Getting things settled, Hearths warming eve draws close, and a difficult question arises.
____*Two days later, Gwen's house, the basement, 7:54 AM*____
A loud ringing noise roused Fang from his sleep, it also awoke a certain fox in the room as well.
Fang groaned at the infernal noise coming from the night stand next to him, he opened his eyes and slammed the alarm clock bells, he then rubbed his eyes as he sat up, he looked around the basement and let it sink in, there were boxes in the corner that Fang had moved there a month or so back, there was the bed that Fang and Roxanne shared and two night stands next to the bed, the stairs were at the wall the led into the house, there was various boxes laid out across the room as well, along with Roxanne and Fang's spoils from the temple, and the latest addition to the room was a moderately sized mattress that had a small orange baby dragon sleeping on it and covered up entirely with his blankets.
This dragon's name was Spark, and he was also Fang's son.....which had confused many of Fang's friends.
Roxanne yawned and looked at Fang with a tired expression. "Come on, let's head upstairs." She said.
Fang chuckled. "Yes ma'am." He teased his partner as he stood up.
Roxanne headed upstairs and Fang looked at his son for a moment before sighing, he walked over to the Spark's bed and shook the dragon. "Spark, it's time to wake up.......you'll miss school." He added the last part hesitantly as Spark soon shot up out of the bed without any of the covers moving, just as Fang went to question it.....Spark jumped off the bed and ran up the stairs.
Fang sighed, Spark had to be the one kid that actually WANTED to go to school, all of the kids back at Freddy's were only concerned with having fun and didn't care about stuff that actually mattered, the adults mostly left them unsupervised as they minded there own business, Fang started to unlock the shed and sighed..
Fang stood up and walked over to the stairs, he walked up to the door and he looked around at the basement once more and chuckled. "Welcome home." He told himself as he walked through the door.
_____*in the kitchen/dining room, ten seconds later.*_____
Things had gotten quite hectic in the household, it was originally the home of just Gwen, but now it had two former animatronics, one baby dragon, one filly that used to be a mare, Gwen and one changeling.
When the group had gotten to Ponyville, Gwen had offered to let Skitter stay at her house until Twilight could get back to them about Celestia's response.
While Skitter had claimed that she had best skip town to avoid trouble, Fang had put an immediate stop to that idea by telling her that it would just make her look like the rest of her species, Roxanne had done some checking, and apparently the royal guard were being VERY overzealous about rounding up rouge changelings, they had even gone so far at one point, that they had practically ransacked one of the border towns in pursuit of changelings.
Roxanne had also found out that Celestia quickly handled the situation by letting the public know that the guards would either need a permit, or evidence of changelings to conduct there search.....Fang had commented that Celestia just reminded the guard of procedure and then twisted her words slightly to appease the public....that comment had only gotten Fang a scolding by Twilight.
And so, Skitter was now cooking breakfast with Roxanne, they were making pancakes, but then Roxanne's partner had questioned her cooking skills......needless to say, Skitter was insulted as she now felt determined to prove Fang wrong. 'I'll show that son of a bitch.' Skitter told herself as she grabbed the whisk and started to mix the pancake batter
Roxanne grabbed a small flank of cockatrice meat from the fridge, she grabbed a frying pan and started to fry the chicken. [1]
Skitter said nothing as she knew that most of the residents of the house ate meat.....thankfully they were not cannibles or they would be eating pony for dinner, to her knowledge, Skitter knew that only one member of the house was purely vegetarian, and that was Firefly, and Roxanne had made it clear that Firefly was to NEVER try and eat meat.
As the two cooked breakfast, Skitter noticed something odd out the corner of her right eye, she looked at Roxanne and saw that the fox's left eye briefly looked like Derpy's creep eye. [2]
'What in the world?' She asked herself as she pretended not to notice.
Roxanne rubbed her eyes and continued to work. "Hey Skitter."
Skitter looked at the fox and saw that her eyes were now normal. "Yea." She replied simply.
Roxanne quickly managed the meat then looked at Skitter. "Can I ask you something?" She wondered.
Skitter nodded and flipped the latest pancake absent mindlessly.
"I hear that changelings feed on emotions.....is that true?" She asked.
Skitter paused and went into thought, after a time she looked at Roxanne. "Well.....yes and no." She replied.
Roxanne raised an eyebrow at that, she stirred the chicken around and looked at Skitter. "What do you mean?"
Skitter sighed and leaned back on a nearby counter. "It's....complicated." She sighed. "Changelings, as a race, all have different abilities, the hive that attacked Canterlot had the ability to steal or absorb emotions, while my hive has the ability to see far away places as if it were in front of us, then you have Vulture and the Twins' hive, they could erase and restore their memories at any point and time, that's how the twins were able to......betray us, like they did." She explained sadly, she sighed and got back to work however.
Roxanne knew that Skitter was still reeling from the betrayal of her friends, Roxanne turned the burner off and walked up to Skitter. "How well did you know them?" She asked quietly.
Skitter gave Roxanne a somber look. "I grew up with them, ever since I was four.....I knew those idiots my entire life.....and now they're gone, I feel like i'm being torn apart by my emotions......but I can't do anything about it, have you ever felt that way?" She asked the fox, with her head down.
Roxanne couldn't help but shiver at the thought, she rubbed her eyes and looked at Skitter. ".....Actuallly, I didn't just feel it.....I lived it." She told the changeling as unwanted memories came flooding back.
Skitter raised an eyebrow and looked at Roxanne. "You did?" She asked.
Roxanne nodded and walked over to one of the walls, she leaned against the wall and sighed. "Alright.....you remember what Gwen told you?" She asked.
Skitter nodded. "That you came from another world right?" She wondered.
"Yea, but the thing is, me and Fang were animatronics, robotic creatures with artificial intelligence, and speaking technically, Fang is at least ten years older than me." She replied.
Skitter couldn't help but chuckle at the words, Roxanne raised an eyebrow and Skitter responded. "Like the old guys?" Skitter teased.
Roxanne grumbled and closed her eyes. "Anyway......we were programmed to be children's entertainers, Fang however seemed to have broken free of his programming, but moving on, years passed and soon I was....well....." She trailed off.
Skitter seemed impatient and she urged the fox to continue. "Go on, go on." She urged.
Roxanne sighed and began to tell Skitter......everything'.
_____*one hour and six minutes later, The living room*_____
Fang was sitting in one of the chairs talking to Spark.....well, more like listing off things he would need. "Backpack?" He asked.
Spark nodded and patted a simple brown backpack.
"Spare pencils and sharpener?" He asked.
Spark nodded.
"Lunch and water?" He asked.
Spark nodded. "Yea dad, I got them.....I remembered everything." He replied.
Fang grinned. "Folder and little sister that speaks Changeling?" He teased.
Spark deadpanned and pulled a folder out of the backpack. "Can't say about Firefly though." He said as he wondered where Firefly was.
Skitter could be heard chuckling at something, Fang looked over and saw that she was reading a joke book.
Two sets of footsteps could be heard walking down the stairs, Fang looked and saw Roxanne and Gwen, Firefly seemed to have hitched a ride with Gwen though. "How's the hitchhiker?" Fang teased.
Roxanne gave Fang an emotionless laugh and picked Firefly up and off of Gwen. "Stuff it Fang." She countered.
Skitter stifled a laugh at Fang's jaw dropped face and stood up. "Ok then Roxanne, what do you need me to tell the filly this time?" She asked.
Roxanne shrugged. "Stay out of trouble, pay attention, you know....the works." She said plainly.
Skitter nodded and motioned Firefly over, she lowered herself to eye level with the filly, she proceeded to tell Firefly what Roxanne said.
Gwen rubbed her eyes. "Now I remember why I stopped speaking Changeling......kills the throat, and makes Firefly laugh at my pathetic attempts to speak it." She said.
Skitter rolled her eyes and stood up, she walked over to a chair and sat down. "Well, she knows, so go on.......enjoy your lives while I'm stuck here because of Gwen's house arrest." She said flatly.
Fang chuckled and stood up. "Let's just get through this increasingly hectic day." He said to no one in particular, he started to walk to the front door when a knock came.
"Who could that be?" Gwen asked, she raised an eyebrow when as she watched Skitter teleport to the stairs.
Fang walked up to the door and opened it......to reveal Twilight and a strange brown furred mare, Fang slammed the door and caught glances of everyone looking at him in shock. "Oops?" He offered as he reopened the door.
Gwen watched as Twilight and the strange pony entered the house grumpily.
Spark watched in curiosity as the strange pony looked around.
"What is this about Twilight, and why so early?" Fang asked with a hint of annoyance.
Twilight pointed at the brown mare. "Everypony, this is Legal Copy, she's here to evaluate Skitter." She replied.
Legal was a brown earth pony with brown hair and eyes......Skitter had one thought run through her mind repeatedly. 'Well doesn't she scream lawyer?' She chuckled at her joke and Legal looked at her. "You must be Skitter." The mare said flatly, with an almost invisible hint of disgust.
Skitter sighed and nodded. "Great, they sent someone who hates changelings.....I'm screwed." She grumbled.
Fang looked at a nearby clock and sighed. "Come on Spark, we better get going or we'll be late." He said as he walked out the door.
Spark nodded and followed Fang.
Roxanne looked at the clock and then picked up Firefly. "Sorry about this." She told the filly.
Firefly tilted her head as Roxanne started to chase off after Fang. "Wheeeeeee!" She cheered.
And now it was only Skitter, Twilight, Gwen and Legal in the house. "Let's begin." Legal said.
____*five minutes later, near the Ponyville school.*____
Fang looked down at Spark who was walking beside him, he remained silent as they approached the school, once they were there, Fang walked up to the door to the classroom and opened the door.
Spark was curious as Fang had a brief conversation with a mare called Cheerilee, once he was finished with his talk he came back and told him that Cheerilee would introduce him and Firefly shortly.
But what truly confused Spark was a message that Fang gave him. "Whatever you do, do NOT let Firefly join the CMC today....trust me you don't want that right now.....same goes for you." He warned Spark.
"What's the CMC?" Spark asked.
Fang seemed to shiver at the name, he took a quick breath and looked at Spark. "It stands for the.....ugh, Cutie Mark Crusaders." He said with dread for the name.
Spark's left eye twitched and a door opened nearby, Fang turned around and saw Cheerilee standing there. "Bring them in please." The mare said.
Fang nodded and looked at Spark who seemed to be extremely nervous. "It's ok to be nervous Spark.....just don't instigate and ignore the bullies, you'll be fine. He looked at Firefly who simply waved at him, he returned with a short wave of his own.
Fang leaned in close to Spark's ear. "And try to keep your sister out of trouble, ok?" He asked.
Spark made a casual two finger salute and nodded. "Sure thing." He replied.
Fang rolled his eyes and walked up to Cheerilee with Spark behind him.
'This should be an interesting day.' Fang told himself as Spark and Cheerilee said hello.
____*inside the classroom, fifteen seconds later (what were you expecting?....ten hours?)*____
Spark stood in front of Cheerilee's desk nervously, he waited as Cheerilee said some things that he didn't pay much attention to, afterwards he heard the class speak. "Hi Spark and Firefly!" They all greeted.
Spark decided to 'play it cool', as Gwen put it. "Hi." He replied quickly.
Firefly blinked and tilted her head. "Zi?" She said out of confusion.
Some murmurs went through the class but Cheerilee quieted them by clearing her throat. "Please quiet down." She looked at Firefly.
"Could you repeat what you said?" Cheerilee asked.
Firefly looked at Cheerilee. "Eh?" She replied.
Spark sighed and tapped Firefly's head, he looked at Cheerilee. "Sorry miss, she doesn't speak or understand Equestrian." He said.
Cheerilee gave a nod and motioned to the class. "Well, go on and take your seats then." She told the dragon.
Spark nodded nudged Firefly towards the class. "Ha pa." He said to Firefly. [3]
Firefly reluctantly walked alongside Spark as they searched for seats, eventually they found two seats that were relatively close to each other, Spark sat got up onto a seat and sat down next to a marshmallow colored unicorn filly, Firefly sat next to Spark, next to an orange Pegasus filly.
Spark noticed the unicorn filly lean over. "Hey." She said simply.
"Hi." He returned.
The filly held her hoof out. "I'm Sweetie Belle." She said.
Spark shook Sweetie's hoof. "Spark." He replied.
Firefly saw the Pegasus filly lean over. "Hey, I'm Scootaloo." She said.
"Zi." Firefly replied.
Scootaloo raised an eyebrow at that. "Uh.....is that your version of hi?" She asked.
Firefly looked at Scootaloo and tilted her head. "Eh?" She said.
Scootaloo thought on it a moment before sighing. "You really don't understand us do you?" She mumbled.
After that, the class was quiet, except for Cheerilee talking and some quiet mutters from some of the classmates.
Soon after, Cheerilee called recess and the class soon went outside.
Spark made sure that he stuck with Firefly as he left the school, the siblings walked to one of the benches, sitting at the bench was two familiar fillies and an unfamiliar filly with red hair and a ridiculously large ribbon in her hair.
"Mind if we join you?" Spark asked.
Scootaloo shrugged. "Sure." She replied.
Sweetie Belle nodded.
"I guess, just don't make fun of us." The strange filly said.
Spark raised an eyebrow and he sat down, Firefly sat down next to him. "Why would we make fun of you?" He asked.
Scootaloo sighed. "Well, we kinda don't have our cutie marks." She replied.
Spark scratched the back of his head. "I still don't get it, what does not having your cutie marks have to do with anything? If what I heard is true, they represent your special talent.....am I right?" He wondered.
Sweetie Belle nodded with a curious look. "Yea." She replied.
Spark pulled a water bottle out of his backpack and opened it. "Then why would anyone make fun of you for that?.....Firefly here doesn't have one, you don't see her in the dumps do ya?" He asked while pointing his thumb at Firefly, who was eating her lunch.
The other filly sighed. "But that makes us blank flanks.....all the other fillies and colts already have their cutie marks." She complained.
Spark took a quick sip of his water and put the cap back on. "That's no reason, a cutie mark.....even as much as I hate the name, simply represents your talent, it doesn't make a person, and from what I heard, all ponies get one eventually, just have to be patient." He replied.
The three fillies seemed to be confused, they then huddled together and started whispering, eventually they all separated and got back on the bench, the other filly then held her hoof out to Spark. "I'm Applebloom, this here is Sweetie Belle." She pointed at the unicorn.
"And this is Scootaloo." She pointed at the Pegasus.
Spark nodded and told Firefly the fillies names, to which Firefly responded with. "Zi."
"She said hi." Spark translated.
"I knew it!" Scootaloo proclaimed, she even pumped her hoof in victory.
Spark rolled his eyes and soon heard possibly the most annoying voice of the day. "Well well well, it seems the 'blank flanks' made friends with the baby dragon and the freak that doesn't speak Equestrian.
The three fillies sighed and looked down. "Leave us alone Diamond Tiara!" Scootaloo said.
Spark looked behind his back and saw two earth pony fillies out of the corner of his eye, the one was gray with silver hair and a silver spoon as a cutie mark, the other was pink with a white streak in her purplish hair, she had a diamond tiara as a cutie mark, but her most noticeable feature was a tiara on her head, Spark tried not to laugh at the name of the filly.
"What's wrong 'blank flank? can't stand NOT having your cutie mark yet? or is your little club just an excuse to hide behind?" Diamond Tiara said smugly.
Spark simply took a sip of his drink while Firefly seemed to ignore the conversation. "Kop gu wino Firplo." He said to Firefly, who nodded.
Diamond looked at Spark. "And what about you dragon? afraid to speak in a normal language? or is that filly incapable of speaking for herself?" She said like it was an insult.
Spark chuckled and looked back at the filly. "Oh no, you misunderstand, Firefly is actually very talkative, she just doesn't know your language, as for me? well, I really don't talk to people that call me freak, so if you would be so kind.....leave." He replied calmly.
Firefly finished her lunch and looked at Diamond Tiara and the other girl. "I unhil aep ona." She said while looking at Diamond.
Diamond Tiara went to say something in retaliation but the school bell rang. "This isn't over." She warned.
Spark looked at the three fillies who seemed to be relieved but had a hint of shock on their faces. "I can't believe you did that." Applebloom said.
Spark shrugged. "I spoke the truth, and if she bothers us again I have a comeback that I thought up." He replied with a chuckle as he headed back to the school.
After the group of five walked back to the school, they tried to stick together in the classroom but this ended up with Firefly next to Diamond Tiara, the group was sitting on the entire right side of the classroom, with only Firefly off to the side.
As the class continued, Firefly felt a negative stare directed towards her, she looked in that direction and noticed that Diamond Tiara was looking at her out of the corner of her eye.
'Freak' Firefly said in her head.
The lesson itself was straightforward, eventually however the bell rang again and Cheerilee dismissed the class.
Spark got up out of his seat and walked towards the door in deep thought, however a light tap on the shoulder broke him out of his trance, he looked back and saw that Sweetie Belle was pointing at Applebloom. "She uh....wants to talk to you." She said.
Spark nodded and walked over to Applebloom, he saw Firefly and Scootaloo walk over. "Yes Applebloom?" He asked.
Applebloom took a quick breath and looked at Spark. "Yea, ok uh.....me and the others are part of this club, where we search for our talents......and we uh, were wondering if you wanted to join?" She asked.
Spark sighed and translated it to Firefly, she seemed to be excited about it but Spark calmed her down by telling her what Fang told him.
The three fillies waited as Spark talked to Firefly, eventually though Firefly nodded and looked at the trio. "Sorry girls, but we can't join today." Spark stated.
The trio gave them a sad sigh. "But, why not?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Spark crossed his arms. "Two reasons, the first being that I was told to NOT join any groups today, the second is that I was warned about your group, with sufficient evidence to back it up.....no offense but I'll need to consider it." He explained calmly as he walked towards the door. [4]
The trio and Firefly followed Spark to the door. "I grua yui Statid." Firefly said quietly as the group walked out the door.
The group walked outside and saw a bunch of adult ponies, among them was Gwen and Rarity, there was also an unfamiliar pony with a Stetson with them.
Spark and the others walked towards them when Scootaloo saw Gwen. "Oh my gosh, it's Rainbow Dash!" She whispered with barely contained excitement.
Spark was curious about Scootaloo's words, he looked at her. "What about her?" He asked.
Scootaloo gave Spark a look of shock. "She's Ponyville's resident daredevil, how do you not know about her?" She asked in disbelief.
Spark shrugged. "Oh no, don't get me wrong, I do know her, It's just that she doesn't seem to act like it." He replied.
The group arrived at the group of ponies. "It's nice to see you out of your egg Spark." Rarity said.
Spark nodded at the mare and looked at Gwen. "I take it your here to pick me and Firefly up?" He asked,
Gwen nodded and looked at Firefly, who seemed to be.......chasing a fly? "Uh.....yea." She replied as she watched her former sister chase the flying pest.
Applebloom whispered something in her sisters ear and her sister nodded. "Hey uh...Spark right?" She asked.
Spark looked at the mare and nodded. "Yea?" He replied.
The mare held her hoof out. "I'm Applejack, Applebloom's sister." She introduced herself.
Spark blinked and shook the mare's hoof. "Nice to meet you." He said.
Gwen poked Spark in the arm and got the dragon's attention. "Come on, if I don't get you guys back, Fang and Roxanne will NOT be happy." She shivered at the thought.
Spark rolled his eyes and began looked back at Firefly, he saw her looking at him blankly. "Eh?" She asked.
"Ina Pa." Spark told the filly.
Firefly nodded and started walking towards Gwen, Spark sighed and walked next to his sister as the group soon dispersed.
_____*two weeks later, two days before Hearths Warming Eve, the basement, 3:21 PM.*______
Fang sighed as he sat on his bed, he had been teaching Spark what was on the scrolls for a couple weeks now, he had even taken to teaching Spark how to defend himself, the whelpling had already finished learning how to defend against an earth pony, he was almost finished with the Pegasus defense training, but Spark apparently already knew how to defend against unicorns, Fang himself had learned some tricks to help keep unicorn magic from affecting him, like eating a plant that was assumed useless by the pony race, it was called steelroot, it was strangely edible, he had also found an anti magic rune in one of the scrolls, it had no other abilities on it but Fang had assumed it was made for him, so he had engraved the rune on each shoulder and on his chest, he also got to work strengthening the runes, he figured that since he had no natural magic he would need a way to counter those that did.
Fang had decided to keep the rune a secret between himself, Spark and Roxanne, he made them give them their word....not a Pinkie promise but the others swore, Fang had also figured out how to strengthen the runes on his own.....the scroll had suggested simply adding another layer to the runes, after the second layer was added Fang had developed his own way, by keeping the runes active as long as they could, the more powerful they became, as their magic pools increased, so too did their resilience to magic....this was a secret Fang decided to keep to himself.
Fang had burned the scroll containing the recipe for the rune but made sure that both Roxanne and Spark had a second layer on each rune.
The rune itself was a mix between y and q, the color of it was different for each person, Roxanne's would glow a faint red, while Spark's would glow verdant green, Fang's would glow black and white and seemed to blend with his fur. "I think that's enough for today." He said.
The room also had Spark inside it, he was on his bed when he plopped back, out of breath, he looked at Fang. "Why do I need to know this stuff dad?" He asked.
Fang sighed and looked at his son. "Because Spark, in life, you make enemies.....and some, would rather fight you then talk things over, what I'm teaching you is a defensive style, it relies on fast reactions, quick thinking and endurance.....and you fit all three of those, I'm not teaching you this so you can pick fights, I'm teaching you this so you can defend yourself and others.....and with how this world works, you just might end up needing it." He replied.
The room was quiet after that, until Fang broke the silence. "So Spark, did you learn anything today?" He asked, breaking the silence.
Spark sat up and shook his head. "No.....but I did learn something this past week." He replied.
Fang raised an eyebrow. "What's that?" He asked.
Spark chuckled at something. "Well.....I learned that you should NEVER go to the bathroom after Firefly." He stated.
Now Fang was curious, he leaned in and Spark began his story.
____*five days ago, 4:21 PM, the bathroom.*____
Spark walked up the stairs and saw that Firefly had exited the bathroom, she walked over and Spark sighed in relief. "Finally." He said quietly.
"Hi Spark." Firefly said.
Spark nodded and walked up to the bathroom, thankfully, Firefly had learned how to speak Equestrian....to an extent, she still needed translation now and then but she could at least talk to others.
Spark entered the bathroom and closed the door, he walked up to the toilet and noticed that the water was slightly brown, he raised an eyebrow as he knew that nobody in the house forgot to flush, he reached over to the flush handle but saw that the water was now completely brown, and seemed to have a muddy texture, Spark gulped as a weird figure rose up from the brown water.
Spark was unsure of what to do as the creature formed, a single thought entered his mind. 'What the hell?'
The creature seemed to clear its throat, Spark raised an eyebrow as it seemed to warm up, the creature finally spoke, In a deep bass voice. "I, AM, THE GREAT MIGHTY POO, I SHALL THROW MY SHIT AT YOU!" It proclaimed.
Spark did what any rational person would do when singing shit showed up in their bathroom, he quickly flushed the toilet. "I am never coming in here after Firefly." He stated as the singing shit flushed.
____*end of flashback.*____
Fang could only blink at the story but said nothing.
Spark laughed nervously, he scratched the back of his head. "Yea, I know but still, it's true." He insisted.
Fang took a quick breath. "I don't think your lying, it's just unexpected." He replied.
For a few minutes, the two sat in silence until Spark broke it. "Hey dad, can I ask you something?" He asked.
Fang blinked. "Sure." He replied.
Spark took a deep breath before looking at Fang. "Ok, dad, um......whose my mom?" He asked with nervously.
Fang sighed, he had one thought run through his mind, one word that any parent could have running through their minds in this situation. 'Fuck......'
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Trixie + poo?
6756359 uhhhh........no.
Besides I don't think of her like that.
THE GREAT AND MIGHTY POO! LOGIC!!!