Silver Spoon
“She looks happy.”
Everyone looked at me as we watched Ruby running a train up Moms leg and back down as the two sat around a pile of train tracks and empty boxes.
“She does yeah,” Aunt Berry commented with a smile. “My daughter is seven now. Good freaking God. Feels like I just had her yesterday.”
“I know what you mean,” Aunt Minuette smirked as Sunset hid a smile behind her hand.
“So Sunset,” Sunburst grinned wickedly as he looked up from his book. He was surprisingly getting well accustomed to earth. He was even being allowed to come to school tomorrow. Surprisingly, Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna had insisted on him coming. “When are you and Derpy going to have a foal?”
Derpy choked on her water as she and Sunset each turned bright red with wide eyes.
“Foals? We- I,” Sunset sputtered as she maintained her red cheeks. “We aren’t having foals. I’m not even sure how to raise a kid!”
“I’m not even ready to be a grandma yet,” Mom added hastily. “We use protection in this house if any spells are used.”
“Protection from what?” Ruby asked innocently as she sat on Moms lap.
“Nothing!” Aunt Cherry said quickly and forced a smile. “Protection from monster spells. Like aliens and all that.”
“I’d be good with a kid,” Derpy admitted sheepishly. “Maybe one day but not now. After college, maybe.”
“You’d be a pretty decent mom,” Scootaloo agreed as I nodded. “Mom and Aunt Berry are good ones too. If I never got adopted by mom and you were older, I’d have been okay if you took me in.”
“Thanks,” Derpy mumbled as she turned red again. “But yeah who’s knows? Maybe we will adopt, maybe we will have a biological kid. We will see.”
“You’d be a pretty decent mom yourself,” Diamond Tiara said casually as she glanced at our older sister. “But I feel you would be a strict one while Derpy would be the super chill one.”
“Oh no,” Sunset chuckled and shook her head. “You’ve never seen Derpy put up with Amethyst giving her attitude. I have. Derpy shut her down instantly. Even I was nervous.”
I didn’t know who to be more afraid of, the fact Derpy can get mad or the fact it was enough to scare Sunset.
“I should flick you for that,” Sunset grumbled as she smirked at Sunburst.
“I’d run into a church if you or even Starlight chased after me,” Sunburst commented casually as he leaned back in chair.
“Uh why?”
“Because neither of you can go into one.”
Sunset burst out laughing as we breathed a sigh of relief. I thought she would have been mad.
“That was actually really good Sunburst,” Sunset giggled as Sunburst gave a snicker and Sunset patted his shoulder. “Happy birthday by the way Ruby.”
“Thanks!” Ruby called back as we all quickly echoed Sunset. “Thank you all.”
“Thank you. I’m not the greatest at playful insults like you are so let me know if I go overboard.”
“I know. That was pretty funny. I haven’t heard that one before,” Sunset admitted as she wrapped an arm around Sunburst and Scootaloo.
“So you aren’t gonna kill me then?” Sunburst asked hopefully as Sunset snickered.
“Oh no I’m still doing that.”
We all burst out laughing as Sunset gave a mischievous grin and Sunburst laughed nervously.
“You won’t actually kill me, will you?”
“Wait and see,” Sunset stuck her tongue out and winked before leaning to me. “Me and you are so doing his nails and makeup when he goes to bed tonight.”
“Bet!”
“I can’t believe you two made me look like a clown,” Sunburst grumbled as Sunset and I grinned at each other. Mom had already entered the school with Scootaloo and Diamond. Sunburst had long sense washed the clown make up off and had scraped the nail polish off, leaving only a few specks of purple on his nails. Derpy walked behind me as she hid a grin behind her hand.
“We saw an opportunity,” Sunset shrugged and her grin grew. I pushed open the doors and held them open as the two walked in. Derpy followed them as I walked inside, shutting the door behind us.
“Hey Sunset!” Indigo called out as she and the former Shadowbolts leaned against some lockers. Felt weird to call them former Shadowbolts.
“Hey Indigo.”
“Hey dearie.”
“Your shoelaces are undone.”
“You look wonderful if we were in a high school musical.”
We all watched and waited for Lemon Zest to announce her presence. We shrugged and kept walking as the green girl continued bobbing her head to her music.
“Sunset, what’s up?” Velvet Sky waved and Sunset waved back idly.
“People are scarily friendly today,” Sunset mused as she highfived Rainbow. Rainbow tossed her book bag into her locker and shut it. “And I come from a place where everyone is friendly.”
“Hey Sunny, hey Sunburst,” Rainbow said and yawned. “How are you two? Hey Derpy, hey Silver Spoon.”
“We’re pretty good,” Sunset commented as I opened my locker. “Why is everyone being so weird today?”
“What do you mean?” Rainbow asked as she started tossing a soccer ball up in the air.
“Like they’re all talking to me and aren’t looking guilty after anon like they used too.”
“Oh that,” Rainbow said and laughed nervously. “Yeah, apparently it came out that you’ve decided to start talking to the other students instead of just us. Velvet Sky, Scribble Dee and Norman are just a few who have pestered me about it this morning and school hasn’t even started!”
I frowned slightly as Sunset gave a nod. I wasn’t entirely enthused about that. I mean, Sunset already had a whole schedule in her room to perfectly balance out days she spent with each of her friends, aunts, mom and us three along with the rest of the movie club and Derpy. Adding the whole school to the white board of people to talk to is just going to be more stressful.
“Okay. Hey Lyra,” Sunset shrugged as Lyra ran past.
“Hey you didn’t see me!” Lyra shouted as she kept running. “I pranked Pinkie and she wants a prank war now!”
We all fell silent and processed that as Lyra disappeared into a classroom as Pinkie ran past.
“Have you seen Lyra?” Pinkie demanded as she grabbed Sunbursts face.
“That way,” Sunburst pointed in an opposite direction. Pinkie nodded and took off again.
“Thank you!”
“May God have mercy on Lyra’s soul,” Rainbow muttered as Sunset chuckled. “A prank war with Pinkie is never ending. Trust me, I know from experience.”
I could believe that easily enough. For once, I had nothing to say except slamming my locker and running to class.
Mr. Cranky was well cranky if he’s there before us in class.