//------------------------------// // Chapter Seventeen: Dinner // Story: Equestria; UNDEAD // by runningtoastgirl77 //------------------------------// I lied down on the family room couch while everypony else chatted. I wasn't sure how I got this sick all of a sudden, but one thing I did know was that it sucked. I felt horrible, expecting to need to run to the bathroom any second now. "And then, the runway was on fire, the rainbows were spilled everywhere, the trainees were freaking out, and that was when I realized flight camp might not have been the best idea with a blowtorch," Strife laughed. "Needless to say my little butt was kicked out of Rainbowfalls." Whirlwind laughed. "You think that is bad? Oh, you haven't heard the story of when I was just starting at the weather factory! To get to the point, let's just say Canterlot had an unexpected thunderstorm in the middle of winter." "That was you?!" Strife laughed, snorting occasionally. "Your a riot, you know that Windy?" "Oh come on, I'm not that interesting..." "Are you kidding? This was fun, it's been a while since I've been able to sit down and actually talk to somepony." "Well, maybe we should talk some more sometime?" "Who knows... maybe." Morning Glory glanced over, sitting next to me on the couch reading a book. "You okay?" I asked her. She glanced to me with a blank stare. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then stopped and went back to reading. I wasn't sure why she was so silent all the time, but I figured she probably just had a rough life, or something like that. I never really talked to her that much, or at least as much as Grella. Truthfully, I didn't know who she was at all, most of the time she just silently read or stared out the window, fading into the background. "Ok, dinner is all done, hope ya'll like it!" Zian smiled, poking her head out from the doorway. She trotted over to me. "How are you feeling?" "I've been better." "Think you could eat some dinner?" "I don't know." I sighed, Strife, whirlwind, and Glory going into the kitchen. Zian trotted over to me on the couch. "It's probably just because the season's changing. Don't worry." I sat up. "Sure." "Autumn... is everything okay? You haven't said anything all the way back here. Is there something on your mind?" There was. My parents, Tea Rose, everything. The fucking apocalypse. The world I once knew was changing, and I didn't know if my boring old life would ever comeback, even for a bleak moment. I didn't know what was going to happen, not even if my family was still alive or not. I wasn't even sure if I would die tomorrow, or in a hundred years. I sighed, looking at Zian waiting for me to say something... anything. I smiled. "I'll be fine. I just have a bad headache. Come on, let's get some food." I trotted out to the kitchen with Zian, and sat between her and Whirlwind, who was still deep in conversation with Strife. "Don't get food like this in Cloudsdale, I'm guessing?" Strife smirked to Windy, who had his mouth full of potatoes. "Hey, I dare you to try to grow rood vegetables in the sky!" Whirlwind insisted. I smiled, glancing at the two while I got some food. I had never seen Whirlwind so happy since Mech died. He was finally enjoying himself. I looked to the other side of the table, and saw Grella getting together a very impatient Cherry's plate. Next to them was Buttercrisp and... Morning Glory. Morning Glory, however, seemed invested on glaring at Whirlwind and Strife while simultaneously gnawing on a roll. Zian smiled, "Enjoying your food, Autumn?" "Y...yeah." She frowned. "Something wrong, sweetie?" "No... nothing." "Okay. Remind me to get you some medicine for your headache after your done eating." "Alright." I picked up a forkful of cooked cabbage, staring at Morning Glory who's expression was a little... unnerving. "Although I think that I should do something first."