"Your giving this to me"
Cotten Candy let off a smile that seemed to illuminate the whole room. " Yep!" Cottens smile grew even bigger.
" Thanks," Ice Drop looked down at the floor and a tear fell from his eye. Cotten Candy approached him and laid down in-front of him. He poked at him with his muzzle.
" Hey kid, everything ok?" Ice Drop sniffled and looked away from him.
" Yeah, i'm fine. I'm just going to go back to the homing building." Cotten Candy got back up and moved out of the way of Ice Drop.
" You sure you want to go?" Cotten looked slightly confused and disappointed
" Ya, i'm sure." Ice Drop moved for the door and Cotten joined him at his side. Once they had reached the front door, Cotten waved goodbye to Ice Drop and saw him take to the homing building.
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Later that day
Ice Drop and Scootaloo were talking about there past relations in their room. They had been talking it through from last of the day and decided that it be best that they don't get back together. They had stopped when they had heard the parents talking to two other adults outside the room.
" There is no reason to see inside that room. There is nothing there." The male parent was trying to sound as persuasive as possible.
" If there isn't anything there, than why don't you want us to see whats in it." The voice sounded familiar to Ice Drop but he was unable to figure it out.
" Im sorry sir, there is just nothing that you could ever possible want behind here." The bickering went on for another few minutes and the two were starting to get mad at each other.
....
" Hey Scootaloo, whats going on."
" Heck if I know. Check it out." The two were giving each other weird looks before Ice thought of something better to do.
" I have a better idea." Ice Drop grabbed one of the sheets off the bed." Wrap this around you.
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The parent was almost yelling at the stallion that was trying to see behind the door when it opened. "Hey! Whats going on out here. Were busy." Scootaloo was hardly suppressing the laughs already but when she saw there faces she burst." Im sorry Ice, but I can't keep it in." Ice poked his head out of the doorway and started laughing himself. The male parent had had a blankest expression ever but started blush as he realized how he had been fooled. The female parent was still covering her eyes. The other two were just staring when Ice Drop found out who they were.
Cotten was wearing a suite over his perfect white coat and had brushed back his Pink and green hair which made his green eyes sparkle with more life that ever before. Derpy still looked like Derpy and had not bothered to Dress up at all. She actually looked disappointed that she hadn't.
" Hey Cotten. Hey Derpy." They just waved back at him as Scootaloo dropped the sheet and threw it back on the bed. "Whatcha doing?" Cotten Candy snapped out of his trance as he realized that what just happened was a prank.
" Im here to pick you up!" Cotten had one of his genuine grins going as he moved towards them.
" What about Scootaloo?" He looked over at Derpy.
"That's why she's here." Scootaloo hoped on ever to Derpy who took her up in a warm hug." Come on kid. You have a new home to go to."
" A new home? I don't know." Ice Drop looked depressed at the idea of going to another home.
" Why not? Isn't this what you wanted?"
Ice Drop hesitated before answering the question. All of his previous caretakers. What did all of them have in common? Will Cotten do the something that they all did? Will this just lead to another home that he wants to escape from? The questions flowed slower than honey in his brain and he couldn't find an answer to the questions.
"I'll take that as a yes! Were ready to go. These are the two we wanted." The parent led them to the front desk of the homing building. There were two chairs on either side of the desk and their were only a few ponies lined up to see the pictures of the ponies living there from a book on a short stand. Two couples was pointing at Scootaloo as they were clearly disappointed that she was being taken. A third and single parent was looking at Ice Drop. They both looked similar but the stallion seemed to be looking for somepony specific.
Ice Drop went to get Scootaloo attention and when they looked back there were two ponies that looked like Ice Drop. The second that had appeared looked like Ice Drop just as well. They were both standing together, seeming to admire Ice like no one else ever had.
Ice Drop walked up to them. Time felt like it stopped once he was close enough to them to physically touch them. They both lowered their heads to be level with his. The male who he could see was his father kissed the top of his head and Ice closed his eyes. The male started to talk," I am sorry for what I put you through Ice. And, I understand if you never want to see me again. Lucky you since you probably never will." Ice Drop seared.
" I see. Your leaving me again already and you've only been here for a single minute. I guess I never needed you that much anyway."
"You'll understand in the future." He opened his eyes and his father was gone. His mom started to slowly vanish from in front of him.
" He still loves you and so do I," with that she dissipated from his sight. Everything started to resume and Cotten Called him over.
The parents slid two clipboards to Cotten and said, " You'll ned to sign these to get full possession, that is, if they agree to go with you. Ice Drop will also need to sign. The same was happening next to them with Dinky and Scootaloo. Cotten signed the paper and gave it to Ice. He just lingered over it for the moment and had a lifeless look to him. He clearly wasn't getting along with the idea of having another dad very well. He reluctantly signed the papers and looked defeated.
Cotten looked thrilled. " Yay, I have a, I mean another son!" Cotten was bouncing off the floor." Hurry up. We have to pick Dinky and Sugar, who may I remind you is your new brother, up from Sugar Cube Corner!"
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They were right outside Sugar Cube Corner. It was around five O' clock and christmas was nearing it's end. Cotten opened up the door and the room was chaos. A bright pink pony was running around the room, chasing after four foals. Two were just babies while the other two were Dinky and sugar. They were all over the place and making a mess of everything. Cotten Candy went to grab sugar while Ditzy went to do the same with Dinky. They were giving them stern looks( Or as stern as Ditzy can get) and the pink pony had grabbed the two younger foals. Cotten Let sugar go and he went to go stand by Ice Drop.
" Hi Pinkie, you having a good hearths warming?"
"Yep, it's been a blast," Pinkie was slightly sweating and looked famished," I just love taking care of the cakes children. Same with yours. Their so much fun." Ice Drop went up to the winged foal. He appeared to be male. Ice tipped him with his muzzle. " Careful Ice Drop, he is a very worthy opponent." She was giving the small colt a 'fight me' look and he gave out a growling sound. Ice went back to his original spot next to Sugar.
Cotten joined back into the conversation." We must be going Pinkie, but before so, can you get me some muffins?"
"Any thing for you Cotten."
"Thanks."
"Here you go." Pinkie had seemed to have had a whole box of muffins ready. Cotten Dropped a few bits on the counter. Pinkie kept wearing a warm smile and took the bits. She also winked at him. Cotten said his goodbyes and the six of us left the story leaving Pinkie and the foal to go on with their daily lives.
Once we had arrived at Cotten house, Cotten had leaned down to whisper something to sugar who in return nodded and went in. Along with him went Dinky leaving Cotten, Derpy and Ice Drop and Scootaloo outside. " Wait just one second, they are preparing something." There was a loud thumping on the door and Cotten gave the two a sign telling them that they could go in.
The inside of the house was decorated with several different items ranging from balloons to streamers. Pinkie was siting behind a table that had cake and punch on it. In the left corner of the room was a tree that touched the roof of the room. Cotten walked in behind Ice Drop and Ditzy flew over to the tree to see to that Dinky didn't open any of the several presents that were under it. " Here in a minute were going to open presents!" He let off a smile that would be a good competitor for Pinkies. " There are some for you. Sugar and Dinky have been waiting for this all day so lets not keep them waiting."
Cotten led Ice Drop over to the tree where Dinky and Sugar were waiting. Soon came Scootaloo who looked as exited as ever. " Lets let Ice Drop and Scootaloo grab their presents first. Do you find that a good idea Ditzy?" She nodded and Cotten prodded Scootaloo and Ice Drop closer to the tree. Scootaloo immediately went and found the first one with her name on it. Ice took things slowly. The first box he saw had his name on it so he slowly grabbed it with his mouth and looked over at Cotten, looking for approval. He nodded speedily and waited for him to open the gift.
Scootaloo had already opened the one she had found and inside was a saddle bag. Her face lit up ( even though she didn't have any particular want for this item) at her first present from Ditzy and Cotten. Ice Drop had started to peel the paper away from his and found that underneath it all was a game of RISK: THE GAME OF GLOBAL DOMINATION. The game looked very interesting to him and Ice tried to open it but found that the box was sealed shut. " You can't open it yet ice Drop. We have to open all the presents first." Cotten had found himself to be funny and was laughing at his comment ( But this is a third person story so we will not know).
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Later that night, Ice Drop was laying on his new bed. He left a little early to come to his room and see what surprises that were hidden within. He found it strange that for a family of two, they would have so much space to live in. It felt like Cotten had be planning on adopting another child or having one himself. Soon, he found himself pondering on who Sugars mom had been. Sugar had a pasty white coat. Hence the name sugar. It did seem to have a small amount of color to it. It was to hard to tell what it leaned on but it wasn't a pure white likes Cottens. Ice left the room to find Cotten and ask him.
Wondering the hallways was incredibly confusing. Yet again, big house, small family. Ice was right outside Cotten Candy's room and could hear the breathing of two ponies. He figured the second was from Sugar being in the room with his dad. When he went in, he found that Cotten and Ditzy were in the corner together sleeping together on a thin sheet. The floor was carpeted so it probably wasn't to uncomfortable. Ditzy was resting her head on Cottens shoulder and Cotten had a wing around her.
Ice Drop suddenly added a confused face to his list. Since when did Cotten have wings? After a good moments thought, he realized that Cotten had always been wearing some sort of clothing and none of them had places for wings. Maybe he didn't like people to see them. Ice Drop went up closer to get a better view. His wings seemed to be a bit larger than most and had several random blue dots that were oh so slowly expanding as he fell further into his sleep. The spots were almost the size of his hoof when they instantly shrank by a large sum. Cotten started to mutter and his eyes started to flutter. Ice raced back to his room and hoped that he hadn't seen him.
That blue seemed like such a familiar color.