//------------------------------// // Chapter One: Sugar Cube Corner // Story: Whirl Wind & Sonic Flare in: Nightmare Night // by Whirl Wind //------------------------------// Whirl Wind and Sonic Flare in: Nightmare Night Chapter 1: Sugar Cube Corner It was a sunny day in Ponyville as Whirl stepped out of the Town Hall. He turned around and closed the door saying, "Another day, another weather analysis prepared for next week." The green pegasus turned back around and stretched his wings with a yawn. He had just worked an eight hour shift planning the weather for all of next week, including Nightmare Night which was tomorrow. "I like working as a weather analyst but it can get a bit repetative after a while." He thought as he took off into the sky. It was the time of the day where he had to check the weather teams work. He had to make sure that they had followed the schedule he drew up. Everything looked just fine, clear skies just as he ordered... except... there was one cloud with a red pegasus laying on it. Whirl gave a sigh and flew down to the cloud. The pegasus was fast asleep. Whirl knew this pony all too well, in fact it was his best friend Sonic Flare. "Flare!" He shouted to wake him up. "WARBLEGARBLE!" Flare shouted as he was jolted awake from Whirl's voice. "Geeze Whirl! Give me a heart attack why don't you?!" "I am sorry Flare, you just looked so relaxed on that unauthorized cloud." Flare looked down at the cloud and then back up to Whirl. "Hey! Don't give me that! You know I love relaxing on the clouds! Besides, Rainbow Dash does it all the time!" He shouted in protest. Whirl gave him a serious look. "Rainbow Dash gets permission to use the clouds. You just go off and pluck them from the sky like free floating beds." Flare folded his forehooves with a 'hmpf'. "Yeah yeah..." He said as he kicked the cloud. In an instant it poofed away. "Now then, lets go to Sugar Cube Corner. I'm buying." Whirl said trying to cheer his friend up. Flare's expression immediately turned into joy. "Ah! You always know how to get me!" he said with a grin. Whirl nodded. "How long have we known each other? Thirteen years? I think I know how to cheer up my best friend." Flare was not even listening, his mind was lost on all the stuff he was going to make Whirl pay for. "I am going to get twenty muffins and a cake!" He thought. Whirl saw that Flare was not paying attention at all. "Race you there!" He shouted as he took off. Flare instantly snapped out of it. "You are on!" He yelled after him as he started to catch up. Whirl did not even stand a chance, Flare was way better at just taking off like that. After only a short while Flare passed him flashing his orange meteorite cutie mark as he passed. Whirl put all of his effort into his flying and passed Flare just enough to flash his sapphire meteorite cutie mark. Flare pushed past him again and took the lead. He gave Whirl one last salute before really taking off. Going at the speeds they were flying, they soon reached Sugar Cube Corner. The place was decorated for Nightmare Night, which was tomorrow. Flare landed at the door gracefully and Whirl landed next to him with a loud thud. Whirl, being the large pegasus he was, made the ground around Flare shake slightly when he landed. "Always got to land with style, huh Whirl?" Flare asked regaining his balance. "What? If I am going to lose, I might as well go out with a bang." "More like a boom..." Flare said under his breath. "Oh ha ha, what are you a comedian now." Whirl said playfully. "No, I am just a way better skydiver than you!" Flare responded while opening the door. "After you, we can't both fit through at the same time." "You are so hysterical. You know you should rea--WHOA!" Whirl began before being startled by a pink pony wearing a top hat. She had just set off a smoke bomb at the entrance to the store. "Welcome, to Magic Cube Corner! I am you magician host, Pinkie Pie!" She said with glee. "A magician? *cough* But you are an earth pony Pinkie." Flare said as he walked through the smoke. "Nice entrance though, it was good enough to scare the flight out of Whirl." Whirl simply stood there with a scared look on his face. He shook his head and said, "Pinkie, that was not nice at all. But I agree with Flare, nice entrance." Pinkie bounced in between them and pulled out some powder from a small bag. "No worries on the whole 'earth ponies can't use magic' thing. I borrowed a bunch of stuff from Zecora this year and I can now do all sorts of cool stuff like her! Watch this! This powder will magically seat you!" She said as she threw the powder on the ground. They were enveloped in smoke and then dragged to a table. "See?! It is amazing huh?" She said as she stood next to the table they were now seated at. "Now then, how can I help you two today." Whirl paused for a moment thinking about what he wanted. Meanwhile, Flare was ordering his twenty muffins and cake. Whirl decided this was going to hurt his wallet for offering to pay so he just ordered a single muffin. Pinkie nodded and dashed back into the kitchen. "So, how did planning the weather for Nightmare Night go?" Flare asked. Before Whirl got to answer Pinkie Pie had already come back with their order. "Here you go you two! Enjoy!" She said just before throwing down another smoke bomb. Both Flare and Whirl coughed a lot before the smoke dissipated. Whirl eventually caught his breath. "It went well enough. I think that this will be a nice and slightly cloudy Nightmare Night." He said with a smile. Flare had already eaten five muffins before Whirl finished his sentence. "Coo--" Flare said with his mouth full of muffin. Whirl simply shook his head. "You are so uncivilized." He said as he took a small bite out of his muffin. Flare had just finished his last muffin. "Hey Pinkie! Can I get this cake to go?!" He asked. Pinkie can back over with a box. She put the cake in it and set it on the table. "Want to see something cool?!" She asked. "ALAKAZOOM!" She shouted. All of a sudden the box with the cake exploded covering everypony at the table in chocolate cake. "Well... there is goes..." Whirl said jokingly as Pinkie Pie giggled. Flare was all out laughing. "Pinkie Pie, you are a riot! That is why I love eating here!" Pinkie gave him a smile. "Thanks! Come back anytime!" She said as she returned to the counter. Whirl and Flare stood up and left, but not before Whirl payed the hefty tab. It started to get late as they walked down the streets. "So what are you going to be for Nightmare Night?" Flare asked. "I was thinking about being a royal guard. What about you?" "I am going to be a night guard! This is perfect! Day and night! What a great idea!" "Sounds like a plan to me! I will go buy the costume right no--- AUGH!" He started to say before more smoke appeared in front of them. Flare burst out laughing as Pinkie Pie stood there. "I almost forgot to get you another cake Flare! Here you go!" She said giving him the cake. "Thank you Pinkie. Breath Whirl, it was just Pinkie Pie again." Whirl took a deep breath just as Pinkie vanished again. "That Pinkie Pie is going to give me a heart attack." He said holding his chest. "Naw, that will be me. When I am declared the newest skydiver for the Wonderbolts and you aren't!" He said with a chuckle. "In your dreams. Anyway, I am going to go buy that costume. I will meet you tomorrow outside Town Hall, okay?" "Yeah yeah, no worries! See you tomorrow!"