It had happened much sooner than expected for the group, that was due to Hitch being off early, but now he had the time to be with them. What was better for Hitch though was he had never expected to meet a colt, especially one that Izzy managed to bring over for visiting. Hitch walked up to the brave colt and held a hoof to Lasso's little one, while at the same time, managing to put a friendly smile on his face.
"Hi kid, I'm Hitch Trailblazer, I'm the sheriff of Maretime Bay, and you are....."
Lasso touched Hitch's hoof with his little one, with a smile of his own he replied, "Lashes, Lasso Lashes."
"I don't think you know this place well, how do you already know these girls?" Hitch asked, that's when Izzy stepped up to the plate, that way Lasso would not have to explain his whole life story all over again.
"Well Hitch, Lasso here has already explained it to these three, so I'll do the honors of helping him."
....15 minutes later....
Hitch was just as surprised as Sunny, Zipp, and Pipp were when Lasso told them, he had never heard of a colt wanting to start work at an early beginning of life. Nor would he even understand how Lasso would be motivated to help his parents with mortgages and payments, despite that was only five at the time!
"Wow, I have never heard of such motivation."
"Ah' did it to keep mah' parents from falling into poverty."
"Well, I must admit, that was very cunning for you to do that."
"Thanks Sheriff Hitch."
Sunny then intervened, "Hey, come on, there's still one more place I want to show you, my lighthouse."
"But we thought that was still being remodeled." said Zipp.
"It is, we've managed to get 70% of the structure back in its place." Sunny said, "The only thing left is the kitchen, once that is complete, I'll be back to normal in myself."
"Well, Ah' still want to see it, can we please go to it now?" asked Lasso, Sunny rolled her eyes and motioned everypony to remain on her trail. Knowing there was few hours left on their little tour, they huddled up and followed Sunny all the way to the outskirts of Maretime Bay, until they came all the way to the top of a hill. When Lasso saw how the lighthouse looked, he was flabbergasted at its condition, it was almost complete and looked like a luxurious mansion. Lasso hopped off Izzy's back and walked up towards Sunny, then tapped her on her back right leg.
"Yes Lasso, is there something wrong?" she asked after feeling his tapping hoof.
"How did y'all manage to have all this repaired by yourself?"
Sunny gave Lasso a coy smile, "Two words, life inheritance."
"What life could you inherit, you only have one." Lasso said confused, but everypony burst into giggles.
"No silly, I mean when my father passed away, I inherited several amounts of reimbursements from earnings he put away. So I have been using some of that to rebuild my lighthouse, and I am pretty sure he would be proud of me for accomplishing this major achievement."
Lasso was astounded at how Sunny was determined to not only have had friendship restored, but also persevering in rebuilding her life, and that started with her home. Once she unlocked the front door, everyone went inside, it looked like a typical home to him, yet it was a lighthouse. Lasso was really excited to be inside what he had hoped to be an awesome place to live, the first thing Sunny did was show them around her living room, and beside that was the kitchen.
After showing them downstairs, Sunny led them upstairs where half was already completed, but the other half was still under construction. The half that was completed already was the section that contained a closet for her belongings, a study room where she could do research and experiment on projects, and her bathroom. The half that was not complete was the circular room, which was the area where she tried putting the crystals back together, but to no avail.
"Sunny, Ah' must say, Ah've never thought you'd live in such an awesome place." Lasso said with joy.
Sunny giggled, "Well the full awesomeness will come when I'm finished with the repairs."
Suddenly she got an idea, "Hey, why don't we all have a sleepover here tonight, my treat."
After a quick thinking over it, all the crew thought this sounded like a good idea and joined in on Sunny. However, Lasso on the other hand was not so sure, especially since he had to be back home at a decent time.
"A sleepover sounds nice, but Ah'm not sure if Ah' can be a part of it." he said with great concern, but the older ones smiled down at him, especially Izzy, who put a hoof on him.
"It's okay Lasso, I'll ask your parents in a letter."
Lasso gave a smile, but was quickly unsure again because he needed his bedtime supplies, but Izzy knew that too. And she was not hesitant to include that in the letter as well, so she quickly poofed up a piece of paper and a pencil and started writing to his parents for permission.
Just like that, as fast as she wrote the letter, it disappeared with her magic.
After a few minutes of waiting, a return letter came back in a magical ball light, which faded and the letter landed in Izzy's hoof. Izzy opened it up and read it, Lasso looked nervous as if the letter said his parents were denying it and that he needed to come home at his curfew. Luckily for him, it read something different, Izzy put the letter aside and gave Lasso a warm smile, the other four joined in at him.
"Good news Lasso, your parents say you can spend the night with us."
"YES!!!!!!" Lasso said with joy.
"But first, we have to go back to Bridlewood and get your bedtime supplies." she said.
Meanwhile, in the brushes that decorated Sunny's lighthouse, a hidden figure with angry eyes watched from within. This figure not only was angry at Sunny and the others, but also hated Lasso's parents because they interfered with her schemes of dividing Equestria again forever, now this figure was wanting to get revenge. And it was willing to do something wicked to Lasso's folks, something VERY wicked as an act of an evil scheme.
"That's right kid, go back with Izzy to your parents for a lullaby list, because it will be the last time you see them!" this figure said with an evil cackle.