Introduction.
It was hot. Ridiculously hot.
Usually, heat didn’t bother Big Mac. His shoulders would chafe under his yoke, due to the sweat sticking it to his fur, but the actual heat had never bothered Big Mac like it did today. Today was one of the highest temperatures to ever occur in his lifetime, according to Rainbow Dash. Rather, Rainbow Dash translated that, somehow, from almost ten minutes of science-type blabber from Twilight Sparkle.
He groaned, shaking his head, and watched several drops of sweat drip from the tip of his nose. ‘s jis too buckin’ hot today. The stallion thought to himself, before resuming the ploughing. After a few moments of sweaty effort, he stopped, absorbed in thought.
Ditzy Doo sighed quietly, running a hoof along the swirly patterns of the cloud below her. She was lying on a cloud a hundred or so metres above Sweet Apple Acres, watching her coltfriend…
Coltfriend! Eeee, I have a coltfriend! It’s so exciting!..
...Big Mac pulling the plough. They’d been dating for a few months, and Ditzy was the envy of every mare in town.
Aaah. It’s so nice, they want to be me, but they can’t because I’m me, and me is dating Big Macintosh!
She’d been watching Big Mac from this cloud whenever she finished her mail routes early enough that Dinky was still in school. Dinky... mmm, I can’t wait for when she gets out of school. Then I get to spend time with her, and we can eat some muffins with milk, and things will be good.
Oooh, oooooh, Big Mac is moving! She thought excitedly, before taking off and fluttering along to the next cloud, and the next, keeping an eye on Big Mac while her other trailed off, despite her best attempts to focus, all the way to Ponyville proper.
Big Mac shrugged off his yoke, and shook his head, showering the nearby soil with sweat.
Buck it. It’s too dang hot fer me to be workin’. I dun’ care if AJ has a probl’m wi’ it, ‘m gonner go spend some time with Doozy.
Sighing contentedly, he began a slow, peaceful trot to Ponyville proper, his mind filled with thoughts of Ditzy Doo, and what sort of present he could get for Dinky. It would be her fifth birthday in a few weeks!
Rainbow Dash whimpered, watching Big Mac trot to Ponyville, so distracted by his flank that she didn’t notice his marefriend, Ditzy Doo, zipping clumsily between the clouds as she followed his progress.
It’s so unfair. Why would Mac choose Derpy, of all mares? It.. it.. it’s Derpy! If he ‘s going to date anypony, it should be me! I’m awesome, and Derpy is… well, Derpy!
Rainbow Dash knew her chances with Mac were limited, that God of a pony could hold a grudge for a long time, and she didn’t want to risk angering him.
For once, being awesome isn’t going to get me what I want. I’m gonna have to play this smart… I should ask Twilight, or Fluttershy! They wouldn’t tell anypony, and they’re bound to be able to help me. They gotta know how!
With a frustrated snort, Rainbow Dash took off, and flew high above Ponyville, focused entirely on her tricks and velocity. Anything to not think about how buckin’ unfair the situation was. UGH.
Author Note : Yeah, uhm, hi.
This is my first story, and it is unlikely the chapters will extend beyond a thousand or maybe two per chapter. I'll try to maybe merge the various chapters together (Making everypony's comments look silly in the process.) when I'm finished, but while I'm still publishing the story, short, possibly infrequent chapters will have to satisfy you all. I'm sorry!
Thanks for reading, and I hope you will read the rest. I'm almost finished with Chapter 1 as of 04/03/12 (22:00 GMT+10)