My Little Pony: Skye Dubson

Chapter V: The Reunion

Outside, on a cold morning, the wind whisked gently as the folks of Ponyville were lazily taking to the streets, the market to be exact. Finding ingredients and clothes, pretty much anything they needed. But inside, however, Skye lay in his bed, he was feeling much better since a week ago, and injuries here seem to fade rather quickly. He leaned up in his bed, "Ahh, another good day in my favourite town", he said.

Skye got out of his bed and looked through a window to the outside, seeing the scene of Ponyville outside. He looked back to his bed, any minute now the nurse would come by with most ponies' breakfast. He gotten used to eating hay, it wasn't very nice, but Nurse Redheart couldn't understand why he didn't like it, which he found extremely annoying.

"C'mon, I need to see if I am allowed to leave yet" he said. And sure enough after a few minutes, the Nurse appeared, without breakfast, which meant only one thing. 'I'm free!' he thought.

"Hello, Skye, and good morning, it is time for you to get ready to visit Ponyville" she said. Skye put a fist in the air and was about to shout, but remembering where he was, he resorted to simply miming how he felt. The nurse giggled and led him to the front desk, "I hope you don't get an angry mob like last week", she said, a bit awkwardly.

Skye looked outside, where an orange Pony with blonde hair and a hat stood, she was smiling and waving. Skye motioned for her to wait while Nurse Redheart had finished some sort of form. "And you are free to go", she said, to which Skye said, "Thanks", and ran outside.

"Hey there, sugarcube", said Applejack with a cheerful grin.
"Hey yourself, this is where I finally get to see Ponyville", he said back cheekily.

"Right then, so where do ya wanna go?" she asked, looking around Ponyville for somewhere they could visit first.

"I wanna visit Twilight first I guess, I haven't seen her since last week", he said, starting feel a bit sad again, but not too sad as Applejack patted him on the back and pointed to a big looking tree with a balcony and loads of windows with a great wooden door, with was rounded at the top, similar to most doors that weren't in the town.

Applejack and Skye started walking down the market place. Along the way, Skye could hear ponies whispering among themselves. Skye was surprised that the news of his bravery had spread across the whole of town, although they might still be scared of him. At one point he saw a filly hiding behind her mother. Skye stopped and glimpsed at her, then put his head down and carried on walking.

Skye couldn't help but think if they still hated him or not. A few metres away, a mint looking pony with a slightly darker mane with a streak of pale blonde in it, "See Bon-bon, I told you they were real! I told you!" she shouted. She trotted up to Skye and put out a hoof. "Hi, I'm Lyra Heartstrings, and this is my good friend Bon-Bon", she happily said, although it sounded more like her singing.

"Cool, and can I ask, how it is you know about humans?" he asked her.

"Because I research them of course", she answered.

"Yeah, because I'd really know that was the answer" he said back.

Lyra shook her hoof that was still outstretched, "Are you gonna shake my hoof?" he asked, as if it were a privilege to do so.

"Oh yeah, sorry, kinda forgot about handshakes, seeing as no-one hear has hands", he laughed. He shook her hoof and she squealed. She ran off to her friend Bon-Bon and kept singing and jumping while walking around her. Skye found this funny.

"Ya comin', sugarcube?" came the voice of Applejack, shouting from a distance. Skye looked at some of the ponies, some of who didn't seem frightened about him after the little friendly talk with Lyra there.

"Yeah, I'm coming", he shouted, and ran into her direction. I felt really weird seeing all of the ponies watching him, so he slowed down and stopped again, only a few metres away from the orange mare. "Applejack, could you… get everyone to stop staring at me, I feel like a freak", he said, stroking his arm.

"Alright, everypony, get back to ye duties" he said, and almost instantly, all the ponies went back to buying, or doing whatever they were doing.

"Applejack, thanks", he said.

"No problem, though if ya ever do got a problem, come see me and I'll sort ya out" she said in a rather kind tone. They were almost at the library when they saw something in the window.

"What is that?" asked Skye.

"She better not be levitating spike again, I told her not to, and it's dangerous for a baby dragon!" Applejack grunted. She marched into the library, only to see that Spike was climbing a ladder.

"Hey, Applejack, what are you here for?" he said, "Maybe a book on-", he started, but Twilight came down a set of posh, furnished looking stairs.

"Applejack, nice to see you, likewise for you Skye", she said, looking at Spike. "Spike, I thought I told you to do H-J, not F-H, now you have to do two sets of books" she groaned.

"Well, think of it as I'm double checking, Twilight, I mean, you don't always get the right order yourself", Spike said innocently.

"Lies, and I will not have it, just finish with your work, okay?" said Twilight. Spike nodded. "So, what brings you here?" she said, but Skye didn't seem interested in her, he was looking around at a huge library he had just walked in.

"This is so cool, you have the Daring Do books, right?" he asked. Twilight grinned.

"I didn't forget, they're right over here", he said, whilst using her magic to levitate a pile of about ten books over to a table near Skye. "And that's only the first ten books, there's thirty four altogether, counting the comics too", she finished.

"Yay, sadly I can't read them yet… do you have, like, a library card system or something?" Skye asked confused.

"Library Card? No, you can just take them, but you mustn't forget to bring them back", she said. Twilight smiled.

"Applejack here is taking me on a tour around Ponyville", he said. Applejack waved at Twilight,

"Howdy Twilight", she said, looking around the library. "Why do you re-arrange the library every time I'm here?" she asked.

"I don't, I do it when I have nothing else to do", she moaned.

"Twilight, you wanna come with me and Applejack to visit the others?" Skye asked, hoping to get a yes from Twilight. For the first time in his life, he'd made friends. Sure they didn't have a good start, but after he saw that… Sparkle of… whatever it was in Twilight's eyes, like a feeling or something, he'd proven he was good-hearted. Skye looked at Spike, "Spike, you wanna come with us?" he questioned.

Twilight suddenly sniggered, "By the way, we should probably visit Rarity soon, your clothes are looking a bit… torn", she said. Skye looked at his t-shirt, which had a smear of blood on it, near some dirt smudges and a hole where he'd been stabbed. Applejack laughed too.

"Rarity? Yeah, I wanna come!" said Spike. He jumped off the ladder he was stood on and onto Twilight's back. "Let's go!" he shouted. Twilight looked in pain.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Skye asked, concerned. Twilight shook her head,

"Spike, what did I tell you about jumping on me?" she breathed, looking very hurt. Skye had an idea.

"Spike? Why not sit on my shoulders or something?" he said. Spike smiled and looked at Skye, seeing as he was slightly taller than the ponies, he agreed. He jumped towards Skye and climbed his body. Along the way, Skye kept squirming, he tickled. Skye's mind was full of OMG, SO CUTE! "So, are we going to visit her now?" Skye asked.

The others nodded, and then they headed out. Twilight had to stay behind a couple of minutes to fix something, so they would meet up later. "You know Applejack, when I arrived… You saw me, why didn't you run away?" asked Skye out of sheer curiosity, she could've left him there, to get killed.

"Well, I think I told you, but you were crying at the time" she said.

"Yes, but why, what was it about my crying that made a difference?" he asked again.

"That's just it Skye, no human in Equestria has ever cried" she finally revealed. Skye smiled,

"Just a good thing I cried then" he mumbled.

When they arrived at Rarity's boutique, Applejack only had twenty or so minutes free and had to go back to Sweet Apple Acres. Skye entered after a happy little dragon. "Rarity, It's Spike and Skye, I-we came to see you" he shouted.

"Maybe she's not in?" Skye asked.

"No way, the door would have been locked if she was out" Spike argued. He ran off a bit and into a dressing up looking area. "Rarity?" he shouted. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash appeared from behind a curtain.

"Oh, it's lover boy and lover boy two" she said with sarcasm. She trotted over to Skye, "And just because I thought you were brave, doesn't mean I like you or anything, so don't expect me to get use to you" she whispered through gritted teeth.

"Just for your information, I can't be with Fluttershy" Skye said, getting in her face.

"Oh, so you got angrier, huh?" she asked, mimicking Skye's expression.

"I called her something… I didn't mean to!" he shouted. Rarity ran from upstairs.

"What is going on here?" she demanded to know.

"Me and Skye were having a discussion" Rainbow Dash said. Rarity looked at spike and smiled. She didn't need to tell Spike to leave the two alone; he just simply floated in the air and followed her.

"That was weird…" Skye whispered.

"Alright, you wanna know why I hate your scum kind?" Rainbow Dash screamed.

"Yes, I'd like to-", Skye started, but was pushed on the floor and pinned down.

"They killed by family!" Rainbow Dash cried, her eyes were hidden by her mane, the colour of the rainbow in it seemed to be turning a grey-ish colour. Skye was stuck, he thought very carefully about what he would say next. Skye decided not to say anything, but instead stop struggling, then say something.

"Rainbow Dash, I'm sorry" he said, quite calmly.

"No you're not! No-one ever is!" she screamed. Skye closed his eyes, 'This is crumby, but it makes a lot of people feel better' he thought. Skye eventually struggled out of her grasp and put his arms around her shoulders.

"I know no-one does. There is always that one exception though" he said, he hugged her. For the first time, in a long time, Rainbow Dash was… not exactly happy, but not too sad. Rainbow Dash showed Skye her maroon eyes, gleaming with mixed emotions. Mostly hatred or happiness, Skye couldn't tell, but she was crying.

Rainbow Dash said nothing, but instead confided in Skye and hugged him back, "It was so fast" she whimpered. Skye remembered a horrible day in his life too.

"Rainbow, I know exactly what it feels like" he said.

"How… Could you… Possibly…" she stuttered.

"I was twelve. Me, my parents and my two little sisters were at a gas station, the place was robbed and my dad was… killed, my mum was killed too-in the crossfire when the police arrived" he said, starting to cry too. "The eldest of my sisters ran out of the shop and got shot in the stomach, she died then and there" he finished.

"What happened to your youngest sister?" Rainbow asked, feeling less sad, not that she's heard pretty much the same story, but from the enemies view.

"My youngest sister, Scooty, died of cancer about a year after that. It's funny now I remember, I used to call her Scootaloo, it made her laugh" Skye breathed, slightly laughing himself.

"Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked. Skye nodded, "There's a filly in Ponyville called that, and she's eight years old" Rainbow said.

"My sister died eight years ago; do you think Scootaloo could be my sister?" Skye mumbled, asking himself and Rainbow Dash.

"I don't know, but I bet she might be, wanna go visit them?" she said, wiping a tear away from her eye. Skye nodded. A few minutes later, Rarity and Spike had returned. "So, clothes for Skye, and he'll pick them up after he gets a job tomorrow?" Rainbow asked, confused.

"Yes, Rainbow dear, now off with you, to visit my sister and her friends" she said with her ridiculously posh accent. Skye and Rainbow Dash headed out of the building.

"Would it be inappropriate if I asked what you called Fluttershy?" she asked.

"Well, I'll just tell you I called her a stupid mare that can't do anything right…" he sighed, "I… I was angry because I couldn't hear myself think and the only mares to visit me since last week was Applejack and Luna" he said.

"Harsh", said Dash.

"No, it's not funny. I like her, but I was stupid, and now I feel like dirt. Then again, I've always felt like dirt" said Skye. The two of them carried on walking to Applejack's farm. "So, what exactly is "The Cutie Mark Crusaders"? Is it a club?" asked Skye.

"Sort of, Applebloom-", started Rainbow.

"I know her; I met her the first day I was here" he said, smiling.

"Good, well in that case there is just Sweetie Belle, Rarity's sister, and Scootaloo to meet" she said, also smiling. "I should also mention that Scootaloo doesn't have a family, she lives with her teacher Ms Cheerilee though" said Dash.

"Scooty was always fond of school, I built her a tree house when she was three, but she was only allowed in it when she was five, she got about three months to play in it…" said Skye, he sighed.

"The cutie mark crusaders have a club house" she said. Skye looked on ahead and saw Applejack kicking a tree with her strong looking hind legs. "Applejack, over here!" Dash shouted. Applejack looked over to the couple.

"Howdy you two, friends are we?" she asked, sweating all over. Skye ran over to her,

"Applejack, I know it sounds stupid, but I think Scootaloo is my sister" Skye said, looking really happy.

"Whoa there, how is that so?" she questioned.

"Well, Rainbow Dash told me Scootaloo has no family, and I had sister who… is gone… and she was called Scooty, but I called her Scootaloo" he said, cheerily.

"Sure, alright, you seem pretty sure; Scootaloo is with ma sister in their club house" she said, but Skye had already ran over to it.

"What if she is my sister, what do I say?" he asked himself, "Scootaloo?!" he shouted.

"Hold on girls, someone is shouting me" came a voice Skye highly recognised. A small orange filly with purple hair came through a small wooden door, "Hello?" she asked. She looked down and saw Skye, "Do I know you?" he asked again. Skye had a tear in his eye. 'Oh shit, it is her!' he said in his mind. Applejack and Rainbow Dash ran over,

"You alright?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking concerned.

"It-It's her, but she doesn't recognise me" he said.

"Scootaloo, this is Skye. He is a human, he says that you're hid sister" said Rainbow Dash.

"I don't think so" she answered a bit cheekily.

"Applejack, it's her voice and everything, what now?" Skye asked, then looked at Scootaloo, "Does the name Dubson mean anything to you?" he asked her. Scootaloo's eyes widened.

"I write that all the time, Dubson, what the heck you think it is?" she asked hastily.

"It's my last name, and was yours, my sister died eight years ago, I think… I think you are her reborn, with few memories" he said, hoping to get a positive response. Scootaloo jumped off the balcony of the tree house and landed on the floor next to Skye.

"What about the names; Maria, Josh and Charlie?" she asked.

"Maria is my other sister, and the others were my parents" he said. Scootaloo froze for a brief few seconds, seeing a bunch of images flashing before her eyes.

FLASHBACK OFF SCOOTY'S LAST MINUTES A thirteen year old Skye is sat next to a pale looking girl, "Scooty, remember when I told you that everything would be alright?" he asked. Scooty playfully slapped him,

"Hmmh?" she muffled. Skye looked at one of the doctors; one of them shook their heads.

"I'm sorry, I lied. I didn't want to scare you. I denied it myself because of what happend. You are very sick, and I can't do anything, but I love you" he cried. He put his head on her chest, "I'm so sorry…" he finished.

"I know, I'm not stupid, I know I don't have much life left because i heard Dr Hands, but at least you were here" she whispered, "And I'm ready to go, but I don't know if you are, big brother" she said.

"I… don't have a choice" he mumbled.

"It's alright, Skye, I'll… always be…" she stopped, she closed her eyes and the doctor moved over to her,

"Skye, this is it" he said.

"Sister?" Skye asked.

"Your little…"

…

FLASHBACK ENDS "Scootaloo?" said Skye, holding Scootaloo, the filly in his arms, "Wake up, are you okay?" he shouted. Scootaloo regained consciousness and looked around in a daze, seeing Skye.

"I'll always be your little Scootaloo" she said. Skye smiled and hugged her, she hugged him back.

"Applejack?" Rainbow spoke up.

"Yes?" she answered.

"I think I'm gonna take Scootaloo and Skye somewhere more… private, so they can talk" she said. Applejack looked at Scootaloo and Skye.

"No need" she smiled, "Let them stay here", said Applejack, smiling. Skye felt a shred of happiness, which soon turned into tons of joy, for he had found his youngest sister, born again.