//------------------------------// // 27.- A Little Faith... // Story: Canterlot High's Sports Challenge // by LiQuiD //------------------------------// - CHAPTER 27 - A LITTLE FAITH... - HIGH JUMP - (BGM) "Well then, High Jump is next..." Rainbow Dash says, "so I think I'm gonna choose...Heath Burns." "Alright then! Let's do this!" Heath pumps his fist in midair and starts doing some warm up exercises. "Applejack!" Rainbow Dash points at the cute country girl who just tips her hat at her and joins Heath with the warm up stretches. "Yeah right...with those thunder thighs of hers we sure she won't have any difficulties whatsoever," Ringo whispers to Brawly Beats while the two of them check out Applejack's long and beautiful legs. "Those what of hers now?" Big Mac places both his strong hands on both Brawly and Ringo's shoulders and grips them with force, causing them to wince in pain and quickly begin apologizing. "N-nothing! I said nothing Mac! Chill! Chill!" Ringo says. "Those two I swear..." Rainbow Dash begrudginly says, "...hmmm, Trixie! You're up." "Moi? Aren't you more fit for this event instead Rainbow Dash? I mean...we all know for sure that you will have no issue knocking the bar down," Trixie says with some snickers as she looks at her butt. "Oh shut your trap Trixie or I'll make you join the Karate event, have you seen how strong those girls look?" Rainbow Dash poins at some of Kindiak Park girls that will probably be part of the Karate event, "they'll hopefully beat you to a pulp to teach you a thing or two." "...Trixie will take part in the high jump event as her Captain wishes," Trixie quickly apologizes. "Yeah, that's more like it..." Rainbow Dash says with a smug grin, "Lyra, Sweetie Drops and Thunderbass will do this, it's a 6 player event after all." "And what about you Captain?" You ask. "I'll be in the Basketball team of course, along with Sunset and the others, how's your leg doing?" She asks. "Good...I guess," you reply and bend your knee to see if there's any pain, fortunately you don't feel a thing. "I'm not sure if I should let you play in the Basketball event dude," Rainbow Dash says, "it involves a lot of running and jumping. But then again the Karate one is-" "Don't mind about the Karate one Captain, I'm fine..." you reply with a reassuring smile, "besides...the knees are a no-no zone and I think I can protect those zones by myself." "Yep, that's what I was thinking about," Rainbow Dash then pulls your head down to whisper you something to your ears, "and that's the attitude I like the most about you Anon, without you this whole competition thingy would've been completeley different so just try your best not to get hurt alright?" "I will Captain..." you say with a nod which only makes Rainbow Dash smile, however your little heart-to-heart moment is interrupted by Sunset Shimmer who just yells, "hey lovebirds! The event is about to start!" Rainbow Dash gets all flustered from Sunset's out of place comment and quickly pushes you away. Velvet Sky picks some papers that were given to her by the officials of this event, they contain the order of each team's player, then she taps on the microphone, "And here comes Trix-" "E-HEM!" Trixie clears her throat loudly and somehow manages to interrupt Velvet Sky's introduction. "Oh right...my bad," Velvet Sky rolls her eyes and takes a deep breath, "representing Canterlot High, here comes THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRRRRIIIIIXIEEEE!" (BGM) "That's right! Trixie raises her arms and asks the public for their support. "She just loves the attention..." Rainbow Dash says as she shakes her head, restraining herself from entering the pitch and kicking her butt. "That girl ain't right I tell ya what..." Applejack just sighs and looks elsewhere. "Hey!" Trixie says to the official setting the bar, "could you please set the bar a bit higher?" The official squints and does what she asked for. As expected, the other team's laugh at Trixie's antics. "There's no way she can jump that high..." Crimson Fire says to his team. "Trixie's just making things worse for us!" Sweetie Drops adds as you all watch the timer go down and the bonus points disappear, "why did you choose her Rainbow?!" "Yeah...that was a bad call Captain," Tennis Match says to Rainbow Dash, "I mean...you could've chosen Trixie for Basketball or better yet Karate so Kindiak could finally knock some sense into her." Your own team lets out a laugh at Trixie's expense, you however remain silent. "Chill everyone, she's got everything under control," you calmly say. "Must I remind you young girl that these events have a time limit?" Superintendent Discord says to Trixie as she prepares herself and assumes the proper running position, she then looks at you. You only nod at her and give her a warm smile and thumbs up. Trixie smiles back and runs as hard as she can, mimicking the movements you taught her and surprising your team and to Kindiak Park's dismay, Trixie manages to make the difficult jump not without showing off her skills first, the officials give her a perfect score, the crowd goes crazy and the team gathers around her. "That was amazing Trixie!" Sweetie Drops says. "Totally!" Applejack butts in, "I oughtta recognize when-" "Speak to the hand coz the face ain't listening!" Trixie ignores your teammates and goes straight to you. (BGM) "How'd it go my number one fan?" Trixie says with a smug grin on her face. "It was amazing Trix! I expected nothing less from you," you happily say , "that was all you." "Oh please...I couldn't have done any of that without your help and most importantly, your support..." she says before placing a quick peck on your cheek, "so thanks a lot for that." You weren't expecting that, none of your teammates were expecting any of Trixie's actions either, that girl has got a ton of of tricks up her sleeve, and somehow...you like it. You even place a palm on the cheek Trixie kissed and you can't stop feeling a weird mix of embarrassment and delightfulness, you wonder if Rarity saw... (BGM) "What...just...happened?" Rarity says dumbfounded. "Chill...it was just a friendly kiss Rares," Sunset Shimmer says to her friend, "it doesn't help that Anon's still too much of a milquetoast to deny any advances that your rivals make on him." "Rivals?! Please...they are no match to me," Rarity says with a nervous laugh, "he said that I was his girlfriend already." "You sure about that? He probably did it to stop that jerk from harassing you," Sunset Shimmer giggles. "You don't know how much I wish you weren't right..." Rarity lets out a frustrated whimper. Crud...she definitely saw, you wonder what Sunset's talking about with her. "Aw don't be nervous sugarcube!" Applejack slaps your back in that peculiar way of hers, if she hit your back a little harder your lungs would've gone flying out of your mouth, "that Trixie's just messing with 'cha..." "Well, that's what I get for supporting her a bit too much don't you think?" You say, dusting off your clothes. "Of course, but that motivation of yours really paid off. She just couldn't get high jumpin' right until you had to teach her how, it helps a lot when you're the only one patient enough to withstand Trixie's antics," Applejack says with a giggle. "Well yeah, I mean...it's the kind of treatment I always wanted to receive back in Junior High," you say with a look full of regret on your eyes and a faint smile. "Don't let it get to you Anon, but I think I know what you mean...we screwed up too by bein' jerks to Trixie as well...and in the end she showed us what she was made of. We totally deserve the cold treatment she's giving us right now," Applejack says as she looks at Trixie, in response Trixie sticks her tongue out at Applejack like a spoiled child would do. "Up next...Pike Creek from Kindiak Park High, and then Applejack from Canterlot High!" Velvet Sky says on the speaker system. "Lesson learned I guess..." Applejack says before turning to you, "say sugarcube, before I go do you have any pretty words to say to a gal like myself to give her one hundred percent?" "Oh Jackie..." you say with a chuckle before looking at her well-toned legs, "what do you need me for? You've got the proper 'assets' to beat Kindiak Park all by yourself." "Ain't 'cha a flatterer sugarcube..." Applejack lets out a lewd giggle before presenting her long legs to you, "these beauties are the result of years of good ol' farm work. Don't look too much though loverboy, or my big bro will make sure the message gets through your thick head." You don't know if that was an actual threat, but it seems Applejack wasn't offended by your words either. You don't know why you said that either...you just like looking Applejack's long legs as much as you enjoy looking at Sunset's beautiful buns, Rainbow Dash's hips or Rarity's big chest, you better be careful or you might end up hurting your friends with your careless actions. Applejack runs as fast as she can towards the bar and makes her jump, obtaining a pretty decent score, not a perfect one like Trixie's, but she managed to collect bonus points as well from the quick response time. The event ends with your team having a slightly bigger advantage over Kindiak Park High, however none of the Kindiak Park High teens look preocuppied, Crimson Fire looks somewhat confident. "Those guys are up to something..." Rainbow Dash mutters.