//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A Home to Share // Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 1 // by JesusG0987 //------------------------------// Chapter 1: A Home to Share “Welcome to the home of our dreams!” Sunny called out to joy to her and her friends’ new home as her old lighthouse home been redecorated into the Crystal Brighthouse as it has  pastel blue with turquoise roofing and white trim. There are pink trees growing around it. The front door is pink and framed by an arc of stained glass windows. It even has the Unity Crystal atop of the very peak of the building. And then a loud stomping was heard as a giant crab came stomping to the brighthouse, as it hit the roof and broke it in half, as the crab roared, a hoof grabs him, revealing that the brighthouse was just a model to what Sunny, Sunset, Hitch, Izzy, Zipp and Pipp were looking at before the crab destroyed it. Sunset was not amused by that as she glared at the Sheriff. “Hitch, would you please keep that krab under control, we just finished that model.” she retorted to the earth pony. Hitch laughs nervously at what one of his animal crew did. “Sorr, Sunset.” He then whispered to the krab. “Cool it, McSnips-a-lot.” he told McSnips so he wouldn’t have to deal with Sunset’s wrath, but then McSnips snips off a piece of his mane, leaving Hitch with an unamused look on his crab’s actions. Sunny smiled at those two before facing Sunset. “That’s okay, Sunset. Let's forget the model. We're going to make the real Crystal Brighthouse perfect!” she pointed out to the real Brighthouse next to them, ready to be finished. It was the day the Mane 6 finished up Sunny’s old lighthouse into something new. For a dawn of the new age of friendship and harmony, they decided to redecorate the lighthouse into the Crystal Brighthouse based on the Unity Crystals and their adventures they’ve been to since reuniting the three tribes, and Sunny full-heartly agreed to redecorate her home good as new and better than ever as her and her father dreamed of. Izzy then gasps and squeals at this outcome. “Then we can spend every minute of every day together for the rest of our lives!” she said excitedly. Zipp however laughs nervously at what Izzy just said. “What?” she asks if she heard Izzy correctly. Sunset saw this and put a wing on Zipp's shoulder. “Don’t worry, Zipp, Izzy just saying that now that the three tribes are together, we can hang out more often, and since Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood are two days away from here to there, the crystal brighthouse is where we will stay together.” she assures Zipp in a way she would understand what Izzy just meant. Zipp then put a smile and a sigh of relief in understanding. “I guess you are right. It is a two day flight or hike from here to our homes so I guess I understand now. I guess it will be fun.” she added. “Of course it will, sis.” Pipp spoke out. “It's going to be iiiicooooniiiic-kuh!” she sang out the last word. “And I'm gonna teach this little fella how to build a shelf!” Hitch spoke up as he picked up a wrench with his hoof. “You know, I'm actually pretty hoovesy.'' He spun the wrench around and then he dropped it, destroying what remains of the model. “Ooh, whoops.” he said in embarrassment as Sunset looked at him with a bored expression. “Pretty hoovesy, huh?” Sunset commented as Hitch sheepishly laughed at his own embarrassment. “Maybe we should get started before any one of our tools destroy any more of our things.” she announced she wanted to get started before more wreck happens. Sunny then turned to the supplies they got early for the final preparations for the brighthouse. “Sunset’s right. There's a lot to get done, but we can do anything if we work together. Now, I think if we just—” before she could finish, Hitch, Izzy, Zipp and Pipp start stampeding and took some of the supplies before heading straight into the brighthouse, Sunset was behind since she wanting to take her time,but wasn’t expecting the group to be so in a rush. “Enthusiasm! I like it!” she giggled at that as Sunny looked at Sunset with a smile. “Ready to finish our new home, Sunset?” she asked with a giggle. Sunset looked at Sunny with a smile. “I am ready, Sunny. Though I never seen the others go that hyped before, well, except for Pinkie Pie, she always would rush in excitements every day.” Sunset smiled fondly at the memory of Pinkie Pie. “Sure brings back memories for ya, huh.” Sunny said with a smile. “Sure does. Now let's go, we don’t wanna keep the others waiting.” Sunset stated as she grabbed some of the supplies left over. “Sure thing!” Sunny excitedly exclaimed as she grabbed the remaining of the supplies as she and Sunset trotted to the Brighthouse “Wait up, roomies!” she shouted out as the two trotted inside to the brighthouse. Sunny and Sunset then gasp at the sights of her friends working as they were trotting back and forth between their own line of work in their own ways.  Pipp is livestreaming the whole thing on her phone. “Hello, Pippsqueaks! And welcome to the ultimate D.I.Y. home makeoveeeer!” she squeals with excitement as the mane 6 starts their tasks. (Gonna Work Work Work) (Mane 6) Just a little touch-up Just a little paint And we'll be done in no time Sunset and Sunny saw Zipp painting the walls at her fast flying as she zig and zagged the paint all around the brighthouse.  Izzy is painting on her side with purple paint while holding the paint jar with her magic. She nearly dropped and spilled it when she saw Sunny and Sunset coming to her as Sunny caught the paint jar. “Hey, this is looking great!” Izzy commented as she and the two alicorns looked at their progress. (Mane 6) 'Cause they say many hooves And the work gets lighter And working with your friends Will make the whole day brighter Gonna work, work, work Got so much to do Well, I don't mind the work 'Cause I get to work with you Gonna work, work, work Make our dreams come true 'Cause when we work together There's nothing we, nothing we can't do Hitch then looked at the instructions of the shelf while showing McSnips on how to set it up with Sunny coming up to him with a smile, as Hitch used his measuring tape, McSnip snapped the tape with his claws, while Sunny walked up, Hitch was irritated with McSnip keeps snipping things, especially one of his tools. And then Sunset levitated a spare measuring tape to Hitch, which he appreciated with a smile as Sunset winks and smiles back for helping. The 6 ponies then group up together with a smile as they continue their progress in great work. Sunny and Sunset were sweeping the floors with brooms as the group kept scattering in their tasks as, with Zipp kept painting, Izzy is running with the paint, Hitch is trying to catch McSnip to teach him more about the setting up the shelve thing, and to make sure he won’t snips anything else in the brighthouse, while Pipp is posting and livestreaming her progress with her phone while holding a wallpaper. Sunny smiled at her friends’ progress while Sunset is having a sense of deja vu from their tasks with a concerned frown, thinking that they might be overdoing it a bit, or it’s probably in her head. Izzy continues her painting job, but is doing a sloppy job as she just paints all the way and not in a perfect order. Hitch is looking at the piece of the shelf as he inspects it. And then threw that piece away as he brought up his wrench as McSnips grabbed a hammer and hammered a nail on the wood. Sunny and Sunset saw that their friends are getting a little overboard on their tasks as Sunny and Sunset are starting to grow worried and having second thoughts on their friends progresses.  Pipp then starts rapping while bringing out a purple wall paper. “I found the perfect color.” Now Hitch starts rapping as well with his glasses on and with McSnips on his back while bringing out his measuring tape. “Yeah, and you know that I measure right?” the question. Zipp kept painting zig zagging around “Cause we'll be done in no time!” she rapped. Izzy then levitated the purple pink bucket. “And we'll make this place a delight” she rapped as she chugged the whole paint into the wall. (Mane 6) 'Cause they say there is magic In every pony And when I need a hoof I've got you there beside me Gonna work, work, work... Sunny and Sunset saw the chaos that their friends are making in their new home as they saw Zipp who stopped to realize that she painted zeg-zag the whole wall of her area, as a bird flew into an open window and got stuck to the wall on where a paint line is at. Zipp saw then and looked at her bucket and realized that she had used wall glue the whole time, as she chuckled in embarrassment at her mix up. Sunny and Sunset were sweeping desperately trying to get the floor clean as Pipp flew over them while still livestreaming on her phone. “This blank canvas is getting the royal treatment!” Pipp announced as she flew in circles but her wind current blew the pile of dirt that Sunny and Sunset swept right onto the two ponies heads. “Big dreams for such a tiny little price!” she commented Sunny and Sunset both looked irritated at both the dirt on their heads and Pipp’s comments. “Hey!” they shouted. Sunset then rolled her eyes as she focused her magic and magically got both sets of dirt off her and Sunny’s heads. Sunny smiled at Sunset. “Thanks, Sunset. You know, I think the others are getting out of focus here, because right now they aren’t even paying attention to the tasks at hoove.” Sunny commented. “I’m with you there, Sunny.” Sunset replied as she looked at the others. “This is getting out of hoove, we gotta get them to focus before they bring the brighthouse down.” Both she and Sunny shiver at the thought of their home being down right before it was finished. Izzy then laughs as she keeps splattering the wall with different colors of paints. “It needs more! More!” she cheered as she splattered more paint into the walls, Sunny and Sunset both ducked before a paint hit them as another paint splatterd at a pony portrait, might be one of Sunny’s relatives as said pony gasp in shock as she tried to rub the paint off. Hitch is having trouble setting up the shelf with McSnips being on it as he was tilting and dropped to the floor as he yelped. Pipp was then setting up photos of herself on the walls. “Fan art!” she sang cheerfully as Zipp flew by and wallpapered the wall, with Pipp’s pictures in the process “Hey!” she shouted out to her sister as Zipp flew around, setting up the wallpapers. “Uh, ponies? I think we're losing focus here!” Sunny told the group as she is about to freak out. Sunset saw this as she grew worried for the young pony. Hitch then caught up to his crab friend who was carrying his measuring tape away. “McSnips-a-lot!” He lectured to the crab. “Aah!” Sunny shouted as a chair nearly hit her as she ducked the incoming object as Sunset turned to the other side before getting hit. The two then turned and saw Izzy sweeping the floor with her right rear leg, carrying the dishes with her left front hoof as she leviatated the chair with her magic. “Multitasking!” Izzy commented as she was doing three things at once. “Design hack!” Pipp called as she put a wallpaper on the wall. “Picture wall!” she announced it. Sunny and Sunset both jaw dropped at their friends not focusing on their tasks as they both turned and saw something. “Aah!” They both shouted as they both saw the chair about to hit one of Sunny’s plants and Sunset’s personal flower pot with her and her friend's picture on it. As the both plants tilted and about to fall, both Sunny and Sunset caught the plants before they broke on the ground. They then turned and saw Zipp somehow covered in wallpaper. “Aaahh!” Zipp screamed as she wobbled and fall to the ground  Pipp then starts trying to put her throne upstairs but is having trouble with how heavy it is. “How... much... further?!” she panted as Cloudpuff, who is somehow there with them, is helping her show the way with safety signal sticks. “What about my automatic breakfast butler bot?” Izzy questions as she presents her breakfast butler bot from in the kitchen, leaving Sunset baffled on how or why she even has that, as Izzy turns the machine one as it spits out pancakes. Zipp then got tangled on the ceiling lights as she hung upside down with McSnips on one of her hooves. “Help!” she called out while struggling. “Help!” Hitch called out as he is hammering the shelf and is having trouble setting it. “My ice sculpture's melting!” Pipp cried out as the ice sculpture of herself in a pose starting to melt from the temperature in the brighthouse. “Glitter!” Izzy announced as she threw glitter into the air, then at the fridge, “Glitter!” Then at Sunny’s relative's picture again, “Glitter!” Then the bird stuck to a wall. “Glitter!” And then she put glitter on Sunny and Sunset's faces. “Glitter!” she sang as she twirled away from said two ponies who had shocks on their faces as they looked at each other with concerns and worried expressions. Sunny and Sunset then check out the rest of the brighthouse with freak out expressing as they saw the living room a mess, and then the bedroom where they would be sleeping in that also have the stain glass with the crystal’s rainbow is shooting out as Sunny plop to the floor with a shock expression while Sunset has a twichy eye of the chaos their new home is having. Then both Sunny and Sunset then checked out the bathroom which was surprisingly intact, clean and finished, leaving the two ponies with smiles on their faces that at least one room in the brighthouse is intact and not messy. “Oh. That's actually quite nice.” Sunny commented at the sight. “Don’t you think, Sunset?” she asked her alicorn mentor/friend/sister-figure. “It sure is. At least one area of the brighthouse is okay.” Sunset replied with a smile, but then she ate those words as a certain Unicorn came in and made a mess. “Glitter! Glitter! Glitter!” Izzy shouted as she threw glitter all over the bathroom. Sunny and Sunset then both stand as they both have twitchy eyes while trying to stay calm due to all this chaos. “Ugh…” they grunted from the mess their friends made. And then their friends are starting to have breakdowns of their own. “I can't get it straight!” Hitch shouted as he plop to the floor, admitting that he can’t set up a shelf right. “What about the breakfast bot?!” Izzy commented on not knowing what to do with her breakfast bot, either she keeps it or gets rid of it. “Can somepony get me down?” Zipp asked any of the group to help her down as she is tangled in wallpaper again and is hanging upside down with the celian lights while Pipp is flying around in a panic state. Sunny and Sunset tried to calm them down. “Ponies!” Sunny called out. “Guys! Calm down! You all have to calm down if we need to get it straight!” Sunset added as she and Sunny tried to get through to them.  A pancake from breakfast bot nearly hit Pipp as she flew out of the way but hit the picture of Sunny and her father, it tilted as it dropped from the wall, about to hit the floor. Sunny and Sunset saw this as Sunny gasps. “No!” she cried out as she ran to try and catch her picture of her and her dad. Sunset saw this. “I got it!” she shouted as she used her magic to levitate the picture, giving Sunny the chance to grab it before it broke to the floor. Sunny smiled at Sunset. “Thanks, Sunset. This picture means everything. It’s one of the only things I have close to me and my father.” She held the picture close to her. “Anytime, Sunny. But I think we should talk somewhere else until things cool down. Because things are getting really messy.” Sunset called out as she pointed a hoof to where both she and Sunny saw the chaos and their friends panicking as they both grew nervous. Knowing that Sunset is right, both she and Sunny both ran to the bedroom, where Sunny closed the door before things got worse. Taking a breather, Sunny and Sunset both turned and saw the bedroom, even if it’s messy, the sight of the rainbow shining through the roof brought some comfort to the two ponies. Sunny put the picture of her and her father on the front of her bed. “I don't understand, Sunset. I thought working together would be easy, but it turns out it's super messy.” she stated but then a paper got stock on her right hoof, she shook it off but is having a hard time doing it. “Let me get that, Sunny.” Sunset said as she grabbed the paper and took it off of Sunny’s hoof, as Sunset threw the paper away, she put a wing on Sunny’s back. “Listen, I know this is messy and all, but let’s cut our friends a break, the three tribes been separated for like, I don’t know how many moons, but they are still new to this whole new experience, and base on what we saw outside, they never done this before, well, Pipp’s ego maybe getting in the way on wanting her things in the brighthouse but the others, they are having trouble adjusting for the time being.” Sunny then looked down, and seeing how Sunset’s advice isn’t cutting it yet, she added in another one. “Look, from what Twilight told me, her friends were having trouble with Twilight’s new home when Twilight and Spike moved in after they lost their old one.” She stated as she remembered how Twilight told Sunset and the Rainbooms on her battle with Tirek and the destruction of the library which results in getting a castle. “When Twilight first moved into the Friendship Castle, she was uncomfortable with it and been trying to stay away from it.” she told Sunny as said earth pony looked at Sunset in shock. “Princess Twilight was uncomfortable with her own castle?” Sunny questioned in shock. “Why would she be uncomfortable in her own castle, Wasn’t that her home?” she asked. “Not always, Sunny.” Sunset answered the confused earth pony. “From what Twilight told me, being in that castle didn’t feel like home to her, she was looking for some activities to do with her friends to stay away from the castle. And then when her friends were helping her out to make the castle feel like home, her friends wanted to surprise her to make the castle more like home, but they only brought the things that make them feel like they’re at home, and that made pretty much a mess in the castle. But, thanks to a little thought through and some ideas that would really make Twilight at home, they have brought in the remains of her old home and made it into a decorative object so that it will remind Twilight of her old home and the good memories she had with her and her friends when she first met them.” She stated what Twilight told her about all the times she had with the tree library in Ponyville and the memories she shared. Sunny looked stunned at what Sunset told her, she heard tales of Twilight and her friends but some of them are not all complete and most of the history was lost over time. “Wow, I never thought of that, and to think Twilight went through the same experience I had once before. But not when my home is destroyed, it’s to get used to the changes and adapt to the times.” she added in amazement that she and Twilight must be alike in many ways. Sunset smiled at Sunny, seeing how her and Twilight are alike in many ways. “Maybe things may get messy, but things will turn out great if we do our best.” and then the two ponies then hear the sounds of chaos going on as Sunset groans, seeing that this can’t go on any longer. “I should take care of things out there, before it gets any more messy. Join in if you are feeling ready, Sunny.” She told the earth pony as Sunset trotted off to stop the chaos going on. “I will, Sunset!” Sunny called out as Sunset went out the door to try and stop any more chaos. Sunny then sighs while thinking what Sunset said as she looked at her and her father's photo. “I wish you were here, dad. You always knew how to bring out the best in me. And right now, I really need my best, like how Sunset is doing her best.” She looked at the photo then out the door where Sunset and the others were, she thought of what Sunset said and what her father would do, as a realization struck her as she smiled. “Wait. Maybe that's what Sunset and my friends need me to do – to bring them together to bring out their best!” She then kisses the picture as she puts it down and heads to the door before taking a last look at the photo as she smiles. “Thanks, dad.” she said as she opened the door and closed it. At the main room, Sunset was untangling Zipp who was still stuck while Hitch was biting on the shelf in frustration while Pipp was live streaming the bathtub that somehow got gems with Cloudpuff in it with Izzy levitation the whole tub. Sunset calmed the group down a bit but Hitch was starting to lose it as she tried to calm him down while the two ponies, Unicorn and Pegasus, were playing around the bathtub. Sunny then walked in front of the group with a serious face. “Okay, everypony! Just stop!” she called out to the group as silence came to the room as the others looked at Sunny in shock with Izzy undoing her levitation spell which resulted in a thud to the ground. Sunny continued with a calm and gentle look. “Look, I love how much energy you're bringing to this. But this is supposed to bring us together, not pull us apart. And right now…” she gestured to the whole brighthouse of the mess they made, one fo the windows is covered in paint while a wallpaper piece fell to the floor, the breakfast bot was rolling around until it slip and fell on the floor from the mess on the ground while the bird from earlier is still glued to the wall. The group then realize the mess they made as Zipp got the wallpaper piece off her and spoke out about their action. “It's a mess.” she admitted with a frown. “Yeah, I-I-I didn't want to say anything.” Izzy committed with a frown as well. “I'm in way over my head!” Hitch added  as he leaned into the shelf with McSnips next to him. “This is a total makeover fail!” Pipp dramatically called out as she flopped to the ground about their actions. Sunset then spoke out to the group. “Guys, you were all just excited about our new home. And I understand that, but you’re all so excited that you didn’t realize the mess ya’ll  were doing. But we can correct those mistakes if we stay focused and work together.” she told them as they both thought about what she said. Sunny then spoke next as she was next to Sunset’s side. “Sunset’s right, guys. It's not a fail. It's a... work-in-progress.” she called out as the group started to smile at what two of their friends just said as they came closer to Sunset and Sunny. “Come on, everypony. We can do this…” both Sunny and Sunset then called out at the same time. “Together!” They both shouted as the Mane 6 got back to work and cleaned up the mess they made, and this time, they are keeping their focus.  (Continue Gonna Work Work Work song) (Mane 6) Gonna work, work, work Make our dreams come true 'Cause when we work together There's nothing we, nothing we can't do Gonna work, work, work Got so much to do Well, I don't mind the work 'Cause I get to work with you (Sunny and Sunset: I get to work with you!) Gonna work, work, work Make our dreams come true 'Cause when we work together There's nothing we, nothing we can't do! Sunset and Izzy are leviatating the furtnitures with Hitch helping them with where to put it, once found the perfect spot, they set the furniture down. Zipp is flying around, setting up the wire lights in a perfect pattern. Sunny is setting up the pillows on the couch in a fun way with McSnip helping while pounding the pillows so that they could be fluffy. Pipp removed her self-portraits while Sunny set up one of her childhood drawings of how the lighthouse once looked like with a rainbow next to it on a sunny day, pardon the sunny pun. Zipp used her wings to blow away the dirt that hit the dirt shovel that Izzy was holding as the two ponies smiled at their accomplishments as they high hoove each other. In the bedroom, Sunny is setting up her photo of her and her dad next to her bed while Pipp is setting one of her picture frames next to her’s as Sunset set a picture of her and her human mane 6 together next to her bed as the three ponies looked at each other with a smile. Hitch then used McSnips as a power drill to screw the nail in place so the shelf stays in place. In the bedroom, the mane 6 got some decorative stains on them while working but they’ve finally got the brighthouse finished.  Pipp then flew in front of the group with her phone on hoof, getting the hint, the rest came close to Pipp’s phone line of camera. “Say ‘besties’!” Pipp called out as the camera clicked and snap the group together in a photo. A little while later, they printed the photo out of Pipp’s phone and Sunny then framed it on the shelf Hitch made earlier. The shelf then tilted a little as both Hitch, Sunny and Sunset gasped at it, worried that the photo might fall, but sighs in relief as the photo and the shelf didn’t fall. The Mane 6 then take view at the complete Crystal Brighthouse, on the outside, the Crystal Brighthouse is shining the rainbow right out of it for everpony in Equestria would see, in the bedroom is where the glass of the rainbow to where the elevator to the top of the brighthouse is is shining the rainbow to the top with the five beds of the ponies, Sunny, Sunset, Izzy, Zipp and Pipp, staying there that fit each of their personalities, since Hitch has his own place to live and is from Maritime Bay like Sunny, he was there to hang out with them, not live with them, and wasn’t comfortable being around mares since he is the only stallion of the group. In the main room, the group looked on with a smile at their teamwork. “It's even better than I imagined.” Sunny commented with a smile. “It sure is, Sunny, it sure is.” Sunset commented with a smile as she drew a wing over Sunny while taking a look at their new home.  The group smiled as they continued to look at their new home, that is until loud pounding could be heard, which startled the mane 6 as they looked to the source, only to realize to see McSnips pounding on the stairway of the brighthouse, which surprise the group how strong that tiny krab is for making a loud noise with his pounding. “Leave it, McSnips-a-lot!” Hitch lectured his animal friend, McSnips stopped to look at him for a brief moment, before resuming his pounding, but at a faster paste, which results Hitch to faceh oove himself at McSnips misbehavior. Sunset rolled her eyes as she levitated McSnip to Hitch as she gave the said stallion a bore look. “I think you should teach McSnips a lesson on behaving, because he’s not really behaving lately.” she added while looking at the krab. Hitch chuckled in embarrassment at Sunset’s look and to what she said. “I’ll try and teach him a lesson so he can behave well.” he stated before McSnips snapped the same area of his mane again, leaving Hitch with an amusing expression at his animal friend action, again. The rest then smiled at what just happened again as the whole group started laughing at Hitch’s misfortune. Hitch then laughs with them as even he finds that funny. Today may have been a wacky one, but now they learned how to work together and finished their new home as they now accomplish their achievement and a new home for the heroes to rest in and stay together. End of Chapter 1.