Chapter 16: Dramatic Starts
"I can't do it!" JetStream cried, "I can't go further." he stopped all his progress and just hit his head on the dirt path below him, not moving an inch. Soon enough Myriad was behind him.
"You can't be serious. Were only half a mile away from the hotel..." Myriad just stood there, glaring down at him. Suddenly JetStream perked up, lifting his head, he looked at his father, the blinding sun behind him. He suddenly stood up.
"Yeah..." he turned away from him, "I'm not..." he looked back at his father through the corner of his eye, "But thanks for checking on me." he had a brat-like attitude, and he was smiling, but it was sort of broke, JetStream changed his posture, "How long has it been anyway." he was sounding as his normal self. Myriad laughed.
"About two and a half hours..." he held a hoof above his head looking at the sun, or trying to, he looked back at his son, he was still looking at him, "Since we woke up at least." he smiled, and slowly walked past him, "Now come on, you got to walk the walk." JetStream's jaw dropped.
"Wait, what. What about you?" he gave JetStream an unsatisfied look.
"Can't you see I already am?" JetStream sighed, hanging his neck low, he started, "And what are you complaining about? It's 71 degrees."
"Oh, alright." he muttered, after a pause he shook his head, "Alright, I did that for too long." Myriad smiled raising an eyebrow.
"It's about time." JetStream had a sharp glare at him.
"Hey! I'll be saying that soon..." Myriad was still smiling.
"Soon?" JetStream sighed.
"Let's just go." Myriad suddenly got a bounce in his step, progressing faster than JetStream.
"It's about time, now hurry up before you look older than me." JetStream wondered what he meant by that, but on any means they both started at a good pace. After some time, JetStream got curious, this whole trip to Canterlot was overwhelming.
"...Hey Dad?" Myriad turned his neck.
"Yes?" JetStream smiled. He hopped up several times.
"When are we going to see Canterlot?" Myriad looked up in thought.
"I may not know exactly, but it's on the top of a mountain, but you should know that from the invite card we got. So probably not for long here." JetStream looked surprised.
"And have you ever been there?"
"I think it was only once that I did..." he trailed off, for as good amount of time, he suddenly jumped back.
"Yes, I was, with Rapidfire." JetStream was confused, pony or not.
"Who's that?" Myriad smiled.
"Well, he's that big-pony-in-charge as you'd call it." his son brushed up against him.
"Oh, don't make fun of the way I talk." Myriad laughed at his prevail.
"Alright, but as your mother would say... You got the cutest voice I've ever heard." JetStream looked at the ground, frowning with a sudden blush, turning his muzzle purple, Myriad started whistling, making JetStream avoid the faces around them, "Alright, alright I'll stop." JetStream sighed a sigh of relieve, "...For now." JetStream suddenly hiccupped. Myriad, moments later, started positioning his neck more up-right. JetStream did the same, the purple was now a cyan.
"What are you looking for?" he looked back down, "Yes, seeing if there was any place where that the other colts and fillies were." JetStream jumped up continuously.
"Do you see my friends?" JetStream then stopped, realizing what he just said. Myriad nodded.
"Yep, I do, near the front of the group." he looked back down, "Hop up." he motioned to JetStream. While he was still trying to understand.
"Okay." JetStream was still a little curious with his decision, but still jumped onto his back, making Myriad wince form sudden pressure.
"O-over there." He tilted his head in the direction of the said group. JetStream looked at him.
"Will you let me over there?" Myriad looked behind him.
"Sure." JetStream jumped down and started trotting, "But I want to see you in at least one Checkpoint." JetStream nodded.
"Alright, Dad." then he continued to the front. More voices were heard as he approached, each of them talking about something else, some things that are more interesting than others, JetStream saw his friends right ahead of him, and sped up, "Hey!... Everypony." he stopped as soon as he reached, and faked his panting. Twister noticed him first.
"Oh, hey JetStream." Slash looked back at the rest.
"Oh, you." Everypony was getting to meet one another just again, but before you could think about another thing, two random ponies showed up, startling the group. They were both Unicorn Fillies.
"Hi!" Twister jumped, and looked at the opposite side of him.
"Oh... hi." The one behind started talking.
"How many colors..." the pony stopped just as the other continued.
"... do you have?" Twister looked at JetStream, who just shrugged.
"Does my Cutie Mark count?" the first giggled.
"Yep." Twister was suddenly more confident.
"Then I have six colors."
"And your name is?"
"Uh... Twister."
"Alrighty!" The fillies alter their attention to Colos and Colas.
"And you both have?" They looked at each other.
"Three." they responded in unison.
"And your names?" Colos went ahead.
"I'm Colos, and this is Colas." she was giving a weak wave, and a sheepish smile. Twister leaned in and whispered to JetStream.
"I thought this was a Fun-Run, not an interview." Again JetStream just shrugged. They all soon realize that they had gone to Slash. JetStream mentally face-hoofed.
'Oh man, I'm next...' JetStream just waited to be quizzed. Finally after about a minute.
"How many do you have?" he panicked and went to count.
'Well, one for my fur, one for my hoofs, one for my eye, and two more for my mane and tail.' JetStream looked at them, awaiting his answer, "I have five colors."
"And your name is?"
"JetStream." Both the fillies looked shocked.
"Can you predict the weather?" JetStream decided to take this opportunity.
"No, but it will probably get cloudy by tonight." They cheered.
"Well, we're just going to have to see, huh?" JetStream threw that expression right back.
"Yeah, I guess so. By the way, what are yo-" they had went somewhere else, they just all kept walking in silence, they all looked at one another.
"What was that?"
~~~Chapter End~~~