A Brony Life
Chapter 37: Dramatic Beginnings (episode 7)
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWhat is up every pony, and welcome to the last episode of the season! Yep, you heard right! This is the end episode for the season before I do the finale! Which I think is going to stomp all the episodes no prob! Now I know that seven episods isn't really that much. Especially if you compare it to how many episodes the actual MLP makes a eason. That being around like twenty or so. But I think that this is a decent amount for the first season to start out with, and honestly, it's been a hard time for me.
Since the beginning of me writing episode five, my laptop's been dying out. Actually right now I'm using my eight year old desktop to write out this intro right now. The keyboard's dusty, and it takes like ten minutes for Internet Explorer, or anything else to start up, so it's pretty annoying right now.
But skipping past that, I think it's time to get to the decent and actually slightly entertaining intro that I bet only a hand full of you read all the way through. So joining me today is- *before I could say, a clam appears in front of my mouth and closes shut on it, shuting me up*
Discord: Honestly, I can't believe how boring it is to have you of all humans introduce me.
*uses author powers and poofs clam away* Hey, be lucky that I even let you come into the intro like this! Because if they didn't like you so much, you'd be- *suddenly, a swarm of bees appear around me and start attacking me*
Discord: I think you mean YOU'D BEE! *laughs evily at my bee problem* Anyway, since Zeke here's having an ity bee-ty problem, I guess I'll have to fill in for the top three comments.
Hey you can't just- AH! *Bees start stinging the back of my neck like crazy, which hurts even more than it sounds* Ow! OW! OW! *runs off, trying to lose the bees*
Discord: As I was saying, here are the three comments that I thought were the most chaotic!
3: EpicPie1. I don't know if Zeke's going to tell the story... But if he ever does I'd love to see that chaotic disaster be told! I loved watching their faces when I-
Discord, don't you dare tell them the story! *I said, finally getting rid of the bees* I might tell it if enough readers want me to and I don't want you to go and- *before I could finish scolding him, he snapped his finger and a wasp nst lands on my head. I throw it off and run* AH! NOT COOL DISCORD!
2: Justus80. Oh that sounds like a great story! To bad you cut it short. though I was hoping to see some more of the insanity explained instead of some boring summary.
Discord... Stop patronizing the reviews! *I said in between breathes as I just got away from the wasps*
Discord: Hmm... How about instead I choose my favorite review and you go ahead and start running from these! *He snaps his fingers and a giant amount of spiders come crawling towards me*
Oh come on, I'm not scared of a bunch of slow spiders. *He then snaps his fingers and a spiderman starts coming towards me* What the?! * I start running for my life.
Discord: Oh, how I love movies. now onto number one!
1:
Oh such chaos! I love being here for these things! I should really do it again sometime!
*crawls back into the shot, covered from head to toe in bee, wasp, and spider bites. Along with brusies from fightin Spiderman* Not while... I'm still alive... you're not!...
Discord: Oh well... *snaps his fingers, making a guitine appear right above me, ready to cut my head off* That can BEE arranged! *he starts laughing evily while I shiver in fear of both the guitine above me, and the thought of more bees*
Someone please help me! And someone start up the chapter before I'm be-headed!
Disclaimer: I do not own MLP or anything famous mentioned throughout this chapter. All I own is Blitz, and this idea.
*Guitine starts to fall* Start the chapter! *As guitine reaches my head, it doesn't cut through* What... But this is... ALUMINUM FOIL?! *I yell out in anger*
Discord: HA! You should've seen the look on your face! Okay, now start the chapter! *snaps fingers, starting up chapter*
Blitz POV
Finally, I'm almost done with the inside of my house. The furniture's done, everything's arranged, all I need now is to paint the house and it'll be done.
As I went through Ponyville with my cart, which was loaded with paint, I saw that it was a regular quiet day.
Today was especially quiet though. Not only that, but I didn't have anything to build today, so I was free to do whatever I wanted. To bad all my friends were busy doing something else.
Sugarcube Corner was surrounded by customers, so there was no way that Pinkie could make it out to hang-out today. She had to help the Cakes make... well cakes for every pony. I couldn't really help her because all I knew how to make really well were the churros I showed her how to make a while back. Which were one of the main reasons why it was so packed today.
Applejack had to help her family with apple bucking. There was the whole east side of the orchard that needed to be dealt with and they really needed her help. To bad I couldn't help because everytime I tried to buck a tree an apple would end up hitting my ear and some random music would start playing. Probably for the best I don't help than and chance them hearing something that they might think is really annoying and gets stuck in your head easily like Gangnam Style by PSY.
Rainbow Dash had to clean up a lot of clouds today, and she was talking about how Cloudsdale messed up and sent down to way to many rain clouds. She asked if I could help, but reminding her that I couldn't go near any clouds but regular ones and storm clouds she understood and went on her way.
Twilight had a lot of her new books to read, as assigned to her as some assignment. I decided to stay clear away when I heard about how Spike ended up having to take notes for her. I hate taking notes, and I didn't want to be suckered into helping her because I would probably mess up somehow.
Fluttershy had to help one of her bear friends with an injured paw. Seeing as how the bear community and me weren't exactly the best of friends, I had to pass on helping her out too. She was okay with me not helping, and I think she understood just why too. Especially with the fact that when she first met me, I owned a bear when I didn't even throw one punch at it.
Then there was Rarity. To be honest, I didn't know what she was up to because I haven't asked or checked. I never really liked going in her boutique so I never know what she's up to.
It's really that every time I'm in there without a real reason, I feel like I'm lossing my manlieness or something by being in a place that is made for ponies that like frilly dresses. That, and everytime I'm in there I feel like Rarity's trying to find out what kind of tux would match my coat color or something. That alone is to much for me to take.
"Oh, Blitz darling wait up!" I heard a refined voice call out from behind me. Well, speaking of the pony.
"Oh hi Rarity. I thought you were busy like the others." I said as she caught up to me. She was levitating a few bags over her head and had some designer sunglasses on, along with one of those scarf things that cover up most of your head too.
"Well as it turns out, I had just finished these fabules dresses for a customer that resides in Canterlot. And seeing as how I thought all of my friends were busy, I took it upon myself to do a little shopping. But seeing as how you weren't working today, I wanted to see what you were up to." Rarity told me.
After hearing her tell me all this I summed it up myself so I knew what she was telling me a lot simpler. 'Well I just finished working and got bored, so I wanted to see what you were doing.' Keeping that in mind I nodded, understanding it a little more.
"Well, I don't have anything to do so I'm just finishing my house. All I have left to do is paint it and it's done." I told her.
She suddenly gasped and had a big smile on her face. "Oh this is perfect! I can help you! Being a designer, I know all there is to know about color scheme and can be a great help!" She told me.
"Uh..." I didn't know how to respond to that. I didn't want her to help because of everything else she would probably do. She would probably get over dramatic about something and stretch it to far, critic my furniture or how it was arranged, and most likely take over and try to tell me what colors were best or something. Still, she was my friend and I couldn't just tell her that right to her face. "That's okay Rarity, I can finish it myself. Besides... it's a pride thing! Yeah, I'd be a laughing stalk around my co-workers if you helped. Sorry." I said, excusing myself as best I could without lying.
It seemed like the best excuse to use against her anyway. She always respects and understands social status and stuff like that so it made sense.
"Oh come now," She started. "you can't possibly imagine that your co-workers would think any less of you for a close friend of yours to help with the finishing touches of your house hmm?" She questioned.
"Well..." She had me there. I saw my house coming up as we both walked towards it and knew that I had to think of something. "Okay you got me, it's not that. It's just that everytime they see you they act like idiots."
That wasn't a lie either. Have you ever seen a cartoon where you see the three construction guys sitting on a scafolding eating their lunch, then they see a steriotypical rich girl walk by? And they wolf whistle and compliment her like idiots then break out in fights over her? Yeah, I'm the guy that's off to the side face-hoofing at their stupidity.
"Well you can't simply blame them for admiring me can you?" She asked as she levitated a mirror out of her shopping bag and admired herself with it. Besides, I'm sure that them admiring me wouldn't harm anything as long as you ignore them." She said, acting like my excuse was nothing to bother worrying about. It looked like she had her mind set on helping me paint my house and wouldn't take no for an answer.
At this point, I knew that I couldn't just make up an excuse. If she was going to stay away, than I had to tell her straight up. I sighed and got to my door. "Okay Rarity, here it is. I just don't want you to help me okay? Sorry, but I don't think it would be the best idea." I told her with a serious look on my face.
Wh-Wha... B-b-but..." As she tried to talk, shocked at what I had just told her, I went ahead and quickly opened the door. Then I went in just as quickly and brought my cart inside. As soon as me and my cart was indoors, I turned and closed the door just enough so I could stick my head out of it, but closed up to the point where she couldn't see the inside.
"Blitz, I think you're making a dreadful mistake!" She screamed out at me. "My expertice on color scheme and my own opinion on the subject is sure to help you more than you can imagine! You simply can't just say no to this opurtunity!" She said to me with a face that showed just how shocked she was about my choice.
"Again sorry, but I don't want your help. I just don't think your opinion is going to agree with mine, and I don't want to argue about it okay? Sorry, but consider me busy for the rest of the day." And with that, I closed the door calmly before turning around and looking at all the paint I brought in.
I walked away from the door before sighing at the sight of the paint, the tape that you put on the borders of the wall to keep paint from getting where you don't want it to, and different types of paint brushes for it all. "Great... All this painting stuff to use and I don't even know what to do."
I didn't have one clue about paint colors for the rooms. I figured that it be easy to just slap some paint on the walls and be done with it. But what Rarity said just all at once suddenly knocked that idea right out of my head. I never thought about what colors matched what or anything like that.
Still, I couldn't admit that I was wrong about this. I knew how to build anything from birdhouses, to five story houses. I couldn't just go against my own field of work and ask Rarity for help after I just said no to her without a second thought.
"Well... How hard could it be to just paint the walls and make it fit right?" I said out loud, trying to get myself syched to do this. I'm sure that this wouldn't be too hard. I mean, I built up this whole house, hoof crafted every piece of wooden furniture, and made a few of my own personal touches because I could. I'm sure I could find paint that would tie each and every room together perfectly... Right?...
Rarity's POV
I... I can't believe this! I offer my help to Blitz and he simply waves it off as if my help would be un-helpful! How could he even begin to imagine such a silly idea?!
As I walked inside my lovely boutique, taking of my designer sunglasses and scarf, I kept thinking why Blitz would just turn down my own help. I might not be a builder such as Blitz, but a designer knows just about as much about color and style when it comes to painting as a builder.
I knew that I needed to vent this out to someone that would understand it, and be able to help give me a second opinion. I know that I sometimes go a little over the top when it comes to situations such as this one, so telling some pony about this issue is just what I needed to do.
"I know, I'll talk to Twilight! She's an understanding pony! Surely she'll have some advice on what I should do on this matter!" I said, having a brilliant stroke of genious! "Oh I hope that she doesn't mind me interuppting her studies... Oh but it'll be alright. Besides, once she hears just what I'm dealing with, she'll be more than happy to help me sort this out! And if she can't help me, than maybe Spikey-Wikey will understand and help me. He has been very helpful lately... Although he has been talking with Blitz. But that might be a good thing as he might understand my situation and know just why Blitz is acting this way."
"Oh, but enough of this endless contemplating, I should hurry and see them if I am to ever get any results." I said as I headed towards the door. I knew that if I was going to get over all of this then I needed to get started instead of just dwelling on the whole idea.
And so ends the first part of this episode! Now honestly I know that this might seem a little dull of an episode compared to just where all the others have gone, but don't worry about that. I can assure you right now that this is going to be a good sign off before the finale! Or at least I'll try to make it be!
But either way, I'll see you all tomorrow with the next episode! That is unless my internet, or my laptop tries to shut down or something again! Hoping that won't happen, see you all next time!
QotC: What's your favorite paint color? Why? (if there's a reason)