//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Jason is not allowed to return home // Story: The Boeing 777 owner and the Alicorn: Volume I // by Island_Dancer96 //------------------------------// It was another quiet morning in Galveston. Jason was in his planes office reading a book when Twilight trotted into the room. "This package came in for you Jason." Twilight said trotting over to him with an orange envelope in her mouth. "Thank you, Twilight." Jason said taking the envelope from her and setting it down on the desk. "Twilight, there's more books in my room, one's already open." He said. "You're letting me read your books Jason?!?" Twilight asked grinning. "Go knock yourself out." Jason said. Twilight streaked out of the room, squealing like a fanatic. Jason chuckled at the enthusiasm of the Alicorn, "I knew I loved you for a reason, Twilight." "Okay, let's see what this is about." Jason said to himself as he opened the envelope. In the large yellow envelope, he saw that the first white envelope was from his former aunt. "My aunt Matilda? Why would my former aunt be writing to me after I got tossed out of the house and the family? I'd better read this." Jason said to himself. He opened the orange envelope and took out the white envelope. He then took out a letter opener from his desk and opened the envelope. He took the letter out and started reading. Dear Jason, This is to inform you that from complications from a recent surgery, your former mother Coleen Sanford died 3 weeks ago. On her deathbed, your mother said that after a joint discussion with the remnants of the Sanford family, your mother has decided that you are not allowed to return home. Our family was already falling apart over your sister dying, and your parents divorcing, with your ex father moving to Sitka, Alaska to work for Exxon Mobil and your ex mother being suspended from her job in Texas City. You celebrated your sisters death for annoying you, instead of stopping the party you worked to put together like your mother told you to, you went ahead and had the party anyway. Even though you were kicked out of the family, you will still retain the Sanford name. You can rename yourself if you wish. Included with this letter is the $980 that rested with your now closed bank account and the $790 that rested with your sisters closed bank account. Never to be heard from again, Your former aunt, Matilda Sanford P.S. Your mother sold the house 3 weeks before she had the surgery, so I'm living in it but your uncle Joshua is living in my house and your ex father severed all ties with the family completely. Included in the orange envelope is a letter from your mother. Jason sighed as put the letter from his former aunt on the desk. He picked up the orange envelope, and dug deeper into it and found three more envelopes. He opened the first two envelopes and found the $980 and the $790 mentioned in the letter from his former aunt. "Looks like all the money is here." Jason said to himself after he counted the money. As he put the money back in the envelopes, and put the envelopes in his desk drawer, and closed it, he saw the third envelope out of the corner of his left eye. "Mother...." Jason snarled as he read who the envelope was from. Using his letter opener, he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter and began reading. Dear Jason, On the morning of March 23rd, our family's lives were devastated. I told you to stop celebrating your sisters death since before she was diagnosed with her condition, she annoyed you to no end like you said. I told you to stop the party, and you chose not to. You disobeyed me and celebrated anyway. On my behalf, I would like to say that I will never forgive you for celebrating your sisters death. I felt that you were not sad at your sisters funeral, and your faked sadness was just a mask hiding your true feelings towards your sister, resentment towards her and joy that she died. I hope you're happy, Jason, you had your fun, and your party. You insignificant piece of humanity, don't call me, write to me, think of me, or even visit me, because you and I, we are no longer mother and son, and never will be again! Never bother me again, ever! Your former mother, Coleen Sanford. "You blasted woman!! It's because of you and your discipline that I got tossed out of my house!!" Jason roared. Jason's face turned crimson red and in a fit of rage, he crumpled up the letter in his hands and threw it across the room. It bounced off the wall rolled across the floor a few feet and stopped. "Well, at least I got to throw that party, and I still have all of my possessions." Jason said forcing a smile on his face. "Jason is everything alright?" Twilight asked, poking her head into the room. "Twilight, meet me in our room, there's something I need to tell you." Jason said, walking out of the room. "Okay." Twilight replied. "Twilight?" Jason asked. "Yeah?" She asked. "Twilight, me taking your in when I did, me not taking care of you isn't my style, ever since what happened to my sister..." Jason said. "Your sister?" Twilight asked confused. "Meet me in our room, there's something I need to tell you." Jason said. Once in Jason's room, the two started talking. "Twilight, it was just another weekday, I had turned 15 years old just a day ago. I had only had my plane for just over a month, my plane was once a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER, one of a few that the airline retired after the flight 38 incident. But a family friend was able to acquire it before it was scrapped, and using our lottery winnings we were able to have it converted to the way it is now and we were able to get some training materials and an operating manual for the plane. I was at school, I attended Ball High School at the time, and my sister Tiffany was at school too, she was in middle school. It was just after lunch when my dad came and picked me up. He drove me to the hospital. When I stepped into that building, my whole world imploded." Jason said. "What happened?" Twilight asked. "Twilight, I was NOT prepared for what I saw when I stepped into the exam room. My mom was bawling her eyes out. My dad took me aside and he said that my sister had an unknown medical condition that was not only untreatable, but was life threatening AND life limiting. She only had two months to live. The night after we got back from the hospital, my sister threw a temper tantrum about the fact that I was still in perfect health and I had my whole life ahead of me, while she was dying." Jason said. "Jason, I had no idea you went through so much..." Twilight gasped. "Yeah, it was so sudden, I was not expecting that AT ALL Twilight! My parents argued about my sister and she was still throwing her fit. So I went to the beach to get away from it all. Then, one morning, those two months later, we were about to eat breakfast, but I already started eating. Meanwhile my parents walked into Tiffany's room, and she was gone. She died. The whole family was grief stricken. I couldn't bear to see my family upset, so I took my 777 and I went flying. I didn't know my sister was dead, but when I got back from flying that afternoon, the reality of what happened that morning finally sank in. But my parents pulled me out of school the week after my sister died, since my grades were deteriorating and I kicked a bully in the face." "Your parents pulled you out of school?" Twilight asked. "Yes, mainly because my grades were deteriorating and in self defense, I spin kicked a bully in the face with my foot. After I got pulled out of school, one afternoon, I was reading a book when I overheard that my mom had decreed that once I turned 18, I would go live on my plane, I protested, and we argued. The next 3 years without my sister were quiet, while my parents were at work, I made numerous trips to the beach. And just two days after I turned 18, I got my M1A. And it was then that I got tossed out of my house. After what happened, I vowed to never think about, write to, call, or even visit the remnants of my family ever again! I severed ties and all contact with them.." "Jason.." Twilight soothed, rubbing his back with a wing. Jason went on explaining how he was a recluse until she magically appeared on his plane and how she changed his life. Twilight sat by Jason's side, occasionally stroking his back with a wing. And Twilight explained how she was under so much pressure, and how she just wanted to live like everypony else and how she didn't want those wings in the first place. For Jason, that confirmed what he had been feeling, that Twilight becoming an alicorn was a bad idea from the start.