Pinkie Pie comes out of a graphics store with a huge smile on her face. She had saved enough money to buy blueprints for build a ship, which means she would have her own boat and go sailing as often she wanted to.
Finally one of her many dreams would come true!
Pinkie heads to the riverbanks taking with her wooden planks, nails, and tools she'd borrowed from Applejack and Rainbow Dash. She was quite excited to begin with the construction on her ship.
Unrolling the blueprints she realizes that they turned out to be larger than she thought, and were five different plans in total that belong to different stages of building. If that wasn't enough, there were indications as well: connect point H-40 with end A-15, 73.6 degree tilt to place the nail, carve the top end of the boards for the bow frame only, fit screw # 45 into inlet U.
Too many words and too much unnecessary information for Ponkie Pie. Why would someone do something so mean? If it's about building a ship, not a spaceship!
Still, this wouldn't stop the pink haired girl. She puts the construction materials aside, takes out a roll of duct tape from the bottom of her fluffy hair, starts to fold the graphics forming another shape, and once she joins them she places a piece of duct tape on it.
Finally Pinkie Pie creates a huge paper boat and with the leftover blueprints she makes a sailor hat for herself. She puts her new ship afloat and goes out to sail the river in it.
Bon Bon was coming home from shopping when she found Lyra Heartstrings sitting in the backyard of her house. The two-tone color haired girl seems to be angry as she frowns at the presence of her visitor.
"What do you want?"
"I've told you already: I want your forgiveness, and I'll be on a hunger strike until you forgive me."
"Yeah? Well, have fun with it!" Bon Bon answers before entering her home untimely. She didn't want to see her, not even in picture.
From time to time she glanced through her window only to see that Lyra was still outside. Soon Bon Bon's anger was replaced by grief and guilt.
"Poor thing, maybe I've been too harsh with her. After all, she only played an innocent prank on me at school. I must end this."
Not wanting to see her friend get hurt any longer Bon Bon decides to forgive her. As a proof, she takes several cupcakes with a couple of glasses filled with orange juice, puts them on a tray and goes out so both girls can eat and forget about this silly fight.
"Lyra! I have something to say-"
Bon Bon surprises her classmate devouring a big double-cheese hamburger with fries.
"What the hell! Didn't you say you were going on a hunger strike?"
"That's right, but this is not what you think!"Lyra answers quickly.
"And what is it then!?"
"I'm just fueling the tank to go on with the strike."
"Thanks for the Karate and Kung-fu lessons, Rainbow Dash! Now I'm feeling like a real street fighter."
Sonata Dusk executes a combination of punches and kicks perfectly that makes Rainbow Dash smile with pride after spending several weeks teaching her how to fight.
"No problem! And now that you are a martial arts expert, what are you planning to do?"
"Well, I was thinking of giving my sisters a little surprise." Sonata says with an evil grin.
Meanwhile at the Dazzlings' house, Adagio forces Aria to start cleaning the house as she finishes making lunch. Aria starts removing the dust of themain front door with a simple rag so she can get back to the couch and continue watching her show.
What the middle Dazzling didn't expect was to see the door knocked down by a flying kick from Sonata, crushing it in the process.
" Y-YAAAAAAAAAA !" Sonata cries with such ferocity, though her older sister was not amused.
"And what's Ya?" Adagio grumbles waiting for an answer about the door... and Aria.
"Well… it's for I'm home, Ya-all!" Sonata exclaims putting a goofy smile.
Sunset Shimmer is worried.
Her pet gecko Ray had fallen ill, showing a picture of high fever and chills. Despite all of Sunset's efforts, there was no improvement in the reptile's health.
"My God Ray, your temperature keeps rising! I better take you to the vet right now."
Sunset wraps Ray in a blanket and heads off to the vet. Upon arrival, she finds a long line of patients with their pets waiting to be attented.
"Wow! The doc is going to be pretty busy today. Anyway, we'll have to be patient and wait our turn."
The flamed haired girl and her pet take their seats and wait patiently. When the last person left Ray escapes from Sunset's arms, climbing up the walls to position himself above the filing cabinet and contemplate a diploma.
"Ray, what are you doing?"
Just then the vet comes out. "May the next patient come plea- Hey! What's that gecko doing!?"
"Forgive him. Ray is very suspicious and wants to make sure you have a degree, doctor." Sunset Shimmer responds by excusing her pet's behavior.
Recess time at Canterlot High. The teachers takes a break before returning to classes with the students. Then Cranky Doodle, Mrs. Harswhinny, and Ms. Cherilee decide to talk about the days when they went hunting. Mr. Doodle starts first.
"… And I said 'Matilda, move that bush, I think I've heard something' so she moved it and five partridges came out, but before they can escaped I take them down with one shot!"
"Not bad Cranky, not bad. When I went hunting I came across a flock of ducks, about fifteen of them in mid-flight. Still, I grabbed my shotgun… and shot them all down!"
Harshwhinny finishes her story with a victorious grin. Cranky had to admit that the blonde's 'tale' was impressive, although he knew she was lying and is aware of it because he just lied earlier.
Leaving aside the competition they both head with Cherilee.
"And what about you Cherilee? Did you catch something too?"
"Yes, but it wasn't a big deal." Says the young teacher. "You see, I went to the forest hoping to catch a large animal and I was unsuccessful, then I went to the meadow to try my luck but I was unsuccessful either, finally I went to a swamp that was nearby and nothing happened.
I got so mad that I inadvertently pulled the trigger on my shotgun, and the bullet shot into the top of a tree. I saw something fall so I quickly ran to see what it was and found a woodpecker with a damaged wing. I was so sorry that I took the bird with me and brought it home to heal it. Now he is better."
"That's all? You literally hunted nothing!" Cranky exclaims in disbelief, as does Mrs. Harshwinny.
"I know! But the woodpecker turned out to be so kind that for having healed his wound he made me a stylish table, a set of chairs and now he's making me a closet." Cherilee answers, making fun of her colleagues and their fanciful stories.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon go for a walk around town to spend the afternoon and have fun. They were heading to the movies when something catches their attention: an auction event that was taking place. Diamond reads aloud what is being auctioned.
"… Three plasma TVs, an SUV, a 19th century armchair, a jade carved dragon figure and… a talking parrot ! I've always wanted a real talking parrot . Shall we go Silvy?"
"I don't know. I don't like this idea, but if you want it I'm with you." Silver Spoon says. Both girls enter the event that was about to end.
"… And finally we have this magnificent specimen of a green parrot with golden forehead with the ability to speak like any of us here. We open the auction with $ 600."
"770!"
"800!"
"50 cents!"
"$ 1200!" Diamond says.
"One thousand and twenty to the young lady with the tiara! Who gives more?"
"1500 dollars!" Exclaims a boy the same age as Diamond and Silver Spoon. It seems that he also wanted the parrot, but Diamond would not allow it
"1800!"
The pre-teen raises the price to $ 2500, hoping to discourage heiress to the Rich fortune. But nevertheless…
"3000 dollars!" Diamond strikes back.
That price was enough for the boy to give up and withdraw from the auction. That parrot wasn't worth his time or his money anyways. Diamond Tiara could taste victory today, now nobody stands between her and the bird.
" 6000 dollars !" Someone speaks from the audience.
The spectators look for the owner of that deep, strong and baritone voice. Who could be Diamond didn't care, that parrot had her name written on it and she wasn't going to leave without giving a fight.
"7000 dollars!" The girl increases her price. So did that person offering $ 8000 for the talking parrot. This was going wrong for Diamond Tiara.
"Hey Diamond, don't you think you'd better quit? You don't have that amount in your wallet."
"I know Silvy, that's why I'm asking you to stop the auction until I get back. I'll go get more money."
"Uh… okay. But I still don't like this idea." Silver Spoon says with concern.
She asks for a recess and the auction is suspended until Diamond Tiara returns. For his part, Diamond goes to an ATM by withdrawing a certain number of bills before returning to the auction.
"Sorry for the delay, I had a pending matter to deal with. I think I was left at... $ 10,000."
"Right. The talking parrot is sold for ten thousand-"
" $ 15,000 !" Again that subject is pronounced to the amazement of those present.
"Damn it. $ 16,000!"
" $ 17,000 !"
"$ 18,000!"
" $ 19,000 !"
"20,000 dollars!"
" $ 25,000 !"
Diamond was already getting desperate, he had to get this over with. "$ 35,000!"
"… $40,00. "
This was the last straw. In a burst, Diamond Tiara fires her latest offer "$ 70,000!"
"70,000 at one! 70,000 at two! 70,000 at three ! Sold to the young lady with the tiara, and with this purchase the auction is closed!"
Spectators fill the atmosphere with loud applause for the winner. Of all the auctions they have attended, this turned out to be the most exciting of all. As for Diamond Tiara, she goes home with her precious pet being helped by Silver Spoon after suffering this moment of tension.
One month after
"This is unbelievable! I spent $ 70,000 of my college funds on you! My parents keep asking me about that money, I'm running out of excuses and you haven't said a single word during all this time! What do you have to say in your defense?" Diamond Tiara claims to her parrot, but the exotic bird remains silent.
"I knew it, you're a fraud! You can't talk! Why did I think you could talk if you don't even have your own voice."
" And whose voice do you think was raising prices that day at the auction ?" The parrot asks with a mocking smile while pulling out a ventriloquism book under his wing to read it.