A Brony Life
Chapter 20: Fluttershy's Help (episode 1)
Previous Chapter Next ChapterHey everyone. Sorry I haven't put up a chapter all week, but like I said last chapter, I had Benchmarks, and my parents would take my laptop if I fail any of them. So, I had to divert my time to studying, and then video games to keep me from going into some stressed out state. I had rented Bioshock Infinate. I won't spoil anything, but I will say this. The ending explains why exactly the games called Infinate. I was literally pacing around my gaming room, trying to unravel the whole ending. It took me two hours before I gave up talkin in circles. So, yeah if your into games like Bioshock, I beg you to try it. It's amazing!
Anyway, with me havin some free time now, I've written up this chapter and have already written up a few others, so the chapters should be coming in one day after another. Now with that all said, let's begin.
Disclaimer: I do not own MLP.
As we all walked over in some random direction, I hung around the back. I didn't want to have to walk all around Ponyville looking for a job when I already had one. Not only that, but they wouldn't even let me tell them what was going on. Honestly, can't one of them actually calm down a little so I can tell them what's what?
"Are you okay Blitz?" I looked to my right and saw Fluttershy, looking concerned. I had been looking straight at the ground in deep thought, and the others were just boasting about how everything I could do in Ponyville was fun. They kept talking to me, but since they kept interupting each other about which job would be best, I never got a chance to talk about my own opinion.
"Yeah. It's just that I keep trying to tell all of them that before all of you found me, I had already gotten a job." I explained. The others were to much into deep debate to hear us. They each had a job in mind for me to take up.
"O-oh really? We had no idea. All of us came up with a job that we'd thought you'd like. Sorry we didn't let you tell us." Fluttershy apologized for all of them. Actually, she never interupted me, and if it came to her choice, she would probably let me tell them all what had happened.
"It's fine. I just wish I could go one sentence without being interupted. I hate that." I told her. She smiled at that a little. I guess she knows what it's like.
"Well, if you want I could try to help... What job did you find?" She asked.
"A job with the construction crew. They said I start tomorrow. But, how do we even get to tell them without them interupting us? I mean, they're so focused on trying to find me choosin one of the jobs they want, they won't let me explain" I asked. They were all trying to help, but they were going a little over the top about it all.
"Well, each of us are going to show you one place you can work. If you want, when I get a turn, I could say construction... What do you think?" She asked me with a polite smile. Wow, that was actually a good plan. I guess shyness has nothing to do with planning.
"Hey Blitz, here we are." I looked ahead and saw the market place. "Since we didn't know exactly what kind of job you liked, I thought that be should start with the basics." Twilight said as she gestured towards a bunch of booths that were selling random things. Mostly food, but some other stuff.
"Well, it's great and all," Before he told them the truth, he got a better idea. He decided to play it out for now, and tell them the truth when it was Fluttershy's turn to give her idea. "but I don't really like a job where you just stand behind a desk. It seems boring. Sorry." I said sincerly.
It wasn't really a lie, I mean, standing behind a booth desk all day did not appeal to me at all. I liked hands on stuff more then anything.
"Oh, there's much more then that here! You can also deliver stuff from one booth to another! That way, your able to move around instead of being stuck in one spot." Twilight noted.
"I don't know... I mean, delivering stuff isn't always that plesent. Ever heard of the fraze, 'Don't Shoot the Messenger'?" I asked.
"Well... I guess you have a point there. Besides, it wouldn't be a gurantee that you would even get a job delivering things." Twilight said in defeat. One down, a few more to go.
"Well then I guess it's my turn! Blitz, what do you think about working in weather control?!" Rainbow Dash asked, looking at me. "I mean, eventually I'll have to quit that job when I join the Wonderbolts, so there has to be some pony else who can at least be almost as good as me." She boasted.
"Almost as good as you? Well, some pony is modest today." I said sarcastically. All of them, except Rainbow Dash laughed at my humor, but Rainbow Dash didn't find it that funny.
"What? You think your better then me?" Rainbow Dash challenged. As much as I wanted to stand my ground, now wasn't the time or place to do so.
So anyway, I had to find a way to say no. Luckily, it wasn't that hard. "No Rainbow Dash, I was kidding. Either way, it sounds cool, but I can't do it. Watch." I said, flying up to a normal rain cloud. I simply put my metal hoof inside the cloud and I immediatly felt the pain of it. I pulled my hoof out and it was sparking with electricity. Since I was able to store electricity and use it to be stronger, faster, and stuff like that, I was a living battery. Which did not go well with rain or any large amount of water. I then flew back down before it got worse. The twitching already started though.
"See? I can't be-" I twitched an I stopped talking from it. Enough water getting to me and I would be sparking like a plugged in hairdryer in a bathtub. "-cause water doesn't mix with-" *twitch* "-metal." I finished. Each twitch felt like pain that could've been as weak as an Indian Arm Burn, or as strong as a mini heart attack.
"You gonna be okay there partner? Yer all twitchy lookin." Applejack noted with concern.
"Yeah, I'm f-" *twitch* "-ine. Just need to get this water off me. One of the bad parts about being a cypony is that water can short circuit you, or just plain out make you twitch." I explained.
"Wow, that's not good. You can't even go out in the rain?" Rainbow Dash asked. Applejack got out a rag and tossed it to me, and I started clean off my hoof. The twitching immediatly slowed down once I was dryer.
"Well, I supose it's my turn." Rarity said. What job could she possibly have for me? "Please, right this way." She said as we all followed her to wherever she lead us.
When we finally got where she brought us, we were at her boutique.
"You see, I need help from time to time with my designing, and while Spike is a great help, he's not able to help all the time since Twilight needs his help." Okay, well this isn't a problem. I can already think of a few reasons not to take this job. Since she over reacts, I'll just go with a calm approach.
"Well... It's a good idea... But I think I should listen to the others and see what there ideas are first." I concluded.
"Oh come now, you don't have to be good at fashion to help me. I would just need help with getting supplies, which would be gems, or meterials like cloth or silk." She informed me. Okay, I really didn't want this job. I pictured me having to do something like this, and I could already feel my manlieness degrading from helping a fashion obsesser like Rarity. "Besides, I'm sure Spike would want some help assisting me." She concluded.
"Yeah, I guess so." Spike said a little heart broken. Well, what do we have here? I see a way to weasel out of this already.
"I don't know... I'm not a gem person either. Besides, I'm sure that since Spike has helped you so much, that even if he wouldn't be here as much as me, he would still be ten times more helpful." I said, weaseling my way out. It wasn't a lie, and I wasn't backing out since I just wanted to get my original job.
"Well, I suppose you do have a point... Alright, if you say so." Rarity finally gave up. The others were all racking there brains, since all the things they've learned about me apearently are affecting the jobs they thought of too. As they all were in deep thought or were lookin to the others to see who would come up with something else, Spike turned to me and mouthed, Thank you. I nodded slightly at him, welcoming him silently. I think I had a pretty good idea as to why he wanted to stay. Hehe, I finally had something to use against him now.
"Well," We all turned to Applejack, who spoke up next. "I don't think I'd be able to offer much. Sweet Apple Acres is always lookin for more hooves to help, but it doesn't seem like yer thing. You'd have to wake up pretty early for it." She said. Well, that was easier then I thought. She even made the excuse for me. Well, that was four out of six, but I think were about done here anyway.
At this point, I was quickly getting tired of making excuses. I could do it all day, don't get me wrong, but since I could stop this pointlessness anytime I wanted, I choose now. "What about you Fluttershy? Do you have an idea?" I asked. Everyone in the room turned to her.
"Well, j-just one really..." She said quietly since all the focus was on her. "P-please follow me every pony." She said even quieter, starting to lead us out of the boutique and towards the construction cite we all met up at.
When we finally got there, all of them saw that we were back at the construction cite.
"Construction?" They all asked. They didn't expect Fluttershy to suggest something like that.
"Actually, that's not a bad idea." I said, trying to take the attention off of her. "Especially since I love building stuff."
"Yeah, you were around here earlier huh?" Twilight asked. "So, why don't you ask?"
"Ya sure? You guys don't have any other jobs you'd like me to turn down so I can show you all I already have a job and end all this?" I told them, also saying that they did all of that for nothing.
"Yeah, go right on ahead and... Wait, did you just say that you've been turning down all of our offers?" Twilight asked.
"Yep." I said simply. I looked at them all while they were taking all of this in, that is except for Fluttershy who walked up next to me.
3, 2, 1... "WHAT?!" Most of them yelled out. We had spent a long time walking from one side of Ponyville to the other and back again. Then, they explained their offers for no reason. Yeah, I'd say they all wanted to slap me for making them go through all of that for nothing. "Why would you make us parade all around Ponyville for no reason?" Twilight asked, ticked off.
"Well, at first I tried to tell all of you, but you insisted on it so much that I had no choice but to stay quiet. Fluttershy was the only one who listened to what I had to say, so she knew all along." I told them.
"Wait, let me get this straight." Rainbow Dash said. "You lied to us and made us all take you all around Ponyville when you could've just told us after we stopped to show you one of the jobs?" She asked, as mad as Twilight.
"Up, up, up. I never lied." I said with a sly smirk. As a few of them opend their mouths to object, I stopped them.
"I never said anything that was a lie. If anything, I just gave a lack of information. All the things I said that weaseled my way out of all of your choices, weren't lies either. I really do twitch up when I touch rain, I don't like being couped up in one place, and Spike is probably way better at any job Rarity would have. I simply never said that I had a job, so, no lies." I said, keeping my sly smirk.
"But, why didn't you tell us when you had the chance?" Twilight asked.
"Well... I thought it would make a few good laughs." I said with a chuckle. The others saw that it was ironic in a way and laughed with me.
"I didn't even see it coming!" Pinkie said, jumping out from behind me. "You got us good! You too Fluttershy!" She said, looking at Fluttershy.
"Oh, I just wanted to help Blitz, I didn't mean for it to be a joke...Sorry..." She said.
"It was just a harmless joke. Besides, I was technically being nice about it since you guys went through so much trouble just to help me. So, it would've been rude either way." I told all of them.
"Well, I guess we do owe you an apology. We should've listened to you in the first place instead of just pushing you into something." Twilight apologized for all of them.
"It's okay. Just please don't interupt me like again. Honestly, I can't stand it when that happens." I told her.
"Deal." She said. "By the way, since your part of the Ponyville Construction Crew now... that means that you can help build me a new podium for all of our elements in the library!" She put two and two together.
"Yeah, I guess I can do that." I said with a shrug. It wouldn't kill me to do something nice like that.
"Oh, and could you help build me a safe or something for my gems? They keep getting stolen or something..." Spike said. As he talked I saw a piece of gem in his teeth and shook my head slightly.
"Sure, but I think I know why your gems are missing." I turned to the others. "Any other requests?"
They all jumped at the chance and kept talking over each other, telling me different ideas. Wow, this is going to be a regular thing now isn't it? I wonder if it's to late to take up Twilight's offer on the delivery job...
Well, that wraps up the first episode! I plan on doing all of them like this. Intro chapter, main story chapter, and ending chapter. Tell me what you think because I plan on doing this for all of them. Also, I plan on making 5-12 episodes a 'season', all seasons with a season finale that will be longer then three chapters, and have big storylines in them. Each season finale bigger then the last! Tell me what you think! Or don't... Not really my choice whether you do or not... So yeah. Also, it might take the start of the next episode is Monday.
Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do before we end this chapter... PET PUPPIES! No JK, I mean QotC!
QotC: Do you weasel your way out of things? By weasel, I mean do you talk your way out of situations, but by not lying at all?