Creating A Hive

Dynamite Don't

"...you did what."

"Adopted daughter #3!" I supplied. My arm shot out, pointing towards Dynamite Berry. The blue and red pegasus was looking at a box that Killjoy had brought her.

Pinkie cheered. "ADOPTION PARTY!" Confetti fell from...I actually don't know where.

Twilight walked up to us, as Pinkie zoomed around the rest of the setup for the party. "Explain." She stated.

I smiled wide. "Explain what?"

"Explain how we left you alone-for one day- and you adopted another child!" Twilight asked.

"Oh. Explain that." My smile brightened- if it was at all possible.

"...yeah how the hell did we manage that again?" Thorax asked. He put a wing over my side. "It all happened so fast that even I'm confused by it."

"Oh apparently her parents died when she was a foal." I went off into the explanation that they'd given me in a letter, replying after just an hour. "She's been from foster home to foster home since. She ran away a few weeks ago from a home in Cloudsdale. When I asked Equestria's equivalent of Social Services for her papers to adopt, they were excited that Dynamite had found a good home." I beamed. "I don't think paperwork has ever gone through so fast."

"They let you keep the foal you'd picked up off the street." Twilight deadpanned. "Just...with no investigations or anything?"

"That's assuming all I sent them was a simple letter. No I told them I adopted two children prior to Dynamite, then included my own personal work file here in Equestria, followed by Thorax's."

"I have a file?" Thorax asked, confused. I gave him a look. "Right. Of course I have a file."

"And Killjoy?" Twilight asked.

"She's literally never been happier. Apparently Dynamite likes explosions." I supplied.

"No I mean, did you send her file? Since she lives with you?"

"That's a nice phrase. 'Lives with us'. It corrects the fact that she's my prisoner." I sighed, resting my head on Thorax's suddenly tense shoulder.

All three of us glanced towards Dynamite and Killjoy who were both- again- looking inside a box that Killjoy had brought.

"No blowing up a building!" I cautioned.

Killjoy huffed. "Well then what am I supposed to do with the kid?!"

Dynamite watched this exchange with curious delight. Lilac was trying to look grateful that we weren't related. Cookie was chasing a toy rat.

"Try asking her."

"And if she wants to blow up a building?"

"Tell her no like a rational adult."

"You've blown up buildings!" Killjoy shouted in defense of the use of using explosives to blow up buildings with a foal that's barely twelve.

"To stop bad guys! What, you know a building filled with bad guys around here?" I questioned, sarcastically.

Killjoy huffed. She turned to her newest niece. "It might be my name here, but your mom is the biggest killjoy I've ever met in my life."

Dynamite smiled. She grinned my way though, which told me whatever she was gonna say next was nothing good. Thorax must've seen it too because his wing held me tighter. "We could always blow stuff up in Everfree."

Killjoy grinned,

Funny enough it was Twilight that sighed first. "Great. Just great. You find a random foal and she's just as insane as your sister."