The Rutherford's Comment
Kichi's Comment
As you look to Flash, you can only ask yourself:
How does he have a kid? As far as I know, he has not been in a relationship since he told me about his marefriend disappearing on him.
When did that happen? I have been with you since before you took control of the diamond dogs and he has never said anything about it.
Before the invasion, I used to talk to him when I disguised myself as a foal....sitter...Holy Moley! That is his little brother. I haven't seen him in ages!
FLASHBACK TO SEASON 1, EPISODE 59: THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!
You see, you know Flash because, during your foalsitting in Canterlot (and skipping changeling assault class in favor of playing some Saints Raw 3 and other games the foals had) the foal you would watch over the most was Flash's Earth Pony little brother, First Base. Little dude was great at playing Baseball, while you were... less than good (by that, you usually ended up hitting yourself with the bat... curse you uncoordinated hooves). He was a nice colt, always full of energy and he loved your references (very few creatures do for some odd reason).
FLASHBACK OVER
...Why do my flashbacks have seasons and episode numbers in-NO! Nevermind! you think shaking your head. Flash told "me" about him, but I can't let him know I already met the little guy. Better play dumb.
So business as usual? Selena snarks.
Pretty muc- Hey! Chuckling at your outburst, she continues with another thought.
So he has a little brother. Interesting. But why is everypony giving them so much space?
You look a little closer and realize that no other adults or kids are around them, as if they have an invisible barrier around them.
Deciding to investigate this you begin to walk over to him. However after you close a certain distance...
Kichi's Comment
Kill them! Destroy them before they do anything! His whole family must die! Waifu stealers! The voices scream, cluing you into why ponies are keeping their distance.
Wow... Trippy, Sombra comments in his drugged state.
Rolling your eyes you ignore the voices and approach Flash.
"Morning Flash." He smiles and looks to you.
"Morning Tennant."
"The Voices seem a bit more aggressive today," you point towards the other ponies keeping their distances.
He chuckles and rubs the back of his neck, "Yeah...but at least nopony is acting on them. You and Nightshade are actually the first to come near us."
"Oh believe me, I'm an expert when it comes to persistent voices in my head."
He just looks confused at this, "Ooookaaaayyyy?" Wanting to change the subject you look down the the little colt and back to Flash.
"So...You have a kid...I didn't know you had one," you insinuate.
"Oh...OH!" Flashes eyes widen, "Nononono, this is my little brother," he says as he ushers the colt forward who smiles. "Introduce yourself little dude."
"Hello, My name is First Base! And me and big bro are gonna win this whole thing" he says enthusiastically.
"Oh really? What division?" you ask.
"Huh?" the colt mutters confused.
"What kind of cart are you building? Fast, Traditional or Stylish?"
He looks back up at Flash.
"There's different cart types?" Flash looks to you.
"There's different cart types?"
"Yeah, Cheerilee said that after the stampede remember?"
"Not really, that mare is kind of scary so I didn't quite hear what she was saying."
You nod your head in understanding.
"So..." First Base speaks up, "Is this the guy you always talk about Flash?"
You realize you still need to introduce yourself so you don't seem rude. With that you say,
BrownDog's Comment
“Oh, where are my manners? I’m Baker Sylvester Tennant little guy." You then bump his hoof.
“And I’m Nightshade!” your daughter introduces herself running in front of you and, holding out her hoof.
He bumps her hoof and says, “Pleased to meet you."
Your eye twitches as you realize that a colt named First Base has touched your daughter's hoof. Yeah you used to play baseball with him, but he was still a blank flank back then, you don't know what his actual talent is! Over-protectiveness overriding your common sense, you place a hoof in front of Nightshade shielding her from the colt, making him nervous.
“You have about five seconds to tell me your special talent is Baseball related, or I swear to Luna I’ll…”
“I-it is Baseball! I love playing it!” he nervously shows you his cutie mark which is in fact baseball related.
“Oh…right then,” you say as you lift your hoof and Flash gives you the stink eye.
"What? I had to be sure," you explain.
He is a child, Selena scolds.
Nightshade just rolls her eyes.
“Don’t mind my Dad, he’s always like this,” she explains to First Base.
“I am not! Only MOST of the time. Get your facts straight Shade,” you chide.
Rolling her eyes again, she looks to the colt and asks, “So are you new? I don’t remember seeing you in school. Then again I’ve been gone for a few months.”
“Oh, well…I actually don’t live here. Well, I might if Mom decides to take Flash’s advice, but I’m just visiting while Flash is down.”
You then look to your buddy and raise an eyebrow.
“I haven’t seen them for a long time thanks to my new duties, I invited them out since I’m on vacation. I decided, hey why not have my little bro enter the race?”
“Gotcha…but they might move here?” you ask.
“Well this place is cheaper than Canterlot, I thought it might help them out more, but she’s still thinking about it.”
"Right...but really is Ponyville any safer? There's always crazy stuff happening around here, some of it on world changing scales. The only thing bad that happened in Canterlot in the last 3 years was the Changeling Invasion and when...The Hooded Offender trashed the gala."
"That is true, but again, it's cheaper, and there's powerful ponies I trust here. Twilight and her friends usually keep this place safe."
His little brother looks up at that.
"Wait, Twilight? Isn't that that mare you keep talking about all the ti-" he is stopped by Flash's hoof.
"I don't know what you're talking about little bro. I have absolutely no inclination towards anypony that would make the voices mad!" he says aloud looking around with shifty eyes.
"Oh, right," the colt says in understanding as he takes the hoof out of his mouth.
"That's right, nopony catches my eye," he badly lies, "There is nopony in this town I find atraaaaaaa...." he trails off as he stares behind you, his jaw dropping as blood leaks out his nose.
Confused, you look around and...
*SPURT*
“Holy…" you mutter in awe.
"Crap..." Flash finishes, with the same awed speech.
Ms. Cheerilee has taken the stage to announce the beginning of the cart building, and she is wearing a miniskirt cheerleader outfit.
"Why is she wearing that for? This isn't a hoofball game” Nightshade asks.
You can’t answer her as you feel very conflicted. On one hoof, this mare makes you terrified on a whole other level compared to your other enemies...but on the other hoof...Dang.
Oh geeze Cheerilee what are you doing wearing that? Were you actually a skimpy cheerleader back in high school? Woof, you’re definitely making me hot for tea-NO BAD BUG!!!
Oh for goodness sake, she is one of your friend’s Ex-Wife! Selena scolds.
I know, I know! I just wasn’t expecting her to pull off that look…
What, that old sow? Ha! Your taste in mares is laughable. All of your stalkers are trash, Sombra druggedly rambles.
Oh come off it. Your outdated standards probably don’t apply.
I have known true beauty insect. None can compare to her, even in death…he contemplates, with a sad sounding voice.
Who’s he talking about?
I have no idea, nor do I care Selena answers. Now pick your tongue off the floor and stop ogling the mare who can make those annoying voices whimper.
Adhering to this sound advice, you do close your mouth as you listen to the...Cheerileader, but you do still stare.
As you and Flash continue to leer at the mare while she makes her announcement, Nightshade just rolls her eyes and says to First Base,
“Stallions.”
After awhile, she finally allows everyone to start building as she walks from view, which finally focuses you and Flash.
"Dang man, why are there so many pretty mares in this town?" he asks you.
"I have no clue. But at least now I know the reason why Red took so long in divorcing her. On the plus side though, she is as far away from being one of my stalkers as you can get, so free game for you buddy."
"Hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves here, I'm not like you when it comes to gathering mares, I'm more of a one mare guy."
"Oi! It's not like I do it on purpose!"
"Umm, can we get to building the karts already? Everyone else has already started," Nightshade speaks up.
You both look around and see she's right.
"Yeah, let's get our heads focused and get to building!" you declare.
"Right. Come on little bro, let's get to building."
The colt nods then says, “Why don’t we build a traditional cart?”
“What? Why would we do that?” he asks in confusion.
“It sounds fun and different to do," the colt says with a shrug. "Also, I bet it’d be something Granddad would be proud of and…”
“NOPE! Nope, we are not doing traditional!” Flash interrupts startling his brother.
“But I want to…”
“We gotta go fast Base! Otherwise Rainbow Dash won’t let me live it down!”
"Dang Right!" comes said mare's voice from one of the building areas.
"You see! Come on! Gotta Go Fast!" he yells as he drags his brother off to one of the building areas.
Shrugging, you and Nightshade then walk to your area where the building materials and tools have been laid out.
You both smile though as it didn't say anything about using outside supplies to build, as evidenced by Rarity's swan design.
No, both you and Nightshade know exactly what you're going to build as you get out your supplies, and your own blueprints. Nightshade brings out a can of chrome spray paint and a glittering plastic skull. You in turn pull out some plastic chains and spikes that were half off due to being leftovers from Nightmare Night. Cackling, you and your daughter say,
Kersey's Comment
ThePonySpartan's Comment
"Oh what a day! What a lovely day!" as you dive right into building the kart. You've both taken to quoting an awesome movie you both saw yesterday. A movie so awesome, it caused you to come up with a theme for your kart...
Yesterday
You and Nightshade went to see Mad Maximus: Fury Road to unwind after the pet disaster. Also it was somewhat of a reward since Nightshade was improving with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon after the pet shenanigans. Needless to say, you both loved it. Though one of the characters in it did make you shout in frustration.
"What the buck?! The Immortan's wearing the Crimson Vengeance's Mask?!"
"Well can you blame him daddy? It's an awesome mask."
"Well sure, but how in the heck did my mask end up on this movie's bad guy?"
"Well, CV is pretty famous, maybe the director took inspiration?" Nightshade guesses.
"More like image infringement," you groan. Even still, if you did help influence the bad guy's look in the movie, it still rocks.
Not to mention that Nightshade's friends expressed jealousy that she was able to see a "grown-up" film (in your early days in Ponyville, you used to have a problem with the box office pony who was hesitant to let you take your filly to violent movies, but one *snap* and a yell later and the theater doesn't bother you and your daughter seeing R-rated movies anymore).
But yeah, you and her were hyped, so much so that when the template sheet for the cart designs were delivered yesterday, you both decided that you were gonna create your own.
Of course it IS going to be the fastest kart, that much is a given. When drawing up your designs, you ignored a great deal of other valuable stats like acceleration handling and traction. Why? Because you were too occupied by the thought of winning the race, and you swear that by the Mighty V8, you will have a cart worthy for a world ruled by the Mad.
"And it should have skulls, and spikes, and chains. And of course, it should be Shiny and Chrome!" Nightshade jumps up and down in a Pinkieesque manner.
"And it will honey. It will. But unlike the guy who stole my mask design, we aren't going to rip off their designs whole heartedly. NO, we are going to pay homage to it...along with something else."
"Something else? What do you mean dad?"
Turning to her you show her your blueprints.
BrownDog's Comment
“Daddy, What’s a Dragula?”
You smirk and say, “Something that will make Herman Munster proud Nightshade.”
“Who?”
“A character from an old tv show. But yes, our Fury Road Dragula will not only win us fastest Nightshade, but it will net us Traditional and Creative as well."
Her eyes light up at that.
"Really? How?"
"Simple, It’s old enough to be traditional, it’s looks cool as Tartarus, and it will leave the competition in the dust, there's nothing in the rules about only receiving one prize. Nor does it say anything about using outside equipment."
"Right on Daddy-O" she replies excitedly. You smirk and stand up.
"That's the spirit, now let's head to barnyard bargains and use my VIP membership for cheap supplies."
Back to the Present
And now, with your supplies, including smoke pipes, nitro, and of course a portable record player, you are ready to create the Fury Dragula.
Following your blueprints, you and Nightshade work side by side, creating your masterpiece. Thanks to your handy man skills, you and your daughter finish way ahead of schedule, and are even able to inspect and go over your craftmanship. However, there is something that both you and your daughter notice.
Fireheart1945's Comment
Namely that Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle seem absolutely miserable as their carts are getting made. You keep seeing each of the fillies trying to add different design choices to their carts, but Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash keep excluding them. Confused, and a bit concerned, you ask Nightshade to go investigate.
POV CHANGE: Nightshade
While your dad tunes up the awesome racecar, you go over to your friends who are huddled up and look put out.
“What’s wrong gals?”
“It’s our sisters and Rainbow Dash, they won’t listen to us,” Applebloom complains.
“Yeah, we wanted to try something different!” Sweetie adds.
“But they’ve taken over our projects,” Scootaloo finishes.
You look to the older sisters building the carts their way.
"But I thought you'd all be on the same wavelength as them. Don't you like going fast Scootaloo?"
"I do, but that doesn't mean I don't want to be creative once and awhile."
"And I'm all for tradition, but for once I'd like to go fast," Applebloom adds.
"And I'm always around creativity, something old timey sounds like it'd be fun," Sweetie chimes.
"Well dang, why didn't you all say something sooner?"
"We tried!" Applebloom pouts. "While your dad took ya to that grown up movie, we all tried to tell our sisters, but they won't listen. They just want to do things THEIR way."
You look from your friends, to the three older mares and back.
Well, they are three of the Deadly 6, so they for sure are stubborn as heck...But wait a minute! you think as you come up with a solution.
“Why don’t you just trade sisters?”
“Huh?” they ask.
“Well if they’re gonna be project hogging b!$#@es and not listen to you, just switch it up. Go help out the one with the project style you like. You're all still building, so you can help out any way you want."
“Oh…that could work,” Scootaloo says.
“But we kind of wanted to do a bonding thing with them,” Sweetie says.
“Well it’s hard to bond when they’re too stuck up and stubborn to listen,” you point out.
With that, the three split from their teams, and go work in the cart style they want. Applebloom working with Rainbow Dash, Sweetie Belle working with Applejack, and Scootaloo working with Rarity. This not only serves to make them see how kind of stuck up they were since their respective sisters abandoned the project. So halfway through each one, the fillies get to put their own spin on the designs.
Smiling in satisfaction, you walk back to your dad who is wiping his greasy hooves on a towel.
"So, how'd it go?" he asks.
"It went just fine dad. I think I went and solved a friendship problem."
Your dad's eyes widen at that. "Has the bookworm been teaching you that?"
"Oh no, she's only teaching me magic. And I'm sure as heck not sending Sun Butt a letter," you say causing him to chuckle.
A lightbulb then goes off in your head as you say, "Actually, I've actually put one of her lessons to good use." You then jump on his back and rummage around in the inventory.
POV CHANGE: Bugze (You)
As Nightshade rummages in the bags, you ask.
"What does that mean?"
"Well, I found something in your bag two days ago and decided to fix it with a spell Twilight taught me. I got it right that day...but I was waiting for a special moment to give it to you," she says as she hops down and holds something behind her back. "And I figured now, before we drive that Super Beast, is the perfect time."
"Give what to me? What did you fix?" you ask in curiosity.
She smiles and pulls from behind her back...
Your eyes well up with tears at the sight of what she's holding. It's beautiful absolutely beautiful. You feel as if you've felt true joy for the first time in your life at the object your daughter holds out in front of you as you swear you hear a choir of angels singing praise.
"M-M-M-MY SCARF!!!" you yell out so loudly, everypony stops building their carts and look to you. The 4th Doctor's Scarf, the one you tragically lost to the forest fire so many months ago, is fixed and looks brand new.
"Yeah, I found the burnt scrap in the bag and used this neat fixer spell to-WHOAH!!!" you cut your daughter off as you pull her into a tight hug.
"Nightshade...thank you...thank you so much..." you whimper.
"Heh. No problem daddy, I knew you liked this thing."
You then break the hug, taking the scarf from her hooves and wrapping it around your face mask, where it always belonged.
"I more than like this thing Nightshade. I love it. In some regards, I feel as though this scarf is actually your sibling."
She looks a bit creeped out at this.
"Umm...Kay?"
Smiling and patting your wonderful daughter's head you give her her reward for this miracle. "Your grounding has been cut in half."
"Oh Heck Ya!" she whoops with a hoof to the air as everypony else just rolls their eyes and continues building.
Her sibling? Really? Selena snarks.
Well, maybe I exaggerated a bit heh heh.
With your missing accessory returned, you truly are Baker Sylvester Tennant again. And as you revel in these thoughts, time has no meaning. It seems like moments later that the provocatively dressed Cheerilee is announcing the start of the race, but your joy high drowns out the skimpily clothed mare...somewhat.
You and Nightshade then put on your helmets and wheel the Fury Dragula to the starting line. Everypony else looks in wonder at it, most notably Rainbow Dash and Flash Sentry. Black smoke emits from the pipes, the enjoy growls like a monster, and the chrome paint job shines in the sun. You and Nightshade bask in their stares, your scarf majestically blowing in the breeze.
"Do not my friends become addicted to our presence. It will take hold of you, and you will resent our absence," you declare to the other racers.
After everypony's initial gawking, every takes their place. You see Applejack with Sweetie Belle in the slow as Tartarus traditional vehicle, Rarity and Scootaloo in a giant swan of some kind, and Applebloom and Rainbow Dash in a kart built for speed. Next to them is Flash and First Base, who have a kart matching their color scheme with bolt of lightning along the sides.
You look to Nightshade and say, "Let's show these guys how to ride eternal on the Fury Road."
She smirks and says whispers, "Witness Me..."
Cheerilee then begins the countdown "Alright everypony. In 3, 2, 1...Go!"
As you put the pedal to the metal, you and Nightshade scream at the top of your lungs,
"WITNESS!!!"
WHAT DO YOU DO?!
