//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Sharing with Old Friends // Story: A Long Broken World // by Raikiry //------------------------------// Chapter 9: Sharing with Old Friends Written by: Raikiry The night arrived in Ponyville, and everypony was closing their shops and call it a night, while others open up bars, clubs, and Midnight restaurants. At the peak of Ponyville, there was a building that was bright and lighting up the streets of Ponyville, and one mare was outside of the front door with an inpatient look. “I can’t believe she’s late,” she said. While she was getting more irritated, she heard a long distant scream. And it was getting closer and closer until she realize she saw a pony coming straight towards her. At that time, she realized that it was her best friend, Lyra, screaming, “Flying unicorn coming through!” She panicked. It looked like she wasn’t going to stop and was going to hit the wall of the building that was behind her. She started to panic even more until a strong wind hit her face and notice a stallion next to her. “Who are you?!” she stated. He looks at the mare and notice that this must be Lyra’s friend that she mention. “Oh you must be Lyra’s friend. It’s nice to meet you. Name’s Red Blitz, Blitz for short,” he said. While she looked at the stallion, she forgotten that Lyra was going to be splattered next to them. If they don’t think of something, she might be kissing the wall. “Okay, can you stand aside while I catch your friend,” he said to her. She did what he ask and saw her friend getting closer and closer. She closed her eyes and waited for what was going to happen next. No sound was made. The only thing she heard was “THAT WAS AWESOME!” She realized it was Lyra’s voice and opened her eyes to see her in one piece. She was confuse as to what just happened. Lyra looked at her friend and smiled to her. “Bonbon!” Lyra screamed her friend’s name and gave her a big hug, but she noticed that she had an annoying look on her face. “Don’t Bonbon me. What in Celestia’s sake just happen? Why were you flying…sorta” Bonbon said wanting an explanation. “Oh, well if you must know. I bumped into Red, and you said it was cool if I let him tag along.” Bonbon nodded, agreeing that she stated that. “While we started to head towards the karaoke, we were running late, and Blitz was like ‘I know how to get there faster.’ And then I was like ‘how?’ And all of a sudden, I was flying and I think I swallow a bug. And then-” She was cut off by Blitz knowing she was going to make this a long story. “Um, lets just say we kinda made it. But like I said, it’s nice to meet you. Name’s Red Blitz, Blitz for short.” He raised his hooves and Bonbon accepted his hoof shake. “Well is nice to meet you Blitz. Name’s Bonbon, and I own the candy store not long from here. See, Lyra said you were new here. So why not come to the store, I mean if you have a sweet tooth.” Bonbon said. “I’ll see what I can do.” Blitz smiled. “Awesome. We’re getting along great. Like we’re old friends or something. But either way, let’s party until we’re drunk!” Lyra screamed while getting excited at the same time. “Lyra, I don’t think we are not getting any alcohol in this place. They told me they only serve orange soda,” Bonbon said while witnessing Lyra getting more excited. “Alright! We are so getting drunk tonight!!” Lyra screams while entering the building. Blitz at some point was processing if it’s possible to get drunk with soda. If it’s even possible at all. And then, he had a worried look on his face. Why is he thinking about getting drunk with soda? Bonbon and Blitz entered and followed their mint green friend to get started on ordering a room. Twilight appeared behind them and notice Blitz entering the building. “Blitz?” Twilight whispers behind her breath until a jumpy voice scared the living Celestia out of her. “HI TWILIGHT!” With that, Twilight jumped up in the air and got spooked by her pink friend. “Pinkie! How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that,” Twilight said while her heart was pounding faster than rainbow speed. “Sorry. I forgot. So let me guess. Rainbow Dash invited you here and wanted to apologize?” Pinkie said with a happy tone and jumping up and down. “Yeah, how did you know?” Twilight asked. “Cause she went towards Sugarcube Corner and invited me to have a Girls Night Out.” Pinkie said. While Twilight was going to ask something else, she notice a rainbow haired mare appearing behind Pinkie and was followed by the farm pony behind her. “Hey girls,” Rainbow said. Neither Twilight or Pinkie said a word, and Pinkie still had that smile on her face and jumping up and down. “Um hey girls,” Applejack said. “Listen, me and Rainbow like to apologize and leave this awkwardness behind us and continue being best friends. Cause like me and Rainbow agreed that we don’t want to lose you girls as friends.” Twilight looked at Applejack and Rainbow as they waited for a response. She was about to open her mouth, but Pinkie was the first one to talk. “Listen closely you silly filly. I ain’t going to forgive and forget that somepony jump and attack a nice stallion for a stupid reason, and I will say this once. You’re not suppose to make up with us,” Pinkie stop her jumping and went towards Applejack and Rainbow. “You’re suppose to apologize to Blitz.” The words that came out of Pinkie were heard with a serious tone. Applejack decided to step up. “Like hell I’ll apologize to him. He deserve what was coming for being that damn selfish,” she said with anger in her voice. Rainbow on the other hand didn’t say a word. She simply wanted to have fun tonight. But the look on Rainbow’s face when she saw Pinkie’s eyes with a fury of anger made her not like what she said. Pinkie didn’t said a word. She only walk past Twilight and entered the building. The purple unicorn followed her inside. Silence was filled outside where they stood. They decided to forget what happened and go inside. Inside of the building, or better, yer Karaoke Hay, Bonbon, Lyra, and Blitz were ordering the room. “Here you go, good sir. The room is 342,” the mare from the desk said to Blitz. Blitz thanked the mare and went towards Lyra and Bonbon. They notice Blitz coming with the room key and was about to say something until Blitz heard a familiar voice. “What do you mean your rooms are full!” He turns his head and see none other than Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Twilight and Pinkie Pie. “I’m sorry Miss Dash, but somepony got the last key,” the mare explain to her. “But who got the room?” she ask. A hoof was pointed directed at Blitz and the girls, and all he could do was smile and wave at them. That made Rainbow angry when notice who took the last room. Not until Pinkie tackled him for a hug. “Ohhhh Blitz! I didn’t know you were here,” she said while crushing Blitz. “Yeah…Pinkie…Air!” he said while struggling for some air. “Oh sorry.” The pink mare smiled and let him go from the bear hug. Twilight came up from behind Pinkie and gave a warm smile towards Blitz and was glad that he was doing okay. “Twilight, how you doing?” Blitz ask towards the purple unicorn. “Fine. How about you, cause I see you meet Lyra and Bonbon. It seem you guys are hanging out.” She gave a smile while he laugh and admits that he decided to hang out with them. “Yeah, I met Lyra when I first came to Ponyville. And Bonbon, I just met her today,” he said. “So what? So you can later leave them without saying anything.” He heard Rainbow’s insults going towards him but he decided to ignore them. “It looks like you girls couldn’t get a room. How about we share.” He looks at Lyra and Bonbon. “I don’t mind,” Bonbon said. “Yeah me either,” Lyra added. “That’s great. So what do you say?” He awaits for Twilight’s response but Applejack cut in. “No thanks. We have better things to do than see your face all night.” Applejack insult came directly towards him. He didn’t know what happen, but something came to his mind and automatic said it to her face. “I didn’t ask you and I never knew your name was Twilight.” With a dead pan looks towards Applejack, she got shocked with his response and back away. Twilight witness this remark and looked back at him and accepted his offer. “That’s great. Our room is 342,” he said, giving the key to Twilight. All the girls went towards the room. Besides Applejack and Rainbow, he notice they were standing still in the hall of the building. He took a long look at them, and they were ready to leave. His voice made them stop in their tracks. “I never said you girls couldn’t come.” Applejack and Rainbow were standing in front of the exit and later turn around. They didn’t acknowledge him or made eye contact. They simply walk past him and Applejack certainly bump him on purpose. He ignore the rude attitude on her. He turns around and went towards the room. As he walked inside and see how amazing it looks, the decor and the Karaoke was huge. And the drinks looks like that it would last all night. He took a seat beside Lyra and saw Applejack and Rainbow at the opposite end of the table. “So who wants to go first?” Pinkie said excitedly. Upon hearing that, he saw a smirk that came across Rainbow faces and knew that it wasn’t going to be good. “I got an idea.” She looks at him “How about we make it a little challenging. Let’s let baby boy over there take the mic,” she said while taking the mic and handing it towards him. ‘Now she going to name call me now.’ He awaited for her challenge on what was her ideal challenge. “See there.” She points a hoof and all them notice a paper in front of the Karaoke. ‘Welcome Gentlecolts and Mares. If you’re reading this, that means you’re interested in a challenge we develop. If you look on your left, there’s a yellow button. That button will active it and show a screen, and one of our staff will be notified and will be inspecting you from our magical camera that our own princess Celestia made. On to the challenge, one of you will need to sing a made up song in their heads while the other will count how many stars will shoot in the screen. Be warned, it will get difficult by the minute. So are you willing to take the challenge? If your group wins, you will win ten tickets to a deluxe hotel at Canterlot and also receive tickets to the Wonderbolts show to meet the one and only Spitfire. So are you willing to take the challenge’ With that written, Rainbow notice those sentence. Not only is she a fan girl that if they win, she also forgot about the cruel joke she was about to pull while making them read. Blitz got interested on the challenge. He still is a fan of the Wonderbolts and will gladly enjoy the show. But making your own song, he knew it will be difficult. “So Blitz, will you gladly take the lead and let us count, we have our generous princess on our side and we’ll have the chance to win the tickets and the hotel reservation.” Lyra said while looking back at them and waiting at his response. Except of course Applejack and Rainbow. But Rainbow already was paying attention to the screen, so she definitely wants those tickets. “Alright, let’s do this,” Blitz said with a smile and push the button, making a sound. He noticing the camera turn on and seeing the screen turn on and saying ‘Are you ready?’ With everypony getting ready to have fun, he was slight nervous and hoping he didn’t ruin this for them. But then upon hearing Applejack insult made it different. “Hope you don’t chicken out baby boy,” she said. Blitz knew they were counting on him. So he took a deep breath and something whisper into his ear ‘Just Have Fun.’ This made Blitz turn to his left and see’s Lyra smile at him, making him brave and do this for them. The screen started to count down and everypony was getting ready to start the challenge. ‘3…2…1…go!’ And it begins. The song ended and everypony was exhausted. Even Blitz, who took a breather. Later, the sound of ‘Congratulations’ came to the screen and everypony cheered. Everything was exciting. They won a trip to go to Canterlot, plus to go meet the Wonderbolts. Everything settled down and everything was back to normal. Everypony was making small talk and Applejack and Rainbow Dash were still ignoring him. They even shared insults towards them, but that didn’t ruined his night. He felt sleepy and decided to take a nap in the couch while everypony had fun. His eyes closed and in an instant he felt relaxed. Later, he tried to open his eyes. But at his point of view only could see darkness. He looks around and wasn’t in the room anymore. “Twilight, Pinkie?!” He calls, but no response. Only his voice echoing the surrounding area. Until he saw a mare in front of him, making him startled and falling down. He heard a giggle. He looks at the mare and it was oddly familiar. “Hello. Who are you?” he ask. “My, my. You sure fell asleep fast,” the mysterious pony said. “Um, by do respect, who are you?” he ask politely. “Thou wish to see us? Then it shall be granted.” She finally reveals herself and it was none other than the Princess of the Night. “P-Princess Luna!” Blitz got shock and bowed by his ruler and the another giggle was heard. “We wish you not to bow for our peasant, Mr Blitz,” Luna said making him calm down. “Um, thank you Princess. But if I could say, whats going on?” he asked, confused on why the Princess herself is in front of him in his dream. Well, that he thought that he was in his dream. “Please my little pony. You can call me Luna. Also Mr Blitz, the answer that you wish to seek, I’ll shall tell. I was raising the moon, and as my royal duties to protect my subjects from any nightmare, I jump from dream to dream. I stopped and felt a strong emotion that I was unfamiliar of.” She took a step forward and decided to walk, making Blitz follow. “As I decided to check the disturbances, I landed here in your mind.” He got shock when she said the princess herself was in his mind. “We know your incident with the Element Applejack and Rainbow Dash, and we saw your pain. As I thought that was the pain we sense. Sadly it was not.” Blitz got more shock. What was the pain she was talking about? “See as a Alicorn of the Night, I have the ability to scroll through your memories. Please follow,” Luna said while entering a room full of light. Blitz followed her inside and witness his full memories from Present, Past, and Future. As they walk past Blitz’s memories, he cried, laugh, and even wish he didn’t see the embarrassment from his past. Twenty minutes walking into his memories, he notice Luna who stop in her tracks and was looking at white multiple screens. “Princess, what are these?” Blitz asked. “It appears it is a lost memory that you forgotten.” Princess got concern on these screen on what was hidden behind the memories he had. “Is it bad?” he asked. “Well no…it just disturbs me. Cause some pony have a one block memory, but you’re the first who has multiple.” The princess said while continue walking past them. As they walk, something grabbed her attention again. But this time, she was interested in this dream memory that she called it. “This one is interesting,” she said. As Blitz looks, he suddenly remembered that memory. The mare who was humming peacefully. He looks at the princess. “But that wasn’t you who was in my dream, humming?” he asked. “I’m afraid not my little pony. This is our first encounter with each other.” This got him more curious by the princess until she heard the word that came from the mysterious mare’s mouth. ‘Remember’ The screen goes black. Luna and Blitz stood and he was confuse on what was going on. Luna, on the other hoof, looks at the white screens that were still there and looks at Blitz. “Mr Blitz, as these situations appeared on us, I think I should investigate more deeply, but not now,” she said. Making Blitz turn and look at Luna, who open another light door. “For now it’s time for you to get up.” With that, Blitz got push towards the door and instantly woke up in the room. He was back in the real world. He felt dizzy and it was because of the nap. He then notice everypony left. Until he felt a warm comfort from somepony. He later notice Lyra sleeping on his shoulder. At this point, it was the time to panic. But Blitz looked at Lyra peacefully sleeping and smiling. When he met Lyra, he could tell sadness was in her. But now she was happy. So he decided to stay like that for a bit and left her to wake up, but it still bother Blitz. Who was the mysterious mare that told him to remember? He decided to let it happen when the time was right and not let it bother him. But he knew the princess will resolve his problems and will be notified to see what will resolve it.