A slice of the last chapter... · 5:04am Jan 14th, 2014
Alright, it's been too long since I posted a chapter of "Changeling No More." I feel bad about it RL, my reporter job, and my passion for auto racing and its history have prevented me finishing the final chapter. So in the meantime here's an unedited, one-scene sample to tide you guys over. Thanks again for being patient...
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Meanwhile in the little town of Jerkwater Rainbow Dash had settled in to have lunch. She didn’t really have much of an option as the town only had one eatery called “The Depot.” Located next to the train station it was really more of a watering hole that served food than a true restaurant. Dash’s late lunch meant she was the Depot’s only customer. She briefly looked around at the railroad-themed décor before an earth pony mare brought her meal; a daffodil, tomato, and lettuce sandwich with a Red Pegasus energy drink.
“Here you go honey,” the waitress said.
Dash rolled her eyes.
“Thank you very much,” Rainbow responded.
Rainbow bit into her meal. She had got about halfway into her sandwich before an unexpected guest arrived. The front door of the Depot opened to reveal a yellow pegasus as Sunny Rays walked in wearing a set of saddle bags
“Rainbow, there you are,” Sunny said. “Some stuff came up at the office. I need you to authorize these papers.”
Sunny removed a packet of paperwork from her saddle bag and presented it to Rainbow. Dash quickly looked it over then glanced over to Sunny. This was not a breaking news weather update about an Everfree storm or anything that should have prompted Sunny to come immediately.
“These are boilerplate storm approvals for next month,” Rainbow said. “It’s hardly something pressing enough to run all the way out to Jerkwater for..."
Rainbow saw right through to Sunny's real intentions.
"Unless you had more than one reason to come. Let me guess, you wanted to see how Cloud does on his test?”
“Guilty as charged Rainbow,” Sunny said. “You’ve got my fiancé and my friend both up there on that storm. I’m not waiting all day to find out how it turns out.”
Sunny looked back toward the sky.
“This cloud cover wasn’t scheduled for today,” Sunny said.
“It’s a little challenge,” Rainbow said. “They are basic clouds from the Everfree, a final twist to see if Cloud can think on his feet.”
Sunny rolled her purple eyes; Rainbow did this kind of thing with everypony she tested. She remembered how insanely she had studied clouds in preparation for her own job testing to show how well she understood how they worked. She still had over 150 household uses for cloud materials memorized in the back of her head. She turned her train of thought back toward Cloud and Serenity’s project.
“Any word real from the crew?” Sunny asked.
“They should be out of the factory by now but otherwise I haven’t a clue,” Rainbow responded. “If he’s going to make it by five he’d best be about a third of the way into the move by now. If they aren’t they are in a pinch of trouble.”
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“Alright Cloud we’re about a fourth of the way into the move,” Serenity said.
Ironically I'm about a third/fourth of the way into writing this chapter. Hopefully I'll have the rest for you soon. I've been puzzled if I should go back and edit the previous chapters after Blue Skies and Airheart actually got canon names in the card game (Cerulean Skies and Jet Stream respectively)
