The Pie family doesn't know what to make of this. First, they had to deal with one stallion digging under their farm, and now there are two of them.
Limestone's eye twitches in annoyance, "Now who are you?"
The stallion chuckled to himself as he climbs out of the hole, "Red Comet at your service." He said dusting off his coat and shaking his wings free of dirt.
The Digging Unicorn gets back on his hooves enraged at Red Comet, "What are you doing here?!"
He just grins at him, "I came to check up on you. You were supposed to send your report already. So what is the holdup? And who are these ponies?" He said, just noticing that their audience is a family of ponies, not just someponies who so happen to be passing by.
"They are the owners of this property."
"Is that so? I know that there was no pony here beside you. I guess somepony slacking on the job."
"If I recall, it was supposed to be your job to survey the area above and below ground."
"Hay, I wasn't the one who wanted to start early before I got there," Red said defensively,
Both stallions continue to argue with each other as the Pie's watches them. Unaware of one mare among them who has reached her breaking point.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Limestone shouted, startling the two stallions. "I don't care who you two are or what business you have here, but it ends noOW." she hugs her side as her mom looks her over.
"Limestone, you need to rest in bed. Least before you are bedridden longer than needed." Her mom said, rubbing her daughter's back.
"But these stallions-"
"Your father and I will deal with them. Maud, please take your sister to her bed."
"Fine," Limestone submits before glaring at the two trespassers, "This is not over, you hear me!"
The Digging Unicorn rolls his eyes, "Whatever, Sweetcheeks."
Everypony in the Pie family gasp as they slowly look at the boiling red mare with steam coming from her ears.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!" Limestone screams, forgetting about her injuries as she tries her best to get past her sister, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CALLING ME THAT! LET ME AT HIM, MAUD! I WILL KILL HIM! I WILL RIPE OUT HIS SPINE AND-" Maud cuts her off before she starts swearing.
"No, Limestone." Maud said, having no trouble dragging her sister back to the house, "No pony killing for you, only bed rest."
As the two sisters leave. The remaining ponies are taking the comment in different ways. Marble is looking away shyly with a light blush. Her father glares at D.U. while her mother looks at him with interest. All the while Red Comet had fallen over laughing holding his sides. "I can't believe you actually call a mare Sweetcheeks! Oh, dear sweet mare I just meet, let me flirt with you in front of your whole family! Hahaha oh, it hurts to laugh!" He continues to laugh much to the discomfort of his friend who blushes heavily at what he said.
The Dad coughs to get everyone's attention. "First off. I would like to extend my greatest thanks for thank care of my daughter, sir."
"You are welcome."
"And secondly. I would advise you to restrain yourself from calling my daughters such things."
"My apologies sir," He quickly said, rubbing his forelegs against themselves, "I have no idea where that came from. Normally I have more control over my words."
"Oh, does he ever." Red Comet says putting a hoof on D.U.'s shoulder, "You have no idea what I had to go through just for him to talk to me. And after all this time, I thought that he wasn't interested in mares. But it turns out that he was just waiting for a particular one to fall for him!" Red Comet grins before he got a sharp pain in the butt. "YYYEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!" He shoots up into the air.
The Digging Unicorn puts the needle away, "That is enough out of you." He turns to face the family, "Now that's all of out of the way. Was there anything else you needed, sir?"
"Yes, can you tell me who you are, young lads?"
Two weeks later,
The stallions had continued their work underground with visits to the Pie house every now and then. Be it from using their restrooms to food, the stallions were more than willing to pay for their hospitality. Limestone and her father agree quickly much to the mother's disappointment. It would mostly be Red Comet coming out to chat with them with D.U. only coming out if needed. Red did try to flirt with Marble, but one look from her father quickly change his mind.
During this time, it has been difficult for Maud to keep her sister from overdoing things, but she made do. It will be a couple more days before Limestone can get back to the heavy work, but that hasn't stopped her from trying though, which unfortunately had extended her bed resting time. Several times Maud had to drag her back to bed. So there Limestone laying on her bed, bored out of her mind; with her sister watching her like a hawk. Being a hard-working Mare, Limestone doesn't have many things in her room to help pass the time, except for a rock catalog her sister got her.
As she read on, one particular rock caught her eye. It was a green jade stone. A very pretty stone but not very valuable to ponies or rock lovers. This also applies to her to an extent. She could always go and buy a jade stone from the market, but that is not the one she wanted. For that one won't be her jade stone. That one was long gone, and thinking about it brings back some unpleasant memories. She leans back as she remembers the event like it was yesterday.
She was a little filly in school walking outside during recess, when she found a pile of dirt near the edge of the playground. As a rock farmer's daughter seeing such a thing wasn't unusual for her, but as she stared at it. She wondered how it got there since her family wasn't working on the school grounds. Not to mention that most of the other fillies and colts in her class weren't that good at digging as her family was. Just then more dirt was through on top of the pile from the other side.
Going to the other side, Limestone saw a hole in the ground nearby, and at the bottom of the hole. She can see a blue, turquoise, she believes, unicorn colt digging with a small shovel. he was covered in dirt and mud and he continue to dig.
"What are you doing?" Limestone asked,
"I making a castle," He said sarcastically turning to face her, "What does it look like I am doing?"
"I get that. But I want to know why?"
"Because I want to?"
"Well, you are making a mess."
"Then go away, I am so close!"
"Close to what?"
"I don't know yet, but I know it is down here." He continues to dig, tossing dirt over his head and making Limestone dodge out of the way.
"Okay, you got me curious. What are you digging for?"
"I told you." He stops briefly before resuming, "I don't know yet, but I know it is down here."
"Well, can I help?"
Stops and turns to face her pointing his shovel at her, "NO!"
"Why?"
"Because you are a filly."
"What does that have to do with anything?
"Fillies have cooties, and I don't want them."
"I don't have Cooties."
"That is something that somepony with cooties would say."
"Fine then, be that way." Limestone turns to leave before something hit her on the head. She rubs her head before seeing something green coming out of a piece of dirt. She picks it up and removes the dirt to find a green stone. She didn't know what it was then, but it was pretty. The lines running across the surface remind her of the inside of a tree or when a drop of water hits the center of a pound. As she was admiring the stone, the colt came out of the hole and tried to take the stone from her.
"Hay, that is mine!" Limestone said,
"No, it is not." The colt said, pulling at the stone with his hooves, "That was the something that I was digging for. I just so happened to toss it out of the hole by mistake. It is mine!"
"No, mine!"
They continue their game of tug-a-war, not seeing another colt moving next to them. He watches them continue to fight over the stone. He can see that they are glaring at each other, not even noticing that he is there. A sinister smile comes to his face as had got an evil idea. He quickly moves behind the other colt and gives him a good shove forward. This causes the blue colt to fall forward and land on Limestone. The second colt was chuckling to himself, hoping they would fight for his entertainment; however, that didn't happen for some reason. Instead, they were silent and motionless as rocks. The blue colt had landed on Limestone, and they were staring at each other with big eyes. But that's not what they are in shock of. What stopped them from fighting was the fact that they are kissing each other.
The two quickly moved away from each other, the stone was forgotten as they gagged and spit anything in their mouths as if they had shallowed poison.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" Limestone shouted, rubbing her mouth and lips, trying to get rid of anything the colt got in her mouth.
The blue colt was having no better luck as he tried to forget what had happened by eating dirt. "I DIDN'T DO THAT! SOMEPONY PUSHED ME!"
Limestone turns her attention to the other colt, who was slowly trying to get away, "YOU!" she shouted, startling the colt. He looks at her in fear, "YOU MADE HIM KISSED ME!" Limestone chased the colt all over the playground, forgetting about the stone. When she returned for it, the stone was long gone, and so was the blue colt. Limestone smacked the ground, "One day, I will get that stone back if it is the last thing I do!"
Limestone gags a little, remembering that she lost her first kiss to a colt she didn't even know. "I never did find that stone again. But hopefully, I will find it and make that colt pay!"
"What colt?"
"Nothing Maud." Limestone never did tell her family about what happened that day. She could never let them know. "Can I leave my room? I need to use the restroom."
"So long as it is the one down the hall, away from the stairs."