//------------------------------// // Getting thing together // Story: The Three Amigos // by Silver Butcher //------------------------------// Scootaloo was blinded by the teleportation flash, and before she could get her bearing she was underwater, she blinked and looked around, Spike had immediately sunk to the bottom with a less than worries look and Silverstream had already broken through to the surface. Moving as fast as she could she decided to join Silverstream instead of Spike. "Cold!" Scootaloo called out once she broke the surface "Oh so cold!" after taking a few breaths and shaking the wet mud oh her hands she realized something "Spike's has all out stuff doesn't he?" Scootaloo asked "Yeah, he took them right before we teleported, right Spike?" She asked looking around for him "Where is..." Scootaloo shook her arm once more than pointed straight down. "Holding three heavy ass bags at the bottom." She responded. Silverstream looked at her in silence, then dunked her head to look down at him, the bottom was a good 13 feet down, Spike looked at her, his face reading a simple message "Sup?" Silverstream stared at him in silence before activating her gem and turning into a seapony "Don't worry, I'll get you to the surface," She said, grabbing him by the middle and carrying him to the surface, Spike gave her a salute as they swam up and, after getting a breath of fresh air, he sighed "Oops, We missed the shore by Thaaaat much." Scootaloo looked around for a second "Spike this is the middle of the pond," she said motioning around said pond "Thaaaat much" He Repeated simply "Silverstream can you help us?" Scootaloo asked "On it" She replied grabbing the two by the waist and pulling them to shore, once the two where back on dry land and Silverstream was a Hippogriff again they sat on the ground "Alright" Scootaloo began "we're going to need firewood, Spike..." "Covered" Spike replied pulling out a small jar full of Blue Fire "Nether Fire" he explained, "A Fire that's warm but doesn't burn, is waterproof and..." "Stop showing off how much you know about stuff and just set the dam fire up," Scootaloo said cutting him off and turning to Silverstream "You're in charge of scouting this unknown wild area for Dangers and ..." "I can see Los Pegasus right over there," Silverstream said pointing to the large city floating over the tree line "And there's a cart path right there" She added, "I don't think this area is that that wild, in fact, I think this is a campground" "Spike, what the hell man?" Scootaloo asked "Oh I'm sorry, I just figured this was better than, oh I don't know, Facing the wrath of our parental guardians." He said in defiance as he pulled out several tea bags and a metal kettle "which we will have to do at the end of the Summer" He added as he set the fire on the ground and handed the kettle to Silverstream who happily filled it with water for him "And that's if they don't catch us, cause let's be real, we are so gonna end up on a wanted poster or something." "Here you go Spikey," Silverstream said handing him the kettle, Spike put several tea bags in it and placed it on top of the jar "My goodness, how untamed and wild we are" Scootaloo muttered as Spike made them tea. "Relax Scootaloo" Spike responded, "I'd say in about a week we're all gonna be wishing for a lot more than just tea." Spike took a deep breath and blasted the kettle, causing it to begin whistling. Spike looked up to see Scootaloo several yards away. "Little warning next time!" She yelled angrily "Could have hurt somepony" "But you're the only pony here?" Silverstream responded she gasped and waved her hand's around "Unless there are ghost ponies around here!?" "No Silverstream, it's an Equestrian expression" Spike corrected "It refers to everybody in the general reference of the conversation." Silverstream blinked at him. "Then why don't they just say 'Everbody'?" "Twilight's working on changing it" Spike replied "But that just seems so..." "Race selective?" Spike offered "yes, back in the old day's, Ponies where extremely racist." "Hey!" Scootaloo defended as she walked back to the circle "I wasn't alive back then, don't blame me for my ancestor's sucking!" "Don't worry," Silverstream said as she accepted a cup of hot tea from Spike "The School of Friendship proved that the ponies of current days are a lot better than before." "Heck I prove it" Spike responded pouring Scootaloo a glass before blinking "I was accepted into pony culter when I...Wait why the hell are we talking about all this?" "The conversation just kind of drifted" Silverstream responded, "Can I have some sugar?" "Don't have any" Spike responded, "sorry, so what where we talking about then?" "How much it's gonna suck when we go back to Ponyville" Silverstream responded, blowing on her hot cup "Ah...Let's talk about something else."He said as he took a sip of his tea. "Alright, let's make a plan," Scootaloo said taking out a soaking piece of paper and placing it under the jar "And let's get warm too, I'm soaking wet" She added as she rubbed her hands on the blue fire jar. "One sec than," Spike said as he got up and walked to the woods surrounding the pond, returning with a fairly sized pile of sticks, he placed them down and opened the jar and dumped the fire onto the sticks, it spread immediately, swirling around on the sticks, but not burning them "Magic fire" he sighed as he placed his hands in it "Good way to save my breath" Scootaloo and Silverstream copied him and sighed in relief at the warmth "Where did you get this?" Scootaloo asked as she placed her hooves in it and watched the wet mud crumble off. "Luna gave it to me last year for Heart's Warming, Never thought I'd get a chance to use it, Spent a good hour in the attic trying to find it, was locked in a chest, inside a box, inside a safe, inside a bigger chest!" Spike shook his head as he picked some of the remaining mud of the tip of his tail. "Weirdest nesting doll game ever" as the trio began cleaning their legs of what remained of the mud, Scootaloo spoke up as she picked up the dry paper "Ok, so first thing's first, how many bits's do we have altogether?" after a quick scramble to pull out their three respective piles of bits and count them they came up with a final counting of 1375 bits "dang Spike did you rob a bank?" Scootaloo asked looking at his 1197 bits "I just don't get out much." He responded, "And I have two jobs, so yeah this was the final total of my last payday..."Spike sighed "Twilight is so gonna make me work off all the time I was gone for free" Scootaloo shrugged "Alright, let's load our small fortune into the Firejar, Safest place If I do say so myself" once the bit's had been put away Scootaloo moved on "Alright, Locations to go?" She asked "We all have to Pick a place We've never been before! And we all have to Pinkie Promis, no matter how boring or scary, we will do it!' The Three all said in unison "Cross my heart hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in my eye!" The Promise set, the three began thinking of where to go. "I never did get to see Starlight's town" Spike muttered "Oh I want to Meet the Kirin, I heard they have a great selection of theaters!" "Well I want to go someplace supper high, Really high, higher than Even Rainbow Dash has been, I'm not talking about 1,000 Hooves, not 2,000 or even 5,000 hooves, No, I'm going all the way, 10,000 Hooves in the air!" She felt Spike's gaze hit her "Don't you dare!" He said angrily, " I Swear to Celestia if you say..." "MY DESTINATION IS MOUNT EVERHOOF!" She cheered, there was a short moment of silence before Spike squinted at her "I hate you so fucking much right now"