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Little Big Trouble

by Ragga Muffin

Chapter 5: Chapter 5 - Tea Off

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Tea Off

Gaige entered the extremely rowdy classroom and sat on her desk, which was near the windows. She placed her wrist on her chin and looked outside as she began to wonder about a few things. One, was it worth it to transfer to Canterlot and not transfer to another school in Kyoto, and two, why does Flash keep on bothering her.

Gaige sighed as she checked her bag for its contents. The first thing she noticed was the cube that contained her science fair entry, Deathtrap. The robot she had built was the only friend that Gaige ever had in Kyoto. She did not bother to make any friends since she had a kickass robot that she built. But the problem was, Canterlot isn't like Japan, where robots and weird Japanese stuff roam free. She began to contemplate on what she should do with the robot.

"One more strike and you're out buddy." Gaige whispered.

Indeed, one more klutzy move that would physically harm anyone would have her expelled again. Gaige may have made a robot, but she also made what's close to a war machine that almost killed BlueBlood. (Well, everyone wouldn't care if he died right?)

She then closed up her bag as the teacher walked up the room and everyone settled in as the class started.


It was now lunchtime and the usual group of guys gathered around in one table while their girlfriends were on another table. Entering the cafeteria from a lengthy test was an exhausted Gaige. She slowly went in line to get her lunch.

"Oh my Lord I could eat-"

Gaige froze as she suddenly smelled something good. The smell of flour and sweet aroma slowly entered her nostrils. It could only mean one thing for Gaige; cupcakes. After a long wait, it was now her turn and Granny Smith smiled to her.

"Oh hello, what can I-"

"Watashi wa, korera no kappukēki o ataemasu!" Gaige shouted, interrupting Granny Smith.

The young Japanese girl frightened the poor old lady, which made her quickly give the sweet strawberry cupcakes to her. Gaige's rage slowly turned into happiness as she began to blush from the sweet smell of strawberry.

"Thank you!" Gaige happily said as she hopped her way out of the line.

The then nervous Granny Smith wiped the sweat from her head and give out a big sigh.

"Kids these days." She said to herself.

Gaige happily hopped to the center and scouted for a suitable table. One thing's for sure, she didn't want to be alone. At her first glance she saw Treble's table, which had his friends including Soul and Rivet. She began to walk towards them, until she heard what they were talking about.

"..So basically Rogue One is a prequel." Soul explained accompanied by hand gestures.

"I'm not sure what to feel about it." Said a bored Warhawk who played with his food.

"Prequel or not, it's still a rip-off of-"

"Treble, I swear if you complete that phrase, there's gonna be a f*cking tray wrapped around your neck." Said an angered Warhawk.

"But,but-"

"TREBLE! That's enough crazy for a week! Seriously do you remember what happened yesterday?" Soul said as his eye twitched.

*****

The two best friends were in Treble's car on their way to school. While Treble drove, Soul was on his phone browsing Instahoof when suddenly one of his picture with Sunset got a like. He quickly noticed it was Treble and gave a thumbs up to him.

But then he realize that Treble was driving.

The car began to wiggle left and right as Soul buckled for his life, while Treble was on his phone smiling.

*****

The boys looked at Treble with blank expressions as Soul slammed his head on the table.

"We were lucky there were no other cars on the road that day." Soul groaned.

Gaige looked at the table full of boys with arched brows and turned and walked away. She then headed towards the table with their girlfriends, which she think was promising due to the fact they were girls. She could hear the gossip getting louder as she got near the table.

Rarity was the first one to notice Gaige. She smiled and waved to her as she scooted a bit for Gaige to sit at.

"So nice of you to join us Gaige!" Rarity greeted with a smile.

"Yeah, the boys are too rowdy there," Gaige replied as she sat between Rarity and Pinkie Pie, "Rarity right?"

"HII'MPINKIEAND-"

"PINKIE I SHE ALREADY KNOWS!" Applejack shouted at Pinkie.

"Okie doki loki!" Pinkie exclaimed as she smiled.

"Sorry bout that Gaige, she can be a bit goofy."

Immediately, Gaige thought of her goofy and strange brother.

"Heh, I'm used to it." Gaige said as she took a bit of her cupcake.

After a brief of catching up (Because Gaige forgot who's who), the girls when on with their business and ate their lunch. Gaige however, kept on staring at Sunset intently. Sunset noticed this but ignored it for a while, until she got annoyed by Gaige's loud sipping and mostly the fact she was staring at her.

"Uh, Gaige? Do you need some-?"

"What was Flash like?" Gaige interrupted.

"Err, why are you asking me this?" Sunset asked nervously, which made her blush.

"Just curious."

"Well, he was the type of guy who was easy to get and overall, a nice guy," Sunset explained, "But, I was evil back then and I only saw him as a tool."

"He IS a tool."

"Come to think of it, he is acting rather rude and violent nowadays," Rarity added, "Maybe because of the 'Brad' thing."

Gaige's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of blue hair in the distance behind Sunset. She stood up and clearly saw Flash on a table alone. Just from looking at him for a long time, she could tell that the guy was depressed. Gaige felt a sudden urge to go to him. She did not know why she was feeling like this, nor the fact that she feels sorry for a rude guy like Flash.

As she was about to head towards the guy, Flash was soon greeted by two other guys. One of them seemingly asked Flash for money, which he gave. The other one was laughing boisterously as Flash looked like he was pretending to laugh. The two guys then left as Flash continued on with his business. Gaige stopped on her tracks and told herself that she wouldn't care about him.

But she realized something, she considered Flash a friend, even if he acted violently. For now, Gaige decided to sit this one out and ignore Flash, as it looked like he needed to be alone.

After lunch, the day went on as usual. It was now the end of the day and Gaige was coming out of the school. It was a stressful day for her due to the tests she had to go through and overall boring subjects. She breathed the fresh air outside the school and took out her phone to text her brother.

Me: Yo Marmalade. Take me to hoofbucks maybe? :D
Treble Baka: ....Did you just call me Marmalade? Can't
right now, on a date with Vinyl.
Me: Jibun seikō ikimasu

Gaige put away her phone and groaned in annoyance.

"Well then, I guess it's fun time character development for me!"


Inside Hoofbucks, the whole place was jammed. Gaige could hear the dozens of chatter around her as she passed by many tables. She went to line up and ordered a simple latte. She began to look for a table to sit, but failed to do so as it was overly crowded.

"Really now, I get tons of exams today, a boring music class and exhausting gym with coach Iron Will!" She thought to herself.

She continued to scout for a sit, but still no avail. She was about to give up and just drink her latte on the way home until she saw a guy with another vacant chair on the other side of his table. The guy had black spiky hair, opalish gray skin, black sunglasses that covered his eyes and he was wearing the Crystal Prep uniform.

Gaige slowly approached the table as the guy on the table raised a brow and noticed her.

"Heyyaaa, mind if I sit here?" Gaige asked with a grin.

The guy looked up to Gaige with a blank expression and said, "Eh, sure at least your not some shmuck."

"Thank you govna!" Gaige said, imitating the british accent from the guy.

She then sat silently and sipped her latte. After a while, she began to stare at the guy's sunglasses. The guy was looking out of the window and looked like he was thinking of something. He then noticed Gaige, but quickly ignored it. The peace and quiet was broken when Gaige started sipping her drink annoyingly. The guy groaned as his eye twitched upon seeing Gaige.

"Ugh, you know that's just a stereotype, I prefer the term mate," The guy said, referring to Gaige's imitation, "And must you sip so loudly? If you must drink your American coffee, drink it properly."

"I'm half Asian, does that count?"

The guy facepalmed and decided to ignore Gaige once more. The silence went on for a few minutes until Gaige spoke up.

"So you're one of em Crystal Prep boys eh?" Gaige asked.

"Yeah....why? What's it to you?" Neon raised a brow.

"I've been told by Treble that I should call you douchebags," Gaige chuckled, "Dunno why, but I find it funny."

The guy groaned upon hearing Treble's name.

"I'm going rip that idiot's hair out....." He said quietly, "Wait, how do you know that moron?"

"Hey! Only I can do that to my idiot brother!"

The guy spat out what he was drinking and had a shocked expression on his face. Gaige too was surprised. (Not because of the guy being shock, but she was surprised that she bought overpriced coffee)

"Hey! Baka! I'm not like him! I'm more kawaii!" She said as she posed like a cat, "See? I'm a Neko-chan."

The guy groaned in annoyance as he looked at Gaige with his brows arched. Gaige felt unease at the sight and gave out a half smile.

"My name's Neon Lights, and that bugger ruined my life," Neon exclaimed, "Especially during the Friendship Games!"

"Bro, chill," Gaige said as she raised her hands to Neon, "Kon'nichiwa! The name is Gaige, and you have no absolute idea on what it feels like to have a brother who's bat sh*t crazy."

"That's a load of crap, he once got me suspended," Neon said as he took a final sip of his drink, "Technically I started the fight but f*cking hell he annoys the crap out of me."

"Heh, you have no idea on what happens in a daily basis," Gaige chuckled, "Anyway, this was a good chat and it was nice meeting you Neon,but I need to go home and study."

"It's Neon."

Gaige departed and exited the building. Neon sighed as he looked out of the window and saw Gaige walking away. Somehow, he felt relieved that someone approached and talked to him, something that he hasn't been able to do after his ego turned him to a bully. He then smiled as he continued to look at Gaige.

"Treble has a sister huh?" Neon thought to himself, "What a strange world we have."


Gaige soon reached home and sighed in relief. She slowly walked up the stairs to her room (She forgot there was an elevator in the house, again). As she reached her room, she slammed her door shut and jumped on her bed. Gaige was about to sleep when she heard some noise coming from outside. She took a peek out of her window and saw Treble and Soul on rollerboards holding their phones.

"Hurry up! The charmander's over here!" Soul said as he rolled on the pavement.

"I'M CATCHING A PIDGEY ONE SECOND!" Treble exclaimed as he pointed his phone on a bush.

"....What are these losers doing." Gaige said to herself as she walked away from the window and went to her laptop.

As usual, she went on to her vlog and started recording.

"Hello everybody my name is Gaigieplier and welcome blah blah blah, you know the drill," Gaige joked, "Death Trap's doing pretty good, still thinking of upgrades. And this was quite an unusual day for me. School went on as usual, life's okay but what really sparks me is Brad, you know, Flash Sentry Mc-asshole guy. The dude's an absolute mystery, like, from stories I've heard of him, he's a nice guy."

Gaige once more heard Treble and Soul coming from outside, particularly Treble finally catching a pidgey.

"And there are these two losers playing Pokemon GO outside. Anyway, like I said, Brad's a mystery. Plus, I feel very unease when I see him for some reason. Who knows, could be puberty kicking in. Also I met a British guy. Okay, that's all for today! Sayonara!" She finished as she stopped recording.

She soon turned off her laptop and once again jumped on her bed. For a while, she looked at the ceiling thinking about what she felt earlier when she saw Flash. Gaige had no absolutely idea why she felt anxious as it remains a puzzle for her to solve.

"Huh, life is strange," She said as she put on her headphones and played this song (Click here for Eng. Version), "Jinsei wa hijō ni kimyōdesu."

Author's Notes:

I would like to thank Celtic_Fire for the help on this chapter.

Foreshadowing...

Sorry for the short chapters lately. I PROMISE YOU GOOD QUALITY WORK IN THE NEXT CHAPTERS.

And now for the multicultural:

Verdammt noch mal , wer der Glorious Bomb thinked ist ein reines Genie

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