“I’m going to kill Rainbow Dash.”
I jumped slightly at my friends declaration as Golden Harvest angrily nosed through the destruction that once was her house. Berry Punch and Cherry Berry were doing the same further down the field with Cheerilee.
“S-s-she was just trying to gather up the parasprites Golden,” I stuttered and reassured her. I hated my stutter that I had been born with. I always got made fun of over it. Luckily I met a few ponies who didn’t care about it.
“I get that Junebug,” Golden Harvest grumbled. “But they already ate half of my house! The other half she crashed into!”
Okay, I admit she had a point there. Rainbow Dash did get a bit excitable and had a reputation of being just as destructive as the Cutie Mark Crusaders somedays. If not more destructive. They’re ground bound like us, Rainbow can fly.
“Don’t worry,” Cloud Kicker tried to reassure her as she and another mare dropped down into the field. “You’re getting a new house built.”
“Gee thanks,” Golden Harvest scoffed. “I don’t care about the house! Well I do but I cared about the stuff inside it! Like this right here,” she hoofed around some debris and pulled a half destroyed clock with a grunt. “This belonged to my grandfather! My house was full of antique heirlooms and items passed down!” She flung it down the field where me and Cloud Kicker winced at the sound of it shattering.
“That could have been repaired,” the jasmine mare remarked. Golden Harvest glared at her.
“You be quiet. What are you guys doing here anyway?” The mare glowered at Golden as Cloud Kicker gave her a warning look.
“Don’t retaliate Raindrops. Anyway, we’re here to tell you the weather service will be paying for the repairs. Turns out Rainbow was on the clock when she crashed into your house,” Cloud Kicker looked around at the wood littering my friends carrot fields. “Is your farm land damaged at all?”
“No it’s just gonna take a bit to clean up,” Golden Harvest admitted as the others trotted up. Berry Punch had a sleeping Ruby Pinch on her back. “And if the weather service is paying for it, I want a hot tub! Along with a play room for my daughter! And more storage for my farm in the winter! And I don’t wanna hear shit about it until it becomes a reality!” Cloud Kicker wore a strained smile on her face and I got the feeling Golden Harvest wasn’t the first angry pony she’s dealt with today who’s house got destroyed.
“I’ll see what I can do for you,” Cloud Kicker said. “It’s covering everything inside too. Did Noi lose anything?”
“Yes,” Golden Harvest grumbled. “Rainbow Crash is lucky my daughter wasn’t in the house or I’d have ripped her apart limb from limb by now.” The two pegasi looked at each other.
“Alright just drop the list off at the weather service headquarters at town hall and it’ll get sorted out,” Cloud Kicker said. She and Raindrops took off, Raindrops tossing a look back our way.
“Can you guys believe this?” Golden Harvest sighed. “We’re homeless now! How am I going to tell Noi this?” I placed a reassuring hoof on her back.
“You’re not homeless technically,” Cherry Berry said. “The weather service is paying for a new one. We have inns, we all have houses.”
“Oh yeah because I can totally afford to spend bits on a hotel!” Golden growled and slammed a hoof into the dirt. “At this rate, I’m gonna have to drag a card board box and Noi out to Main Street to sleep and beg.” She picked up a broken watering can and started shaking it. “Hey there mister, can you spare a bit to get my filly some food or school supplies?”
We all looked at each other worriedly. This was more like Cherry Fizzys annoying pessimism, not Goldens normal happy self. Then again, her house did get destroyed.
“If it helps, you can have the bits in my piggy bank,” Ruby Pinch yawned as she shifted on her moms back. “There’s not a lot but it might help.”
We all melted at the look she gave Golden. Golden slowly approached the filly and nuzzled her.
“Thanks but I’m not taking your bits. We will sort it out. We always do,” Golden sighed and scuffed the dirt a bit. “I’ll guess I’ll have to figure it out.”
“Y-y-you can always stay with one of us,” I suggested quietly.
“Absolutely!” Cheerilee smiled at our fellow earth pony.
“I agree,” Berry Punch said. “Ruby could enjoy the company of Noi. They are best friends along with Dinky.”
“O-o-or me,” I said hopefully. “I have enough space and I live alone.” Golden Harvest looked between us all and sighed.
“Okay Berry.”
I drooped my head and tail and started to trudge off. I let out a tired sigh.
“O-o-okay,” I mumbled as I avoided some pieces of wood and metal. I always let other ponies do whatever they wanted to me. I never stand up for myself and besides, it’s just a house. It’s not like it’s the end of the world. I started slowly trotting down the road to my house.
“Hey Junebug wait!” I faintly heard my name and turned around. Golden Harvest galloped with Noi on her back. Either I was walking for longer than I thought and she went to get her from school or Noi had walked home.
“W-w-what’s up?” I asked curiously. Noi hopped of her moms back and rubbed her side against my foreleg before hugging it. I rubbed her mane with a hoof and smiled.
“Mom said you offered to let us stay with you. So we came to find you after you left the farm,” Noi chirped with a smile.
“B-b-but you said you were staying with Berry and Ruby?” I asked in confusion. Golden kicked the ground sheepishly.
“Yeah I did,” she admitted. “I know you don’t get a lot of company and you looked sad so Berry and I decided to not stay with her and have me stay with you. If it’s still on the table of course.”
“O-o-of course it is!” I nodded enthusiastically and Noi separated from my foreleg as I started to trot away. Golden trotted next to me with Noi on her back.
“Thanks June.”