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// Chapter 23: Another Pony's Trash 
// Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 1 
// by JesusG0987 
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Chapter 23: Another Pony’s Trash

Sunny opened the window where a bird was sitting, but once Sunny opened the window, the bird flew away as Sunny sighed in relaxation.

“Another beautiful day in…Agh!” Sunny was startled when a piece of newspaper flew right into her face as she turned away from the window as she tries to get the newspaper off while grunting effortly as her friends, who are having breakfast, stifled their laughter, finding it funny that Sunny tries to get the newspaper off, once Sunny got it off, she sighs in relief before she reads the article on the paper. “‘Maretime Bay Trash Heap of Equestria?’ Huh? ‘Filling Visiting Numbers Caused Chaos?’” Sunny read in disbelief that the article said something about Maretime Bay as a trash heap.

“What? Let me see that.” Sunset asks as she walks in front of Sunny as she grabs the newspaper and sees the article for herself. “Okay. That’s just crazy and rude to say that to Maretime Bay.” She said, finding the article ridiculous as she crumbled it up and tossed it away.

“Yeah. Pttf, can any of you guys believe this?” Sunny asks the others while agreeing with Sunset with a snort. “As if Maretime Bay has a trash problem.” She added, thinking Maretime Bay doesn’t have a trash problem.

The others however, knew this as they realized Sunny and Sunset didn’t hear about this yet. Pipp is the first to speak as she holds out her phone. “Um. Are you two kidding? It’s like all over ‘Clip-Trot’.” She pointed out as she showed the two ponies the Clip-Trot video where the bunnies are dancing on the beach, but then a wave hits them as the bunnies are washed up from the ocean with some trash on them that was washed up from the ocean.

Hitch came in front of Sunny and Sunset as he spoke next. “And it’s not just trash. I’ve been getting alot of complaints on how busy Maretime Bay is now.” He pointed out to the board of complaints behind Sunny and Sunset as the two ponies turned and saw what Hitch meant. “They are mostly from Posey, but still.” He added, while seeing most of the notes complaints from Posey, clearly seeing that she still complained about other ponies and other things. 

“Unicorns are gasping too much at the views!” Posey’s voice was heard while each note saids it all. “Pegasus wings created unwanted breezes! Unicorn smell!” After the smell part of a note, Posey poked her head through the window outside while giving an irritated look. “And another thing….Aahhh!” She was cut off when a surprising magic blast hit her, pushing her out of the window as Sunset came in front of it, giving an annoying look at the irritated Earth Pony Mare.

“Nopony asked you, Posey!” Sunset yelled out as she can’t deal with Posey’s annoying attitude about everything she doesn’t like or complain about how she thinks of other ponies right now. “And those complaints are the weak sauce of your selfish attitude then helping other ponies! So stay out of this conversation!” She called out as she shut the window, shutting Posey out.

“Hey!” Posey calls out, and then groans as she's been shut out of this conversation, but also a little scared at Sunset’s outburst, clearly forgetting how that alicorn is when she’s angry, so she decided to let it go for now and walk away from the Brighthouse.

“Pony feathers, that mare is really spoiled.” Sunset commented as she rubs her head in frustration at Posey only in need of her ways over how other ponies feel. Sunset turned to the others, who were giving Sunset a strange look. “What?” She asks the others why they are looking at her like that.

While the others are silent, Zipp blinks twice before speaking. “Was that really necessary, Sunset?” She asks if it was really a good idea to magic blast Posey out of here.

“Hey. Posey just keep complaining over the smallest changes and little things about other ponies and the changes of Equestria, like what happened in Maretime Bay Day, her popping up out of nowhere to voice her complaints in front of us while we are having a conversation is a new low and annoying, even for her, somepony has to do it.” Sunset pointed out that the way Posey has been acting lately with the return of magic, ponies reunited and her voicing her complaints to her and her friends, is already annoying as it needs to be with that mare. “And besides, this is a private conversation for us six only, and Posey shouldn’t be involved in this, even if she complains about the simplest things.” She finished while pointing out that Posey shouldn’t get in between their conversations all she wants.

The others thought of what Sunset said about Posey, after a moment, they saw her point as they mumbled in agreement. “Okay, we see your point.” Hitch answered, seeing Sunset’s point in this.

Sunny then spoke out next. “Posey aside. Oh pony boloney, these news ponies always make things worse than they are.” She assured the others, stating that this must be what the news ponies are saying to make things worse. “I’m sure it’s just a big fuss over nothing.” She finished as she turned and walked out to go to her smoothie job.

Hitch raised his hoof to stop Sunny, but she already walked out as he lowered it. Sunset turned to Hitch with a concerned look.

“I’m gonna guess and say that she will be proven wrong, right?” Sunset asks Hitch, seeing that this might not go well once Sunny finds out she’s wrong.

“Yep.” Hitch answered, seeing that Sunny will just have to see it to believe it.

Sunset sighs as she walks ahead to catch up to Sunny. “I better go catch up to her, I gotta see this for myself as well.” She pointed out, going to follow Sunny so that she can be there just in case and to see what Hitch and the others said on how bad Maretime Bay is with all those trash.







Later on in the streets of Maretime Bay, Sunny and Sunset, while dragging smoothie carts, look at the street they are in in total shock, Sunny has her right eye twitch at this sight while Sunset’s jaw drops at this. What they are seeing is Maretime Bay completely covered in trash while ponies around are looking at their phones for selfies, Pegasi are flying around holding their phones at top speed, and Earth Ponies dragging rickshaws with other ponies riding on them are trotting around.

Sunny and Sunset walk by as they look around to see a raccoonicorn digging in a pile of trash in a recycling bin, which is kinda disturbing. Next, they saw Rufus trying to clean up the litter in the street, but a pony tossed a crumpled up paper on the other crumpled up papers, which resulted in the rest of them falling to the floor, which made Rufus groan in frustration at this. Sunny and Sunset watch around as they look around while other ponies are taking selfies on their phones.

Sunny spoke out with a nervous tone as she turned to Sunset with a nervous smile. “See! Everything’s… whoa!” She got startled as a couple of fillies ran past the two ponies as Sunny finished. “Fine!” She said, while looking at her hoof to see that a piece of trash was on her hoof as she shook it off.

“Does this look fine to you, Sunny?” Sunset questioned with a raised eyebrow at Sunny, seeing that this is not fine.

“It gotta be.” Sunny said, and then looked at her other hoof to see it got some trash on it as well. “Huh?” She asks herself, and then duck when a newspaper was about to hit her when a Pegasus flew by, creating a breeze. “Hey!” She cried out, but then another Pegasus flew by and the breeze hit another newspaper on Sunny’s head that surprised her. Sunny got the newspaper off her face as she has an unmuse look on her face. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” She said, stating that’s twice in one day a newspaper hit her in the face.

Sunset chuckled. “Sorry, Sunny. But the truth gotta smack you in the face sometimes.” She pointed out, stating that it is true that the truth has to hit Sunny about the trash situation in Maretime Bay.

An Earth Pony mare came right in front of them, holding a selfie stick with a cart full of them behind her. “Selfie sticks! Get your selfie stick!” She announced right in front of them.

Sunset and Sunny were about to turn away from this but another mare came right in front of them with a megaphone in her hoof. “Megaphones! Get your megaphones!” She called out through the megaphone, which caused Sunny and Sunset to cringed at the loud noise as they backed away from this.

Sunset and Sunny came near the edge where the view of the ocean is, but then saw a stallion going fast while dragging a rickshaw coming at them. Sunny and Sunset move out of the way as it passes by them, but then ponies around them are holding their own selfie sticks that are blocking their way as the two ponies run off, trying to get away from this.

And then a Unicorn colt was holding his selfie stick, but didn’t notice that an Earth Pony mare with another in the rickshaw was coming up really fast. Sunny and Sunset gasp as they see the colt about to get hit. Thinking fast, Sunny jumps in and grabs the colt before the cart hits him as it passes by, completely oblivious of who that pony who is dragging the rickshaws about to hit as Sunny landed on her hooves after the roll as she sighs in relief. Sunset came next to her after the road was clear to go through.

“Is he alright, Sunny?” Sunset asks in concern.

“I think so.” Sunny answered while lifting the colt up to check and see, the boy laughed, clearly okay and thinking that was fun, as a newspaper hit him in the face.

Sunset and Sunny look for a second before turning to each other as Sunset spoke. “You were saying?” She asks Sunny about her previous question about Maretime Bay being fine.

Sunny chuckled sheepishly as she spoke. “Okay. We may have a problem.” She said while clearly seeing that Sunset and others are right about Maretime Bay having a problem as Sunset nodded her head in agreement.







A little bit later, Sunny and Sunset returned to their friends back in the Crystal Brighthouse to tell them of the problem in Maretime Bay.

“Ponies. You were right.” Sunny said to her friends, admitting that they were right about Maretime Bay having a problem. “Maretime Bay is a trash heap!” She called out about the mess Maretime Bay has.

Zipp leaned to Pipp as she whispered to her sister. “I’ve seen actual trash heaps that are much cleaner.” She whispered, stating that Maretime Bay is worse than an actual trash heap.

Sunset shoots a tiny blast between them, which startled the two as she gives them an un-amuse expression. “We heard that, Zipp. Don’t make a bad joke about Maretime Bay, this is Sunny’s and Hitch’s hometown, so don’t push it.” She lectured Zipp, as said Pegasus chuckled sheepishly.

Sunny brought them back to the topic at hand. “Well, I’m not gonna sit around and watch our town turn into a complete disaster!” She calls out while pacing back-in-forth over that her hometown is a mess and might turn into a complete disaster if not taken care of, and Sunny takes that personal as she faces the others. “It’s time to take out the trash.” Sunny said with a dramatic smile to the others, as it was time to clean up Maretime Bay.

Izzy groans as Hitch reads his sheriff book behind her. “Oh. But I took out the trash this morning.” She complained, not getting what Sunny meant.

Sunny came close to Izzy while giving her a bored expression. “Not literally, Izzy.” She clarified what she meant.

“Oh! Yeah. That makes a lot more sense.” Izzy answered, not getting what Sunny meant, it was a metaphor of what Sunny meant to clean up Maretime Bay.

Sunset then spoke up to the group. “Alright, ponies. Let’s go and clean up the town. And yes Hitch, we are picking up the litters.” She pointed out to the sheriff, while stating that they will clean up the town and something Hitch agrees all too well since the trash in Maretime Bay is a nightmare compared to him as Hitch smiled at this. “So let’s get started.” Sunset called out as she and the others walked out of the Brighthouse to get started on cleaning up Maretime Bay.







Sometime later, the Mane 6 are walking past the ponies in Maretime Bay, while wearing sunglasses, Izzy wearing her goggles, and a pair of green hats that have each of a symbol of a mop and a broom, with two of Hitch’s animal crew with them as the bird holds a broom with McSnips next to Pipp as the ponies around them watches them with awed expression, finding their looks great.

The Mane 6 stops walking as Pipp holds out her phone to face Sunny and Sunset to livestream this whole thing for other ponies to know about this.

Sunny spoke up with a determined look. “Listen up, Team Clean!” Sunny called out. “If we want to live together, we’re going to have to work together!” She and Sunset called put in unison while facing Izzy who smiled determinedly about their plan.

Sunset spoke up next as she pointed out the piles of trash on a corner. “Clean every corner!” She called out.

Sunny pointed out to the sidewalk with an Earth Pony stallion nearby. “Sweep every sidewalk!” She called out.

Sunset spoke out again. “Mop every…. Uh?” She said while pointing out to the recycle bin with the raccoonicorn, while thinking of a name for this part but skipped it. “Moppable area!” She called out.

Sunny then turned to Zipp. “Zipp, Track down those litters.” She said to Zipp, who brought out her magnifying glass, going to use her detective skills to find those litters who keep littering Maretime Bay.

Sunset then turned to Izzy. “Izzy, You’re on redecoration.” She said to her with a smile, since the unicorn will put her Unicycling skills to good use as Izzy saluted with a smile.

Sunny then turned to Hitch. “Hitch, sort out the rickshaw problem.” She told her childhood friend to handle the rickshaw ponies going by fast that might hit somepony and get work. Hitch smiled at this as he held up to signs for ‘Stop’ and ‘Go’ to get the rickshaw under control.

Pipp holding the selfie stick with her phone on it, trying to take a selfie as Sunset shoots her a look. “Pipp, selfie sticks.” She simply said, telling Pipp that this is not the time to take a selfie, but she will handle the selfie sticks situation to handle the chaos and show the ponies how to use them as Pipp smiled at Sunset, knowing what she needs to do.

Sunny then turned to Hitch’s critters. “Critters…” She said to them as the two critters saluted Sunny as she smiled at them. “Just stay adorable.” She said cutely to them, since the critters are adorable in Sunny’s eyes.

Sunset, Sunny and all their friends stand side by side as they are ready for action. “Okay, Maretime Bay. Time to sparkle and shine!” Sunny announced as the others are ready to clean up.







After the Mane 6 got into action, Zipp is picking up the litter and to find the ones who are making this mess.

Zipp picked up a litter as she cringed at this. “This… is… disgusting!” She pointed out while placing the litter on the trash bag she is carrying while walking closer to the others. “Who lives like this?!” She questioned herself while wondering who would live to pick litter for a living as she picks up another one, as she sighs in relief as no other litters are around. “Phew. That’s better.” She said, but then a shadow was over her as Zipp turned and lifted her sunglasses up as she stared in shock at what she was seeing. Right in front of her are a mountain of trash that piled up in the trash bin with the raccoonicorns digging through it as Zipp stared in shock as her sunglasses fell off. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” She said since this is an insane amount of trash.







Meanwhile, Izzy is trying to put up some decorations for Maretime Bay as she tries to lift a lights on a building. 

“Okay... Almost there…” Izzy said to herself while keeping her balance and a stool. “Just a little bit— Aah!” She cried out as her stool lost balance as she tilted side to side and then fell as she screamed of the fall as crash can be heard, but luckily only the stool broke off as Izzy is now tangled in light wires as she is now stuck. “A little help here?!” She called out for anypony to help her get untangled.







On the street in front of Mane Melody, Hitch is trying to keep order of the rickshaw problem but apparently nopony listens. “Hey! Slow down, pal! Hey! Order! ORDER!” He called out to the ponies who were going past him at a fast paste, but then got twirled around when a rickshaw hit him. “Whoa! Whoa!” He called out as he twirled around.







Pipp, however, is livestreaming the whole thing to show her viewers on how to clean up Maretime Bay while also showing to hold the selfie stick that still has her phone. “See? It's super easy. Like this.” She said to the viewers, and then two colts, a unicorn and a pegasus, are clashing selfie sticks as they sword fight with them as they play around. Pipp saw this as she gasped at this sight. “Oh. Oh, no. Oh! Oh, careful! Oh! Look out!” She cried out as she chased after the two colts and to stop them from playing with those selfie sticks before either of them get hurt as her sunglasses was toss out of her face while giving chase.







Sometime later, the Mane 6 regroup as they are tired out and sweating from the cleaning and maintaining order, making it hard to work with just the six of them. 

“It's no good, Sunny and Sunset. We need more help.” Hitch pointed out, stating that the six of them aren’t enough to clean up an entire town and maintain order.

Sunset sighs at this. “He’s right, Sunny. This whole town is big and the six of us aren’t enough to keep it clean and maintain order. We need more help than just the six of us.” She said, while remember the time when Twilight told her when Celestia and Luna needed a vacation, they put Twilight and the girls incharge of Canterlot while their away, thinking they could handle things on their own but turns out it was overwhelming with just the 6 of them until they got some help from other ponies, which is another lesson on how Twilight will handle ruling Equestria.

Zipp then spoke next. “There's so much garbage. The town's about to explode!” She cried out of the so much garbage that keeps piling on that Maretime Bay will never get clean with just six of them. And then the Mane 6 heard rumbling sounds as the ground shook. “Whoa!” Zipp called out as she turned her head to find the source of the rumbling, wondering where it was coming from.

The Mane 6 then saw a bunch of ponies coming at them in a stampeding fashion, with Posey upfront with a determined expression as the ponies surrounded the Mane 6.

“Posey?!” Sunset called out in surprise, wondering what she and the other ponies were doing here.

“That’s my name, Sunset. Don’t wear it out.” Posey said with a smirk to Sunset.

“W-What's all this?” Sunny asks, wondering the same thought Sunset is having on this outcome.

“We saw Pipp's video.” A Pegasus Stallion answered while holding the phone she recorded when Sunset and Sunny announced to their friends to clean up Maretime Bay.

“Pretty inspiring stuff.” The Unicorn mare said with sparkles in her eyes as the other ponies smiled, seeing that Sunny and Sunset’s speech inspired others to help clean up the town.

“We're here to help clean up.” Posey started while remembering the speech Sunny and Sunset spoke off.  “If we want to live together, we're gonna have to work togeth---” She was cut off when Sunny spoke.

“Yeah, yeah, we remember the speech.” Sunny said to Posey while giving her a grateful smile.

Posey then turned to Sunset. “And I thought about what you said, Sunset. And I guess my old habits from before Maretime Bay Day are hard to get rid off.” She said with a chuckle. “So I rounded the ponies you see after that speech you and Sunny made and came here to help you guys clean up the town together.” She said her reason why the ponies are here is to help the Mane 6 clean up Maretime Bay.

Sunset and Sunny smiled at Posey, grateful for her help while facing the other ponies around them as Sunny spoke. “Wow. Okay, um... Izzy!” Sunny called out to her unicorn friend. “Get these ponies some ‘Team Clean’ caps!” She said Izzy, who saluted her friend in response with a smile as she placed some ‘Team Clean’ caps on Posey and some other ponies.

Sunset then spoke out to the crowd. “Alright, everyone! It’s time to clean up Maretime Bay! And we clean it together! Now let's clean up like there's no tomorrow!” Sunset called out to the ponies.

A Earth Salespony mare then spoke up in a panic tone. “There's no tomorrow?!” She cried out as she screamed and ran off, didn’t know that was a metaphor as she ran off.

The Mane 6, along with the other ponies watches that Earth Pony mare go as they give her a strange look as Sunset face-hoof herself, clearly seeing that pony didn’t get the metaphor.







After getting the ponies together thanks to Posey’s help, they start cleaning up Maretime Bay.

Zipp motioned the Unicorns to help lift the pile of trash as they levitated off the ground as the Pegasi on top of them are carrying bags as the unicorns put the trash in the bags while the Pegasi holds the bags open. Rufus skied down the mountain of trash as he picked them and put them in the bags on his side as he skied down as a unicorn stallion levitated a pile of trash. A Pegasus Mare then sweeps the floor for the dirt from the pile of trash left behind as she sweeps it clean, the raccoonicorn groaning from the pile of garbage now gone.







At the other section, Izzy is putting up a can of decorative soda cans to make the street look good, but as she was about to tie it up on a streetlight, a can tilted as it spilled some soda contents that was left in it. Izzy looked down and saw a colt drinking the contents, apparently Izzy got some fresh sodas and drank them empty to use the cans as decoratives, so it was glad she did or else that would've been gross for the colt to drink out of.







And then sometime later, a traffic light was set up as it started to turn on. The ponies stop after seeing the traffic light, a little something Izzy or Phyllis made to help with the rickshaw thing that was happening in Maretime Bay recently and they’ve proven to be effective. Hitch smiled at this as now the streets are now in control, and then saw Jazz and Rocky doing a victory dance as Jazz laughs at this while the four ponies, two who are dragging the rickshaw and the two in the rickshaw, watch on as they bob their heads. 







Pipp then showed the fillies around her how to use the selfie sticks as they took pictures from their phones. In front of them are another group of ponies, and a pegasnail, holding selfie sticks as the two filles told the two mares what to do as they and the pegasnail took their pictures, except for the pegasnail since it lost it balance with the weight and lack of flight with just one wing as it flew backwards. Pipp claps her hooves with a smile at their great work.







Sunny and Sunset looked around as they smiled at the ponies working together while cleaning Maretime Bay, the rest of the Mane 6 smiled at their accomplishments as their cutie marks began to shimmer and then shoot magic out into the sky, the ponies saw this as Sunny is surrounded by the magic as it levitate her in the air and transformed into her alicorn form as she landed with a smile. Some of the magic hits Sunset as well as it gives her rejuvenation energy inside her as she and Sunny smile at each other and then hug each other at their accomplishments.







A little bit later, in front of the Canterlogic building, Sunny and Sunset walk in front of the stage while their friends around them are facing the crowds of ponies as Sunny spoke up. “Everypony, today is a wondrous day!” Sunny called out with a spread of her wings.

“Tuesday?” Rufus asks with a curious expression with a smile.

“Yes! Thank you, Rufus.” Sunny said to him with a smile but getting to the point. “But it's also the day we proved that ponykind can live together in unity! So long as we clean up once in a while.” She called out while adding the cleaning up part.

“As long as we clean up our messes and work together as one, ponykind will accomplish anything if we work together! Because once we work together, there is nothing we can’t do!” Sunset called out, which resulted in the crowd cheering to the two ponies.

Sunny spoke up again. “So we hereby announce the brand-new yearly Cleanup Carnival!” She called out while unraveling a sign that showed three ponies, each from one tribe who were carrying cleaning tools as the crowd cheered on. “A special day to clean Maretime Bay from head to hoof!” Sunny added about this new special day they’ve created.

Both Sunset and Sunny, standing side by side with each other, as their friends came closer to the two ponies. “All overseen by ‘Team Clean’!” Both Sunset and Sunny called out in unison as they and their friends lifted their hooves in the air as the crowd cheered on to the Mane 6.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Rufus said with a proud smile on his face as he faced the raccoonicorn next to him. “I liked cleaning before it was cool.” He said to the raccoonicorn with a smile before facing the Mane 6 again as the raccoonicorn gives off a down expression, clearly missing the mess already as now Maretime Bay is now clean and sparkly once more.

End of Chapter 23.