Of Softness and of Chaos

by Creativa-Artly01


Chapter 3-A Specific Trip

The next morning at Rainbow and Soaren’s house, the fillies wake to the smell of freshly baked pancakes. “Mornin’ girls,” says Rainbow with a smile. “Time to eat up before we take Flittersoft home!” The fillies run over to the table and sit down and begin munching on the pancakes. Rainbow comes over and sits down with them after getting her coffee. “So, I heard from your mom that Discord and Screwball are in town. For how long?” Inquires Rainbow.

“Screwball for the next few weeks, ya just missed Discord, he only stuck around for two days,” responds Flittersoft.

“Do you like having your sister in your life?” Inquires RD once more.

“She’s alright, I’m warming up to her, I guess,” responds Flittersoft, “but she’s absolutely crazy! Heck, for the first few days of her being in our house, I was absolutely terrified of her and would hide wherever I possibly could, but it’s getting better.”

“Well, that’s good,” responds RD, “now finish up. It’s time to get you home.” Flittersoft nods and finishes her breakfast. Soara does the same. A few moments later, the three fly to Ponyville and to Fluttershy and Thunderlane’s home. Once home, Flittersoft is immediately pulled inside by an over excited erratic Screwball.

“What’s wrong with you?” Flittersoft says with a look more than words.

“I want to take you somewhere special, come on!” She pulls Flittersoft by the hoof and pulls her out the door. She then uses some of her magic to transport themselves to a specific part of the Everfree Forest. Flittersoft looks around trying to orientate herself.

“Where are we?” Asks a confused Flittersoft. “Why does it smell like candy? Like chocolate?”

“Oh,” giggles Screwball, “because it is. We’re at my chocolate milk lake in a small secret glen of the Everfree. You wanna swim?”

“Swim, in chocolate milk?” Says a weirded out Flittersoft.

“Yes, indeedy,” responds Screwball. She creates a snorkel with her magic for herself and a second for her sister. “You’re going to want this.” Flittersoft puts it on and Screwball leads her into the lake. They then use the snorkels like straws to drink the chocolate milk. They munch on the marshmallows. Screwball makes them cotton candy with her magic. “Well, do you like it?” Screwball eventually inquires.

“It’s tasty, fun, unique, I guess,” responds Flittersoft, “but it’s also really really fun!”

“See, I told ya,” giggles Screwball. “I come here all the time especially when I was younger when I wanted to escape mom and dad and their fights.”

“Your dad and mommy fought? What about?” Inquires Flittersoft as she takes her sister’s hoof in her own.

“Yeah, mostly about me, my powers, whether I should use them, and when I fell for a colt whether we were allowed to date or not because he was really a changeling prince, ya know, the usual,” giggles Screwball with a nervous laugh.

“Oh, wow, that’s intense,” responds Flittersoft, “I’m sorry you had to go through all that.”

“Thanks,” responds Screwball with a smile, “ya know it’s nice to finally have some pony to confide in that’s not Dinky.”

“Dinky, Derpy’s daughter?” Inquires Flittersoft. “The one whose dad is never around because he’s a time lord pony. That Dinky?”

“Yep, that Dinky,” responds Screwball with a giggle. “She’s my best friend. I haven’t seen her in years. I should probably go visit her sometime.”

“Yeah, you should, I’m sure she misses you a lot,” responds Flittersoft.

“Yeah, me too,” says Screwball as she lets out a sigh. “I never meant to up and leave her, it’s just mom and dad’s divorce made it hard for me to see my friends because I ended up going back to the chaos dimension with dad.”

“Well, go see her tomorrow or so,” says Flittersoft. “I’ll even come along if you want.”

“Nah, I’d rather do it on my own, but thanks,” responds Screwball. “Now let’s get back to enjoying our swim!” Flittersoft nods and they put in their snorkels and dive underneath the chocolate milk. There, they swim with gummy fishes and dance with gummy seahorses and gummy dolphins. They even have a chat with a gummy whale. Needless to say, it was an interesting swim for Flittersoft. Until now, she’d never swam with gummy sea creatures or talked to gummy sea creatures before. Heck, they even ended up dancing with gummy starfishes. After several more hours, the sisters return home via another transportation spell. There, they are greeted by Fluttershy and a hoof-full of towels.

“Girls, dry off before you come in the house please,” says Fluttershy in her soft and sweet motherly voice. The pair happily comply and dry off before they head inside and upstairs to Flittersoft’s room to play with Pippy who has just woken up from her nap.

“So, did you have fun?” Asks Screwball with a smile as she sips on a glass of chocolate milk.

“Yeah! Most fun I’ve had in a long time actually, normally it’s just school, weak flyers club, and that’s it,” responds Flittersoft. “It was a nice change of pace hanging out all day. Thanks for that.”

“You’re welcome, would you like to do it again?” Asks Screwball. “I can arrange that.”

“I’d love that, thank you!” Responds Flittersoft as she pets Pippy who has since cuddled up to her wing. “I can’t wait!”

“Me too,” responds Screwball, “I’ll get on arranging that right way!” She squeals excitedly. She then disappears her empty cup with her magic. She then poofs some dice and jacks into existence with her magic and they begin to play. They play for hours before they hear Thunderlane come home from work and are called down to dinner themselves. The girls then tell Thunderlane all about their day and he tells them about his less exciting one in return. It’s truly been an interesting day all around and honestly, Flittersoft wouldn’t have it any other way because it turns out she enjoys having Screwball around after all.