//------------------------------// // Prom Night: Snips and Snails / Cam and Drive // Story: The After Years // by thewaffler //------------------------------// Cam and Drive's Prom Night While the rest of their friends went off to do their own things, Snips and Snails tried to dance with their own dates, but be being as uncoordinated as they were, they only managed to look like they were having seizures. The two mares face hoofed in embarrassment. They just weren't having the good time that their "father" had promised them with this prom objective. As the night continued, Cam and Drive were getting more and more irritated by the two stallions. First it was when Snips and Snails finally pried themselves apart and they ended up not only destroying their suits but succeeded in bowling over the two androids. Then there was the dancing which went over like lead balloon. The worse part out of all of this was when they sat down to grab something to eat with the two stallions. "... Another show, I really like is the anime Sock and Saddle with Riding Crop." Snips gushed as he went on and on about his favorite shows. Cam and Drive were waiting at a table with the blue stallion as they they waited for Drive's date to return. What they didn't expect was the yellow unicorn to come back with a mountain of food. "Uh...hey, girls I didn't know what you liked, so I brought over a little bit of everything." Snails said as he wobbled under the heavy tray on his back. He then placed the it on the table. "Finally, I'm starving. All this amazing conversation was making me hungry." At this Cam's eye visibly twitched as she began to envision a world where machines enslaved ponies. It only got worse when their dates displayed quite possibly the worse table manners in Equestrian history and proceeded engage in a yeast roll eating competition. Drive looked at her sister and once again projected her thoughts. "Emotion: Complete Disgust. I know I am usually the one telling you to look on the bright side, but I can't take another discussion about lollicon, fast food and overrated magicians mixed with how they consume nourishment." "Emotion: Surprised happiness. Why don't we just leave?" "Emotion: Confusion. Huh?" "Emotion: Happiness. You are not happy and I am not happy, prom objective is supposed to be fun, so why don't we leave these two and gather data for ourselves?" They turned to snips and Snails and began the break up conversation that was sure to be the first done completely in stereo. "Prom Objective dates: Snips and Snails." "Yes." They wiped their faces on the remnants of their sleeves and replied in unison. "Emotion: Annoyed. We want to end operation prom objective with you." "That's nice...wait, what?!" the four of them just stood there for felt like an eternity. Cam broke was the first to break the silence. "Listen, you are..." She searched her memory banks for an appropriate phrase. "...really nice guys, but we think we should see other carbon or silicon based life forms." The androids left the table and trotted towards the drink table on the other side of the room. Snails turned to his compatriot. "That could have gone a lot worse." Cam and Drive surveyed the beverage table and gave a sigh as this night hadn't turned out right. Most ponies were out on the dance floor, enjoying the company of their dates or making idle conversation with their friends. The area around the drinks was for the most part with bare of any other ponies...well, except for one light grey pegasus stallion with an ash grey mane wearing a winkled blazer with a boxing glove as his cutie mark, he stood on his hind legs against the back wall drinking from a small steel flask. The pony in question took in the sight of the two mares, who also wore the look of disappointment with the event. "You two look like you just went through a rough night." Their ears perked up at the sound of the stallion's velvet like voice. "Yeah, our father made us go with these two...um..." Drive tilted her head towards their former table. The mystery pegasus saw two very familiar unicorns. "I see. Tonight hassn't been all that good for me either. Archer used me as a free ticket to prom just so ssshe could dump me for Lickity Split." He slurred slightly mid sentence. "Looks like we have a little in common. Well, introductions are order, my name is Rumble and you fine mares are..." "My name is Cam...” The green eyed mare replied with a smile. "...and my name is Drive." Her sister said finishing the sentence. The Next Day A dark grey pegasus in his early thirties trotted down the hallway of his house towards his younger brother's room. "Hey Rumble, I was wondering if you wanted to get some breakf--" Thunderlane's speech was interrupted when he caught sight of the scene of his younger brother laying in bed with two mares. The three in bed simply glared at the older stallion. "I'll come back later." He quietly left the room making a mental note to tease Rumble later. As the older stallion left the room, Cam and Drive turned to their collectively shared new boyfriend. "I'm never gonna here the end of it." In their usual synched monotone voices the twins glared at their stallion. "Emotion: Content. We demand more snuggling." As what happened to Snips and Snails during prom night? About half an hour after Cam and Drive broke up with the two of them. They headed out to the Original Donut Joe's diner down the street from the Castle. As they entered the eatery, Latte Bean the brother of the former owner and the ever observant manager noticed the sad look upon their faces. Just as they were about to sit at the counter and order a glazed pick me up, Latte stopped them. "Whatza matta witchu two?" "Our dates ditched us." "Then I can't let you fellas sit here." Latte pointed to the area towards the other side of the diner, it was dim, the walls were lined with motivation posters and it had a bunch of other equally low spirited ponies. It was the newly designated Sadness Corner, because when Latte took over he made an area for miserable customers, just so the happy ones wouldn't be bummed out. "It's nothin' personal, but bad vibrations don't sell food. Eat some donuts and drink some coffee and when your feelin' betta then you can sit with the rest of us." The two spent about two hours listening to a medley of Chicacolt's most depressing songs. After about six cups of coffee they felt the call of nature, but the events that happened next would forever change their lives. Unbeknownst to them the custodian's wet floor sign fell down as as the two young stallions got up, Snails tripped over the sign and into Snips who ricocheted off the nearby counter as he launched the pot of coffee onto Snails head causing the burned unicorn to barrel into the jukebox and his companion to step on a broom that hit him square in the daddy basket. When the two of them finally came to a complete stop, they expected a lot of things, most of them involved being kicked out or being yelled at or berated in some fashion. What happened in actuality was something neither of them expected. "BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Everypony in the diner laughed including the Sadness Corner, and the manager. It was that night that they found their true calling in life, to make other ponies laugh and feel better about themselves.