//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 - Shopping // Story: MLP-Originals // by MLP-Originals //------------------------------// Chapter 3 - Shopping _______________________________________ Sakura didn’t have a great sleep, worried about the float and what the princess was about to tell her how she was found. She checked her alarm clock next to her and the time said 8:15. She quickly got up, tied her hair in a bun, put her robe on and walked to the dining room. On her way to the room she walked the opposite direction and stopped in front of Treble’s room. It was the only room in the bedroom hallway that was quiet because she thought everyone was awake. Sakura put her mind back and keep walking. She remembered that the dining room would be open and ready at 8:30. She went into Citra’s room. Her bed was already made. Ok, she’s out of bed, Sakura thought. As she continued walking, she stopped in front of Scarlet’s room, she was also asleep, sound asleep. She took a glance at a grandfather clock that said 8:25. So, she shook Scarlet, hard enough to wake her up. “Wake up! It’s 8:25,” she yelled. Sakura ran to Pingwinka’s room next. They opened the door at the same time. “Hi, I’m hungry! I better get there first!” Ping yelled. pushing Sakura out of the way. Scarlet was walking past Sakura, but she grabbed her arm and asked her this, “Can you wake Sunset up while I wake Treble? I think he knows that I’ll convince him to talk to her.” “Ok. I’ll wake him up,” said Scarlet. Scarlet walked into his room. “Hello, Sunset. Its time to wake up.” Scarlet cooed. She started to shake him lightly. “Sunset, come on. Get up!” She started to shake him harder. “Sunset! Get up!” Sunset shot himself up and head-butted Scarlet. “Ah, shoot,” Sunset exclaimed. “Did you have to be so close?” “Did you have to sit straight up in bed rapidly,” Scarlet yelled. “And I think you kissed me!” “No, Scarlet, I did not!” “Yeah, you did! What’s wrong with you?” She started to attack him in the bed and Sunset pressed a nearby security button next to his bed. Evil came in the room in a snap struggled to break them apart. “Guys, stop,” Evil Link said. “Now the both of you go to the dining room right now, or you both will under the arrest of the princess! You understand?!” Both ponies nodded rapidly in fear and walked quickly out the door. They shuffled their way to the dining room. “I know you kissed me. Don’t lie.” “Ok, maybe I did, but how was I supposed to know?” “You’re lucky,” said Scarlet. “You are so lucky right now.” Before one of them could continue Sunny Shores, their tour guide interrupted. “Hey everypony! How did you sleep!” she yipped. Before they could answer, she ran to Scarlet and Sunset and squeezed them close. “You two look like happy campers!” She yipped angin. Everyone sat at the table, Bubbledust, Flash and chef came in from the kitchen. “Welcome everyone to the dining hall! This is the one and only Chef Guido!” Bubbledust announced. He came around putting plates in the table. “I can't wait to eat, I'm so hungry!” yelled Ping. She grabbed the nearest plate and fork a put a piece of food on it. Then, “OH! Dear, I asked for Sunny Side Up eggs and those are it,” Sunny told her. She used her magic and pulled the plate towards her. _____________________________ After the huge breakfast everyone was full. The princess who barely ate, was still wearing PJs. She pulled out a little bag from her pocket from her robe. “Here are 120 bits for all of you. You're in the Earth Kingdom right now, they sell everything but fish and seal can be found in the Water Tribe on the left side of the nations,” Bubbledust told them. Their eyes opened wide. The princess’ horn glowed as she gave them the money. When she gave it to Treble, she said, “ Actually, I'll keep it my room. I'm staying with my brother...” They all headed out the door before Sakura could. The Princess called her name. “I told you that I'd say how I found out about you. I have a main guard who runs every island’s team. My earth guard named Maydend had a vacation. She had visited your town. Being an earth bender, she looked around at the site. She told me she saw a wonderful garden on someone's lawn. She asked many ponies who tended to the garden and they said you. She found your address and came to me so I could send it.” Bubbledust told her. Sakura smiled and ran out the door. She caught up with the rest of the gang. Citra and Pingwinka who had became best friends walked next to each other. Sakura walked behind them looking for ideas for the royal float and their own float. Scarlet flew above them. She was greeting everyone who flew by her, but was only a small number of pegasi, because they were in the earth kingdom, it was mostly earth ponies and some unicorns. Sunny ran up to them out of breath. She was wearing a camera like the one on her flank and she carried a slips of paper in her magic. “Oh great Celestia! Its hot out, hoo. Well, what do you guys want to see?” Sunny yipped. “I have to get seeds and flowers for the float, or at least know where it is.” Sakura said. “OH! That reminds me, here take this in case we break up.” Sunny yipped. She handed a slip of paper to Scarlet and Sakura then blushed and giggled. “I only have 3 maps! Ha! I thought it was a little lite, Citra and Ping you can share one,” she giggled. They forget the first time they introduced themselves to Sunny Shores. They looked confused for a second. Then they remembered. “You two can go by yourself, ok? We will meet in the flower shop,” she said pointing to Scarlet and Sakura . “You need some flowers, and you're a crystal pony. I bet this town is almost the same.” She leaned over to Scarlet and whispered, “But less sparkly, hehe!” Citra, Pingwinka and Sunny Shores went to a corner, turned and then they were gone. “I’m gonna go there.” Scarlet told Sakura and she pointed to a cloud. “There’s a pegasus mall!” She finished. Sakura nodded and looked her map. She walked still looking it till, BUMP! “Oh, sorry.” a voice said. Sakura got up and looked away from the map. Evil Link and Flash stood there. “No, its my fault. I wasn't looking.” Scarlet said. Flash was the princess’ husband and her number one guard. That’s all she knew. He was a tall strong-built pegasus. He wasn't silly or competitive looking. “It’s alright. You're the one Bubbledust invited right?” he asked. Sakura nodded. “Cool. My job is to protect her at any cost and if I don't, Evil does. Otherwise, she screwed. You see, don't tell her I told you but when she see someone evil she becomes evil. This happened years ago before I married her. I saved her from Discord. I saw him taking her kindness away and giving her Black Evil. I pulled her away just in time so Discord wouldn’t take all of her kindness. But what I didn’t realize is that the Black Evil stayed within her so then she only turns evil when in front of chaos.” Sakura looked distraught. “Anyway, I can't wait to see your idea for the float. You’re the second float, the princess and I are first. Do you need any help?” he continued. “The flower and seed shop?” Sakura said, still overwhelmed with him. “I can help with that,” Evil Link interrupted. He looked evil, but he wasn't. He was a computer genius. And the only time he was ever evil was gets extremely mad. It rarely happens, though. Sunset told her that earlier today. “Ok “ Sakura said. Evil and Sakura started to walk. Flash looked at them happily, then got a little awkward, but walked away, still a bit suspicious. ______________________________ While they were walking around the tourist area, Ping asked Sunny if there was a rock store because she loves rocks. She even has a lucky rock named Lucjan, which she brings everywhere. “Yes, the Earth Kingdom is known for them! The Water Tribe is known for their fish. The Air Temples, which is the smallest island is known for its animals. And the Fire Nation is known for weapons, sadly... ANYWAYS it’s a yes.” Sunny told her. Pingwinka was so happy. “Where?! TELL ME WOMAN!” she screamed shaking Sunny Shores. She smiled and pointed and small chart shop. Pingwinka grabbed Cirta’s hoof and pulled her backwards. ”AHHH! Ping! Where are we going,” Cirta yelled as Ping ran. “Welcome to my Rock Shop Chart! I have normal rocks, lava rocks, and MOON ROCKS!” said the colt at the stand. “I'LL TAKE A MOON AND A LAVA ROCK!” Ping yelled. The colt pointed a sign, it said “ 5 BITS EACH” Ping pulled out 10 bits. She only had 10 left, but she was happy with the rocks, so she slammed down the bits and grabbed the rocks. “OK, now I want a sugar cane!” Cirta demanded. “NO! You threw up in Scarlet’s toilet! That made you really sick! You drink that lemonade and like it,” Ping yelled. “Fine,” said Cirta putting money on a lemonade stand. She got a cup and started to sip. ________________________________ By now Scarlet had spend most of her bits. Many ponies greeting her because she’s from the Crystal Empire. Her favorite store was Wings Ribbon, she wanted to spend her last of bits there. She searched the whole mall for it. She was losing hope. But finally she found it. It was a small cube shaped room with a shoe shaped fish tank. Puffer fish, rainbow fish and angelfish were floating around it. She found outfits she liked that fit her price range and tried them. Once she knew what she could and couldn't buy, she went the counter. “Hello, miss did you find everything you wanted or needed?” said the mare at the counter. Scarlet nodded. The mare was a unicorn, like half of the workers in the mall, so it went fast as she scanned every shirt, bag and hair piece. “How’s your day? Are you enjoying the islands,” the mare asked. “It’s was awkward, but it was ok,” Scarlet said. The mare had finished scanning, looking interested of the topic. “Why, and bits please?” the mare asked. Scarlet gave her the last of her bits. “A pegasus colt kissed me by mistake,” Scarlet fessed up. The mare’s nose wrinkled as much as the bag she put the clothes in. “Sorry about that. Here you go,” She derped, handing her the bag. Scarlet flew out of the mall. She felt weird. _______________________________ Evil and Sakura had reached the shop. The flower shop smelled like fresh daisies and wood. Two mares were in the small wooden shop. An earth pony greeted them from a counter. “How are ya,” she yipped. A unicorn with a gray coat and short yellow and white mane looked around with a notepad and a pencil. “We are here to pick out the royal flowers.” Sakura said. The mare looked up. “The royal float? Well, I’ll be! I'm Abby Paintbrush. I have the job of making the designs for the rest of the floats.” she told them. “I'm only making designs. Well, besides for me and Sunset’s.” Abby went talking about ideas, the tip of her mane flickered different colors. Treble. She is will be so mad. We both thought they could come do our float, Sakura thought. “You’ve made designs,” she asked Abby. “Yeah. I’ve made designs with Sunset Streamer a year ago.” “You talk to Sunset?” “Yeah, why?” “I know his younger sister. She’s the same age as I am.” “Treble Streak is here? Oh, she probably doesn’t know me. Sunset and I were together for a while, but the love we had distracted him from doing his work. I’m still a bit sad about that.” The tip of Abby’s mane became a dark blue. She explained how they met. “I met Sunset when he moved to the castle. She assigned us to make designs for the float, but we also painted together.” Sakura was distracted by Abby’s mane. “Does your mane always change color?” “It does?” She took a quick glance at her mane. “Oh! I always forget about that. Yes, it does. Ever since I was a filly. It’s a long story... Anyways, I got a job as art teacher in the fire nation.” Sakura nodded. “I should probably get some flowers now,” she said.