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// Chapter 5 
// Story: Small Stallion Is Small 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 5 – Looking for something else?

My eyes half have started to droop a little and it now takes a little bit more effort to keep my flank on the seat as I continue to just stare into the bar behind me. I may not know what time it really is, but I do know it is later in the night seeing as how every time the door opens I get a good look of the outside world.

The inside of this one floor building is nothing really special, a small corner in the room where a few ponies always come to play some less then amazing music, some booths with a horrible color scheme and a few tables, that always end up being pushed together for some kind of drinking contest.

A contest much like the one I am watching now.

The two stallions at the table that I can only barely see behind the surrounding mares and other stallions look to be getting really strung out.

And as the little crowd continues to scream up, "Chug chug chug..."

As the words ring out one more time the sound of the one of the pony's head hitting the wood table shoot the crowd of ponies into a loud cheer.

A bring my own smile to my face as I shake my head to the sight of the mob of ponies move the slightly passed out stallion from the chair and to his hooves. The stallion's dopey smile says it all as he just wobbles himself to a near by empty booth as he plops down.

The winning stallion fairs no better as he just stands up and tries to talk, only to slump over into the mod of ponies around him that now try to hold him up.

I have always found humor in the sight of all of these younger ponies drinking themselves stupid, not because it reminds me of my earlier days but instead because just because of how everypony reacts different.

As I turn back to my drink on the table my ears flick to a higher pitched far too excited tomboyish voice.

I quickly turn towards the contest table as I watch the familiar cyan pegasus with rainbow mane sitting herself to the table, all the while taping the basket of drinks in front of her, "Alright, who thinks they can drink three of these before I can?"

The words from the newest entertainment bring a little cheer from the group of surrounding buzzed ponies. However they just confuse me as I squint to the cyan mare, it is not that I have never meet this pony before. Seeing as how I live close to one of her best friends and the majority of ponies I know also know this mare, and one thing I have learn from this pony is that she loves speed...Now why can I not remember her name?

As my mind continues to rack itself for a name the mare's voice comes up, "What no pony?"

Despite my better judgment and my own thoughts about that I make about the ponies I see at this table I bring my trot up.

The saddle on me now feels a little bit more heavy to my slightly buzzed body, but for the most part I feel fine.

As I near the table the mod of ponies opens up and I take my seat across from the mare.

"Ha ha ha!" She holds her hoof out as she speaks up, "Come on, nopony else?"

I nod as I speak up, "Hello Blue one."

The mare just rolls her eyes as she speaks up, "Do you like know any pony's name Stony?"

I squint to the comment as I shrug, "I do not need to know your name to beat you at this little game."

My words come off a little more bold to the mare then I had thought and she now speaks up with her wings sprawled out, "Oh ya?" She taps her hoof to the basket as she continues, "This is the first taste of the new season, meaning this cider is the best and strongest." She puffs her chest out as she continues, "And I may have done my own special little tweak to it."

Her comment does little to me as I shrug, "Point?"

The mare blinks to me as she nods, "Pff, i'm not scraping you off the table you know."

I give no response to the comment as I just stare to the mare.

She shrugs to my stare as she hoofs over one of the bottles from the basket, "Alright, my guess is you will get through only one."

One? I cock my head to the normal sized bottle in front of me and her as I try to wrap my brain around her logic. But I push it aside as I know start to think to myself, she is all about sports she knows nothing about how drinks affect a pony. Obviously her heart will pump this stuff far faster into her veins than mine.

With science on my side I wrap my hoof around the drink.

The crowd around me start up in a little cheer as they start to countdown, "Three...Two...One!"

As the word hits my ears I bring the drink to my mouth just like the mare across from me. However my inexperienced chugging slows down a little as the almost too sweet taste makes me gag a little...But for some reason I find myself unable to stop as I down the whole bottle and then quickly jet my hoof to one of the other drinks in the basket.

The mare across from me just holds a smile as she does the same thing.

Like before I take the bottle to my lips as I suck down the bottle, spilling a little to my snout, which makes me cough a little as I take the bottle from my hoof for a deeper gasp of air.

It is at this point I realize the mare across from me has not even started on her second bottle. I spark up a smile as I speak up, "I will win this blue one."

The mare just smiles as she watches me quickly bring the bottle back to my mouth. The last bit of the bottle comes down with ease as I slam it to the table and stare to the still full bottle in front of her.

However my stare is brought to an end as my head falls limp and I fall face first into the wood of the table. The ponies around me get silent and my mind blanks for a moment.

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(A few minutes later)

A sudden jab to my side brings my head up as my wide eyes stare to the mare in front of me who has only a little sip of the liquid left in her bottle.

She cocks a smile as she nods, "Hey, there you are." She tilts the drink back as she takes the last bit into her mouth and out of sight.

I just stare to her confused as the crowd around us cheer loudly. As my head pounds I turn my eyes to the three empty drinks in front of her as I blink to them with a thought in my mind, h-how did she finish them? How long was I out??

My head pounds as I feel my body being pulled up by one of the younger stallions.

As I come to my shaky hooves the cyan mare speaks up, "Alright who's next!"

I slowly move from the group of ponies as I shake my head to get my bearings. As I stand next to the seat a darker colored stallion sits down behind me.

"Hello Thunderlane." The cyan mare holds a little smile as she nods, "What's that challenge?"

Those words where the last that I hear as I stumble a little towards the door, only stopping to check and see if I have my bag on or not.

As I continue my lopsided walk outside I turn my attention down the road on my left. I blink my eyes hard as I try to hold my mind straight to allow me to walk home.

End of chapter 5