My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 2

Friends at Work and Play

“…and if we put this hypothesis into place, then maybe we can isolate the isotopes and pinpoint exactly what…”

The professor droned on and on about this formula that had been recently discovered and Starlight just can’t take it. She slammed her head into her desk and sighed. She hates math class with a passion.

13 years have passed since that day when the Timberwolves attacked her and to this day, she was still wondering why they would attack her. What confused her even more was that necklace they used. How could something like that cause her so much pain? It made no sense. And that black pony that saved her. He seemed so scary, yet so familiar. Yet, she never met him until that moment. Just what--

The professor slammed his ruler onto her desk, snapping her out of her trance. “Ms. Starlight Sparkle! Did you happen to hear what I was saying?”

“Un, yeah.” she quickly said. “(idiot. You didn’t hear anything.)”

“Oh, really? Then tell me, how do you isolate the isotopes?”

“Un…” Starlight looked to her left and her right. Of course, her classmates aren’t going to help. “un… with water?” she heard several of her classmates groan.

The professor snarky chuckled. “wrong, Ms. Sparkle.” Starlight whined and slammed her head into her desk. “I am expecting a full report on this by tomorrow, Starlight.”

“but I didn’t take any notes!” the prof didn’t care and just walked back to the front of the class. That professor is one of the main reasons she hates math class. She groaned and rolled her head, looking out the nearest window. She wonders if her friends are going though the same hell she is.

Woona laughed as her fighting game character kicked another off the cliff. “YES! PWNED! HAHAHA!”

Luna couldn’t help but chuckle at her hyper daughter. She certainly has Trixie’s spirit. “remember to let our opponents get some points in, okay? Otherwise, we may lose them from our game.”

Woona rolled her eyes. She just loves kicking butt. “okay, mom. And to be fair…” Woona unplugged her controller and used her magic to send it aside. Luna pressed a few buttons on her controller and sent her opponents character flying.

“PWNED!” Woona cheered. Luna couldn’t help but smile.

Woona:

Marian looked into her mirror and brushed her hair. She noticed the cape and hat her mother gave her long ago in the mirror and looked back at them. She used her magic to pull them over. Her mind flashed back to the day her mother gave them to her.

{filly Marian looked at her mom’s old cape, which she found in a old box, and tied it around her neck. Trixie walked by, noticed her messing with her old effects, and smiled with a chuckle. She walked in, getting Marian’s attention.

“can I be a great and powerful magician too?”

Trixie was surprised to hear that from Marian. She thought she would go and be something else. To be a magician, like her… Trixie smiled and grabbed her old hat.

“sure you can. But first, you need and great and powerful hat…” she placed it on Marian’s head, who smiled.}

Marian:

Marian lightly chuckled before putting the hat on. The Alicorn Amulet that her mom gave her when she was 2 hung off her neck. She turned and headed for the door.

A white stallion with a blue curly mane walked up to the regal rulers and bowed to them. “Your service to the empire is quite the most…actiony one.” Cosmos said.

“taking down a powerful trafficking cartel, stopping a surge of Windigoes up at Nome, preventing a invasion of Diamond Dogs; you’re rising up faster then your father.” Celestia said.

“And it is with great respect and honor to you and your actions that we promote you, the youngest pony to reach the rank of captain.” Luna used her magic to place a helmet on the pony’s head. “rise, Captain Glade Yggdrasill.”

Glade rose up and bowed to them. “I am proud to accept this prestigious honor, your majesties.” the royals bowed to him in return.

Once that was done, Cadence broke character and hugged and kissed her son, much to his dismay and to her aunt‘s humor. “Oh, my little Glady is growing up.” she said as any mother would.

“mom. Please. Not now. We’re in the presence of Celestia.” he said with a hint of distress. This was just too embarrassing.

“you keep this up and you’ll end up becoming a general.” his father, Shining Armor, said.

“well, I don’t know about general, dad.” he nervously said.

Erys sat back on a tree, taking a much-needed nap. A apple fell from the tree above and hit her on the head, waking her up. She rubbed where the apple hit her, picked it up, and bit into it.

“that hurt.” she said with her mouth full.

A flash of white went though her eyes, causing her to drop the apple and hold her head in pain. “o-ow.” she heard a ringing sound like a grenade or a artillery strike went off near her. “not… again…” this wasn’t as bad as last time and soon passed. She panted as she continued to hold her head. “no voice that time…” she gasped.

She got up and walked over to the nearest stream. She used her magic to bring water up from the stream and splash it in her fave. “what is happening to me?” she gasped. “3 months… and it’s just getting worse…” she whined.

Pound cheered as he flew though the air, pulling loop-de-loops. “This is awesome!” he cheered.

“yeah. Great. Now get down here.” his sister, Pumpkin, called out. “mom and dad need our help in the kitchen.” Pound sighed in defeat and flew on down. Without even stopping, he flew though the door. Pumpkin sighed in defeat and followed after him.

The twins walked into the kitchen where their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, their aunt Pinkie, and their uncle Marble were hard at work. “there you two are.” Mrs. Cake sternly said.

“Sorry, mom, but SOMEONE…” Pumpkin elbowed her brother in the side. “…was goofing off.”

“well, the ladies seem to like it.” he groaned. “I’m not sure why you’re sore about it.” Pumpkin groaned again as she pinched her eyes.

“Pound. Pumpkin. Enough!” Mr. Cake said. “Can you please just get to work?”

“yes, dad.” they both said. They both grabbed their aprons and went to work. Just as he grabbed the dough and went to work kneading it, Pound noticed something. “where’s Cotton?”

The door to the shop opened and closed. Cotton called out, “Sorry I’m late.” the pink Earth Pony with shorter and less curly hair then her mother and with a Cutie Mark just like her name walked in. “I lost track of time.”

“just as long as you’re hear to help.” Pinkie said.

“sorry. It won’t happen again. Although I did find this one Pegasus who wasn’t that into playing, he was more excluded then others, but I kept trying to makehimjoininandmakehimfeelwelcome,afeatbettersaidthendoneand…”

Cotton droned on and on and on and everyone, except her parents, found it annoying. “not again.” Pound and Pumpkin groaned.

Pound and Pumpkin:

Cotton Candy (Cotton belongs to Deviantart user Kelmar2593 and being used with his permission):

“WOO-HOO!”

A brown speck shot though the air, pulling loop-de-loops and pulling insane maneuvers that would make her mother proud. Speaking of which, Rainbow Dash watched from the nearest cloud as her son pulled those moves. “Go, Soarin’ Cloud!”

“Who’s Awesome? I’m Awesome!” Cloud cheered as he spun and flipped though the sky.

“that you are!” Shadow said as he flew up beside Dash. His ground-breaking invention, a pair of mechanical wings, closed up and retracted like normal Pegasi wings.

“there you are.” Dash kissed her hubby on the cheek. “where’s Eris?”

“Coming up behind me.” he said as he sat down. “How’s Cloud doing?”

‘Pretty good. He’s pulling off tricks that even I haven’t been able to pull. Guess there ARE some moves that guys can do better then girls.”

Shadow took that to mean something else and snickered with a grin. “that, I know.” Dash lightly pushed him and he chuckled. He turned her and pinned her to the cloud. “you’re lucky your cute.” he chuckled before they both kissed each other.

“oh, good grief. At least wait until we’re back home.” Eris Shine said as she flew up. The mint-green Pegasus with 3 lightning bolts for her Cutie Mark landed on a nearby cloud and gagged.

“haha!” Cloud exclaimed as he flew down. The brown Pegasus with goggles and a scarf with a cloud Cutie Mark landed on the same cloud as Eris. “did you all see that?”

“we sure did.” Dash chuckled. “you pulled some nice moves.”

“And I’m about to pull some more.” Cloud spread his wings and took off to the sky.

Eris rolled her eyes and sighed. “boys.”

Eris Shine:

Soarin’ Cloud (same situation as with Cotton; belongs to Kelmar2593 and used with permission):

Sweet Song hummed a tune as she walked though the streets of Ponyville. She broke it and dreamily looked up at the sky. The mint-green unicorn saw a brown speck fly though the sky and sighed.

“Ah. There’s no one cuter then Soarin’ Cloud.” she sighed. No one made her happier. Her love for Cloud was so natural, it even reminded her of the day she first got her Cutie Mark.

{Lyra looked though the living room but couldn’t find her daughter.

“Bonnie? Do you know where Sweet Song disappeared too?” she called out.

“I think she went outside.” Bonbon replied from the kitchen.

Lyra took her advice and looked outside. “Sweet Song? Sweet Song? Sweet Song, it’s time for d--” she stopped in mid-step and watched as her daughter sat under a tree, singing a song.

“♪my life is like a gentle breeze, aiding all with a soothing touch. My love for you will keep you strong and help you though the night…♪”

Sweet Song didn’t notice it but a music note Cutie Mark appeared.}

Sweet Song:

Sweet Song looked back to her Cutie Mark and smiled. “some day… I’m gonna be like Sweetie Belle.”

Derpy sighed with much-needed release as eTu`nes scratched her back. “Oh. Yeah. Right there.” she pleasurably moaned.

“you mean…” the drake moved his claws further south. “here?”

“OH! eTu`nes, you perv.” she chuckled. She rolled over onto him and pinned him to the floor. “you just know how to please a mare.”

“I had 17 years practice.” the 2 kissed just as their daughter walked on.

“Oh. Mom. Dad. Please stop. I got friends coming over.” Windancer exclaimed with a groan.

Derpy stopped and looked back to her. “you don’t like romance?” she asked.

“just not when it’s my parents.” the brown Pegasus with yellow hair similar but longer then her mothers said. She also has Derpy’s derped eyes. “please… just try to keep the romance down to a minimum.”

Windancer headed back up to her room, closing the door and leaving her parents alone. “she got her personality from you.” they both said to each other.

Windancer opened her door just a smidge and looked on. Her parents went back to kissing, which made her sigh. 15 years and they still get lost each other’s eyes and embrace. If only she can find romance like that.

Windancer (same as with Cloud and Cotton. Used with permission by Kelmar2593):

Twilight looked though the library’s shelf’s, trying to find a certain book. “Halo? Do you know where the book on astronomy is?”

“un, no.” he replied from the kitchen.

Twilight sighed. That can only mean… “Goldie?”

The 9-and-a-half year old light-purple Pegasus filly with dark purple hair poked her hair from a shelf above and nervously chuckled. “un… yeah, mom?”

“Do you know where the book on celestial bodies is?”

“eh…” she slunk back and pulled it out. “You mean this one?” she asked, showing the cover to her mom.

Twilight used her magic and pulled it down. “you really need to learn to ask me before you take stuff.”

“We live in a library. Why do we need to check our own books out?”

“because it helps prevent stuff like this happening.”

Goldie rolled her eyes and sighed. Just like mom, as always.

Goldie (OC used with permission from Deviantart User Golden-Fly):

A pair of golden hooves bucked a apple tree, sending it’s product falling into a basket below.

Peppy Pines panted as she wiped her forehead. “I’m still not sure how mom as able to do this so easily.” the light yellow Earth Pony with red hair and a Stinson with a feather in it said.

“Peppy!” Zilver called out. “Peppy?”

“Coming, Dad.” she grabbed the basket and headed on over to him. “so… how’s mom doing?”

“terrible.” Zil said. “that flu looks like it’s here for a long while.”

Peppy sighed. Great… just what she needed. More work on the farm. The two walked past a gravestone with the writing, ‘here lies Granny Smith, matriarch of the Apple Clan.’ Peppy didn’t get a chance to know her. She died 3 months before she was even born. Her mom said that the Stinson she’s currently wearing was hers great-grandma’s when she went to Appaloosa. So, in a way, she does know her.

Peppy Pines (used with permission from Deviantart User Pepooni):

Fluttershy hummed as she finished up bandaging a snake. “there. Now doesn’t that feel better?” she asked in her angelic voice. The snake hissed and slithered off to a hide-away.

“you are just so cute when you deal with animals.” Edge said as he walked over.

Fluttershy chuckled. “I think you’re the first pony to even compliment me on that.”

“Don’t you mean first changeling?”

“still the first.” her husband fluttered on over and kissed her on the cheek. “and what was that for?”

“being the best pony out there.” he truthfully said. Fluttershy looked at him with light in her eyes and kissed him back.

On the couch, their 2 children watched.

“*Sigh* isn’t romance wonderful?” Golden-Day said with a heavenly sigh.

Season’s Edge scoffed and sat back. “whatever. Not sure what the big deal is.”

“not sure wh--” the light, light, light pink Pegasus (man, there’s a lot of Pegasi here.) with a longer hair style then her mother said in shock. “how can you not fall in love with them falling in love?”

The changeling with a short hair-cut shrugged. “not sure why ponies can even bother with it. It’s not that great.” before Golden can answer, he got up and flew away.

“What’s wrong with your brother?” Edge asked.

“he’s just being emo ever since his crush went to the prom with someone else.”

“oh.” Fluttershy said.

“it’s just a faze. He does it all the time.” Golden-Day sighed. “does suck to be him, though. She even kissed him with Season in plain sight, too.”

Golden-Day:

Season’s Edge:

“Help me!” Filigree yelled as she ran down the Ponyville streets, being chased by a bunch of kids. “I got killer kids trying to disintegrate me.”

“Die, monster.” all 4 of them said.

Filigree turned down a alley way and screeched to a halt when she came across a wall in her way. The fillies and colts caught up to her and aimed their ray guns. They made shooting sound effects. Filigree played along and hammed on as she pretended to die.

“Yay. We’ve slain the beast!” they happily yelled.

The white dragon/unicorn mare with curly purple and green hair, small dragon-like frills serving the place of ears, and dragon scales running down from her neck, down beneath her belly, and out to her draconic tail got up and chuckled. “okay. You got me. Now can I go home? My mom’s waiting for me.”

“okay.” the 4 fillies and colts said in unison. They turned and ran off. “See you later, Filigree!” one of the fillies called out.

Filigree waved good-bye to them then headed for home. Those foals really wore her out. If she had wings, she’d be home in no time.

“Well, that looked like fun.” Filigree heard her little sister said. She shook her head and chuckled. “Shame you didn’t invite me.”

“where are you hiding, Fire Ruby?”

The 11-year-old filly poked her head out of a bushel of flowers and walked over to her older sister. “right here.” the purple earth pony with purple hair, tipped with fire-green and with sails running down her back and with frills near her eyes instead of her ears, said. Her name came from her Cutie Mark, which was the same as the fire ruby necklace Spike gave their mother ever since he was a baby himself.

“Have you been spying on me?” Filigree asked.

“Who, sweet innocent little ol’ me? Naw! I never spy. I snoop.”

Filigree half-closed her eyes. “un-huh.” Filigree started for Carousel Boutique with her annoying sister not far behind. “so what were you doing then?”

“Just taking in the scenery. Smelling some flowers, catching some butterflies. All that good jazz.”

Filigree didn’t buy it for a second. “Sureeee…”

“it’s true!”

“HEY! Who ate my petunias!?” someone yelled out in anger. Ruby whinnied in fear and bolted. Filigree chuckled at her sister’s antics. There’s only 1 word to describe Fire Ruby, and that’s trouble. She always seems to be getting to it ever hour or so.

Filigree:

Fire Ruby:

Starlight sighed as she looked out the window. “Yeah… everyone must be having fun right now…” she sighed.

“MS. STARLIGHT! Pay attention!” the professor yelled.

Starlight straightened. She doesn’t want him angry. He’s scary when he’s angry.

Author's Notes:

mostly just a chapter that introduces all the supporting cast. nothing special. and i know, that's a lot of Pegasi. i swear, i didn't intend for that to happen. nore do i know why this site is making the pictures bigger. that's a mystery even to me.