//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: It's T.U.E.S. Day // Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 1 // by JesusG0987 //------------------------------// Chapter 9: It’s T.U.E.S. Day In the Crystal Brighthouse, balloons and streamers on the floor as Izzy chants and scats as she speaks out in excitement. “It's T.U.E.S. Day! Woohoo!” She cheered as she chanted with an exciting tone. “Uni-KA! Uni-KO! Uni-FA! Uni-FO! Uni-MEE! Uni… MOH!” She ended with a holler which caused the brighthouse to shake as she  finished with squeals and a smile. Sunny, Zipp and Pipp looked at Izzy strangely for a moment while they ate their breakfast, Sunset was still upstairs at the moment, before Sunny spoke out. “Uh... No, Izzy. It's Thursday.” She pointed out, not getting what Izzy meant as she looked at the time and saw it was about to be 9 am as Sunny gasped at the time. “Uah-and I'm late to open the smoothie court!” She cried out as Zipp and Pipp saw the time as well as they had plans as well as Pipp, Zipp and Sunny ran off on their daily routines. “Ugh! The pegasus marathon already started!” Zipp cried out as she put her things for the marathon in her bag, which are pegasi flying around in a marathon together, which Zipp didn’t want to miss out on. “Mane Melody can't open without the mane attraction!” Pipp boasted as she put some make up on her face as she smiles at her friends, need to get to her salon and open it this morning. Izzy spoke out, trying to explain what she was talking about. “No, it's T.U.E.S. Day. T. U. E. S. The Unicorn Expression of Sparkle Day! A special day for every unicorn…” She tried to explain to them but they are too busy trying to get ready for the day as Sunny got into her roller skates as she, Zipp and Pipp ran out the door since they are late for their daily jobs, activity for Zipp’s marathon thing, as the door shuts, leaving Izzy sad. “ ...and their friends.” She finished with a sigh as she looked at one of her cereals that her friends hadn't finished yet when they were in a hurry. “I miss Bridlewood. Earth ponies and Pegasi are great and all, but it'd be nice to make another unicorn friend.” She then gasps as she realizes something, or somepony to be precise. “Wait a minute, Sunset used to be a unicorn before she became an alicorn. I wonder if she is free?” She asked herself wondering if Sunset is free as she put the dishes away and trotted upstairs, and hoped Sunset would let her explain the holiday to her. Since Sunset is from ancient Equestria, she probably didn’t know it since at that time, it wasn’t created yet. A moment later, Izzy then came into the bedroom as she saw Sunset putting away some things as said alicorn turned when she saw Izzy at the door. “Oh, morning, Izzy. What brought you up here?” Sunset as with a smile. “Hey, Sunset. Do you uh, wanna celebrate T.U.E.S. Day with me?” Izzy asked the alicorn as Sunset turned around in confusion. “Isn’t today Thursday, Izzy?” Sunset questioned, not getting what she meant. “Not Tuesday, Sunset. T.U.E.S. Day.” Izzy corrected. “It is short for ‘The Unicorn Expression of Sparkle Day’! It's a special day for every unicorn to celebrate friendship with their friends.” She added with a squeal as she spoke out the motto she said from earlier. “Uni-KA! Un-KO! Un-FA! Un-FO! Un-MEE! Un… MOH!!!” She said the last part with a holler that shook the room as she finished with a smile. Sunset blinks in shock as she rubbed her ears from Izzy’s loud hollering as she spoke up. “Really. Oh, wow. That’s amazing. You know, I think I read about that in Sunny’s book while catching up with modern Equestria these days but never really get what it means.” She said as she rubbed her chin in curiosity. “But I am surprised that there is a holiday for the unicorns to celebrate friendship with their friends. Do Sunny and the others know about this?” She asked, thinking the girls might know as well. “No.” Izzy said in a sad tone. “I tried to tell them what the holiday meant, but they thought I was talking about the day of the week, Tuesday. And when I tried to explain it to them, they just ran off in a hurry since they have plans today, Sunny is at her Smoothie Court job, Zipp is going to the pegasus marathon, and Pipp is going to work at Mane Melody. They didn’t even stop to listen to me when they were in a hurry.” She said with a sad tone as her friends didn’t stop to listen. “And I know Hitch will be busy with his job as a sheriff so he’s out of the question.” She added as she and Sunset knew that Hitch would be busy as well. Sunset then gave a sympathy look to the sad Unicorn as she smiled at her for comfort. “Well, I have nothing better to do, and I go to work with Sunny tomorrow since I only work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.” She pointed out her work schedule. “The rest of the week is just researching through Sunny's father's records for me to get some answers and training you and Sunny about magic. And since today is a special day for a unicorn, that’s you, Izzy. I would be happy to join you, I mean, I was a unicorn before I became an alicorn. Does that count?” She asks with a smile. Izzy then smiled excitedly as she tackled Sunset into the ground. “Of course, it counts, Sunset! You are part unicorn after all! Thank you for joining me! It brings joy to my heart!” Izzy called out in joy as she hugged Sunset so tight, it was a little hard for Sunset to breath. “Anything for a friend, Izzy.” Sunset said with a strain smile. “How about letting me go so we can enjoy the festivities together?” She said as Izzy let go of her as Sunset breathed in relief as she caught her breath. “Sure, let's go!” Izzy cheered as she and Sunset walked down the door, for Izzy standards, hopping, as Izzy sang the Uni-things she said earlier. “Uni-KA!” She said as she waited for Sunset to say the next part. Sunset gets what she is singing as she continues. “Uni-KO!” She called out after remembering what Izzy spoke out earlier. “Uni-FA!” Izzy called out. “Uni-FO!” Sunset added as she and Izzy went out the door as the door closed behind them. Starting T.U.E.S. Day together. At Mane Melody, Izzy and Sunset are having pedihoofs as they giggled at their hooves having rainbow colors. “This feels great. Nice idea to see Pipp’s salon first for a perihoof, Izzy.” Sunset said to Izzy with a smile. “No problem, I just love getting my hooves done.” Izzy replied as Jazz finished up both her and Sunset’s hooves. Jazz gasps at the sight of Sunset’s and Izzy’s beautiful hooves as the two said ponies walk out of Mane Melody with a smile. A littl later, Sunset and Izzy are in the movie theaters, as there are only three ponies in it, them and Posey behind them as they watch a pony version of the Transformers, pony name version called ‘Trottformers’. Sunset saw the Transformers version of it in the human world and is interested to see a pony version of it in Equestria now that it is catching up with the times. Sunset and Izzy then saw the leader of the Trottformers, a pony version of Optimus Prime, named Optimare Prime, as they watched. “Trottformers... Roll out.” He called out to his offscreen comrades. “Wow!” Izzy cheered as she giggled at the movie. “I can’t believe they actually have it in Equestria now. And it is amazing, am I right?” Sunset asked the happy Unicorn, having told Izzy and the rest of their friends that she saw a movie similar to this back in the human world, but now it is in her home world as well. “You are right, Sunset!” Izzy said as she started chowing down on her popcorn, she ended up getting some on Posey, who groaned in annoyance at Izzy’s messy eating as she tried to see the screen better, but Izzy kept swaying side to side, blocking her view. “Autobots... Transform.” Optimare Prime announced as Posey fell to the ground with a groan as she hit the floor with a thud. Sunset and Izzy turned to see what was the sound but found nothing as they resumed watching the movie. “Hmm.” Izzy and Sunset both shrug as they laugh at the scene. Izzy drank some grape soda as she tossed the empty can away, hitting Posey in the head. “Ugh.” Posey groans from being hit with a can. Izzy and Sunset are now at a spaghetti restaurant as Sunset ate some from her muzzle, but as she got her head up, a whole tomato on the spaghetti got caught on her horn, which she didn’t notice.  Izzy then laughs at Sunset’s obvious of the tomato that is in her horn as she looks at Izzy in confusion. “What?” Sunset asked in confusion. “Ahahah! Look at your horn Sunset!” Izzy said while laughing. Sunset looks at her horn and she realizes that a tomato is stuck on her horn. She then snorted then laughed with Izzy as they laughed together as they found it funny. “Hmm… I wonder what got those two happier than usual. I mean, Izzy is pretty much the same, but I never seen Sunset having that fun before.” Hitch said as he was thinking things on what got those two ponies more active than usual. Sunny was then blending her fruits to make smoothies as Sunset and Izzy came to the booth. “Two strawberry sunshines, please.” Izzy requested the smoothies that she and Sunset would want. “Coming right up.” Sunny said as she blended the smoothies together and then came to the front of her booth as she saw Izzy and Sunset in front of her. “Oh, hey, girls. Nice to see you.” She said with a smile. And then saw their hooves have been predihoof. “Wow, nice hooves. New style you two got from Mane Melody, Sunset?” Sunny asks. “That’s right, Sunny.” Sunset answered with a smile. “And that’s not all, me and Izzy also went to the movies as well before we had lunch together. But, in the middle of lunch I had a tomato stuck on my horn. Me and Izzy had a laugh.” She said as she snorted. “It was pretty funny.” She added. Sunny then giggles at what Sunset just said. “Yeah, that sounds funny alright. And that's good to hear you two are hanging out.” She added. “You two seems to be having more fun than usual today.” She finished as she gave the two smoothies Izzy ordered to them. “Thanks, Sunny!” Izzy thanked as she and Sunset grabbed their smoothies as Sunset gave some bits to Sunny to pay for the smoothies. They may be friends, but Sunset always treats each other fairly.  “Happy T.U.E.S. Day.” Izzy and Sunset both said in unison as they walked away with a smile and their smoothies in their hooves as Izzy gave Sunny a tip as well. Sunny giggles at Izzy, thinking it is what she said Tuesday as she caught the tip in her hoof. “Sunset, I think Izzy got you confused. I told you, Izzy. It's Thursday today, not Tue--” That's when she realized what Izzy was saying when she remembered that name from her dad’s journal. “OH! T.U.E.S. Day!” She cried out as she now remembers as she went through her stuff she kept in her bag, looking for the journal as she completely forgot about the holiday. Sunset and Izzy trotted away as they passed by Hitch and Zipp as they watched them pass by as Hitch spoke up. “Anypony think Izzy and Sunset are even more energetic than usual today?” He asks if he understands what he is seeing. Zipp chuckled as she answered him. “Yeah. I was flying and I thought I saw them hang out the whole day while they were having fun. Izzy is still excited as usual, but for Sunset, this is new, even for her to be having this much fun with Izzy.” She said with a smile, saying that Sunset didn’t have this much fun in a while since doing her training with Sunny and Izzy and they haven’t seen Sunset have that fun in a while. “Yep, it was real alright.”  Pipp called out as she came next to Hitch and Zipp as she smiled at them. “And Jazz gave them both hooficures earlier. It was cute of them to have the same colors.” She added. Sunny found her book as she brought it down on the counter and opened it as she flipped through the pages. She looked through it as she found what she was looking for. “See? Today isn't Tuesday.”  She told her friends in front of her with a smile. The three looked at her with smiles, saying that they already knew. “Yes, Sunny. We know.” Pipp said with a smile. Zipp smirks at this. “I think she's forgetting the week too.” She said to Pipp as she turned to Sunny with her hoof raised. “How many hooves am I holding up?” She asks with a smile. Sunny then corrected them. “No, today isn't Tuesday. It's T.U.E.S. Day. The Unicorn Expression of Sparkle Day!” Sunny told them as her friends looked on in shock, now understanding what Izzy was saying this morning. “I can't believe I forgot! It's a special day for unicorns to celebrate friendship.” She told them with a smile. That when it hit them as Hitch spoke up. “Oh! That’s why those two were having fun all day together. Izzy must’ve told Sunset this morning about T.U.E.S. Day.” He said, now realizing why they were having fun lately. “Make sense, Sunset used to be a unicorn before becoming an alicorn like you are half the time Sunny. Which is why Izzy told her this, so she could have fun with her.” Zipp added as she now knows. Sunny then felt guilty as she remembered something this morning. “And we didn’t get to hear Izzy out when she tried to tell us.” She told them as Zipp and Pipp now feel guilty about it as they remembered this morning. “We were so in a rush to get ready; we didn’t hear Izzy out when she tried to tell us about her favorite holiday.” She added as she frowned a bit, feeling bad for not joining Izzy and Sunset in the holiday special for unicorns, Zipp, Pipp, and even Hitch feel guilty for not knowing Izzy’s holiday as they feel bad. But then an idea popped into Sunny’s head as she spoke to them with a smile. “But I think I know how we can make it up to both of them.” She told them, which caused the three to perk up as Sunny explained her plan to make up for not joining Izzy and Sunset in T.U.E.S. Day. Later that evening, Izzy and Sunset were walking back to the Crystal Brighthouse as Izzy grunted as she sat down infront of the brighthouse door. Sunset came up to the tired unicorn as she put a hoof on her shoulder. “I told you ,you shouldn’t have eaten all that pasta, Izzy. It can make you sick.” She reminded her about what she ate earlier.  “Sorry, Sunset. I should not have had all that pasta. Oogh…” Izzy said as she rubbed her belly to ease the ache a bit as she sighs. “We had a fun day, Sunset.” She said to her.  “We sure did, Izzy. It was great having fun with you on T.U.E.S. Day” Sunset replied with a smile but then frowned as the rest of their friends didn’t join them. “But it's just is not the same without all of our friends to celebrate today’s holiday.” She added with a sad look. “Yeah.” Izzy said in agreement as she frowned a bit. “It just doesn't feel like T.U.E.S. Day without my frie--OUAUGH!” Izzy cried out as the door suddenly opened as she fell on her back. “Oof…” Izzy said as she hit the floor. “What the? You okay, Izzy?” Sunset asked Izzy if she was okay. “I’m fine, but who opened the door?” Izzy asks as she and Sunset see their friends circle around them as all they smile at the two ponies. “Happy T.U.E.S. Day! Uni-KA! Uni-KO! Uni-FA! Uni-FO! Uni-GO!” Sunny, Hitch, Zipp, and Pipp all cheered in unison as they repeated what Izzy said to them this morning. Sunny had to tell Hitch the words since he wasn’t there when Izzy said it. Izzy and Sunset smiled at their friends as they now remember. “Aw, you ponies remembered? Uh, did you just pretend to forget?” She asked them with a smile, thinking that her friends were just playing tricks on them. “Yeah. Did you guys just faken it or did you really forget about today’s holiday?” Sunset asked in curiosity, wanting to know which is which. Sunny and the others looked at each other with guilts on their faces as Sunny spoke out. “Well... No. We forgot.” Sunny truthfully said to Sunset and Izzy as she got in front of them as Izzy got back up. “We are all still learning about everypony's special days, and I guess we need to try a bit harder.” She admittedly said as she and her friends really need to learn hard about everypony’s special days so they would remember it. “Though, I admit. I’m surprised that you know about this holiday, Sunset. Didn’t you come from a time where that holiday didn’t exist yet?” Sunny asks Sunset how she knows about the holiday since the rest of them have forgotten about it. Sunset then spoke to the group. “Guys. Izzy told me about it this morning. She told me about T.U.E.S. Day when she came upstairs to ask me to join her in the festivities since you all are busy with your jobs and activities.” She told them as she continued. “Look, if you need to know what somepony is talking about, ask them what it means before you start saying something and hear what they have to say before you leave them behind before they even explained it to you.” She gave them advice as she remembered that when Twilight told her about the parasprite incident in Ponyville a while back before Celestia’s visit with Twilight, Pinkie tried to explain to her friends about those gross things as she experienced with those before and know how to get rid of them. But her friends didn’t listen to her as they find her ideas silly, but they were proved wrong when Pinkie played the ten instruments and lured the parasprites away from Ponyville, well what’s left of it after the parasprites ate most of it after Twilight’s failed magic spell that backfired, it kept them from eating anymore food, but then they started eating everything in sight. “Next time, listen to what Izzy has to say before you leave. So that she can explain to you what it means and for you all to understand what she is trying to say.” She added. The group looked down from what Sunset had told them, feeling bad that they didn’t listen to Izzy earlier when she was trying to explain T.U.E.S. Day. But they were so in a hurry for their jobs and activities, they didn’t have time to stop and listen to her. “Guess we gotta learn sompony’s special days and learn to listen to others more before we go.” Sunny said with a little sheepish smile. “Sunset and Sunny are right. We're sorry, Izzy.” Pipp apologized with a smile. “We thought you were talking about the days of week.” Zipp added with a smile. “We'll do better, I promise.” Hitch finished as the four friends smiled at the two ponies in front of them as Sunny spoke out. “But we were thinking... Maybe there's still time to do our own T.U.E.S. Day! All together?” Sunny asks as she and her friends want to make up for Izzy and Sunset for not joining them on today’s holiday. “Are you kidding? Me and Sunset had a whole day of fun and now we get to do it all again with you ponies?” Izzy asks them in excitement as her friends nodded their heads in saying yes. “Well, we did have fun as a duo, Izzy. So why not doing it again with all of our friends? It will be great!” Sunset cheered out as Izzy did the same as well as their friends huddled for a group hug around Izzy. “Woo! This is the best T.U.E.S. Day ever!” Izzy cheered as the Mane 6 smiled together as they started music with flashing lights inside the brighthouse as they were having a party together as the door closed on them, letting them enjoy their T.U.E.S. Day. But this time, with all their friends. End of Chapter 9.