Rumarrow's year in Ponyville
Chapter 3: An Un-/Happy Change!
(featuring Rumarrow, Rainbow Dash, Rumir, Fluttershy, Rarity, Princess Celestia, Applejack, Gustavo, Princess Luna)
One week after the death of Discord the wedding preparations started. The wedding will be in Ponyville. Rainbow Dash was with Fluttershy at the carousel boutique for the wedding dress. And Rumir was planning a stag for Rumarrow.
“This will be the best stag in Equestria.”
“Hey big brother, what are you doing?”
“Uh, hey brother. I’m doing... ehh, oh, look, there is Rainbow Dash!”
“Where?!”
In this moment Rumir flew away and Rumarrow saw Rainbow Dash.
“Hey, isn’t it tradition not to see the bride?”
“Not in the wedding dress, my Arrow!”
“My Dashi, are you nervous too?”
“I think so.”
“Can I come with you?”
“No, you can’t. I have to select with Fluttershy and Rarity the wedding dress. And you know the tradition!”
“Yes, I know the traditions of weddings!”
“Oh...”
And then they went their ways. Rainbow Dash flew to the boutique and Rumarrow flew to his brother in Cloudsdale.
“OK, here at the Rainbow Factory he can’t find me.”
“You think so?”
“What the... Well, the Rainbow Factory isn’t the best place to hide.”
Crying came out of the Rainbow Factory.
“What was that? Is the Rainbow Factory still working with earth ponies?”
“Ehh, no. That was only a worker. He let something falling down on his hoof.”
“Please, I don’t want to die!”
“OK, you catched me! Do you want a special price?”
“No! You have to stop that! If Celestia or Pinkie Pie knows about this you could get banished!”
“And if so... You can marry your Rainbow Dash. You won’t have problems!”
“But I need you Brother!”
“You don’t need me Brother! You have Rainbow Dash!”
“Brother, I need you for my wedding! I can’t do this alone!”
“You’re right! It’s your special day! Come, I have planned something for you!”
While they walked away the screams stopped.
“What? That was it? I hate it to go to the doctor of the factory. Now, back to work!”
Meanwhile at the Carousel Boutique
“No, no, too much colors, too small for a... wedding.”
“Urgh... Can we do it faster? My hooves are falling asleep!”
“Please, my darling! Stand still or your dress will be a disaster!”
“Come on Rainbow. You have to stay there only for a few minutes!”
“You said it two hours ago too.”
“But she is right! Only five minutes and I can make your dress! Your dress will be one of the best dresses I’ve ever made!”
“Yeah. You know the dresses for the gala?”
“Oh, please, no! These were only normal dresses! Your’s a wedding dress! A wedding is the best a pony have! You have to look great! The finest food, the best music, the most royal wedding place, the bride and the groom look excellent, Celestia will say “Now you are married!” and you can kiss the other. And maybe if you look great in your dress some royal pony will ask who made it. Everypony will point at me. And maybe there will be the colt I will marry. And...”
“Eh, yeah. You will find him there... somewhere... But now you have to finish my dress! If you don’t finish it you won’t find him!”
“Yes, you’re right. Finish it! Fluttershy, can you give me the garn?”
“I can... eh, if you want.”
“Here, go this way, Rumarrow! Only this dark corridor!”
Rumir closed the door to a house. It was dark. All windows were closed. Only quite whispers were audible.
“Where are we?”
Suddenly the light was flashed on.
“Surprise, brother! I organized a stag for you!”
“Holy... And what now!”
All the other male ponies said: “Party!”
And so on! They celebrated the stag of Rumarrow.
“Wow brother, you did that for me?”
“Yes, my little brother.”
“But I need a new mane for the wedding.”
“Twilight can help you little brother.”
“But I can’t go yet or?”
“You can go later Rumarrow.”
Meanwhile by the girls.
“Fluttershy, where are we going?!”
“We are going to my cottage, Rainbow.”
“But I want to go to my Arrow!”
“You can’t go to Rumarrow, you know.”
“Yes, I know but I miss him really.”
“But it's...”
“...an old tradition! I know it, but today there are still many things to do!”
“And we solve one problem! My pets and I are making you a new mane style.”
“How do you solve this mane problem? It doesn't look like one today.”
“Oh, I have my plan!”
That sounded not very familiar like Fluttershy. But Rainbow Dash wasn't interested by this.
“Angel, where are you? You can make a new mane style. And bring your friends! Together you can make a beautiful style!”
“Wait, Angel is a barber?”
“Not official, but yes!”
“We will see if the style is good enough for me!”
“Oh, it will be!”
At the party for Rumarrow there was bombastic mood!
“We can party all night long!”
And so they did! They celebrated his stag and after many hours of party they woke up in the early morning.
“Uhh, what’s happened? How I came to this place?”
Rumarrow was at the Sweet Apple Acres.
“Hey there. What ya’ doing on the apple plantage?”
“I only know that we celebrated my stag. We celebrated and drank a... strange smelling drink. Rumir brought it.”
“I can’t help you with your problems. But you can help me by flying away.”
“Oh, OK!”
Rumarrow flew away and found Rumir... But he noticed Rumarrow too. Rumir tried to run away.
“Brother wait!”
Rumir ran faster. Rumarrow flew as fast as he can and catched Rumir.
“Why are you running away from me?”
“Because last night... there was something strange. We celebrated all the night. And at 3AM I think many ponies felt asleep. But you... you are sleepwalked over Ponyville and landed here at the acres.”
“But why? Why would I do this?”
“Because... something wasn’t right with the drink. I smelled today at the bottles of it and it smells like a poison.”
“WHAT? You brought a drink mixed with poison? Why do you want to kill us?”
“I didn’t want to kill you. And I also drank from it too!”
“Well, this is very... strange. Where do you bought it?”
“I didn’t bought it. I got it as a gift for the other things I bought. It was at this shop there. It’s new but...”
Suddenly the bells were ranging. It was 11AM.
“Oh my... I have a barber appointment. I’m coming too late. See you later, Rumir!”
“Yeah, see you!”
Rumarrow ran as fast as he could. The barber was a on the other side of Ponyville. He had to be fast because his appointment was exact on 11AM.
When he arrived the barber he still got the mane cut.
“Urghh.. We have to go again to Rarity?”
“Yes, Rainbow! You have to... pick up your dress Rarity made for you! She worked the whole night because a wedding in Ponyville is rare.”
“OK, then let’s look. Hey Rarity! We are here to... OH MY GOSH! What happened with the boutique? Rarity! Where are you?”
“I’m here... This corner...”
“Rarity, what the hay happened with the boutique?”
“...housebreaker... Robber! Two of them... but really brutal!”
“Rainbow, she is too shocked to talk. We have to call the police!”
“No! It won’t help if we call the police... I have to take it into my hooves.”
“But why?”
“Because if I can’t get my dress, this case will be personal!”
“What do you mean?”
“I will get this pony that has stolen my dress!”
“And how?”
“You’ll see!”
Rumarrow and Rumir went to the shop where Rumir bought the drink.
“Wait. Wasn’t it the Sugar Cube Corner?”
“It was, but Mr. and Mrs. Cake sold the shop because they had not enough money.”
“Very bad... But who is the new owner?”
“Me, Francesco Gustav Aquista!”
He was half French and half Italian. A rich pony with the idea to open a shop in Ponyville.
“And we know each other. But what we are here for is your special drink!”
“What is wrong with it?”
“There was poison in it...”
“But your brother told me to...”
“Stop it! Haven’t I told you something?”
“Oh, you mean that with not telling anypony?”
“Right. And you are telling it somepony... and in this moment!”
“Oh, you are right. Sorry, but your brother told me that I can’t told you everything we told about!”
“You are not the smarted or?”
“Huh?”
“That doesn’t matter! And you brother! Why are you not telling me the truth?”
“Because... ehh..”
“He lied because he put...”
“Shh! No! Shut up!”
“Why should he shut up? What is wrong with you?”
“Because... I tested something!”
“What?”
“I tested how ponies react to my experiment. It was a mixture. I only want to see if it’s a poison or only something harm.”
“Oh, OK brother but can we talk about the poisen from last night?”
“No brother, We must styling your mane!”
“Ok fine.”
Meanwhile Rainbow Dash searching the thief from her wedding dress.
“Where is the thief? I must find him or her!”
“Hey, Dashi! What are you doing here?”
“I’m searching my wedding dress. The dress was stolen by somepony.”
“What? How could somepony steal a wedding dress?”
“I don’t know, but he let this letter in the boutique: ‘Steal the dress and bring it to Alpha-Romeo-3. You know what this is!’ If we know what Alpha-Romeo-3 is we could find the dress.”
“Brother, we have no time for her dress. Your mane...”
“Why are you so... impatient?”
“Yes, why are you impatient?”
“Because... the wedding is soon! And you both want to marry perfectly.”
“Yes, you’re right. But we have to find the dress too. You know: no wedding dress, no wedding!”
“I will take it into my hooves!”
Rumir was more impatient than just now! Rumarrow and Rainbow Dash saw it in his face.
“Ehh... Can we go now? The barber is waiting!”
“OK, you both can go now... Under one condition: I know where this position is.”
“Who told you that?”
“You, right now!”
“But how... why... you are clever! Clever enough to confuse me! And you won. Your prize is the place where the position ‘Alpha-Romeo-3’ is.”
“And where?”
“It’s the moon.”
“The moon? How could you get to the moon?”
“Me not. But a good friend of me. If I call their name he will appear and kill me!”
“What? Brother, what have you done?!”
“Nothing. The pony had something good. And the pony wanted something from me. So I gave the wedding dress.”
“You monster! You’re lying! You didn’t like the idea with the wedding.”
“How could you say that? He has done something bad. But he wouldn’t steal a dress because he’s jealous!”
“You think so, my future husband. Who do you trust? Me, or your lying and deceitful brother?”
“Brother, please trust me! I didn’t make it out of revenge.”
“Wait a minute, brother. She hasn’t said something about revenge. You are lying! I can’t believe that you have done that. Go out of my view.”
“You all can’t trust me! You are the one that I can not trust! I will go!”
“No wait!”
But Rumir flew away.
“We don’t need him. We are the two ponies that everypony will know in a few days.”
“Yes. Only we two...”
“But now we have only this one little problem. We have to find my dress.”
“Nopony can fly to the moon.”
“Nopony, except Princess Luna.”
“Yes, you’re right! Let’s fly to Canterlot!”
When Rumarrow and Rainbow Dash arrived at the royal castle they had another problem!
“Princess Celestia, we have to talk to your sister.”
“I know. Follow me.”
Princess Celestia guided Rumarrow and Rainbow Dash to the prison.
“Why are we here?”
“Because my sister has stolen something... and she don’t want to say, what is it and where is it.”
“We know it.”
“My dress. It was stolen by her. And she brought it to the moon.”
“Yes, we stole it and brought it to the moon. But we have a reason for it!”
“Yes, my sister! Tell me why!”
“A blue pony with green and black mane asked us for something a long time ago. Now we wanted our payment. He gave us this lovely dress. We asked where he got it. He said it’s not important. So we took it and sent it to the moon.”
“Bring it back! I need it immediately!”
“I will go with my sister and fly to the moon.”
“OK, you go and we will... wait.”
After the visit Rumarrow and Rainbow Dash flew to Rainbow’s house. When they entered the house they began to discuss.
“Why would your brother do that?”
“I don’t know...”
“Ohh, you don’t know. Do you know something. I believe not!”
“What do you mean?”
“Look! Your brother doesn’t like it to see us together because he needs me for the Rainbow Factory! And if we get married now he won’t see me in the Rainbow Factory.”
“When you say. And I have to trust you! I will marry you and we need confidence to the other.”
“Now you are right! Come, tomorrow is a stressful day and we need sleep.”
“Yes, you’re right. Night, my Dashi.”
“Night, my Arrow.”
In the next morning they were woken up by a loud sound.
“Why can you not use the door like everypony?”
“Because the royal family needs a royal door!”
“A hole in a wall?”
“Well, a better plan?”
“The door!”
“Now there is no door!”
“Then you go through your ‘royal door’ you made.”
“Oh my... What’s happened with my house?”
“Irrelevant. But we have your dress!”
“OH MY GOSH! YOU GET IT!”
“And you Luna! Say it.”
“We... I’m sorry!”
“It’s not your fault. It’s the fault of another pony.”
“Yes... But I want to know, where he is right now.”
“Come on, Rumarrow! Now it’s only we two! For the rest our life.”
“Right. I love you! You say only the right things in the best moment!”
But not the truth. Rumarrow had a pokerface. He hope that Rumir came back. But he got the impression that he won’t come to the wedding.