It was a hot summer day in Maretime Bay. Izzy was skipping around town, humming a tune to self. Not seeming to mind how hot it was. Despite the sweat soaking through and creating drops on her fur. Ponies were standing around, sweating. Some making their way to the beach.
She had a large duffle bag across her back, filled with stuff she was taking with her to her destination. It was simply stuff she had prepared for the day, but the contents were a surprise! As she arrived at her destination, Mane Melody. Pipp’s musical salon, she had the biggest grin on her face.
“I cannot wait!” She squealed before slamming open the doors. Thankfully not hitting anypony as a result this time, that would have hurt like every other time anypony got slammed by almost any doors. Not many ponies were in the salon, maybe because it was so hot! In fact, only a few ponies were present. Jazz and Rocky, the co-workers were in sight. The latter working on a grey, pink and purple unicorn’s mane. The only customer at the moment. Most had came earlier when it wasn’t as hot.
Rocky noticed Izzy almost immediately as he finished drying the customer’s mane. “Oh! Izzy? You look pretty joyful today, and heat isn’t bothering you? Oh well. Anything we can do for ya?” He asked in a slightly tired voice, but still had a slight smile as sweat dripped down his forehead.
Izzy hid her giggling as she eyed Rocky, who was naive and unaware on what was planned. He was never going to know what hit him. She smiled at his unaware, welcoming smile as he looked at her, awaiting her response. “Oh, nothing, Rocky... just seeing my pal, Pipp!”
”Oh!” Rocky responded, “In that case, she’s in the storage room, just over there,”
“Thank you!” Izzy responded before bouncing on over, opening the door to see the back of Pipp. She seemed to have been putting things in some buckets. Soon she turned around and noticed Izzy. grinning as Izzy shut the door behind her. “Got the stuff?” She asked.
Izzy nodded with a smirk. “Just what you asked for!” She exclaimed happily with a wink. She put down the stuff. Pipp had a look inside the bag and rubbed her hooves together.
“Perfect...” Pipp grinned.
Soon, Trixie, hatless and capeless, entered the salon with a slight smile. Before anyone had the chance to say anything, she smiled, “Trixie wants a hooficure. One fit for the greatest and most powerful in Equestria!”
Rocky briefly glared at Trixie’s rude enterance, but then looked to see how Jazz would respond to this. He wasn’t surprised she was used to Trixie’s nature. She simply had a smile on her face as she sat, leaning on a chair. Fanning herself with a pink and teal handheld fan.
“Sure!” Jazz exclaimed across the room, putting down her handheld fan she was fanning herself with. The roots of her mane slightly damp with sweat. “Over here.” She gestured Trixie to the chair she was near and she sat down on a cushioned stool next to it with a smug face. While Trixie sat on the chair itself. Her smug face wasn’t unusual. But Trixie had a mischievous smirk as she sat on the chair, holding out a hoof for Jazz to start with. As Jazz grabbed her hoof file from her sash, she wiped some sweat from her brow. “Whew! Wouldn’t be surprised this has been the hottest day in years!”
Trixie shrugged, “Eh, it’s nothing. You’ve never been to a desert, have you?” She wasn’t sweating as much as everyone else. Jazz assumed she was simply using a spell from her time to keep cool. She wasn’t as educated on ancient Equestria, but she knew that many unicorns knew powerful spells back then. Like turning invisible, levitating themselves, turning one thing into another, teleportation... Also some not so pleasant ones, like stealing cutiemarks or ones that could possibly endanger hundreds if put in the wrong hooves. Yikes!
These days, unicorns only knew levitation. As well as a few small or minor weather alteration spells. With a few unicorns currently attempting to learn teleportation. Hopefully no pony would try and use those for the wrong things. But they won’t, will they? Jazz snapped back to reality and back to Trixie’s question.
”No, I have not... I suppose that can get pretty hot,” Jazz smiled slightly. “I can’t imagine being able to be in the desert and not sweat like a waterfall!” She wondered if it was any harder living in the desert than somewhere like a forest, a mountain or a coastal town.
Meanwhile, Rocky was being paid by the customer’s who’s mane he had finished. He put the money away as the customer left, soon he sat down. Panting, fur damp from the sweat. An electric fan was nearby but not on, he walked over to it, confused. Pressing the button to turn it on. Only for it to not work, but he kept trying. Smiling at Rocky, Trixie returned her attention to Jazz, responding to what she had said.
”Maybe someday you will... Trixie has actually been near lava.”
”Lava!?” Exclaimed Jazz in shock as sweat ran down her face. “Yikes! That must be way hotter! I can’t imagine!” Jazz could not imagine being near that! She heard stories and watched videos on erupting volcanoes. So much delay lava, how fatal it was! It seemed unlikely that anypony would want to go near that stuff willingly!
Unless they were like n expert or similar, having to go near some to do some tests or whatever. Then she realized as a playful smile appeared on her lips, “Wait... are you tricking me?” She smirked slightly as she raised a brow. She knew Trixie would sometimes over exaggerate her own stories. But she knew they were sometimes over exaggerated, thanks to some friends that come to this time with her.
Trixie looked at the door of the storage room. A smirk appeared on her face as Jazz filed her hoof, soon she noticed her. “What are you smiling at?”
Trixie’s ears perked up, “Nothing. Has Trixie told you the time she had been in the stomach of a manticore?”
Jazz had a brief surprised expression as she took a sip of water from a cup of water with ice in it. Nearby, Rocky was at the sink. His wings were lifted, but not open. To allow air underneath. He splashed some water on his face to cool himself down. He glared at the fan that wasn’t doing a very good job. It was so annoying! It had one job!
“C’mon...” He grunted at it. Poking it slightly.
After taking a drink, Jazz looked at Trixie. “Yes, you have...” she shuddered slightly.
Trixie rolled her eyes, “Imagine if I did it again! But with something... bigger!” She pretended to listen to Jazz’s response as she watched the doors. Soon Zipp and Hitch ended. The former holding her wings in a similar way to flapping them occasionally, to try and get cool air through her feathers.
“Pipp...” Zipp panted slightly, mane slightly damp from her own sweat. “I’m here... what’s the surprise you want to tell us?” She asked as she looked around. “Ugh...” she said as she entered with Hitch. As he entered, Trixie saw Sparky was on his back, not seeming to mind the heat as much as the ponies.
Jazz wipes some sweat from her brow as she finished filing Trixie’s hooves. “Alright! Done!” She exclaimed. “Whew...” She grabbed her fan and fanned herself. She then noticed Rocky panting as he walked up to the fan that didn’t seem to be working. He tapped it a little with his hoof, on,y for him to flinch as it suddenly fell to bits.
“Ugh...” he groaned. Zephyr Heights was cooler since it was in the mountains. It did get a bit warmer in summer, but not as warm as Maretine Bay got in summer. This day was also hotter than an average Maretime Bay summer day. He would have went across the street to the smoothie cart. But it’s closed... Rocky felt like he could melt.
”You okay there, Rocky?” Jazz asked, noticing he was taking the heat harder than she was.
“Yeah.. I’m gonna be-“
”Soaked!” Pipp interrupted with a shout. Before the two could react, they were sprayed in the face with water guns from Izzy and Pipp.
“Ack!”
”Hey!”
Pipp threw an extra watergun towards Zipp. But Hitch caught it as she wasn’t paying attention.
”Huh?” Zipp noticed Hitch’s expression grow. His big grin and chuckles as he pointed the water gun at Zipp. She recognised this water gun was she nervously stepped back as Hitch chuckled. This water gun... Sprayed far more water gun than any other Zipp has seen before. When younger, she used it herself to soak the guards on a warm day. Without ever being caught doing it. Except for admitting it to Pipp and showing her. But they both grew out of that. “H-Hitch? Buddy?” She said nervously as she stepped back.
“Hi-“ She was interrupted by the sudden hush of water, some of it filling her mouth. As it stopped, she gasped. Mane was totally soaked though, laying on the side of her head. After a bit she blinked and there was a pause between her and Hitch. Soon enough, she shook the excess water off her head and spread her wings. “It is on!” She exclaimed, dodging the next gush of water. She flew into the air, grabbing the bucket of water balloons ivy had levitated up for her. She started throwing them at Hitch and Sparky.
Izzy jumped in the middle of the room and started to spin. Squirting the water at random ponies, then ducking under a table. Chuckling as she squirted whoever went past.
Pipp sniped Jazz in the back just as she grabbed a water gun. “Hey!” Jazz exclaimed, laughing as she sprayed Pipp in the belly before she started to fly away. Dodging Jazz’s squirts of water. Soon she sprayed her mane. “Oh no!” Laughed Pipp. Rocky smirked as he threw water balloons at random ponies. Before being doused by a bucket of water Trixie held above him.
He gasped in surprise, then jumped as Hitch blasted him in the back with his water gun. Soon Jazz was looking around for Pipp, only to have a water balloon hit the back of her head, “ack!”
Trixie laughed as she was the one that threw it. Soon Hitch chuckled and Pipp made a squeal, as he doused Pipp’s mane with the water gun he had. “That water gun is way much OP!” Pipp playfully cried out. With incorrect grammar. Managing to douse Trixie with a bucket of water. Trixie hissed and sprayed her back, but missed.
Hitch was distracted by Trixie’s exclaims. In this moment, Zipp snagged the water gun from his hooves and aimed it at him. “Uh oh...” Hitch exclaimed as Sparky chuckled, now running around with a tiny water gun of his own.
Soon being ambushed by Izzy. As Pipp hit Hitch in the face with a water balloon, Zipp and Sparky sprayed him till he was dripping wet. He shook the excess water off himself. “Ugh! Did not see that coming!”
Since Izzy was no longer in her hiding place. Pipp, Trixie and Rocky saw their moment and went for it. Dousing her mane before she could jump back in her hiding place. She wasn’t upset the slighted.
“Okay, you got me!” She laughed as she poked her head out, only to dodge an incoming water balloon.
Soon on everypony was soaking wet. Except for one pony.. Jazz... sure, she did have a few damp spots. But, wasn’t soaked like the rest of them. Everyone glanced at each other and chuckled slightly. Agreeing on something before taking their hiding places. Jazz looked around as she held her watergun. “Where did everypony go?” She wondered, confused. Jazz looked around, “Anyone?”
Before she could do anything, besides scream, she was ambushed. She squealed, “No!”
Expecting to end up soak, she was surprised as she didn’t feel any water hitting her. Only surprised gasps from the other ponies. She cracked an eye open to see no water was being shot at her. She looked around in confusion as everyone looked at their now-broken water guns in confusion. Except for Zipp’s. Her’s was fine but didn’t hit Jazz either. It was aimed right at her but still missed. She studied it, confused. “Strange....”
“What the?” Jazz was confused and laughed, “You missed! But... how did-“
But Jazz wasn’t safe from being soggy yet! Pipp and Rocky also tipped a whole container of water in her. Jazz screamed as it happened. Every single drop hitting her this time! Then she sat on her soggy rump. Everyone laughed at her expression, mouth and eyes wide open. After a good laugh they all sat down. Forgetting about the strange event before where the water guns failed and exploded. Except for Trixie, who glanced at her as if she did something very suspicious.
“Was that what Trixie thought it was?” She said quietly, no one really heard her. Those who did didn’t exactly hear what she said anyway and minded their business.
Everyone was soaking wet, head to hoof, but they didn’t mind. Jazz just sat there, still dripping, she didn’t seem very pleased as she wringed her mane.
“Anyone up for ice cream?” Asked Pipp, “It’s on me!”
”Of course!”
“Yeah! “
“Sure!”
“Hmmm...” Trixie and Zipp glanced at Jazz.
“Something Strange happened...” Zipp said, remembering the backfiring waterguns. She turned to Trixie, “Trixie. The water guns backfiring on everyone? A prank of yours. Wasn’t it?”
Trixie was quiet for a few minutes, “N-No! Trixie did not do that!”
Zipp was a little suspicious. But she soon let it go and shrugged it off. It wasn’t a big deal anyway.