//------------------------------// // Traveling Weirdos // Story: Continuing the Dream // by Blue Breeze //------------------------------// A few more days had passed that... unpleasantness from a certain griffon. Today was just an average day, not much going on. I had gotten off of work and Ice had gotten the day off. We were walking through town, trying to find something to do. We come to the center of town to see a bunch of ponies surrounding a stage. Wonder what's going on. We make our way up front to find the girls and Spike. "What's going on?" I ask. "If this is what I think it is, then it's trouble." Dash replies. "Why? What is it?" Ice asks. Suddenly, some twin unicorn stallions, one with a mustache and one without, both with light olive coats and red and white manes wearing what look like barber shop quartet outfits come on stage. "Why, hello there fine residents of Ponyville. My name is Flim." says the one without a mustache "My name is Flam." says the other one. "We're the world famous Flim Flam brothers. Traveling salesponies nonpareil." they both sing. I can already tell things are about to get weird. "You may remember us from our last visit. Thank you, to those who do." "You're not back to sell more junky cider, are ya?!" a random pony shouts. I'm definitely missing something. "No, no, we are here to show you all something most wonderful!" "The unbelieveable!" "Unimpeachable!" "Indespensible!" "I can't believe-able!" They both hold up their hooves to the center of the stage. A cloud of smoke poofs up and an azure unicorn wearing a pointed hat and cape pops out. Yeah, things are getting weird. "Great and Powerful Trixie!" the unicorn shouts. "What?!" the girls and Spike shout. Am I missing something? "Is the circus in town?" I say. "They ain't circus perfermors! They shouldn't even be here!" Applejack shouts. "Then who are they?" "They're a bunch of jerks! Trixie's a show-off who nearly got the town destroyed by an ursa minor. That is, before Twilight stopped it." Spike says. "Good going, Twilight." She blushes. "Thanks." "But, who are the other two?" Ice asks. "They're the Flim Flam brothers. No good varmints who tried to run me and mah family out of business." "What could they be doing back here, I wonder." I say. In the past "What are we going to do Flam?" Flim says. "I'm not sure, Flim." his brother responds. "If word gets out about our cider, nopony will ever buy it from us again." Before they continue, they notice a caravan sitting near a lake with a unicorn sitting out front. "Maybe SHE'LL be wanting some cider." They approach her. "Hello there, young miss. Would you like to buy of our tastebud tantalizingly delicious apple cider?" She gives them a bored look. "Can't you see Trixie is busy?" she says. "Those Ponyville know-nothings will pay for what they did to Trixie." she says to herself. "Wait, did you say you were wronged by onies in Ponyville?" "Yes, Trixie did. They humiliated Trixie and ruined her magical career!" Flim and Flam look at each other. "So, you do magic, Miss Trixie?" "Trixie does not simply DO magic, she uses her incredible magical abilities to dazzle and amaze ponies!" she says with confidence. "Then, how wold you like to make a deal with us?" "Trixie is listening." "You put on a show for ponies, and we sell them cider during the show!" She puts a hoof to her chin. "Tixie accepts! First we shall start with Ponyville. Those ponies will regret ever messing with Trixie!" "Or us!" Flim and Flam say. They all begin laughing with each other. Back to the present Flim waks up to me, holding a mug of cider. "Fine stallion, would you like to try a mug of our cider? First one's on the house." I take the mug and shrug(hey, that rhymed). "Eh, what the hay?" I drink the cider. "Wow, this is delicious." "If he likes it, I want some!" a random pony shouts. "Me too!" "Me three!" "Blue!" everypony yells at me. "Oops." I say sheepishly. "Now, watch and be amazed at the Great and Powrful Trixie!" Trixie(as if you couldn't tell) shouts. Trixie begins putting on a little show. Shooting off firework, some lights, nothing I haven't already seen. 'We need a way to drive these three out of town.' I look over towards Rarity. 'And I think I know how to do it.' "Rarity, can you meet Ice and I over at the Carousel Boutique?" "I suppose, but whatever for?" "Just be over there in a few minutes, I've got a plan." We reach the boutique and go inside, Rarity sitting inside in confusion. "Okay, so what's your plan?" Ice asks me. "We're gonna use our powers to put on a show!" "What?!" "We're gonna dress up in costumes and use our powers to upstage that blowhard Trixie and run all three of them out of town." Ice smiles. "I like it." I turn to Rarity. "Think you've got anything for us, Rarity?" She beams. "Yes, I know just the thing. Give me a minute, and I'll be right back." While Rairty's gone, Ice and I devise a plan for our little show. Ten minutes later... a minute my flank Rarity comes back with some Wonderbolts style costumes for us, Ice's having holes in the top for his horns. "These should do nicely." "Thanks, Rarity." We put on the costumes and head back towards town square. Trixie finishes up her show as the stage comes into out view. "Isn't Trixie amazing?!" guess who said that. "Hey, Great and Powerful Loudmouth. I thought you said your talent was magic, not talking about how great you think you are!" Her eyes widen and her face turns red. "Who dares to insult Trixie?!" "We do!" I shout. "I'm Wind." "And I'm Frost." says Ice. "If you think Trixie is not so great, why don't you show her something better?!" "Gladly." All four of Ice's hooves begin to give off a mist. He pounds all four of them down and creates a trail made of pur Ice he can use to slide on. I take off flying and we zig zag past eachother in the air. Everypony in the audience sits in. We land and I start spinning up a mini tornado. Ice starts shooting ice shards into the tornado, the shards being shredded up by the wind and shoot out the top as a magnificent aray of snowflakes. Time for the finale. Ice starts his ice slide once again and starts going up into the air in a spiral. I start fying up through the middle of the trail, my wings glowing, myself soinning in a corkscrew, and the trail shattering below me. Ice stops going up and lands back down. I finish off by reaching the top of the trail and stopping my spin while releasing the energy in my wings, causing a sparkling light to shine around me. The crowd cheers as I land back down and high hoof Ice. Trixie, Flim, and Flam all sit slackjawed by our performance. "You call that a show?! No pony can defeat the Great and Powerful-" but before Trixie can continue, Ice fires ice shards that hitt all their hats off. Flim and Flam scram(rhyming is fun) to their cider mavhine and take off shouting. "You're on your own Trixie!" Trixie starts taking off after them. "Wait! You cannot leave Trixie behind! Please, wait!" Another day, another crazy event in Ponyville. Author's Note: Just wanted to say that I appreciate all the feedback I've been getting recently. Next chapter will be introducing a new character, but not just any character, an OC. Can you guess who it is?