//------------------------------// // Chapter 21: My Bananas // Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 1 // by JesusG0987 //------------------------------// Chapter 21: My Bananas It is a nice sunny day in Maretime Bay as ponies chat to each other. Passing by them and giving them smoothies is Sunny as she roller skates past them as she gives out smoothies to the ponies around them while showing her roller skating moves. Sunset is following her by flight as she gives the Pegasi ponies in the air smoothies as well while lowering herself into the ground to give smoothies to the ponies as well as she helps Sunny with giving smoothies to the ponies. Sunny then came to Posey as she gave her a smoothie. “Morning, Posey. One tropical treat to go.” She said to her as she came to Dahlia. “Dahlia. Free banana berry blast?” She asks with a smile as Dahlia nodded her head yes. “I’ll be right with you.” She said as she rollerscated back to her smoothie stand to make Dahlia’s smoothie request, but then she slipped on a banana peel on the floor as she tripped from it. “Whoa!” She cried out as she tripped into the air, but then all the bananas and a couple of her smoothies from her cart flew out. “Myyy Baanaanaasss!” She cried out while things were going slow-mo as the ponies watched on as some smoothies spilled to the ground. A family of Pegasi are getting their picture taken together while a Earth Pony mare holds up the camera phone as they cheered, but then Sunny got into the phone’s camera lens as it snap a picture of her in a funny way from the trip as she screamed and crash into the ground as the ponies gasps, hoping that Sunny is okay. Sunset saw this as she gasped as well. “Sunny!” She cried out as she flew to her as Sunny flopped to the floor, and then the piles of bananas fell on her, along with the banana peel she slipped on. Sunny stuck her head out of the pile, with the banana peel on her helmet as Sunset came to her. “Sunny! Are you okay?” She asks in concern. “I’m alright, Sunset.” Sunny answered as the banana peel slipped off her helmet and into her face. Sunny picks it off while holding it with an embarrassed look, and it gets worse when everypony that saw with a look before Posey gives out a laugh before everypony in the crowd joins in, finding it funny that Sunny embarrasses herself with those bananas. “Okay, so, everypony saw that.” She said with a sheepish look as the crowd continued to laugh at Sunny. Sunset gives them a glare at them for laughing at Sunny as she turned to her. “C’mon, Sunny. Let's get out of here.” She said to her as she grabbed Sunny’s hooves and dash out of sight of the laughing crowds as they made their way back home. At the Crystal Brighthouse, Hitch, Ppipp and Zipp are watching something as the door opens as Sunny and Sunset come in with Sunny having an unhappy look while Sunset places a wing on her for comfort. “You are not going to believe what happened to me today.” Sunny said to her friends, still can’t get rid of that memory anytime soon. “Did you do an epic fail in front of tons of customers and land in a big pile of bananas, Sunny?” Zipp said with an amusing smile while Hitch and Pipp did their best to not laugh as they snorted a bit. “Huh?!” Sunny and Sunset both cried out in surprise as ZIpp guessed right. “How did you know that?” Sunset asks how they know that so fast. “Sunny’s gone viral, Sunset!” Pipp answered. “Everypony is talking about it!” She said as she picked up the remote and turned the TV on as it showed Sunny tripped, screamed, flopped to the floor as the banana pile fell on her with a remix song named “My Bananas” played in the background. Skye and Dazzle of the Zephyr Heights news then appeared as Skye cringed at the video that they saw with a seethe. “Ooh, now that's embarrassing!” He said with a smile, finding it funny as him and Dazzle laughed from the video. “Let’s play that again.” He said while replaying the video again. “No!” Sunny cried out with her hooves on her face, seeing that everypony has seen this video and it is viral. And then Izzy starts singing behind them as she starts to sing. “My bananas! Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na! My bananas!” She got to Sunny’s face as she started vocalizing. “Sunny! Sunny! Break it down! My bananas!” She then started beatboxing down, waiting for Sunny to make a break down but didn’t come as Sunny is still upset. Sunset narrowed her eyes at Izzy before she got in front of Izzy as she covered her mouth from the beatboxing noise she made. “Izzy! Not helping and not having the time for this!” She cried out as Sunny is still sad and embarrassed about all this and Izzy is not helping making it better as she let go of Izzy as she sheepishly smiled at this as Sunset turned to the others. “And come on, guys. It's not THAT funny.” She retorted, defending Sunny. “I'm sure all of you had things happen that YOU were pretty embarrassed about, too." She said, telling them that they might have embarrassing moments they might have. “Besides, if what happened to Sunny happens to any of you, would you all move past it?” She asks them about that incident if they were in Sunny’s place. The rest of the Mane 6 thought what Sunset just and thought what she said. “Okay, good point. We would be a laughing stock too.” Zipp said in seeing Sunset’s point as the others nodded their heads in agreement. “This... is... the... worst!” Sunny cried out as she got in front of the TV, she changed the channels but it still showed the same ‘epic fail’ of Sunny and the banana  thing. “Ugh, I'm everywhere! I'm supposed to be the Alicorn defender of pony unity, and now I'm a joke!” She said as she started to tear up of finding herself a laughing stock. Sunset then comes to Sunny side as she gives her a comforting hug. “Don’t feel like that, Sunny. It’s just a video of an accident, it will get old eventually.” She assures the sad Earth Pony. “She’s right, these things happen all the time.” Hitch agrees with Sunset as he came next to Sunny while placing a hoof on her shoulder. “Trust me. In a couple of hours, they'll have forgotten all about it.” He assures Sunny that the ponies will forget about this in a couple hours. Sunny then gives the two ponies a smile, finding their words true. I mean, the video has to get old sooner or later, right? But then at night in the bedroom, Sunny is covered in her blanket as she watches from her phone that is still playing the ‘Epic Banana Fail’ as her video self screamed and going into the ‘My Bananas’ remix as it starts showing her crash pose, falling on the floor until banana pile fell on her. Sunny then taps the screen as it shows two ponies wearing a banana hat, a guy wearing a banana suit while he is laughing, and then shows Dazzle in the news again. “‘Sunny side down’, am I right?” Dazzle asks in a joke as she laughs before Sunny changes the screen again with a tap as Sunny is feeling even more humiliated. It then showed Posey on the screen. “‘My bananas!’” She called out as she pressed a button as rainbow lights appeared behind her as audience off-screen cheers. “Yeah!” Posey cheered as the lights and cheers continued. The screen then went back to the news as Skye appeared. “Not a "smoothie" operator?” He joked as he laughed. The screen changed to a Unicorn Filly who is holding a lunchbox with a batch of bananas, then to a Pegasus mare who gasps at the video she is watching, then back to the news where Dazzle appeared again. “Time for a banana ‘splat’!” Dazzle laughs again from the joke she made. Then the screen showed Queen Haven, who was laughing after seeing the video. “‘My bananas!’" She laughs out. “Slip of the ‘peel’?” She made a joke about it. Sunny couldn’t take it anymore as she groaned and flopped to her bed, clearly seeing that the banana thing won’t stop anytime soon as she is still a laughing stock. Sunset was watching Sunny when she went through her phone and clearly saw Sunny still embarrassed about the whole banana thing. She couldn’t stand seeing her like this as she thinks of something tomorrow that would make Sunny feel better. The next morning, Sunny was still lying in bed, still embarrassed and covered in her blanket to hide herself from the embarrassment as her friends were beside her bed. “Sunny, what about the smoothie stand?” Pipp questioned, seeing that Sunny is still here and needs to get to her smoothie job. “There's no way I'm going back out there.” Sunny answered from inside her blanket. “It's too embarrassing.” She added, not wanting to go out there so that ponies could laugh at her. “Sunny. Come on. You can’t just hide from this. It’s just a video.” Sunset tries to reason with Sunny and places a hoof over her on top of her blanket. “Don’t let it affect you.” She said to her, trying to get her out of hiding. “It really did in embarrassment, Sunset. I can’t go out there for ponies to laugh at me.” Sunny replied, still not coming out of the blanket. “Come on.” Hitch spoke out with a comforting smile, going to give his word of advice to Sunny. “ It's not the end of the world. Hey, nobody even remembers that time I tried to arrest a baby raccoonicorn.” He said to them as he remembers his embarrassing moment when he tries to arrest a baby raccoonicorn. Flashback. A baby raccoonicorn, who was holding some gems on him, was up in a tree on a branch. The branch tilted a bit when the baby raccoonicorn saw Hitch on the branch. “It's the end of the line, racoonicorn!” He cried out. “Time to—!” He tried to walk towards it, but the branch snapped. “Whoa! Aah!” Hitch cried out as he and the raccoonicorn fell, but then Hitch’s straps got caught in another branch, leaving him dangling from as the baby raccoonicorn landed on him with the gems in his paws as he hops up and down, making Hitch yelp in the process as the ponies around him saw this as Hitch sees that he embarrass himself in front of the crowd. End of Flashback. After Hitch had his flashback, the pegasus, Philly, came flying by through the window. “Hey, aren't you that ‘racooni-cop’?” He asks Hitch, who flinches at that old nickname. “Get out of here!” Hitch cried out as he covered the window with the sheets to block off Philly’s view. He turned to see Izzy, Pipp, Zipp and Sunset stifle laughing at him while Sunny is not laughing at the slightest. “Okay, bad example.” He said, seeing that his side doesn’t help Sunny the slightest. Sunny then groans from this as she flop back to her bed, seeing that Hitch’s idea that they might forget won’t happen if they still remember his embarrassing moment. “Just get back out there and act like you don't care.” Zipp suggested for Sunny to just ignore them, making them think she doesn’t care about them. “Or just wear a disguise and start a new life!” Izzy strangely suggested next to Sunset who is in front of Sunny’s face. “Worked for me!” She cried out, which startled Sunny and Sunset as she laughed and then she flopped back into the ground. Sunset then looked at where Izzy was as she thought about her. “You've done that before, right?” She asks Izzy, but does not respond but getting the hint that something happened to Izzy that causes her to wear a disguise to start a new life, another reason she didn’t have any friends before. “No!” Sunny answers the two ponies, a little freak from Izzy but ignores it. “It's hopeless!” She cried out as she covered her face. “Looks like I'll have to stay here forever!” She was muffled in the blanket with a sad tone. The rest of the Mane 6 gives Sunny a sympathetic look. Clearly seeing that their advice isn’t helping Sunny. Sunset really can’t stand seeing Sunny like this as she gives her a comforting pat on the head as she looks at the only pony who hasn't given her advice yet. “Pipp. Is there anything you like to say to help Sunny?” She asks the stylish/singer/livestreamer pegasus for anything to help Sunny, she’s a famous livestreamer so she must’ve made some embarrassing moments in her time. Pipp sees where Sunset is going with this as she turns to the others. “Okay, ponies, leave this one to me and Sunset.” She said to her friends as she motioned them out the room while leaving just her and Sunset with Sunny. She comes close to Sunny’s bed as she grabs the blanket. “Sunny.” She took Sunny’s blanket off, but then she and Sunset saw Sunny curled up with a sad face, as well as her bed hair as well as they yelped from the sight.  “Do you get the same bed hair no matter how you sleep, Sunny?” Sunset questioned Sunny with a surprise look, she saw her bed hair often but not that often since Sunny woke up with her mane okay sometimes. “Yes.” Sunny whimpered in response, her sad expression didn’t change the slightest. “As I was saying.” Pipp continues, getting back to the topic as she brings out her phone. “Watch this.” She said as she clicks on her phone, giving it to Sunny as Sunset scoot closer to see as well as the two ponies watching some of Pipp’s old videos. The first video shows Pipp, along with Rocky and Jazz, on the Mane Melody stage as they sing their moto song. “Try something new, take a chance, just—” Pipp started, but then she lost her balance. “Whoa! Whoa! WHOA!” She cried out as she fell off the stage and into the ground. The next video shows Pipp eating spaghetti, but as she slup some of the noodles, the whole spaghetti smack on her face as it fell to the floor, leaving Pipp with some sauce on her face with a look at this outcome as she looks around for anypony who saw it before she put on her sunglasses to avoid eye-contacts. The next one shows Pipp vocalizing herself, but then her voice cracks as she messes up. “Pipp. What are we seeing?” Sunset asks, finding the videos of Pipp funny but wanting to know what they are seeing. “The video was called ‘Princess Pipp's Top Ten Most Epic Fails’.” Pipp answered Sunset’s questions while explaining it to the two ponies. “It has…” She starts before she clears her throat as she continues. “...thirteen billion views.” She pointed out while leaning on Sunny’s bed with a smile. Sunny and Sunset then look back at Pipp’s phone as the video continues. The next one shows Pipp in a royal garment as she shows off, but then hears a fabric tear as she looks at the source as she got one of her legs stuck in the robe. “Hmm?” She questioned herself as she lost her balance and then started screaming as the head garment blocked her eyesights and lost her balance as she fell to the screen. Sunny and Sunset laugh at the video, finding it funny as Pipp proves her point. “You see?” Pipp said to Sunny while placing a hoof on Sunny’s shoulder. “You've got to own your fails. If you play this right, they could remember for months.” She said, but that was a poor choice of words as Sunny groans at Pipp’s words. Sunset then looks at Pipp with a glare. “Not helping, Pipp.” She pointed out at what Pipp just said. Pipp then realizes what she said as she chuckled nervously. “Ahah. Sorry.” She apologizes to Sunny, clearly seeing her bad choice of words. Sunset then hopped on Sunny’s bed and placed a hoof on her shoulder for comfort. “Look, Sunny, even the best of us have our ‘epic fail’ moments. I can recall when my human world friends and I were all recalling some of OUR most embarrassing moments, actually grateful that we WEREN'T celebrities.” She pointed out with a chuckle, remembering the times when she and the Rainbooms have embarrassing moments in her time, like the time with Applejack suggestion a picture for the Harvest Festival, with the Rainbooms wearing the holiday costumes of the tradition as fruits and vegetables, which made them laughingstocks of CHS, even if Applejack told them they shouldn’t have to, but they got payback for making her wear an apple costume as they took the picture. “And I'm sure Twilight and her friends very likely had things happen to them that they were pretty embarrassed about.” She added, stating that maybe Twilight and the others must’ve had their embarrassing moments from time to time, but couldn’t tell since she wasn’t there but get that they have embarrassing moments in their times. “The trick is to learn to laugh along with them - you know, as long as nobody got seriously hurt, which they didn't in this case." She gives some words of wisdom to Sunny that she needs to know that someponies can laugh but she needs to know to laugh with them, it’s just a laugh and nopony got hurt for it. Sunny thought of what Sunset said as she took her words by heart. Sure the ponies are laughing at her but she should just ignore it. Even though she finds herself funny in those videos, even though it’s embarrassing, it could happen to anypony. “I guess you’re right, Sunset. You really know how to handle these things.” She said to her mentor/sister figure, finding her words fair as she smiled at her. “I learned from experience.” Sunset said with a smile to Sunny, having experienced this kind of thing before, more-so-often from time to time.   Pipp then spokke next as she gave another piece of advice. “Look, Sunny. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And when life gives you bananas…” She said, while waiting what Sunny thought of this. Sunny then spoke after a moment of thinking. “...make a banana smoothie?” She said in confusion, since that line for bananas had never been said before. “Yeah. I’m pretty sure nopony has ever said that about bananas.” Sunset added, never hearing that motto before. Pipp then thought of what Sunny just said about a banana smoothie as she gave a deep gasp. “That's it!” She cried out, having an idea to make Sunny feel better and not make ponies laugh at her again. “Leave this to me you two!” She said to both Sunny and Sunset, having a plan to end the laughingstock to Sunny to make it into something that doesn’t embarrass her anymore. In Maretime Bay, the ‘My Bananas’ remix plays in the speakers in both sides of Sunny’s smoothie stand as the ponies around are carrying banana balloons, wearing banana hats, wearing banana suits, the Pegasi family from yesterday taking a picture while mimicking Sunny’s face when she tripped while wearing banana hats, Rufus selling banana blushies, some having unicorn horns on them, as the sells go on. Clearly Pipp’s idea was to use Sunny’s epic fail to start a festival and a way to help Sunny not get laughed at again. Unknowingly to them, Sunny went through the crowd in a disguise, wearing a fake mustache, glasses, and a hat with an ‘S’ on it as Sunset is next to her as she kept a low profile and typing to act like Sunny isn’t around as they walk past the crowd, heading to the smoothie stand as quickly to follow Pipp’s plan while Sunset kept Sunny covered from revealing herself to the crowd to be laughed again as they trotted to the stand. Pipp then flew around the stand as she amplified her voice through the microphone as she spoke to the other ponies. “You know her from the videos! You know her from the memes! You know her from the funky dance remix!” She said closer to the crowds with a little dance before backing up. “And if you like ‘My Bananas’...” She said to the crowds. “‘My Bananas’!” The ponies of the crowd cheered, clearly saying yes to Pipp that they liked the video. Pipp continues through her microphone. “...then you'll looooove her Oopsy-Doopsy Banana Smoothie!” She said while striking poses after each word of the smoothie title. “Everypony, put your hooves together for... Sunny!” She pointed out to Sunny walking through the crowd, thinking it wouldn’t work with Sunset beside her. After Pipp announced Sunny’s name, she stopped and looked back as she took off her disguise, giving a nervous smile to the crowd with Sunset chuckling nervously as they walked back to the smoothie stand. But what surprises them is that instead of a laugh to Sunny, Seashell popp up with a  gasp “Sunny! Sign my banana!” She cried out while holding a banana plushie for Sunny to sign. “I want eighteen smoothies!” Dahlia cried out to Sunny as well so that she could be first. Sunny and Sunset laugh at this while Sunset is outside to keep the ponies back and stay in line to wait their turn, seeing that the laughing stock is now over as now ponies see Sunny famous. “Well, Sunny. Your laughing stock problem is now over and done with. And now you have become famous with that epic fail of yours.” Sunset commented with a smile. “Yeah. I guess this wasn't such a disaster after all.” Sunny admittedly said, agreeing with Sunset as Pipp came into the stand as Sunny placed a banana in the blender to make the banana smoothie. “Thanks, Pipp.” She thanked Pipp for helping her make this epic fail better. “Of course. Anything to help.” Pipp said with a smile to Sunny, willing to do anything to help a friend in need. Sunny then turned to Sunset with a smile. “And thanks for being there when I feel embarrassed, Sunset. And thanks for the word of advice on how to deal with these kinds of things.” She thanked the alicorn for being there and giving some words of wisdom on what to do in these situations. “What can I say? I experience it and helping a pony and a friend of mine is my thing and being there for others in need.” Sunset commented with a smile, glad to help Sunny out. But then the blender started to get a little too fast as the three ponies looked at it. It blend the banana so much that it pop open and splat the banana juice on Sunny and Pipp faces as the crowd of ponies gasps at this and brought out their phones as they took pictures of this moment as Sunny, Sunset and Pipp looked at each other as the three ponies laugh at this outcome. Finding it funny as well. “You see. It’s funny, because that was unexpected.” Sunset commented as she walked to the door of the stand. “Here, let me help you two with the smoothiiiiiiiieeeessss!” She cried out as she slipped on a banana peel, a pony drop during the festivities, and fell on her back as Sunny, Pipp and the crowd looked at her in surprise. “Sweet Celestia. That joke is old. But classic.” She commented with a laugh as it caused the crowd, Sunny and Pipp to laugh as well. Seeing it is funny since it’s a classic as well. End of Chapter 21.