Yeah it's been chillin these last couple of weeks. It's great that Candy and her sister made their peace. So far they're doing okay together. What next? Well, I bet you're probably wondering, what was I doing while the One Bad Apple episode was going on. No? Well you should've. I got a short story to tell you about what I was doing during that time. The first thing that happened (as I remembered), I was at my home, I lost my name tag. Seem like a familiar plot to you? Well, this isn't what the story is about, I'll get to that, be patient. So I was looking for my name tag, because I can't work at the shop without it. I looked inside my trunk, even threw all the worthless junk in there out, which caused a mess in the room, but I'll take care of it later. It wasn't in the trunk, so I looked in the closet. I threw all of the blue armors that were in there out, and even checked all the pockets. I didn't find my name tag, but I did find a few bits, and I put them in my vest pocket. I next looked in the dresser, then under the bed, the room was a complete mess, but I couldn't find my name tag.
"Oh for Wizard of Feeling's sake! Where is Flare's name tag?" I yelled, speaking in third-person. A few seconds later, while I was still running around the room, my buddy Aquatic Armor came in and saw me.
"Uh Flare, what ya doin?" he asked.
"Flare's looking for his name tag." I said.
"Flare's lookin for his name tag?" he repeated.
"Nooo! Does Flare have to spell it out for you?" I said to him sarcastically.
"Are ya speakin in third-person?" Aqua asked.
"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" I asked him grouchy.
"Why are ya mad at me? What did ah do?" Aqua asked.
I took a deep breath and sat down on the bed. "Sorry, Aqua." I said to him. "I guess Flare's just in a bad mood right now, because he lost his name tag. He can't work without it. Flare's been looking high and low for it, but he couldn't find it anywhere."
"So ya decided to look in MY room?" Aqua asked. Oh right, of course. I forgot, I was in his house, sorry for the confusion readers. Hee hee!
"Wait, this is your room?" I asked.
"Yeah, you forgot?" he asked.
"Then why did Flare wake up here?" I asked.
"Remember, the sleep over?" Aqua asked.
"Flare remembers." I said.
"What's with the third-person?" he asked.
"Everypony's getting tired of the leet speek, including I, so I decided to do something different." I said.
"Ya gettin tired of the leet speak?" Aqua asked.
"I've been living in Ponyville for nearly a year. I've been on the computer and XBUCKS a lot less. I'm starting to act like everypony else, and look at me, I'm starting to say 'every-PONY'!" I yelled.
"Ya always have though." Aqua said.
"Your point?" I asked.
"That was mah point." He said. "Look, Flare." He put his arm around me. "It's all a part of life, it's changin. Ponies change sometimes, but only because they choose to. This is your choice and yours alone."
"I know, but…. You know what? Nevermind." I said.
"Alright." He said.
"So do you have any idea where my name tag is?" I asked.
"Let me answer that question with a question. Why is your vest on backwards?" he asked. I looked at my vest, and it was on backwards. Wow, that is a pretty big thing to miss. I guess I wasn't paying attention, I went to sleep late last night. Aqua and I sure had fun in this sleep over! Yes, my name tag was on my vest the whole time, and I didn't see it because it was on backwards. Well, anypony could've made that mistake, right? So Aqua and I had breakfast, left his house, and we started walking over to my shop.
"Hey Aqua? Why is six afraid of seven?" I asked.
"Ah already know this joke." Aqua said.
"The answer is: Six is a number, and therefore doesn't have feelings, and can't be afraid of another number." I said.
"Ah see." He said, with an attitude that sounds like he's saying 'What did he say?'
Up ahead we saw our friend Pinkie Pie, making some sort of….. parade float? I didn't really know there was a parade going on until he told me.
"Hey look, it's Pinkie!" I cried. "Hey sista!"
"Hi!" Pinkie yelled from her float.
"How's it going on?" I asked, but still yelling because he's all the way over there, and I'm all the way over here.
"I'm making a parade float!" she answered.
"Oh really? What's it for, advertising?" I asked.
"Yes! Ponyville is having a parade tomorrow, and I signed up for it!" she answered.
"A parade?! That sounds cool! But why did you make one made with veggies?! Sugarcube Corner doesn't sell any of that!" I yelled.
"I know, but…. Veggie salad!" she yelled.
"Veggie salad! YEAH!" I yelled.
"Why are ya two yelling?" Aqua asked.
"Because she's all the way over there, and I'm all the way over here!" I yelled in Aqua's face, even though he was right next to me.
"Ow, ya don't have to yell at me." Aqua said.
"Sorry, brah." I said.
"Just walk over to her." He said.
"Nah, too lazy. But still…. A parade!" I jumped.
"Yeah, that sounds pretty cool." He said.
"I might want to enter, but first, I need a flyer." I said.
"Somepony call for a flyer?" My friend Crystal Iceblast asked, that flew to us really fast.
"Yeah, a parade flyer." I said.
"Oh, I thought you were asking for a flyer as in: Pegasus." She said. "But still, there's a parade?"
"Yeah, I just need a parade flyer." I said.
"The parade's gonna fly?" Crystal asked.
I chuckled. "Crystal Iceblast, you dog."
"Dog? Did you just call me a dog?" she asked me feeling insulted.
"What? Is that offensive?" I asked.
"YES!" she yelled.
"Flare's sorry, Crystal." I said. "Please forgive Flare!"
"Oh I'll forgive Flare, but should I forgive you? Hmmm?" she asked.
"You'll forgive Flare, but you won't forgive me? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?!" I yelled. But then I calmed down quickly, because it hit me. "Wait a sec…. I'm Flare. Which means you already forgiven me."
"Yay!" Crystal yelled.
"I got a big grin on my face see? See the grin, Crystal? Aqua you see this grin on my face?" I asked.
"Yeah, ah see it." Aqua said. I bet Aqua was thinking I was crazy, but I was only being myself. At least the pony folk in this town respect me for who I am, that's what I really wanted. If only some of you readers thought so if you got the moral of this story. I'M TALKING TO YOU FIMFICTION! I can see you! Pinkie's told me all about you. I'm watching you. If you knew exactly who I was then maybe you'd think me a better pony. Well enough of that, let's continue.
"Hey, uhh, Flare? Is it alright if ah go down to work now? It's gettin late for me." Aqua asked.
"No problemo, brah! Flare will see you when his shift ends." I said.
"Thanks." He said. "You two have a great day."
"You too." Crystal said. Aqua trotted away. "I like him." She said.
"Me too, me too." I said. "Now about that parade."
You don't need to worry about what I was telling Crystal about the parade, because this chapter mainly focused on Aqua. Wow, listen to me breaking the 4th wall, I sound like Pinkie. HA HA HA HA! Anywho, Aqua was trotting across town, and was just about to turn to the corner, when suddenly he bumped into my sister Water Gun. Not like what Crème and I did when I met her, more like just stood close to eachother, unaware of their actions. They both gasped at eachother.
"Whoa! Oh hey, Aqua!" Water said to him.
"Uhh… hey Water, what's up?" Aqua asked.
"Nothing much, I was just about to run a few errands for Flare." She said.
"Why are ya running the errands? Shouldn't Flare do them himself?" Aqua asked.
"Well, him and I were talking last night, and he thought it would save more time if I did the errands for him while he's running the shop." Water answered.
"Well…. He's not making you pay for it, is he?" Aqua asked.
"Of course not!" Water laughed. "He gives me the money, silly! Silly Billy!"
"Listen to ya and the 'silly billies', ya and yer brother are alike in so many ways!" Aqua laughed.
Water laughed along. "Yep! Feel dat Mareami heat, brah!"
"Wow, listen to ya. It's like ah'm speaking to Flare!" Aqua said.
"Well, why all this talk about my brother? I never really got the chance to get to know you." Water said.
"Ah know. Well….. I should get going now." Aqua said, feeling nervous.
"Okie dokey then. I'll see ya around, Aqua!" Water said, trotting away.
"Bye." Aqua said. Aqua's heart was beating fast. No doubt he had a crush on her. I wouldn't be surprised though. Water and Aqua are alike in so many ways you know. I mean, they both know badplot water spells, and they're both unicorns, and both ponies for that matter. Lawl! Meanwhile at my shop, I was sitting with my friends Red Engineer, Crystal, Psyche, and Blaze Goldheart. We were discussing what to do in the parade.
"So ya'll wanna compete in the parade, partner?" Engineer asked.
"Yeah, it'll be a great way to show our stuff. Isn't that right, Crystal?" I asked her.
"Righteyo!" Crystal said. "But the question is: What kind of float should we use?"
"I thought the question was: To be, or not to be?" I joked.
"Wow, this is a tough decision to make." Psyche said. "But first I need to know if we're going to be making separate floats, or just one float?"
"One float of course, to represent the Noble Six!" Crystal said.
"Right, but what kind of theme?" Psyche asked.
"The flyer says that the theme of this parade is….. food." Blaze said, reading the flyer. Well, duh, of course he read the flyer! Why would I say that? HA HA HA!
"A food parade, huh? How about making a veggie salad float?" Crystal asked.
"I didn't know veggie salads could float. Lawl!" I joked.
"Pinkie already made a float like that, Crystal. It doesn't seem fair to her if we stole her idea." Psyche said.
"Apple float then!" Crystal said.
"I'm pretty sure AppleJack made a float like that." Psyche said.
"Nope, Apple Bloom did." Engineer said. Aqua bursted into my shop and ran towards us.
"What's the rush, man?" Blaze asked. Aqua was breathing heavily.
"Flare, can I talk to ya for a sec…. in private?" Aqua asked.
"There's nopony in the shop right now, ya two can talk right here." Engineer said.
"There's nopony in the shop right now? DANG IT!" I yelled. "Why must my store be empty? It must be Porker's stealing my business again! CURSE YOU PORKER'S!"
"Actually Flare, I just want to talk to ya." Aqua said. "You guys don't mind right?"
"Not at all! Go ahead." Blaze said.
"Why must ya talk for all of us, Blaze?" Engineer asked. I jumped out of the booth, literary, and we walked into my office. I sat down on my desk.
"So Flare, there's something ya might need to know." He said to me.
"Hold that thought, brah." I said as I took out a drawing of a kid with a pair of glasses. "Does this look like Harry Potter to you, or Arthur? "
"Ah dunno, Flare I might have a little problem." He said.
"C'mon tell me! I can't really tell because of the clothing, and the ears. If the glasses weren't there, it might be less confusing." I said.
"Ah'm sorry, Flare. But can you please listen to me?" he asked.
"What seems to be the problem, brah?" I asked.
"I-I met yer sister…. On the way to work today." He said.
"You met my sister today? I thought you known her since I saved her from her abusing coltfriend?" I asked.
"Technically, she saved ya." Aqua said.
"Your point?" I asked. "Oh wait, you don't have fingers, how can you point? Lawl lawl lawl!" I laughed.
"Well…. Mah point is….." he started, but I interrupted.
"I told you, you don't have fingers. You can't point." I said. Aqua made a face at me.
"Ah think ah have a crush on your sister." Aqua said. I gasped. I jumped out of my chair, and and held him on the ground.
"IF YOU DARE CRUSH MY SISTER, YOU'LL BE CRUSHED, BUDDY!" I yelled.
"OW! DUDE, I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT-OW!" he was screaming as I held him on the ground.
"WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST MY SISTER THAT MAKES YOU WANNA CRUSH HER?!" I yelled at him.
"OW! I MEANT AH'M IN LOVE WITH HER!" Aqua yelled. I realized what he said, then I stopped and helped him up.
"Oh. Sorry about that, dude. I didn't mean it. Like seriously actually!" I said.
He was choking. "Ah guess ah gotta be more pacific of what ah'm talking about."
"I'd rather you be more Atlantic than Pacific, the waters are much warmer." I said.
"What?" he asked, confusingly. "Nevermind, don't worry about it. Ah know you're overprotected of your sister, and ah might've done the same thing."
"Really?" I asked.
Aqua was silent for a second. "No."
"Oh, I was gonna say, you're too nice to do something like that. But what if I was in love with Wind Racer? Would you have a problem with it?" I asked.
"No, of course not." He said. "But ya wouldn't have a problem if ah went out with Water, yes?" Aqua asked.
"Of course not, we're bros. But Water just went out of a relationship not too long ago." I said.
"Well…. Yeah, that's mah problem. Ah can't ask her out. Ah just met her not too long ago anyway." He said.
"Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so GET TO DA CHOPPA maybe." I sang.
"So, yeah, can ya do meh a favor and talk to her for meh?" I asked.
"Hmm…." I was thinking about it, but I had a better idea. "I'm her brother, she'd always listen to me. But you know what would be a better idea?"
"What's that?" he asked.
"If I was vacationing back at home during Winter Wrap Up so I wouldn't have to do it." I said.
"But, what's that got to do with me and Water?" he asked.
"Oh I just got another idea, and this one does have something to do with you both." I said.
"And?" he asked.
"You two should help us build our parade floats." I said.
"Alright, but ah'm talking about 'relationships' in that respect." Aqua said.
"Right, so my idea is: You should be the one to talk to Water, earn her respect. Trust me, it should be much easier to win her than asking me to do it. Show her how much of a great friend you can be!" I said.
"Hmm, well she's not too different from ya, it might not be so hard earning her respect." Aqua said.
"Exactly! So first, ask her to dinner, then go somewhere private, like the Ponyville lake, that should be a romantic spot, especially at night! That's where you can talk to her about her problems." I said.
"Good idea, Flare." Aqua said. "Ya know somethin?"
"I know a lot of stuff." I said.
"Ah know, but those ponies in Mareami that picked on ya don't have the right to. Ya maybe different with your leet speak and such, and your awkwardness, but that's what makes ya unique, and ya helped meh out a lot. Thank ya, Flare Gun!" Aqua said.
"No problem, brah. If only more ponies would understand me more. But I'm glad those ponies picked on me, because if they didn't, I wouldn've moved here in the first place." I said.
"Yeah, that's true." Aqua said.
"Anyways, you go ahead and ask my sister out, but take things slow. If you abuse her, I'm kicking you out of the Noble Six, and you can kiss our friendship goodbye." I said.
"Ah have no plans of abusin yer sister, don't worry." Aqua said.
"Good colt. Now if you excuse me, I have to plan out my parade float." I said.
"Yer parade float?" Engineer asked.
"Yeah, MY parade float." I said.
"Who said it was yers?" Engineer asked.
"I did." I said.
"Excuse me, but I'm the one who mentioned there was parade in the first place." Crystal said. The three of us started arguing, but Aqua didn't want to be a part of it, so he just awkwardly trotted away from the scene. He went to go see Water, whom was drinking a chocolate milkshake on a park bench. She looked a little upset about something though, and Aqua was concerned, so he trotted over to her and sat down next to her.
"Heya, Water!" Aqua greeted.
"Sup, Aqua?" Water asked.
"Nothin much, just around the neighborhood, and thought ah would drop by to hang with ya for a little while." Aqua said.
"Thanks, but at times like these, I'd rather be alone." Water said.
"Ah agree with ya completely. There are lots of ponies that could be not what ya expect." Aqua said.
"Who said this was something to do with a pony?" Water asked.
"Oh, well ya looked upset, thinkin it was probably something to do with another pony." Aqua said.
"Flare got you to do this, didn't he?" Water asked.
"Absoluteleh not!" Aqua said. "Ah just came to him for advise, ah swear it was mah idea who wanted to come hang with ya. Honest." Water gave Aqua a look, while he just smiled at her.
"Alright, I trust you." Water said.
"Ya do?" Aqua asked.
"Of course! Any friend of Flare's is a friend of mine. When I first saw you, you seemed like a nice stallion." Water said.
"Ah see. Ah found ya pretty inspirin. Ah loved when ya used yer water spells to take out Fonz!" Aqua said. Water sadly looked down, didn't say a thing. "Oh, ah'm sorry, Water. Ah didn't mean to mention him."
"No, it's not that." Water said.
"Then…. What is it?" Aqua asked.
"Just the fact that…. Well… look, I'm upset because this is a new town for me, and I hardly know anypony. I feel….. like I don't have any friends. Flare's pretty much the only one I hang with these days." Water said.
"Don't feel like yer left out. When mah sister and ah moved here, it was different for us too. Gettin used to the new home, and we didn't have any friends until later on." Aqua said.
"Flare seemed to make friends quickly." Water said.
"Have ya tried talkin to anypony?" Aqua asked.
"Well….. yeah a few, but I'm a little shy sometimes." Water said.
"So was Fluttershy. Ya think she had friends at first with her bein so darn shy all the time? Hmm?" Aqua asked. "Look Water, being somewhere new can be pretty tough sometimes, but ya'll fit right in just fine, ah guarantee it."
"Can you guarantee it that you can guarantee it?" Water asked.
"What?" Aqua said confusingly.
"Exactly, some ponies don't know what they're saying sometimes." Water said. "Well Flare and I lived in Mareami, some ponies told us they'd guarantee sometimes, and guess what? It doesn't happen. The world is full of big fat liars, big fat bullies, and big fat Greek weddings!"
"Ah can understand that…. Except for the greek weddins part." Aqua said. "But ah'm a pony ya can trust. Yer brother is like one of mah best friends, he trusts meh. Why don't ya?"
"I trust you. But what if you stab me or my brother in the back?" Water asked.
"Ah'm a loyal pony, pretty generous too. Ya want me to buy ya something?" Aqua asked.
"Yes, you can buy me an RV with a hot tub, and a satellite dish." Water said.
"Alright." Aqua said.
"Wait, you really will?" Water asked.
"Seriously." Aqua said.
"Cereally?" Water asked.
"Cereally- I mean seriously." Aqua said.
"Cause, I was only kidding. I mean, it would be nice having an RV with all that stuff." Water said.
"Well, they don't sell those 'round here, but when ah do see one, ah'd buy one for ya." Aqua said.
"You will?" Water asked.
"Didn't ah just say yes?" Aqua asked. Water smiled at him.
"Smiley face. You know something? Maybe I should get to know you a little bit." Water said.
"How about ya get to know meh over a little dinner?" Aqua asked.
"Okey dokey smokey!" Water said.
"8:00 tonight good?" Aqua asked.
"Oooo, sorry Aqua. I have plans at 8:00." Water said.
"Oh, okay." Aqua said.
"I'm available at 8:01 though!" Water said.
"Ooookay, 8:01 it is then!" Aqua said.
"Awesome! Cya there!" Water said.
"Cya there!" Aqua said, trotting away. "Yes, she said yes!" he said to himself. Meanwhile, the Noble Six and I were still discussing our parade floats over at my shop. Well, they were discussing it with eachother, I had a couple of orders to fill out.
"Alright, back to our theme. Ah say we should do a Taco float." Engineer said.
"Wow, you should listen to yourself when you say 'ah say', Engie. Makes you sound like Foghorn Leghorn." Crystal said to him and giggled.
"Yeeeah, so tacos?" Engineer asked.
"Tacos? No way, man. Barbeque Tree Ribs for sure!" Blaze said.
"Yuck, I hate ribs!" Psyche said.
"Do you really have to make a scene about it, Psyche?" Crystal asked.
"Well, do ya have a better idea, Psyche?" Engineer asked.
"Yes, I was thinking of some delicious minestrone soup, but then it hit me! We should make a bread float!" Psyche said.
"Okay, so first you say minestrone soup, and then you thought of bread?" Crystal asked.
"Yeah, they kinda go together. C'mon think about it, a French bread parade float. What could me more cooler than that?" Psyche asked.
"I'll tell you what would be more cooler: ME! But a cooler parade float would be me as a parade float!" Crystal said.
"Again, this is a food theme, Crystal. You can't make yourself as a float." Crystal said.
"Or can I?" Crystal teased, looking back and forth.
"Mind if I make a suggestion?" Blaze asked. "Barbeque tree ribs are really good. They have no meat on it, but eating those ribs from chewy tree barks, it's like you're eating those type of ribs that dragons eat, except this is good for vegetarians!"
"Yeah, well, I'm still going with my bread theme." Psyche said.
"Nope, taco theme." Engineer said.
"How about me as a princess?" Crystal asked. The four of them continued arguing until I trotted over to them while singing the Babs Seed song. You know that song right? It's from the One Bad Apple episode, the CMCs were singing it. I don't wanna spoil it for you though.
"What are ya singin, Flare?" Engineer asked.
"Babs Seed, Babs Seed, what we gonna do? Gotta bully on our tail, gotta hurry, gotta bail. Babs Seed, Babs Seed, she's just a bad bad seed." I sang.
"Cool song, Flare. Make it up yourself?" Blaze asked.
"No, I heard the Cutie Mark Crusaders singing it when they were hiding inside the shop. They said they were hiding by Apple Bloom's cousin, Babs Seed. I don't think she's a bully, she seemed nice to me." I said.
"That's because you're an adult, of course she's nice to you, including Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara." Blaze said.
"What about Expensive Headpiece and Dull Tableware?" I asked. Ever since I met Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon I've been calling them something similar to what their actual names are. For example: Crystal Hat and Gray Shovel. Pretty silly of me, huh?
"Ugh, forget it." Blaze said.
"Forget what?" I asked.
"C'mon guys, taco theme!" Engineer said.
"French bread." Psyche said.
"Ribs!" Blaze said.
"Gems!" Crystal said.
"Gems isn't a food either." Psyche said.
"Yeah it is, Spike eats it all the time." Crystal said.
"That I do." Spike said at the other side of the room.
"I don't think that counts." Psyche said.
"I disagree with all of you, the theme we should do is quite obvious." I said.
"Let meh guess: pizza?" Engineer guessed.
"AAAAAH! MIND READER! MIND READER!" I yelled. "Quick, Engie, what am I thinking about now?"
"Why am ah doin this?" Engineer asked.
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!" I yelled, slamming my hoof on the table.
"Uhh…. Yer fish?" Engineer asked.
"Holy Wizard of Strength, Engine is psychic!" I yelled.
"What am I thinking of right now?" Crystal asked him.
"Makin yerself as a parade float?" Engineer asked.
"Whoa! You're right Flare, he is psychic!" Crystal said.
"All hail psychic Engineer." Crystal and I said at the same time while bowing to him.
"Psychic? Those were so obvious." Psyche said.
"Your requests is our command." Crystal said.
"Oh really? Then ah want to build a taco float for the parade." Engineer said.
"Alright, besides that." Crystal said.
"Look guys, this is really going nowhere. We should make our decision soon, the parade's in two days!" Blaze said.
"I agree, that's why we should act now." Psyche said. "So we are agreed to a bread theme."
"Yeeeeeeah no." Engineer said. "TACOS!"
"RIBS!" Blaze yelled.
"PIZZA!" I yelled.
"GEMS!" Crystal yelled.
"I actually agree with Crystal on this one." Spike said.
"Shut up, Spike!" we all said at the same time.
"Whoa, alright, sweet Celestia. I'm going home." Spike said, walking out of the shop. The five of us continued arguing of what theme we should use.
So we just continued arguing of course, what else is new? 8:01 came, and Aqua was waiting for Water outside the Soup 'n' Salads restaurant. He was pretty nervous, because he wanted to impress Water.
"Oh stallion, where is she?" Aqua asked nervously to himself. "Ah hope ah look good. Hey, mate? Do I look good?" he asked a pony named Caramel.
"Uhh, sure." Caramel said to him confused, then he walked away.
"Ah don't wanna screw this up. Ah never been on a real date before." Aqua said to himself. "Ah mean, I've been out with mah sister a couple of times, well not in that way though, ah mean... wow, is it gettin hot in here, or it just me?"
"It's just you, and the correct grammar is 'out here', not 'in here'." Badd Traxx said to him, sitting next him on the outside bench, reading a newspaper.
"Oh what do ya know." Aqua said to Badd. So Aqua continued sitting there, waiting for my sister to show up. He started grabbing his hind legs while sitting down, and rocking back and fourth, back and fourth, and he started to sweat.
"How can you be sweating? It's 40 degrees out here." Badd said to him.
"40 degrees Celsius?! Wow, it sure is hot!" Aqua said nervously. "Ah need some water, ah need some water bad!"
"Dude, calm down. What's your problem?" Badd asked.
"Date's comin, date's comin, ah'm so nervous right now, mate!" Aqua said.
"Look, it'll all be fine, just calm down. Your only problem is your nerves. You'll be fine if you relaxed." Badd said.
"Right, right. Thanks." Aqua said, wiping his sweat. "Phew. There's nothing to be nervous about. Ah'll be just fine."
"HEY, AQUA!" Water screamed in his ear.
"WHAAAA!" Aqua yelled, and tumbled over. "Oh... hey, Water."
"So did you get me flowers?" Water asked.
Aqua's heart starting pounding. "Alright, now ah'm nervous." he said in his head.
"Where's my flowers, Aqua?" Water asked.
"F-flowers?" Aqua asked.
"YES, flowers!" Water said. "You didn't forget them, did you?"
"Well... ah..." Aqua was really nervous again, but then he saw some flowers on some bushes near the restuaunt, and he used his unicorn magic to give them to her. "Here they are!"
"Yay! Flowers!" Water cried in happiness, then she ate the flowers, and gave out a big burp. "Oh, excuse me. Thank you, Aqua. Need some help?" Water gave Aqua her hoof, so she can help him off the floor.
"Oh, alright. You're welcome." Aqua said, getting up.
"Soup 'n' Salads, huh?" Water asked. "Never been here before."
"Come to think, meh neither." Aqua said.
"Surprise face! Why not? You've been in Ponyville for a long time!" Water said.
"Yeah, well... ah can't afford it." Aqua said.
"Ah, I see!" Water said. "Well, I can't afford it either!"
"Then how are we gonna pay for dinner?" Aqua asked.
"Don't tell Flare, but I took his wallet." Water whispered to him, showing him the wallet.
"But, Water, that's stealing." Aqua said.
"No, I'm borrowing. There's a difference." Water said.
"Alright, sure, ah can live with that." Aqua said.
"Oh you're not gonna slap me and correct me?" Water asked.
"Why would ah do that?" Aqua asked.
"That's what Fonz did." Water said.
"Well, I'm not Fonz, so time's have changed." Aqua said.
"Well, I'm starving. Let's go in already!" Water said, taking Aqua's hoof, and running inside the resturaunt. Water ordered them a table, and they sat down and looked at the menus. Water ordered a bark Cesar salad, and Aqua ordered Coral-Noodle Soup, then Water changed her order to the same thing Aqua had.
"Why did you change your mind?" Aqua asked her.
"Oh, umm... when I dated Fonz, he ordered me to get the same thing he's getting.
"You can get whatever you want! I don't care." Aqua said. Aqua was still a little nervous, but he kinda had the feeling that he'll do alright in this date. "So Water, how was yer day?"
"It was great! Your sister is so much fun, Aqua!" Water said.
"Oh really? Ya and Wind Racer seem to get along fine, huh?" Aqua asked.
"You betcha!" Water said.
"So what do ya do for a job?" Aqua asked.
"Oh, I don't have a job yet." Water said.
"Oh, ah could've sworn that Flare would've hired ya at his shop." Aqua said.
"Well, I did ask, but he said he's pretty full there." Water said.
"What? Ah could've sworn he'd hire his own sister." Aqua said.
"Well, he did say the only position available was janitor." Water said, having a vision of all the mistakes and gross stuff she has to do if she was janitor. "But then I figured, that's not the job for me."
"Ya won't have any argument from meh. Nopony wants to be janitor." Aqua said, sticking out his tongue.
"I know right?" Water said. "You gotta take my word on it. You know how disgusting it is cleaning bathrooms? Try cleaning Flare's bathroom when he's sick. Blah!"
"When Wind Racer was sick, ah had to clean up the bathroom as well. It wasn't an easy task, ya know." Aqua said.
"I hear ya, buddy." Water said.
"Man, our siblings." Water and Aqua said at the same time. Aqua smiled at Water, and she smiled at him back.
"I should've got to know you earlier, dude. You're really fun!" Water said.
"Ah feel the same way, Water." Aqua said. So, the two stared at eachother for a while, but then Water snapped.
"Where's our food? I'm so hungry right now!" she complained.
"It'll come, don't worry." Aqua said. We'll continue with these love birds later. Right now, things are getting interesting with us. We were still arguing after all these hours! Isn't that funny?
"Look, tacos are really crunchy and munchy. Perfect for any balance diet." Engineer said.
"This isn't about diet, Engie. This is about the looks, and the way the food tastes." Psyche said. "That's why we should do french bread."
"Ya call french breads to be delicious?" Engineer asked. "Ah mean, if there was stuff in the bread, like lettuce, or tamato, or something, then that would be a different story. But plain bread by itself? Ah'm sorry, but it's not quite that excitin."
"If you guys want exciting, I'm still opened with the ribs idea." Blaze said.
"Look, this is my shop, and I say what float we're doing! Pizza!" I cried.
"Oh, so if we're in my house, would that mean we'll do my float?" Psyche asked.
"I swear, you dudes and dudet won't know quality food if it bit you in the flank!" I said.
"This isn't about great food though, Flare. It's about making our float look the best." Psyche said.
"But tacos, pizza, ribs, and bread could all be taken. I promise you this, nopony's making a gems float. I don't want to make an awkward scene showing two of the same floats in the same parade." Crystal said.
"Crystal's got a point there." Blaze said.
"Look, this argument isn't going anywhere. I don't want to ruin our friendship by fighting over a stupid parade float. I say we should all build our own parade floats, and may the best stallion and mare win!" I said.
"But Flare..." Blaze said.
"BUT FLARE, NOTHING!" I yelled, and slammed on the table.
"But Flare..." Blaze repeated.
"BUT FLARE, NOTHING!" I repeated, and slammed again.
"Flare, would you just..." Blaze said.
"BUT FLARE, NOTHING!" I repeated, and slammed again. We were all quiet for a second. "Keep going, I'm just gonna keep saying it."
"Then it's settled. We make our own floats." Engineer said.
"Agreed." Psyche said.
"Ditto!" Crystal said.
"Sounds possum grade awesome to me." I said.
"But guys!" Blaze complained.
"BUT FLARE, NOTHING!" I yelled and slammed again. Engie, Crystal, and Psyche all walked out of my shop, and I walked into my office, leaving Blaze all alone.
"Why doesn't anypony listen to me?" Blaze asked, giving himself a facehoof. So, Aqua's and Water's date ended. They trotted outside.
"That was delicious, wasn't it, dude?" Water asked.
"Yes it was!" Aqua said. "Maybe ah should've had what ya had, it looked good."
"It was! Yours looked better. Maybe we should've switched meals." Water said.
"Yeah. So what ya wanna do now?" Aqua asked.
"I was thinking about the park." Water suggested.
"The park? At night?" Aqua asked.
"Yeah, pretty spooky, huh?" Water asked, holding his hoof.
"Umm, not really." he said and chuckled. "Pretty though."
"Yeah, pretty. That's what I meant." Water lied, and giggled.
"Yer just sayin that, because yer agreeing with meh!" Aqua laughed, and pushed her.
"No, I'm not! You are!" Water did the same. And so they trotted to the park, and that started a Montague! Aqua and Water were having a great time, playing in the sprinklers in the park, throwing rocks in the pond, scaring a couple of pigeons that were there, but the pigeons were ranting at them and started flying over them, spraying bird doo on them. So the two started running, but reached a dead end. They were about to launch a full-scale bird doo attack, so Aqua jumped in front of Water, saving her from the doo. Then Water started squirting the pigeons with her water magic, which got them all wet (well, duh!) and they flew away. Aqua chuckled, and Water glared at him, and threw him in a pond, which cleaned him up, but he was all wet. Aqua glared at Water, then they both laughed. The Montague also showed my friends and I, making our parade floats, alone. We wanted to show eachother that we can make better floats than the other. It took us all night to try to get them done. Blaze tried to get us to work together again, but here were our responses:
"Look, partner. If nopony can agree on what to do then ah'm goin solo." Engineer's answer was.
Crystal's answer was: "And work with them? Dem fools, Blaze. Dem fools!"
Psyche's answer was: "I tried to reason with them, but no such luck. Sorry, Blaze, I do love a good fight, but I don't have time right now. The parade starts tomorrow!"
And of course my answer: "Well, Flare wishes he can help ya, brah. But Flare doesn't work with those who can't agree on anything. Flare can handle this himself, no worries!"
"Ugh! Why do I even bother?" Blaze asked.
"Look if you got nothing better to do, you should go help me find my wallet. I've seem to misplace it, or I'll need to go to the bank first thing in the morning to cancel my credit cards." I said. So all night I've been building my float, not getting my required 8 hours of sleep, but hey I wasn't alone. My friends did the same thing, and so did the CMCs, so I heard. Aqua and Water were just finishing their date, and Aqua was dropping her off back in my place.
"Well, here we are." Aqua said.
"Yep! I really had a good time, Aqua." Water said.
"Same here, Water." Aqua said.
"Hey, maybe we can have fun again tomorrow! What do you say we go to the parade tomorrow?" Water asked.
"Of course! Ah'd love to!" Aqua said happily.
"Great! See ya tomorrow then!" Water said. "I'm just gonna do this and walk away." My sister goes up to Aqua and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "And I regret nothing! BYE!" Water skips and sings 'La la la', and heads inside my trailer. Aqua blushes.
"Aqua ol boy, ya did well tonight. Ya did really good." he said to himself, as he hums and trots back to his place.
The next day came, parade day. Engie was fast asleep on his parade float which wasn't even half-finished. A rooster came into his workshop and 'cock-a-doodle-dooed'. Engie threw an alarm clock on the rooster and it fells off the window.
"Goodnight everypony!" the rooster said. Yay! Family Guy reference!
"Ugh, can this wait until morning?" Engine asked, still half-asleep. But then his eyes opened very quickly, all blood-shot, and he started to freak out. "Hold yer horses! IT IS THE MORNING!" he cried. He looked at his parade float, and saw it wasn't even close to finished. "Drat! I dozed off! Well looks like mah parade float plan ended up in failure. Or maybe not. Maybe they can still accept this! Ah can make sentries and dispensers in 10 seconds flat, this baby shouldn't be a problem as ah have mah lucky wrench."
"Did you just say my catch-phrase?" Rainbow Dash asked next to him. How did she get into Engie's house? No idea, forget logic. So Engie took his parade float, and ran up to the sign-up booth, as he was breathing heavily for running all the way there with his parade float. "Ah'd like to sign up for the parade."
The sign-up guy laughed. "You kidding? With that thing? Forget the parade. You'd be lucky if it makes it by the end of the block." he teased.
"Drat." Engine said, upsettingly.
"Don't feel left out, Engie. We got put down too." Crystal said.
"What happened?" Engie asked.
"I didn't finish my float it seems." Crystal said.
"Yeah, I only got the driver's part done." Psyche said.
"I have the back done. Of course I got the back done, silly me, I have to be the back." I said.
"All I have is the wheels and part of the gem done." Crystal said.
"And all ah did was the roof." Engineer said.
"Lawl! You started with the roof? Fail!" I said and laughed.
"Hey ah was tired!" Engie complained.
"Well so much for this parade." Crystal said.
Psyche sighed. "Our foolishness just costed us our part in the parade. We had to argue about what theme we should do, but all we did was work by ourselves for one little night, and everything was ruined. Just face it."
"Guys, I'm sorry for not agreeing to one of your ideas. Ribs, pizza, or tacos would've been pretty good." Crystal said.
"Hey, what about bread?" Psyche asked.
"Nah, Engie's right. Bread by itself isn't too exciting." Crystal said. Psyche growled.
"Hey, ah'm sorry too. Was the arugin actually worth it?" Engie asked.
"Sigh. I guess we got the parade thing in our heads, but we missed what was really important to us." I said.
"Just being in the parade itself?" Crystal asked.
"No. That you should mainly focus on making sure your personal things are safe, like your wallets!" I said.
"Sorry to hear about your wallet, Flare." Psyche said.
"Good thing I cancelled those credit cards though." I said. "That's using the ol noggin! The egg noggin! I heard they're selling them in the stores again. Remind me to get some after the parade."
"No problem." Psyche said. Then as we were talking, Blaze showed up.
"Oh there you guys are! I was looking all over for you!" he said.
"Where did you think we were? Rooms to Go?" Crystal asked sarcastically.
"I checked your places and nopony was home." Blaze said.
"Well here we are, and we can't use our floats, 'cause they ain't finished." Engie said.
"You know what? I actually have an idea!" Blaze said.
"Oh? Do tell!" Crystal listened.
Meanwhile at Aqua's house, Aqua was walking down to his kitchen to make some breakfast, so he sits down at his table, and starts eating the pancakes that were in front of him. But wait, how did those pancakes get there? Aqua was staring at the pancakes, and how they got there, because he didn't make them.
"Windy? Is this mah breakfast on the table?" Aqua yelled from across the house.
"Ah don't know what yer talkin about, brother! The table was empty last ah checked." Wind responded from the Living Room.
"Hmm." Aqua was really concerned about how the food got there, when suddenly, Water walked into the kitchen carrying Aqua's laundry.
"Morning Aqua!" Water said.
"Mornin Water." Aqua said. But then Aqua was surprised. "Water? What are ya doin here this early?"
"I came to make you breakfast, and do your chores." Water said.
"Why? I mean, it's nice of ya to do this, but why?" Aqua asked.
"Well, that's what marefriends do to the coltfriend's, right? Right, Aqua? Right?" Water asked.
"Oh, we're in a relationship now?" Aqua asked.
"Aren't we?" Water asked.
Aqua was confused. "Well, ah'd like to, but aren't ya takin this relationship up a little too fast?"
"I started my relationship with Fonz like right away!" Water said. Aqua was really feeling confused right now, and felt a little awkward too.
"Uhh, Water? Ya don't really have to do this." Aqua said.
"Yes I do." Water said.
"Well, umm, alright." Aqua said, just going on with it. "Hey, ya wanna go... see the parade?"
"Sure! No problem!" Water said. "You're the boss! BOSS BOSS BOSS!"
"Unless ya wanna go somewhere else. Ah don't wanna control yer life." Aqua said.
"No, actually, I really wanna see the parade." Water said.
"Oh, alright." Aqua said to Water, then he turned to yell across the wall to Wind Racer. "Wind? Ya wanna go to the parade?"
"No thanks, bro. But if they start throwing candy in the air, be sure to get some more me." Wind said.
"Sure thing!" Aqua said. "Let's go!"
Meanwhile; Crystal, Engie, Psyche, Blaze, and I were ready to get our float ready. We walked over to Engie's workshop, and our plan is to put the floats together.
"Alright, let's put these floats together and get in that parade!" Engie yelled. We all cheered, and we all started singing Beat It by Michael Jackson, but in our own lyrics. We were working together to get the parade done, so we decided to sing it off, and do a few little dances here and there, including the thriller dance since this is a Michael Jackson song. The song goes like this:
Me: "First we argued and we fought and we went out separate ways
But then we found out there's a price to pay
That if you walk go alone, you'll lose all that you done
So work it! Just work it! (Work it out, work it out, work it out!)"
Psyche smacked me in the back of the head after I said that last part, since it wasn't really part of the song.
Engineer: "We better work, we better do all that we can
We don't wanna put our work in the trash mister man
But if we work together we can get it all done
So work it! But we go for the win!"
All of us: "So work it, work it, work it, work it!"
Crystal: "Hold your nose 'cause someone farted."
All of us: "Ewww!
Showin how we rockin, show them our beat
We stick together, then we'll be leet.
Just work it, work it
Just work it, work it
Just work it, work it
Just work it, work it."
Crystal interrupted though, "Wait, why do we always have to go with your lyrics? Withe words 'leet' and such?" she asked.
"This is my story. You wanna do the lyrics? See if you can do better? Be my guest." I said. So we continued the song:
Psyche: "So we're gonna win, so better give up while you can
Don't wanna be brainless, or a heartless piece of tin
If we trot alone it's gonna be like that again
So work it, just work it!"
Blaze: "We have to show them that we're not to be scared
So they better run on home to their teddy bears
Partnership will win, it always does win
So work it. We won't go down so sad!"
All: "So work it, work it, work it, work it!"
Crystal: "Wanna try my tasty onion dip?"
All: "Showin we rockin, rockin your sockin.
We get this float done, it would be coolin
So work it, work it, work it, work it!"
Crystal: "So you better put a sock in it!" (And that's when Crystal stuffed a sock into Psyche's mouth)
All: "Showin the topin, where we will be!"
Engie: "Oh no partners, I seem to lost the key."
Psyche: "Oh forget it, just forget it!"
And the song just ends there with Psyche giving up on the float, all because Engie lost the key.
"Nah ah'm kiddin, it's right here!" Engie teased.
"Dude, really?" Psyche said to him annoyed.
Engie chuckled. "Let's get this show on the road!"
So then we signed up for the parade. Aqua and Water were walking towards the parade.
"Oh Aqua, let's get some popcorn!" Water said.
"Nah, ah don't feel like it, but thanks." Aqua said.
"You're right, I don't want any either." Water said.
"Ya can get popcorn if ya want." Aqua said.
"No, really, it's okay Aqua. I don't need any." Water said.
"Water, really, this is making me feel a little uncomfortable." Aqua said.
"What is?" Water asked.
"Look, ah'm not Fonz! Ya don't have to do everythin ah say or do. Just because we're on the verge of a relationship, doesn't mean ya have to do everythin for me." Aqua said.
"But it shows our love!" Water said. Aqua groaned at Water, as Water was peeking over at the parade floats that are just about to get ready.
"Wow, is that the Doctor in a pear outfit?" Aqua asked, looking at Doctor Whooves in a pear costume. "Wow, he must've lost a bet."
"I don't see Flare and the others." Water said.
"Ah see the Crusaders, with a golden apple float." Aqua said, peeking over.
"Oh I see them too." Water said.
"Ya really do, or ya just agreein with me?" Aqua asked.
"Both." Water said.
"Ah also see Amethyst Star with a tamato float." Aqua said.
"You say tomato weird." Water said with a chuckle, but then she covered her mouth. "Oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean to say that! Please don't hit me!"
"Ah'm not gonna hit ya!" Aqua said giving himself a facehoof. "Ya gotta stop with that!"
"Sorry, sorry." Water said. Aqua groaned at her again, then peeks over. "What the hay?"
"What happened?" Water asked.
"Ah see Flare and the other Noble Six, but... what kind of float is that?" Aqua asked.
"I have no idea." Water said. "Wanna go see them?"
"Ah'll see them after the parade. Ya can go ahead." Aqua said.
"No, no. I'd rather stay here. It makes you happy." Water said.
"Umm, ah have to go to the restroom." Aqua said.
"Me too! Let's go together!" Water cried.
"Uhhh, no thank you. Ya stay here and protect our spot." Aqua said.
"Are you sure? You think I'll behave myself?" Water asked.
"Ah know for sure." Aqua said, then trotted off. Water looked around, then she started tip-towing over to our float. We were just getting the float ready for the parade.
"Ah, this looks like a fantastic float! I love it!" Crystal yelled.
"Yeah, I gotta say, we did good, we did good." Blaze said.
"Eeyup." Engie said.
"Hey bro, hey guys!" Water said, trotting over to us.
"Hey Water! How are things with Aqua?" I asked.
"It's going great, Flarey!" Water yelled. "I think he's a keeper."
"That's awesome, Water!" I said.
"Awesome possum?" Water asked.
"Yes, of course! But I don't want to say that all the time, that's what everypony expects." I said.
"This float is gonna rock everypony's socks off, Water!" Crystal said.
"What kind of float is that anyway?" Water asked.
"It's a rib-gem-pizza-taco in between two halves of french bread." Psyche said. "You see, Water, we couldn't agree on what theme float we'd do, so we decided to put all of our ideas in one."
"And we'll win the contest for sure!" Crystal cried.
"Wait, this was a contest?" Blaze asked.
"Duh, it's a contest! Where have ya'll been in the past few days, Blaze?" Engie asked.
"Nopony told me it was a contest." Blaze said.
"OF COURSE IT'S A CONTEST, BLAZE!" Pinkie yelled in his face, and started hoping towards her float.
"Ow! Say that louder why don't ya?" Blaze said, holding his ears. Pinkie comes back with a megaphone.
"OF COURSE IT'S A CONTEST, BLAZE!" Pinkie yelled in a megaphone at his face. Blaze started shaking, and heard nothing but ringing in his ears. His ear drums just bursted out. Seriously, there were drums in his ears. Why? Cartoon logic.
"Wow, sorry 'bout that, Blaze." AppleJack said, walking towards Blaze, helping him up.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"Ah said, sorry 'bout that, Blaze!" AppleJack said a little louder.
"What was that?" Blaze asked.
"Pinkie's megaphone might've been too loud, it might've made him deaf." Psyche said to her.
"Oh." AppleJack said, then she looked at our float in confusion. "What in tarnation is that? Ah know food, and that there don't look like any food ah seen."
"Oh we didn't know which theme float to use. I wanted pizza, Engie wanted tacos, Psyche wanted french bread, Blaze wanted ribs, and Crystal wanted gems." I explained. "So we combined our ideas.
"Are gems really a food?" AppleJack asked.
"Spike and Blaze eat them all the time." Crystal said.
"What?" Blaze said, still deaf.
"Ah, ah see that." AppleJack said.
"Ya'll in the parade, AJ?" Engie asked.
"No, but Apple Bloom at her friends are. Well, actually they were, but they given their float to my and Apple Bloom's cousin, Babs Seed." AppleJack explained.
"Oh, cool! Which one is their float? I bet it's the squash one!" I guessed.
"Flare, you obviously don't know the apple family." Psyche said.
"Of course I do, I known them longer than you have!" I said to him.
"See that golden apple leading the parade?" Psyche asked me, pointing to it.
"Yeah, I bet it's pretty expensive." I said.
"They're riding that." Psyche said.
"How is that possible? The Apple family ain't that rich." I said.
"They used gold glitter, Flare." AppleJack said.
"You know what would be really cool? If I saw Sweetie Belle with gold glitter all over her." I said.
"Ya'll jinxed it, sugarcube." AppleJack said. "She actually was covered in that stuff last night."
"You know what would be really cool? If we put that golden glitter on chocolate ice cream!" Crystal said.
"Why?" Psyche asked.
"Because then it would be rich!" Crystal teased and laughed. We all laughed along, except for Blaze.
"What?" he said. "What, why are we all laughing?"
"Oh there you are, Water!" Aqua said, walking towards her.
"AQUA! Oh I'm so sorry! Please don't hit me! I should've stayed there!" Water cried.
"Oh sweet Celestia, Water." Aqua said with a facehoof. "Water, I'm sorry, but I've been thinking."
"You were thinking? That's a first." Crystal teased.
"Ah'm sorry, Water. Ah like you, ah really do. But ah don't think yer ready for another relationship." Aqua said sadly, with his hoof on her shoulder.
"I AM READY! YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH I'M READY!" Water yelled.
"Water, please, don't make this too hard than it already is!" Aqua said.
"You don't want me, huh? Well, we'll see about that!" Water threatened him, and stomped off.
"Water!" I called out. She ignored me. "Aqua what did you do to her?"
"Ah broke up with her. She's really gettin annoyin." Aqua told me.
"I don't believe you, brah! She was only doing what she thought was right! I thought you were my friend!" I said angerly at him.
"Ah am. It's just... Water... she's gettin on mah nerves!" Aqua said.
"You talk that way to my sister, you're talking that way to me!" I said. "She just broke up with somepony, and then you just broke up with her just like that! You know how heartbroken she must feel right now!"
"Flare, ah'm sorry. At least she didn't cry." Aqua said.
"She might be crying on the inside though." I said, walking towards the float.
"But Flare!" Aqua tried to get my attention.
"Don't even talk to me, please!" I said, as I went inside the float. The other Noble Six just looked at Aqua, and they walked inside the float along.
"Yeah, ah think ah'll just go. Mah friends are probably wonderin where ah am." AppleJack said, trotting away. Our float joined in with the parade, and Aqua just looked down and trotted back to watch it. Psyche, Blaze, Engie, and Crystal were up front, waving to the pony folk who are watching the parade.
"HEY, WE LOVE YOUR FLOAT!" Roseluck yelled at us.
"What was that?" Blaze asked. "I can't hear you, Pinkie got me deaf!"
"YOUR FLOAT LOOKS EXTRA ORDINARY! I LOVE IT!" Doctor Whooves yelled at us.
"DON'T EVEN TALK TO US, DOCTOR! YOU CHEATED ON DERPY FOR CLOUD KICKER!" Psyche yelled at him.
"NO I DIDN'T, I JUST WENT TO THE MOVIES WITH HER, AS A FRIEND!" the Doctor yelled back.
"LIKE I CAN BELIEVE THAT! AND WHY ARE YOU WEARING A PEAR COSTUME! YOU HATE PEARS!" Psyche responded.
"What did he say, Doctor?" Derpy asked the Doctor.
"Oh... n-nothing... dear." the Doctor said, embarrassed.
"Hey look at that racket over there!" Engie said, looking at the Cutie Mark Crusaders cutting through the crowd to catch up with Babs.
"Is that Amethyst Star in the audience?" Crystal asked.
"Ah believe so." Engie said.
"If she's there, then who's in that tomato float?" Crystal asked.
"CHANGELING!" Engie yelled. Crystal turned around and saw me sitting in the corner of the float.
"C'mon, Flare! You're missing out!" she said to me.
"No thanks. I'll pass." I said, still mad at Aqua for dumping my sister.
"Speakin of changelings, look at all the Lyra's ah see in the audience." Engie said. "And look at all the Bons Bons, and Amethyst Stars, and Caramels, and Rain Drops, and Carrot Tops, and Cherry Berries, how is this possible?"
"Hey what's with all the racket over there?" Psyche asked, looking at Pinkie's float, and the Crusader float hitting eachother.
"Woooo! Bumper cards!" Crystal yelled.
"Hey get outta the way ya crazy drivers!" Engie yelled at them. Then they see Pinkie's float crashed in the grass.
"Ooooo!" we all said at the same time.
"You think we should help her out?" Psyche asked. Then they see Pinkie eating the leaves of the remains of her float, and the Crusaders chase after their float.
"Nah, ah think she's fine." Engie said. A little while went by, and the float started riding down the hill.
"WHOA! Ya seein this?!" Engie yelled.
"Yes, Engie, I see it. Who can't?" Psyche said.
"Whoa! You guys seeing this?" Blaze yelled.
"Didn't ah just say that?" Engie asked.
"What?" Blaze said.
"Oh right." Engie said, realizing Blaze is still deaf. Ponies gather around to see the damage that was done, including Aqua. All the floats pull over to the side to also see what went down.
"Engie, I think we should pull over." Psyche said.
"Good idea." Engie said, trying to hit the breaks, but the float didn't stop.
"Engie, are you pulling over?" Psyche asked.
"Yes!" Engie yelled.
"Then do it!" Psyche yelled back.
"Ah'm tryin! The breaks are out!" Engie yelled.
"Oh move over!" Psyche pushed him to the side and tried hitting the breaks, but it didn't stop. "Yeah the breaks are out."
"No they're not, the breaks are right there, I see them." Crystal said.
"Crystal, somehow your jokes just ain't helping." Psyche said.
"Alright what's going on here? I'm really confused, and still can't hear anything." Blaze said.
"Flare, a little help please?" Engie asked.
"Sigh, alright, alright." I said, then I tried to use my magic to stop the float, but it still didn't stop.
"Alright, it seems Flare's magic ain't helping either." Psyche said.
"NO KIDDING, BRAH!" I yelled.
"WHY ISN'T YOUR MAGIC WORKING!" Psyche yelled at me.
"I HAVE NO CLUE! STOP YELLING!" I yelled at him.
"WATCH OUT!" Crystal yelled at the group of ponies that were near the cliff. All the ponies turn around to see the float coming, and they all run out of the way, except for Aqua, which his hoof is stuck on a pile of gum.
"AQUA, MOVE!" Psyche yelled.
"AH CAN'T! AH'M STUCK!" Aqua yelled. He was trying to get free with all his strength, but couldn't do anything about it. "HOW ABOUT YA TRY STOPPIN?!"
"WE CAN'T! THE BREAKS ARE OUT!" Crystal yelled. The float started moving closer and closer towards Aqua. Aqua was really scared.
"Where's Big Mac?" I asked. "BIG MAC!"
"How can he help?" Engie asked.
"He's strong, he might be able to help stop this thing." I said. "BIG MAC! BIG MAC! I WANT AN ORDER OF BIG MAC!"
"Seriously, Flare, that joke is really old." Psyche said.
"Your face is old!" I said to him.
"How about you try steering?" Crystal asked.
"Oh very funny, Crystal. Steering, huh? Yeah, a cow joke, very funny." I said.
"No, just steer the float!" Enige yelled.
"WHAT THE HAY IS GOING ON?!" Blaze yelled.
"Flare, you're really in no help!" Psyche yelled at me.
"How about you quit throwing insults at me, and help me stop this thing!" I yelled at him.
"STEER IT!" Psyche yelled.
"ALRIGHT, YOU MAD BRO?!" I yelled, and tried steering the float, but the steering wheel fell off.
"Oh real nice, Flare." Psyche said.
"Aw c'mon, you can't blame me, I can't be that strong! Engie was steering this thing the whole time!" I said.
"Oh so yer gonna blame me?" Engie complained.
"HELP! HELP ME!" Aqua yelled, still stuck in the gum.
"Look it's no use arguing!" Crystal yelled.
"Yeah Crystal's right. Maybe if we threw out some of the heavy weight, we'll slow down and give him more time." I said. So I picked up Psyche and was just about to throw him out of the float.
"DUDE! PUT ME DOWN!" Psyche yelled. "THAT'LL JUST MAKE THIS THING GO FASTER!"
"Quick and painless is the best way to go right?" I asked.
"HEEEEEEEEEELP!" Aqua yelled.
"Blaze, it's up to you!" Crystal said.
"What? You wanna make some bean stew?" Blaze asked, still deaf.
"You're still deaf? Seriously?" Crystal asked.
"Who's going closer to their death? Aqua? Well it sure looks like it." Blaze said. "WAIT A SEC! I'm a wonderbolt, I can rescue him!"
"Why didn't he think of that before?" Engie asked with a facehoof. Blaze bursted out of the parade float and flew towards Aqua, trying to rescue him, but the gum was way too sticky. The float was getting closer and closer, and since Blaze is out of the float, it just made it go faster and faster, until it was so close to running him over. We all screamed, but then suddenly, some water bursted on our float, which caused it to turn and fall of the cliff, missing Aqua. We all fell down, and landed in the mud. The CMCs and AppleJack were also down there.
"Aww yuck!" Crystal said.
"Yer tellin me. So much for our parade float." Engie said.
"Ugh! Just as I thought this day couldn't get any worse!" Psyche said.
"Ya'll alright?" AppleJack asked.
"What happened?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Did you have the same problem as us when we were rescuing a friend from certain disaster?" Scootaloo asked.
"No, it just turned out... we never bothered testing this float out, and there were a few tiny flaws." I said.
"A few tiny?" Engie asked.
"Alright several big flaws." I said.
"Well, ah'm glad ya'll are alright." AppleJack said. Back at the top of the cliff, Aqua and Blaze were cuddling towards eachother, because they thought they were gonna get ran over, but then they didn't, then they looked at eachother awkwardly and released.
"Well, count yourself lucky, Aqua." Blaze said.
"Yeah for real!" Aqua said.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"AQUA! You alright?" Water asked, running towards him.
"Yeah, ah'm fine." Aqua said.
"Alright, well... I'll just leave you now." Water said, starting to walk away sadly.
"Water, wait!" Aqua called out. Water turned over to him. "A little help please?" So Water walked up to him, and used her horn to remove Aqua's hoof from the gum. "Thanks, Water."
"Heh, no problem." Water said with a light chuckle.
"Water, ah'm so sorry ah snapped at ya. Ah guess ah was just too annoyed by ya bein such a servent that ah got carried away." Aqua said.
"No, it was my fault, Aqua." Water said. "Look, Fonz was a terrible coltfriend, and I had him as one for a long time, I got used to being a servant."
"Yer not a servant, Aqua. Yer a pony." Aqua said. "And if ya wanna be together again, ah'd be willin to accept it, as long as we be equal."
"Thanks, Aqua. But I can't accept." Water said.
"What? Why not?" Aqua asked.
"I started a relationship waaaay too quickly, and maybe it's best I take a little break before I start going out with stallions again. It's for the best." Water said.
"Oh... alright, ah see. It's alright. But we can be friends right?" Aqua asked.
"Aww, of course we can!" Water said. "And besides, being in a relationship with you got carried away, and by the way... your mane looks terrible, not the mane I'm looking for." Aqua just glared at Water, and they both laughed. Later that afternoon, we all washed up at Sweet Apple Acres, and we met AppleJack's and Apple Bloom's cousin, Babs Seeds.
"So, ya run a pizza parlor, huh?" Babs asked me.
"Affirmative!" I said.
"That's pretty sick, I've been waiting for somepony to open up one 'round here." Babs said.
"So you visited here to get away from bullies back home in Manehatten?" I asked.
"Yeah, 'cause I'm a blank flank. Couldn't take that garbage anymore, man!" Babs said.
"Hey, you and I are alike, you know that? I moved to Ponyville to get away from bullies back in Mareami. I couldn't take the heat." I said.
"Heh, I guess so." Babs said.
"Hey, I was wondering. What's does a bab seed have to do with an apple?" Crystal asked her.
"Well, ah bet we've all learned something today." Engie said. "Flare? What was the friendship lesson today that you'll send to Luna?"
"Oh I won't be just sending to Luna, I'll be sending to Celestia too." I said.
"Say what?" everypony said at the same time.
"Whah ya'll sendin to Celestia too? Ah thought ya only send to Luna, 'cause she needs the attention?" AppleJack asked.
"None of you have been sending any messages to her lately." I said.
"Oh. Ah see." AppleJack said. "Ah completely forgot."
"Well my friendship lesson, is that we need to work together to get things done right, not go solo." I said.
"Really? That's a pretty obvious lesson, partner." Engie said.
"I got a better one!" Water said. "Just because you're with somepony, doesn't mean you have to always keep them happy. He can't control you, and you can't control him. Relationship wise. If somepony doesn't want to do something, they shouldn't do that. No special somepony is ever a servent. Right, Aqua?"
"Ah just shut up, ah control ya!" Aqua said. Everypony just stares at Aqua in shock. "What? Ah was kiddin." We all started to laugh, except for Blaze.
"What? I still can't hear a word you're saying! Why are we laughing? Guys? GUYS?!" Blaze yelled.