Scheduling Amethyst's Interview
Two months had passed and for the most part politics had been put on the back burner across Equestria, which was relieving for many ponies, Amethyst in particular. In the last election, she looked forward to all the coverage and the meetings with Sunny Flames but this time was different. This time she was a much busier pony dealing with operating the town and making sure that nothing went awry.
July had arrived and it was another sunny day in Ponyville and like she always was, Amethyst was in her office working when the phone would ring, "Mayor Amethyst speaking, how may I help you?"
It was Sunny Flames who had called her. She replied, "Hi, it's Sunny Flames from the Equestria News Channel. As you know, we always like to do a summertime interview for mayoral candidates and I was wondering if we could schedule a time."
Amethyst asked, "How did you get the direct line to my office? Couldn't you have just called the main number and had the clerk transfer the call to me?"
Sunny replied, "Well all the media outlets are given direct lines to candidates' offices so I thought I'd call and see if we could schedule something."
Amethyst sighed, "Would Saturday afternoon work? I honestly don't feel like being ambushed on my way home after a hard day of work like what happened with Miss Mare four years ago."
Sunny was surprised that Amethyst would behave this way, especially after how she had went all fanfilly over her last time. She asked, "Would 1500 work?"
Sunny replied, "Yes it will work."
Amethyst said, "Good. Now if you will excuse me I really need to get back to work, see you then."
Sunny replied, "See you then."
*CLICK*
After hanging up the phone, Sunny was in a state of shock. Never in her life did she have an incumbent behave like that before. Even mayors of big cities that she called in the office had not been so unfriendly. Soon though something crossed her mind, "Maybe she was just having a stressful day. I'm sure she will be more friendly come Saturday."
Scheduling Iron Will's Interview
After she had got off the phone with Amethyst, she began to wonder if she dared call Iron Will at work. She thought that he would either blow up and simply refuse to do the interview or would be unavailable during business hours so she decided to wait several hours until the zeppelins had returned to port for that day.
Once the evening arrived, she decided to call his house. When she called, the phone rang several times until she finally heard, "Who is this, who is calling Iron Will?"
Sunny replied, "Hello, this is Sunny Flames from the Equestria News Channel. I am not sure if you know how things work but we like to do interviews with candidates running for mayor across the country so they can share their views for the whole nation."
Iron Will was thrilled when he heard this. Unlike it was with Amethyst, he replied, "That sounds wonderful! When would you want to interview Iron Will?"
Sunny replied, "How about Saturday around 1700. I should be done with Amethyst's interview by then."
Iron Will said, "Very well. Iron Will looks forward to seeing you then."
Sunny replied, "I look forward to seeing you as well."
*CLICK*
After contacting both candidates, Sunny was shocked. She never once imagined that the candidate who fawned over her four years ago would be rather unpleasant and seem to only agree to the interview. She could understand Iron Will's desire to be interviewed though given his love of the spotlight and sometimes flamboyant nature.