//------------------------------// // Thunderlane's Responsibilty // Story: The New Colt // by The JGBrony1875 //------------------------------// After minutes of searching, the crusaders spotted a group of three colts. Colts that they recognized but the exception of one, which was the gray-Pegasus colt. They walked towards the group, they've gotten close enough for the colts to notice them, they smiled and waved. "So how are ya' boys doin'?" Apple Bloom greeted, "Anythin' different goin' on with ya'll?" she asked, the colts shook there heads except for Rumble. "No everything's been the same with us, except that we have a new friend here," Featherweight points his hoof towards the grey-pegasus colt, "His name is Rumble by the way." Featherweight said, Rumble gave an embarrassed smile as he waves his hoof towards the fillies. "In fact, that's who we've been lookin' for. Me and the girls have-" Apple Bloom was interrupted by Sweetie Belle's squeaky voice. "Actually what you mean to say is 'the girls and I' instead of 'me and the girls'." she stated, only to cause Apple Bloom to shoot her a flat stare at her, Scootaloo to roll her eyes, and the colts gave out quiet snickers. Apple Bloom shrugged and turns back towards the colts, "Anyways, we've decided to help Rumble to discover his own special talent, so we came here." Rumble gave a look of disbelief and his friends all grinned at him. "Really?" he said in disbelief. "Yeah really," she grinned with an eyebrow raised, "That's what we're here for," she continued, "By the way my name is Apple Bloom, it's nice to meet ya'." she greeted. "I'm Sweetie Belle," she added. "You already know who I am because we sit next to each other in class." Scootaloo said shyly and nervously chuckles. "I know," Rumble grinned, Scootaloo grins back. "So when can we help ya'?" Apple Bloom asks she grabs Rumble's attention. "Sorry I won't be available today because my brother is going to take me to see the Wonderbolts preform in Cloudsdale today." Rumble said, Scootaloo gasped in excitement out of nowhere which startled her friends. Except for Rumble which he expected that, he knew most Pegasi are the biggest fans of the Wonderbolts just like him. "You're going to the Wonderbolts show today!? That's where I'm going today too!" Scootaloo exclaimed, Rumble grinned that Scootaloo was also a fan of the Wonderbolts. "So who is your favorite Wonderbolt?" he asked with a curious smirk on his face. "Rainbow Dash," she answered. " The newest member of the Wonderbolts? Yeah, she is a cool flyer," Rumble grinned, Scootaloo gasps as she slightly widened her eyes. "Cool? No! She's awesome! She is THE Rainbow Dash! The greatest flyer in all of Equestria! I also created the Rainbow Dash Fan Club! " she exclaimed, Rumble puts his hoof over his mouth to contain his laughter about Scootaloo's obsession over Rainbow Dash. "Well, would you like to join the Rainbow Dash fan club?" she suddenly asks after talking about how awesome Rainbow Dash is, Rumble rubs his head while thinking. "Yeah sure, that'll be cool," Rumble smirked while lifting his eyebrow, "Wow, are you really that much of a fan of her?" he asks, Scooaloo shakes her head. "No I'm not just a fan, she is kind of like a big sister to me. She is not really my sister, but we are like siblings." she answered which causes Rumble to widen his eyes as much as possible and his pupils has shrunk to the size of dots followed by a gasp. "Wait, what?" was the next thing that Rumble can say, which causes Scootaloo to snicker, "Rainbow Dash is close to you!?" he slightly raised his voice with disbelief, Scootaloo bursts out her laughter as she clutched her stomach. "What, jealous?" she teases with a smirk spread across her face as her laughter dies down, "Jealous that I have a Wonderbolt that is like a sister to me?" "No, but my Brother knows her personally too and I met her once too" he playfully retorted. "Well who is he?" she ask as her smirk has been replaced with a curious look. "I'll tell you later," As Scootaloo and Rumble continue their conversation, Apple Bloom looks towards Pipsqueak who is smiling sheepishly. She smiled kindly towards the colt who blushes as he notices that she is facing the small colt. "Howdy Pipsqueak, why were ya' quiet through the whole conversation?" she asked, Pipsqueak shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, I guess I'm quiet sometimes." he smiles nervously as he rubbed the back of his head, Apple Bloom lightly giggled. Sweetie Belle noticed that Button Mash is not around the group as she glances around to find him, but she couldn't spot him "Hey, have you boys seen Button anywhere?" she asked, Featherweight points his hoof towards a tree with a brown-colt sitting under it with a green device in his hooves. "He's sitting over there under that tree, he's playing on his Joyboy." he responded, then a smirk grew on his face. "Why? Are you going to ask him out to be your coltfriend?" he teased, Sweetie Belle's face blushed, but then shot him a glare. "No!" she squeaked, Featherweight finds this amusing. He knew both Sweetie Belle and Button Mash like each other, but he decides not to interfere between them, but he teases them often for his own amusement. "Come on I'm just teasing," he retorted, Sweetie Belle furrowed her eyebrows towards him. "Well it's getting very irritating. If you keep on doing that, I'm going to punch you" she threatened, Featherweight snickers quietly, Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes in irritation, "Ugh, some colts can be stupid these days," she mumbled to herself as she walked away from him But then her irritated expression turned into happiness when she glances at Button and she slowly walks towards him, away from the group. Button was playing his game on his Joyboy while he is sitting under a tree, and is completely unaware of his surroundings. "Hi Button," he heard a cheerful voice which made him jump and he lifts he head away from his Joyboy. "Ah!" Button places his hoof over his heart, "You've almost gave me a-" he stopped as he see a white-unicorn filly. A large shade of red appeared over his cheeks at the sight of her. "S-Sweetie Belle? W-what are you...doing here?" he stammered. "Duh! I wanted to see you. I wanted to say hi to you, I never had a chance to get to talk to you before lunch and recess." she replied, Button nervously chuckles. Button now realized that he is alone with Sweetie Belle, a chance that he rarely gets to have. Sweetie Belle is mostly with her friends when he sees her. His heart starts to beat faster than usual and chills start rushing through his body, "Okay Button, now is your chance that you can ask her!" he thought to himself as he gulped. Sweat starts forming out of his face, "Sweetie Belle?" he blushed madly when she blink and tilted her head. "Yes, Button?" she asked curiously. "Uh, will you-" he winced when the school bell rang which interrupted him. The other foals all gathered around Miss Cheerilee who will lead them back to the classroom. "Oh! Sorry Button, I got to go, I'll see you later!" Sweetie Belle trotted towards the rest of the foals who are lining up. Button just sat frozen for a few moments after she left, his eyes were wide, filled with frustration and disbelief, "Aw dang it! I was so close to asking her!" he whined, he groaned and moaned in frustration as he places his hooves over his face. Button slowly got up to his hooves away from the tree trunk. He slowly walked towards the foals, he spotted his friends who were in the back of the line. Rumble spotted Button walking towards him and his new friends, he notices that Button had is head hung down towards the ground, "Button what's wrong? You don't look too happy." Rumble asked him, Button sighed with slight depression without even facing him. "Just not happy right now, it's best if I don't talk about it." he said with depression in his voice, Rumble shrugged as he turns away from Button to give him alone time. "Okay is everypony in line?!" Cheerilee's voice met Rumble's ears and his attention is focused towards her. Cheerilee glances around the group of students of her class who all have their eyes on her. "Okay then, everypony back to class! You got one hour before dismissal!" she turns towards the school entrance and walked towards it with the foals following behind. "Hey Rumble!" a voice met his ears, his turned his head and found that Scootaloo was walking right beside him who was grinning. "Scootaloo? What's up?" "So, about the Wonderbolts." "Yeah?" Rumble raised an eyebrow as she mentions that, "What about them?" "How many shows have you been in?" she asked sheepishly, Rumble shakes his head. "To be honest, this is my first time to come see them perform." "Oh really? Wow, since you're a Wonderbolt fan, I'm surprised you haven't been to one of there shows yet. No offense though." she said. "It's cool, none taken. It's just that I'm poor and my brother is too lazy to get a job, that's it." he said, Scootaloo then rolled her eyes, she is glad she doesn't have a sibling like that. "Wow, your life must suck right now, no offense though." she commented, Rumble snickered. "I know right, luckily he had enough bits to buy us tickets." They entered the classroom along with the other foals and Miss Cheerilee, they took their seats next to each other as they began to continue their conversation. The door bell rang in Thunderlane's front door, his ear twitched when the sound met his ears. He groaned in frustration while stretching his body as he got off his couch, "Oh great, what now? Just when I was going to take nice easy rest," his hissed while his voice was barely above a whisper. He lazily walked towards the front door, when he opened it, it reveals two grayish blue-pegasus mares. One of them wore a bow on her head while her mane is neatly done, the other, had a messier mane. Thunderlane jaw dropped in disbelief when he sees these two mare who he recognize very well. "Flitter? Cloudchaser? What are you two doing here?" he said with a shocked tone filling in his voice. "We just wanted to pay you a visit," Cloudchaser walked through the front entrance with Flitter walking beside her, "Woah, nice place you got here, Thunderlane." she commented as she glances around the living room. Thunderlane has been known Flitter and Cloudchaser for many years. Cloudchaser had been his marefriend for awhile now. "Hey where is Rumble?" Flitter asked as a she turned to Thunderlane as he walked up to them. "He's in school," he plainly answered, clearly his expression on his face is filled with boredom as he dropped his body on the couch. "So anything going on since you've moved here?" Cloudchase asked as she places her hoof on his shoulder as she nuzzles his cheek. "I'm feeling tired today, babe. After all that packing, organizing and all that crap! I think I need to rest for two days, I feel like a wreck right now." he complained, the sisters glanced at each other for a brief moment and turned back to Thunderlane. They knew that he could be a whiner and a complainer most of the time when he is tired, in pain, or in stress. "Well you did say that you are going to take him to see the Wonderbolts perform in Cloudsdale, right?" she asked him and he nodded, but he didn't feel like taking his little brother to see the Wonderbolts right now. He just feels like sitting in his couch all day due to his tiredness. "You know what, I have an idea," he sat up straight while the two sisters showed confusion and curiosity as he mentions it, he pointed his hoof at them, "How about both of you watch him for me in the Wonderbolts show?" he suggested, the two sisters both flinched and widened their eyes with shock and confusion. They didn't expect him to tell them that, not at all. "Us?!" Cloudchaser exclaimed in disbelief, Thunderlane sighed and flattened his eyebrows. "Yeah! Both of you, I'm feeling like a complete wreck today, and I don't plan on going anywhere!" he raised his voice which made them flinch in surprise by his sudden outburst. "Sorry, I'm just in a bad mood today." Both sisters gave nervous glances at one another again and glanced back at him, both their eyes filled with concern. Flitter then managed to open her mouth to say, "But we don't have tickets to see the show. How do you expect us to take him since we can't afford it?" "Don't worry about it," he got up on his hooves from the couch, "Hold up, let me get them from my room." he walked towards his room, the sisters waited for a few minutes until he came back to the living room, they noticed two golden tickets being held in his teeth. "There is only two tickets, why not three?" Cloudchaser spoke up with a confused expression in her eyes, Thunderlane released the tickets from his teeth and holds them with his hoof so he can reply to them. "My bad, so it means that only one of you has to take him to see the Wonderbolts perform. And that's going to be on me," he said, his eyes darted between Flitter and Cloudchaser for 10 seconds, it didn't take long for him to decided which one, "Flitter!" he pointed his hoof towards her as her pupils dilated, "I'm trusting you to take care of Rumble during the Wonderbolts performance." he gives her the two tickets as she grasps them with her hoof as she stares at the tickets. Thunderlane glances at the clock, he gasps in shock as it shown that its currently 2:56 P.M. Its almost time for Rumble to dismiss from his first day of school. He turns to Flitter, "I'm having you to pick Rumble up from school, its almost time for him to come back. I'm counting on you." she nodded and she quickly trotted towards the front door and walks out. "Thunderlane, I don't think Rumble is going to take this well." Cloudchaser said as she places her hoof on her coltfriend's shoulder, he looks over to see her face and sees that she was giving him a look of disapproval as she stares at his eyes. Thunderlane turns away and only sighed. "Thunderlane, you promised him that you'll take him yourself to see the Wonderbolts. Are you really going to break that promise?" she asks with concern and he didn't respond for a minute as she patiently waited for him to answer. "Things have been really hard for me, babe. I can't do this all by myself, I'm almost broke. I had to spend most of my bits on those tickets. You have to understand me, I'm just doing this for my own good, even though all of my friends say I'm lazy. I don't even have a job yet." he complained once again, Cloudchaser groaned in frustration. "Thunderlane cut off that crap, if you don't have a job then get one." she suggested, he had taken aback as he places his hoof on his chest. "What!? But-" he was cut off as Cloudchaser shoves her hoof over his mouth. "Thunderlane I swear, out of all the ponies I know. You make the dumbest excuses and laziest decisions, and this stallion happens to be my coltfriend!" she clenched her teeth with an angry glare, Thunderlane's eyes has widened and his pupils had dilated that can barely be visible. "Thunderlane if you make another lazy choice again for you own selfish reasons and if you don't get a job soon, then I'm going to have to break up with you!" "WHAT!?" he yells in shock and disbelief, his heart felt like its going to jump out of his chest as he held it firmed. "You heard me, if you really care about your brother and I, then its time for you to be responsible. You're going to have to drop your laziness and immature acts and act like a grown stallion." she said with a firm glare into his eyes, "I'm sorry but lazy stallions are not my type." Thunderlane sighs and hung his head down in defeat, he couldn't believe that Cloudchaser, his marefriend told him that, her words had hit him hard. "Okay," he admitted defeat, a grin grew upon Cloudchaser's face and she wrapped her wing around her coltfriends shoulder. "I'm sorry, Thundy, but its for your own good. I really don't want you to be like this for your entire life. That's why I'm giving you a chance if you really care about me." she tried to cheer him up, she frowned as she notices his depressed expression remains across his face, "How about we take a flight across town, okay?" she kissed him on the cheek and he nodded as Cloudchaser wrapped her left forearm around right forearm as they exited the house and took flight.