Band of Five Attributes

by Dragonborne Fox


Chapter 20- Vending Lady Gets a Say (edited)

"Where's Canterlot?" Asked TV-girl, sitting on a stool and kicking the air in boredom.

"Waaaaaay north of Ponyville. About a three-day trip on hoof, one day and a half if we had a..... um...." Twilight trailed off, unable to find the needed words.

"Nothing short of a clown car!" Rekka declared, holding his hooves before him as he chuckled.

"Sounds about right." Twilight said, sighing and giggling a bit.

Yuuki and Nagare were much too busy kissing. They would have collapsed onto the floor without a care.

"Alright, alright. You two save the make-out sessions for later." Rainbow said, pushing them apart.

"Awww." They whined. They moved away from each other.

"Rainbow Dash, what's a make-out session?" Asked Scootaloo, raising a brow.

Everyone, absolutely everyone stopped dead in their tracks. It was an eternity before a mouth dared to move.

"D-D-Di-Did sh-she j-just ask TH-TH-THAT qu-question?" Koto stammered, her face twitching in shock.

"Y-Yeah......." Rainbow answered, sounding like she had difficulty breathing.

"U-Um, Scoots........ I don't think you need to know." Rekka said, shaking his head quickly.

"Eeyup." Big Mac nodded.

Reality slapped everyone upside the head thanks to one thing: a crying Ocean Flame.

"Alright, who is holding the baby?" Tenmei asked, eyes narrowing in sheer unamusement.

"I am." Pinkie said, placing the foal back into Koto's saddlebag. The filly was still crying.

Rekka took the filly and began to cradle her.

"Rock-a-by baby on the treetops...." He hummed softly.

The filly fell asleep. Once he finished singing, Rekka put the foal into the saddlebag once more.

"Couldn't we just teleport to Canterlot?" Said vending lady, raising a hand.

"Yes. At any rate, the Quartet won't follow us then." Twilight said, writing a letter to Celestia.

"But when will we teleport?" Asked batteryman, crossing his arms.

"Tomorrow, after lunch." Twilight replied, adding the finishing touches to the letter. "Spike, send the letter to Celestia."

"Okay." Spike said, burning the letter.

"She said send it, not burn it up!" Miki cried, waving her hooves in shock.

"But that's how I always send them." Spike replied, eyes wide.

"Really?" Miki asked, bewildered.

"Yes, Miki, he's not lying." Twilight answered as she sat on her haunches.

"So, he really is a dragon after all." Nagare chuckled, putting a hoof to his chin.

"Does this mean the doctor and I have to come as well?" Asked Redheart as she looked at everyone present.

"Pretty much." Rarity answered, nodding.

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"Nagare...?" Yuuki asked, sitting up in the bed.

"Yeah...?" Nagare replied, blinking a bit. "What is it?"

"I'll have to tell Applejack that I am infertile. Remember when Mikarya was hollering and all that?" Yuuki said, rubbing her eyes with a hoof.

"Oh. That. I see. We'll tell her after breakfast." Nagare yawned before falling back asleep.

"We have to make sure the Crusaders don't intervene. I've heard some worrisome tales." Yuuki said, yawning. She fluffed up the pillow before laying back down.

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"Why do we have to keep on searching?! It's gone on long enough!" Saki shrieked in anger. Her pelt was beginning to turn red.

"I don't know!" Baki barked, holding his hooves before him.

"I thought you were the leader!" Saki said, her pelt getting closer to red.

"Must I prove my leadership?" Baki replied, smiling wryly.

"Yes." Saki said, her pelt fully red now.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah really!"

"OH really?"

"YEAH really!"

"OH REALLY?!"

"YEAH REALLY!"

Maki watched, sipping on a beer as the argument became something else altogether. Alongside him were some Q-hybrids, one of which was the same camera-man who recorded the first Drunk Fiasco. A wicked grin crept on his face as more Q-hybrids began forming a crowd around the Quartet leader and one of his two second-in-commands. They gathered because they wanted to know what the hell was going on.

"This is gonna be awesome." Maki said deviously.