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// Cerulean Blue's Gift Shop's at the Other End (Georg's "National Unicorn Day - With Bruener Sneak Peak") 
// Story: Never the Final Word (Vol. 2) 
// by FanOfMostEverything 
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"Ladies and gentlemen, and uh..." 

"Mares and gentlecolts"  someone hissed behind him.

"Mares and gentlecolts" continued the tour lead, "this here is the Salina Aquarium's Rare Fish exhibit. It's the first stop on our tour, and is  the pride and joy of the Aquarium. Built up over two decades, this exhibit is the result of lots of hard work on behalf of the owners..."  Andrew paused. He could've sworn he'd heard the word 'fishy' whispered, and there had been a loud rustling sound. His sense of wrongness honed over three years of leading elementary school excursions caused him to  turn and survey the group.

Something was wrong, and it took him a second to work it out: there were horses—uh, wait a minute, ponies—missing. He counted two of the smaller pastel-pointy-head-ponies, two of the normal-pastel-ponies, a much bigger pastel-pointy-head-pony who was hoof-slapping its head, and two Kansas State Troopers looking around as if they'd lost something or someone. It suddenly struck Andrew: the two small pastel-winged-ponies had disappeared somewhere.

Then there came two large splashes behind him, and then a dull thud against the glass. Andrew turned to see the winged-ponies deep in the water in the aquarium, one up against the glass with a prize Feminine Wrasse in its mouth, and the other with a large Candy Bass. Andrew could only stare in horror as the two winged ponies jumped out of the water and started eating, years of work going down gullets of what he now knew were winged demons. The one closest to him turned, smiled happily, and waved. It looked down into the water, turned backed to Andrew and held up a hoof, as if asking if it could have seconds.

Behind him, he heard the large pointy-head-pony speak.

"Yup,  I told everyone that would listen that bringing pegasi along would be a  bad idea, but no one listened. I'm going to go check out the cafe, see  if they have any of that coffee drink that I keep hearing about."