//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 - Sun's Trip To Ponyville // Story: Twin-Sun Shimmer // by Kydopony //------------------------------// Chapter 5 - Sun's Trip To Ponyville You sit in the train heading for ponyville. Silver Smith sits next to you as you stare out the window watching the far off scenery as it seems to slowly move. Silver Sales sits on the seat in front of you, Polished Silver and Silver Shade sitting on either side of her. Silver Shade stands to peer out the window, his hooves firmly against it. "So, Sunset. I mean Twin-Sun." Silver Smith begins. Polished Silver huffs and almost voices her argument before a stare from her mother reminds her of what almost happened the last time she went down that road. "Have you given any thought of your future?" "My future?" You ask as you turn your eyes to his. "Clone or not, it's never too early to start thinking about your place in the world." Silver Shade searches through his bag before placing a book into your view, it's cover art featuring an earth pony mare in sunglasses, two long tails sticking out of the short dress she wears. She stands resolute before an ominous building in the distance, the faces of a griffon and a unicorn stallion above said building. The title reads Double-Tail Brazen and the Dangerous Duo. "This is Double-Tail Brazen." Silver Shade explains while pointing to the mare on the book. "She's a spy in a secret agency so secret nopony knows the name of it. She's the best in the agency and when I grow up I'm gonna be just like her." "Why does she have two tails?" You ask. "She doesn't. She just wears it in a way that makes it act like two to help her get out of tuff situations. I haven't been able to figure out how to do it yet though." "That's just fiction." Polished Silver interjects. "Besides your good with magic, so why would you need two tails anyway." "Your good with magic?" You ask. "I'm the first unicorn in my class to use telekinesis." Silver Shade brags. "But I didn't get my cutie mark until the day I took Polished Silver's chair from the dinner table and used a spell that made it look like it was still there." Silver Shade gives a snicker before showing you his cutie mark. It features a transparent dagger surrounded by a silver mist. "I'm pretty sure a dagger implies criminal activity." Polished Silver accuses with a smirk. "What?" Silver Shade exclaims in offence as Polished Silver laughs in his direction. "No way. I'm gonna be the one stopping the bad guys. You'll see." "Young lady." Silver Sales warns. "Apologize this instant or when we get to our ponyville home your father will have you running till lunch time." Polished Silver looks to her father for help. "It was only a joke." Her father pulls out a whistle silently telling her she won't like the punch line. Her ears droop before she looks back to her brother with a sigh. "I'm sorry I called you a criminal." "Mom says a hero should be forgiving." Silver Shade explains. "So I forgive you." "That's my little hero." Silver Sales praises as she messes her son's mane before giving his forehead a kiss. Silver Shade gives a laugh at the attention. "Polished Silver?" You ask "What's your cutie mark look like?" Polished Silver looks your way "You want to see my cutie mark?" "Yeah. Yours is the only one I haven't seen yet." "Please Sunset." She huffs before showing you her cutie mark. "Ringing any bells?" Her cutie mark features a silver ring surrounded by what seems to be a magical aura. "What's it mean?" "I may not be as good at magic as my brother, but I still managed to get into Celestia's school for gifted unicorns because of my gift for enchanting objects." She stares back at you. "But then I've never known you to give much interest in other ponies talents. Your pretty good at acting. Maybe you should try joining the drama club." "Polished Silver behave yourself." Her mother warns. "I'm not warning you again." At that moment a giant rainbow could be seen spreading across Equestria with the sound of an explosion in the distance. "Wow." Silver Shade exclaims his hooves again against the window. "Hey mom, what is that?" "I don't know." Silver Sales answers. "But whatever it is, it looks quite lovely." "Yeah." You agree, your eyes fixed on the rainbow. "And powerful." You step out of the train trying to read a map of ponyville you got from a service attendant. "How do you read one of these?" You ask while rubbing your head and turning the map from one position to another in an attempt to make sense of the position of each area on the map. "Put the map away for now." Silver Smith commands. "I want to get us situated into our ponyville home before we do anything else. I'll teach you how to use it later tonight." After putting your map away you follow Silver Smith and his family to a house you feel is surprisingly small. "Why is it so small?" You ask. "Most ponies live in homes around this size." Silver Smith answers. "We just live in an expensively large house back in Canterlot. When we come down here, we like to live like the common ponies to keep our minds in perspective. Besides, it's much cheaper to own two homes like this." Silver Sales walks up to the door, key in her magic. Turning the key she opens the door to reveal a home as modest on the inside as on the outside. "Come on in everypony." She invites. "Put your things away and wash up. We're eating out for lunch today." Silver Sales looks to Polished Silver. "Polished, show Twin-Sun to her room." Polished Silver gives an annoyed groan. "Fine." She turns to glare at you. "Follow me miss clone." You enter to see a moderately sized room. The room is rather plain with nothing much other than a full size bed with a small bed side dresser with a lamp atop it and a large book shelf full of books. "The blanket is double sided." Polished Silver explains. "If you don't like blue, the other side is pink." Polished Silver points to a nearby door within the room which you open to reveal a small restroom, a luxury tub taking up almost half the space. "Mom likes her guests to have plenty of privacy. You'll find the closet right next to the restroom." You leave the restroom to open a closet twice the size of said restroom, clearly telling you Silver Sales priorities. After taking care of your business, you make your way to the living room to wait for the others. Before you can sit down, you hear a knock at the door. "Delivery for a miss Shimmer." The pony at the door announces. You open the door with your magic to find a pegasus stallion in a blue uniform. "I'm miss Shimmer." You answer. The stallion gives a sigh before putting a large suitcase aside, pulling out a large bag and draping it over you. In panic, you begin to run around in circles screaming for help before you are stopped by a pair of hooves which soon take the bag off of you to reveal Silver Smith in a black suit. "What's the meaning of this?" Silver Smith screams at the delivery pony. "Sorry about that." The delivery pony apologizes. "New law from Prince Blueblood. If a minor answers the door, we are to drape a large bag over them. The bag must not be see threw as per his orders." "What?!" Silver Smith exclaims. "Why would he make such a law? She could have hurt herself. And what if she couldn't breath in that thing?" "Believe me sir, we know. We put enchantments on our bags to give the little ones air. Unfortunately, it is the law and we must obey it or lose our jobs. Blueblood already had 3 of my colleagues fired for disobedience. We have already brought this up with Celestia so I doubt it will last much longer." "I'm guessing Blueblood is trying to look like he cares about the foals, am I right?" "Most likely sir." The delivery pony collects the bag and gives a large suitcase to Silver Smith. "Have a good day sir." He turns your way. "Again I do apologize little miss." Silver Sales and her two foals make their way to the door as the delivery pony makes his leave. Silver Sales is wearing a light blue dress. Polished Silver wears a similar dress in yellow. Silver Shade wears an adorable black suit that looks just like his father's. "Who was that?" Silver Sales asks as Silver Smith shuts the door. "Delivery pony. He brought Miss Shimmer a suit case." You pick up a letter attached to the suitcase and read aloud. "Some clothes to help you feel more comfortable along with some magazines and toys the sales clerk said a filly your age might enjoy. Love Dad." You open the case to see at the top a pink dress and a small cardboard box full of cards, the latter of which you watch float over to Silver Shade. "Cool. You got the Rapidash deck. I got the Zebstrika deck" He looks back at you with a grin. "I challenge you to a pokemon battle." Polished Silver gives a small snicker which she muffles with a hoof. "Maybe later." Silver Smith looks your way. "Take your things to your room for now and you can put them away later." "And put on that pink dress." Silver Sales insists. "I'm Sure it'll look lovely on you."