//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Deja Vu // by GunsNRoses365 //------------------------------// As the Morning sun rose over Equestria, Lightning Twister slept peacefully in his bed. His eyes began to open when the sunlight shined upon them. Rubbing his eyes and sitting up in his bed, he stretched a little bit before turning to the right to see if Scootaloo was awake yet. However he saw that she wasn't there. She must have gotten up early this morning. After a moment of waking up, Lightning left the bed and went downstairs. When he arrived at the living room he was greeted with a pleasant scent coming from the kitchen. Going through the kitchen door he smiled when saw Scootaloo cooking several delicious Pancakes while humming a cheerful tune to herself. He continued to smile when he also saw Blaze and Melody sitting at the table waiting patiently. "Good Morning everyone." Lightning said happily catching the attention of everyone in the room. "Morning, Lightning!" Scootaloo said happily, "Take a seat at the table, I'll be ready with breakfast in a minute." Lightning did as he was told and sat down at the table beside the kids. "Good Morning you two, did you both sleep well?" He asked them with a smile. Both children smiled in response and nodded their heads. Scootaloo then came over to the table and set pancakes down in front of everyone. "Alright everypony, dig in." She said cheerfully as she sat down next to Lightning. Blaze put some syrup on his pancakes and took a bite he smiled as he swallowed the first bite. "Wow, these are delicious, Scootaloo." He said happily as he ate another bite. Scootaloo smiled pleasantly and said, "Thank you, Blaze." The young colt took another bite and swallowed it before looking at his sister. "They're very good aren't they, Melody?" he asked he as she smiled and nodded her head in response. Lightning smiled as everyone was enjoying breakfast. He then saw Scootaloo looking at him with a soft smile on her face. He knew she was still thinking about adopting Blaze and Melody, it was as if she was telling him this is what the future would be like if they adopted them. Blaze and Melody would be happy and would never have to worry about being alone again, and Lightning and Scootaloo would be the proud parents of two very sweet and innocent children. Lightning then remembered last night, he remembered his hesitance to adopt Blaze and Melody it was if something was telling it would not be a good idea to adopt them. He could only hope that Fluttershy would point him in the right direction when he visited her later. After everyone was finished with breakfast, Lightning quickly washed the dishes and went into the Living room where he saw Scootaloo putting a jacket on both Blaze and Melody since they were all about to leave the house. She tossed Lightning his jacket and then put her own on. It was then that Blaze finally spoke up with curiosity. "Where are we going, Scootaloo?" He asked the mare in front of him. "Well," Scootaloo began "I'm going to go see the doctor to see why I haven't been feeling so well for the past few days. You two are going to go with, Lightning, because he's going to take you to see someone very special to him. Lightning stared at her in shock she must have know that he was taking them to see Fluttershy. He then saw Blaze and Melody in front of him with curious looks on they're faces. Lightning looked back at Scootaloo who giggled and winked at her husband before stepping outside. "Who are we going to see, Lightning?" Blaze asked him. Looking back at the children in front of him he said, "We're going to go see my mother, I know she'll want to meet you." Hearing about seeing a new pony Melody began to get scared ever since she was bullied by the children at the orphanage she was scared about meeting anypony new. Lightning and Blaze saw the fear in the little filly's eyes and Lightning gave her a soft smile. "Don't be scared Melody, my mother is one of the Kindest mares you will ever meet." He said to her in a reassuring tone of voice. Melody began to tremble a little bit but she gave Lightning a shaky nod of her head. Lightning figured she would calm down when she actually met his mother. The three of them went outside to see Scootaloo standing there waiting for them. "Well there ya'll are what took ya so long?" She asked as she giggled at them. Lightning simply chuckled and rolled his eyes at his wife's playfulness. He went over to her as she smiled at him. "I better get going, I'll see all of you later." She said sweetly before she and Lightning leaned in to each other to share a quick kiss. After the kiss was broken, Lightning, and the children waved goodbye at. Scootaloo turned around and flew into town. Once she was out of sight, Lightning bent down and extended one of his wings. "Climb on my back kids, we'll get to my mothers house much faster if we fly." he said to them. Blaze and Melody nodded their heads and jumped onto Lightning's back. Blaze went up first and then helped melody up. Once they were settled safely on his back, Lightning took off towards his destination. After about five minutes, Lightning saw a small cottage in the distance. The children saw it as well and looked around at what they saw. They could see a small river and bridge at the front of the cottage. They also saw a chicken coop as well as the terrifying Everfree forest. They were both told by their parents that the Everfree forest was completely off limits and they were to never go in there. Looking back at the cottage they could see a mare waving at them. Lightning smiled at the pony and made his way down to the ground. Once he landed safely on the ground, he let the children off of his back and they both ran behind him when they saw the mare a few feet away from them. Lightning went towards the mare and the children heard a very soft voice coming from her. "Oh, Lightning. It's great to see you." She said sweetly to the young stallion. Lightning wrapped a foreleg around the mare as she did the same. "Hi, Mom." Lightning said softly as he nuzzled his mother. "How's Scootaloo, doing?" The mare asked her son. "She's doing okay, but she hasn't been feeling all week so she went to the doctor while I came here." "Oh my goodness," The mare replied in shock. "I hope she feels better soon. I just finished feeding the animals, please come inside." The mare said sweetly as she turned around only to feel a hoof on her shoulder. "Wait, Mom," Lightning quickly said to her, "before we go in there are some ponies I want to introduce you to." Stepping aside, Lightning revealed Blaze and Melody. The second they saw the mare they ran back behind Lightning. Lightning turned around and tried to comfort the scared children. "It's alright, kids, I promised you that my mother is very nice, have I broken a promise to either of you yet?" he asked them gently The kids shook their heads in response to his question. "Then I want you to trust me when I say that my Mother is not going to hurt you, I promise, now please come out I'm right here beside both of you." Lightning said softly as he turned back to his mother. The children stepped out from behind Lightning and stood in front of him where they were face to face Lightning's mother who looked at the children in shock. after making sure the children didn't run behind him again, Lightning cleared his throat and made the introductions. "Mom, I want you to meet, Blaze and Melody, Scootaloo and I are going to be looking after them for a little while." He said to his mother before looking at he children. "Blaze, Melody, this is my mother, Fluttershy." He said to them. Fluttershy continued to stare at the children as Lightning waited for somepony to something. After a moment of Silence Melody's shyness and fear of other ponies got the best of her as she ran back behind Lightning. This action broke everyone out of uncomfortable silence. Fluttershy stepped towards little Melody and reached a hoof out to touch her. Blaze wanted to stop her but Lightning placed a gentle hoof on him, letting him know that everything was fine. Tears fell from Melody's eyes and she began to tremble and whimper as Fluttershy finally touched her and began to softly rub her back. "Shh...It's okay little one, I promise, I'm not going to hurt you." She said gently hoping to calm the little filly down. Melody continued to whimper and shake as Fluttershy stroked her back while wearing the softest of smiles. Lightning turned around and watched the scene as Blaze laid down beside his little sister and nuzzled her. "It's okay, Mel, she's not gonna hurt you, she's a nice pony." He whispered in her ear, trusting Fluttershy." Melody began to calm down a little bit as Fluttershy stroked her back. Eventually she calmed down and found enough courage to step a little bit closer to Fluttershy. Fluttershy smiled at both of the children before saying, "It's very nice to meet both of you." Blaze softly smiled as Melody gave her a small smile. After a few minutes of everypony getting to know each other, Fluttershy showed the children around the cottage and introduced them to all of her animals. Soon Fluttershy went inside while Blaze and Melody played together outside. Both she and Lightning watched them through a window with soft smiles on their faces. However the happy moment was soon broken when Fluttershy began to speak to her son. "The children are very sweet, Lightning, but would care to tell me why they are with you and not they're parents." Lightning froze up when he heard his mother say that. He knew she would want to know what happened. After letting out a heavy sigh he began to explain the children's problem. he explained that their parents died in a carriage accident and about how they were mistreated and bullied at the orphanage. He then explained the last night when he found them and took them in. Fluttershy had small tears coming down her face hearing the children's story and she hugged Lightning. "Oh, Lightning," She began "I'm so sorry to hear about all that happened to those two sweet little children. If you hadn't found them and taken them in who knows what would have happened if they stayed out there all alone. I'm so proud of you, Lightning you've become a very kind and caring young stallion." Lightning returned his mothers hug with a small smile on his face. The two eventually broke the hug and watched the children play outside until Fluttershy spoke once again. "Alright, Lightning you and I both know you didn't come here just to introduce the children to me, Somethings bothering you, what is it?" Lightning stared at his mother with his eyes wide and mouth hanging wide open. "H-how did you!?" He stammered dumbfounded that his mother was able to figure out that something was bothering. Fluttershy giggled and said, "Lightning, I'm your mother, I know when something's bothering you. Now, will you tell me whats wrong?" Lightning let out a sigh and said, "Scootaloo, wants to adopt Blaze and Melody." Fluttershy looked at her son curiously as she gave him another look letting him know to tell her more. "Scootaloo thinks that since we have taken them in and that they trust us as well, we should adopt them." Fluttershy looked put a hoof on her sons cheek and gently moved his head to where he was looking at her. "Scootaloo cares about them, and you care about them too don't you?" She asked him. Lightning nodded his head in response to her question. "Then I don't any reason why you shouldn't adopt them." Fluttershy said softly "But, Mom, we just met them last night what if we aren't ready to be parents yet?" Lightning asked quickly Fluttershy simply shook her head and said, "Lightning, I want you to think about something." Lightning fell silent as his mother continued speaking to him. "Lightning when I first found you, you were just like these children, cold, scared, and alone, with nopony around to care for you. When you had a nightmare that first night, and I held you in my hooves and sang you to sleep like you were my own child, I knew that I cared about you and I knew I wanted to be the one to take care of you. Even after I found out that you had a father, didn't I promise that I would still take care of you?" Lightning nodded his head in response. "What I'm saying, sweetie, is just because you just met them, doesn't mean that they don't have a special place in your heart, and it doesn't mean that you can't love and care for them like they were your own." Lightning felt small tears form in his eyes as a new thought entered his mind. A painful thought that he wished he would never think. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked worryingly. "Mom, what if I'm just like my father?" He asked small tears came down his cheeks. Fluttershy gasped and then gave Lightning the stare. "Lightning Twister, I don't ever want to hear you say that again, do you understand me!?" She snapped sternly. Lightning shrunk under his mothers infamous stare. She has only used on him in the past when he was in trouble and when she scolded him. Even though he was a grown stallion he still shrunk under the eyes that made a dragon cry and a cockatrice run away. "You are nothing like that horrible stallion." Fluttershy snapped before softening her gaze and giving her son a soft smile. "Your kind, caring, selfless, and a loving husband, I know you would be a great father too." Lightning simply stared at his mother and closed his eyes. "I don't know Mom," He said "How can you be so confident?" Fluttershy wrapped a foreleg around her son and nuzzled his cheek. "Because I believe in you, my sweet little one." She said sweetly Lightning finally smiled and wrapped a foreleg around Fluttershy. The two soon broke the hug and Fluttershy kissed her son on the forehead as she smiled at him. Blaze and Melody eventually came inside and saw the two ponies. They saw the small tear stains on Lightning's face and went over to him. What happened next left Lightning in shock. Melody climbed up lightning and wrapped her little forelegs around his neck while Blaze wrapped his around Lightning's waist. Lightning felt fresh tears form in his eyes but he quickly brushed them away with his hoof and wrapped one foreleg around Blaze and the other around Melody. "Blaze, Melody" He said to them as thy each looked at him. "How would you both like to stay with me and, Scootaloo." Blaze and Melody looked at Lightning in shock before Melody spoke up "Would you be our Mommy and Daddy?" Lightning felt tears flow down his cheeks again before nodding his head. "Yes, Melody, we will be your Mommy and Daddy." Those words made both Blaze and Melody cry but not tears of Sadness but Happiness. They each hugged Lightning once more as Fluttershy watched on proudly. The trio soon left Fluttershy's cottage and went back home. When they entered they saw Scootaloo waiting for them in the living room. She went up to them and kissed Lightning before speaking. "So how did everything go?" Lightning chuckled and replied, "Everything went fine." He then leaned in and whispered into her ear, "We'll go sign the adoption papers tomorrow." A huge smile formed on Scootaloo's face and tears ran down her cheeks as The Kids looked at her in confusion. "Mommy, why are you crying?" Melody asked. Hearing Melody call her "Mommy" made more tears fall from Scootaloo's eyes. She shook her head and said, "Nothing, sweetie." She then looked at Lightning and wrapped her forelegs around him. "Thank you, Lightning. I know we're going to be great parents." She said softly to him to him before looking him into the eyes. "Your welcome," He replied "What did the doctor say about you, are you alright?" Even more tears fell from Scootaloo's eyes as she answered the question. "Lightning," She said softly "Something wonderful has happened." Lightning looked at her in confusion, Blaze and Melody looked at her as well as she started to cry. "Lightning....I'm pregnant." It was now Lightning's turn to cry. Hearing those words made tears come from his eyes. But as he cried he had a smile on his face. However he said nothing to his wife in response. Instead he pulled her into a deep passionate kiss. Scootaloo wrapped her forelegs around Lightning's head, not wanting him to brake the Kiss so quickly. The two did eventually brake the Kiss and Lightning pulled his new family into a group hug. The new family now cried tears of happiness together. Lightning and Scootaloo cried over having two new children and with a third on the way, and Blaze and Melody cried over having new loving Parents. They all then looked out the window at the beautiful setting sun with smiles on their faces.