Rainbow
I bounced the soccer ball up and down on the ground as Cloudkicker, Tennis Match and Mystery Mint stretched on the soccer field. Indigo was doing push-ups in the grass as I switched to balancing the ball on my shoe.
“Where is she?” Cloudkicker finally asked as she touched her shoes with her fingers. “Wasn’t Sunset supposed to be here?”
“I’m here!” Sunset called out as she walked up in shorts and a tee shirt. “Did I miss anything?”
“Nah. Other than Rainbow talking about Princess Celestia or whatever,” Mystery grunted as I watched with narrowed eyes.
“Oh?” Sunset raised an eyebrow as I shrugged.
“Maybe. I heard she was uh interrogating Octavia, Lyra, Bon Bon, Vinyl and Derpy about how you all became friends and how they become the elements,” I admitted sheepishly as Sweetie Belle watched from the bleachers.
“Yeah. I asked them about it but they all said that it was pretty much just them being asked about my friendships with them and they will need to help me with something in the future. Typical cryptic Celestia,” Sunset grumbled and rolled her eyes.
“Was she always like that?” Cloudkicker asked as she stood up and started doing jumping jacks. “In uh pony world?”
“Oh my fucking days yes. Even before I abandoned my studies, she wasn’t exactly forthcoming with answers. I knew she had a plan to help with Nightmare Moon years in the making but I wasn’t exactly privy to it like Raven was. Hey Sweetie Belle!” Sunset shouted and Sweetie ran down the bleachers to hug her.
“Hey Sunset! How’s life?” Sweetie asked as Sunset grinned and rubbed her head.
“It’s pretty good. Just thinking about things, yanno?”
“Like your mom?” Sweetie Belle asked as we all froze and I looked away. “Your Equestrian one, I mean.”
“How did you know-” Sunset started and paused. “The sleepover you and Apple Bloom came over to that Scootaloo and my other sisters invited you to.”
“Yeah, I heard you and Cherry Berry talking about something,” Sweetie admitted sheepishly. “Sorry for accidentally overhearing you.”
“It’s fine. She is the matriarch of the family. She’s the family therapist in a way.”
“So are you gonna tell us what’s on your mind?” Tennis asked impatiently as Sunset sighed. “The rest of the soccer team aren’t here but we are. And keeping secrets from your team isn’t a good thing so spill. I know you and I aren’t the closet but I’ll listen.”
“I don’t know. I guess I just miss her now and again. Especially with Hearths Warming coming up and that being her name, it’s kinda weird having this holiday without her. She always went all out even though we didn’t really have the bits growing up,” Sunset answered as I inhaled.
“I’m sorry,” I muttered as they all looked at me.
“For what?” Sunset asked as I groaned.
“We all knew something was up when you came back but we didn’t really know whether to push or not. We all asked what was wrong but you weren’t exactly forthcoming,” I explained as Sunset nodded slowly.
“Nah you all put the effort and I wasn’t exactly ready to discuss mom’s death. It was way too soon and yeah. Applejack and I talked extensively about it a few weeks later. I didn’t even talk to Derpy about it and she was there when Mom died. All my friends were crying along with me apparently Vinyl later told me.”
“I can’t imagine what that is like,” Cloudkicker admitted as the others nodded. “Sorry but I mean, I’ve never lost anyone in my family.”
“I lost my cousin,” Mystery chimed in. “Car crash.”
“Uncle for me,” Indigo said and we all looked at her as she sighed. “Suicide. It was a difficult time. I was only thirteen at the time.”
“I don’t think anyone in my family has ever died,” Sweetie said as we all jumped slightly. I had forgotten she was still hugging Sunset’s waist.
“Let’s talk about something else shall we?” Tennis gave a nervous laugh. “Something child friendly girls.”
“Agreed,” Sunset said instantly. “So Sweetie, heard a rumor about you and certain male student named Button Mash. What’s up with that?”
“N-nothing!” Sweetie blushed and looked away as we all chuckled. “Dinky introduced us. We’re uhm friends!”
“Yeah friends,” Tennis whispered as she gave a snicker. “How are you and your boyfriend, Mystery?”
“Emerald Glow and I are doing pretty good. We are going on a camping week date this summer,” Mystery turned red slightly as she smiled.
“Blossomforth and I are going to Texas next year for our anniversary,” Cloudkicker added with a smile as she stopped her jumping jacks.
“You two should totally come on a group date with Derpy and I one day. Lyra, Bon Bon, Trixie, Watermelody, Octavia and Vinyl usually go on group dates,” Sunset said casually as Cloudkicker shrugged.
“Blossomforth likes you as do I so we could be down for that. I gotta ask her first though. I’ll call her after we finish practice.”
Indigo pushed her self up and yawned, following a stretch as she stole the soccer ball from me and rolled it over her shoulders.
“So why did you come to this school?” I asked as Indigo smirked.
“This school is way better than cpa. No uniforms, the sport teams are more fun and unified, people are nicer. Sour and Sugarcoat are still a bit prickly at times but Sunny has became good friends with Coco and Heat Stroke. Lemon Zest is surprisingly good friends with Curly Winds and Vinyl. It’s scary how alike those two girls are.”
I gave a chuckle as Sunset shuddered slightly. Lemon and Vinyl were very similar and it was a bit scary. Lemon was probably the most friendly Shadowbolt, even during the games before we became all friends instead of enemies. They were slightly awkward around Sci Twi, but Sunset and I have a plan to help get them all over it.
“Enough conversing!” I announced as Indigo tossed me back the ball. Let’s play soccer. Me, Mystery and Tennis are on one team. Indigo, Sunset and Cloudkicker are on the other!”
We all looked at each other and nodded.
I was so looking forward to finally having some competition with my friends.