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A Visit From Uncle Spike

The next morning, the sun rose over Sweet Apple Acres, the cozy Homestead feeling very inviting to visitors.

Rainbow Dash observed her friend's unease and gently asked, "AJ, is everything alright?"

Applejack hesitated for a moment before grumbling, "Well, I'm feelin’ a bit worried ‘bout Melody, she ain’t home yet.”

Rainbow tried to reassure her, "I’m sure there’s nothing to worry about. She's probably just running a little late."

As if on cue, the front door creaked open, and Melody stepped into the living room, casting a bright smile that immediately lifted the tension in the air.

Applejack looked at the clock that read 10:12, the cowgirl shook her head and walked over to her daughter.

“Melody Harmony Apple, Ah thought Ah told ya to be home at a specific time,” Applejack expressed with concern, while Melody responded with a dismissive roll of her eyes.

Melody grumbled and rolled her eyes as she ascended the staircase, "Uhh, why should I listen to you?”

“Melody you come back here, this instant, ya hear!” Applejack shouted.

Applejack looked at Rainbow for help, but she simply shrugged.

Rainbow empathized with Applejack's exasperation. "I don't know what to tell you, teenagers can be really difficult," she told her. "Sky is going through this phase where he won't listen to a word I say, so I get what you're going through."

"Speaking of, ain't it time for you to pick him up?" Applejack asked.

"Oh, you're right," Rainbow said as she made her way to the door and then took off into the sky, leaving Applejack alone with her thoughts.

Applejack let out a heavy sigh and walked upstairs, her thoughts about her failed marriage swirling in her mind like a tornado.

At Fluttershy’s cottage, Sky was sitting on his bed with Fluttershy sitting next to him, trying to convince him to get up.

“No!” Sky screamed, throwing his pillow and his blanket across the room.

“Sky, please don’t be like this, I’m sure that Rainbow will be here any second now.” Fluttershy pleaded with him.

“Don’t do that, you want to go? No, you don’t, you don’t!!” Sky who by this point was getting more and more frustrated screeched at the top of his lungs.

When Rainbow got closer to the cottage, she could hear her son refusing to leave.

As Rainbow touched down on the soft grass, she made her way to the old oak door of the cottage, she raised her hoof to knock but hesitated, after a few moments of contemplation, she finally knocked, after a few moments of waiting anxiously, her best friend opened the door and let her inside.

“Sky is just upstairs, he’s refusing to leave,” Fluttershy looked worried.

Rainbow Dash flew upstairs to Sky’s room, after a few minutes of coaxing and calming, Sky finally gave him and went with his mother.

Spike flew through town, on his way to Twilight’s castle, being newly appointed as The Dragon Lord was a difficult job, so Spike was happy that he could go to Ponyville from time to time to see his friends.

"Spike, it's so good to see you! How have you been?" Twilight asked with a warm smile, embracing him with her hooves.

"Great, I've been teaching the dragons about ponies,” Spike explained excitedly.

“Well, that’s nice, oh, by the way, before I forget Rainbow Dash and Applejack are coming over with their children,” Twilight smiled, as she and Spike went inside.

“Cool, I can't wait to see Melody and Sky again!” Spike grinned.

As the gentle afternoon sun filtered through the windows of the lodge and elegant throne room, Twilight and Spike were deep in conversation, though as the hours passed the purple alicorn looked at her companion with a serious look in her eyes.

“Spike, I think that we need to talk about Applejack,” Twilight’s face suddenly turned serious as she looked at him.

“OK, what about her?” He asked.

"We must come up with a solution for Stevie to be less busy with his music. He has been away for a long time but, I'm beginning to doubt if he'll ever come back. Although he did return briefly," the purple alicorn expressed.

“Yeah, but I don’t think AJ was very happy to see him, especially since he was gone for four years without so much as a letter, so I can understand that AJ was very upset about that, didn’t you tell me in our last letter that Stevie had told Applejack that he didn’t want a daughter?” Spike questioned, sipping his tea.

Twilight nodded, “But I’m hoping that we can resolve that, also didn’t I tell you that Ray got his eyesight restored?”

“Twilight, I haven’t been gone that long, I only became Dragon Lord four years ago,” Spike said, laughing. “So I would remember that you restored Ray’s eyesight.”

“Right, sorry I keep forgetting that,” Twilight nervously laughed.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, Twilight went to see who it was and returned a short while later with Rainbow Dash and Sky.

“Spike, look who’s here,” Twilight said as she led them into the throne room.

“Hey, Rainbow and Sky, how have you been?” Spike asked.

“We’ve been doing awesome, Sky graduated school, and now we are thinking of getting him a job here in Ponyville, but we’re not sure if we’re gonna move back here,” Rainbow admitted.

Spike smiled and nodded, turning his attention to Sky with a warm expression on his face. "Well, that's nice," he said, his voice filled with genuine appreciation and a hint of curiosity.

“That's nice,” Sky repeated, briefly glancing at the floor.

Then there came another knock, Twilight teleported away to open the door to Applejack and Melody.

“Mama, why did Ah have to come, Ah love Aunt Twilight but she can be so boring sometimes with her lectures about pony anatomy, Ah don’t give a hoot about it,” Melody complained when Twilight had opened the door.

“Now, you listen here, watch your language, young mare, do you understand me?” Applejack scolded, before realizing that the door was open and Twilight was standing in the doorway.

"Sorry you had to hear all of that," Applejack apologized to Twilight.

“It’s fine,” the lavender alicorn replied. I understand how hard it is to raise a teenager.”

“Yeah, I bet you do,” Spike commented as he walked over.

Twilight just rolled her eyes at his comment and led the two earth ponies inside.

“Uncle Spike?” Melody asked.

“Yeah, that’s me, it’s good to see you again,” Spike said, embracing his niece.

“I guess I’ve been doing fine, though I don’t care that Dad left!” Melody spoke harshly.

“Melody, you better take that back. You used to love hangin’ out with your father," Applejack scolded sternly, her voice carrying a hint of disappointment.

“Yeah, well Ah ain’t that young filly, no more, ok?” Melody screamed.

Twilight watched her niece run off, then she turned to Applejack with a questioning look in her eyes.

Applejack let out a sigh, “It’s been like this ever since Stevie left, Ah don’t know what to do.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, maybe I can go talk with her,” Twilight offered.

“Thank ya, Twilight,” Applejack replied.

Twilight simply nodded.

Melody ran to the only room in the castle, where she knew there would be quiet.

“Melody, wait we can talk about this,” Twilight called, going after her.

“No, there ain’t nothing worth talkin’ ‘bout, just leave me alone,” Melody called back over her shoulder.

Twilight lit up her horn and teleported in front of her niece.

“Melody, that’s enough, you need to learn that not everything revolves around you, do I make myself absolutely clear?” Twilight challenged.

“No, you can’t make me, I’m not gonna listen to you, you’re not my mother!” Melody screamed, her eyes stinging with tears as she ran in the direction where she came.

Twilight rolled her eyes, walking up to where her niece sat on the floor, sobbing.

“I’m sorry that I was hard on you, but you need to learn that even if your father is not here right now, your mother is trying her best,” Twilight spoke gently, draping a wing around her niece as Melody cried.

“Aunt Twilight, it’s not just because dad left us, I’ve been having nightmares about the day I was born!” Melody confessed, as she continued to whimper.

“Oh, did you tell your mom?” Twilight asked.

Melody shook her head as she got up and walked to her mother, watching her go the lavender alicorn couldn’t help but smile.

As Twilight watched Melody and Applejack talking, Spike came up to her.

“Hey Twilight, I heard that there was a monster spotted in Ponyville last night. I think I might know where it came from, I think it might have come from somewhere in the middle of Equestria. I sent a letter to Princess Celestia, and she wrote back that she did take care of it,” Spike confirmed. “So there’s no need to worry.”

Twilight let out a sigh of relief. “Well, that’s good, at least now we have one less problem to deal with, but I’m worried about Melody, she told me that she’s been having nightmares from the day she was born.”

“Oh, that’s not good.” Spike said, walking off to go talk with Rainbow.

Twilight let out a heavy sigh as she watched him go, why couldn’t he just see that that was a bad thing.

“But at least the monster is taken care of, so what is the worst that can go wrong?” Twilight asked herself, as she watched her niece and Applejack hug.

Author's Note:

Please tell me if this feels a little bit rushed.

Please tell me what you think about this chapter.

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