Can I have mustard on that? Sweet; thanks! Oh, wait, did I just say that? My apologies, my friends, let us continue the story. Our story starts off at my trailer; I was just getting my Cheetos ready for a whole day of playing Trouble in Terrorist Town with my best friends! What better way to spend a Saturday? So I started up my Steam and started up Garry’s Mod, which took approximately 10 minutes to finally load the main menu.
“This is it, fishies! The break I deserve! I miss spending a whole day playing video games!” I said excitedly to my fish. “Ever since I moved to Ponyville it was either my pizza shop or friendship lessons. Today was the day for neither! Just me playing Trouble in Terrorist Town with my friends, the Noble Six!”
“He’s friends with a Call of Duty character?” Rainbow asked.
“No, I think you got that mixed up. I think Noble Six is a Battlefront character.” Yoyo corrected him.
“You’re both wrong; he’s the antagonist of I-Spy Spooky Mansion.” Darrel corrected them.
“What are you talking about, Darrel?” Yoyo asked.
“What are you talking about, Darrel?” Darrel copied him.
“Garry’s Mod does take an awful long time to load.” I said.
“Ooooooh we’re all wrong. He’s a character of Garry’s Mod.” Rainbow said.
“Pfft! Boys and their video games.” Pearl said to herself.
“Pffft! Fish and their conversations.” Piddles said to himself.
“Pffft! Piddles and his will to kick me out of this tank.” Piddles’ reflection said to himself.
“I HEARD THAT!” Piddles yelled to his reflection as his reflection continued to copy his every move once again. “STOP THAT! I know you’re not like any other reflection!”
Just then, my Steam chat began to ring. It was Engie requesting a group chat, so I accepted. “Sup brahs?” I asked.
“Hey Flare!” Crystal said.
“So we all here?” Blaze asked.
“I believe so.” Psyche said. “Aqua? You there?”
“I guess.” Aqua said.
“Don’t worry, Aqua. Y’all will get used to your new laptop soon.” Engie said.
“I hope so, mate.” Aqua said. “But I sure do love it, thank ya, but I can’t seem to activate the aquarium when I want it to.”
A cutaway shows Aqua using his new laptop for the first time, but he was spending approximately 20 minutes trying to think of a password, but after 5 minutes of not moving the mouse and keyboard, an aquarium screen saver pops up. “Oh cool! Wind Racer, check this out!”
“What is it?” Aqua’s sister Wind Racer asked as she walked over to her brother and looked at his laptop.
“Check this out!” Aqua said.
“Wow! What program did you use?” Wind Racer asked.
“I don’t know, this program just popped out of nowhere.” Aqua said. “It’s probably one of those ads that Engie warned me about.”
“Whatever ad this is, it’s pretty awesome!” Wind Racer said excitedly. “I like that blue fish swimming by! Looks like Dory from Finding Nemo.”
“I like this program; it’s very pretty.” Aqua said.
“Maybe if you type down ‘shark’ a shark might come.” Wind Racer suggested.
“Good idea.” Aqua agreed, but just when he types ‘S’, the screen saver goes away.
“Oh hey, where did it go?” Wind Racer asked.
“I don’t know; it just closed on me. It’s probably one of those crashes Engie mentioned.” Aqua thought. The cutaway ends.
“So we ready to play Trouble in Terrorist Town?” I asked.
“Can you get back on me on what it’s about?” Crystal asked.
“Ok, we play as a group of Terrorists from Counter-Strike, and one or a couple of us are traitors to our clan.” I explained. “We need to find out who the traitor or traitors are before all the innocent terrorists die. Don’t worry, we all respawn after the match ends, and then a new group of traitors get chosen and has to kill everyone before time runs out. This keeps going on and on until we get tired and rage quit. Everyone get it?”
“Just to clarify, Flare, there is so such thing as an innocent terrorist.” Psyche corrected me.
“Thanks for that info, Psyche. I hope you’re the traitor in the first round.” I complained.
“Do we say who’s the traitor?” Crystal asked.
“No, it’s a complete secret to you, and if you die and go to spectator mode (meaning you fly around the map and watch everything), don’t tell us who the traitor is because you’re a ghost; we shouldn’t hear you.” I explained.
“Ok I think I get this. Let’s start up a server.” Crystal said.
“Engie’s got a server.” Blaze said.
“Yep, ah’m sendin’ y’all the code.” Engie said. So Engie sends us the server code via Steam chat and we all head into Engie’s TTT server on Gmod. The map Engie chose was a Minecraft replica map.
“Oh cool, Minecraft.” Aqua said. “I love playin’ that game. I made little minions that look a lot like Squidward.”
“Yeah we saw that on your Facebook, partner.” Engie informed him. So we all spawned in the game and began running around.
“Ok, first question: who’s the traitor?” Crystal asked.
“We don’t even know yet, Crystal.” Engie corrected her. “We spawned but the traitors weren’t selected yet. Give it 20 seconds.”
“Sounds like something a traitor would say.” Crystal said mischievously.
“Wha- Crystal, ah… nopony’s the traitor yet!” Engie repeated.
“A-BOOM!” Crystal yelled as her character kills Engie’s character.
“CRYSTAL?! We didn’t even start yet!” Engie yelled.
“Relax, Engie, you’ll respawn when the match starts.” I informed him. Just then, the match started and Engie respawned.
“Ah had an M249 though.” Engie said.
“Engie, the M249 isn’t as effective as it sounds.” Psyche informed him.
“Ah know that.” Engie said.
“If you knew that, you wouldn’ve picked it up.” Psyche teased.
“Psyche, I REALLY hope you’re the traitor in this round.” I said.
“Perhaps I could be a traitor and you may not even know it.” Psyche teased.
“Oh? Is that an admission of guilt?” I asked as my character aims his gun at his character.
“That’s for me to know and for you to find out.” Psyche said mischievously.
“Oooo, Psyche’s good.” Blaze said impressively.
“Aqua’s been pretty quiet. Got something to confess, Aqua?” Crystal asked mischievously.
“I’m always quiet.” Aqua said.
“Exactly! Traitors are always quiet.” Engie said.
“What makes ya think I’m the traitor just because I’m quiet?” Aqua asked.
“Hmm, sounds pretty suspicio-WHOA!” Engie yelled as he started laughing.
“What happened, Engie? Did you die?” Blaze asked.
“Ah cannot answer that question; ah’m dead.” Engie informed him.
“I found his body.” Psyche said. “Turns out Engie was innocent.”
“You found his body, huh Psyche?” I asked mischievously. “Sounds pretty… suspicious.”
“Just because I found his body, that automatically means I killed him?” Psyche asked.
“Awww.” Blaze said sadly.
“Yeah I heard that. Ok who was shooting with an automatic shotgun?” Crystal asked.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said as I replaced my automatic shotgun with a sniper rifle.
“Hmm… Flare?” Psyche asked mischievously.
“Flare did ya kill Blaze and Engie?” Aqua asked mischievously.
“What sort of question is that?” I asked.
“Mmmhmm. Yeah, I think we should get Flare.” Aqua suggested.
“Yeah, maybe we should.” Psyche agreed.
“Don’t you dare come near me! I’ll shoot you!” I yelled.
“Yeah ‘cause you’re the traitor.” Psyche said.
“No, because of self-defense.” I corrected him.
“Uuuuuuuh huh.” Psyche said.
“What you don’t believe me?” I asked.
“Uuuuuuuuuh huh.” Psyche said in the minute of my sentence.
“Get away!” I yelled.
“Uuuuuuuuuuh huh.” Psyche said again.
“Why don’t you believe-“ I was about to ask but Psyche cuts me out with another ‘uuuuuuuuh huh’.
“AAAAH!” I yelled as my character dies.
“Oh Aqua, I wasn’t actually going to shoot him, but ok.” Psyche said.
“I didn’t shoot him.” Aqua corrected him. Psyche walks over to my character’s corpse and examines it.
“Oh? Flare’s innocent.” Psyche said.
“Huh… I wonder.” Aqua said.
“It’s Crystal then.” Psyche said.
“No! No! No! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!” Crystal yelled.
“Yes! Yes! Yes! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!” Psyche yelled in the middle of Crystal’s yelling.
“NO! You have no proof of it!” Crystal yelled.
“Prepare to die, Crystal Iceblast.” Psyche said mischievously.
“STAY BACK!” Crystal yelled as she shoots Aqua’s character, and then a sign pops up saying the innocent win.
“OH!” Psyche yelled as everypony started laughing. “It was Aqua! It was Aqua the whole time!”
“Yep! Ya got me.” Aqua said as he chuckled along, but not as hard as us.
“See?! Ah told-ja the traitors are ALWAYS the quiet ones!” Engie said.
“Engie saw right through me.” Aqua said.
“That was awesome! Alright, next round!” I said excitedly. So the round starts and we all gathered our weapons and prepared ourselves for our next traitor.
“Hey what are the odds of me becomin’ traitor again?” Aqua asked.
“Very slim. Very Slim-Jim.” I said.
“It’s still possible though, right?” Aqua asked.
“Normally how this game works is that everypony gets at least one turn to be a traitor but in a pacific order.” I said.
“Got it. So all I should do is hide, right?” Aqua asked.
“I wouldn’t recommend it.” I said. “If we all stick together, the traitor would have hard time trying to kill us all.” As I was separated from everypony from the other side of the map, I began throwing grenades all around the map. Even though I was innocent, I wasn’t directly killing them so it doesn’t count.
“AAAH! Who threw that?!” Psyche yelled. “Blaze you’re right there, was that you?”
“Was what me?” Blaze asked. I began to chuckle to myself as I continued to throw grenades.
“Ok so it wasn’t you. I just felt it again.” Psyche said.
“Who’s spamming grenades?” Blaze asked.
“I dunno.” Engie said.
“Is that an admission of guilt, Engie?” Crystal asked mischievously.
“Maybe it was Aqua.” Blaze said.
“I was traitor already last round.” Aqua reminded him.
“So who keeps throwing grenades?” Blaze asked as I ran around the map. “Flare is that you?”
“What about me?” I asked.
“Are you throwing grenades?” Blaze asked.
“You have any evidence to support that?” I asked as I jumped in a hole that leads into a tunnel, but my character dies right after I fall in. “Oh.”
“What are you ‘ohing’ about, Flare? Admission that you’re a terrorist?” Psyche asked mischievously.
“We’re all terrorists, partner.” Engie reminded him. “The traitor, ah guess is a terrorist.”
“Whatever, man.” Psyche said.
“Where is Flare anyway?” Aqua asked.
“I’M DEAD!” I said.
“You’re dead?” Blaze asked.
“I’M DEAD! Crystal killed me!” I said.
“I DID NOT!” Crystal yelled.
“CRYSTAL! GET OVER HERE, CRYSTAL!” Engie yelled as everypony began to chase her character down to kill her.
“Stay away!” Crystal yelled as she laughed. “I didn’t do anything!”
“TRAITOR!” Engie yelled as they all kill her character and we all began to laugh, but I laughed the hardest because Crystal was shown to be the traitor.
“HA! Crystal didn’t actually kill me, but you all fell for it!” I laughed.
The next round came and we were all preparing to see who would be the traitor next. “Flare’s going to be the traitor next round. Called it.” Psyche said.
“Oh really, Psyche?” I asked.
“Yeah, you’re preparing so that makes you the traitor.” Psyche said.
“Ok yes, I’ll call it. I’ll be the traitor.” I said, even though it’s not our decision to make. The traitor gets picked at random.
“You’re going to be the traitor in 7 seconds.” Psyche said.
“I’ll defend myself!” I said as I started to get nervous.
Psyche began to count down, “4… 3… 2…”
I started screaming and when the round started; I shot him before he could shoot me, and the round was already over. Innocent win. We all started laughing really hard. I was so hyper that I was clapping my hooves and jumping around my seat. “QUICKEST… ROUND… EVER!” I cried out in laugher and as I was laughing, I was squeaking.
The next round started and everypony was picked innocent and traitor already. I was just walking around when Engie said, “Hey partners, lookie here. No gun. So ah cannot be a traitor.”
“Uh huh.” I said as I started spamming grenades around the map again.
“Hey!” Engie yelled. “Aqua’s the traitor! He just shot me!”
“No I didn’t.” Aqua corrected him. “That was a grenade, not a gunshot. It was not me.”
“It was not me.” I lied.
“It was not me.” Crystal said.
“Yeah nopony believes you Crystal.” I teased her.
“I’m pretty sure nopony believes you either, Flare.” Crystal said.
“They believe me more than they believe you though.” I said.
“It’s true.” Engie said.
“Hey Aqua, I see you looking at me.” I said to him.
“Yeah, hi.” Aqua said.
“Hey, Aqua!” I said as an explosion occurs near him.
“What the?” Aqua asked.
“What happened, Aqua?” I asked as I threw more grenades around.
“Somepony threw a grenade.” Aqua said.
“Yeah who keeps doing that?” Blaze asked.
“I think I might have a clue.” Psyche said.
“We’re all on the same page here, right? Crystal?” I asked.
“It’s NOT me!” Crystal said.
“Everything is your fault, Crystal.” I teased.
“Yeah, sure, blame it on the girl.” Crystal complained as she chuckled. “Trust me, if I was the traitor, I would’ve killed you already Aqua. Since you’ve been next to me the entire time.”
“Uhh, that sounds pretty traitorous of you, Crystal.” I said.
“Yeah, for sure!” Blaze agreed.
“Yeah totally, Crystal. Be careful of what you say.” Psyche said.
“Hey Flare!” Blaze said as his character walked towards me and climbed the roof.
“Hey Blaze!” I said. “I trust you, man.”
“I trust you too…. Kinda.” Blaze admitted as Engie climbed on the roof as well.
“Whoa, Engie! I don’t think I could trust you, brah.” I said as I backed away from him.
“Y’all can trust me. Ah don’t have my weapons out. Ah’m holstered.” Engie said.
“Me too.” Blaze said.
“Ok so I guess I will as well.” I said as we all holstered ourselves.
“Hey ya have a nice ear piece, partner.” Engie said as he observed the character I was playing as and my character had an ear piece on him.
“Oh thanks, Engie! Your’s does too- AAAAH!” I yelled as Blaze shot us both with a shotgun, and then Engie and I started laughing. “Wow! Are there only two left?”
“And then there were two.” Engie said.
“Who else died?” I asked.
“Me.” Aqua said. “Somepony kept spammin’ grenades.”
“Oh… well… sounds like something only a traitor would do.” I said.
“It’s Crystal!” Engie called out as Crystal begins shooting at Blaze, and after Blaze’s defeat, the innocent win.
“Why must you all always blame everything on me?!” Crystal yelled as she takes out her Magneto Stick and begins to swing around Blaze’s body.
“Because you always seem suspicious.” I said.
“Crystal what are you doing to my body?” Blaze asked as he laughed.
“Your body belongs to me now, Blaze.” Crystal said mischievously. “I like playing around with your body.”
“Crystal you’re sick.” Psyche laughed.
After we all respawned, Crystal began to follow me. “Crystal… what are you doing?”
“Come back here, Flare. You’re traitor next round.” Crystal said.
“Stop! Get away from me!” I freaked out.
“Stay where you are, Flare.” Crystal instructed me.
“NnnnnnNO!” I said.
“Yeah Flare’s definitely going to be the traitor.” Psyche agreed.
“NO!” I yelled.
“Flare’s a traitor everypony! Everyone go get him!” Psyche teased.
“NO! Get away! I don’t even have a gun!” I yelled as everypony began to follow me.
“Where is he?” Engie asked. “Oh hey, Flare!”
“NO!” I yelled.
“Gonna gang up on Flare, huh?” Aqua asked.
“NO!” I yelled. “No not you too, Aqua!”
“Get ‘em!” Engie yelled.
“I don’t even have a gun! Get away from me!” I yelled as I ran into a house, picked up ammo, but that was about it, and I ran back out.
“Where is he?” Psyche whispered.
“I’m nowhere. Go away!” I yelled as the round started and everypony began shooting at me. “AAAAH! Stop! NO! Dah! Oh! GET AWAY FROM ME!” I began screaming and running around like a maniac until I finally died and the innocent won. Everypony began to laugh. “Aw gah-darn it! You didn’t even give me a chance!” I complained as I laughed along. “You didn’t even give me a chance!” Just then, everypony began to shoot at my dead body, pick me up with their Magneto Sticks, swung me everywhere and threw my body in a pit and kept shooting it. “Wow…” I said shockingly. “I didn’t realize you all hated me so much!”
“It’s how the game works, my friend.” Blaze said.
“Blaze?” Rainbow Dash asked as she walks in on Blaze playing TTT.
“Oh hang on, guys. Gonna be AFK for a sec.” Blaze said as he mutes his microphone.
“AK?! WHERE?!” Crystal yelled.
Blaze takes off his headset and turns his chair towards Rainbow. “What’s up, babe?”
“What are you doing, sitting around the computer playing games?” Rainbow asked.
“Well today was the day my friends and I decided to all play a game together all day long. My friends all have been working too much lately, and with the holidays coming up soon, we decide to relax a little bit before-hand.” Blaze explained.
“But didn’t you promise me that we were going to go flying today in this nice cool weather?” Rainbow asked.
“Since when did I promise that?” Blaze asked.
“Last night while we were both brushing our teeth together.” Rainbow said.
We flashback to last night to see Rainbow Dash and Blaze both brushing their teeth and Blaze said with the tooth brush in his mouth, “Ey ‘Ainbow.”
“Eah?” Rainbow asked with a tooth brush in her mouth too.
“I ‘oona ‘e i-ing fumarrow all shay so ‘ou al’ight wi’ hat?” Blaze asked.
“Mosh ‘efinitaly. Sounds awefume.” Rainbow said.
“Good. Also ‘ets funk fonight.” Blaze said.
After Rainbow spit the tooth paste out of her mouth and asked, “What did you say?”
After Blaze spit his tooth paste out too, he said, “I said let’s funk tonight. Equestrian Idol is coming on tonight and I was wondering if you wanted to watch it?” Blaze asked. The cutaway ends there.
“I didn’t say I was going to fly tomorrow. I said I was going to be playing tomorrow… which is actually today now.” Blaze corrected her.
“Well then… I see…” Rainbow said in an unhappy tone.
“What?” Blaze asked.
“Nothing.” Rainbow said.
“No, tell me. You’d rather us fly together today? I can tell my friends we can do this another time.” Blaze said.
“No… no… you’d rather play with your friends. I can see that.” Rainbow said with an attitude.
“No, I’ll stop for now and do this another time.” Blaze said.
“No, I don’t mind.” Rainbow said.
“Yes you do.” Blaze corrected her.
“Yes I do. I do BIG TIME!” Rainbow agreed.
Blaze chuckles and shakes his head. “My little Dashie.”
“Your little me.” Rainbow blushed and said.
Blaze puts back on his headset, unmutes his mic and said, “Sorry guys, the wife wanted us to have a playdate today.”
“Yeah isn’t that what we’re do—UGH! Dang it, Psyche!” Crystal yelled as the traitors win that round. Psyche began to chuckle mischievously.
“Thanks for the distraction, Blaze.” Psyche said to him.
“So yeah, I’m going to have to sit this game out, guys.” Blaze said.
“No worries, brah, but we’re going to continue to play.” I said. “I didn’t take this day off not to spend time with my friends, you know.”
“I understand, man.” Blaze said.
“Have fun with Dashie and feel free to join us when you have the chance. You know the password to our private server.” I said.
“I do.” Blaze said.
“Cya around, Blaze.” Engie said.
“Cya!” Blaze said as he logs off.
“So where to then?” Rainbow asked.
“Well since you might be at the Wonderbolts Academy in a little while, how about we head over there and see if you can master the tracks before even getting accepted?” Blaze suggested.
“Sounds awesome! Lead the way, Goldheart!” Rainbow said mischievously.
“Might as well get used to the view of my behind since that’s what you’re going to be seeing next time we race.” Blaze said mischievously.
“Oh is that a challenge I hear?” Rainbow asked.
“Could be. Want us to race to the academy?” Blaze asked.
“You know I never refuse a race!” Rainbow said as she begins to hover towards the ceiling.
“Do you even know where the camp is?” I asked.
“Of course I do!” Rainbow said.
“Even though you never been there before?” Blaze asked.
“Pfff!” Rainbow raspberried. “Anything the Wonderbolts may know, I’d know just as much if not better!”
“If not better?” Blaze asked.
“Don’t judge me by my grammar! Grammar’s for nerds like you and your friends, B.” Rainbow teased.
“Oh a nerd, huh?” Blaze asked. “Ready to put your mouth where your mouth is?”
“HA! Even if that made sense, YOU’RE ON!” Rainbow yelled.
“Then let’s do this, babe!” Blaze yelled as the two of them kissed their own hooves and then bumped those exact hooves together.
Meanwhile back on the game, we were just starting up our next round. “I think we’re even now, Flare?” Psyche asked. “You killed me at the start of the game and I killed you? Well, actually you killed me much faster.”
“Oh thanks, Psyche! I thrive myself to be the fastest around.” I said, and then I mumbled, “That’s what she said.” Everypony started laughing.
“I don’t think that’s a good thing.” Psyche reminded me.
“Nyeh!” I whined as I began spamming grenades again while Aqua was right next to me. “You all stink! You all stink!”
“Thank you, ah find that as a compliment.” Engie said.
“Wow, someone’s already throwing grenades?” Crystal asked.
“I’m the terrorist!” I mumbled in a deep voice. “I AM the terrorist!”
“He’s an innocent. We all know that.” Aqua said.
“Who’s turn is it to be the terrorist?” I asked.
“We’re all terrorists, dude.” Psyche reminded me. I then gasped real loud.
“WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!” I yelled. “WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?!”
“It is Trouble in TERRORIST Town.” Psyche reminded me.
“That doesn’t mean anything.” I said as I hanging around inside of a house along with Aqua. “Hey Aqua, you a terrorist?”
“No… not that ya know of.” Aqua teased.
“I believe you Aqua. I believe you.” I said.
“Do you believe me?” Crystal asked.
“Oh goodness NO!” I said.
“Yeah ya cannot be trusted.” Aqua said.
“Oh now you’re taking his side? I thought you don’t like taking sides, Aqua?” Crystal asked.
“Only in real life conflicts. This is just a game.” Aqua said. “I’m pretty sure this game won’t ruin any of our friendships.”
“You say that now.” I said as I throw a grenade at him.
“Whoa… what was that for?” Aqua asked as he ran away from the grenade.
“Aqua… Aqua, I trust you.” I said as I threw another grenade at him.
“If ya trust me, why do ya keep throwing grenades at me?” Aqua asked as the first grenade explodes.
“I… I… I just truck you- I MEAN trust you.” I stuttered. “I truck you. I semi-truck you. EEEH EEEEH!” I made a semi-truck horn noise.
“Hey who threw a smoke grenade out here?” Crystal asked.
“Ah did.” Engie said mischievously.
“Oh, alright.” Crystal said as I throw a smoke grenade outside.
“HEY!” Engie yelled as a gunshot was fired and I threw another frag grenade outside and Engie began to laugh.
“What’s going on out there?” Aqua asked.
“I dunno.” Crystal said.
“Crystal you cannot be trusted.” I said.
“Yeah keep away from us.” Aqua said as Crystal walked inside the house Aqua and I were in and she began shooting us.
“HEY! HEY! WHOA! WHOA! Crystal!” I freaked out.
“What? I didn’t do nothing.” Crystal said.
“That means you did something.” I reminded her.
“Nope. Double-negative. You lose.” Crystal corrected me as she continued shooting at us and we started shooting back but taking cover in between shots, plus the smoke from the smoke grenade was still out there. Crystal stopped firing for a moment which got us a bit confused.
“Is she dead?” Aqua asked.
“Yes, she’s dead.” Engie said.
“Probably you or Aqua are the traitors then.” Psyche said. Once my character walked outside to check if the coast was clear, Crystal turned out to be still alive and she continued shooting at us.
“HEY! HEY! PSYCHE, ENGIE, YOU LIED TO US!” I yelled as the three of them started laughing. “You two are big fat liars!”
“Not big-fat, man. I’m skinnier than all of you.” Psyche reminded us.
“Shut up!” I yelled at him as I laughed. “I don’t wanna hear another word from your lying mouth!” Just then Crystal comes inside the house and shoots us again. “HEY! Get out of our house! This is Aqua and mine’s house! Right, Aqua?”
“Sure, if ya say so.” Aqua said. “Is Crystal dead yet?’
“I dunno, is she?” I asked as I shoot Aqua and kill his character.
“What?!” Aqua asked surprisingly.
“Oh woops. It wasn’t you then.” I said.
“I trusted ya, mate! Ya said ya trusted me too!” Aqua said.
“I’m sorry!” I yelled as I shoot Crystal and innocent won that round. Everypony began to laugh again.
“Wow! How many times has Crystal been the traitor?” Engie asked.
“You know, I don’t think Engie’s been a traitor yet.” Psyche said.
“Ah’m always a traitor, Psyche.” Engie said as he shoots Psyche’s character right at the end of the round.
“Oh wow, Engie. Really? Right at the end of the round?” Psyche asked.
“Relax, ya’re gonna respawn in a few seconds.” Engie said. Well, that was fun, but this story isn’t mainly going to take place in this game; we’re going to be following Blaze and Rainbow for a majority of this chapter. So Blaze and Rainbow went over to the Wonderbolt Training Camp. My buddy Blaze Goldheart was doing a few test runs and practicing for his next air show. Rainbow Dash was his training coach. Blaze flew through the obstacle course one time and Dashie was timing it seeing if he can make a record.
"Wow, 14 seconds! Not exactly 10 seconds, but it'll do." Dash said looking at the stop watch.
"Thanks! I really need to get ready for our next show." Blaze said flying down to her.
"Even though your next show isn't for a couple of weeks now. Going to the extreme is awesome, but sometimes you need to relax once and a while." Dash said squirting water in Blaze's mouth. He swished the water and spit it out in the ground. “Umm, I was giving you that water to drink, not spit, but ok.”
Meanwhile, back down at Ponyville below, a pony by the name of Caramel was trotting around the streets below but suddenly felt a water drop land on his head. Back up at the training camp, Blaze said, "I know, but I can't lose my touch. I gotta train hard. If I relax, I might go soft."
"Blaze, I love you, but you won't go soft, I know it." Rainbow said putting her hoof around him. "You have to relax. It's almost the holidays, a time for relaxation. Don't worry; you'll be back on your hooves in no time after that. Trust me."
"Well, if you say so, babe." Blaze said.
"That's my stallion!" Rainbow said giving Blaze a nuzzle.
“Are you sure you wanted to nuzzle me in public? It’s so unlike you.” Blaze asked.
“Relax, the only pony around is Derpy and her eyes aren’t even facing us.” Rainbow pointed out as Derpy’s right eye pupil (from Derpy’s point of view) was facing down-right and her left eye was facing up-left. Just then, Derpy’s right eye pupil moves up and her left moves right. “Oh one of her eyes is looking at our direction. Quick, act awesome!” Rainbow instructed Blaze as she poses much like Zeus right before he throws a lightning bolt.
"Hey, you got any family that's coming down?" Blaze asked.
"I dunno. My parents said they'd be busy all weekend. I'm probably on my own." Rainbow said.
Blaze chuckled. "Nonsense, you'll have me!"
Rainbow giggled along. "Besides you, Blaze. I mean, they used to always have the time for me. Ever since I started living on my own they just don't have time for me anymore, in fact, they don't tell me anything anymore.”
"Rainbow, I'm sure your parents are thinking about you all the time, I bet they feel sorry for not telling you, but they might be going through personal issues right now too." Blaze said, trying to comfort her.
"I dunno Blaze. It's just not like them." Rainbow said.
"Rainbow, you listen to me." Blaze said putting his hooves on her shoulders. "You are the most inspiring and loyal pony I know, and they probably don't wanna go through risking their lives to see their little filly as an Equestrian hero. You hold the Element of Loyalty, and hey, there might be ponies after you. But don't worry, Dashie. I'll be here to make sure nopony lays a hoof on you."
"Thanks, Blaze. You're awesome!" Rainbow said to him.
"Sooooo, race ya home?" Blaze asked.
"I dunno, I'm feeling a little beat." Rainbow said with a yawn.
"But I was the one doing the entire fast flying and working out. How are you beat?" Blaze asked.
"Watching you and keeping up the time can take alot out of ya. If you were one that doesn't usually like to count, you'd understand." Rainbow said with a smile.
"Alright, well then, mares first." Blaze said moving out of the way letting Rainbow lead the way to home.
"If you insist. Race ya!" Rainbow laughed and flew out in a sonic speed.
Blaze laughed along. "Oh Rainbow Dash, you're such the trickster sometimes!" He followed her home. Time went by, and Rainbow beat Blaze at her house. She landed softly on the cloud laying on it and a few seconds later, Blaze caught up with her.
"Oh there you are, Blaze! What took you so long?" Rainbow asked and giggled.
"Now I would expect Pinkie or Flare to do a trick like that; I didn't think you had it in you." Blaze said, catching his breath.
"If you haven't noticed, Pinkie taught me to be an awesome prankster. The one way to win a race is to catch your opponent unguarded. Make them think that you don't wanna race, but then you just start it when they least expect it." Rainbow said.
Blaze chuckled. "I'll be sure to keep that in mind."
"So what are we going to do tonight?" Rainbow asked.
"I dunno, probably go back on Trouble in Terrorist Town.” Blaze said.
“Since when did you become a huge computer whiz?” Rainbow asked.
“Since I signed the Friendship Agreement.” Blaze said.
Rainbow chuckled. “Of course. I should’ve expected that!”
"I know!” Blaze chuckled along.
“I swear the only pony I know that takes those Friendship Agreements seriously is Pinkie Pie.” Rainbow said.
“Pinkie Pie taking something serious? Now THAT’S a first.” Blaze teased.
“I know Candy Cotton wouldn’t put up with it!” Rainbow chuckled but stopped quickly and covered her face.
“Wh-what’s wrong, Dashie?” Blaze asked.
"Oh, umm… you know would be SUPER awesome? If we combined our unique elite flying abilities to create a sonic rain-of-fire! I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time!” Rainbow said.
“What?” Blaze asked.
“A sonic rain-of-fire! Won’t that be fun?” Rainbow asked as she chuckled in embarrassment. Wow, there’s so much laughing going on in this chapter! I know I made this story to make fans laugh, but I never expected everypony in this series to laugh so much.
“Yeah… it does…. But…. What’s going on?” Blaze asked.
“Nothing. What’s going on with you?” Rainbow asked.
“Who’s Candy Cotton?” Blaze asked.
“Umm… I asked you a question first. You have to answer it.” Rainbow instructed him.
“Who’s Candy Cotton?!” Blaze yelled.
“Wow, you lose your temper waaaaaay too easily, Blaze. You need to chillax once in a while.” Rainbow suggested.
“Rainbow… who’s Candy Cotton? Please tell me.” Blaze instructed her.
Rainbow was silent for a few moments, but she couldn’t delay his question any longer, so she sighed and said, “She’s my sister.”
“Your what?” Blaze asked.
“My sister. Candy Cotton is my little sister.” Rainbow said.
“Little sis- wait what?!” Blaze asked in shock. “Since when did you have a little sister?!”
“Since… when I was like… 10.” Rainbow said.
“So let me get this straight… you have a 10 year old little sister and you never told me about her?” Blaze asked.
“It’s a long story, Blaze.” Rainbow said.
“Can you tell me it?” Blaze asked.
“Blaze, have I ever told you how happy I am that I married you?” Rainbow asked. “So far nopony is upset about that. Your worst fear never came true.”
"Except me." a voice said.
“Uhh… what was that?” Blaze asked.
“So you finally remember me, huh?” the same voice said. A little filly walks slowly out of the shadows and it reveals to be Scootaloo.
“SCOOTALOO?!” Blaze yelled. “YOU’RE RAINBOW DASH’S SISTER?!”
“Huh… no, but I WISH!” Scootaloo said.
“Wait… didn’t you just say…” Blaze thought.
“I didn’t say anything before I walked out of the shadows. I’m just here to tell Rainbow that we’re having a meet for her fan club at 5 this afternoon. You’re going to be there, right Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo asked her.
“Wouldn’t miss it for the world, squirt!” Rainbow said as she noogied her.
“AWESOME! See you there!” Scoots said excitedly as she headed off.
“How did she get on our cloud anyway?” Blaze asked.
“I said those things.” The same voice as before said as another filly walks out of the shadows at the opposite end of the cloud. This filly looked like filly Rainbow Dash except she’s pink with a blue mane, and no cutie mark.
“Why do we have so many shadows on our cloud?” Blaze asked.
“Well, well, well… look who finally remembered me.” the filly said angrily.
“Candy Cotton… what are… what are you doing here?” Rainbow asked.
“I’ve always been here, Dashie… I’ve always been here. Every single weekend I’ve been here to see you, thinking if you remembered to call me, seeing ALL THE FUN you have with your friends, and leaving me to mom and dad.” Candy explained angrily.
“Uhh… what’s this about?” Blaze asked.
“Perhaps it is time I explained everything, Blaze.” Rainbow said. “You see-“
“Rainbow Dash is ashamed of me because she thought our parents paid more attention to me instead of her. Well guess what? After I was old enough to know what 1+1 is, THEY NEVER HAVE TIME FOR ME ANYMORE!” Candy yelled.
“Really?” Rainbow asked.
“No, not really.” Candy said sarcastically. Blaze just makes a ‘really?’ face. “What’s his problem?”
“If he gets annoyed he makes that face.” Rainbow said.
“Oh… well then. Rainbow Dash, I feel ashamed to call you my sister.” Candy said.
“But why? You’re lucky to have an awesome sister like me! I’m the best flier in Equestria, I’m the Element of Loyalty, I saved Equestria from two mighty foes, and soon I’m going to be one with the Wonderbolts!” Rainbow explained.
“Not if you keep saying it like that.” Blaze said.
“I believe those are other reasons for you to be the worst.” Candy said.
“What do you mean?” Rainbow asked.
“You NEVER have time for me!” Candy said. “You never come and visit me, you don’t call, you didn’t even respond to my friend request on Facebook!”
“I don’t normally go on Facebook.” Rainbow corrected her.
“Yeah, sure… that’s what they all say.” Candy rolled her eyes in irritation.
"Now Candy, I’m pretty sure if you two talked this out,” Blaze started, “I’m sure we’ll find a way to-“
"Shut your mouth, you freak!" Candy yelled at Blaze.
"Freak?!" Blaze asked angrily
"Hey Candy, you can't talk to your brother in-law that way!" Rainbow demanded.
"He ain't my brother in-law, he's just a freak! A half-pony, half-dragon freak!" Candy said.
"Wow, that hurts, that really hurts." Blaze said.
"Yes he is your in-law; I married him." Rainbow corrected her.
"Oh really? Do you have any proof of your marriage?" Candy asked.
"Um, our rings, duh! They're under our wings, see?" Rainbow said lifting her wing revealing the ring. Oh I rhymed!
"Those could be fake. I can't see any proof since I wasn't there." Candy said.
“They’re not fake, and I’m sorry you weren’t there, but I never knew you existed!” Blaze reminded her. “I just knew just now that-“
"Shut your big Barbque mouth, I wasn't talking to you!" Candy yelled at him. "You're different! You're part dragon, and nopony likes you!"
"That is not true! I have alot of friends!" Blaze corrected her.
"Why didn't mom or dad say anything about you coming?" Rainbow asked.
"They did actually. You never listen! They wanted me to come here to see you. My life felt like there was something missing, my big sister Rainbow Dash. But instead, I see a selfish rainbow pegasus that's married to a freak of nature!" Candy yelled.
"Candy, please...." Blaze tried to get her attention in the most friendly way possible.
"SHUT UP!" Candy yelled at him. "I don't believe you Rainbow. Mom and dad were right, you're selfish and you're a liar."
“Candy, I’ll be the most awesome sister ever if you could just gimmie a chance!” Rainbow explained.
“As far as I'm concerned, I HAVE NO SISTER!" Candy yelled.
“Well then, I guess we’ve reached an impasse.” Rainbow said angrily. “Ok sure, I never talk about you because I thought our parents loved you more than me. They kicked me out of the house on my 18th birthday! What kind of love is that?”
“It’s all lies you picked up over the years. It’s all stubbornness and lies for you!” Candy yelled.
“UGH! I don’t have to put up with this!” Rainbow yelled.
"Oh yeah?!" Candy yelled.
"YEAH, SO HOW ABOUT YOU GET LOST KID!?" Rainbow yelled.
"I WILL!" Candy yelled with tears in her eyes. She flew away faster than Rainbow while she was still racing.
"Rainbow, I can't believe you just let your sister go like that." Blaze said.
"What are you talking about? She's not my sister. I have no sister." Rainbow said. “Didn’t you hear her say that?”
"You’re just angry. Calm down!” Blaze instructed her.
"Blaze.... I really didn't get any messages from them. Trust me, I'd know." Rainbow corrected her. Blaze was confused.
"But.... Rainbow?" Blaze asked. Rainbow then started gliding inside her house, covering her eyes.
"Just leave me alone." she whined and once she went inside, she closed the door behind him. Blaze felt bad about the fight and since Rainbow needed to calm down, Blaze decided to look for Candy. Blaze asked a few pony folk in town to see if they seen a pink filly go by and eventually, Blaze found her alone in the Ponyville playground. Since it was dusk, the sun was almost set, there were no kids there. He found her alone on the swing, crying. Blaze glided over to her slowly.
"Uhh, hello Candy?" Blaze tried to get her attention.
"What do you want?" Candy asked angrily.
"Listen, I'm sorry about what Rainbow said earlier. She’s just stressed out right now. Going through a bad time.” Blaze explained.
"And?" Candy asked.
"And I'm sure if you two just gave eachother a chance, maybe you two will get along fine." Blaze said.
"I don't think so, Blaze. Rainbow never talks to her family and she hates me.” Candy said.
"But Candy, don't you see? Rainbow Dash is the element of Loyalty." Blaze said.
“Oh yeah? Then why doesn’t the Element of Loyality wanna be loyal to her family?” Candy asked.
“Wow… I ditched my friends on TTT for this?” Blaze mumbled to himself. He then said to Candy, “But she is loyal to her family. She doesn’t have to talk to them to make her loyal. I am sure she’d respond to ANY family emergency.”
“THIS IS a family emergency, Blaze! I need a sister! I have a splinter on my hoof and I need somepony to kiss it and make it better.” Candy whined as she shows her splintery hoof at Blaze.
Blaze gave Candy that ‘really?’ look again. “So all this just for a splinter?”
“The splinter? Oh the splinter is the easy part, Blaze. It’s what’s in here.” Candy said as she places her hoof on her chest.
“In your heart?” Blaze asked.
“Actually in my lungs. I miss breathing her air.” Candy said. “Her awesome, dare-devil-like air.”
“Ok that’s just creepy.” Blaze said.
“I don’t think you have a sister, Blaze, so I don’t think you know how it feels.” Candy said.
“I guess not.” Blaze said.
“I don’t get it, man. I guess Rainbow thinks being a hero is more important than her own family." Candy said sadly.
"No, that is not true! She told me she really hasn't heard from her parents." Blaze said.
"Lies! All lies!" Candy yelled.
"Look, just give Rainbow one chance, just one!" Blaze begged. "Please, Candy? Rainbow just went through alot. I'm sure maybe you both had a bite to eat, maybe you can talk this over with her. Please Candy!?”
Candy thought it over for a moment and then she nodded, "Alright, one chance. Where should I meet her?"
"Meet us over at Flare's Pizza Parlor in an hour. I promise you won't regret this, Candy." Blaze swore.
Candy sighed. "Fine."
"Alright, so I'll see there!" Blaze said and flew off.
"Wait! Where is... oh nevermind." Candy complained but he was too far away.
As Blaze was flying he said to himself, “I need Candy and Rainbow to make peace, but to do that, I’ll need Flare’s help. I’m pretty sure he’s not going to be happy about this; but then again, he’s always happy for helping out a friend in need.”
Meanwhile back on TTT, the map changes to a snowy hotel map. Inside the hotel Engie was singing on a stage in the theater room… very poorly might I add. All he was doing was moaning and groaning and saying words that don’t even exist into a microphone……… I moan and groan and say words that don’t even exist without a microphone; that’s a different story. The only words I heard Engie say that I understood was when he said “To looooove meeeee!”
“BOOOO! Get off the stage!” Psyche taunted.
“SHUT UP!” Engie yelled as he shoots Psyche.
“What are you two doing?” Crystal asked as Engie and Psyche were laughing. “What are you guys doing without me?”
“There’s a… there’s a traitor in the lounge area.” I said as Engie began singing horribly again.
“It’s goin’ to be a good daaaaay!” Engie sang. “Everypony come to the dance floooooor!”
“We have an awful Bruce Springsteen impersonator over there in the lounge area.” I said.
“Nothin’ but a hound-dog!” Engie sang.
“OW! Somepony just shot me.” Crystal said.
“That wasn’t me, I’m way over here near the pool.” I said.
“I know it wasn’t you, Flare.” Crystal said. “It’s gotta be Aqua or Engie. Someone sniped me.”
“Why isn’t anyone comin’ in here to hear my singing?” Engie asked.
“Cause you murder ponies that criticize you!” I yelled.
“And ya don’t?” Aqua asked.
“I may not take criticism well because I have a past full of it, but it is not worth killing about!” I corrected him.
“You know, ah’m gonna throw your body into the pool.” Engie said as he picks up Psyche’s body with Magneto Stick and starts walking outside.
“Oh cool, I could use a dip.” Psyche said.
“Oh hey.” Engie said to me as I was outside aiming my gun at his character.
“Keep away from my diving board, Engie. That is my diving board. Only I use it.” I said to Engie as Engie walks on the diving board to throw Psyche’s body into the pool.
“Careful, Engie. You don’t want to mess with Flare and his diving board.” Psyche warned him. “My body isn’t going to be the only one in here.
“How did you kill him anyway?” Crystal asked.
“He killed me in the lounge because I didn’t like his garbage singing!” Psyche yelled as I shot Engie for being on my diving board.
“GAAAAH!” Engie yelled. “Ah wasn’t the terrorist. He was criticizing my singin’!”
“I don’t care! You were on my diving board! Nopony but me touches my diving board!” I yelled.
“He wasn’t the terrorist; he’s just really bad at taking criticism.” Psyche said.
“Hey Flare?” Blaze asked as he walks inside my bedroom.
“AAAAH!” I yelled. “Since when did you get in?! Why didn’t you call me first?!”
“Sorry, man. I was in a hurry.” Blaze said.
“Who’s that ya’re talking to, Flare?” Aqua asked.
“It’s Blaze, gimmie a second, brah.” I said as I took off my headphones. “What’s up, Blaze? What happened to Rainbow Dash?”
“Yeah it’s a long story. I know you’re not going to be happy about this, but I need you to work at your shop today. Rainbow’s little sister is in town and they’re not getting along well, and I need your help.” Blaze requested.
“OH WOW!” Engie yelled from the game. “Ah got started right back on the stage again! Hey Aqua, c’mere!” Engie began to sing awfully again, “Everything is goin’ to be a good vibratioooooooon!”
“How high do you have your headphones volume?” Blaze asked.
“Pretty high. I can barely hear Aqua’s voice in-game.” I said.
“So yeah, I really could use your help, Flare. I dunno what else to do. Your shop seems to have helped out friendships before, just look at Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes?” Blaze reminded me.
A cutaway shows me serving a dinner date to Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes so they’d finally get along. The two of them just crossed their hooves (yeah they’re ponies in here) and angrily looked away from each other. “Now I know you two have your disagreements, and I know for a fact that you two are addicts and are pieces of trash that used to be so famous and so good but went downhill during your early adult-hood and you both should be ashamed of yourselves of how horrible you both become and no pony likes you anymore, but it’s just you two against the world right? You both share common interests and both share the same fates. Doesn’t that mean anything to you both?”
“You know what, Flare? You’re right.” Lindsay agreed.
“Lindsay and I do share a big common interest.” Amanda agreed. Just then, the two of them started to beat me up and then they threw me in a dumpster.
“We both think you’re a huge jerk for trying to tempt us and being super rude to us and YOU should be ashamed of yourself.” Lindsay said.
“Justice is served. Bring in the dancing lobsters.” Amanda said as a couple of 6 inch high lobsters joined us and began dancing. The cutaway ends.
“So will you help me?” Blaze asked.
“Sure ruin this day even further by making me stop playing as well.” I complained. “You know, I wanted to take a break from friendship lessons and working and just spend a relaxing day playing video games with my friends! I can’t have that can I? Don’t I deserve one?”
“Bro, I promise I’ll make this up to you. Just do this for me and I’ll make it worth your while.” Blaze promised.
After a moment of thinking I nodded in agreement. “Ok, if you wear a maid outfit while running through my shop tomorrow I’ll take on your offer.”
“WHAT?!” Blaze yelled.
“You want me to help you with Rainbow and her sister?” I asked.
“I do, but… ugh! Fine…” Blaze groaned.
“Sign here.” I instructed him as I gave him a contract. “This will make sure you don’t try any funny business.”
“Another contract? Really, Flare?” Blaze asked as he gave me that ‘really?’ face.
“What is with you and that face?” I asked.
“Isn’t the Friendship Agreement enough?” Blaze asked.
“DO IT!” I demanded.
“Ugh!” Blaze groaned as he signs the contract. I must say, he really must be desperate to get Rainbow and her sister back together. Looks like I learned another friendship lesson today. You can never have a break from learning something. You learn something every day, no matter what happens, anything is possible. Well that’s my friendship lesson for today, now its Blaze’s turn.
“Awesome! Now let me do one thing real quick before we go.” I said to him. I went back on my game and said on the mic, “Hey Aqua?”
“Yeah I dunno what happened.” Aqua said. “I was away from my computer and my aquarium program came back.”
“Just giggle the mouse.” I said to him.
“Ok.” Aqua said and just as he did so, he started to get upset. “Oh… ya made it shut it off.”
“Yeah it’s a screensaver, brah.” I said to him.
“I was enjoying that.” Aqua said upsettingly.
“Hey Aqua, come with me for a sec. I trust you, and I know a good place we can find from the terrorist.” I said to him.
“Not terrorist! Traitor!” Psyche reminded us.
“WHATEVER, PSYCHE!” I yelled.
“Ow! Don’t yell on the mic, Flare!” Engie complained. So I made Aqua’s character follow me to the roof of the building.
“Ok so ya think this is a good hiding place?” Aqua asked.
“Of course! Aqua, I trust you! Alright? I trust you!” I said. “Do you trust me?”
“I dunno, I guess. Ya haven’t killed me yet.” Aqua said.
“Don’t worry, brah. I’m not going to kill you. I promise.” I said.
“Seems suspicious, but ok.” Aqua said.
“Ok… we trust each other.” I said as I then jumped off the ledge of the building and my character fell to his death. “AAAAAH! AQUA KILLED ME! AQUA I TRUSTED YOU!”
“What did ya just do?!” Aqua asked surpisingly. “C’mon, mate! Why ya gotta do that?!”
“GET HIM! AQUA’S THE TRAITOR!” Engie yelled.
“Alright talk to you boys later, I have to do something.” I said as I turned off my game and chuckled. “That was so fun! Ok, let’s go!”
A half hour went by, Rainbow and Blaze were waiting for Candy over at my shop, but she was taking a while to show up.m"Blaze, why did you talk me into coming here?" Rainbow asked.
"So you can make peace with your sister." Blaze said.
"I told you, Blaze. She's not my sister." Rainbow said.
"Look, just give her a chance, one chance, maybe you two can talk this out." Blaze said.
"Well she probably changed her mind, because I don't see her." Rainbow pointed out. Just then, as she finished her sentence, Candy came through the door. She walks over to Spike who was watching the front.
"Good evening, welcome to Flare's Pizza Parlor. How many?" Spike asked.
"I'm here to see my poor excuse for a sister." Candy said.
Spike takes out a notepad. "Alright, well there is a 5 minute wait...." But before Spike could finish that sentence, Candy growled at him. Spike was a little nervous so he knew what he had to do to avoid trouble. "She's right over at that table over there." He said, pointing to Rainbow's table. Candy angrily marches over to where Rainbow is sitting.
"Sheesh, take a chill pill!" Spike said. Candy hops on the booth and looks in the menu, trying to avoid eye contact with her sister.
"Hi Candy." Rainbow said.
"Hi Rainbow." Candy said.
"Soooo.... um, what have you been up to since I left home?” Rainbow asked.
"Well.... I like to draw, I like to fly in high speeds, and... umm... I dunno." Candy said. "What do you do for a living now?”
"Well, like you I like to fly in high speeds, I can do a sonic rainboom, and be 20% awesome in..." Rainbow said, but I interrupted her.
"10 seconds flat, right?" I asked.
"Yes, exactly!" Rainbow said. "So about mom and dad? How are they doing?"
"Umm... fine I guess." Candy said.
"Do they know you're here?" Rainbow asked.
"Not really." Candy said.
"Then why are you here? Mom and dad are probably worried sick!" Rainbow said.
"Hey I can take care of myself! I'm just as awesome as you, if not more!" Candy said.
"Wait, didn't your parents say that you two need to hang more?" Blaze asked.
"Yeah, but they didn't say I had to come down. I decided to do it myself. I traveled across Equestria just to see you Rainbow, and this is the thanks you give me?" Candy asked.
"You didn't travel across Equestria. Mom and dad live in Cloudsdale." Rainbow corrected her.
"So? I broke the rules just so I can see you, and so far you're not being nice to me!" Candy said.
"Me? You're not being nice to me! I'm your older sister! You're my responsibly!" Rainbow said.
"You're starting to get on my nerves Rainbow Dash!" Candy yelled.
"Hey, hey! This shop has a no hate policy!" I said. "Now if you want some delicious food, you're going to have to be nice to one another, like seriously actually!"
"Flare, do I have to explain this situation to you again?" Blaze asked.
"Probably; I stopped listening to you after you started talking about it." I said.
"Flare, you're not helping!" Blaze said.
"Yes I am." I said as I came out of the kitchen and used my magic to take the pizza I just made to Rainbow's table. "Dinner is-a served! Cooked with extra love, and friendship, and even less then threes. Enjoy!"
"Thanks Flare." Rainbow said.
"What is this?" Candy asked.
"Pizza, Flare's famous pizza. Try it, you'll love it!" Rainbow said.
"I can't, I'm lactose intolerance." Candy said. "I can't eat cheese."
"No problemo, sista!" I said. "Allow me fix this problem, it's quite simple." I used my magic to remove the cheese from the pizza. "Ta da! All you have to do is remove the cheese, and walla, no milky gas."
"Ehh, I'm not really hungry right now." Candy said.
"C'mon Candy, try the pizza, you'll love it!" Rainbow suggested.
"No. I don't want to." Candy said.
"You won't regret it, sista! This pizza is full of love, friendship, and less then three!" I said.
"Yeah, I heard you the first time." Candy said.
"Candy, eat your pizza, now!" Rainbow ordered her.
"NO!" Candy yelled as she flipped the pizza tray over on Rainbow's face.
"THAT'S IT, TIME OUT!" Rainbow yelled.
"YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!" Candy yelled.
"Like a boss!" I said.
"Shut it!" Rainbow and Candy both said to me.
"I don't like your attitude, young mare." Rainbow said.
"I don't like your face!" Candy yelled.
"You're being such a little brat right now!" Rainbow yelled.
"You're being such a nosy fatso right now!" Candy yelled.
"WHAT?!" Rainbow yelled.
"Guys, c'mon!" Blaze said.
"You should go back to mom and dad!" Rainbow ordered.
"NO! I hate them!" Candy yelled.
"CANDY, GO!" Rainbow ordered.
"NO! THEY MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE! I thought if I came to live with you it might chance that, but I was wrong! You're no different than them! I HATE YOU!" Candy yelled as she started crying.
"Candy?" Blaze asked.
"SHUT UP! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Candy yelled. She hovers into the air and charges out my window, breaking it, and she flew faster than ever, far away. Rainbow had a shocking look on her face.
"Rainbow?" Blaze asked.
"My parents... made her life miserable?" Rainbow asked. "Wait..." Rainbow started having a flashback with her parents. They never gave Rainbow what she wanted, and they ignored her sometime after Candy was born, but what Rainbow didn’t know was that after Rainbow’s parents kicked Rainbow out of the house at the age of 18, Rainbow’s parents ignored Candy and began to miss Rainbow. Rainbow’s parents were only worried about one child at a time, and both children deserve an equal amount of love. When Rainbow’s flashback ended she started tearing up and cried on my table.
"Rainbow?" Blaze asked, putting his hoof on her.
"Awww, Rainbow! I just cleaned that!” I complained.
"I think Rainbow found out what Candy's real problem was." Blaze said. "You see, Rainbow's parents ignored her too, and it seems Candy is going through the same experience."
"Well how about my window? Who's gonna pay that?" I asked.
"Flare, listen! Rainbow's sister is going through a big problem right now, and we have to solve it!" Blaze said.
"We?" I asked.
"Yeah 'we', can you please help me out?" Blaze asked.
"Look this is your family issue. I don't think I'll be much of help. I'm sorry dude, but what can I do?" I said as I then started walking in the kitchen, but Blaze stopped me.
"Please help me, man! I don't think she'll listen to me, or Rainbow. But...." he didn't know what to say next.
"But you think she'll listen to me?" I asked.
"I thought so at first, but now that I think of it....." he said.
"Exactly. I'm not the best pony to help solve problems, trust me I tired. I don't want to offend anypony else." I said.
"Please man, please?" he asked. "You're my best friend, and I can't do this on my own."
I thought it out for a sec. "50 bits." I said.
"30." he said.
"20!" I said.
"Deal!" he said.
"Ok I’ll just help you get to her, but I don’t wanna play a major part in this conflict.” I said.
“You won’t. I promise.” Blaze said.
“So how we gonna find her?” Rainbow asked as she rubbed the tears out of her face. “I will NOT let my sister go through all that! She needs attention like all little sisters do! If my parents can’t do it, then I will!”
"I can use my phoenix sense to track her." Blaze said.
“I still don’t get you, brah. Half-pony, half-dragon with phoenix powers? Won’t others find that OP?” I asked.
“C’mon, I’m not invulnerable or anything. It’s who we are. They should watch the first Trixie episode again.” Blaze said.
So Rainbow and Blaze were flying around, looking for Candy. Blaze was leading, and I was flying on Rainbow's back. "Ugh! Flare you're too heavy!" she complained.
"Onward! Go! Go! Go!" I yelled. "C'mon, Rainbow, faster, faster!"
"I'm going as fast as I can, but your weight is slowing me down!" Rainbow struggled.
“Excuses, excuses.” I said.
"Down there! I see her!" Blaze pointed. Candy was in somepony's backyard, so we all flew down (Rainbow was faster because of me and my…… muscular body) and we all hid behind a wooden fence and quietly peeked over at Candy just sitting there all alone.
"Why did we land? C'mon, onward Rainbow!" I yelled. Then Rainbow pushed me off her by lowering her body. The three of us looked over the fence, and saw Candy eating out of a dog-wish. Yeah she was sitting alone and now she’s hesitating as she eats dog food. That really the life she wants?
"So, how can we catch her?" Rainbow asked.
"Leave that to me." I said. So I hopped over the fence, held a garden hoe using my front hooves. I then said in a squeaky voice, "Alright, Candy. Time to die!" Then Candy started running away.
"Flare, you scared her away!" Blaze yelled, hoping over the fence with Rainbow, and they both continued chasing her.
"Dirty hoe!" I yelled at the garden hoe, knocking it over, but after a second, it came back up to me and I was holding it, and then I said to it in a seductive tone, "I'm sorry baby, I love you." I started making smoochie faces at the hoe and was about to kiss it.
"C'mon, Flare!" Blaze instructed me; so I ran off, and the hoe was still standing there on its pull facing straight up, and then I caught up with him and Rainbow, and then suddenly, just as we thought Candy wouldn’t take anymore risks, we found Candy flying to the interstate.
"Great!" Rainbow Dash cried.
"What's great?" I asked.
"Candy is on the interstate and she's gonna hurt herself!" Rainbow said.
"How is that great?" I asked.
"We have to get her back!" Rainbow cried, as she starts flying towards the interstate to rescue her, but Blaze bites on her wing to stop her. “OW! It’s bad enough AppleJack pulls on my tail!”
"Is it gonna be safe to just fly through?" Blaze asked. "Look, I think it would be easier if we drove by her, and catch her with a big butterfly net.
"How's that gonna work?" Rainbow asked.
"I'm sure Fluttershy has a giant butterfly net we can borrow." Blaze said.
"But... none of us have a carriage to drive." Rainbow said.
"Why don't we take my carriage?" I asked.
"You have a carriage?" Blaze asked.
"You have a carriage?" I mimicked what Blaze said, teasing him. "Of course I have a carriage!"
"I'll believe it when I see it." Blaze said.
"Then eat your eyes on this!" I said as I took out some carriage keys out of my pocket.
"You mean 'feast' your eyes?" Blaze asked, correcting me.
"I don't see much of a difference." I said. So I took Blaze and Rainbow to my lockup, and after I opened it up, there was an old junky carriage inside that looked like it was in the need of repair.
"Uhh, that's your carriage, Flare?" Blaze asked.
"Yep yep yep!" I said.
"What a wreck! Forget about rescuing Candy. We'll be lucky if we make it to the end of the block!" Rainbow doubted.
"What? Oh, this? This is just the dust cover." The junky car decoration was only part of the dust cover cloth. I immediately removed it and it turned out to be a fast sports carriage. "What do you think?" Rainbow and Blaze were in shock when they saw my carriage; even their mouths lowered fast and hard like a weight. "You like it?"
"Seriously dude, this is pretty extreme, don't you think?" Blaze asked.
"Well, actually, I'm not into sports carriages, but Fonz left it behind after he fled, so it's mine now.” I said mischievously. “Nope, it is not stealing. It is finder’s keepers, losers crying.”
"Nice man!" Blaze said.
"I call shotty!" I yelled.
"I can't drive that thing; I don't have a carriage licence." Rainbow said.
"Me neither, so I guess you're driving Flare." Blaze said.
"But I'm not that much of a runner. I get tired pretty fast." I said as I admitted that even though with a muscular body that Rainbow cannot handle, my legs get tired pretty fast.
"We'll try to give you energy, but for now you'll need to drive this thing in order for us to get Candy." Blaze said.
"Kay, hop in." I said. So Rainbow and Blaze went into the carriage as I attached myself onto the carriage.
"Go, Flare! GO!" Rainbow yelled.
"I'm not going anywhere until you both buckle up." I ordered them.
"Does it really matter?" Rainbow asked.
"Actually, it does. Sorry babe." Blaze said. Rainbow sighed and buckled her seat belt.
"Time to find Miss Candy Cotton, search and destroy!" I said.
"NO! Search and rescue!" Blaze corrected me.
"Search and rescue, I meant search and rescue, of course!" I said. I then mumbled to myself, “Then destroy after rescue.” So I started pulling the carriage out of the warehouse district, through Ponyville, and onto the interstate. This interstate is pretty much like any other interstate. So much traffic, but at least everypony was moving at a decent speed. Rainbow and Blaze were keeping a close eye out for Candy Cotton.
"Can you go a little faster, Flare?" Rainbow asked.
"I can't." I said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"One: I have to obey the speed limit, two: I can't run that fast. I'm a unicorn, not an earth pony. Earth ponies have stronger hooves." I said.
"GO... FASTER!" Rainbow yelled as she whipped my flank, making me go faster. I did go faster, but I wasn't happy about it.
"Wow rude!” I yelled. So I was pulling the carriage really fast, trying to avoid the traffic. It wasn't really safe, and I was afraid to be pulled over. Rainbow Dash might know the rules of the air, but she has no idea about the rules of the road. But still, not many ponies in Ponyville drive because everything is walking distance. When I was living in Mareami, it was a big city, so sometimes you gotta use carriages to go from place to place. I've been running for a few miles and soon we saw Candy sitting on the back of a pick-up carriage.
"There she is I see her!" Blaze yelled. "On the back of that pick-up carriage." Why do the characters have to keep mimicking me?
"So what's the plan, Blaze?" Rainbow asked.
"One of us needs to go over and get her, and one of us needs to stay and catch her." Blaze said.
"I'll go get her." I offered.
"No, Flare. You need to keep this carriage rolling." Blaze instructed me.
"Roll the carriage? Isn't that dangerous?" I asked.
"No, just keep pulling the carriage and keep it near the carriage wherever Candy's at. I'll go get her." Blaze said.
"No, Blaze. She's my sister; I gotta be the one to get her." Rainbow said.
"Alright, well be careful." Blaze said.
“Hey what happened to the butterfly net idea? Did we just forget about it and started doing something else without discussion?” I asked.
So Rainbow unbuckles her seat belt, stands up on her seat and places her hoof on one the doors, and attempts to climb out of the carriage. "Be careful, Rainbow!" Blaze warned her.
"Thanks for the obvious tip, sherlock!" Rainbow said to him sarcastically. She gets herself ready to jump onto the pick-up carriage where Candy is. I know she could've flown, but it seems more epic if she jumps, because Friendship is Epic! Hey, I said the title of the story, I think I hear Peter Griffin in the audience saying, "He said it! He said it!" So Rainbow jumps onto the carriage and climbs inside the back of the pick-up carriage.
"You! Why did you follow me?" Candy asked her.
"I'm here to take you home, Candy Cotton." Rainbow said.
"NEVER! I'm never going back!" Candy yelled. She jumped onto the hood of the carriage and jumps onto a delivery truck and Rainbow follows her.
"Flare, pull the carriage near the delivery truck!" Blaze instructed me.
"How about you quit telling me what to do? I know what to do!" I said as I pulled over towards the carriage near the truck. Rainbow jumps onto the truck and Candy gives her a glare.
"Leave me alone, Rainbow! I can do what I want and you can't stop me!" Candy yelled. Candy was jumping from truck to truck and Rainbow keeps chasing her. I had a hard time keeping up though; counting there was alot of traffic on this interstate.
"Candy, this isn't what it looks like at all!" Rainbow yelled.
"I'm not going back home, Rainbow! So stop chasing me! Mom and dad kept talking about you after you left and unlike you, I HAVE NO FRIENDS!" Candy yelled back.
"I'm not taking you 'home'. I'm taking you..... HOME!" Rainbow corrected her.
"That doesn't make any sense!" Candy yelled still getting chased by her sister.
"What I'm saying is, I'm not taking you back to mom and dad; I'm taking you to live with me! Blaze and I will take good care of you! I promise!" Rainbow swore.
"But... you don't care about me!" Candy yelled with tears in her eyes.
"If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't be coming after you! I'm doing this because I love you, Candy Cotton! You're my sister, and you always will!" Rainbow yelled, tears started falling from her eyes. "Please.... believe me! I want you back! I cannot truly be awesome without my awesome little sister with me! I'm sorry!" Candy stopped running from Rainbow after she hopped on an SUV. She looked back at Rainbow and saw the tears in her eyes, so Candy knew she was serious. If Rainbow cries, it’s serious, because Rainbow ain’t no crybaby. She smiled and ran back to Rainbow Dash, and then she jumped on her and gave her a big hug.
"I'm sorry, Dashie! I believe you!" Candy said as she cried on her. "I love you too, big sis. I don't know what I was thinking? I'm a terrible sister!"
"No you're not, Candy. You're the best sister and an awesome adventurer." Rainbow said, hugging her back. “I would’ve NEVER thought of adventuring on the interstate when I was your age! I am totally impressed!”
"Sorry to interrupt your moment, but you're hugging on top of a truck and a tunnel is just up ahead.” Blaze pointed out.
Rainbow and Candy looked up ahead and saw the tunnel. The tunnel was too short, so with Rainbow and Candy on top of the truck, they'd bump their heads on the tunnel and fall onto the road, and probably get runned over.
"Blaze, I'm starting to get tired!" I complained.
"Keep going, Rainbow and Candy need to get inside the carriage." Blaze said to me. Blaze began to stand up on his seat with his hooves out.. "C'mon, jump! I'll catch you!"
"Candy, you go first." Rainbow insisted.
"I dunno, Rainbow. He's different." Candy said.
"Yes, he is, but we're all different. You just need to accept it. You can trust him. He's the most loyal pony you can ever meet. Probably even more loyal than I. Actually.... maybe not, but still, you can trust him." Rainbow said. Candy was silent for a moment. She looked at Blaze, and then looked at the incoming tunnel. The tunnel was awfully close.
"C'mon, hurry!" Blaze cried. Candy looked at Blaze, and then she smiled and jumped onto Blaze's hooves.
"Gotcha!" Blaze said.
"Yay!" Candy cheered as she gave Blaze a hug. "I'm sorry, Blaze. I guess I can trust you."
"That.... means alot, really." Blaze said with tears in his eyes.
"C'mon, big sis!" Candy yelled.
"Okay, here I come!" Rainbow said getting ready to jump. "One.... two....." But before she could say three she got hit by the tunnel and fell.
"RAINBOW!" Candy and Blaze yelled at the same time.
"Flare! Pull over!" Blaze yelled. I immediately pulled the carriage over to the side and before Rainbow could get runned over by a carriage, I used my unicorn magic to pull her closer to us. I put her inside the carriage, I detached myself from the carriage and went inside with them. Rainbow was passed out with a big bump on her head..
"Oh Rainbow, this is all my fault!" Candy said crying on her.
"Oh will you relax? She's not dead." I said to her. "She just bumped her head. Rhyme!"
"I dunno, this bump seems serious." Blaze said.
"Well.... we gotta take her to the hospital then!" Candy yelled.
"No time. We're losing her." Blaze said.
"Oh c'mon! What happened to the floating stars on her head? She hit a mountain, hard before, and she was alright." I reminded him.
Candy continued crying on Rainbow, and Blaze was thinking about what he should do, and as for me, well I wasn’t doing anything. I was just watching to see what’ll happen next. Just then, Blaze closed his eyes, and his body began to glow. “Uhh, Blaze? I think you’re exposed to radiation.” I pointed out.
“Shhh.” Blaze shushed me.
“Don’t you shush me, fool!” I demanded.
”Shhh! I need to concentrate.” Blaze said as he lifts his hooves and slowly hovers them over Rainbow.
“Wha-what’s happening?” Candy asked.
“How should I know? I’m just here for support.” I said.
Just then Blaze places both of his hooves on Rainbow’s chest and then Rainbow’s body began to glow as well. Ray flares showed up on Blaze’s eyes and mouth and same thing goes to Rainbow. “Whooooooa!” Candy said surprisingly.
“Are we almost done? I wanna go back to TTT.” I complained.
After a few moments, both Blaze’s and Rainbow’s bodies stopped glowing, and then Rainbow began to cough and wake up. “RAINBOW!” Blaze and Candy cried out in excitement and hugged her.
“Ugh! Hey guys! Why does it feel like I got hit in the head by a solid concrete wall?” Rainbow asked as she painfully rubbed her head.
“Just to clarify, all concrete is solid.” I reminded her.
“Oh sis! I’m so glad you’re ok! I’ll never leave you again! I’m moving in with you and Blaze!” Candy said.
"And I'll take good care of you, as if you were my own." Rainbow said. Candy looked at Blaze and gave him a hug as well.
"And you Blaze, I couldn't ask for a better in-law!" Candy said. "How did you heal, Rainbow?"
"My.... phoenix powers of course!" Blaze said hugging her back, but feeling exhausted. "Phew! Healing sure takes alot outta ya!"
“Blaze’s phoenix powers never seizes to amaze me.” Rainbow said. Just then, I began to clear my throat.
"What's wrong, man?" Blaze asked me.
“I didn’t get a hug!” I complained.
“That’s because you’re just the driver, man.” Blaze teased.
“Yeah whatever. You still owe me a few favors.” I reminded him.
“Oh… right…” Blaze said upsettingly.
So I attached myself onto the carriage again, I made a U-turn, and pulled us out of the tunnel and we all returned back to Ponyville. As we were driving back to town, Candy was leaning on Rainbow and said, “I’m glad you decided to have me move in with you. I’ll never forget it.”
“Me neither, squirt.” Rainbow said as she rubbed Candy’s head. “And just to let you know, there’s this filly by the name of Scootaloo who idolizes me, and she says I’m like a big sister to her, so I hope you don’t feel jealous.”
“I won’t, don’t worry.” Candy promised. “I’m also glad that this is all behind us. As it turns out, I guess I’ve been ignored for so long that I always think that attention is all I need and if I don’t get it, I pitch a fit, but it all turns out that everyone needs a turn with attention. No pony should have more attention than another. All your family members and friends should be treated equal in your group, and why did I just explain that whole thing?”
“It’s part of that Ponyville vibe. You’ll get used to it, Candy.” Rainbow said.
“Well one thing’s for sure, we’ll definitely feel like a whole family with Candy around, and it would be good practice for when it’s time for us to have a kid.” Blaze said.
“Ok let’s not overdo it, Blaze. I’m not ready for that.” Rainbow said in an uncomfortable tone.
Blaze chuckled and said, “Of course babe!”
“By the way, Candy. Why did you call me fat back at Flare’s shop? Fat is the least insult I should have. I don’t even look fat.” Rainbow said as she observes her stomach.
“Are you sure, Dashie? Cause I think you’re getting a little chunky.” Candy said.
“Yeah we’re definitely going to have our ups and downs time after time.” Rainbow said.
“Let’s not let that bother us.” Blaze said. “The only thing that should bother me is…” Blaze started to sigh and began to put on a maid outfit. “Here goes nothing.” Rainbow and Candy began to laugh.
“What’s going on back there? Why are you laughing? Am I missing out on something again?” I asked.
Meanwhile at the end of the day, it was almost dusk and the TTT matches we were playing was over. Aqua spent a lot of time looking at his screen saver with his sister. “Look! There’s our Dory fish again!” Wind Racer pointed out.
“Yeah I see it.” Aqua said. “I think I got the hang of this. If ya don’t touch the computer for a certain amount of time, this program will pop up. It only closes if ya press something or move the mouse.”
“I wish there was a way to just instantly watch this whenever we want.” Wind Racer said.
“Me too, but I guess it doesn’t work like that.” Aqua said.
”Can I have this in my room while I sleep?” Wind Racer asked as the computer screen goes blank. “Hey where did it go?! Did you press something, bro?”
“No, did ya?” Aqua asked.
“Not that I know of. Why did the screen go black?” Wind Racer asked. She began to press buttons on the computer but the computer didn’t come back on. “Hey what gives?! Is this thing broken?” Just as Wind Racer presses the space bar on the computer, the computer goes back on the desktop. “Oh there we go! I guess the computer was bored and was about to go to sleep.”
“Nah, computers don’t sleep, sis.” Aqua corrected her.