Chapter 1: Father's visit
Rift: *sitting in chair reading*
Fluttershy: Hey Rift, may I talk to you for a second?
Rift: Sure, what is it?
Fluttershy: Um, is it alright if my father comes for a visit.
Rift: Uh, yeah sure.
Fluttershy: Is there something wrong?
Rift: Uh, no it's just..... I think your father hates me.
Fluttershy: Oh, come on Rift, he doesn't hate you.
Rift: Fluttershy, he tried to bribe me to break up with you when we where dating.
Fluttershy: I know, but you didn't did you?
Rift: No, but that's not the point, he clearly doesn't like you being with me.
Fluttershy: What about at the wedding?
Rift: I'm sure he was just saying that to not break your heart.
Fluttershy: Just give him another chance.
Rift: I dunno Fluttershy.
Fluttershy: Pretty please? *gives Rift the puppy eyes*
Rift: *Smiles* You know I can never say no to you when you give me those puppy eyes. What the heck why not, when is he coming?
Fluttershy: I probably should have told you-
Marcus: *knocks on door* Fluttershy?
Rift: You didn't.
Fluttershy: I did. Come on in daddy!
Marcus: *comes in* Hi Fluttershy.
Fluttershy: Daddy! *hugs Marcus*
Marcus: How's my little Fillyshy?
Fluttershy: I'm fine.
Marcus: Ahhh, mister Ruft. *starts a stare down with Rift*
Rift: It's Rift, with an 'i' Sir. *butts his head against Marcus's*
Fluttershy: Daddy, you told me you wouldn't do this.
Kat: Hey dad, um...... What the?
Fluttershy: Oh Kat meet your grandfather, my dad, Marcus.
Rift: Now if you don't mind, I'm going to see what my daughter needs. What's the matter Kat?
Kat: Uh, Calvin accedentally made a glue bottle explode and Susie's mad because it's all in her mane.
Susie: You are so stupid Calvin!!!
Dewdrop: That's not very nice Susie.
Calvin: How was I supposed to know that a brick would do that?
Susie: By using your brain which you aperently don't have!!!
Marcus: You have fillies?
Fluttershy: Yes, Kat, Susie, Dewdrop, and our most recent, Calvin.
Rift: Susan Alexandra Jones, you know not to yell at your younger brother. He doesn't know any better.
Susie: But look at what he did to my mane, it took Rarity hours to get it the way it is.
Rift: Why don't you keep it like Kat's?
Susie: Because I'm better than her and don't need it like hers.
Kat: Are not.
Susie: Are too.
Kat: Why you little!!!! *takels Susie and pulls on her mane*
Rift: Oh, Celestia. Come on you two you are sisters you shouldn't be-*Susies hoof comes up and hits Rift in the chin*
Fluttershy: Oh dear.
Marcus: He's as bad a father as he is a son in law.
Rift: Enough you two!!
Susie: Ow, ow, ow. Daddy get her off me she's pulling on the parts of my mane that are covered in glue!!
Rift: Kathrine Jones! Get of of your sister now! Kat you are grounded young lady.
Susie: Who's this?
Rift: Your grandfather Marcus. I'm steppin' out!!!
Marcus: Couldn't handle it?
Chapter 2: Hatered and love
Rift: *sitting in bar with cider*
Snake: Hey, a apple cider! Howdy Rift. *puts his cowboy hat on Rift's head*
Rift: *takes off hat and throws it on the ground*
Snake: Something wrong?
Rift: Yeah *pickes up hat and puts it on table* my father in law is over and is givin' me a hard time.
Snake: Man, that's rough. I don't know what it's like.
Rift: You're lucky Macintosh told me his parents are gone, or dead, I don't remember.
Snake: Should you be getting home by now?
Rift: Shouldn't you?
Snake: No, Applejack let's me stay out a while.
Rift: I see. Well I'm going back.
Snake: See ya.
Later back at Fluttershy's cottage*
Rift: Here we go. Hi Kat what is it?
Kat: I'm sorry for pulling on Susie's mane. I know you don't like me a whole lot and- *starts crying*
Rift: No, no Kat I love you. You're one of my favorite daughters.
Kat: But, it didn't seem like it when you yelled at me.
Rift: *hugs Kat* Kat, I'm sorry I yelled at you, I was frustrated and it wasn't helping that you and Susie where fighting. 
Kat: *sniff* You don't hate me?
Rift: Kat, why would I hate my own daughter?
Kat: Because I can't do anything right.
Rift: Kat, that's not true. You stand up for your brother, you smak one heck of a home run, you do good in school. Heck, if I was somepony else's father I'd be jealous not having you as my daughter.
Kat: Really? *sniff*
Rift: Eeyup, how about we go get some ice cream and I lift your grounding. Deal?
Kat: Deal. And 'one of your favorite daughters'? 
Rift: Dewdrop.
Kat: Oh
Chapter 3: Next morning
Rift: Zzzzzzzzzzzz...
Fluttershy: Wake up big boy.
Rift: hmm, what? Oh, morning Angel how'd you sleep?
Marcus: She slept fine.
Rift: Oh, you're still here.
Macus: For the whole week my friend. And mabye later I could talk to you.
Later...*
Rift: You got me out now what?
Marcus: Walk with me.... Listen, we'd both do what's right for Fluttershy correct?
Rift: Where are you going with this?
Marcus: I'll pay you fourteen thousand bits to divorce Fluttershy.
Rift: *slaps Marcus* You keep your blood money, I'll never break up with your daughter. And the day I do is the day I die. Now good day to you sir!
Way later....*
Snake: This is the third time in this week I've seen you here man.
Rift: I swear I'll rip his head off and feed to a Changling and......*sigh* What's the use? He'll never like me.
Snake: I see the problem here, he thinks you're not good enough for Fluttershy.
Rift: Really?
Snake: Yeah, I took pyscology in highschool so I know this stuff, if you prove to him that you are good enough for her he'll stop givin' you a hard time.
Rift: Thanks man. 
Snake: Hey you need advice come over any time.
Chapter 3: Trying
Rift: Ok, I'm going to help Fluttershy today, no matter what. Ahem, Fluttershy is there anything you'd like me to do for you?
Fluttershy: Sure, could you help Susie get gum out of her mane?
Rift: How'd that happen?
Fluttershy: Kat was blowing a bubble and it popped. You should know the rest.
Rift: Yeah, doesn't take a detective to figure it out.
*in the bathroom*
Rift: Ok, Susie I need you to stay perfectly still.
Susie: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, you're pulling on my mane!
Rift: There's gum in it Susie, I need to use the brush to get it out so of course there will be some pulling involved...... There, that wasn't so bad was it?
Susie: I guess not.
Marcus: Please, anypony can do that.
The next day...*
Fluttershy: *with a Sining tone* Oh Rift.
Rift: Yeah Fluttershy?
Fluttershy: Can you please bring me my planner? I need to see if I have any oppointments today.
Rift: Sure Angel. *grabs planner* Here you go.
Fluttershy: Thank you. *kisses Rift's cheek*
Marcus: I could've done that.
Chapter 4: Never good enough
Rift: *sitting in chair reading*
Fluttershy: *crying* Ow, ow, ow!!!!
Rift: *Runs over to Fluttershy* Angel what happened?
Fluttershy: I.... I cut my hind leg and it hurts a lot.
Rift: Here just lay on your back a bit. KAT!!!! I need the first aid kit!
Kat: Got it daddy.
Rift: Ok, open it up and hand me the gauze.
Kat: That's the white bandages right?
Rift: Yes.
Kat: Here you go.
Fluttershy: *still crying* Owww!! It hurts so much.
Rift: *in a clamping tone* Shh-h-h, it's ok, I get cut a lot I'm use to doing this. I'll just wrap this around your cute little hoof and it should be fine.
Fluttershy: You *sniff* you think my hoof is cute?
Rift: Yes, but then again, I think evey thing about you is cute. There, if you want you can ride on my back if you need to go somewhere. Are you ok? I'm sorry you got cut.
Fluttershy: *sniff* Yes, thank you Rift.
Marcus: Big whoop, I've been healing her wounds since she was a filly.
Rift: I'll never be good enough for you will I? I've taken care of your daughter for a long time and you treat me as if I only make things worse. But it's you who make's things worse, you'll never see it. Come on Fluttershy, I'll help you to bed.
Chapter 5: Confession
Rift: * Reading*
Marcus: Rift, may I talk to you for a while?
Rift: If you're trying to bribe me again I swear on the name of my father I'll rip your head off.
Marcus: Listen, you know why I've been rough on you?
Rift: Because you are a annoying braying donkey who hates everypony except his own daughter.
Marcus: No, it's because I know you don't have a father and I've been trying to be like him.
Rift: *pfft* You could never be like my father, he was understanding, kind, and never bribed me to do anything. Unlike you.
Marcus: Mabye that's where I went wrong. I tried being like the kind of father who is over protective of his child. I'm not purposefully rough on you, I'm just trying to be like him.
Rift: Then mabye next time you'll ask me what he was like. Instead of coming to conclusions that he was hard on me.
Marcus: Alright, well how about it? Shake hooves and let bygones be bygones and we'll no longer be enemies? Deal?
Rift: If you accept me as your son in law and stop trying to bribe me then we gotta deal.
Chapter 6: Bye
Marcus: Well I'd better get going, bye my little Fillyshy.
Fluttershy: Bye daddy.
Marcus: Rift?
Rift: Yeah?
Marcus: Take good care of my daughter, she's lucky to have you as a husband.
Rift: Thanks sir and bye.