Here's chapter four! Now this one's more comedy rather than romance, but you'll get a laugh out of it, especially since a certain cross-eyed pony is here! The opening scene with Comet Tail and his buds was originally meant for chapter three, but it was long enough, so it's now part of the new and improved chapter four!

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Part 4: Race to Disaster

Back in Ponyville, Comet Tail was still sulking about being rejected by Twilight.

"It's not fair," he complained, "I would've gotten my one chance to be with Twilight, but then that Vincent, Vernon or whatever-his-name-is, and his silly little sister; they had to go and tell me off! The nerve of it all!"

"Oh, what are you moaning about now?" said a voice.

Comet Tail sighed and turned to face the light amber Earth stallion who asked him the question. He had a light brown mane and tail, moderate blue eyes, and three blue horseshoes for his cutie mark; his name is Caramel, a next-door neighbor to Rarity and Sweetie Belle, and a friend of the Apple family.

With Caramel were two other stallions – one of them was a dark gray Pegasus with a light cyan gray mane and tail with lighter streaks, light gold eyes, and his cutie mark was a lightning bolt from a cloud; his name is Thunderlane, a student at Wonderbolts Academy alongside Rainbow Dash. The other was a grayish amber Earth pony with a dark amber mane and tail, light grayish-blue eyes, and his cutie mark was an hourglass; his name is Time Turner, often nicknamed "Dr. Hooves," but he goes by either name.

"I guess Twilight's turned him down… again," Time Turner suggested in a moderate Scolttish accent.

"Yeah, how do you even know of this, Doc?" snapped Comet Tail.

"What Time Turner's trying to say is," said Thunderlane, "you've been getting obsessed over Twilight since she was coronated as a princess."

"So?" Comet Tail scoffed indignantly, "I think she's pretty. How can a princess like her reject someone cool like myself?"

"You sound like Rainbow Dash when she shows off," chuckled Thunderlane.

"I heard that! But at least I admit my feelings to a filly unlike somepony…" He gave a "knowing" glare at Caramel, causing his face to flush red as an apple.

"Hey, at least I don't show off in front of Applejack!" the light amber stallion retorted.

"All right, you two," said Time Turner, standing in between them, "now I presume you're planning to think of a way to impress her, right, Comet Tail?"

"You wait and see!" said Comet Tail, "Twilight will be my fillyfriend in no time!"

"Uh, yeah, good luck with that," said Thunderlane sarcastically, but Comet Tail didn't take much notice.

"You'll see, boys," the light yellow unicorn muttered to himself, "you'll see…"

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Meanwhile, the rest of the Mane Six were having a chat when they noticed Twilight was missing.

"Has anypony seen Twilight at all today?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"I'm afraid not," said Fluttershy.

"Not since yesterday afternoon," said Applejack.

"I hope that nothing bad has happened to her," said Rarity.

"Maybe she's throwing a super special party for us!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly.

At that moment, Vincent was walking by.

"Yo, Vincent," called Rainbow Dash, "have you seen Twilight?"

"Yes, Rainbow," said Vincent, "Fictionary and I saw her this morning. Why?"

"We haven't seen her all day," said Fluttershy.

"Is this a problem, Fluttershy?"

"Well, we're worried that something bad might have happened."

"She said she was going to the Crystal Empire," explained Vincent, "apparently to meet with some bloke I don't even know, Flash Sentry."

"Flash Sentry?" asked Applejack, "Now does that name sound familiar, girls?"

"I think that was that one guard Twilight met before going through that mirror," said Fluttershy.

"And after she and Spike returned," Rarity put in.

"She acted like she had a crush on him," said Rainbow Dash.

"Just like you and one of the Wonderbolts," Vincent teased, "what was his name again, Soarin?"

Rainbow Dash's cheeks turned bright red and her wings extended.

"You-!" she spluttered indignantly, "I don't-! How-?! Ohhh!" She gave a flustered groan; this made the others laugh.

Suddenly, at that moment, who should sneak his way in but Comet Tail.

"What's this I hear about Princess Twilight falling in love with a stallion that isn't me?" he asked.

"Ugh, not that irritating bugger again," muttered Vincent.

"What do ya want, Comet Tail?" asked Applejack.

"I am on a quest to win the heart of Princess Twilight," said Comet Tail.

"Uh, yeah, good luck in that," said Rainbow Dash sarcastically.

"Are you saying that you doubt me?" asked Comet Tail.

"Yes we are," said Vincent firmly, "what makes you think Twilight would fall for some arrogant fool like you?"

"How dare you call me an arrogant fool!" snapped Comet Tail.

"Oh, and that's coming from somepony who called me a geek!" retorted Vincent.

"Looks like something needs to be settled," said Rainbow Dash, "what do you say about a race, Vincent? If you win, then Comet Tail can leave Twilight alone."

"But what if I win?" asked Comet Tail.

"Doesn't really matter," said Rainbow Dash, "so, interested or not?"

"Well..." Vincent began, "if it'll get Comet Tail to leave Twilight alone, then I accept."

"I knew you'd see it my way!" cheered Rainbow Dash.

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Later that afternoon, Vincent and Comet Tail stood at the starting line outside Sweet Apple Acres. Both stallions were determined not to let the other one win.

"This shall be a one lap race, boys," said Applejack, "there shall be no tail bitin', no shortcuts, no rammin' one another off course, no greasin' anypony's hooves, no-"

"Sorry to interrupt, but can we get on with it?" demanded Comet Tail.

"Fine," sighed Applejack, and then said quickly, "most importantly, have fun. Ready, set, and go." And with a wave of the flag from Caramel, Vincent and Comet Tail were off! The rest of the Mane Six cheered for Vincent.

Caramel, however, was worried. "I've got a feeling this is only going to lead to trouble…"

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Vincent and Comet Tail were racing through Ponyville. Vincent was in front, but Comet Tail began to pass by using his magic to speed up,

"They don't call me Comet Tail for nothing," he grinned.

"Show off," snapped Vincent, "wings, don't fail me now!"

At that moment, Twilight had just left the train station. No sooner had she stepped off the platform, she could see the race.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Twilight! Watch out!" shouted Vincent. The yellow Pegasus stallion came to a stop before crashing into Twilight. Before the light purple alicorn could ask what was going on, Comet Tail saw Twilight ahead but was too late to stop, and crashed into her!

"Aaaahhh!"

"Oh bugger!" cried Vincent, racing off after them, "Hang on, Twilight!"

Comet Tail and Twilight crashed into a nearby Lyra, who was knocked into a nearby Bon Bon. Out of surprise, the beige Earth pony shrieked and crashed into a light grayish-mulberry Earth pony with moderate cerise eyes, mane and tail, and a bunch of grapes and a strawberry for a cutie mark. This was Berry Punch, everypony's idea of a town drunk, holding a bottle of cider. Her bottle flew in the air towards a light bluish-gray Pegasus with a pale blond mane and tail, yellow wall-eyes, and two large bubbles surrounded by five smaller ones for a cutie mark. This was Derpy Hooves, hovering a few feet off the ground and holding onto a muffin.

"Mmm," she said, unaware of what was going on, "muffins."

The bottle conked Derpy in the head, causing her to drop her muffin.

"My muffin!" she cried, and chased after her beloved little muffin.

At that moment, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were walking along planning on how - you guessed it - to obtain their cutie marks.

"Alright y'all," said Apple Bloom, "what are we gonna try today?"

"I got it!" said Scootaloo, "We can obtain our cutie marks by..."

"That muffin?" asked Sweetie Belle, confused.

"No, that wasn't what I was gonna say!" But before Scootaloo could correct herself, ("Stop that muffin!") Derpy came charging in.

"How about we make like a banana and split?" asked Apple Bloom.

So that's what they did. However, as Derpy claimed her muffin once again, Scootaloo was headed straight towards Big Macintosh with a cartload of apples!

"Look out!" cried Apple Bloom.

Big Macintosh could see Scootaloo headed towards him and quickly swerved to the left, a few apples spilling out of his cart, but he didn't see Vincent was now right in front of him!

"Ooohh, get outta mah way!" the large red stallion cried.

Too late, the two stallions crashed into each other, causing more apples to spill. They crashed right into Time Turner, who was at a nearby banana stand. Apples and bananas flew everywhere! It was a terrible mess, but surprisingly, nopony had been seriously injured. What was even more surprising was that Derpy was completely oblivious to the chaos that had just taken place; she flew away with her muffin in her hooves.

"Is everpony okay?" asked Twilight.

"Oh, yes," said Vincent, "other than a few bruises, I'm perfectly okay."

"You're one to talk," grumbled Bon Bon.

Just then, Spike, Thunderlane, Caramel, and the rest of the Mane Six ran up (flew in the case of Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Thunderlane) to the scene of splattered apples and bananas and piled up ponies.

"Holy moly!" cried Caramel.

"What happened?" asked Thunderlane.

"Ask Comet Tail," groaned Vincent, "ah, that really hurt..."

Everyone glared at Comet Tail.

"What? What's everypony looking at me for?"

"You crashed into me!" snapped Twilight.

"Nopony told me you were in my way!" retorted Comet Tail.

"You should have watched where you were going!" added Lyra.

"But you didn't because of how busy you were boasting about yourself," Vincent added.

"Boasting?! Ha! You're one to talk, four eyes!"

"I'd rather be four eyes than zero brain," retorted Vincent.

"Are you saying I'm stupid?!"

"Eeyup," added Big Macintosh.

"Well, blame Rainbow Dash," said Comet Tail, "she's the one who suggested the race from the get go."

"I'm right here, you know!" the cyan colored Pegasus shouted.

"Well, it's true," sniffed Comet Tail, "at least I'm not a Wonderbolt lover!"

Rainbow Dash's face went redder than the streaks in her mane, and seethed in anger. "At least I pay attention to where I'm going, Comet Fail!" she snapped back.

Her insult was met with gasps, and some ponies backed a little away.

"Comet Fail?!" the light yellow unicorn said furiously, calmly at first, then getting angrier and angrier, "I hate that name. I hate it, you hear?! Nopony calls me Comet Fail! Especially not some speed-obsessed air-head!"

"Air-head... AIR-HEAD?!"

Rainbow Dash was so furious she wanted to tear Comet Tail a new flank, when Applejack held her back.

"Whoa, there, Nelly! Not in front of the foals!"

"Let me at 'im! LET ME AT 'IM!"

"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight said, standing between her and Comet Tail, "While it was wrong for Comet Tail to crash into me, you were the one who suggested this race. Now apologize."

The cyan Pegasus could see everypony who'd been involved in the random crashes - bar Derpy - were glaring at her, even Big Macintosh and Scootaloo.

"Alright, I get the picture," she groaned, "by hindsight, I shouldn't have suggested such a race."

"Yeah, no kidding," retorted Vincent, "I could've been killed!"

"A lot of us would've," muttered Bon Bon, rolling her eyes.

"I want my cider!" cried Berry Punch. Everypony just stared awkwardly at her. "...what?"

"Now that Berry's brought it up," said Applejack, "Big Mac, weren't these apples gonna be used to make some cider?"

"Eeyup," replied Big Macintosh, "but now they're ruined, and ya can't make business or quality cider with ruined apples."

"All too well," agreed Applejack, recalling the Flim Flam brothers.

"And I'm covered with Bananas that I could have eaten," grumbled Time Turner, "still, at least they're not pears... can't stand them..."

"Alright, Comet Tail," said Vincent, "since this race didn't have a good conclusion, we'll have to think of something else." He looked around; Comet Tail had gone! While everypony else had been complaining, he had slipped away and nopony noticed.

"Where's he gone?" asked Thunderlane.

"Ooh! Maybe he's making plans to attempt at winning Twilight's heart?" asked Pinkie Pie.

"What?" asked Twilight in confusion, "Why would Comet Tail want to win my heart?"

"I'm not sure," said Pinkie, "maybe it has to do with you and Flash?"

"Pinkie!" Vincent and the rest of the Mane Six shouted.

"Oopsie," said Pinkie.

Before Twilight knew it, the ponies who weren't aware of what was going on crowded around her.

"Who is this Flash pony that's got something to do with you?" asked Thunderlane.

"What does he look like?" asked Berry Punch.

"What are his favorite foods?" asked Derpy, "Is muffins among them?"

"Is he handsome?" asked Lyra.

"What does he do fer a livin'?" asked Apple Bloom.

Twilight brought a hoof to her head as more questions were asked. This was going to take a very long time to answer them all.

"Pinkie..."

"Yes, Vincent?"

"Do you ever not blurt out important things?!"

"Sometimes I just can't help it," Pinkie shrugged.

"Of course you can't," muttered Vincent, rolling his eyes yet again.

"Oh dear," said Fluttershy, "things are starting to get out of hoof."

"Indeed," agreed Rarity, "I just hope things don't get worse."

"Who's gonna clean up this mess?" asked Caramel.

"Guess we all should," said Time Turner.

As they set to work cleaning up the mess, a mysterious stallion wearing a cloak and hat watched them.

"He won't get away with what he's doing," he said quietly to himself, "he shall not harm Twilight and her friends, not while I'm around..."

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Well, who is the mysterious stallion, and what does he have that relates to Twilight and her friends? Only I know what's going to happen. There'll be one or two stories as an intermission, and then we move onto chapter five of the edited Risky Romance.