If there's one thing that you know about yourself when it comes to your relationship with your friends is much like how Rainbow Dash is with them, you have undying loyalty towards them. Whenever they're in trouble, whether it's from getting hurt or if they're sad or upset about something, you always try to rush to their aid in anyway that you can. Which is why after the incident that you partially caused regarding Zephyr Breeze at Pinkie Pie's slumber party, you have decided to try and keep him from bothering Rainbow Dash like that again. And to do so, you decided to become his friend. That way, not only could you keep Zephyr Breeze from bothering Rainbow Dash, but also try to be a role model for him so he'll probably try to improve himself and become a better person through watching you.

Starting today, you and Zephyr Breeze have now been hanging out as friends, which was about three days since the slumber party. It was currently Monday in the afternoon, and Zephyr Breeze asked you if you wanted to go fishing at the pond. Even though you're not exactly a fan of fishing, you decided to give it a shot anyway. Zephyr Breeze drove you both down to the pond with fishing gear in the trunk of his car, as he was planning on driving you back home after the fishing was over.

Once you and Zephyr Breeze got to the pond, you both took your stuff and then put them all into a motorboat that Zephyr Breeze rented for the day. The both of you then rode the boat on the pond for a few minutes until you both were sure that you were surrounded by plenty of fish.

"Okay, I think this is a good spot." You said to Zephyr Breeze.

"You got it!" Zephyr Breeze replied as he turned off the boat. He then walked over to where you were standing while looking at how many fish were swimming in your location. And based on his nodding, this did seem like a good spot to fish. "You have a good eye, Anon. Yeah, let's hang out in this spot for a bit."

"Cool." You said as you and he unpacked the fishing gear to get the things you needed. "You know, I'm not really that much of a fishing person, but I think this might be a good experience for me."

"Oh, you better believe it is." Zephyr Breeze replied. "Not just for building experience and getting outside, but also staying in shape for the ladies!"

"Really? You don't say." You snorted while rolling your eyes.

"Yes, I do say." Zephyr Breeze said while grinning. "Fishing is considered a low-impact cardio workout that doesn't have any of those painful cramps and exhaustion that most workouts have. And any workout that helps me improve my sexy figure without any pain is my kind of a workout."

"Well, with your current level of sexiness, I'd say we're gonna be here for more than a decade until you've made improvements." You replied while also chuckling.

"You are most certainly right, Ano... Hey!" Zephyr Breeze exclaimed as he just caught on about your insult to him.

"I'm just kidding, Zephyr. You're already an attractive person." You laughed as you pulled Zephyr Breeze's leg.

"You're done right I'm an attractive person." Zephyr Breeze replied in a rather offended tone. "I'm one of the most attractive guys at CHS, if not the most attractive guy at CHS. And don't you forget it, pal."

It seems like you have touched a nerve when it comes to this guy since he seems rather touchy and arrogant about his appearance. So much so that he'll brag in a pretentious manner about how he is the most attractive guy around to the ladies. You always thought Rainbow Dash's ego could get annoying sometimes, but Zephyr Breeze certainly reaches a higher peak than her, especially since she at least can back up what she dishes out while this guy cannot. And since this was your first day of hanging out with him, you do not want to start off on the wrong foot with him. So of course, you apologized.

"Sorry, Zephyr Breeze." You said to Zephyr Breeze in an apologetic tone.

"It's okay, Anon. I forgive you." Zephyr Breeze replied as you and he were almost finishing separating your gear. "It's just not that nice when it comes to not acknowledging a guy's handsomeness. But that's not much of a problem for you since you're not really handsome, especially compared to me."

"Huh?" You asked as you heard Zephyr Breeze insulting you back.

"But enough about that, let's get our fishing day started!" Zephyr Breeze stated with excitement as he handed you a fishing pole.

"Okay." You replied with a sigh over Zephyr Breeze's comment about your looks, which seems like that he wasn't joking with you like you were joking with him. But you brushed it off since you wanted to enjoy the day instead of getting ticked off. You then took your fishing pole and then you walked over to one side of the boat while Zephyr Breeze walked to the opposite. You both then took a worm from the container that has worms in it, and you both then casted your lines and waited until one of you got a bite.

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Ten minutes later since you and Zephyr Breeze casted your lines, you both have caught no fish so far. Suddenly, you felt your line tug a bit.

"Hey, I got something!" You said to Zephyr Breeze.

"Cool! Reel it in!" Zephyr Breeze replied to you.

You immediately started turning the reel to pull your catch in.

"What kind of fish do you think it'll be?" Zephyr Breeze asked you.

"Maybe it's a tuna fish." You replied.

"A tuna fish? That's all you can hope for a catch?" Zephyr Breeze asked while looking at you with a confusion.

"Maybe the tuna fish is something more than just a regular one." You said as you continued to reel in what fish you caught. "Maybe it's a really big tuna. Or maybe it's got a unique color pattern. Or maybe it..." You then reeled in your fish for both of you to see. And much to the surprise of both of you, it was not a fish. In fact, it's not even a sea animal. What was hanging from your fishhook was a soaking wet concertina covered in sea weed. "...Plays music."

You and Zephyr Breeze both stared at the instrument with puzzlement over what it was doing at the bottom of a pond. A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on your face.

"Nuts! I was hoping it to be a really good catch!" You exclaimed with frustration.

"Don't feel bad, Anon." Zephyr Breeze said while patting you on the back. "We don't have to catch fish in order to have fun out here. We can catch other things, too. And no matter what we catch, it doesn't matter as long as we're having fun." He then flexes his muscles while giving you a smirk. "And most importantly, as long as we're getting exercise to look studly."

You snorted and rolled your eyes as Zephyr Breeze said this. But you agreed with him regardless of his shallow desire to be strong for the ladies.

"Okay. If we're just searching for junk now, then I guess we won't be needing the bait." You answered as you tossed the worm on your hook into the pond, and then closed the container full of worms.

"That's right. We don't." Zephyr Breeze replied as you both then went back to your sides of the boat to continue your so-called fishing. "Okay. Whatever it is that one of us catches, that person keeps it."

"Sounds fair." You said to Zephyr Breeze as you and he casted your lines again while waiting for whatever next piece of junk that you find in the pond.

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Another ten minutes later, you and Zephyr Breeze so far have caught nothing else. The both of you then felt tugs on your lines.

"I caught something! You have?! Then reel it in!" You both said and replied at the same time as you two reeled in your catches. You both then told each other what you caught.

"I caught a golf cleat." Zephyr Breeze told you.

"I caught a bath brush." You told Zephyr Breeze.

"A bath brush?" Zephyr Breeze asked while looking at the bath brush with a confused reaction.

"Yeah. I guess someone decided to take a bath in this pond and then they forgot about this brush when they left." You chuckled as you joked about what a bath brush was doing in a pond.

"Who would do something as weird as that?" Zephyr Breeze replied while also chuckling.

"I don't know. But whoever that person is, they must be quite the weirdo." You answered with an amused look on your face.

You and Zephyr Breeze then laughed after you said this. As you both laughed, neither of you noticed that another motorboat pulled up near you two that was a few feat away from you.

"Hi, Anon! Hi, Zephyr Breeze!" A familiar voice called out to you.

Both you and Zephyr Breeze turned around to see that the boat next you two had Fluttershy riding in it, who was the person that called out to you two. Three of her friends are with her in that boat, and those three friends are Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie.

"Hey, Fluttershy! Hey, Pinkie Pie! Hey, Applejack! Hey, Rainbow Da..." You called out to your friends but were then shoved out of the way by Zephyr Breeze, which makes you fall over.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" Zephyr Breeze called out to Rainbow Dash.

The four of your friends scowl at Zephyr Breeze after they had just witnessed him pushing you out of the way like a jerk.

"Zephyr, that wasn't very nice." Fluttershy stated in a serious tone. "Apologize to him right now."

"Huh?" Zephyr Breeze asked and then looked down at you as he realized that he pushed you down. "Oh! Sorry, Anon. I didn't hurt you, did I?"

"You? Hurt someone? Nooo. Never." You replied sarcastically.

"Well, that's good." Zephyr Breeze said while smiling as he clearly did not pick up on your sarcasm. He then looks back at Rainbow Dash with smirk. "Knowing that I can't hurt anyone, that means that I have not once hurt Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash groans from annoyance of Zephyr Breeze's stubborn behavior. The other girls weren't giggling this time since they all were there to witness what Zephyr Breeze did to Rainbow Dash that made her cry. In fact, they were still scowling at him.

"Zephyr Breeze, you did hurt my feelings. Remember that phone call at Pinkie's slumber party?" Rainbow Dash asked in an angry tone. "That reminds me, you still have yet to apologize to me."

"I don't see what I have to apologize to you about, Rainbow Dash. But if it means you not being mad at me about something, then I'll do it." Zephyr Breeze replied while shrugging, which then becomes an apologetic expression. "So, I'm sorry for hurting your feelings."

"You know darn well what you..." You tried to speak up but you were then interrupted Rainbow Dash.

"Anon, forget about it. He apologized, so we should just let it go." Rainbow Dash replied while staring down at the pond with a hopeless expression.

You suddenly remembered about what Rainbow Dash told you after Zephyr Breeze's offensive phone call at Pinkie Pie's slumber party, about how nothing you'd say would get through to that idiot's head. This guy is clearly not only stubborn, but a total narcissist. He must think that he does no wrong and just blames others when problems happen. So making him understand his mistakes is a waste of time. So of course, you listened to Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." You replied reluctantly.

"Okay, good. Now that that's out of the way, what are you girls up to?" Zephyr Breeze asked the girls.

"We're helpin' Fluttershy find herself some more sea pets." Applejack replied.

"Yeah! And Fluttershy is letting me be the first one to say hello to her new friends!" Pinkie said happily. Pinkie then turns around and looks down at the pond. "Speaking of which, time to give some new friends the Pinkie Pie welcome wagon!" Pinkie then dunks her head into the pond in hopes of seeing some fish swim by to be the first to say hello to them.

"Good luck with that!" You called out to the girls. "We haven't caught any fish yet! All we've caught is a bunch of junk, and I think I should give you the heads up that..."

Suddenly, you all heard a huge thunk near Pinkie under the water, which shook her a bit. She then pulled her head out of the water, and you all then looked at her in surprise as her head was inside a toaster oven. Pinkie then looks at Fluttershy while still having her head in the toaster oven.

"Hey, Fluttershy? How about we greet these new friends of yours with some toast?" Pinkie suggested.

Rainbow Dash started to giggle as Pinkie said that. Applejack then took the toaster oven off Pinkie's while having an unamused expression. Applejack then looks back at you and Zephyr Breeze.

"So you two have been tryin' to catch fish?" Applejack asked you two.

"You bet we have!" Zephyr Breeze replied proudly. "Though, we're mainly doing it for the exercise."

"Exercise?" Rainbow Dash asked Zephyr Breeze while raising a confused eyebrow.

"Yes, my prismatic beauty." Zephyr Breeze replied while grinning at Rainbow Dash. "I was reading a sports magazine the other day about the kinds of sports that help improve body mass, which featured a bunch of good looking men in that magazine. Their attractiveness caught my attention which wanted me to get it on that, so I looked through different sports until I found the one that would give me the least amount of work to do."

"A sport where you don't have to do much work?" You replied in a deadpan tone. "Congratulations, Zephyr Breeze. You're bringing new life and meaning to the concept of laziness."

The girls started to giggle as you made fun of Zephyr Breeze. Of course, Pinkie was giggling the hardest as you could see tears rolling down her face. Zephyr Breeze looked at you with an unamused look.

"Um, excuse me. May I please continue?" Zephyr Breeze asked while clearing his throat.

"Proceed." You replied.

"Thank you." Zephyr Breeze said as he continued on with his story. "So nothing in that magazine was what I was looking for, so I searched online to check out some other sports. I discovered that fishing is considered a sport and counts as a low-impact cardio workout that doesn't have any exhaustion or pain, so I chose that. So I chose to start fishing to look like one of those men in that magazine, and just maybe even be featured in that magazine as the first man to have fishing as one its sport categories."

You and the girls looked at Zephyr Breeze with the uttermost confusion, except for Pinkie who gave Zephyr Breeze a friendly smile.

"I hope you accomplish your goal, Zephyr Breeze. And I can't wait to see how much muscle you build." Pinkie said to Zephyr Breeze while giving him a toothy smile. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack all gave Pinkie a deadpan expression as she wished Zephyr Breeze good luck. Pinkie then became confused as they all stared at her. "What? I'm being supportive."

They all then looked back at Zephyr Breeze and Rainbow Dash then spoke up.

"Zephyr Breeze. You are a complete idiot." Rainbow Dash said to Zephyr Breeze while still giving a deadpan expression.

"Heh. Just you wait, Rainbow. You'll be falling head over heels over my new body up close, and in the magazine to gaze at 24/7." Zephyr Breeze replied with a smirk while also flexing his muscles.

Rainbow Dash shivered in disgust just by the thought of what Zephyr Breeze just told her.

"There is no way anyone would ever put you in a magazine." Rainbow Dash stated as her disgusted face turned into a smirking face.

"I don't know, Rainbow Dash. I think Zephyr Breeze being a magazine is not only a possibility, but a very good idea." You said to Rainbow Dash.

"You really think so, Anon?" Zephyr Breeze asked you with a wide grin.

"I know so." You replied with a smirk. "I mean, so many people will be buying a magazine with a picture of you in it. And do you know what tons of people having a picture of you means?"

"It means tons of people will be able to marvel at my hotness." Zephyr Breeze answered while crossing her arms with a proud look on his face.

"Nope. It means tons of people will be able to draw a pair of glasses on your face, and shade in a tooth or two with a marker." You said while chucking a bit.

The girls including Fluttershy laughed at your remark towards Zephyr Breeze. Zephyr Breeze looks at the girls with an embarrassed look on his face, and he then looks back at you with an angry face. He then smiles at you and then speaks up.

"At least I'm attractive with or without glasses. Unlike you, Anon." Zephyr Breeze said to you with a smirk.

"Woah!" You chucked a bit as you were impressed by Zephyr Breeze's comeback. "You got me good, Zephyr!"

"You bet I did. And that's because it's true, Anon. You're not attractive." Zephyr Breeze replied while also chucking a bit.

Your smiling face suddenly turned into a look of confusion as Zephyr Breeze insulted your appearance in a non-joking manner again.

"What?" You asked while also sounding a bit offended.

"Yep. I just said that you're unattractive." Zephyr Breeze replied with a look of proudness. He then looks back at you with an angry look. "Maybe now you know how I feel about you insulting my appearance."

"Zephyr, I wasn't insulting you. I was joking with you." You stated as you started to sound sad. "What you're doing to me is being insulting."

"Don't try to make yourself the victim, Anon." Zephyr Breeze replied coldly. "You're the one who started this by insulting me first."

"But I..." You tried to speak up but were then interrupted.

"No buts. Now I'd suggest you'd better apologize to me right now." Zephyr Breeze replied while still sounding cold.

"I'm sorry, Zephyr! I really am and I'll never..." You tried to apologize, but were then interrupted by Rainbow Dash.

"You don't have to apologize, Anon!" Rainbow Dash told you in an serious tone.

"Yeah! You did nothin' wrong, sugarcube!" Applejack also told you in a serious tone. "He just doesn't how to take a joke when people are pullin' his leg!"

"And that's a super ginormous problem because being able to laugh at yourself is very important!" Pinkie also told you while agreeing with Applejack.

"Zephyr Breeze! Apologize to Anon now!" Fluttershy demanded in an angry tone.

"Not happening, sis." Zephyr Breeze refused. "I have nothing to apologi..."

Before Zephyr Breeze could finish his sentence, Fluttershy started giving him a rather odd looking angry stare. Upon seeing the stare, Zephyr Breeze jumped a bit, and then started to have a fearful expression. You had to admit that even though you have no idea what that was about, it made you jump a bit too.

"OKAY! OKAY! I'LL APOLOGIZE! JUST STOP GIVING ME THAT STARE!" Zephyr Breeze begged while sounding very scared. He then gets down on his knees and starts apologizing to you. "ANON, I'M SORRY! THEY'RE RIGHT! I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE A JOKE!"

You weren't really buying the apology since he didn't really seem apologetic for insulting you and making you feel like a jerk and was only doing it under intimidation. But still, you accepted it anyway.

"Apology accepted." You replied.

"Thank goodness." Zephyr Breeze said while sweating and panting as it looks like Fluttershy really gave him a scare. He then turns around and walks to the other side of the boat. "I'm gonna take a breather over here to calm myself down."

The girls except for Fluttershy started laughing again. You then looked at Fluttershy to ask her about that stare.

"What was that all about, Fluttershy?" You asked her.

"Oh, it's just a face that I make whenever one of my pets are misbehaving in order to straighten them out." Fluttershy replied with a friendly smile at you. She then looks back at her brother. "It also can work on humans, such as my brother."

"Well, I'm glad you gave him that stare to teach him lesson, and I'm glad you all stood up for me." You said to Fluttershy with a friendly smile, which then turns into a gloomy look. "Because for a second there, he really had me convinced that I'm a jerk."

The girls then looked at with a worried expression as you told them this. The same friends along with your other friends including Sunset always told you how much of a nice guy you are, and four of those friends had just witnessed Zephyr Breeze gaslighting you into thinking that you're a bad person. Thank goodness they were there to stop you from believing something that isn't true. You then looked at Zephyr Breeze, who still had his back turned and was still trying to calm down from Fluttershy's stare. You then started to get furious from what Zephyr Breeze did to you, and you of course wanted payback. You then asked Fluttershy for her permission.

"Hey, Fluttershy. Can I..." You tried to ask Fluttershy but were then interrupted by her.

"Yes, Anon. You can get back at my brother." Fluttershy said with a warm smile.

Rainbow Dash gave you a wide toothy smile and her eyes sparkled as Fluttershy gave you permission.

"Another revenge attempt on Zephyr Breeze?! Sweet! This I got to see!" Rainbow Dash replied.

"But it's not just going to be one this time, but two revenge plans." You said to Rainbow Dash with a smirk. "One for gaslighting me, and one for bothering you again, Rainbow Dash."

"I can't wait to see it!" Pinkie giggled with excitement.

"Neither can Ah." Applejack agreed.

"Okay. Then let's see what the first one will be." You said while looking around inside the motorboat for your first revenge plan. You looked back at Zephyr Breeze and still had his back turned. You then looked down to see your fishing pole by your feet. You them immediately got an idea, which made you start to giggle.

"What are you planning, Anon?" Rainbow Dash asked you.

"You'll see." You replied. You then picked up your fishing pole and tiptoed over to Zephyr Breeze.

As you started to put your plan into motion, Zephyr Breeze did not notice you near him as he was still trying to calm himself down. Either Fluttershy's stare is really all that terrifying, or Zephyr Breeze is just a huge scaredy-cat. As you tiptoed back to the other side of the boat after finishing step 1, you were now about to commence step 2.

As Zephyr Breeze finally finished up getting a breather, he turned around to see that you were about to cast your finishing line.

"That's quite a cast you're about to make, Anon." Zephyr Breeze chuckled as he looked at you. He then looks back at the girls to probably flirt with Rainbow Dash more. As he looked at them, he noticed they were all trying their hardest not to laugh, which made their cheeks swell up. And for some reason, Rainbow Dash had her phone out and was pointing it at Zephyr Breeze. The giggling made Zephyr Breeze very confused.

"What's so funny, girls?" Zephyr Breeze asked them.

"Hey, Zephyr Breeze. You might wanna look down." Applejack said while still trying not to laugh.

"What are you talking about?" Zephyr Breeze asked as he looked down to see what Applejack was talking about. He then noticed that there was a fishhook attached to his pant leg. He then looks back up at the girls. "I don't know what you girls think is funny, but..." Zephyr Breeze's eyes immediately went wide as there was something else about that fishhook he just realized. He then looked back down again and noticed that the hook was attached to a line. He then followed the line to see where it was coming from, and where that line was coming from happened to be your fishing pole. And yes, you were indeed going to make a cast. Upon realizing what was going on, Zephyr Breeze made a panicking expression. "Uh, Anon?"

As you heard Zephyr Breeze, you immediately prepared to cast your line.

"ANON, WAIT!" Zephyr Breeze shouted at you in panic.

"Tally-ho." You said quietly with a huge smirk. You then started to cast your line with all your might.

"NO!!!" Zephyr Breeze screamed as he watched you cast your line.

As you casted your line while putting all your strength into it, your fishhook and line pulled off Zephyr Breeze's pants, and then your hook with Zephyr Breeze's pants attached to it landed in the pond.

Upon tripping and following down from the cast, Zephyr Breeze stood up back onto his feet. He then looked down and noticed that his pants were gone and he's in his underwear. He reacted with an appalled expression, and then slowly looked back at the girls as they saw what just happened. As he looked at them, the girls who were giggling a second ago started to laugh very hard after witnessing probably the most humiliating thing to ever happen to Zephyr Breeze.

"Nice underpants, Zephyr Breeze!" Rainbow Dash laughed as tears rolled down her face while still pointing her phone at Zephyr Breeze. "Wait till the other girls see tomorrow what I recorded!"

Zephyr Breeze then crouched down to keep the girls from seeing him, and he then gave out a very loud girly scream as the girls continued to laugh at him.

You then looked back at the screaming Zephyr Breeze with a proud look on your face.

"Gosh. Ain't I a stinker?" You asked yourself rhetorically.

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About twenty minutes later, you were now back home. After you pantsed Zephyr Breeze with your fishing pole in front of the girls back at the pond, Zephyr Breeze immediately turned the boat back on and left after you gave him his pants. On the way back to your place, he didn't say anything to you, even when you said bye to him after he dropped you off. He must have been too embarrassed to talk at the moment.

As you were about to head inside, you suddenly got a text on your phone. And the text was from Rainbow Dash.

Hey, Anon. Did you do your second revenge plan on him yet?

You texted back to her to tell her that you haven't.

No, not yet. And since I'm now back at my house, I'm going to have to postpone it until tomorrow at school.

Thirty seconds later, Rainbow Dash texted you back.

Oh. Well, that's good because I get to see it in action! I hope it'll be a good one! See you tomorrow, Anon.

You texted back to her to close the conversation.

See you tomorrow, Rainbow Dash. Have a good night.

As you put your phone away, you smiled knowing how you and Rainbow Dash have improved your friendship since the slumber party. But sadly though, thinking about the slumber party also made you think back to when Rainbow Dash was crying after Zephyr Breeze hurt her feelings, which made you feel sad once again from thinking about it.

"Rainbow Dash deserves better than him." You said to yourself in your head. "And if Zephyr Breeze is not going to learn and continue to hurt people like her, then I'm just gonna have to teach him a lesson whenever he does." You then pulled a bottle out of your pocket while smirking at it. That bottle you're holding is a bottle of cologne that you snatched from one of Zephyr Breeze's pants pockets when you reeled them in while the girls were laughing at him. For your second revenge plan, you were going to plan something from him with this bottle of cologne, but you haven't exactly thought up an idea for that yet.

"Eh. I'm sure I'll come up with something tomorrow." You said to yourself as you entered your home to kick back for the evening.

As you entered the living room through the front door, you noticed that there were two notes on the coffee table.

Anon.

Your father and I will be gone all week on a business trip. We would like you to take care of the chores we were planning on taking care of this morning before we left, but we had to leave in a hurry. Me and your father love you and we'll see you first thing in the morning on Sunday.

Love, Mom.

You sighed and rolled your eyes at your parents once again spending an entire week doing nothing but working. You then looked at the other note which was a chores list. It didn't seem too long as you looked through it. But there's one thing on that list that you didn't want to do: Remove the poison ivy in the garden.

"Aw, man! I hate poison ivy!" You complained aloud. "It's so painful! So itchy! So..." An idea then immediately popped into your head. You then looked back at the bottle of cologne, and then a smirk appeared on your face once again. "...Beneficial."

You went into the garage to grab yourself a pair of gardening gloves. You then went back to the front door as you were planning to get the poison ivy taken care of first on that list.

"Time to get some gardening done." You said as you walked outside with a mischievous smile like you had something in mind planned for your second revenge plan against Zephyr Breeze for tomorrow.

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