A/N: This was first written in August 2015, no judgement. Read & Review!

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It was another happy and carefree day along Ponyville. The cream yellow Pegasus with pink swirled mane was now on her way to the schoolhouse with her adoptive daughter as the other pony parents were, except for Scootaloo, who seemed to be alone whenever this would come up as normal.

"Have a good day at school, sweetie..." Fluttershy told Boots like a good mother would.

Boots hugged the Pegasus and went to join her friends.

"Yes, Mama." Boots said.

Fluttershy smiled as she watched Boots go to her friends, she looked a little sad though as she saw certain fillies and colts with two parents. True, Boots wanted her and Discord to adopt her, but they weren't even married... Would it be okay if they were to get married? What would everypony else say? She just waved to Boots and walked off to get back to feed the animals and go about her day having another adventurous day to find out about the magic of friendship.

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Boots laughed once she met up with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo.

"Hi, blank flanks..." Diamond Tiara came to them with Silver Spoon just to spoil their fun.

"Oh, great," Scootaloo groaned. "What do you want, Diamond?"

"Oh, nuthin'..." Diamond Tiara circled them. "Say Boots, who are you bringin' for Family Appreciation Day?"

"What?" Boots looked to her.

"You know... The time of year where somepony from your family comes," Diamond Tiara explained, then pretended to look astonished. "Oh, that's right... You don't have a family!"

"I do so!" Boots retorted.

"Um, not really..." Silver Spoon got in her face. "You're just a reject and a couple of misfits took you in... That's not a family, that's a freak show!"

"Hey, you leave her alone!" Sweetie belle said, defending Boots with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's help.

Boots felt a little bad as she stared at the ground now. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon just laughed at them.

"Oh, Boots, I would get a brush again..." Diamond Tiara advised mockingly. "I think you missed a few parasprites..."

The bell rang to bring them all inside the schoolhouse.

"Hey, don't feel bad..." Scootaloo said to Boots. "I don't see my own parents much, my mom's usually very busy at home, so I go out most of the time..."

"Really?" Boots asked. "Then what about your dad?"

"He lives far away..." Scootaloo admitted.

"Divorce?" Boots wondered.

"I think so... But he's protecting Cadence and Shining Armor." Scootaloo encouraged.

"What about you, Apple Bloom?" Boots asked the earth filly about her parents.

Apple Bloom looked thoughtful for a moment. "Ah don't remember..."

"What do you mean you don't remember?" Boots looked confused.

"Well, Ah don't remember what they look like." Apple Bloom explained.

"Oh..." Boots sounded a little sad for her. "Um, Sweetie Belle?"

"My parents live back home," Sweetie Belle smiled fondly. "I usually like to hang out with Rarity..."

The students took their seats and they continued their conversations until their teacher would come in to start their day. Scootaloo did miss her parents and just wished that she could spend time together with them like a happy family. The CMC switched to other topics though and tried to cheer each other up.

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Soon enough, Cheerilee came in. "Good morning, my little ponies."

"Good morning, Ms. Cheerilee..." the class greeted back gleefully as always.

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While this was going on, Atticus, Mo, Cherry, and Patch were now looking up in the clouds, wearing their Equestrian medallions.

Cherry was more asleep, but a bit in zen since it was more of a cloudy day than a sunny day, which was just how she liked it. "I could fall asleep right here..."

"Didn't you get any sleep last night?" Mo asked her.

"Two hours... A new record..." Cherry rolled her eyes at herself.

"I'm guessing that would be a no." Patch said.

"I just can't sleep as well as I used to..." Cherry grumbled. "I hate being a writer... Millions of ideas invade my brain when I could be dreaming of something I desire... Then those dreams become inspiration for stories... I think I need a vacation."

"You took one earlier in the summer and saw your brother for the first time in a year." Atticus reminded her.

"That doesn't count..." Cherry still looked a little miserable. "I need to get out of this place."

"Like Equestria?" Patch asked hopefully.

"Anywhere but here..." Cherry shrugged.

"Maybe we could just go there ourselves this time..." Mo suggested, getting on her stomach. "Who knows? Maybe something will happen there that'll make it exciting instead of just a summon?"

"Yeah," Atticus said. "Besides, it's been a while since we were last there."

"I guess we could visit the Mane Six..." Cherry shrugged. "We haven't had a lot of excitement around here lately... Man, being home from school is getting boring."

"Let's go then!" Patch was eager to go.

"Yeah!" Atticus agreed.

They all knelt in the grass together and fiddled with their medallions until they would glow and take them straight to Ponyville. For Patch, it was his Equestrian medallion/Pound Puppy dog tag. Their medallions then glowed and teleported them straight to Ponyville and turned them into their pony forms.

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Derpy Hooves was trotting by in the town square, then saw the energy blast and zipped away by a muffin stand. Cherry lifted one hoof and coughed a little, the dust caught in her throat a little.

"Looks like we're here." Patch said.

Mo looked around. "Where is everypony?"

"Oh, don't tell me the world's going to Tartarus again..." Atticus moaned.

The four of them looked ahead and saw something going on in SugarCube Corner.

"Hey, what's going on there?" Cherry wondered.

The four of them decided to go in and explore as it looked like the Mane Six were all together, they were smiling to each other, but it looked like Twilight was the center of attention.

"Look, it's the girls!" Atticus cheered.

The mares looked around and saw their friends and rushed to them to give them hugs.

"Ah didn't know ya guys were comin'!" Applejack sounded pleased.

"We just thought we'd stop by..." Patch said to them. "What's going on here?"

Twilight blushed and looked to the floor. "Come sit with us... I'll tell you everything."

'She's blushing; this must be about a guy.' Mo thought.

"MR. AND MRS. CAKE, FOUR SUGAR DRINKS!" Pinkie Pie called.

"You got it, Pinkie Pie!" the Cake couple told her, making her smile.

"Oww...?" Cherry's ears twitched since she was right next to the silly pony.

"Oh, sorry Cherry..." Pinkie Pie said softly then. "I keep forgetting you don't like loud noises..."

"So, what's new?" Patch asked.

Twilight looked to the others and beamed, putting her hooves to her face. "Cadence and Shining Armor had their baby shower!"

"And they didn't invite us?" Mo looked a little sad.

"They probably thought it'd be boring for you, but that's not the best part," Twilight bit her lip. "Shining's other guards came and Flash Sentry asked me to marry him!"

"That's amazing news, Twilight!" Atticus congratulated his alicorn sister figure.

"Yeah!" Patch cheered.

Twilight smiled, though she had tears in her eyes, she was mostly overjoyed.

"Let's see the ring." Cherry insisted.

Twilight gestured to her horn to show her engagement ring which was a beautiful garnet gem that glowered indigo with a hint of rose and blue, the same colors of hers and Flash Sentry's manes.

"It's beautiful." Mo said.

"So, when's the wedding?" Patch asked.

"Probably in about 30 moons..." Twilight speculated. "Lots to do to get ready, you know..."

Fluttershy had a smile, but she seemed emotional on the inside.

"Fluttershy, are you okay?" Cherry asked her.

"Oh, yes..." Fluttershy smiled, though sounded indeed sad. "This is a happy day for Twilight..."

"Yeah, but Fluttershy, if there is anything that you need to get off your chest; you can tell us." Patch said.

"I'm fine..." Fluttershy said softly.

Mr. Cake came with the four extra drinks for everypony else. Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch then took their drinks.

"So, uh, how are Boots and the CMC doing?" Patch asked.

"Still tryin' out for cutie marks..." Rainbow Dash replied after taking a big sip from her drink.

"Ah wonder if Boots can even get one..." Applejack thought out loud. "Other than that, she seems to be getting along nicely with the others..."

"Some ponies think she's odd though..." Fluttershy remembered some bullying stories whenever Boots would either be home with her or when Discord would bring her with him like visits from divorced parents.

"Wow." Patch said.

"I'm sometimes worried she isn't happy here..." Fluttershy sighed.

"Speaking of which, when are you and Discord gonna get married?" Cherry asked.

Fluttershy blushed at the question. "Why would you ask something like that?"

"Come on, Flutters, you two obviously like each other..." Cherry glanced back. "He rarely hurts you... He wanted to be your friend... He tortured Angel Bunny, it made me laugh..." she listed endless examples.

"Okay, just to shorten of what she's trying to explain is that you and Discord are meant to be." Patch said.

Fluttershy actually blushed then. "I never noticed that before..."

"It's kinda obvious..." Cherry glanced back. "Not as bad as when Big Mac and Cheerilee had a love poison, but still..."

"Hmm..." Fluttershy had a small smile. "Maybe I should give him a chance... But... I'm a little nervous of the direct approach, I don't wanna scare him..."

"Don't worry, I'm sure you won't scare him." Atticus said.

"Oh..." Fluttershy tapped her hooves together.

"If you want, we can go with you to see him..." Mo suggested. "I don't know a lot about love myself, but being a girl, I know these things..."

Cherry had no comment to that.

The other Mane Six members also agreed to that.

"Okay... Maybe when we have dinner with Boots..." Fluttershy suggested then, then looked to their guests. "Would you like to come for dinner?"

"We'd love to come to dinner." Atticus said.

"Yeah." Patch agreed.

"Yeah... Just don't mix up our food..." Cherry said, knowing how Fluttershy had a lot of animal friends.

Fluttershy smiled then. "Super!"

"Twi, do you have pictures of the baby shower?" Atticus asked his sister figure.

"Oh, sure... Lemme show you..." Twilight took out Spike's camera and showed them the palace, Princess Celestia stopping by, and the future parents having a good time. "Oh, I'm so excited, I'm gonna be an aunt!"

"Can I go and do some research?" Patch asked, raising his hoof.

"Uhh... Okay, if you want..." Twilight smiled, not sure what he meant by that.

"Great, because I want to do some research on Scootaloo's parents as well as Apple Bloom, Applejack, and Big Mac's parents and find out where they are." Patch said.

The others looked to each other and shrugged. After the celebration at the SugarCube Corner, the Mane Six went off.