//------------------------------// // Season 1 Episode 3: hunger and sleepover // Story: Hasbro Studios // by Pen Brush //------------------------------// The pilot episodes had been a complete success and the cast and crew of the show were allowed to continue on the track to the third episode of the series. The cast had successfully finished almost all of the episode, except for one crucial part of it, the very beginning of the episode. They had to postpone doing the the start of the episode due to being unable to acquire the necessary apples for it, as well as an unhappy, uncooperative dragon not willing to pretend that he was holding an apple in his hand if they didn't have one. Once they had gotten a shipment of apples, they started to do the first scene, “Why do I have to throw the apples anyway? How does that make sense or help anything.” and was promptly stopped by the baby dragon questioning everything about the scene. Applejack shook her head as she looked at him, “You just do Spike, its a part of the script, it doesn't need to actually make much sense.” she sighed, turning back around. Spike rolled his eyes in annoyance and crossed his arms across his chest, “Whatever.” he said, looking definitely behind him. Spike smiled evilly as he looked at Twilight. “I’m just gonna continue to eat these beautiful tasty shiny apples while you starve to death.” he sung as he ate the basket of apples on Twilight’s back after being informed that she hadn't been allowed to eat anything so her stomach would actually growl for the whole episode. “Your just really cold aren't you?” Twilight growled as she stared at the dragon. Spike laughed, “Yes I am, it is part of my physical biology to be cold, I am a cold blooded an-i-mal!” he sung some more, dancing around Twilight as he continued to eat. Applejack shook her head as she watched Spike walk away, “Don't worry nothing of it Twilight, you will be able to eat soon, this will just take a few minutes.” she said as she glared at the back of the smirking dragons head. Pinkie ran excitedly around Director, “Director! Director! Director! Listen to meeee!” she yelled as was getting wrapped up for the night. Director looked at Pinkie confused, “Er...yes Pinkie Pie, what is it you need?” he asked as Twilight and the others walked over to them, interested in what was happening. “Can we have a sleepover in the breakroom? There is enough room and a whole lot of space and stuff in there to sleep in so we can have a sleepover and get to know each other better!’ She exclaimed as she hugged all the girls at once. Still on the sugar rush as well it would seem to everypony present. Rainbow dash sighed, “Really Pinkie Pie? A sleepover at the set of the show? That is so...actually there is a computer in there...and we can roll in one of those TV’s and watch a movie as well as eat a lot of junk food...” she said, continuing to ramble on and on about what they would have. Director bit his lip in thought before he sighed, “Usually...you are not allowed to go and have a sleepover or sleep over night at the set...but I guess I can allow it this once, but only this one time!” he clarified strictly as Pinkie Pie whooped happily and ran to the break room. Twilight looked worriedly at Rainbow as Director rolled his eyes and walked away, “We are not going to let Pinkie Pie have any more candy.” she said, getting a firm nod from Rainbow and the others as they walked to the break room silently. By the time the group of ponies got to the break room door and walked inside after opening the door, Pinkie had already set out color coded sleeping bags accordingly matched to their fur and big brown fluffy blankets laid on the couches in case anypony wanted to sleep on a couch. Rarity blinked, rather confused by the sight as she walked in, “Not that I don't like what you did to this room Pinkie, but where exactly did you keep the sleeping bags in here?” she asked. Pinkie smiled widely, “I hid them behind the couches on the off chance that Director would let me have a sleepover in here.” she said happily as she walked over to a bright pink sleeping bag with balloons engraved on it. “I guess it is always a good idea to be prepared...for some really odd situations...” Twilight said as she sat down while Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash found their sleeping bags and sat down, wondering about what they should do. They had figured out, that since they still didn't know each other that well, to talk to each other about themselves a little bit more. Fluttershy couched quietly as all eyes were on her, “...Its also um...really hard to take care of all of the animals in my protection because of some special treatments and other things, but I enjoy it and I love what I do.” she said, finishing her story with a smile. Rainbow sighed silently as she looked around at all of her new friends and around the room in boredom. Sure it was fun to listen to Twilight talk about finding some fancy new star constellations, Rarity getting new types of gems, Pinkie having fun at a party she had planned and then later invited to in the process and Applejack talking fondly about her business, but listening to Fluttershy talk about taking care of animals and fixing them up kind of bored her into tuning out the whole conversation and wasn't her cup of tea. Not like she enjoyed tea anyway. After awhile though of tuning everything out she noticed that the others were looking at her, apparently waiting for her to respond to something they had said to her. She looked at all of her new friends sheepishly, “Can you say that again please?” she asked. Pinkie smiled, “We just asked you what you do for your job in videos and how many subscribers you have on your channel Dashie! she explained. “Oh...” Rainbow said, perking up a little bit, “Well, I mostly talk as I play the games and I only have about twelve subscribers, not many people or ponies are interested in me honestly.” she said sadly, before smiling as she got an awesome idea. Rainbow quickly got up from the floor and walked over to where the computer was, seeing the microphone she had left there on the first day, she turned it on and turned on a recording program for the computer as she entered into it. “What are you doing?” Twilight asked, walking over to Rainbow Dash with the others. Rainbow sat down on the computer chair and pushed herself in, “I’m going to show you what I do.” she said, turning the microphone’s sound on and signed into Minecraft to start the game before hitting record, “Hello, Rainbow Dashers! Its Rainbow back again, playing at a special time!” she proclaimed. “Is this how Youtubers talk in their videos?” Twilight asked herself quietly. Pinkie laughed at the silly name, “Rainbow Dashers?” she asked, the mic picking up her voice. Rainbow sighed, unhappy at having to explain this to somepony else and turned to look at Pinkie, “I had no other awesome names, I went with what I had, which was the first thing that came to mind.” she explained. Pinkie tapped her chin, thinking. “How about the name Sonic Booms? That sounds cool, or something.” she suggested, trying to think of other names. “Or you can just call them Rainbooms, instead of Rainbow Dashers.” Applejack said. Fluttershy smiled when she got an idea, “How about animal critter...friends.” she said, realizing in the middle of saying the name that Rainbow probably wouldn't like it. Rarity couched into a hoof, “Or you can shorten the name to just Dashers. I think that sounds better.” she said. Twilight just stayed quiet, not interested in trying to give Rainbow Dash a new name for her fans. That and she didn't have an idea for a name in the first place. Rainbow smiled, thinking about the name Applejack had suggested, “That sounds awesome Applejack, I think I will use it. Sorry I can't use any of the others.” she apologized before turning back around to the computer screen, “Well, Rainbooms, as you can probably hear, I am with a few new friends I have made recently. I also have an awesome announcement. I am on a TV show with them! Its sort of made for little kids...but I still think you would enjoy it, because it is awesome!” she exclaimed before thinking of something, “I can only imagine how weird you all find this and the conversation you heard in this video, but I wanted to update you all on what was happening, and I hope you enjoyed it. Catch you later!” she said, stopping the recording and uploading the video to Youtube before jumping off the chair and smiling at her friends. “Thats a nice job you must have had, I can't really imagine doing that for a living though.” Applejack said. Rainbow shrugged, “You get used to the oddness after a while and it's kind of fun to be partnered, even if I do get ads nopony or no one likes...” she replied. Pinkie looked around tiredly, “This was a lot of fun, but I think it might be time for the actual sleep of the sleepover, considering that Twilight is sleeping already and has been a while.” she said, the others looking behind them at the sleeping bags to see, Twilight in fact was already asleep in her bag. She had left during the middle of the recording, too tired to stay awake long enough to wait for the end to go to bed. “Yes, it probably is a good idea right now.” Rarity said, walking over to her own sleeping bag and lying down inside of it. Applejack walked over to her own and lied down in it while Fluttershy slowly and quietly flew to her own so that she wouldn't wake anypony and lied down. Pinkie Pie ran and literally jumped, hooves first, into her own sleeping bag. Rainbow sighed sadly, thinking about what has happened in her life these past few weeks since getting in the show as she looked at the computer, then to her new friends, before smiling as she flew to her own sleeping bag to outlast the night.