//------------------------------// // Meeting The Other 4.....And Later 5.(e) // Story: Rap, Pain, and Friendship // by Twilight Best Pony //------------------------------// After about an hour of wandering, Lyrical and Shadow found an inn. After making sure to check-in, they went to their new room: two beds, a mini fridge, and a large window that has a view of Ponyville’s market. Lyrical placed his suitcase on the left bed, while Shadow was taking a nap on the right one. The unicorn took all of his hoodies out from the case, examining them one by one, thinking of which hoodie to wear for their party. He then decides to just take the next one that comes out, and luckily for him, it was his second favorite. He levitated it in front of him,using his black magical aura covering the hoodie. It had a white hood, while the chest area was black and the sleeves were white. The strings that dangled from the hood were white as well. Lyrical smiled, he got this hoodie when he went to his favorite artist's concert. South Park Mexicolt (S.P.M) was playing in the Detrot area that day, and they were throwing hoodies at the crowd. Lyrical was one of the fans to catch one, and he kept it with him ever since. So many good memories while wearing this hoodie rushed into his head all at once, causing a smile to creep up on his face. But if he had so many good  memories with it, then why is it his second favorite? Lyrical snaps out of his daydream to the sound of Shadow snoring. He turned around, and sure enough, Shadow was sleeping peacefully. He looked so comfortable sleeping, that Lyrical almost did not want to wake him up. Almost. He creepily walked to the side of the bed, a big ass grin on his face. With  both of his forelegs, he flipped the bed over, biting his lower lip. "GET THE BUCK UP SHADOW!" Lyrical shouted.  This moment reminded him years ago, when he was just a colt. He was writing his name on a piece of paper and underlining it, But half way, he had a random hoof spasm, causing him to underline not only his name, but his entire right side of the desk. He was so shocked and angry this was his only response. "CELESTIA BUCKING DAMN IT!!" Lyrical was sentenced to nap time without a cookie. He never saw those delicious chocolate chip's again. He sighed at his little stroll through memory lane, a small smile on his face. "Good times, good times." The stallion muttered. Shadow shot back up from the ground, only to stare at his grinning friend in the eye. "The buck was that for?" Shadow said, rubbing the side of his skull. Lyrical just shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno, but since you’re up, lets go take a look around Ponyville. I got bored just waiting here." Shadow just sighed in defeat. He was enjoying his little nap, dreaming about sunshine and shit. Wait, what? Shadow and Lyrical walked out of the room, locked it, and headed for the main entrance. '        "By the way I flipped the bed because I was bored and I wanted to relive the good times." Lyrical said chuckling. Shadow only grunted in annoyance, and facehoofed. 1:15 Lyrical and Shadow walked out of the inn, and headed towards a clouded area of Ponyville. Shadow said he wanted to stretch his wings out a bit, so Lyrical followed him. There weren't as many clouds as they thought, so it was a perfect chance for Shadow to test his speed. He extended his wings at full length,  and shot straight up into the sky. Shadow wasn't known for flying fast, but thanks to years of training and some athletic abilities, he gained muscle in his wings, allowing him to fly a little bit faster than he used to. He zoomed by nearby clouds, spinning circles around them, causing a wispy tail whenever he flew around a cloud. "Man, I haven't been flying this fast since my days playing in air hoofball." Shadow said, zigzagging by a few fluffy clouds. He was caught off guard however, by a pony flying past him.  She was flying straight down, unable to control herself. Shadow only saw her for a few seconds but it was enough for him to describe her. She had a rainbow mane, cyan colored coat, and magenta colored eyes. Her cutie mark was a red, yellow and blue lightning bolt, with a cloud above it. As she continued going down, Shadow glanced at the direction she was crashing to. And it just happened to be towards Lyrical. Shadow tried warning him, but she was going so fast that he couldn't yell at Lyrical on time. The male pegasus just shrugged. "Meh, he'll be all right." On the ground, Lyrical was just staring up into the sky, not even paying attention to his bro. He smiled but it didn’t last long as he was suddenly, blinded by a cyan colored mare about to crash on top of him. "LOOK OUT BELOW!!" She shouted. Lyrical's eyes widened, not sure of what to do. He had two options, avoid a possible awkward situation by just simply taking a step back. Or, staying in the same spot for no freaking reason whatsoever. Lyrical decided to go with the first one, and took one step back. Maybe he should have gone with the second option. It turns out the cyan mare had a small chance to move out of the way, just by one space. Lyrical, being the accidental gentlecolt he is, stepped back and absorbed the impact. The mare crashed on top of Lyrical, causing dust to scatter and create a small dust cloud around them. Shadow saw the whole thing. and decided to check up on his friend. Lyrical's head was throbbing, he tried rubbing his head with his hoof, but was unable to do so. Opening his eyes, he was instantly greeted by a familiar cyan colored mare with a rainbow mane. Her forelegs were pinning Lyrical's and their faces were only inches away. It took Lyrical a good 10 seconds to process the scene before him. 'Mare on top of me? Check. Faces only inches away? Check. Eyes growing wider each second? Check. Bangs over her eyes touching my forehead? Check.' Lyrical's pupils broke away to find Shadow, mouth agape. Shadow standing there and doing nothing? Check. Face incredibly red from awkwardness?' "Why is your face so red?" Asked the cyan mare, breaking Lyrical's thoughts. '.....Check.' Lyrical stared into her eyes, face growing even more and more crimson. "Can you.....get...off?" The unicorn muttered. Not breaking eye contact, the cyan mare slowly got up. Lyrical, realizing the awkward position he was in, quickly shot back up from the ground, face still red. Shadow, quickly walked up to his bro, with a look of both shock and laughter. "You okay bro?" Shadow said snickering. Lyrical only nodded, trying to break eye contact with the mare. She only shook her head in confusion, and decided to break the tension. "My name’s Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria!" She gloated. Lyrical, still staring at the ground, muttered. "My name mrcl..." Rainbow Dash shook her head. "Sheesh, you remind me so much of Fluttershy." Lyrical, spoke a little louder. "I said my name is Lyrical....and I like your eyes." Shadow and Rainbow were shocked. Realizing what he said, Lyrical got embarrassed, and glared at Shadow. "LETS GO!" He shouted. Shadow nodded, stretched his wings and flew Lyrical out of the awkward situation. Now, it was Rainbow's turn to show a crimson red, but was quickly wiped away. She stretched her wings, and flew in the opposite direction, still confused at what happened. 2:23 "Well that could have gone better." Shadow said, placing his friend on the ground. Lyrical's face was cooling down now, but still showed a small sign of red. "What was that last line again?" Shadow said, a  grin appearing on his face. Lyrical ignored him and walked up to a small, apple bin. He looked around, and found a delicious, apple pie. Its scent filled his nose, eyes and stomach filled with hunger. Shadow walked up to him. "Lyrical what are you-" He was cut off by Lyrical slowly turning around, hunger and desperation in his soulless like eyes. "PIE." Lyrical said in a deep whisper. Both stallions were so oblivious to the orange mare in front of them, she let out a low chuckle, snapping Lyrical out of his daze and Shadow out of his thoughts. "Ya like what ya see?" She had a southern like accent, light green eyes and a blond mane. Lyrical and Shadow were lost in her looks. The orange mare just grinned, and waved a hoof in front of their faces. "I reckon you colts like what you see right?" Lyrical and and Shadow shook their heads up and down, agreeing with the mare. Lyrical's face was redder than before, while Shadow only showed signs of red throughout his cheeks. The mare only chuckled, stepped behind the counter and shook the colt's hooves rapidly. "Name’s Applejack. Proud owner of Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack points to a barn, with apple trees on the sides. "And your names are?" Lyrical and Shadow looked away from the barn and stared as the smiling mare. "My name is Shadow Breeze, and this is my friend Lyrical. We're new here, and he just wanted to buy that pie." Shadow said, pointing at Lyrical then the pie. Applejack walked back behind the stall, pushing the pie towards Lyrical and Shadow. "Take it, it’s on the house." She said smiling. In a quick swipe, Lyrical took the pie and stared at it. "My precious..." He muttered. "Lets go Shadow, we still got to get ready for a party." Shadow nodded and they both waved good bye to the orange mare. Applejack smiled back and waved. "Those two colt's are pretty cute." Applejack said, with a smirk. 3:45 Lyrical and Shadow finished up eating the pie at a nearby park. They were about to leave until they heard some singing and birds chirping. They turned their heads to the left, mouths agape. A butter like Pegasus was singing and flying around with five other birds. She had a light pink mane and tail, three butterflies for her cutie mark, and sky blue eyes. Lyrical turned to his friend’s side, and almost burst out laughing. "Dude...(snicker)....your wings." Shadow looked down, and his eyes widened. His wings were fully extended, feathers and everything. Shadow quickly hid behind the bench, trying to control his wings. Lyrical laughed his flank off and walked behind the bench. "Come on, lets go before she notices." While the two sneaked away, Fluttershy turned around to see two stallions quickly rushing away. She just shrugged, and continued singing. 4:40 After about an hour of of trying to calm down his wings, Shadow and Lyrical decided to walk back to the inn. Both were thinking about the buttered coat pegasus. The way her voice sounded as she sang was straight up EARGASM. In other words they liked her singing. "Bro, I think I like that mare." said Shadow, turning to look at his friend."Did you hear her voice? Like a thousand angels pissing in your ears, but the piss isn't all, swoosh swoosh, its all calming and shit." Lyrical only looked back at his love struck friend, eyebrow raised. "What did you say?" "I said I liked her singing." Shadow said. "....Right, well we're almost at the inn, a good three blocks away, if we make it on time we can change and head back to Sugar Cube Corner and-" *CRASH!!* Shadow and Lyrical fell to the ground. Papers flew everywhere, a random book landed on top of Lyrical's face. "Ow..." Lyrical muttered. He got up from the ground to see who he bumped into. Now, it was his turn to laugh. On top of Shadow was a lavender colored mare, mane was a dark purple with a pink highlight. The pegasus opened his eyes. "Who the...buck..." The mare was inches from Shadow's face. Her violet eyes staring into his brown eyes. Lyrical could only laugh from his reaction. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I bumped into you, My name’s Twilight Sparkle by the way." Twilight said, rising above from the grey stallion.   "Well that escalated quickly." Lyrical said between laughs. "Uh....derrr....uh..." Was all Shadow could say. His face was growing red from shyness, and awkwardness. The pegasus slowly got up from the ground, confused out of his mind. Twilight grabbed her book from Lyrical's magic aura and ran off, red faced. "What....What just happened?" Shadow said. Lyrical only shrugged and nudged his buddy to keep on moving. 5:50 "About time we got  here. Who knew that pony in a jam jar can take so long to get shit done?" Lyrical said, licking some jelly from his face. Shadow just shook his head. "Let´s just head inside before any more crazy amazingly pretty mares come." "Yea, I doubt we'll see anymore ponies for awhile." Oh how wrong they were. As soon as Lyrical opened the door he and Shadow were both greeted by a familiar pink pony. And friends. Lots of friends. "SURPRISE!!!!" the ponies shouted. Both Shadow and Lyrical were sent flying out of the inn due to the shout of the couple one hundred ponies. Pinkie Pie bounced in place, while the other five mares, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Rarity, stared in shock. "....Too loud?"