"Hey!" Flitter yelled before kicking the couch her sister decided to fall alseep on last night.
"I'm up... I'm up.." Cloudchaser mumbled sleepily before turning her muzzle into the back of the couch.
"Yeah? Well if you don't get up faster, you'll be late for weather duty! You know they scheduled light rains today!" Flitter informed her sleepy sister.
"Fine.." Cloudchaser sat up, using a single hoof to rub the sleepiness away from her eyes.
She didn't really want to get up to day.
"Hey!" Ivory said loud enough for Swift to hear before kicking his couch that his friend spent the night on.
"Hm?"
"We gotta go sometime today, AJ just heard from her friend on the weather team then told me that they're gonna set up some light rains today." Ivory looked at Swift, "Get a shower, I don't want to get stuck inside today when I told you that we were gonna meet this 'Wonderbolt' you met a while ago."
Swift groaned as he got and waved a hoof at the other guest. "Morning Applejack."
"Mornin'" She simply replied.
"Sheesh, Ivory's house sure is active in the morning when there ain't that many ponies around here." Swift thought to himself as he trudged off to the bathroom.
Not before long, roughly 15 minutes after Swift woke up and showered, the duo were making their way down the street. Ivory was leading the way since the only thing that Swift managed to find in town was the pub, hence, why Swift eventually stumbled out of the joint plastered and supported by the unicorn until they reached home. Swift passed completely out on the couch drooling and snoring. This morning however, called for Swift to get over his hangover to meet this 'Wonderbolt' he met long ago, but not too long, so he'd look his best.
"So, uh, how much farther are we away from the humble home of this 'Wonderbolt'?" Swift asked, trotting up to his friend.
"Did you just ask how 'father' are we?" Ivory asked back not even bothering to look at Swift.
"No, how much farther are we?" Swift corrected.
"Oh, umm, a left up here and shouldn't be too far." Ivory responded.
The two suddenly took a sharp left, Ivory's pace seemed to quicken a bit, a detail Swift didn't let go unnoticed. He'd have to ask Ivory about that later. Ivory approached the house a knocked. No answer. He brought his hoof up again and knocked. The door handle rattled a bit before creaking open to one of the pegasi inside.
"Hey Flitter" Ivory greeted.
"Well hey there Ivory." Flitter opened the door more to get a better view at Ivory, and his company. "What brings you here this early?"
"Your sister apparently, this fellow here," Ivory motioned towards Swifty, "might have ran into her a while back. Is she home?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't she?" Flitter raised a brow at the unicorn.
"You and I both know she has a record of sneaking off." Ivory joked, a smile cracking across the pegasus' muzzle.
"True, and lazy some of the time." Flitter shot back. "Why don't you boys come on in? I'm sure Cloudchaser is about to get out of the shower."
"Actually, I have some errands to run, maybe later." Ivory looked to Swift, then back to Flitter. "Flitter, this is my good pal, Swifty, or Swift. Swifty, this is Flitter. You two make nice now, y'hear?"
Ivory then dashed off in a trail of dust as he went to hurry through his errands, if he might have had any.
"Swift huh?" Flitter asked her eyes shifting from the unicorn that just left to the pegasus. "You sound a bit familiar."
"The one and only Swift Storm, in the flesh." Swift put on a heroic pose. "Straight from the race lanes of Cloudsdale."
"Sounds like something to be proud of." Flitter mused, shifting her body in place. "I'm sorry about this, but my sister and I are about to leave for weather duty," She turned around for a small moment, ", if Cloudchaser would hurry it up in there!"
"I'm working on it! Hold your horses!" A voice called back, annoyed.
"Your sister?" Swift asked, his eyes past the door.
"Yeah, she likes to take her time." Flitter responded, rolling her eyes, "Maybe she'd see you as a bit of an excuse to get out of work."
As if on queue, Cloudchaser came through the bathroom door and immediately gasped, a hoof pointed towards Swift.
"What's he doing here?!" Cloudchaser erupted from where she was standing.
"You know him?" Flitter looked at her sister.
"Well... sort of.." Cloudchaser threw a hoof behind her neck.
"YOU DID WHAT!?" Flitter yelled, a glare fixed on her sister.
"I know Swift from the Equestria National Circuit. I used my Nightmare Night costume from last year to get in." Cloudchaser explained, "I did it to get a bit close to Swift. I know what I did was wrong, but nopony knew better."
"Apparently Ivory knew." Swift pointed.
"I still don't even know how he knew I had gone to the circuit." Cloudchase look at Swift.
"That would be my fault, I guessed he knew you by your mane." Swift replied sheepishly.
"Figures." Flitter snorted, "That stallion can pick anypony out of a crowd."
"True, he does seem to know us pretty well, seems like it anyway." Cloudchaser put more thought into it.
"But still, what you did was completely wrong on so many level!" Flitter burst out.
"Actually..." Swift stopped her, "... I find it rather cute that she'd do that just to see me. Tell me." Swift turn to Cloudchaser, who had a light pink on her cheeks now, "did you see me race prior to the event?"
Cloudchaser just gave a nod. Swift silently closed his eyes and smile a bit, recling into the couch he occupied with Cloudchaser.
"I can understand then. I knew I had fan-fillies in Cloudsdale, but not Ponyville. It's a nice change to see that, who knows, maybe I have some more fans across Equestria from the circuit." The thought enticed Swift, but he knew fame wasn't needed, but the friendship of Ivory.
Swift was bred a racing pegasus, but he was pushed by the desire for fame. There was a time when Swift couldn't find a motive to race, but always came in second. That is, until he took a visit to Ponyville and came across two ponies, Ivory and Applejack. He didn't meet AJ until later, but Ivory and him hit it off well. It was like they were best friends, and that was all he needed. After returning to Cloudsdale, Swift's racing record changed. He was determined to see the friendship true, but he wanted to make Ivory know that himself was worthy. He wanted Ivory impressed as a friend. Until Ivory made it clear that Swift didn't need to impress him to be hid friend. He simply accepted Swift for who he was. That, changed everything for Swift, Swift kept winning, knowing he didn't need the fame to keep his friend. But his dream of entering the Equestria National Circuit hadn't changed until it was reality.
"Now, if you don't mind, my sister and I are late for weather duty." Flitter stomped to the door, still mad at Cloudchaser.
"We can't send him home in the rain, that'd be rude!" Cloudchaser interjected.
"Well maybe he can stay if he likes, but you're not skipping." Flitter glared back.
Wow, she was pissed. Never in his life did Swift ever see a pony so mad before. Even he had never seen Ivory mad, does Ivory even get mad? He seems chill overall. Swift's thoughts were interrupted, along with the argument, by a kock at the door. Flitter opened the door and there stood Ivory with an umbrella over him and heaving.
"Hey girls, I see you got to know Swift without me. May I talk to him about something?"