STARRING

Fluttershy

Pinkoszowic Diane Pie

Rarity Belle

Apple Bloom Apple

Scootaloo

and Butterscotch Welshtape

IN

the MINOR MANE SIX CLUB

“Ah think we should dig a secret base for ourselves,” Apple Bloom said.

“Sounds great,” Pinkie Pie said, “But where would we make it?”

“Why are we in a black void of nothingness?” asked Scootaloo in an interrogative tone.

“Magic,” Butterscotch said.

Everyone looked towards Rarity.

“Where’s the secret forest clearin’ we’re supposed to be in?” Apple Bloom said.

“I think I botched the teleportation a little,” Rarity said, simultaneously embarrassed and nervous that everyone was going to try to kill her.

“No shit,” Scootaloo swore to get a PG-13, “Now bring us back to at least anywhere!”

“Okay...” Rarity said, nervous that she was going to screw up again.

She started the magical concentration spellcasting thing. The magic sphere of magic expanded to a radius of π feet, then in a literal flash, they were π metres in the air above the forest clearing where they were supposed to be. Everyone fell onto the hard, firm, stiff, inflexible, tough dirt uninjured, barring Fluttershy, who didn’t fall at all since she could fly, and instead landed onto the dirt uninjured.

“We’re alive!” Pinkie said. Just then, a pegasus dressed in a very Blue Mage-like outfit nosedived down to the clearing.

“Hello,” the pegasus said in a generic male superhero voice, “I’m Captain Obvious!”

“We know,” Butterscotch said.

“Right. Anyway, I came here to tell you that you’re all alive!”

“Yay!” said the six.

“Scoo-da-loo!” Captain Obvious said, before flying away into the sun... set... rise... well, it was pretty damn close to noon, but towards the horizon, in any case.

“Maybe he can be my love interest,” Rarity said.

“You don’t need a love interest,” Pinkie said. “Just look at me! I’m perfectly happy and I’m not in a romantic relationship.”

“But everypony either dies or gets together with somepony at the end, right?”

“No. Not even most ponies.”

Silence.

“Ah nominate mahself for leader ah the club!” Apple Bloom said.

“I nominate myself for leader of the club,” Scootaloo said.

“I’ll run too,” Pinkie said.

“Vote for Apple Bloom!” Apple Bloom said. “You’ll get free π!”

“Of all the candidates,” Rarity said, “I hate Scootaloo the least. In fact, I don’t hate her at all.”

“I think if they all ran a club, Pinkie’s would be the least doomed to failure,” Butterscotch said.

“Butterscotch makes a good point,” Fluttershy said.

“w00000t!” Pinkie said. “I’m president of this club! Or am I dictator?”

“You’re president,” said Apple Bloom.

“w00000t!” Pinkie said. “I’m president of this club! As my first order as president, I command you all to start digging the secret base!”

“That sounds more like a dictator,” Butterscotch said.

“You’ll be paid in cupcakes!”

“‘Kay,” Apple Bloom said.

“Works for me,” said Scootaloo.

“It’s probably better to give me food instead of giving me money and letting me spend it on Big Mac merch,” Butterscotch said.

“How many cupcakes?” Fluttershy said.

“Three cupcakes an hour!”

“I guess I don’t have anything better to do.”

“Why should I exhaust myself digging a hole for a ‘food’ whose primary components are fat and sugar?” Rarity said.

“Fine, we’ll replace you with somepony else. Maybe camerapony #3 or Sweetie Belle or Big Mac or a lot of other ponies would like to be in the Minor Mane Six.”

“If you expel me, then I’ll tell everypony about the secret base!”

“Fine, tell everypony. We’ll just have the club somewhere else.”

“Where?”

“I won’t tell you that easy.”

“Nice part of speech, and fine. I’m leaving the club.”

“Fine!”

And so Rarity began her journey out of the forest.

“Who are we gonna get to replace her?!” Pinkie said.

“I’m already here,” camerapony #3 said.

“Good! Then you. Get over there and dig.”

“But I’m the only camerapony here.”

“Do you wanna be a part of this or not?!”

“Can I get another camerapony here?”

“Fine, but this is coming out of your paycheque.” She looked around. “Where’s Apple Bloom?”

“She’s getting shovels,” Fluttershy said.

“Oh. Well, that’s okay.”

Tune in next week to see what will happen in the general vicinity of our heroes next time on...

the MINOR MANE SIX!

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