//------------------------------// // The Friendship Games // Story: Sour Sweet on the Inside // by DarkMaster0224 //------------------------------// With Sour and Dark “MHPH!” Dark and Sour opened their eyes and they were horrified at what they had done. Their lips were pressed against each other. It was a solid fifteen seconds and they were still kissing, but suddenly something happened. “Mmmmhmmm…” Sour muttered unconsciously closing her eyes and deeping in the kiss. Dark’s heart was racing faster and faster as he watched Sour’s eyes closing. “What is she….doing…?” Dark’s mind slowly went blank and he did the same as Sour Sweet and closed his eyes melting into the kiss. However, he quickly snapped back into reality, “WAIT WHAT AM I DOING?!” Dark quickly shut his eyes and put his hands between his and Sour’s bodies, pushing her off of him, “What the hell do you think… you’re.... Doing?” Dark felt something very soft in his hands, “What is this?” He asked himself while squeezing the object. Upon him squeezing, he heard Sour whimpering. He then realized what his hands were on. Opening his eyes, he saw he had his hands on her chest. Sour’s eyes were staring at Dark’s hands in both embarrassment and anger, “Ky… KYAAAAA!” ‘Oh shit.’ Dark thought to himself. SLAP Sour had slapped Dark across the face, and then quickly jumped off him and covering her chest with her arms, “P-Perv!” “Ow! That hurt!” Dark said feeling the area that Sour had slapped. “I hope it did, you just groped me you jerk!” Sour yelled holding her chest. “I was trying to push you off me, Sweet! Need I remind you that you kissed me and didn’t stop!” Dark yelled back. “I didn’t see you reject it at first!” She yelled back. “Because I didn’t want-” Dark stopped himself super quick. Sour’s eyes widened at what he was about to say, he didn’t finish but the sentence he was about to say was clear. The two of them just stood there in silence, staring at one another. Dark finally broke the silence, “Why did it look like you were… um… how do I put this… enjoying kissing me?” Sour’s face light up like a tomato upon him asking the question… but if she was going to be honest.., “It’s because it reminded me of Sparkjump. You kinda reminded me of him and I don't know it just felt right. Not in the way you think though, I mean kissing you felt right- I MEAN No…..I...I..” Sour wanted to be honest but it that honest. She knew she had dug her own grave with that statement. Dark just blinked and was still trying to process what Sour had just told him, “So wait a second… You kissed me like that… because it made you think of your old boyfriend? And it just… felt right? What does that even mean? You’re not making much sense, Sweet.” “No I mean you’re different from him but the same, I just felt good kissing you….Wait I didn’t mean for that to come off weird. I just...just...I don’t know!” Sour said holding her head. Dark could see that a lot of stress was going through her head. Even though he was confused as all hell… He felt he should do something to help her. As Sour continued to hold her head, shaking back and forth, she felt a hand touch the top of her head. She opened her eyes and saw Dark rubbing the top of her head, “Why don’t you calm down first?” He said. Sour took in his words and obeyed. She took a deep breath and looked at the boy in front of her again. “Ok and sorry.” She said. “Now then, why don't you start from the beginning.” Dark said. “Look I just miss him ok, when he left I felt lonely. Sure I had Sunny and the others, but it still felt lonely. Then you came along and man did you come at bad time. I was already in a bad mood and us bumping into each other didn’t help matters.” Sour explained. “I still don’t quite understand though. Surely you kept in contact with Sparkjump? You’re feelings for him never changed… right?” Dark asked. “It’s not that simple….actually it is. When he left we both decided to...end things. We both knew long distance never really ends well so we both decided it was for the best. That didn't stop me from hurting.” Sour said in a sad tone. Tears formed in her eyes. Dark began to understand what Sour was going through, and he began to feel bad for her. He looked around to see if anyone was watching. After seeing no one, he took a deep breath and pulled Sour into a hug. This shocked the bipolar child, but she eventually sniffled and the tears began to run down her cheeks, ‘What’s going on? Have I… Have I actually fallen for him?’ Snap Dark stood up immediately and looked in the direction of the sound, which happened to be a bush. He glared at the bush and saw it rustle a bit. He walked over to the bush and reached in, grabbing hold of someone’s collar, “Well well, who do we have here?” Dark said pulling up the person he grabbed. “Gah! Easy on the collar dude!” Neon Lights said as Dark hoisted him up. Sour quickly rubbed away the tears, “Neon Lights? W-What were you doing in that bush?” “Uh… Nothing, ehehehe.” Neon said chuckling nervously as Dark glared at him. “Why do I not believe you?” Dark said putting his face up to Neon’s. Neon face began sweating, “H-Hey now come on. Take it easy man.” Neon said putting his hands up. Then Dark noticed Neon had a camera hanging from his neck. He grabbed it and threw Neon to the ground, “W-Wait! Don’t look at those pictures!” Dark turned the camera on and looked at the latest picture taken. It was a picture of him hugging a crying Sour Sweet. Anger began to boil within him. He then looked at previous photos, and found a lot of pictures of him and Sour during embarrassing moments, “So, let me guess. You’re BattleAxe34?” “Wait what? You’re the guy who’s been posting those photos on us?!” Sour said, her anger fuming up. Her fists balled up as she stormed over to the two boys, “You’ve got some nerve, YOU SICK MOTHER…” Sour went to throw a punch, but someone caught her fist just before it connected with Neon’s face. “Sour, don’t do something you’re going to regret.” Dark said, one hand holding back Sour’s fist. “Why are YOU of all people stopping me?” Sour said glaring at Dark, “He humiliated the both of us!” “That is true. But if you follow through with beating him, you’re no better than he is.” Dark said. Sour was going to protest, but she realized he was right. She lowered her fist and backed off. She then walked off around the corner of the school in a huff. Dark gently put Neon down on the ground, “Whew for a second there I thought you were going to let her- gack!” Dark pushed Neon again the wall with his arm against his throat, “Dude what gives?!” “If I ever see or hear of you doing something like that ever again…” Dark put his mouth close to Neon’s ear and whispered, “I’ll end you. Do you get me?” Neon quickly nodded. Dark released him from against the wall and watched as the boy scrambled to get away. He looked at the camera and threw it at the wall, shattering it to pieces. After standing there for a few minutes, Dark walked back inside. Time Skip Event 1: Academic Decathlon (Play - Sonic Unleashed: Spagonia - Rooftop Run Day) “All students competing in the Friendship Games please report to main lobby, the first event is about to begin.” “Oh great, here we go.” Dark groaned as students began walking through the halls towards the school entrance. “Oh relax, this is the easiest part of the Games.” Lilac said patting Dark on the back. “Easy for you to say, you’re not competing.” Eclipse said. As students gathered in the main lobby, the two schools’ representatives walked up and stood on opposite sides of the room. Lilac walked off with the students who weren’t competing, “Good luck.” “Welcome to the first event, the Academic Decathlon!” Cadance said with a bright smile, “In this event, your teams will be scored on Chemistry, Science, Home Ec, and everything in between.” “Lovely, some of my least favorite subjects.” Dark groaned. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked behind him to see Twilight smile at him. “But remember, only the top six students will move onto the next event.” Cadance announced, “And without further ado, let the Friendship Games BEGIN!” Decathlon Event: Carpentry Everyone was gathered outside where several building supplies were set up, ranging from several wood planks, to power tools laid out on benches. Principal Cinch stood between the two teams and cleared her throat, “Ahem, you’re first task is to build three objects. A simple bird house that will be judged on structure and strength. A functioning bow and arrow that will be tested. And lastly, a wooden statue of your group’s choosing.” “You have two hours to construct these these tasks. You may only use the tools and supplies that we have provided you with.” Principal Celestia said pointing at the supplies that was laid out. “If both teams are ready.” Cadance said holding up an air horn and blaring it. “No!” Dark said. “Dark!” Twilight and Cadance said with a small glare. “Fine!” The boy said crossing his arms. “You may begin!” Cadance said sounding the horn. “Alright let’s get this over with.” Dark said putting on a pair of goggles. “At least it’s something you know.” Twilight said doing the same. “He does?” Sunny asked in small surprise. “It may not be his profession, but he’s actually a good Archer. I mean, he’s not on my cousin’s level but-” “Can we just work please?’ Dark asked cutting Twilight off. “Well someone’s in a hurry.” Sunny said putting on a pair of Gloves. “I just want to get this day over with and the faster we finish, the faster Cinch gets her stupid award.” Dark said as he began working on the bow. “Fine then, Twilight help me make the arrows, Sour help the grump.” Twilight nodded and followed Sunny leaving Dark and Sour alone. Both of them just stared at each other for a minute, then quickly snapped back into reality, “We should probably get started.” “Yeah we should.” Sour said walking over to the wood piles. She picked up one of the longer planks and brought it over to the work bench. As the two continued working on the bow in silence, Sour looked around and saw Sunny and Twilight were still making the arrows. She decided to start up a conversation, “So Dark… Did you notice that Neon… I mean BattleAxe took down his blog post from the school’s web page? He even told everyone that the photos were fake.” “Really now? Is that so?” Dark said smirking proudly, “That's good to hear “You wouldn’t have to do anything with that would you?” Sour asked as she snipped off a length of string. “Maybe. I mean I may have made the guy wet his pants a bit.” Dark said chuckling, “Oh and I destroyed his camera. So none of his recent pictures ever made it onto the blog.” “You don’t suppose he saw us… um…” Sour struggled to say it, “K-Kiss?” Snap “OW!” Dark yelled, causing Sour to squeal and snap the string she was strength testing. She looked back and saw the bow frame had snapped, and Dark was holding his hand, “Are you ok?” “Gah, yeah I’m fine. Just get back to work.” Dark said looking down at his hand. A nice big gash had been cut across the palm of his hand. “Dark you’re not ok! Your hand has been cut open.” Sour said dropping her equipment and rushing over to him. “Sour it’s fine, seriously nothing to worry about. We need to get this bow done now.” Dark said trying to grab another piece of wood. But Sour stopped him, “No we need to get that cut patched up. Otherwise we’ll get nothing done.” “Sour seriously I’m fi…” “Stop arguing with me and move!” Sour yelled pulling the stubborn boy with her. From there Dark just shut his mouth. Sunny watched as her friend pulled Dark with her off to the side, “Strange, since when did Sour care when someone else got injured?” She got up and started to follow the two. “Sunny, where are you going?” Twilight asked. “Even a lady like me needs to use the bathroom, deary. I’ll be right back.” Sunny said leaving the girl without another word. “Well that was weird.” Twilight said in confusion. Sour pulled Dark all the way around the building to the busses, “Do you mind telling me what it is you’re doing?” “You’ve cut your hand. It needs to be cleaned and wrapped up. I have peroxide, a clean rag, and medical tape in my bag.” Sour said as they walked to the busses. When they got to the busses, Sour stopped Dark in front of the bus and had him sit down on the curb. Sour ran onto the bus. As Dark sat down waiting for Sour, he began pondering his thoughts, “Why is she doing this for me? Since when has anyone, aside from mom and Lilac, ever cared about me?” Sour came off the bus carrying a small bottle peroxide in one hand, a dry clean rag in the other, and a roll of medical tape dangling from between her teeth. Dark’s eyes widened at the girl’s efforts to get his wound patched up. As she was running over, her foot got caught on something and she began to fall over, “Ah!” She closed her eyes and prepared to hit the assfault. But she never hit anything. Instead she felt someone’s hands catch her. She opened her eyes and saw Dark holding her with his good hand. Her cheeks flared up red, “Th-Thanks.” “You can thank me by standing up. Can’t exactly hold you with one hand, and I don't want to bloody up your shirt.” Dark said struggling to keep the girl from falling. Sour stood herself up and picked up her stuff, “Come on now, sit down and let me see your hand.” Dark sighed and sat down reluctantly. He gave his hand to Sour. When she grabbed his hand he was surprised when her hands felt very soft. “This is probably going to sting.” Sour said holding the peroxide bottle over his wound. She tipped the bottle and liquid trickled out of the bottle and onto Dark’s wound. Dark winced in pain as the liquid cleaned out his wound, “Ow!” “Oh, don’t be such a baby.” Sour said as she put down the bottle and grabbed her rag. She dabbed at the wound gently so not to put too much pressure on the injury. After the injury was dried, she grabbed the medical tape and began wrapping it around his hand. “Thanks Sweet.” Dark said as she wrapped his hand. Upon him calling her Sweet, Sour’s heart skipped a beat and her stomach got light all of a sudden, ‘What the heck? Why did I just feel weird for a second there?’ “Uh, no problem, how’s it feel?” She asked as she putting slight pressure on his hand. “A bit sore but it feels…..better.” He said truthfully. “That’s good, I’m glad.” Sour said with a genuine smile on her face. Dark thought he was seeing things, sure Sour smiled before but they seemed more fake if anything. This smile was real, it was bright, it was…. “Cute.” Dark said unconsciously. Sour’s eyes widened a bit and her smile got brighter. The two were looking at each other for a whole and some strange thoughts began to fill their heads. “What is with this girl, why is she so….cute. NO NO She’s not cute, this is Sour Sweet! She’s mean, she’s cruel, she wicked, she’s…..fragile, kind when she wants to be and she is….” “Please no, please no! Stop smiling you idiot, it’ll only be a matter of time before he insults you again. ‘Why are smiling like an idiot for.’ ‘What’s with that stupid look’ UGH! It would be just like him to...to…...oh my god! I am falling for him, I don’t know why but I am.” Sour and Dark didn’t realize it, but they were still holding hands only now they had a tighter grip on one another. With warning the two began closing the distance between one another, it seemed what happened earlier was about to happen again only on purpose this time. Their lips were only couple of inches away from meeting...but…. “Sour!?” Both Sour and Dark’s eyes widened as they snapped back into reality. They looked over to the voice and saw Sunny Flare staring at them, her expression showing both shock and confusion. “Sunny! I-It’s not what it looks like!” Sour said in a panic. Sunny didn’t reply, she just stared at the two. Dark shook his head and took a deep breath. He put on his normal scowl face and looked at Sour, “Thanks for patching up my hand, but I think we should get back to the games.” He then walked off back to the main competition area. Sour just watched in disbelief as he walked off, like as if nothing happened. Sunny ran over to her friend and was about to say something, but she stopped herself when she saw something she wasn’t expecting. Tears streaming down Sour’s face, “Sour?” Sour wiped her eyes and got up, “Come on. We’ve got a competition to win.” She then walked back around the building and back to the main area. “What’s happening to you, Sour Sweet?” Sunny asked as she watched her best friend walk away. Time Skip As the decathlon came to an end, the Principals looked at the scores of each student. “And now, the students that will be moving on to the semi-finals of the Friendship Games: Canterlot High students are Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset Shimmer.” Vice Principal Luna announced. Canterlot High students cheered loudly as the six girls waved. “And representing Crystal Prep Academy; Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, Indigo Zap, Sour Sweet, and Twilight Sparkle.” Cadance said extending her arm out to the six students. Crystal Prep students just clapped quietly, minus one person, “Yeah go Twilight!” Lilac cheered. “Lilac, cut it out. You’re causing attention to yourself.” Dark grumbled. He had been eliminated from the games when his chemistry set managed to cause a fire in the room and set off the fire alarm system. “What’s got your grouchiness in a tizzy?” Lilac asked noticing a little more irritation in Dark’s tone of voice. “It’s nothing.” Dark said crossing his arms. He decided to leave the gymnasium to go for a walk before the semifinals. Sour saw Dark leave and it caused her heart to sink, ‘Why do I feel so down?’ Sunny noticed this and glared at the boy as he left the room, “I’ve got to set this right.” With Dark Dark sighed as he leaned against the wall. He looked down at the hand Sour had wrapped up. The softness of her hands on his. He shook his head, “No, you can’t get close to anyone but my family. Family is the only one you can trust.” Then he began thinking of Sour’s smile. It made him feel… safe and … happy… feelings he hardly ever experienced. He shook his head again, “Stop letting her mess with your head.” “You bastard!” “OOF!” Dark groaned as he received a punch straight to the gut. He clutched his stomach as he fell to his knees, “What the?” He looked up and saw Sunny Flare looking down upon him with a pissed face, “What was that for?” “What have you done to Sour?!” Sunny asked as Dark attempted to stand. “What do you mean? I didn’t do anything to her.” Dark said looking at the girl with confusion. “Don’t lie to me!” Sunny yelled, “Ever since she met you, she’s been acting strange. The Sour Sweet I grew up with would never have fallen for a boy like you!” “Fallen for? What do you mean? There’s no way she has fallen for me. She hates my guts.” Dark said catching his breath. “You’re such an idiot! How can you be so blind!” Sunny yelled at him, pushing him back down to the ground. “Would you stop…” Sunny’s face all of a sudden got really close to Dark’s, “You either fix this problem, or stay away from Sour.” And with that, Sunny left the boy sitting there confused.