//------------------------------// // Not A Dream // Story: The Ticket Master // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// Sunset levitated the trash she and Princess Luna had made throughout the night during their studies, dumping it into a trash can before flopping back on her bed. “I’m going to sleep!” Sunset called out to Silverspeed as the unicorn levitated the blanket over her and curled up into a ball. “Goodnight. Oh, I forgot Silverspeed was supposed to go to Rarity’s today with Roseluck. Oh well.” Sunset closed the blinds with her magic and sighed contently as she fell asleep. “Where’s Sunset?” Derpy asked as she and the five sat around a table at Sugarcube Corner, watching Pinkie drop a plate of muffins in front of them before racing off in a pink blur. “Probably asleep. She was up late last night,” Silverspeed answered as she set down her coffee. “Remind me to sound proof her room.” “What, you two that loud?” Shoeshine smirked as Trixie choked on her donut and Silverspeed turned red as Derpy and Roseluck hid their faces. “It’s not like that between us and you know that. She and Princess Luna get pretty loud during their studies, especially when the princess gets frustrated. It’s hard to sleep some nights because of it.” “Oh,” Shoeshine frowned at her tea. “I forgot that Luna visits Sunset every night. I kinda wish Sunset would let us help her sometimes. Damn mare is stubborn about her insisting she has to do everything by herself.” “You know how she gets, always wanting to do stuff alone. She is surprisingly independent,” Derpy commented as she unwrapped a muffin. “I credit that to her upbringing though, she does take asking for help as an insult some days.” Roseluck nodded as she examined her red velvet cupcake before taking a bite and the mare sighed. “She’s like Daisy in that area. Daisy hates asking for help. The amount of times I’ve seen that mare dragging heavy items by herself and almost damaging our wood floor is insane. Her and Lily constantly fight over it all the time.” “Hey, wanna hear a joke?” Trixie asked suddenly as she looked up from her book and the mares shrugged. “Sure why not?” Derpy said as she placed her forelegs on the table. “So you know Frosted Flakes, right?” “Uh huh?” “What do you call a mare with cum on her flanks?” Trixie asked as Derpy choked on her muffin and went red. Roseluck smacked her on the back as Shoeshine doubled over laughing as Silverspeed bit her lip hard enough to draw blood. “Trixie!” Roseluck snapped after a moment as Derpy finished trying to get oxygen back in her lungs successfully. “That is not okay! We’re in Sugarcube Corner, this place is popular with kids!” “And they’re all in school,” Trixie replied with an eyeroll and the blue unicorn grinned as she set her hooves on the ground. “Any guesses?” “N-no,” Silverspeed answered after a moment to wipe the blood off her lip. “Damn, I was bleeding.” “Frosted Flanks!” There was a silence as the mares all processed the joke and Trixie grinned confidently as she counted down internally from five. “That was the stupidest joke I ever heard but I love it,” Shoeshine chuckled as she shifted slightly on the chair. “Agreed,” Roseluck commented with a faint smile as Derpy nodded and Silverspeed snickered. “I personally thought it was funny but I’ve always had a strange sense of humor. You think Sunset would find it funny?” Silverspeed asked curiously as her ears flicked. “Not sure. Sunset has a varying sense of humor,” Derpy said and tapped her chin with a hoof in thought. “I gotta go pick up Dinky from school, Sparkler is starting her job today at Coffee Cream’s coffee shop. See you girls around.” “See ya,” Silverspeed waved a hoof as the mailmare paused at the doorway. “Oh and you have a package at the post office from your parents Silverspeed,” Derpy said as her fellow pegasus groaned in frustration and nodded. “Thanks.” “We should be heading out soon. Rarity is super annoying about being on time,” Roseluck mused as she slapped some bits onto the fews Derpy had set down, with the other three adding their own bits to pay their bill. “What do you think about getting?” “Whatever fits and works,” Silverspeed answered with a shrug. The pegasus wasn’t entirely fond of clothing or dresses like her filly sister was. Silverspeed did have a few dresses when her parents forced her and Silver Spoon to go to high end parties with their parents friends but that was about it. The only real form of clothing Silverspeed approved of was probably one dress, her dress uniform when she graduated West Hoof and armor when she was with other Guards. “Don’t really care much. And whatever is the cheapest. Guard pay isn’t uh the best.” “Your parents don’t give you any money? Aren’t they like, super rich?” Trixie asked as Shoeshine kicked her under the table. “Ow!” “Don’t be rude next time,” Shoeshine muttered so only Trixie could hear her. “They are but I don’t use their bits. I want to buy stuff with my own bits, not my parents. Annoying fucks.” “Damn,” Trixie whistled and Silverspeed glanced over at her. “You must really hate your parents.” “Not hate. I don’t trust them. There’s a difference, just like how Sunset hates her biological parents. And they’re really annoying.” None of them could really understand what it was like to hate their parents. All of them except Silverspeed talked to their parents. Even Trixie wrote the occasional letter to her dad back in Neigh Orleans. Whether he would send one back was always up in the air but for the most part, the two kept in contact. They’ve never net any of Trixie’s family but based on stories from Trixie, they were all a bit unique to put it mildly. “We really need to go,” Roseluck told Silverspeed as the four looked at the clock. “We’re pushing it as is and you know how the Cakes get about loiterers.” The four nodded as they glanced quickly at a bored looking Mrs. Cake leaning against the counter where they knew she stored a bat in case of troublemakers. “Yeah let’s go,” Silverspeed decided as she hastily stood up. “I’d rather not get whacked upside the head today.” Shoeshine chuckled dryly as the four went their separate ways. Roseluck trotted down the path to her front door where she and her sisters resided, a bag containing a dress that matched her mane and eyes on her back. “Hey what took you?” Daisy asked as Roseluck opened the door and shut it gently behind her. The older pink mare was sitting on her chair by the window, reading a crime novel as sounds of cooking came from the kitchen. “Busy getting a dress, sorry. Who’s cooking?” “Lily,” Daisy answered as she turned a page. Roseluck grimaced slightly at that as she glanced at the kitchen. Lily wasn’t necessarily the greatest cook between the three but Roseluck and Daisy both opted not to say anything about it. “Anyway, why do you need a dress? You have a closet full, what’s so special about that one?” Daisy pointed a hoof at the bag before focusing back on her book. “I got a ticket to the Gala in Canterlot so I needed a dress that I haven’t worn half a dozen times. Plus, my other ones need to be refitted. I’m getting older after all,” Roseluck answered as she set the bag on the couch. “The other girls are going. Took a lot to convince Derpy and Sunset.” “So that’s why Sea Swirl and Sassaflash are going to be watching Dinky and Amethyst. Sassaflash mentioned it at the market earlier today.” “Don’t let Sparkler hear you call her Amethyst. You know she’s going on her whole new name phase,” Roseluck warned as Daisy rolled her eyes. “You went through the same phase but at a younger age and went back to Roseluck after a few years. It’ll pass.” “I did not!” Roseluck corrected instantly and spun around to face her sister. “What in Equestria are you talking about?” “When you were nine, you made Lily and I call you Rosehearts for about two years till you decided Roseluck suited you better. I remember it vividly,” Daisy answered as she raised an eyebrow. “Still surprised you even thought of Rosehearts.” “I found it in Lily’s adult magazine she had in her room under her bed that year,” Roseluck admitted with a blush as Daisy’s eyebrow climbed higher. “Lily has porn?” “I wouldn’t have put it quite like that but yes. Or well, she did. Not sure if she still does. Rosehearts was a model,” Roseluck admitted as she blushed harder. “I haven’t thought about that in years. I honestly forgot about it.” “So you stole somepony else’s name that was a porn model and just thought that would slip by unnoticed? Now I know why some stallions and mares gave you funny looks,” Daisy commented as she looked at her sister with a smirk. “I’m gonna have to search through Lily’s room for said magazine, I’m intrigued. Here’s hoping some of the pages aren’t stuck together.” “You’re gross.” “You stole your sister’s sex mag at a young age and I’m the gross one? You’re unbelievable,” Daisy laughed quietly as Roseluck grumbled a curse word to herself. “Wait, you’re going to the Gala? So is Shoeshine and Trixie?” “And Silverspeed. Why?” “Don’t let Golden find out. You know she’s been trying to go for years to find Written Script,” Daisy warned as she rubbed her chin with a hoof. “On second thought, I’ve always wanted to see the royal garden. Maybe I can convince Sunset to give me her ticket. I’ll decorate the Residency lawn with flowers, it could use it.” “Don’t even think about it. It took a lot to convince Sunset to come with us,” Roseluck glared at Daisy and narrowed her eyes. “That mare took ages to convince, I honestly thought Trixie was gonna tie Sunset down till she complied.” Roseluck suspected there was always a time for that later if Trixue got bored enough and wanted to practice her knot tying for some magic trick. Again. Merry May still hasn’t entirely forgiven the mare for almost getting her stuck in a rope trap that Roseluck couldn’t remember what Trixie called it. “Or maybe she’ll let me go,” Lily suggested as she poked her head in as the two jumped. “Don’t worry, I wasn’t listening in till I came to tell you girls dinner is ready.” “Why in the world would you wanna go?” Roseluck demanded as Daisy shoved a piece of paper to keep her spot in her book and shut it as Roseluck pointed a hoof at Lily. “You hate ponies, you shut in! You almost never leave you room unless it’s to complain at us or work!” “I go out for way more than that!” Lily shot back as the mare stepped properly into the room. “I brought you medicine last month when you and Daisy were both sick!” “Hold on, why does Lily wanna go?” Daisy interjected. “She’s been to the Canterlot garden before in school.” “Maybe I wanna go again? Duh.” “Don’t you duh me child.” “And what will you do about it?” Lily challenged as Daisy narrowed her eyes, standing up off her favorite chair. With a bored look, Roseluck sat down next to her dress as she watched her sisters argue again. Well, at least I hid my ticket somewhere safe in my room, Roseluck mused to herself as Daisy flung her forelegs in the air. More like it was under her bed but still safe to her at least. A part of Roseluck wanted to intervene but the othe part of Roseluck knew the two would quit fighting in ten minutes or so. Roseluck sighed and shifted to watch. If they’re gonna argue and be annoying, might as well be comfortable.