//------------------------------// // Chapter II // Story: The New Wondercolts // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// Sour grunted as she slammed down her lunch tray and sat at the lunch table. Her companions gave her a worried look. Sugarcoat sighed and pushed her glasses back up and continued to eat her pasta. “Are you okay?” Rainbow asked around a mouthful of food. Sunny and Rarity gave her disgusted looks before eating their own lunch. Sour rolled her eyes before eating. “I am fine,” she announced in a tone that suggested the opposite of fine. Applejack narrowed her eyes. “Ah know ya are lying,” she announced and Sour glared at her while Indigo chuckled. “She called you out instantly,” Indigo smirked. “How did you know she lied so fast?” Sunset swallowed a drink of her water. “It’s the magic from Equestria. Applejack represents Honesty, Fluttershy represents Kindness, Rainbow is Loyalty, Rarity is Generosity and Pinkie is laughter,” Sunset explained. “I represent Empathy. Oh and in Equestria, Starlight represents Peace.” “What about Twilight?” Sunny leaned forward. Sunset and the Rainbooms looked to each other and shrugged. “We have no clue,” Sunset admitted. “In my world, she’s Princess Twilight and represents the element of magic.” Sugarcoat stared at her. “Princess of what?” She asked and adjusted her glasses. “Princess of Friendship,” Sunset said helpfully. “Wow,” Indigo mused. “Didn’t see that coming from the Twilight I know.” “Technically she’s not the Twilight you know,” Sunset corrected. “She’s one of the four leaders of a sovereign country. She’s fought off Tirek, the Changelings, Discord and the Sirens.” “Fascinating,” Sugarcoat mused. “What is a Tirek?” “Yeah, what is that?” Applejack asked. “You’ve never told us either.” “Magic stealing centaur. Hellbent on taking over Equestria. I wasn’t there for that thankfully. Or the Changelings infiltrating Princess Cadences wedding. Or Discord.” “Whoa now. Hold the phone, everyone stop,” Sour Sweet rubbed the bridge of her nose. She stared at Sunset. “Princess Cadence?” “Mhm,” Sunset ate the rest of her salad. “Weird,” Sunny muttered and Rainbow chuckled. “Weird usually follows Sunset around,” she smirked. “I’m sitting right next to you. Pick your next words very carefully,” Sunset warned. Indigo snickered at that. “Anyway, ya didn’t tell us what’s bothering ya. So spill,” Applejack focused on Sour with such an intense look she felt a bit of sweat starting to form. She thought only she could give looks like that. “I’m having a hard time trusting the students here,” she admitted. “Not like I ever trusted the ones at CPA. But here they’re overly nice. Like that Derpy girl, she’s been giving me and the others muffins everyday since we got here. Can’t help but wonder what she wants.” “To give you muffins?” Rainbow offered. “She’s been like that for as long as I can remember, we went to middle school together. She’s a nice girl. Just extremely misunderstood.” “Why is her eye you know?” Sunny hesitanted. “Different looking?” Rainbow shrugged. “She got hit by a car after she pulled her sister out of the way in eighth grade. She was in surgery for like three days nonstop.” Indigo gave an impressed whistle. She gave a wave to the girl who walked past with a younger girl with blond hair. “Damn. I don’t think I could have been able to do that,” she admitted. “I would have done it for Scootaloo,” Rainbow exclaimed. “In a heartbeat.” “Who on earth is Scootaloo?” Sunny asked. “Scoots! Cmere!” Rainbow shouted across the lunch room. The girl limped her way over with a eyeroll. Rainbow gave her a one armed hug. “This is Scootaloo.” “Uhm hi?” Scootaloo flicked nervous glances at the older girls staring at her. “Why am I here?” “Meeting some of our friends,” Rainbow explained. “This is Indigo, Sugarcoat, Sour Sweet, Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare.” “Uh okay? Why am I meeting a bunch of ex Shadowbolts?” Scootaloo wanted to know. Sour scoffed and crossed her arms, looking away. “Scoots! Be nice,” Rainbow chided. “Sorry,” Scootaloo rubbed the back of her head. “Kinda hard to accept you all a bit, after the Games and all.” “It’s quite all right dearie,” Sunny reassured her. “If our positions were swapped, I’d be feeling the exact same way.” “I suppose it is justified,” Sugarcoat shrugged. “Can I go back to hanging out with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom please? Are we still on for soccer next week?” Scootaloo asked with a hopeful grin. Rainbow ruffled her hair with a grin of her own. “Yeah, go back to your friends. And we’re on for soccer next week still. Thanks, kid.” Scootaloo waved as she limped back and Rainbow sighed. “Soccer huh?” Indigo asked with a grin. “Little sister?” “Mentorship but we call each other sisters,” Rainbow explained. “And yeah, I teach her soccer. She’s good at it.” “If it’s not too much trouble, could I tag along?” Indigo asked hopefully. Rainbow shrugged as the bell went off. “Yeah sure.” ------------------------------------------------------------- “Move it,” Lightning Dust snapped as she gave Lemon a shove. The pink girl slammed against the locker and rubbed her sore shoulder. Lightning smirked as she opened her locker and started shoving books into her bag. She slammed it shut and her eyes flicked to the girl who was bobbing her head to music still like nothing happened. Lightning rolled her eyes and walked away and slammed into Indigo’s chest. The two girls glared at each other with clenched fists. “Watch what you do to my friend,” Indigo snapped as students watched the altercation quietly. “Why should I care?” Lightning retorted as she walked around Indigo. Indigo instinctively tripped the other girl and she faceplanted. She shoved herself up and glared at Indigo. “You need to watch your back,” Lightning said softly in a threatening tone. “I really am not scared of you,” Indigo shot back as she folded her arms. “You should be,” Lightning told her as she disappeared into a crowd of students heading for the doors. Rolling her eyes, Indigo turned back to Lemon. “You good?” She asked and Lemon nodded, giving her a thumbs up. She opened her locker and grabbed her bag, quietly shutting it. “Thanks by the way,” Lemon sighed as she slipped her headphones off to the surprise of her companion. “No problem,” Indigo mumbled as she and Lemon walked out the school. “What are your plans after school?” Lemon asked. “Well, Rainbow and Scootaloo added another soccer day to this week so I can go play with em. What about you?” Lemon shrugged. “Play some video games, maybe the drums. Or sleep. Or eat pizza,” Lemon stated with a grin. “Fair enough,” Indigo waved as she headed towards the soccer field. “I’ll see ya monday.” “See you around,” Lemon grinned as she started to walk home. Indigo smirked as she watched Scootaloo score another goal. “Nice kick kid,” Indigo said as Scootaloo spun around. Indigo and Rainbow snickered. “She’s gotten way better,” Rainbow agreed. “Only because of you helping me,” Scootaloo hugged Rainbow. “Especially after what me and my friends did.” Indigo looked at the two in confusion. “What are you talking about?” Indigo asked. “Nothing,” Scootaloo said hastily. Rainbow sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. “She’s a friend. Tell her the truth,” Rainbow instructed. “Fine. Me, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle may have framed Sunset and leaked everyone’s secrets on the internet,” Scootaloo admitted. “Why?” Indigo asked incredulously. “We were jealous. I didn’t want to help at first but I just wanted to hang out with Rainbow. It took her a bit to forgive me but here we are,” Scootaloo sighed. “In a way, I’m to blame also. I should have paid more attention to your feelings,” Rainbow told her. “I probably wouldn’t have forgiven you if I had a sister who did that,” Indigo admitted. “At least you know it was wrong and won’t do it again.” Rainbow nodded with a smile. “She’s a good kid who made a mistake. Sunset even asked for them to be shown leniency. Now enough depressing stuff, Let’s play soccer!” Rainbow shouted with an eager fist pump and grin. Indigo gave a grin as she jogged to the goal. Her grin grew bigger as Rainbow passed the ball to Scootaloo who gave the ball a powerful kick to Indigo. Indigo jumped up and held the ball close to her stomach, falling to the ground. She tossed the ball to Scootaloo who caught it. “That was a good attempt!” Indigo encouraged her. “Let’s see what else you got.” Scootaloo nodded as she and Rainbow went to the other side of the field. She started running towards Indigo with the ball before she passed it to Rainbow. Rainbow gave it a hard kick and Indigo barely caught it. Indigo gave a smirk and kicked it to Rainbow. Scootaloo gritted her teeth in frustration. Rainbow gave her a grin. “Ready?” Scootaloo nodded and matched her grin. “Ready.” Rainbow and her started kicking the ball back and forth. Rainbow kept control of the ball till she got close to Indigo. “Scootaloo, take it!” She kicked it to Scootaloo who took a risk and kicked it at the goal. Indigo jumped for it and it flew past her fingers into the goal. She laid stunned on the ground before standing up, laughing. “That was impressive kid, you got skill!” She grinned at Scootaloo. “You too Rainbow.” “You really think I’m good?” Scootaloo asked with a blush. Indigo’s grin got wider. “Well yeah! I haven’t seen someone play that well in years.” “That means a lot, coming from the captain of all the Shadowbolts sports teams,” Scootaloo admitted. Indigo frowned and placed a cautious hand on her shoulder. “I’m a Wondercolt now,” Indigo reminded her. “I’m not a Shadowbolt anymore. And I don’t plan on being one ever again.” She removed her hand and switched to a smile. “I’m sorry. It’s so hard to get used to,” Scootaloo admitted. “I can believe that,” Indigo chuckled. “It was hard for me too at first,” Rainbow sighed. “But I totally support it now. Especially since Sunset and I came up with telling you guys after she suggested it.” “It was hard for my parents too,” Indigo rubbed her shoulder. “But all our parents supported it. I know Sour Sweets mom and dad were on board. Sunny Flares were the hardest to convince.” “I can believe that,” Rainbow chuckled. “You ever think about joining the soccer or softball team?” Indigo shrugged nervously. “I’m not sure that’s a good idea. They probably won’t accept me. I don’t even know who’s all on the team.” “Cloudkicker, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Lightning Dust, Sunset, Fleetfoot, Spitfire, Aria Blaze, me and Shoeshine,” Rainbow said helpfully. Indigo narrowed her eyes. “You expect me to believe you’re conveniently down a player right after you suggest I join?” Indigo asked pointedly. “Uh yes?” Rainbow asked nervously as Scootaloo watched the altercation. Indigo sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. “I’ll think about it okay?” Rainbow brightened up. The two girls shook on it. “Deal!” ------------------------------------------------------------- “What are we doing here?” Sour demanded as Fluttershy knelt down and stroked a cats fur. “I volunteer here. You said you needed a friend, so I took you to the animal shelter. So many cute dogs, cats and bunnies,” Fluttershy explained as more cats brushed up against her leg. She let out a giggle at the feeling. “Here, hold one.” She held out a tabby kitten to Sour. She nervously looked at it. “I uh don’t know,” she admitted. “I’m not sure how.” Fluttershy stood up with the kitten. “Open your hands,” she instructed. Sour hesitated before doing so. Fluttershy placed the cat in her hands. “Now slowly bring her to your chest.” Sour complied and put the cat to her chest. She flinched when the cat licked her neck. “Aww, she likes you.” Fluttershy beamed. “She’s....cute,” Sour allowed a faint smile to cross her face. “What’s her name?” “Marcee.” Sour hesitated before petting the cat. “Do you like her?” Fluttershy asked hopefully as she picked up a cat of her own and started petting him. “Surprisingly yes,” Sour admitted. “I can’t believe i said that about a furball. I prefer dogs.” “You can keep her and take her home,” Fluttershy suggested with an eager smile. “I’m not so sure. She is adorable,” Sour scratched the cat behind her eats and smiled a genuine smile at the purring sound. She set the cat down gently who started rubbing against her leg. “She’s attached to you,” Fluttershy argued as she and Sour started walking outside to go home. Sour paused and looked between her and the shelter. “Screw it,” she shrugged and walked back inside. “I’m getting that cat. Marcee please.” Fluttershy gave a smile and nodded. She handed her a pen and a piece of paper. “Need you to sign this. It’s a legal document so answer honestly,” Fluttershy warned her as she disappeared behind a door. She chewed the end of the pen as she scanned the document. She sighed an starting filling out the paper. Mainly just where does she live, what’s her phone number. She finished writing and set the pen down, cracking her knuckles. She smiled as Fluttershy came out the back with the cat in a cat carrier. “Here’s the paper,” Sour announced as she handed it to her. “Thanks. Here’s the cat,” Fluttershy held her out and hesitated. “Got your state id or drivers license?” “Yeah,” Sour sighed in frustration and handed her id over. “Thanks.” Fluttershy disappeared into a officer nearby and printed out a paper. She handed Sours id back with a smile. “Can I go home with Marcee now?” Sour eagerly asked. “Yes,” Fluttershy mumbled. “Just remember to feed her, give her water, litter box, change it out very often otherwise she will find new areas in the house to use the bathroom. Oh and toys.” “Do you want to come help me find some toys and food for her?” Sour startled herself by asking. “I’d love to.”