//------------------------------// // ch.3 // Story: Second Place // by Pecan Pallet //------------------------------// Ch.3 Though there wasn’t any snow at this altitude, it was damn near freezing up here. I mean, yes it’s always cold this high up, but the wind and cold air just goes right through your cloths. It’s a lot warmer down under, but that’s where every pony goes, and if you didn’t figure it out, I was never good with other ponies. I was pacing back and forth between the cloud’s edge and the door to my apartment, waiting for Ditzy Doo to hurry up. Ugh, I hate the cold! “Damn it, how long does it take to take a Sh*t?” I ask myself, my hoofs shaking. I also hate the cold because I have to put on these annoyingly thick cloths. This jacket has always feet me awkwardly and always made me feel like a burrito. It doesn’t help that this thing doesn’t help, I’m still freezing. I might as well be sitting in a freezer. After a moment of bickering to myself wither I should just leave her, I sat my plot on a lone cloud that was drifting by. It was terribly cold but I stopped caring after a bit. “…What the buck is taking her so long?” I mumble to myself, “I didn’t think she was THAT slow” I respond… well, I guess she’s not really slow, maybe ditzy or derpy but…I sigh, trying to forget about her… eventually, Rainbow Dash crossed my mind. “She’s coming back to ponyville today, right?” I ask myself, “Unless Big Mac was lying…” I replied, adjusting the blue scarf around me. “maybe I’ll see her today…that would be nice…” Rainbow has been out of town for the last few weeks. She, along with five or six of her friends, was invited by the Princess herself to recite some play about Hearth’s warming eve. I would have loved to see rainbow up on stage… but as you know, I don’t have that kind of money… now that I think about it, where in Equestra does Rainbow Dash work? I don’t remember the last time I saw her working… maybe she just- There was a freezing chill that ran down my neck; it made me yelp as it slid down my scarf. I could feel some pony pulling at me, pressing icy tuffs of clouds against my hair and down my coat. I yelled as I tried to pull her talons away from me, her laughter making me boil. I had to break free by removing my blue scarf, strafing away as I listened to her stupid laugh. “The hell, Gilda!” I shout, my body reacting awkwardly to the chilled cloud. “Ah, You Prick!” this only made her laugh more, her stupid little laugh ticking me off. “Haha, come on, I was only joking around!” she says, holding my scarf in her claws. I glare at her, watching as she tosses the scarf around her stupid, white neck, giving an irritating smile on her stupid, fat beak. “What the hell do you want?” I ask, already knowing she came to bother me. I put my hoof around my neck, my exposed neck getting really cold. “oh, just checking how the lamest pony in Cloudsdale is doing. Finally coming out of your little cave?” she circles me, keeping her stupid golden eyes on me. I just wanted to poke them out! “Buzz off! Go bother some other pony!” “Oh, don’t be like that to a friend… oh wait, you don’t have any friends.” She dashes at me, pushing me to the side. I beat my wings faster, my teeth hurting from how hard I was scowling. She starts to circle me again, like some bird of prey. I tried to move away, trying to ignore her, but she would intercept me. She was so damn annoying, as if I didn’t have enough problems on my hoofs. She shoves me again, spewing her insults, my tolerance draining out of me. I would have just yelled and screamed at her but I could see Ditzy Doo finally coming out of the building. I push her aside; I didn’t want to stay any longer. “Ditzy, what took you!” I said, my frustration showing in my voice. She seemed oblivious as she closed the door behind her, but as soon as Gilda flew down, I could see Ditzy getting tense. “oh, if it isn’t Derpy Hoofs! Hanging with the looser I see.” Even Ditzy pushes past her, not wanting her crap either. “why do you have to bother us? Your being mean!” she says, closing her jacket and slinging her mail bag over her. She just laughs, “come on, don’t be sore, it’s just some meaningless fun.” This rattled me. We all know this wasn’t some joke, she does this all the damn time, and though I can take most of the insults, Ditzy wasn’t as strong. At this point, I just wanted to leave for Ditzy’s sake. “I hear Rainbow dash is back, but I guess you already know that. Doesn’t that gets you wet thinking about it, aye Lightning?” She scoffs at me. She knew I liked Rainbow Dash, I don’t know how she found out, but now she won’t shut up about it. “Come on, Ditzy, let’s get out of here.” Trying my best to ignore her, I grabbed Ditzy’s hoof and hurried off the cloud. I open my wings and start to glide down, being mindful of Ditzy. “But it’s not like that’s going to change anything.” She follows us like a fly, “at the end of the day, your still going back to that body pillow!” she starts to mock me, “oh, Rainbowdash! Harder!” ditzy looks over at me, “Body pillow?” god, I just wanted to smack her! “Fuck off Gilda!” I shout my face red. I took up a drifting cloud, rounding it out like a snowball and chucking it at her. She didn’t even move, my aim completely off. She laughs, “Haha, by far, your worst throw ever. I’ve seen foals throw better than you!” “Go away, Gilda! Stop making fun of us!” Ditzy says. “Sorry, Derpy, I didn’t know you where so close to Lighting.” She scoffs, an insult aimed at me. “It’s Ditzy! Not Derpy!” I yell at her, drawing attention to myself as I just noticed a few pegasi flying by. “haha, whatever lame-oh, it was nice teasing you fools!” she says, starting to fly up and away. “Jackass! I’m not done with you!” I Shout, my rage getting to me. I was about to pursue her but, ditzy managed to catch me tail. “no!...let’s just go, please.” I look down at her, about to pull my tail away, but I could see Ditzy was serious, both eyes on me. “…fine.” I say, my wings still beating hard with frustration… ~~~~~~~~~~ As I flew down with her, we passed by the first layers of clouds, snow already drifting on us. We passed by a few other pegasi going up, some of them giving us looks or whispering. Well, they may have just been talking to each other, but hell would I know… as I flew down, the snow drifted onto my black jacket, appearing brightly on it while it vanished on my white coat. I feel Ditzy’s hoof on my shoulder, making me stop. “Your scarf…she took it!” Ditzy says, reminding me. I pretty much forgot about that thing. “oh… um, it’s ok. I wouldn’t want it back anyways…” actually, I did… it was an expensive scarf. “B-but your neck will be cold.” As she says this, my body starts to shiver, my neck cold. “Ditzy, I’ll be fine…” I turn away from her, trying to move on… as I flew, I noticed Ditzy wisent saying a thing, I struck this as odd till a yellow cloth rapped its self around my neck. It made me jump. “There! Nice and warm.” As I turn around, she fits the scarf around me, a sweet smile on her face. Her neck was bare. “?...Oh, but this is yours. You’re going to get cold.” The yellow scarf was warm, it felt really nice… and it smelled like her. “oh, it’s ok, lightning. If there’s anything I can do to help-“ “you’ll do it.” I finish her sentence. She smiles kindly as she hugged me. She felt so warm… I think I was blushing. I hugged her back, loving the warmth she emitted. I’m gifted to have a friend like her… I released her as another pony was passing by. “um… let’s get going.” I say, not wanting anypony to think anything. As we both flew down, i began to see the lights of the small village under. The small little place called ponyville.