//------------------------------// // Chapter 12. Goodbye Dad. Wedding Plans. // Story: Welcome To Apple Paradise // by Phantom Writer //------------------------------// Chapter 12. Goodbye Dad. Wedding Plans ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejacks (P.O.V) Ah watched as Matt's dad was being taken by the helicopter. "Frank, You know the way back right?" Matt asked. "Yeah, I'll take everyone back in the morning." Frank said. Matt ran to wagon as he pulled out a saddle and he placed it on Sam. "Ya ain't leaving with out me." Ah said as Matt climbed onto Sam. Matt brought out his hand "You better hold on tight." He pulled me onto Sam as he yelled "LET'S GO SAM!" Sam took off running down the path. We made it back to the farm by noon. We rushed to his truck and we drove off to the hospital. We got to the hospital by nightfall and we found his Star and Mary waiting outside in the waiting room. "How is he?" "Doctor's say the cancer has completely taken over his brain." Star was nearly in tears Ah notice Matt. He was hiding behind his brave face "Have they said anything else?" "They are right now seeing if they can remove some of the cancer cells from his brain." Mary said. The doors opened and a doctor came walking out "His he alright?" "We can't operate. His blood presser is too high along with his blood count" The doctor said to Star "All we can do now is ease his pain." "Can we see him?" Star asked. "Yes but one at a time." Star was first ta go visit with him. Matt sat down as he lowered his head. He had his hands locked as he had is eyes closed. Ah didn't know what he was doing but ah didn't want to interrupt him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt's (P.O.V) As i sat down i placed my hands together and closed my eyes. "Dear God. It's me Matthew. I know i haven't spoken with you since my mother passed away. But please allow my father to be reunited with mom. I know that he did some things that were wrong in life, I have forgiven him for his mistakes. And please. Watch over my family and help them through this time. Amen." I opened my eyes and raised my head up to see Mary crying. I stood and walked over to her and pulled her into a hug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejacks (P.O.V) Ah watched as Matt held Mary in his arms as she cried. Star came walking out with tears in her eyes as she hugged Mary and Matt. "He's gone kids." She said through her sniff's ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt's (P.O.V) Three Days later. I stood in front of the mirror with a black suit on as i looked at my tie. I heard a knock at the door and i opened it to see Amber standing there "Hey, The limo is waiting down stairs for you." "I'll be down in a minute." I said shutting the door as i finished getting ready. I made my way down stairs and saw Applejack and Amber talking with each other. "You ready Aj?" "Yeah." She said with a faint smile. I smiled as i looked at Amber "Don't burn the place down while i'm gone okay?" She giggled as we left. The funeral was short and to the point as they berried my dad. It was hard, Knowing i'll never see my dad again hurt. It kept everything in me not to cry. I hate crying. When it was all done. Aj and I left and went back home and we watched movies and ate ice cream. Aj cuddled next to me as we watched my favorite movie. "Why would someone what ta clone Dinosaurs and put them on an island?" She asked looking up at me. "To make money and to show the world how cool dinosaurs are" I said looking down at her. "Well ah think this isn't gonna end well." She said looking back at the movie. I chuckled as we watched the movie. When the Movie was over Aj went to get a shower. I flipped in the news. I notice the metal box sitting on the table. I got up and walked towards it and opened it up. I flipped through the book "Okay, All this book has told me is how Celestia tough the natives how to grow crops and even how she came to this world. I already figured that out." I still flipped through the pages and came across a page that caught my eyes "She came to us one last day. She told us she wouldn't be coming back as her people needed her. She gave us one last gift, A gem. This gem would summon her if we needed her again." Matt rushed to his computer as he did some research on this gem. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Normal (P.O.V) Months went by and soon it was fall. Matt had looked for this gem and couldn't find it anywhere. He had many leads but all were dead ends. He gave up on the search and focused on the next eclipse. Matt was outside working on the barn door. Aj was feeding the horse's while he worked. Amber and Jack came pulling into the drive way. They both got out of there car as they walked over to the barn "Hey guys! How's the barn door coming along?" Amber asked. "Hey Amber." Matt said as he hammered the last nail into the door "I just finished." He placed his tools back into his tool box as he looked at the couple "What's brings you two here?" "We came to start getting this place ready for our wedding!" Amber said with a big smile. Matt chuckled "Your never did tell me where at on this farm your holding the wedding." "Well, I found this nice little spot out in the orchard that would be perfect for our wedding." "Alright, What do you need help with?" Matt asked walking up to the couple. "We need to set up the barn for the wedding reception." She pulled out a piece of paper out of her purses "We have so much to do before the wedding and this list will make sure we get everything done." Matt lowered his head as he sighed "I thought all i had to do was let you hold the wedding here?" "I thought you would be able to help us out since your such a nice guy." She said giving him her puppy dog eyes. Matt rolled his eyes "Alright, I'll help you out." She squealing for joy as she jumped around "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" She yelled hugging him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Be Continued