//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Boys meet Girls // Story: The Path of Six Life // by Raikiry //------------------------------// Chapter 3: Boys Meet Girls Written by: Raikiry Editted by: MrDerpFace Kyle and Richard were walking down an unfamiliar road in a very conspicuous crowd, next to some very odd looking equines. And as some would guess, both were only confused about where the park is. Richard tries to look around the area to see if he could spot the park close by. And as his luck would be unfit, Kyle was impatient and was walking left and right next to Richard. “Dude, how are we going to the park if we don't know where it is?” Said Kyle who apparently was annoyed about it. Richard looks at Kyle and rolls his eyes at how annoying he can be, “Calm down partner. Look I know you want to test out your wings and all but… I don't think you wanna be doing that jus’ yet.” “Whaddya mean?” Kyle questions, taking a moment to glance at his friend. “Well we're… ponies, right?. God knows how we came to be… We… nah, I'm still trying to figure out how t’ walk! Besides, you didn't have wings back where we were. Only yer annoying mouth.” Richard said while revealing a smirk. “Oh ha, ha, very funny,” Kyle said, “But listen, when we got here and… Y’know, POOF!” He made a gesture to Richards’ frame, “I uh...” Kyle chuckled nervously, “I flew.” Richard stopped and stared at his friend in shock, “Y-... You did what now?” Kyle smiled mischievously, adding a flare to his wings for effect, “Yeah. Gave these babies a swirl.” Still in an epitome of being shocked, Richard coughed and then raised a brow, “Well why not try it out here? I mean, if ya can fly, we don't really need to be at the park.” Richard said, causing Kyle to sigh. “I could… I would! But I'd rather we go to the park because... what if I crash?” Richard shrugged, “Eh, you’d be fine. Yah said you was good at flying. Prove it hotshot.” Kyle flattened his expression, “I crash... and get someone here hurt?” Richard blinked, looking at the ponies that had been going along the same path as them, “Ah… Well...” It isn't their place to suddenly appear and make a mess of things oh-so suddenly. Its bad luck and quite frankly an even worse thing to do when you know only a certain amount of people. “Well you got a point.” Richard said, kicking the dirt with a red face. Maybe the residents could point us in the direction we want to go? Richard thought, lo and behold, their answers were in reprimand of two arguing ponies. Mares to be precise. “Why don't we ask them where the park is? “ Richard said pointing a… Hoof… to the mares in question. “Alright! Let's try not to arouse suspicion. Could be a little more than bad on our part.” Kyle said quickening his pace. “I hear ya…” Richard rubbed the back of his head and commented quietly, “Let’s go ask them... and you DON'T-” Richard dragged Kyle backwards, “Say nothin’! Knowing yah, I'd say you'd say something stupid.” He commented wryly, laughing as he did so. Kyle stuck his tongue out and followed him regardless. The two mares that were arguing, were none other than Rainbow Dash and Applejack. The western cowpony was behind her apple stand while arguing about something with the Rainbow pegasus. “Come on AJ, I thought you were coming with me to the park to hang out!” Rainbow whines. “Yeah, until ah’ remembered that ah’ needed to sell the apples, so I don't have time for you right now Rainbow!” Applejack said, causing Rainbow to pout in dismay. “Excuse me… ma'am?” The voice of a stallion immediately gained Rainbow and Applejack’s attention, forcing both of them to peek to see whom had called. Rainbow leaned to Applejack, whispering in an almost sultry tone, “AJ… I bet you two bits that these two are going to start flirting with us…” Rainbow snickered, “Heh... These guys are such los-” Applejack scored an elbow straight into Rainbow’s stomach, eliciting an ‘Oof’ of painful proportions. “G’day gentlecolts! What can ah, do ya fer? An apple perhaps?” Applejack said while showing them every type of apple in the stand. Richard took a glance at the delicious looking… Fruits, and had to staple his hunger towards the back, “No… NO. Sorry we were here to ask if you know the direction to the park?” Richard said. Rainbow pulled herself up from the ground passing an incredulous look between the two, “Yeah right, you just came here to-” Another elbow rammed into Rainbow, gaining the same result mere seconds before. Richard and Kyle noticed the all too familiar look of betrayal in Dash's eyes, glaring up at them and her cohort. Applejack who showed a innocent smile, quickly stood in front of her pained friend, letting out a strained laugh, “What's wrong fellas?” She tried changing the subject, “Wind biting your rears?” Both guys blink in unamusement, Richard being the one to flip his hat up, “Is your friend going t’ be all right there?” Dash grunts, “Told ya… AJ.” Applejack looks back at Rainbow and laughs, “Oh her? Yeah she'll be fine! Does crazy stuff like this all th’ time!” Kyle rubbed his chin, “I dunno. She looks pretty wrecked.” Richard agreed with a subtle grunt and turned to look back at Applejack, who, in turn coughed, “Didn't you two say you needed to get somewhere?” Kyle nodded and began to say something, but was interrupted by Richard who slapped a hard hitting hoof over the poor unprepared mouth of a friend, “Yes. The park. Where is it?” Applejack bit her lip and looked a ways, “Erm… Oh! Parks just down that way.” Kyle was the one to blink, “Past that… Gingerbread house?” Applejack nodded, “Yes… Past the… huh - where'd you two say you was from?” Richard smiled unevenly, “We didn't, Ma'am.” Rainbow Dash lifted a foreleg, “Didn't even spare us names either. Well, don't live us in suspense!” Kyle and Richard shared a look, one of which made the both of them sigh. The latter looked at the path, to what he assumed was correct, “Raht… Names…” He cleared his throat with a smile, “I never did thank yah for your help there miss,” Richard dips his hat, “Name's Richard, and this is my idiot best friend, Kyle. Say hi Kyle.” “Hi Kyle.” Said you know whom. Applejack whistled and did a similar gesture as to which almost mirrored Richard’s greeting,“Whelp, it's mighty nice to meet yah, Richard and Kyle.” Applejack also dipped her stetson, “Name’s Applejack, and this is my idiot best friend Rainbow Dash.” Whilst conversing the conversive natures of conversiveness, Rainbow and Kyle, the unlikeliest of the four, had groaned at the same time, but, at the other exact same time; realized what had been amiss. “Hey dude! Jinx!!” Kyle laughs. “Ha! Jinx!” Rainbow giggles. As Rainbow Dash and Kyle caught up on the soon to be verbal fight, Both Richard and Applejack shared a haughty laugh at their unreasonable attitudes. It was a shortcoming moment, however, as AJ ended her laugh abruptly, less subtle than she would've liked. Maybe it was because Richard and Kyle were leaving a bit soon. She just met a pair of faces she didn't know, and already they're going to disappear, “Hey, wait!” Kyle continued to walk, picking something out of his teeth as he did so. Richard was the one to turn and raise a brow, “Ma'am?” Kyle cried about finding a hair, but no one paid him mind, other than Rainbow who thought his pain was funny. Applejack took a moment to rub the back of her neck, “Do uh… Do y'all live somewhere nearby?” Richard smirked, which for some reason made Applejacks throat tighten, “Nah, just passing by.” “Need a place to rest?” Richard thought whimsically, “Huh… Never thought about that till now I suppose… Applejack raht?” Applejack nodded, allowing the human turned pony to continue. “Raincheck.” “Ah’ll hold you to it.” Staring contest set aside, the two were interrupted by the other friends cry of boredom, “Ugh… Come on!” Richard and Applejack both rolled their eyes, bidding farewell as they did so. One pair decided to walk away, while the other poked their heads out from the apple stand. “Ohhh App-le-jack… were you checking out that guy?.” Rainbow said trying to hold in her laughter. Applejack worked her jaw, but failed to create words, “Well… I…” Rainbow gasped, “You were!” She tilted her head and put a hoof to her chin, “Maybe you should chase him down?” Applejack sputtered, “Oh… As IF. What about you?! You was checking out that Kyle colt! Don't think you're off scott free!!” Rainbow paid her no heed and buzzed into he air, clutching her stomach, “Oh man… Wait till I tell Fluttersh-” She was cut off abrubtly by a hoof grabbing her throat, suddenly becoming face to face with Applejack herself, “You, mah… Fine feathered friend… Will do NO such thing. If you do, or even think about it… I will personally use yer feathers as stuFFING FOR MY COUCH. GOT IT?!” Dash gulped, “Heh… I was just kidding AJ! ‘Course I wouldn't do that.” When Applejack let go of Dash, the pegasus bolted in a mass disappearance of feathers, fur and fraternization. Leaving no trace of where she was going or where she would be. O-Dan and Sylvester-O “Spells for the Adept… Spells for Masters…” Dan scratched his muzzle, “Spells for Dummies. Might check that one out… Hm…” Picking out a random book, Dan looked around with a glance and chose to sit. Already, and with Sylvester's help, they've gotten absolutely…. Nowhere. No seriously. Pony culture is weird culture and weird culture is the Pony culture, thus weird culture is unpredictable. Dan and his cohort had a hard time figuring out what to do next, and where to go. It was like trying to win a prize in a claw machine. You get a grasp on it, and then lose all of your mind figuring out how you lost it. Anyway, Dan was reading, Sylvester was inside somewhere marveling at some tapestry and Twilight? ...Twilight was trying to figure out why the lone pony sitting on her chair, in her library, was reading a magic book for dummies when he was a unicorn himself. Well then again, Twilight thought, Sweetie Bell checks that book out sometimes too…But he looks like he could take the challenge! Twilight bit her lip and shook her head, trying to force her thoughts away from staring. It was a library after all. If any eyes should be looking at something, it should be a book! And yet, here she was, The Princess of Friendship, The A-Grade student of Celestia, distracted. Equestria would be burning if anypony found out. “Excuse me, Dan!” The sudden voice of Twilight caught Dan totally off guard, making him jolt in terror for a split second, and causing his book to slam against the ground. After looking at the book, then to Twilights uneven smile several times, Dan sighed through his nose, “Yeah? What's up.” Twilight stood slowly, “You're reading up on magic?” Dan blinked as he stooped to pick his book up with his fingerless appendage, “Yeah…” He thought up a lie, and he though it up quick, “Just touching myself up again. Cause - Yknow.” Dan smiled, “Don't wanna get rusty.” Twilight coughed, “Yes, but that's the book we use to teach fillies with.” Dan broke his neck looking down at the paperback, “Ohhhhhhh… That's why there were so many pictures…” Shrugging, he set the book on the chair as a resting spot, “I just thought they were demonstrations. Guess not.” Twilight giggled, “Yeah, guess not.” Looking around, she raised a brow, “You wanna read up on a good magic book?” Dan rubbd his leg, “Ah… Well see, that's where I must say no. There's countless books over here! Besides, I think im pretty good at it already.” Smiling, he allowed Twilight to chuckle, “Astute… Show me!” Dan backpedaled, “Ah, do what now?” Twilight giggled, rolling her eyes as she did, “Show a bit of your skill! It… Shouldn't be to hard for you… Right?” She knows, this pony knows - I'm gonna die, what would I tell mum? “Ma'am, your son died in an alternate world, subjugating and antagonizing the patrons therein causing a fluctuation of death, thus killing the only kin you have.” Dan paled with an uneven grin, “Right… Show you… What I know…” What should I do… There are a good amount of books… But god knows what she can do. Grab Sylvester, chuck a book, try not to die, the end? Dan's thoughts only made him more terrified of what he was going to do next…