Me, Flair and Twilight were trotting through the slightly run down village. It's buildings were finished with molded, cherry wood. The smell of sea salt congested the air as we walked on, everypony stared at us attentively. their worn eyes gazed seamlessly at us as we continued on. I guess we were and odd group with a Cyborg, over packed unicorn, and me of coarse. It was getting dark out, the sun began to hid behind the cover of the trees. Flair looked around, trying to find a place of particular interest. I watched as his head shot from left to right, Flair and I wire wired but Twilight was beginning to tire. She yawned blatantly and let her head ride lower then her body. Saddles formed under eyes as I looked back, I stopped and held her head up so I could speak.
"Hey, Twilight go find a hotel to stay at. Flair and I will continue to look around and find you later," I said softly as she yawned again. Twilight nodded her head in agreement and lugged off in another direction, I felt uneasy doing this but Flair reassured me.
"Don't worry, the folk here look scary but they're fairly nice." he said confidently with a shimmering smile. We continued on and Flair began to look franticly this time. We stopped at every run down, decrepit hole within the district before we stopped. Flair began to laugh loudly, he looked at me and motioned me in. I opened the wooded carousel like doors, the atmosphere was aphotic and depressing. Everypony was blushing, laughing or picking fights. There were stains all over the floor and everypony here looked happy or sad. It set me in an uneasy position as I entered cautiously, everypony stared at us, watching and waiting for us to move. Flair stood fast, he held his head high and began to yell.
"Three Rainbow Runners for me and the kid!" he said joyfully and everypony threw their drinks into the air. I was confused at this liquid, it made everyone basically bipolar but happy as they drank it. It had an atrocious aroma to it and made me want to vomit. I felt sick and wanted to leave but Flair got a hold of me and set me on the stool. I watched as the pony behind the counter poured the liquid into three, large tankards and slid two sets down. I looked at the burly drink, questioning it's properties and the affects it had on ponies. Flair noticed me as I awkwardly stared at the drink, he leaned over to me and put his hoof on my shoulder.
"You every had a bit of beer before 7?" He asked questioningly.
"No, this would be my first time actually," I replied primly as Flair shot up in his stool. He looked at me wide eyed, I could see opportunity in them.
"You never, in all honesty never had beer?"
"Nope, is it any good?" I asked as Flair picked up one of his tankards and chugged it. His throat bulged with every massive gulp, the glass quickly became crystal again with a few bubbles left over on the bottom. He slammed the drink back down, he grunted with pleasure and snorted in through his nose. His cheeks began to redden and his mood slowly became more bubbly. I was confused at this, I wanted to understand how this worked so I started to drink mine. I let a little bit slip onto my tongue, I was bewildered at first taste. It smelt horrid but had a death grip on my taste buds. I couldn't hold myself back and chugged the tasteful drink. I finished it and slammed the drink down as a look of approval adorned Flairs face. He looked at me and grabbed another tankard and put it on my chest.
"Two more 7, only two more before the good stuff," He said softly. I was joyful at the sound of something better then this so I drank the next two tankards quickly. I set them down, my cheeks were rose red, my mind was blurry and my words were slurring. Flair looked a bit baffled himself as he continuously spun in his bar stool. We were both in a state of captivity as our inhibitions fled, the pony from before came over and took the glasses as Flair stumble closer. I grabbed my hoof, I spun around and fell to the floor but he continued to drag me. My face ached with my head and I was soon thrown into a boot, Flair sat on the other side and tapped his hoof. The pony again came over with two more drinks, he carefully placed them on the table and walked away. Flair put his hoof on his drink and looked at me.
"S-so you and Twilight, tell me when if you guys thought about screwing?" he said confusingly.
"W-what, Flair I d-don't fully under...stand," I finally said.
"You k-know, cwop, clop. Yeah clop, h-have ya guys done it?"
"No, coarse n....what’s screwing?"
"It's when you stick, when you stick your a-apple tree in her orchard,"
"That’s gardening you funny * ha-ha* , funny p-pfft!" I broke out laughing, I hit my hoof on the table in joy, laughing buoyantly with Flair.
"Haha yeah it is, so I-in a more Shyentifical way. It's when you stick that," Flair pointed at my crotch "and stick it in h-her flower.....Vag....place," He barely managed to finish.
"Oh, OH, no I didn't know that was possible. It sounds...it sounds painful though,"
"M-my fucking, with Celestia as my w-witness I intox-icated a virgin!" He said proudly.
"Intoxicated, is that w-what I am?"
"Your drunk off your flank 7,"
"My flank is still on though," I slurred looking down at my flank.
"You dip it's a finger of speech,"
"Haha, you said finger,"
"Sorry, f-figure of speak," He said looking over at a mare by the bar "Celestia, ya-yaknow what 7, I want a child of my own,"
"T-that’s beautiful fare, *sniff *so lovely,"
"My name is FL..." I cut him off, putting my hoof in his face.
"Shut up, sh-shush up you don't know what you're talking about,"
"Ok, still I would love to be a f-father 7,"
"I think you'd make a wonderful mother Flail,"
"You think s-so, but what about my figure?"
"No d-don't worry, you...you look awesome!" I said falling over, my arms flailing in the air. I fell off the stool and hit the ground, blacking out as I did so.
I woke up in a bedroom, my head ached and the birds chirping was agonizing. The room was lightly furnished, it had a troth, two beds and a desk. The sun was bright and irritated my eyes as I licked my dry, cracked lips. I stumble over to a troth to wet my lips, Twilight watched my pained walk. She came over and helped me, placing my arm over her back and propping me up. I could barely think and everything annoyed my senses, I tried my best to hold myself up but it was arduous. We finally made it to the troth, I dove my head in and drank the small, tin troth dry. I immediately began to feel better, my sense calmed and my body relaxed. Flair walked in soon after and grabbed a towel and lobbed it at me. It hit my face and I used it dry off as he spoke.
"You two need to hurry up, we need to figure out where to go from here," He stated.
"I figure that we could use the local ferry to get to the Arentile Archipelago," Twilight replied.
"Good thinking, you head over to the ferry. Here, take my bits, there's about 50 or so. Go buy some tickets while I sober 7 up," he said smiling. Twilight nodded and trotted of with her bags, Flair waltz over to me and placed his hoof on my body. He picked me up and set on his back and walked out the door. I felt queasy and off tilt, my composure was slowly returning but not fast enough. I bounced on Flair back as we left the hotel, he waved at the colt working the desk and walked off. As we exited the hotel the sun burnt my eyes, the boisterous sounds of work plagued me. I covered my ears and closed my eyes as Flair trudged on.
Soon I fell off his back, I opened my eyes again but this time it didn't hurt. I slowly got up, my body tried to pull me back down but Flair assisted me. I propped myself against him as we walked, I could see the ferry in sight. It was a few blocks away so I used this time to talk to Flair.
"What the hell happened to me?" I asked sternly.
"It's more of a question of what is happening. You, 7, have a hangover and a bad one at that. It must be the changeling blood, it must not agree with alcohol very well," He replied.
"Please, remind me never to drink beer again," I pleaded, Flair just laughed and we continued on. It took a few few callous minutes but we finally made it to the boat, Twilight stood beside the gate with three tickets in her mouth. She looked over and saw us, she became excited and rushed over to us. A weird feeling came over me as she ran, I became hot and bothered fro some reason. I couldn't remember why I felt this way but I felt like I have talked about this. Twilight was finally upon us, she breathed a little heavier then usual and handed us our tickets. She smilled as she handed me my ticket and backed away a little.
"So are you guys ready to go," She said jumping slightly into the air.
"You bet we are, to bad 7 is still a little hungover. A boat ride won't help that," Replied Flair.
"Why what will happen?" I asked.
Twilight and Flair looked at each other and simultaneously said "Sea sickness!"
"Oh, that doesn't sound terrible, lets go!" I yelled and walked to the boat with my head held high. I got up to the gate, I could see through it and saw a wondrous sight. The boat was massive, sleek white paint adorned the side of the vessel. There was writing go on the side, it said "Saint "Mare" Ia" I chuckled at the pun. I followed the gate to an opening where a kiosk was set up, a pony in a white and blue suit stood on the other side. Twilight and Flair caught up to me and handed there tickets to the pony before entering the boat. I did the same and ran on board with them, I ran up the ramp onto a big open recreation area. Waves crashed along the side fo the boat swaying it gently, my stomach began to churn. I felt queasy and ran over to the side of the boat. Twilight followed me and held my hair back as I vomited off the side of the boat.
Flair fell over laughing at this, Twilight wasn't impressed with him and went over to him. I remained on the side of the boat holding my stomach back as Twilight yelled at Flair. I rested on the side and watched the waves, I was happy to be on the ferry. It was a new experience again but this time with two wonderful friends.