Southern Wing awoke to the sounds of birds chirping outside his window. Groaning, he looked at the time to see it was 7:30 in the morning. He rolled out of bed and rubbed his eyes, putting his glasses on as he walked to the bathroom. Walking by his roommate’s room, he glanced inside and didn’t see his friend. “Did he wake up early or spent the night with Dash?” he asked himself. He looked in the mirror when he arrived at the bathroom. The sight of a grey bug like pony looked back at him. A smile came to his face as the figure disappeared with a flash of red magic, a grey pegasus with a brown mane and eyes emerged when it was over. “Another fine morning.”
“Indeed,” a familiar voice replied.
“Hey Sev,” Wing greeted back. “When I saw your bed was empty, I thought you’d spent the night with Dash.”
Sev scoffed. “Really? Just because I’m not home doesn’t mean I’m with a mare… or two…” His eyes shifted left and right.
“Ugh…” Wing face hooved, his mind going there immediately. “Let’s just get some breakfast.”
“Right. You’re not going to me crap over last night, right?”
“I’m not smacking you on the back of the head…yet,” Wing glared at Sev.
The two friends trotted to the kitchen of their two-bedroom renthouse. Wing picked up the newspaper lying on the table. “Thousandth Summer Sun Celebration: Princess Celestia To Go To Ponyville For Event,” Wing read out loud.
“If Celestia’s coming here, do you think she is?” Sev asked.
“Heh, if she can drag her away from her books, maybe.”
“Yeah, I’ve never met an egghead as big as her. Aside from you, buddy,“ Sev ribbed.
“Ha ha. You so funny,” Wing groaned.
“Just joking with you, you know that..”
“Sure. Keep saying that.”
“Am I…” Sev started.
“You finish that and I’m kicking your flank.”
“Bugging you?”
"Oh wait, that reminds me!" Wing said as sarcastically as possible with a smile to accompany, soon after raising his left wing up and displaying a middle feather to Sev.
“Just kidding, bro. Geez, why do you gotta be so serious sometimes?”
Wing rolled his eyes at him, but a knock at the door prevented Sev from saying his comeback.
“I’ll get it,” Wing said as he got up and trotted to the door. He found a grey blonde-mane pegasus at his doorstep. “Hey, Derpy. What came in today?”
“You got a lot, actually!” Derpy rummaged through her mail bag and gave a small stack of letters to Wing. “Have a nice day!”
“You too!” Wing closed the door, trotting back to the kitchen.
“So what did we get?” Sev asked, noticing the little pile of letters.
“Bill, bill, bill…”
“I get the idea, it’s mainly bills. Anything else?”
“Looks like that’s it.” Wing tossed the stack of letters on the counter.
“Well, time to uh… ‘make some more money.’” Sev replied with a small smile.
“Yep, but it’ll have to wait til after the Summer Sun Celebration.” Wing replied shoving a chocolate chip muffin into his mouth.
“I know. We both have our own ways. Mine being more…’hostile’.” Sev had a semi-devious look on his face. He’d always been the brawn while Wing had been the brains.
“I’ve been thinking of moving in with Fluttershy recently.” Wing announced drinking a glass of orange juice.
“Yeah, I might do the same with Rainbow Dash.” Sev took a drink from his glass of orange juice as well.
“Although, this year marks the thousandth Summer Sun Celebration.”
“And that means?” Sev asked a confused expression on his face.
“Nightmare Moon? Haven’t you read the books on her?” Wing had the tone that one would have speaking to a foal.
“Occasionally. And I know what that is I’m a grown pony! I’m not a foal!!” Sev protested glaring at wing for speaking to him like a child
“Well, since you’ve read up on her, what can you tell me about them?” Wing quizzed.
“That… oh my Celestia…” Sev’s eyes widened at the revelation.
“She’s returning at the event, and I’m sure Celestia has seen the signs as well.”
“Duh, they’re sisters. Of course she’d know.”
“Oh, so you were paying attention, unlike most ponies.”
“You mean ignoring the blatant phrase? What was it? Ah, yes: ‘Once upon a time in the magical land of Equestria there were two sisters’?”
“Can you believe that some ponies don’t pay attention to that line?”
“Well then, they’re idiots.”
“No kidding.”
“But do we do while we’re waiting?”
“We could head to our bunker to kill some time.”
“That might work. Besides ,we have a bit of planning to do.”
“That we do, my friend.”
Wing and Sev got up from the table and set their plates in the sink. The gears in their minds were already whirring with what would happen once Nightmare Moon returned.
“And to think, we’d never have met if you didn’t use that wing spell from the book in the restricted section as a colt,” Wing wondered.
“I know, right? I wonder how that would have gone if I did something else?”
“For one you wouldn’t be…the Con Mane clone you are today,” Wing chuckled.
“Buck you, Wing.”
“I’m just kidding with you, buddy,” Wing said.
“Uh huh. I ‘believe’ you.”
“Come on, let’s go hang out in our home away from home.” Wing got up from the table and trotted to the door.
“Yeah yeah let’s get going.” Sev followed Wing out the door to the great outdoors, where the pegasi arranged for a sunny day with a gentle breeze.
“Beautiful day today,” Wing commented.
“Yep. Celestia really did a good job today,” Sev added.
The two ponies walked through town. Given the occasion, they witnessed the townsponies getting the place ready for the event, hanging decorations in every nook and cranny in every street.
The pair walked to the edge of town, standing at the entrance to the Everfree Forest. The shade of the trees cooled the pair from the heat of the summer sun. The two stayed on the main path to avoid any and all posion joke plants in their path.
“Good thing we know to avoid those,” Wing commented, remembering the last time they were hit with poison joke.
“Yeah, stepping in that once is more than enough,” Sev cringed.
Wing and Sev arrived at their bunker after an half hour’s walk through the forest. The structure was built into a hill, looking very familiar to a certain village in a galaxy far, far away.
“Always good to come out here, eh Sev?” Wing commented.
“Yes it is, Wing. It’s good to get away from town once in awhile.” Sev flipped a box open with his magic and typed in a code in the keypad. After a beep. the doors to the bunker opened up, and the two ponies trotted in. Sev switched the lights on, revealing a rather spacious and well decorated room.
“Oh, there it is.” Wing walked over to a couch and picked up a comic that was on the coffee table next to it.
“Find that Pony Rangers comic you were looking for?” Sev asked.
‘Yeah, it’s right where I left it. I’ve been looking for it for weeks!”
“Least you found it.”
“Yeah, about time.” Wing flopped on the couch and started reading the comic.
“I’m gonna go back into town to get something. Be right back!” Sev walked outside the door, closing behind him.
“Alright, buddy!” Wing called over as Sev left. He chuckled to himself as he picked up where he left off in the comic. Deep down, he knew that the Elements of Harmony would have to be found soon if Equestria had any hope of defeating Nightmare Moon.