level. He kept testing the key till he found a door that the key fit in, three floors above as he soon quickly took it back out and ran down the stairwell to soon reach where Indigo, Smoke and Butterfly were as he spoke “Guys! It’s up here! Follow me!” He yelled with the three soon following behind as they followed him up three floors and followed him to the door as he quickly put the key in and unlocked the door, soon opening it to reveal… all of their stuff inside the apartment. The group was in awe of how big the place was as Smoke and Butterfly quickly ran in and opened one of the doors to find their stuff unpacked in one of the rooms as they set their bags upon their beds, in another room was Fang’s stuff with some of Indigo’s items she had that she left with him when she comes and visits.

The group smiled softly at this as Indigo sat down upon the couch while Fang closed the front door “I don’t even know what say right now...this is just so...wow.” Indigo said as she felt up the couch while Fang nodded “Yeah… but you know, this was really kind of Mise, now I got a larger place for me and our little sisters to live, this is pretty cool.” He said as Smoke and Butterfly soon ran in and joined the two on the couch as they smiled and soon flipped on the TV, gently holding Smoke and Butterfly close.