Chapter 8: An old Friend Returns (written by chrisharte97 and edited by yours truly)
“Mary?!” Edward exclaimed in udder surprise as he rubbed his eyes thinking that this was an illusion. “Is that really you?”
“Believe it Kenway it is truly me,” Mary replied to him.
“But how the Bloody Hell is this possible?” the Pirate Assassin asked his old friend still in a state of surprise. “Shouldn’t you be dead?”
“Aye, I should have been truly dead. But I was somehow given a second chance,” the British woman replied to her friend. “I guess there are some times a point in your life where it can start to become strange.”
‘Just like what is happening to my life right now,’ Edward thought to himself as he started to calm down a little just enough so he could introduce his old friend to his daughter. “Mary, this is my daughter Jennifer,” he said to her. “Jenny this is my old friend Mary Reed.”
“It is very nice to meet you Miss Reed,” Jenny greeted waving her hand.
“And you too Jenny,” Mary greeted the little girl. “Your father has told me a lot about you and your mother.”
“Have you father," she asked him in surprise.
“Of course I have Jenny,” Edward replied to his daughter as he remembered that he didn’t tell Mary much about his family.
“So Kenway, What do ya’ say we catch up on what has happened after we parted?” Mary asked him coming to his side putting a hand on his shoulder.
“I think we should,” Edward nodded as the three of them walked into the city. “So what actually happened when you got here?” he asked his old friend.
“Well, when I got here everything around was more modern than back in our time,” the female Assassin started to explain as they were walking down the path. “So I had noticed a shop and thought that I could find out where I was. She replied to me that I was in ‘Canterlot City’.”
“So Canterlot City is the name of this city,” the Pirate Assassin said looking around the city while they continued walking down the path.
“That’s right Kenway,” Mary nodded. “When I was about to leave the shop when six young girls came in, one had red and yellow striped hair, the others had either pink, blue, blond, rainbow, purple and a brighter pink colored hair."
Flashback...
Mary was about to leave the shop when six girls came walking in. One with pink hair noticed the female Pirate Assassin and suddenly blurted out, "Hi there! I'm Pinkie Pie are you new here to Canterlot City?” as she shook her hand very quickly.
“I… Um…” Mary tried to say after the girl known as Pinkie Pie let go of her hand and was shaken by that hand shake. “M-my… Name is… M-Mary R-Reed.”
“Forgive our friend Pinkie Pie Miss Reed,” the girl with purple hair said to her. “She is just hyper. My name is Rarity by the way, it’s nice to meet you.”
“And to you as well Miss Rarity,” Mary said to her. “And the rest of you are…”
“My names Applejack,” the blond haired girl greeted as she shook the female Pirate Assassin’s hand. “It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Reed.”
“I’m called Sunset Shimmer,” the girl with red and yellow striped hair said. “It is nice to meet you Miss Reed.”
“The name is Rainbow Dash,” the rainbow haired girl greeted.
“And I’m Fluttershy,” the bright pink haired girl said to her quietly in a way that she was shy.
“It’s nice to meet you all,” Mary greeted to them. “But I must go find a job here.”
“Well it would appear that you been sailing the seas all your life,” Rarity commented. “Have you?”
“Aye, I have,” she replied to the purple haired girl. “Is there a dock here in Canterlot city?”
“There sure is one,” Applejack replied to her. “We can show you where it is, if you want help finding the way there Miss Reed.”
Mary thought for moment seeing if she should require their help at all, but she knew that she didn’t know this city well so she then replied to them, “That would be nice, thank you,” as she followed the six girls down the road towards the city harbor.
End Flashback…
“So they led me here to the city harbor where I am now making some good and honest money for the past few months,” Mary finished as she, Edward and Jenny were still walking towards the local cafe.
“Well, they sound like nice girls,” Edward said to his old friend.
“They sure are,” she nodded as they finally reached their destination. “Here we are, this is Sugarcube Corner,” she then opened the door for Edward and his daughter. “Come now, I’ll buy you two a drink,” the Kenway duo then followed Marry inside the cafe.
“Ah… Miss Reed, how nice to see you again,” the woman with moderate raspberry and pale, light greyish raspberry hair greeted. “Who are these two with you?”
“Tis nice to see you too Mrs. Cake and this my old friend Edward Kenway and his daughter Jennifer,” Mary greeted to her as she introduced her old friend and his daughter to the the owner of the shop.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Cake," Edward greeted her.
"You too Mr. Kenway," Mrs. Cake said to the Pirate Assassin. "So, what can I get you three?"
"I think I'll take a Strawberry Smoothie please," Mary replied. "Kenway?"
"I think I'll try the same," Edward said as he then turned to his daughter. "And what about you Jenny?"
Jenny thought for a moment before asking Mrs. Cake, "Umm... What kind of drinks do you have here Mrs. Cake?"
"We have Strawberry, Banana, Chocolate and Vanilla smoothies, water and some lemonade Jenny," Mrs. Cake replied to the little girl.
"I think I'll take a Vanilla smoothie please," Jenny decided.
"Okay, two Strawberry smoothies and a Vanilla smoothie," Mrs. Cake said. "So that will be five dollars please." Mary then gave to cafe owner the five dollars.
As Mrs. Cake took the money she said, "Thank you, your drinks will be ready in a second."
"Thank you," Mary said to her as she lead Edward and Jenny to a table. "Come, have a seat," she said to them as they joined at the table.
"It seems that this place is more peaceful than the time we were in," Edward said to his old friend as the door opened. They looked at the door way and there was not just Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Sunset Shimmer, but also another white skinned person and it was a boy wearing a black cloak, white and blue sweater, shoes and pants and a blue mask.
"Hello girls," Mary said to them as they turned to look at her with smiles.
"Hey there Mary," Applejack greeted the female Pirate Assassin as she noticed Edward and Jenny. "Who are your friends?"
"Girls, this is my old friend Edward Kenway and his daughter Jennifer," Mary said introducing the girls to her old friend and his daughter. "Kenway, these are the girls I've told you about."
“It’s nice to meet you Mr. Kenway,” Rarity greeted Edward.
“And you too Ms. Rarity,” Edward said taking white girl’s hand and kissed it.
Rarity blushed at this and said with a giggle, “Oh you are such a gentleman.” as she took her hand back.
“Yeah, he has his way with women,” Mary stated, Edward chuckling in response.
“Um… Hi there Jenny, it nice to meet you,” Fluttershy greeted to the young lady. “My name is Fluttershy.”
“It is nice to meet you too Ms. Fluttershy,” Jenny said shaking the yellow girl’s hand gently.
"So, who is your friend?" Mary asked the girls. "I never seen him before."
"My name is White Lance Ms. Reed. I am Sunset Shimmer’s girlfriend," the boy replied to the female Pirate Assassin in an English accent as Sunset Shimmer blushed in embarrassment. "It is a pleasure to meet you in person."
"And to you as well White Lance," she said to him shaking his hand. "You must be new here to Canterlot City."
"No I have lived here for at least a year before you showed up," he said as he turned to Edward and Jenny. "So, you must be Edward Kenway, it is nice to meet you."
"Likewise," Edward said to him shaking the white boy's hand.
White Lance noticed that Jenny was looking at him with a frightened, but said to her kindly, "It's alright Jenny, I won't hurt you." as he held out his hand to her.
Jenny felt much better after she reached out and touched White Lance's hand.
“See little Jenny?” White Lance smiled to the little girl. “I won’t hurt you.” Jenny then smiled back.
Just then, Mrs. Cake arrived with the smoothies that Mary, Edward, and Jenny ordered and said to them, "Here you go two strawberry smoothies and a vanilla smoothie."
"Thank you Mrs. Cake," Mary thanked as Mrs. Cake passed out the smoothies to them.
“You’re welcome,” she said as walked back to the counter leaving the three with the others.
“Hey, Sunset,” White Lance said to his girlfriend. “We have to meet up with Captain Planet, Indigo, and Mystery Mint for practice.”
“Oh yeah! Nice meeting you again Mary, and meeting you to Edward and Jenny,” Sunset Shimmer said to the three.
“To you as well Miss Shimmer,” Edward said as both the red and yellow haired girl and white skinned boy walked out of cafe.
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Meanwhile…
Twilight was in her library desperately looking through all of her books trying to find a spell allowing her to find Edward and Jenny. She had been relentlessly doing this ever since her return to Equestria.
"Ugh... Where is it, where is it!?" the lavender Alicorn said scrolling through the pages of one of her books with her magic. "The spell should be in one of these books, I just have to find it."
“You okay there Twi?” Spike asked looking at her with a concern in his reptilian eyes.
“No, I’m trying to find the book that has the spell which will allow me to find where Edward and Jenny are,” Twilight groaned dropping the book on to the floor as she layed on her back and covered her face with her hooves in defeat. “But I just can’t find it.”
The purple Dragon walked up to her as he said to her, “I’m sure we’ll find a way to find them. We just have to be patient.”
The lavender Alicorn started crying just as she and Spike heard a knock on the door and she said to who was at the door, “*Sniff* C-come in.”
The door opened and there stood Zecora, who upon seeing the disheveled Twilight on the floor, gave pause in concern for her friend. She set her saddlebag and staff down next to the door, and went over towards Spike to help comfort the crestfallen mare.
"Pray tell, Twilight," she began, while gently lifting her chin to have the Alicorn look upon the zebra's face. "What is the problem that gives you endless plight?"
While whipping away the leftover tears on her cheeks, Twilight replied, "Oh... *Sniff* Hello Zecora, I... Well, I'm just looking for something to help me find some friends."
“Ah, the two who you made friends, are surprisingly just around a bend,” the Zebra said.
“W-what do you mean by that Zecora?” the Alicorn mare asked getting up slowly.
“To the mirror you have to go,” Zecora said simply. “There, more you will know.”
“The mirror?” Twilight asked as the zebra walked out the library. ‘Maybe Edward and Jenny are on the other side of the magic mirror.’ Then she remembered something that may have an effect on getting to Edward and Jenny. "But the Magic Mirror can't open until another few moons," she gasped feeling that she may have to wait until she can see Edward and Jenny again. She fell back down to the floor and began to cry again.
“Don’t worry Twilight,” Spike said trying to reassure her. “I’m sure we can find a way to go through the mirror soon.”
Twilight then got back up and said to him, “Well, I think that I’ll have to wait for twenty-seven moons to see them again.” Feeling really depressed she slowly walked up to her room thinking that she may never see Edward again, unaware that fate had a curveball ready to bring the two back together again.
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Back with Edward…
As Edward and his daughter were given a tour of the city by Mary’s new friends, he was still thinking of Twilight and how he and Jenny were going to reunite with her.
“And here is Canterlot High,” Applejack said to the Pirate Assassin showing him and his daughter the school.
He looked straight at the school seeing the size of building. “Oh, this is very impressive,” he said sounding like he was somewhat amazed by the school. “And you five go to this school?”
“Why of course darling,” Rarity replied to him. “It is the best high school in this city.”
Just then three girls came up to them; one was was white like Rarity and White Lance, but had pink and light purple hair, another was yellow with red hair, and the other was orange with a much more pinkish purple.
“Rarity, can you and Applejack help us with our homework please?” the white one asked Rarity.
“Oh, I’m sorry Sweetie Belle,” Rarity replied to her sadly. “We’re busy show some friends of Mary Reed’s here around the city right now.”
She then turned to Edward and Jenny and said, “Edward, Jenny, this is my little sister Sweetie Belle, Applejack’s little sister Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo. Girls this is Mary’s friend Edward Kenway and her daughter Jennifer.”
“It is a pleasure to meet you three girls,” Edward greeted the three young women.
“And you too Mr. Kenway,” Apple Bloom said to him as she noticed Jenny was hiding behind him shyly. “Hi there Jennifer.”
“It’s okay Jenny,” Edward reassured to his daughter. “You can say hello.”
Jenny appeared from behind her father looking at the girls which were about the same age as her and greeted, “H-hello there, it’s nice to meet you three.”
“And you too Jennifer,” Sweetie Belle said kindly. “Will you be joining our school today?”
Jenny looked up at her father and Edward did the same thing to her, but after a few seconds of starring at each other, Edward replied for his daughter, “Aye, I believe she will be attending your school for now.”
“Then may I suggest you go and see Principle Celestia about that, if she can make that possible that is,” Fluttershy said to them. "You can find her in the Main Office."
"Very well then," Edward nodded as he and Jenny walked into the school a right there was a sign that said 'Main Office' he then opened the door noticing another white skinned woman with a pastel spectrum of green, purple, pink and blue was looking at some papers.
"Excuse me," the Pirate Assassin commented to her as the woman looked at him and his daughter.
"Oh hello there," she greeted to them. "Can I help you two?"
"Are you Principle Celestia by chance?" Edward asked.
"That is my name," she replied.
"I would like to enlist my daughter Jennifer here into your school, if it’s possible," the Pirate Assassin requested as his daughter appeared behind him.
"Of course Canterlot High is always accepting new students," the principle of the school nodded handing out a piece of paper to Edward. "Has she ever attended school before?"
“Yes miss,” Jenny replied. “Though it was cut short in favor of reuniting with my father.”
The principle nodded in understanding, and began to look through a few papers on her desk. She then paused while looking at the calendar and said, “I’m so sorry sir, but I can’t enlist her this late in the school year.”
“Oh,” Jenny sighed sadly. “That’s too bad. I would’ve liked to learn from this place.”
Celestia then put on a friendly smile and replied, “However, feel free to join in our upcoming events. I assure you that you won’t be disappointed by this school’s talent.”
“Thank you again miss,” Edward replied.
“It was my pleasure to speak with you,” she replied. “And let me be the first to welcome you to Canterlot City.”