Over the following days, Screwball continues to do her own thing causing Flittersoft to run under her bed or under a table or something every time her sister uses her magic. “Do you have to use your powers all the time? Can you just chill?” Asks a pissed off Flittersoft in her light dainty voice not unlike that of her mother’s.
“Don’t be so scared, sis, I’d never hurt you,” responds Screwball as she shrugs off her sister’s comment.
“I don’t know if I can believe that,” huffs a dismayed Flittersoft. At hearing this, Screwball snaps her chaos away and floats back down to the ground. She goes to the table and takes Flittersoft’s hoof in her own.
“What can I do to make you trust me, sister?” Asks Screwball. She’s doing her darndest to understand her sister.
“Maybe not be so chaotic all over the time, maybe do things I wanna do with me,” responds Flittersoft. “Why don’t we walk and talk? I want to go hang out with my friends. With Soara, Airess, Conch, Sunflower.”
“Ok, we can do that,” agrees Screwball. Flittersoft goes upstairs and grabs her bag and Pippy and they head on their way. As they walk, the sisters talk and crack jokes.
“Okay, so how can you fly as an earth pony? Is that part of your chaos magic too?” Inquires a curious Flittersoft.
“Yep, it is,” responds Screwball with a smile and a laugh. “What else do you wanna know?”
“Honestly, I don’t know,” responds Flittersoft. “We’re here.” The two enter the ice cream shop where they’re greeted by Flittersoft’s friends. Flittersoft flies over and sits down with them before beckoning Screwball over. “It’s okay, sister. Just behave and it’ll all be fine.” Screwball nods and flies over to join them as well. “Girls,” says Flittersoft, “this is my sister, Screwball.”
“Hi, nice to meet you,” say the fillies to Screwball.
“That’s a cool name by the way,” adds Soara. “Screwball is an awesome name!”
“Well, thank you,” blushes Screwball. “I’m just glad to hang out with normal ponies for once.”
“Are you not normal?” Inquires Airess.
“No, I’m not, I…I have chaos magic,” responds Screwball. “How else could I have flown over here without wings? But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I can make the sky rain chocolate milk. Turn the world upside down, among other things if you catch my drift.”
“That means only one creature is your dad, doesn’t it?! Exclaims Soara.
“Yes, the King of Chaos himself, my daddy is Discord,” responds Screwball.
“Wow! That’s so cool!” Exclaims Soara. She turns to Flittersoft. “Your sister is awesome!”
“Thanks, I guess,” responds Flittersoft. “I guess she’s not too bad.” She looks at her sister.
“Do you really mean that?” Asks Screwball with inquiring eyes full of happy tears.
“Yes, yeah I do,” responds Flittersoft with a smile. Screwball smiles back before immediately hugging her sister in a great big bear hug.
A few moments later, the waiter Lollipop Stick comes over and they order their ice cream cones.
“Rainbow swirl for me,” says Soara.
“Chocolate for me,” says Screwball.
“Chocolate for me as well,” says Flittersoft.
“Strawberry for me,” says Conch.
“Blueberry for me,” says Airess.
“Vanilla for me,” says Sunflower.
“Sure thing, I’ll be right back with those,” responds Lollipop with a smile. A few moments later, she returns with the cones and hands them to the fillies. The fillies happily take the cones and begin licking on them. They continue to talk. Screwball even shows off a bit of her powers. Eventually Flittersoft calls back over the waiter.
“Yes, what do you want?” Asks the waiter nicely.
“Can I get a bowl of nuts?” Inquires Flittersoft. “For my chipmunk.”
“Yes, sure thing, kiddo,” responds Lollipop. A few moments later, she returns with the bowl and Flittersoft lets Pippy free on the table and the little chipmunk dives into the nuts and begins munching away. Flittersoft smiles as she watches the happy little chipmunk.
“What pets does Everypony else have?” Inquires Flittersoft.
“We still have Tank,” responds Soara.
“Daddy has a pet lightning beetle,” says Airess. “His name is Twinkle.”
“That’s cute,” responds Flittersoft.
“Thanks, I helped name him,” responds Airess proudly.
“My family has a new puppy,” Sunflower chimes in. “His name is Astro.”
“Cute,” respond the others in unison.
“I have a dragon-fly,” responds Screwball. “They’re miniature dragons with little insect wings that breathe fire.”
“Wow! That’s really cool say the rest in disbelief.”
They continue to finish up their cones and chitter chatter for another hour of two before all heading their separate ways. Soara and Flittersoft head to RD’s house for their normal weekend sleepover while Screwball heads home on her own while Airess returns to her home and Sunflower returns to her uncle’s as her uncle and aunt are her legal guardians ever since her mom and dad passed away two years ago.
“Hey, sweetie, did you enjoy your day at the ice cream shop?” Asks her Uncle Red Flour.
“Yeah, thanks,” responds Sunflower. “Where’s Auntie Cornflower?”
“She’s still at work at the hospital, honey, you know that,” responds her uncle. “She’ll be home in three hours.”
“Okay,” responds Sunflower. She then climbs up the stairs to her room and goes inside. She’s soon greeted by her cousin, a filly named Safflower. “Oh, hey cos.”
“Welcome home,” responds Safflower. “I wish I could’ve gone with you. Was the ice cream store fun?”
“Well, maybe next time,” responds Sunflower, “and yes, it was super fun!”
“Okay, can I please next time?” Begs Safflower.
“Okay, fine,” Sunflower eventually gives in. She then lets her cousin follow her into her room where the two enjoy a card game while Astro lays on the floor beside them. They giggle and laugh all the while.
Meanwhile at Rainbow’s house, Flittersoft and Soara enjoy their sleepover. “Your sister is so cool!” Squeals Soara. “How come we’ve never met her before?”
“Well, I didn’t know about her until a few days ago, literally,” responds Flittersoft as she cuddles Pippy in her hooves. “She and her dad just showed up one day at mommy and daddy’s door bringing their chocolate rain with them of course. We’re just now learning to get along for Celestia’s sake. Only this morning for crying out loud, I was hiding from her under a table or under my bed. She’s a little bit crazy.”
“Nah, just unique in her own way,” responds Soara. “Have faith in her, she’s your family.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right,” Flittersoft reaponds with a smile beginning to peep across her face.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Screwball is off somewhere in the Everfree Forest messing around with her magic at her favorite childhood spot, her chocolate lake with marshmallows floating in its depths and candycanes and gumdrops lining its shores. “It’s nice that sis and I are finally getting along,” she sighs to herself, “I never meant to scare her. Really, I never mean to scare any pony. I just need to learn to be more careful.”
“Yeah, you do,” she hears a soft voice behind her say. She turns around and sees her mom.
“Mom!” Says a surprised and startled Screwball as she turns to face her mother. “What are you doing here?”
“Just came from tea at Zecora’s,” responds Fluttershy with a giggle. “She and her daughter Zaphira invited me over. Now, why don’t we head home?”
“Okay,” agrees Screwball. The two then fly home. As they fly, Screwball tells Fluttershy all about her day.