The four of us sat at our table, waiting for my answer. I fiddled with my pen, thinking of what to say.
"Well?" Adagio asked, getting bored. Aria didn't care nonetheless, but the suspense was killing Sonata. I sighed and had to tell them the truth. Despite the fact, I wasn't lying, but I believe they would get the picture anyways.
"I just...don't feel like choosing a mate like this is right," I said, writing all this down in my notebook.
"What do you mean?" Aria said, taking a sip from her chocolate shake.
"I feel like it wouldn't be genuine if I had to choose between you three. It makes me feel like I'm a prince choosing a wife for political reasons rather than actual romantic reasons," I explained. For a second there, the Dazzlings actually felt remorseful for their decision to have me put up with this.
"Hey, we're sorry. We didn't know that--" Sonata pleaded.
"It's OK. It did help me get to know you three more. It's at least a start for me to build a relationship with you." I explained, at least making them feel less bad about this.
"Well, so now that's done, where do you plan to take this grand story of yours next?" Aria asked. I jotted down some ideas on a piece of paper.
"OK, I was thinking of introducing some original characters, building up to an epic battle for a climax, facing off against Sunset Shimmer. Either that or Flash Sentry--" I said, sharing at least some of my ideas with them. I still had plenty more to go. But I was cut off.
"Oh my goodness! Sunset! We completely forgot about her," Adagio said as if something bad was about to happen to them...again.
"I mean, I did have a chat with her in the last chapter, and she said she had some kind of plot to stop me," I explained, stroking my chin. I seemed to be doing that a lot.
"Well, could you narrate what Sunset's up to if she is up to something," Adagio pleaded.
"OK, fine," I said, shrugging off the urgency, and began jotting down in my notebook
Sunset was browsing the mall for notebooks and journals. Most of the books were old looking, but it turns out that was just for an aesthetic. Suddenly, an old notebook of her own started glowing. She picked it up and started reading.
Dear Sunset Shimmer,
I am shocked to hear the Dazzlings are making an encore
and this strange new friend they found has powers that
might be as powerful as Discords. Maybe even more
powerful. Unfortunately, Twilight and I cannot come to
help put a stop to this. Twilights in the middle of an
adventure of her own. Sorry about that. I sure hope
you take this guy down though.
Best of Luck,
Spike.
"Dang it," Sunset Shimmer muttered to herself as she made it to the dresses where Rarity was browsing.
"Hello Sunset, darling. Any updates with Twilight?" Rarity asked, looking at a bright lavender dress with a poofy skirt.
"I was just told Twilight can't make it. We're on our own on this one. To be honest, I'm surprised Spike can write so well. For a dog, I mean," Sunset explained, looking around as if she was being watched.
"I don't think it's a coincidence," Pinkie Pie said, hiding in one of the dress racks.
"What do you mean?" Sunset asked, as Rarity almost fainted from Pinkie's surprise.
"Don't you think maybe this writer guy could have made it so Twilight and Spike couldn't come?" Pinkie asked, putting an aluminum foil cap on her head.
"You could be right. Maybe it's to stop Twilight from interfering like she did both times before. I think AntiBronyBenSwolo might consider Twilight stronger than himself," Sunset theorized. Rarity recovered from the faint.
"Well, if that is the case, then time is of the essence. We must find a way to stop this madman," Rarity proclaimed.
"Could you three quiet down?" The cashier asked, having had enough bull crud for one day.
"Oh, sorry," Rarity said, as the three girls talked about this outside.
"Don't worry about a thing girls. I know just how to beat him," Sunset said holding up a paper booklet, and a drawing of a powerful character. The drawing itself wasn't good, but they planned to improve upon it. Rarity and Pinkie Pie smiled like they just got the upper hand. Sunset returned the smile and returned the drawing and booklet.
"Interesting..." I said to myself, as I finished writing that little scene.
"What is it?" Sonata asked. I handed the Dazzlings my book and let them read the scene for themselves.
"'a powerful character'? Why didn't you elaborate on this? Let us know what we're up against?" Adagio asked, leaving the other girls to re-read it.
"I kind of felt like we needed a bit of mystery in this story. Keep people hooked, you know?" I explained, pondering this enigma with the girls.
"So, we're gonna stop her, right?" Sonata asked as I stroked my chin.
"I could stop them right then and there, but their mystery character has caught my attention. I wanna see where this is going. And in order to do that, we gotta let them do what they're doing," I explained. Now it was the Dazzlings turn to realize we have the upper hand. Sunset may have an original character to stop me, but she wouldn't have gotten the idea if I didn't come up with it for her. And with the help of the Dazzlings, I could be unstop--
"Hey, wait a minute," Sonata called out.
"What is it?" I asked, groaning in slight frustration.
"Why is it you left the last chapter on a cliffhanger of a question, and you had an anticlimactic answer for this one?" Sonata asked, rereading the last chapter and comparing it to this one.
"Honestly, I left it to a vote on which one of you I would go out with," I explained.
"Then why'd you go with the answer we're going with?" Adagio asked, slightly peeved at my writing.
"I didn't have enough votes, OK?" I explained, shrugging aggressively. Adagio groaned.
"Maybe some more ice cream should calm us down," Aria suggested, defusing the comedic tension. Sonata's eyes lit up. The four of us then headed over and we each got one serving of hot fudge sundaes before heading back home. The Dazzlings may not have gotten what they were intentionally looking for with me, but we at least had a fun time.