Stuck with you

by CaioCoia

A new journey

The portal was much colorful and the force was beyond what they could comprehend, but still, one thing could be known, they will not come back without Spike and Sunset, they don’t care about how painful the process would be.

“Blueblood, are you alright? It’s difficult to focus while on this portal.” Candance was falling while Blueblood was holding her hoof, which suddenly both of them looked like it was glowing.

Surprisingly it wasn’t painful, but it was uncomfortable, and after they embraced themselves. They closed their eyes without knowing the impact was near.

After hugging his sister, Blueblood used his magic to hold everything around them before getting knocked out.

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“Blue Blood.” The sound of his sister weakly passing through his ears made his eyes open slowly, at some unfamiliar face to him.

It wasn’t the same equine face he used to see every day on Equestria, but a more shaped form without a nozzle on the face looking at him worried.

“Blue, come on wake up. We gotta go.” After taking a long look at his sister, he noticed her mane was a bit different from the usual, but the colors remained the same, however, her body looked a lot slender than was on Canterlot.

“Cady, is that you?” Blueblood tried to remain awake, however, his body felt weak in comparison to before, it seems the trip was tiring and exhaustive after crossing the portal. He just needs to lay down for a few minutes. “You look so different.”

“Yes it’s me, and Blue, I’m not the only one who is different.” Cadance took a mirror inside her backpack and showed it to her brother. “You are different too.”

Blueblood who was with his eyes closed, opened one of them to see what kind of difference he had from his equine.

And the difference seems to be obvious, his fur didn’t exist, it was a skin with the same coloration of his fur, his mane was different from what was but it looks like the same. He turned around and found he didn’t have a tail anymore.

“Blue, you don’t need to freak out, when we headed over the portal, we already imagined something like that would happen,” Cadance said while Blueblood remained in silence, taking a deep breath, he then nodded on his place, finally recovering from his shock and accepting what happened.

Cadance decided to give the first step while trying to remain in balance, but the first step made a total failure. Making her face planted at the grass...

Blueblood after opening one eye watched all that scene amused, as he remained himself in silence.

“Bluey…I know you are laughing on inside.” Cadance groaned while she was still looking down at the floor.

Her brother grinned and didn’t deny such an accusation. Then he used his own arms to get up himself… And tried to remain in balance… and different from his sister he could maintain stand up.

Cadance couldn’t help but feel jealous watching her brother has a better attempt than her.

“How did you do that?” She looked at him while her body was still on the floor.

Blueblood looked at her sister, as he did the first step slowly and managed to still stand up…

“Oh, sister, sister, sister… My lovely sister..”Blueblood chuckled while he looked proud of himself. “You may have babysitter him, but I was the one who played with him using 2 hooves, to make him not feel uncomfortable since he started to walk by his own foot. I managed to have a few tricks on my sleeve.”

Cadance tried to adjust herself on her place, and once again tried to get up and standstill. And even before losing her balance, Blueblood was quick enough to take her hand and helped her to remain above the floor.

“Now, be careful, tried to maintain the balance. It was more difficult using hooves than using feet as Spike once told me. But with time you can get used to it” Blueblood looked again to his sister while trying to guess what happened. He then turned around and looked something unusual… He found a statue over the garden, and around it, it was a building that looked like a school.

Cadance finally got rid of her dirty over new clothes, looked around her, and she could see 2 important facts while she was near her brother.

“Blue… It’s the middle of the night, and we got nowhere to go…” She talked while she tried to remain in control, but looking at her brother who seemed to keep glancing around she couldn't help but feel relieved in knowing her brother is thinking about something.

“I know, at least we got our stuff, that means we can try to find somewhere to pass the night, maybe some kind of resort, or maybe a little hotel to pass the night.” Blueblood checked his little bag and found what he was looking for, a compass to give the direction. “One thing aunty Luna always taught me is… If you look at the stars and knows the compass you have in your hooves, then you will never be lost.”

Blueblood checked the sky and by surprise, something looked really different. From the frown on his face, Cadance decided to look where he was looking over the sky, and then something surprising appeared on her mind and she couldn’t help but say...

“Wow, there are fewer stars on this place than Equestria…” Cadance could see the new challenge of being aware to her and her brother, and something like this will make sure to make them think about the new possibilities… “Maybe we should pass the night and camp over here.”

Her brother snorted the idea and looked at his sister.
“If you think I would dirt these new clothes, which by the way looked fantastic on me and my refined personality, being on camp in an unknown place which we don’t even know the dangers? My dear sister, let me ask you… ARE YOU OUT OF MIND?”

Cadance ignored his outburst and decided to look over his bag trying to find a tent for themselves. While Blueblood decided to localize their positions from the stars, but that challenge seemed to be more difficult than ever…

At the time both of them were trying to think about what to do…

A clearing throat took their attention, making both siblings look from their side, what would be an elder, slily chubby, but with years of experience and wisdom and a good charisma as a great matriarch of the family who was looking at them slightly annoyed.

“May Ah know what the youngsters are doing in the middle of the night in front of the school?” The matriarch asked a rhetorical question while giving time to both siblings trying to figure out who she could be… But her expression softened as defeat and tiredness after letting out a sigh. “Ah have a tiring day working at the cafeteria making the secret apple cider which Ah was sure nobody would be trying to take a look before Monday.”

“Err… Sorry to disturb you ma'am, but I and my brother are lost, it’s the first time we came here to visit our cousin and we don’t know where we are.” Cadance decided to give a sincere answer about their situation. And from the look of their faces, it seems to really make the elder wide eyes open.

“Oh dear, are yah telling me, you were lost after came here, where are your parents?” The elder woman decided to approach both of the siblings, while Blueblood looked deep at her, and put his compass in the pocket he decided to use one of the best skills he learned from his journeys on Equestria…

Diplomacy.

“Well ma'am, our parents were a long time lost, but our aunts took care of us, both of them treated us well, and we live far, really far from here… It is a really long story, which we could really be glad to talk… But I and my sister are looking for a place to stay… Do you know somewhere which would be good for us to pass the night? The currency wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Ohhh weee. That’s a lot of fancy talking… I maybe couldn’t understand some words little boy, but I know something about getting lost, while you two seemed to be some kind of responsible people, you are still too young to be taking care of yourself.” The older lady decided to go near the boy and with her elderly arms, she took some of his baggage. “You can pass the night on my farm, my family may not be fancy, but we cannot let 2 kids who were lost in the night in front of school be in a search of their cousin without help. You can tell me the story in the way of the farm. Ah can give a ride for both of you.”

Blueblood was surprised by such generosity and help, he couldn’t help to utter just a simple word…

“What?” The confusion on his face made the elder woman giggle while she used her hand to wave them to follow her into a van.

“Let’s go younglings. Let me show yah how cozy the Apple Family is over these surroundings. But first, let me present maself. Name’s Smith, Granny Smith. Everybody calls me that.” The elderly woman took her truck hat with her and used it while she got inside the van.

“Oh, nice to meet you. My name is Mi Amore Cadenza but you can call me Cadance. And this is my brother.” Cadance got inside of the van while she composed herself elegantly while her brother appeared next to her.

“Blue River Blood the 5th. But you can call me Blueblood.” Blueblood said in the same tone and politeness presented himself.

Making the Granny whistle.

“Fancy names would yah, anyway, hope you like dirty and waking early because we are going to take a trip to Sweat Apple Acres which is where my kind lives.” The woman decided to start the van, which made both siblings jump from such a loud explosion from the mechanical vehicle.

“What in Tartarus,” Cadance said aloud, while Blueblood remained in silence but still shocked by the sound.

“What’s the problem, never got inside of a van before?” Granny Smith asked while sounding in disbelief. “Are you so fancy that you never got inside of an old mechanical car before?”
Cadance and Blueblood were in a dilemma, they never heard about this technology, but the way they would actually say it would make sure they were ignorant spoiled brats, which is totally opposite.

“Well, ma’am… To tell you the truth, where we lived we actually don’t have these vehicles, we just used simpler ones like boats, trains, and chariots.” Blueblood tried to use his diplomacy to make sure to not make a misunderstanding for the elder ma’am who has been helping them a lot.

“Oh, it’s that so? Wow, never thought there were still places where they live in the ages of knights and stuff. Well, let’s go quickly, the faster we go there, the faster you will meet everyone. So hold yourself, people, because it’s time for me to show the speed devil I am.” Granny Smith, smiled while she pressed the accelerator in such force, which made both siblings gasp in surprise from such speed on the van.

“What we got ourselves into?” Both of them asked themself while they felt the van being in such speed in one direction. Which they couldn’t help but feel pity for themselves.

The elder woman looked at the girl near him and using her neck directed them to follow her. Giving both siblings a sign of hope and a good night of sleep… Thankfully for both, they were right about that.

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Over the night around the orchards of Sweet Apple Acres, three siblings were waiting for their grandma to appear before they get a night of sleep and be ready for the usual work at the farm.

A little girl was waiting while she played with her fingers of boredom, while her elder brother was watching her and her big sister who was in silence using her cellphone.

“Ah can’t believe she did that.” The elder girl who was looking sternly over the cellphone said while she couldn’t help but get annoyed by the fact.

The elder brother looked at her which she showed the cellphone to him.

“Sunset Shimmer, she did something to make Rarity and Pinkie Pie be hostages to take care of her brother.” The girl wearing a stetson said while she couldn’t help but think of many reasons on why that must have happened.

The boy near her remained in silence while he raised his eyebrow, making her look at him.

“Ah know that may be a pit paranoic, but Ah told you that Sunset is a viper in a no way to trust her.” The girl said while her big brother ignored her. “But Ah have to go to Rarity’s house tomorrow, ah hope you can take care of the things while Ah will be away okay Mac?”

Looking at her sister, and thinking about how terrible she is when it comes to when she is worried, it would be for the best if she could leave and let them take care of the farm.

“Eeyup.” Big Mac said while his sister hugged him in gratitude, while after a few seconds the sound of the van. “Granny is here.”

The girls got up from their sits and went directly out of the house they were, to greet their grandmother who passed the entire day at School on Saturday.

“Granny.” Both girls greeted her grandmother while the little girl hugged the elder who was leaving the van, while the elder girl suddenly looked at the two who were a bit in awe from how the vehicle moved.

“Er… granny, who are they?” The elder girl asked while both siblings who left the van were examining everything in the van.

“Oh, they? They are funny youngins who happened to be lost in front of the school. They never happened to be in a van before, and they act like too fancy fru fru, but they are good kids.” Granny Smith waved her hand while she giggled from the reaction of the two teenagers who happened to be amazed and didn’t even turn their back. Granny then brought her kin to meet the two teenagers. “Applejack, Applebloom, Big Mac, I want you to meet Cadance and Blueblood.”

As Blueblood managed to tap a few times the metal side of the van as his eyes looked in disbelief. A machine which has almost the same mechanics as the trains but is compact enough to take fewer ponies, it would be an absolute shock discovery, he could imagine many ponies of the high class would demand things like that for personal uses, for crying out loud, he would have at least 10 of this just for him uses with his family. It's was something he needed to remember after he came back from his mission.

But after a hit from an elbow from his sister, Blueblood lost himself at the moment and turn around to see there were a few people looking at him and his sister curiously, he then composed himself and walked towards them and with his sister by his side, he nodded to her as they both said in unison.

"It's nice to meet you all, we appreciate and have gratitude for your hospitality." They both nodded their head in appreciation as they came close to the family of the Apples.

"What educate young fellas." The matriarch smiled as she patted the backs of her own grandchildren.

Applejack looking awe from the view of both siblings, she could see them were from an important city as her aunt Orange or when Rarity showed the gossip magazines where important fancy fellas were always dressed like that. And what actually surprised not just her, but her older brother is the fact the fru fru siblings weren't complaining or even saying a word about the farm, but actually they even thanked the ride and the place to pass the night.

Something like that always gave Applejack points in trust, it's rare to find people actually being thankful, and she could see the clear truth on their words, it seems this both fellas were good ones.

"Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, the pride of our Apple family, name's Applejack, Ah will show yah the rooms for you all to stay. Our quote is, when an Apple likes yah then the entire family likes yah, isn't that right Big Mac?" Applejack with her stetson in the head she smiled at the siblings, as her elder brother and her younger sister walked beside them.

"Eeyup." Said the teenage boy who seemed the quiet one, smiled at them.

At the sound of their names, Blueblood and Cadance's eyes went wide open, as they looked at each other before composing themselves. It was so quick that the Apple family didn't notice. Thankfully for them, they have something they can do since their foalhood, when they were so young, they have created telepathy by looking.

"BLUEY, THEY ARE SPIKE'S FRIENDS." Cadance eyes looked like they screamed as her own brother rolled his.

"You cannot be sure, sister, new world, new forms, new creatures. This is a total coincidence, but one thing I can now assure is that we are in good claws... if this is what called on this world. But now follow my lead." Blueblood smiled as he walked at the male teenager. "Big Mac? Wow, how tiny a place, my cousin has a friend who just has your name. Do you know a boy named Spike?"

Big Mac looked unsure and after tapped his chin with his finger for a few seconds before he replied.

"Eenope" He shook his head making both Blueblood and Cadance sigh in disappointment.

"That's a pity because he went to visit his town and we are kinda looking for him, but if you know something please let us know okay?" Cadance understood what Blueblood was trying to do, and she decided to play along with the plan that her brother decided to do.

"Oh, so you have a cousin here?" Apple Bloom who was in silence suddenly asked as her eyebrow raised, making both siblings nod to her.

"Yep, he went there to visit his sister, so we came here to find them. Nothing to worry about." Cadance said as Blueblood couldn't help but let out a yawn.

"Well, this could be a good start for a good talk, but you see, I and my sister already have a long day and a long trip. I and my sister would like just to take a long rest after came here." Blueblood knowing where everything would lead, decided to make the best way to conclude the day, by making himself and his sister already go to their restrooms and leave it be.

"Well said Blueblood, AJ, Big Mac, Applebloom, you all will share a room together as they will share a room as well, making you don't do funny business... Tomorrow we will have a long day, and since the siblings were ready to go to sleep, you all could have followed their example since now it passed midnight." Granny Smith as she carried all the heavy bags until the house, already got back and witnessed the siblings wanting to get ready for the next day. As she chuckled from the look of the 3 Apple siblings look at themselves in against after she said they were going to share the same room. "And before yah ask, yes Ah said yah would share a room, and Ah want to be ready now. Tomorrow we will work the preparations before Monday."

As the Apple siblings groaned, Cadance and Blueblood found their interaction amusing. It seems this will be a start of a great friendship...
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As the sun illuminates a new beginning for not just the equestrians, but all the residents of the city as well. The morning sealed the mission of what would be a journey of 20 moons without rest.

The lady who used her kindness to not just help a friend, but a former antagonist for her, was enjoying peacefully her slumber, as being covered with her blankets like sushi was a perk she loved to do as a child, and as she grew up, her routine of sleeping remained the same.

Although this time, the faint smell over the air floated like a feather and appeared on her face as a gentle but a firm hand who carried her face, the girl was smiling at the marvelous smell which she without intention moved her body at the corner of her bed and proved that the shows on television were wrong about people floating from the power of smell... Gravity you ungrateful bastard.

The girl couldn't do anything more than moan in pain after laying her head on the floor.

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Rarity murmured angrily as she walked over the corridor but the smell she was attracted to became stronger by every second, leaving all the bad mood on behind, as she watched what would be a breathtaking breakfast over the table, and the boy who was still preparing something at the oven.

"Oh, Hey Rarity, good morning. If you didn't mind I got awake at the sunrise and I decided to make breakfast." The cheerful boy with green and purple hair said as he smiled at the girl who looked shocked from the amazing breakfast in front of her.

"Spike... did you do all these?" Rarity looked as she still dreaming but started pinching herself to see if she wasn't actually imagining things, the boy in front of her who seemed still normal on the pajamas Rarity borrowed to him, seemed used about making all the table.

"Yeah, I wanted to pay for you to help me through everything, from making me accepted right away... and doing the favor Sunset asked." Spike gratefully said as he brought the last hot pan with scrambled eggs which the smell could make all the girls salivate in pleasure.

Rarity smiled nervously.

"Well she didn't actually ask the favor... but knowing that you wouldn't have a place to stay I without thinking would have offered my place for you to stay until you find somewhere." Rarity said as she gracefully took a bit of the scrambled eggs and the pancakes in front of her. At the moment she said that she felt the flavors she couldn't even imagine a simple breakfast would have. "Spike, this is beyond words, it's what would be a chef's recipe of a Michelin restaurant."

Spike chuckled after hearing it from Rarity.

"Of course you would have offered me, it's not surprising that your counter-part is the symbol of generosity, you are generous Rarity, in a way a few people would understand, and I don't know what Michelin is, but I thank you for your compliment," Spike said after taking a bite over his breakfast and enjoyed eating piece by piece.

Smiling at her new friend, Rarity didn't waste time and started enjoying her own breakfast. The look over the table even looked astonishing, even the jewelry from her family... wait a minute.

Rarity's face goes dark when she looked at 3 of her auntie's earrings craved in diamonds over the table...

"Spike... what is this?" Rarity tried to remain calm and not shriek from a sudden idea about her friend... he couldn't be stealing from her right?

"Oh... well Rarity I have something to tell you... and this will be harsh for you to take it well..." Spike laughed nervously, but after taking a gulp from his breakfast, his eyes looked somber. "Is this jewelry very valuable for you?"

"Rarity dropped her fork, and proceeded to take the jewelry over the table, but at the moment she touched it, she felt her hand was wet and sticky. As her eyes went wide open and then dropped the earings over the table.

"How gross, Spike, please tell me you didn't what I think you did." Rarity was almost shrieking in horror as Spike finally confessed.

"I lament to tell you that these earings are fake." Spike focused on his eating, as Rarity wasn't going to take it kindly.

"Spike you cannot take the jewelry of the people without asking..." At the moment Rarity was going to freak out on Spike, her eyes went wide open and she stopped mid-sentence. "What did you just said?"

"It's cubic zirconium, trust me, I know the flavor." Spike made a swear gesture as he frowned at the little earings as hatred. "Dragons hate this piece of trash more than anything in the entire Equestria. My mother once told me a story about when a dragon diplomat went to the Griffon Kingdom and the griffins wanted to impress the dragons but wanted to be so cheap that they replaced the gems they have with Zircon... trust me, It didn't end pretty."

Rarity could see the cold gleam in the eyes of the boy in front of her. Rarity could see he was telling the truth, but knowing her family tree, she knew the earrings were genuine, but how could a dragon tell her that the earrings which were the gift from her aunt were indeed fake? How is that supposed to happen?

"Okay, I will keep that in mind but please refrain from adding some of our jewelry into your mouth, didn't your mother told you to not take jewelry from the others without asking permission?" Rarity looked at the boy who seemed to blush as he tried to avoid looking at her face.

"I know, but I can't help but taste them even if was for a few seconds before cleaning them up and give you back before you notice..."Spike said looking away. "And my mother always told me to always say when somepony is being tricked by this trash..."

"I know that fake jewelry is terrible as they are cheap, but is that bad when it comes to dragons?"Rarity raised her eyebrow as she looked again at the jewelry, she knew that she would have to explain to their mother that her aunt maybe not being sincere when she gave the earrings to their family, something that she should keep that in mind since her aunt always boasts herself as the richest person of the family.

"Rarity, I would prefer to eat a rotten muffin made by Pinkie Pie with a tired stubborn Applejack." At the moment Spike said a tiny voice could be heard from far, far away...

"...blasphemy..."

"Did you just hear someone screaming Blasphemy?" Spike looked around to see something that caught his atention.

Rarity shook her head. Making Spike shrugged his arms, and finish plate.

"Well, nothing like a great breakfast. Do you mind if I take a bath to clean my scales?" Spike said as he has gotten up, but Rarity started giggling at his question. "What?"

"You don't have scales Spike, you have skin, just like me. And we don't have a bathtub, we use a shower. Be careful to not use a shower too hot, because that would make your skin too sensitive." Rarity waved her hand, as Spike looked at her confused.

"Shower? What kind of way do you clean yourself up?" Spike asked as she just merely giggled again, leaving Spike even more confusing.

"Okay, I will try to explain... Imagine a cloud of rain ready to give you a pressured rain just focused on your skin, you take the soap and start cleaning yourself as the rain constantly cleans you up. You need to just make sure to have the right temperature and you will receive the shower in your face... no... I think a tiny waterfall would be a better explanation..." Rarity who seemed to be sure about the example made Spike's eyes went wide open and look at the bathroom curious. "I think it's for the best you see by yourself, take the clothes and the towel as well."

"Okay." Spike went directly to the room to make himself prepared.

Rarity looked at the table herself, as she sighed dreaming.

"My my, this little dragon indeed is charming, it wasn't a surprise that my counterpart would always keep him around, but that would be too selfish on her part. Oh my, why me the element of generosity has to deal with such greed to keep that treasure boy? What a drama." Rarity couldn't help but lament her values, the boy dragon indeed was something she would have kept to herself if he was 3 or 4 years older, but looking at how the dragon needed someone to love and be loved. Rarity decided to live the generosity that her counterpart didn't have to courage to demonstrate... "Okay, who would be the lucky girl that would have Spike as the prince of their lives?"

Rarity decided to take a notepad and started to see if she could par up the young girls of his age or some girls on her age but wouldn't mind having a boy in their lives... Rarity would've been on the list, but she knew the feelings from her counterpart weren't something that would match the loyalty of the poor dragon...

After a second she thought about her sister, but at the same moment, she risked an x excluding the idea immediately.

"Having a sister as a consolation prize for not be able to conquer the lover of his life? That would be cruel and ridiculous. Denied." Rarity destroyed the paper without thinking twice, as she started to think about the names of her own classmates... But the knock over the door made her shook her head and sigh in displeasure. "Well another time then..."

Rarity decided to go directly as the door was being knocked continuously. At the moment she was behind the door, she already knew who would be outside of her house.

The sound of click was being heard and the door opened revealing the group of girls who seemed confused by the fact Pinkie Pie brought a cake, as they were concern about what happened and Pinkie Pie refused to say...

Noticing the Sunday would be another of those days. Rarity was already wishing to remain sushi on her bed.

Comments

[MechaTomX]

Wow, amazing development of the story, i wonder if Spike go to Canterlot High, he could be in the same class with the CMCs, and what will happen if Cadence meet the Human Cadence (well, it seems dangerous).

Also, im glad to this new chapter, thanks.

[CaioCoia]

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The human Cadance is on the third movie, so it will not be possible for they encounter each other during this and next season.

[MechaTomX]

Would you update this???

[CaioCoia]

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I have an update, however, not the way you expect. Since I'm with writers block on this one. But to cheer you up. Here is the new update.

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I will change the cover art soon.

[MechaTomX]

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Wow this is so cool.