Tales of Maretime Bay (SFW)

Jazz: It’s true! I lost my ears when I was a small filly… What kind of pony doesn’t have ears! I’m ugly!

AB: That’s not true. I felt hopeless when I didn’t have my mark. But I eventually got over it. And now look at me

Jazz: [Sniff] I-I just wish I had ears like everypony else! I wanna be accepted into society! I… I just don’t know what I did wrong…

AB: Honestly, who cares what others think? Son’s let them keep you from your future

Rocky the Pegasus flew over.

Rocky: Goodness, Jazz! Are you alright?

Jazz: [Crying]

Rocky: Hey, hey… it’s gonna be okay

They both hug

Rocky: Those ponies were just jealous and wanted to bring you down just to make themselves feel good.

Jazz: Do you and Pipp regret [sniffs] Having an ugly pony me work at the salon?

Rocky: Goodness, no! Not a single bit. You’re not ugly, I see a sweet, young mare who had an unfortunate incident in her life… Ears or no ears, you deserve love and respect

Tr: I’m sorry, jealous?!
AB: Bring her down?!
Both: I’ve never heard such things in my life!

Rocky: Have you been living under a rock?

Rocky: Almost every week. Some ponies come in and harass her for having no ears! But there’s this one stallion…

Tr: We weren’t harassing her, we swear!
AB: Who is he? The stallion?

Rocky: The stallion… Is some pegasus that sometimes come into our salon and harasses Jazz. He brings along a group of earth ponies. One time I found them beating Jazz up in an alley way… I just want them to stop

Jazz: Those earth ponies were my childhood bullies! One of them stuck my head in a toilet!

Rocky: Every time I try and defend Jazz from that stallion himself. I get harassed for doing it. Pipp tells me not to… But I think he’s crossed the line more than once. Because he got Jazz pregnant!

Tr: Yikes! That crossed the line for sure!
AB: But I promise we’d never do that

Rocky: I trust you… But I just hope we can win against him in court…

Jazz: W-We are taking him to court!?

Rocky: Jazz! What he did to you isn’t right! He needs to be put away where he can’t harm you, or anyone else!

Jazz: But… Hitch won’t… Hitch wont send him to prison…

Tr: I don’t see how he has much of a choice

Rocky: Well… I’m sure he will. You want to be free from him, right?

Jazz: Y-yeah?

Rocky: Pipp herself told me she’s planning a court session for the Queen. As soon as possible. She called Thunder and Zoom to hang out in the salon for the next few days and put him in custody if he tries anything…

Jazz cried

Apple Blitz tried comforting her
Tr: I din’t know what this is but i don’t know if prison is best anymore

Rocky: Yeah. The best place for him is in those dungeons in the castle…

Jazz: Where else would we send him then!?

AB: I don’t know. I just don’t know

Rocky snuggled Jazz

Rocky: Wanna get an ice cream and go for a walk?

Jazz: S-sure!

Tr: Mind if we tag along?

Rocky: Sure!

They headed towards an ice cream stand, brought ice cream and walked to the park

Apple Blitz was happily skipping along, much like her aunt used to do

They walked past a pond. Jazz went close to the water and watched the ducks. There were a few ponies playing in the water

Jazz: Hey! Maybe we could play in the water!

Rocky: But we’d have to go back to work all wet!

Tr: I’m not a swimmer.
AB: Ne neither.

Jazz jumped hoof-deep into the water, making a small splash. As she splashed around, Rocky sat down and watched her with a smile. Before she splashed him and he shook off the water

The 2 young ones just watched

Rocky went hoof deep and just watched. Jazz threw water up into the air, on her hind legs her pregnant belly was very visible. But she slipped as she stood on one hoof, landing on her bottom with a big splash.

Rocky: Jazz! Are you alright!?

Jazz put a hoof on her belly.

Jazz: Ugh… I-I’m fine… just some pregnancy pains…