//------------------------------// // Day Four // Story: New Best Friends // by FionnaSkribbles //------------------------------// "Wanna go outside?" Blaze asked. "Out of all of us, you're asking that." Sweetie Belle joked. "Yeah what's wrong with that?" He said. "First off you're a vampony, you'll burn outside." Sweetie Belle said. "First off, I have a jacket." Blaze interrupted. "Also yesterday I wasn't burning when I woke up even though the sunshine was shining on my face. Because I was in my changeling form, which I still am." He continued. "But what about. Well, you can't... Oh, shut up." Sweetie said, blushing. "Wanna go to the cafe?" Scootaloo suggested. "Yeah sure as if we hadn't been there several times." Blaze joked. "I have a question." Summer interrupted. "How did you get your cutie marks?" He asked. "Well, the Crusaders. You basically have almost the same cutie marks. How about you start?" Ari asked. The three gave a glare to Aurora before Apple Bloom spoke. "Well, we got them when we realized that our purpose is to help others find their meaning in their cutie mark and help other blank flanks get their cutie marks!" She explained. "That's great how about you, big bro?" Summer said. "Well, you already know my cutie mark, a pair of headphones." He said pointing at the mark on his flank. "I don't have a destiny to do something. My cutie represents my hobby. And what I love." "Which is?" Summer asked. "Music! I love listening to music! That's my hobby." He said. "That's awesome!" Summer exclaimed. "Also I'm a changeling, so my cutie mark is sort of not real." He shrugged. "Oh, alright then." Summer said perplexed. "Umm, how about you, Aurora?" He said looking at the bat pony. "My cutie mark is the moon and two clefs. The moon represents my whole self-defense thing and stealth. The moon only appears in the dark, right? Like the moon we're only active in nighttime, well technically the moon shows up and it's not active, but I guess that's it. The clef represents my talent for singing." She explained. "You can sing?" Sweetie Belle asked excitedly. "Yeah, but I'm not doing it. I'm sorry." Ari smirked. "Aww..." said the five. "I wish I can get my cutie mark." Summer complained. "I'm almost twelve and I don't have my cutie mark." The crusaders giggled at Summer's remark. "Ah remember when we were like that." Apple Bloom giggled. "Yeah, we used to do stupid stuff just to get our cutie marks," Scootaloo said. "Remember Diamond and Silver? Uhhh, they drove us crazy!" Sweetie Belle said, hearing their names made Apple Bloom and Blaze flinch. "Can you please not mention they're names?" Apple Bloom said. "Anyways, you guys help ponies get their cutie marks right? Can you help me find one?" Summer asked referring to the crusaders. "Yeah, I guess we can do that." Sweetie Belle said. "Alright since you and the crusaders are gonna be busy, you wanna hang out with them and without us?" Blaze asked. "Yeah we're just gonna talk about... umm... vampire stuff," Ari said. "Yeah sure, we'll just meet here later!" Summer said. Scootaloo looked concerned. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" She asked Ari. "I'll be fine, Scootaloo. Don't worry." Ari reassured her. "Alright, come on crusaders! Let's go help Summer!" Scootaloo said opening Ari's front door and the three followed her. "Bye, guys!" Said Blaze and Aurora and the door closed. "Vampire stuff? Seriously?" Blaze joked. "Nah don't worry, we'll do more that just talk about it." She smirked. **** "Alright, you already know what we order we'll just find seats," Scootaloo said to Apple Bloom. "Before I order, you think it'd be ok if we order something other than chocolate?" Apple Bloom said. "Nah, we don't want anything else, just chocolate," Sweetie said. The three sat at the same table on the day they first met Aurora and Summer. Scootaloo took out Blaze's music player and Sweetie's earbuds and started listening music. "Does Blaze know that you took his music player? And how did you get my earbuds?" Sweetie asked. "Blaze always leaves his player in his jacket. And he forgot to return your earbuds because he got bit by Ari." Scootaloo explained. Sweetie Belle nodded. "Fair enough." ---- "How come ah get the chocolate? You two are unicorns!" Apple Bloom complained. Sweetie and Summer looked ashamed and Summer levitated the tray from Apple Bloom's hoof and placed it on the table. "Thank you." She said holding her head up and sat down next to Scootaloo. The four sat on the table awkwardly in silence, sipping the cocoa before Summer interrupted the silence. "So, umm, cutie mark?" Summer asked. "Be patient," Sweetie said. "Do you have anything good at?" "I can use my magic." He shrugged. "Alright, let's start that! Do you do anything with great with magic? I can help you with that." Sweetie Belle suggested. "I guess we can work with that." "Awesomesauce!" He said and he sighed. "Let's go to my house first." "Why exactly?" Scootaloo asked. "I'll just tell my mom. I don't want her freaking out that I'm with random ponies." He joked. "Alright let's go there to get your cutie mark!" Apple Bloom said. **** "Do you have anything to drink?" Blaze asked looking at the fridge. "I think their's cider somewhere in the fridge," Ari said. "Is it alcoholic?" He asked concerned grabbing the cider out if the fridge. "Nope," She said though she was smirking. "I remember when I accidentally got drunk. Not the best time." He said chuckling at the memory, taking a sip of the cider. "You're sure there's no alcohol in this?" He asked. "No don't worry I've tried that I haven't gotten drunk," Aurora reassured. **** Three knocks were heard at Summer's house. "Coming!" Said a female voice. "I wonder where grandpa is." Summer thought. The door opened to reveal that Summer's mother had open the door. "Hey, Summer! Where's Blaze?" She asked. "Blaze is in our friend's house hanging out with her." He said. "Who are your friends?" She asked. "Girls? Summer, you're only eleven. And they look older than you." His mom joked causing him to blush. "Mom, stop..." He blushed. "Guys meet my mom, Clean Freak." "Hi, Mrs. Clean!" Apple Bloom said. "Please, call me Mrs. CF." She said. "Hello, Mrs. CF! We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders! And we're are to help Summer get his cutie mark!" Sweetie Belle said. "You're gonna try to get your cutie mark today?" Clean said excitedly. "Yeah! I can't wait for it!" Summer exclaimed. Suddenly they heard another knock on the door. "Is that Blaze?" Apple Bloom asked. "Or Aurora?" Scootaloo continued. Scootaloo opened the door to reveal a cinnamon-colored griffon with white feathers and red ombre at the end. "Hi, do you know where this house is?" He showed a map and pointed at the location of the house. "Oh, it's near where Aurora lives. It's just down the street, turn left and then if you see a blue house, the house next to it is your house." Sweetie Belle said. "You're living alone?" Clean asked. "Yeah, I left my parents. They were neglecting me a lot." He said shamefully. "Oh, wow. You think you'll be alright?" Apple Bloom said. "I have bits. Took em' from my parents." He shrugged and the others gasped. "Well, technically they threw them at me after they kicked me out and picked them on the ground." And the four sighed in relief. "Anyways, it was nice meeting you guys. If you want to visit me you can, my name's Red Feather." He said. "I'm Summer! They're Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle! And my mom Clean Freak!" He said and Red nodded shaking their hooves one by one." "Cool, I'll see you around I guess." He said and he closed the door behind them. "I'll never understand ponies." He said to himself. "Red Feather, that name sounds familiar." Clean Freak said. **** "So do we live forever?" Blaze asked, getting tipsy. "We don't live forever," Aurora said drinking less amount of cider than Blaze. "Dude, stop drinking cider." She said trying to stifle her laughter. "Why? I'm not drunk right now, right?" He said giggling. "Alright, alright. Here's a question for changelings. Do you like the good changelings or the old changelings?" Aurora asked. "Do I really have to? Well, I guess the good changelings." He said. "How many have I taken already?" He asked. "About three ciders. I only took one." She said taking another sip. "Grab me another one!" He said. **** "Okay, let's try again," Sweetie said getting slightly frustrated. "Alright! Let go!" Summer said enthusiastically. Sweetie Belle looked annoyed but she couldn't help smile at Summer's cheerfulness. "It's just one simple thing. You think of what place you want to teleport and do it." She lit her horn. "Like this." And she disappeared into thin air, before appearing behind Summer. "Okay, I can do this," He lit up his horn and disappeared and appeared inside his house before walking out. "Wow, this is amazing!" He looked at his flank to check for a cutie mark. "Dang it." He grunted. Sweetie Belle giggled remembering the same exact actions she used to do. "You know you remind us when we didn't have our cutie mark." She chuckled. "You used to do this a lot?" Summer sat down on his front door. "Yeah. We'd do stupid things to get our cutie marks." She giggled. "That must be nostalgic. Isn't it?" He asked smiling sweetly. "Yeah, it is," She smiled. "Anyways, let's try something else!" He jumped. "Great,  let's go!" **** "Hey, I have anothe--" *hic* "q-question." Blaze said drunkenly. "Yeah, w-what's your--" *hic* "question?" Ari giggled. "Do you--" *hic* "Really love Scootaloo?" He giggled and Aurora blushed violently. "We'e not in love. We haven't even started dating yet..." She said blushing giggling. "We are d-drunk are we?" He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, I--" *hic* think we are." She giggled. "We took like ten, I think?" Aurora said. "Hey, I have an-- *hic* "idea l-let's play truth or--" *hic* "dare." Blaze suggested. Aurora giggled. "Alright." She smiled. "Aurora, I-I dare you to kiss me." He sneered. "Okay. It's--" *hic* "not like we're a couple." Aurora said and she kissed Blaze on the lips. Blaze suddenly pulled back from the kiss. "Ow! Your fangs pierced my lips." He said touching his lips and saw blood dripping from it." "I did it on pur--" *hic* "--pose." She smiled. "I can't stand not tasting your blood." She giggled and started kissing Blaze again. "Ari, s-stop--" *hic* "it, Scootaloo will kill us." He giggled pushing her away. "Alright." She said and booped his nose. **** "Summer, we've tried everything we can't do anything anymore," Scootaloo said. "Oh, that's ok! I guess we can do it tomorrow?" He said his positivity not leaving. "Alright, let go home." Apple Bloom said. "This was fun! I hope we can do this any longer but you have to leave tomorrow." He said. "We can visit whenever we want! Don't worry." Sweetie Belle reassured him. "Also Blaze's birthday is coming up. Let's make a plan for that." Apple Bloom said. "Really? When is this?" Summer asked. "June 9, I think," Sweetie said. "Man, I'm so excited! I want to help!" Summer said jumping. "Let's plan it when it's June I mean it's still early," Sweetie said trying to stop Summer from jumping. "Dude control your excitement!" "I don't but I'm always really excited." He said smiling causing the three to giggle. "Your excitement is so contagious. Stop it." Scootaloo giggled. "I'm sorry but I can't help it, it's ve--" A bright flash suddenly illuminated from the room coming from Summer's flank. "Summer?" Sweetie said rubbing her eyes. "Oh wow! Summer look!" She pointed at Summer's flank to reveal a cutie mark, a yellow sun with orange rays. "Oh my gosh! I finally got my cutie mark! Thank you so much!" He said hugging the teenage ponies. "You're welcome, Summer." Sweetie Belle said. "What's my talent though?" He asked. The crusaders thought for a moment. "Oh! Your talent is making people happy even in bad situations!" Scootaloo said. "So just like Miss Pinkie?" Apple Bloom asked. "Yeah, except for the party and the physic-breaking movements." Sweetie Belle joked. "Wow! This is awesome! I'll tell this to Blaze tomorrow!" He jumped. "Oh! Look at the time it's almost nighttime." Apple Bloom pointed at the clock. "Alright then! See ya guys tomorrow!" Summer said and the Crusaders left Summer's bedroom. **** The four walked in Aurora's and saw Red Feather on the front door. "Red? Is that you?" Scootaloo said to the griffon. "Oh, hey guys. I saw a pony in there he looked familiar." He said looking the window. "Blaze? You know him?" Apple Bloom said in shock. "Blaze? As in Blazing Metal, Blaze?" He said saying his full name. "Yes, he is Blazing Metal." Sweetie Belle said perplexed at his full name. "Really! He's my friend when we were fillies! I haven't seen him since I moved schools when we were still in the third grade!" He said excitedly. "Really? He never told us that! And we never knew his name was Blazing Metal!" Sweetie exclaimed. "You know what, I'm too shy to go in. Can you just tell Blaze that I'm here?" He said. "Alright, we'll tell him." Scootaloo smiled. "Ok then, um, see you guys tomorrow with him I guess." He shrugged and he flew away. The three opened the door to see Aurora and Blaze in the kitchen. "Hey! How are you guys?" Ari stumbled in front of the three and Scootaloo caught her. "Where's Blaze?" Sweetie asked. "He's drunk," She said. "Drank a LOT of cider." She giggled. "Did you too?" Apple Bloom said smirking. "No, I--" *hic* "didn't drink." She giggled. "Yeah, you're drunk. Let's go to sleep." Scootaloo said walking the drunk mare to her bedroom. "I'm just gonna bring Blaze to the couch and we'll just set a mattress." Sweetie whispered. **** "Ugh, what happened?" Blaze said rubbing his temple. "My head hurts." "Welcome back, drunkard." Sweetie Belle joked. "Man, I'm going to kill Aurora. I thought the cider was non-alcoholic." He said. "What time is it?" He asked. "It's two in the morning," Sweetie said. "We're the only one's awake. I have to tell you something." "Yeah?" "Your childhood friend, Red Feather. He's Aurora's neighbor." She explained. Blaze's eyes widened. "Red Feather!?" He said and Sweetie Belle covered his mouth.