//------------------------------// // The Reunion // Story: Continuing the Dream // by Blue Breeze //------------------------------// A week had passed since my encounter with Vinetion. She turned out to be pretty cool. I had intoduced her to the girls and Ice and that all got along pretty well. Vine seemed a little too... friendly with the girls, but whatever. It's probably nothing. They were all pretty surprised to meet another elemental pony. You'd think with all the other crazy stuff that happens that they would be expecting this by now. Turns out Vine owns her own shop in town that sells products like medicines, perfumes, and shampoos, all of which made with plants she grows herself. I thought it was weird she kills plants for this, but she said since all plants die eventually that it's best these ones do serve their purpose while they can. She can also communicate with plants, and apparently the plants are cool with being killed to help her and ponykind. Anyways, Ice and I were both about to leave for work, until we hear a knock at the door. "I wonder who could that be so early." I say. "Well, don't just stand there, go answer it." Ice says. I tell ya, he's changed since he started hanging out with me and the girls. I can't tell whether that's good or bad. I walk up to the door and open it to see a familiar cross-eyed mail mare. "Derpy? What are you doing here?" "I'm here to deliver your mail. I usually just put it in your mailbox, but I have instructions to hoof deliver this letter." she reaches into her mailbags, pulls out an envelope, and gives it to me. "Oh, okay, thanks." she nods and then flies off. "What's it say?" Ice asks. Somepony's nosey. "Let me open it first." I rip open the envelope and pull out a letter(no duh). ""Dear Blue Breeze, you are cordially invited to a reunion being held at Cloudsdale High School this Friday from 6-10 pm. We do hope you can make an appearance. No formal wear is needed. Sincerely, the teachers and staff at Cloudsdale High School." No way." "A school reunion? Pretty strange to be having one when you've only been out of high school for a few years, and to give you a notice only two days in advance." "Yeah, well, the ponies who run my school are pretty crazy." especially the principal. Me and everypony else who didn't chicken out and switch schools had to deal with four years of having textbooks being thrown at them. I put the letter away, not even needing my saddlebags(Pinkie taught me how to do this), and leave to work. I arrive to find Dash and Sunny talking in the lobby. "Hey, Blue." they say. "Hey, girls." I reply, taking out the letter. "Either of you two get an invitation to the Cloudsdale High reunion?" "Yeah, I did." Dash says. "What about you, Sunny?" "I went to school in Fillydelphia, I never went to Cloudsdale High." "I'm not even really sure that I wanna go." I tell them. "But, Blue, I think it could be really fun." "*sigh* Okay, Dash. I'll go if you want to go." "That's the spirit." we brohoof on it. How many couples do you know that brohoof? Later that day I was at the cafe, hanging with Ice again. We he had sorta made it our regular hang out since he started working there. I had told him that I was hesitant about the reunion. "Why wouldn't you wanna go?" "High school was one of the roughest times of my life. I had a psycho principal that would chuck twelve inch thick textbooks at me, bullies, and just a lot of crazy stuff happening in general. That's why." We hear the front door open and see Vine walk in. "Hey, guys. What's up?" "Hey, Vine. I just got an invitation to my high school reunion in Cloudsdale." "Really? So did I." "Wait, you went to Cloudsdale High?" "Yep, I spent my last year of school there. I went to school in my village before that." "Heh, maybe going there won't be so bad after all." "Why would it be bad? I'm looking forward to it." "I just never liked high school. At least I'll have you and Dash to keep me company." We go the rest of the day just talking and hanging out. Exciting, I know. Two days later It was the night of the reunion and I was picking up Dash at her house. "So, you ready to go?" she asks me. "As ready as I'll ever be." She kisses me on the cheek. "Don't worry, it'll be fine." I look at her and smile. "Thanks, Dash." I love this mare. We take off for Cloudsdale. I'm getting that feeling of something bad happening again. We arrive an hour later. The school was nothing special, just your typical school. "ALL PONIES, REPORT TO THE GYMNASIUM!" a staff member shouts. We head inside and make our way towards the gym. Feels like yesterday that I was walking through these halls. I hated it then, and I still hate it now. We reach the gym to find it being watched by the principal, Silent Charger. He is very large for a pegasus, though whether he is a real pegasus or not is a mystery. I say that because he has webbed wings, similar to a bat or dragon. He is also very dull in terms of color. He is literally black and white all over. Black and white coat, mane, tail, and even a suit. He also wears a pair of glasses. "Ah, so nice to see you, Mr. Breeze and Ms. Dash." he says to us. Just being near this guy worries me. "Hey, Mr. Charge." I reply nervously. This guy is way scarier than any monster I've fought in the Everfree Forest. He pulls out a large textbook(this guy must've taken lessons with Pinkie, too) and grins at me. "How about a book for old times' sake?" "I'd rather you do-" *WHAM* The book connects with my face and I fall over. Dash kneels down and helps me up. "Just like old times, eh Mr. Breeze?" I rub my face, which is now bruised. "Yeah, just like old times." Dash and I walk away towards the middle of the gym. It'd filled with ponies, some I remember, and some I don't. We see Vine and walk over to see her. "Hey, guys. Mr. Charge get you, Blue?" she says, noticing my face. "Yeah, I hate that guy." "I always liked Mr. Charge." "Of course you did, he never threw books at mares." "Oh, don't be such a little filly, we know you're made of tough stuff." "Yeah, I guess." "Bluey!" we hear a random pony call from across the room. We turn to see two ponies smiling and waving at me. Oh my Celestia! "Zephyr! Drax!" I shout. I hurriedly gallop over to see them. The three of us all brohoof, just like we always did. "It's so great to see you guys." "It's good to see you too, Blue." Drax says. You want a description of them? Why, certainly. Zephyr is a tan pegasus with a royal blue mane and tail. He is a little more lean than most pegasi. He was always one of the most agile flyers in school, shown by his cutie mark of a wavey blue arrow. Drax is quite different. He is a black pegasus with a gold and red striped mane and tail. Everypony knew him to be the biggest and strongest guy in the school by far, represented by his cutie mark of some weights, and he still looks to be as strong as ever. He's like Big Macintosh, how he's big and strong, but nice and a little shy. Vine and Dash come over to join us. "Vine, Dash, these are my old friends, Drax and Zephyr." "Sup?" "Nice to meet you." "Drax, Zeph, this is my marefriend, Rainbow Dash, and our friend, Vinetion." "A marefriend? So, little Bluey finally got a mare of his own." Zeph teases. I feel like I'm in school again, but in a good way for once. "Yeah, yeah, yuck it up. So, what have you guys been up to?" Zeph looks down in sadness. "Um, I'll tell you later." "Oh, alright. What about you, Drax?" "Same with Zeph. Later." Just then, a yellow and orange pegasus mare walks up and kisses Drax on his cheek. "Hey, baby. These your friends?" Rainbow Dash stares with a shocked expresiion. "Y-You're-" "Spitfire of the Wonderbolts? Yep, that's me." "Dang, Drax. How'd you you catch her?" "All will be told soon, but for now, let's just enjoy ourselves." We all walk over to the snack table and start chatting. "Well, I finally moved to Ponyville and got a job working the weather team." "Just like you always wanted, eh Blue?" Zeph says. "Yep, it's been pretty good so far. Made a few trips back to the forest, each time being pretty crazy." "You'll have to tell us more later." Drax says. "Don't worry, I will." "So, how'd you and Rainbow hook up?" "Last Hearts and Hooves Day, I took her to a Wonderbolts show and had them write a message in the sky asking Dash to be my marefriend." "I remember that!" says Spitfire. "I thought I recognized you two." "Hehe, yeah. Again, thanks for doing all that." "No problem. Anything to help two ponies get together." Just when I'm actually enjoying myself, the WORST. POSSIBLE. THNG. Comes up. Our old school bullies. Dumb-bell, Score, Hoops, and... Gilda? I remember a griffon going here, but I had no idea it was Gilda. "Hey, Rainbow CRASH!" says Dumb-bell. And now it hits the fan. "Ugh, what do you losers want?" "Just wanted to say hi to our old friend Rainbow Crash." "Do you guys mind leaving us alone? I'm trying to enkoy myself, and it's hard to do that with you talking to my marefriend like that." "Your marefriend? Makes sense. Both of you two were complete losers." "Then why do I remember us always being the ones to kick your flanks in fights? Remember a few weeks ago, Gilda?" "You got lucky!" she yells. "Luck had nothing to do with it." "Come on, Blue. Let's just go somwhere else." Dash says. We all start walking away. "Yeah, go with your slut of a marefreind!" That motherbucker. I snap. I turn around and deck Dumb-bell in his stupid face. Everypony gasps at me in shock. Hoops, Score, And gild all jump on top of me and hold me down. Drax throws Score off of me(and when I say throw, I meant he went soaring), Zeph buck Hoops off, and Dash pushes Gilda away. "You guys mind helping me teach these jackflanks a lesson?" I ask them. "No problem." they all say. "Okay, I'll take Dumb-bell. Drax, you take Score. Zeph, you take Hoops. And Dash, you take Gilda." "Got it!" We all start going after our targets. Dumb-bells gets back up and pounces on me. I can't shake him off due to his strength. Looks like it's time to fight dirty. *BAM* I use one of my free legs to hit him in his "apples". I get back up and head-butt him. OW! This guy's head is hard. As he staggers around, I lift him up and out him on the snack table and slide him across it. Food goes everywhere as his face hits it. We reach the end of the table and I throw him off, leaving him lying on the grund groaning in pain. That'll teach him. I look around to see the others had taken care of their opponents as well, barely getting a scratch. That's my team! "Well, I think this reuinion has gone great!" Mr. Charge shouts. I have to admit, even with the books, Mr. Charge is pretty cool. We all gather around and do a celebratory group high hoof. After that, we all leave to go find a nice place to get caught up. This I gotta hear. Author's Note: That was an awesome chapter, wasn't it? I certainly had fun with it. This is also the first(and probably one of few) chapters to break 2000 words. We saw a total of THREE OC's appear. Zephyr belongs to Zephyr, Drax belongs to vl4d4r, and Silent Charger belongs to Setlef a.k.a. Silent Charger. Like before, tell me if I ever write you incorrectly.