The next day, Sky woke up in his budder bed with a piercing loud sound ringing in his ears. "What the buck is that?" he said, rubbing his eyes with his hooves. Next to his bed on the nightstand was an alarm clock ringing. He sighed and covered his head with his blankets. The ringing continued and eventually Sky couldn't take it anymore. He threw his sheets off of him, walked over to the alarm clock and picked it up. "Shut up." he told it, hitting the snooze button. The clock kept ringing, driving Sky mad. "Ugh! Why won't you turn off?!" he said, throwing the clock to the ground. Sky got so frustrated that he began to stomp on the clock, smashing it to pieces. The ringing finally stopped, and Sky gleamed with pride. Sky turned around to see Ty, Husky, Bajan and Captain_Sparklez staring at him in the doorway. "um...Dude?" Ty said staring at him.
"Heh heh...um...the clock wouldn't shut up and...um...i.." Sky stammered as the colts looked at the broken clock and back at Sky. Suddenly, Husky burst out laughing and rolled on the floor. Bajan and Ty soon followed, holding their guts as they laughed. Sky rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah. Hilarious. Now if you knuckle heads would excuse me...." he said, shutting the door.
Sky then went through his daily routine. He got dressed, stretched his wings, moved around broken clock parts, and put on his shades. He then walked out the door and down the stairs. Once downstairs, all of Team PonyCraft were gazing out the windows, staring at the outside. "What are you guys looking at?" Sky asked as he walked to the window. The colts made room for him to look.
Outside, ponyville was buzzing with excitement. All around, the trees were orangish red and yellow. "Whoa. Wait- Wasn't it like just summer yesterday?" Sparklez asked. "Yeah, but it was the end of Summer. Today is the first day of Fall, and the annual Running of the leaves!" said WeedPony, pointing toward Sweet Apple Acres."Whats the running of the leaves?" Husky asked. "Every year, ponies gather to run a huge race around ponyville to knock down all of the colored leaves from the trees, making room for winter to come." WeedPony told them.
"That sounds awesome!" Sky said as he did a flip in the air. "Dude. We should participate!" Ty said cheerfully. The colts nodded in agreement. "OK. Go to town hall to sign up! Good luck guys!" Weedpony said as he headed to the desk. "I'm gonna go animate stuff..." He mumbled as he walked away. So, Sky, Ty, Captain Sparklez, Husky, and Bajan ran to town hall to sign up for the race.
They waked into the Town Hall building where a tan pony with a gray wavy mane greeted them. "Hi! Would you like to sign up for the running of the leaves?" The mare asked. The colts nodded. The mare pulled out a clip board and they all signed their names on it. "OK. The race will begin in 30 minutes. You signed up just in time." she said. The colts left the building and started walking in the direction of the race. Sky saw a big starting line and flew over to it. The gang followed him.
Half an hour later, the tan mare with the wavy gray mane and tail came over to the starting line. "Before we begin, any pegasi participating in the race will need to tie their wings to their bodies, to prevent cheating." All of the pegasi, including Sky, had their wings tied to the sides. "Racers On the Mark!" she yelled. "Get Set!" The racers waited in suspense. "GO!!!!" she yelled and shot a pistol with a cork tied to into the air.
All of the ponies started running, some way ahead, others way behind. Leading the race was Sky and Ty, neck and neck. Husky soon ran up next to them, followed by Bajan. Captain Sparkles panted as he ran after them, trying his best to keep up. He hated running. He soon caught up with them, panting and wheezing. Sky soon shot ahead of Ty and Sparklez, and caught up with Husky and Bajan. Bajan looked behind him to see how far ahead he was, and when he looked back- WHAM! he ran into a tree. Dazed, Bajan rubbed his head and began running again. Sky and Husky were neck and neck when suddenly Ty came running up behind them, with a fainted captain Sparklez on his back. "Hey...*Pant* guys...Sparklez...*Pant* fainted..." he said running.
Soon, two pegasi flew down to the racers and lifted Captain Sparklez off Ty's back as he ran. Ty felt a surge of relief as the weight got pulled off of him. Bajan had finally caught up with Sky, Ty, and Husky as they were approaching the final section. Sky's heart was pounding, and his lungs were wheezing, but he made himself run as fast as he could. Sky pulled ahead of his friends by literally by a nose.
Bajan couldn't see straight. Ever since he ran into the tree, his vision had become blurred and crooked. He felt like Ssundee when they were having the Team Crafted race. Bajan shook his head really hard, and his vision improved a little bit. Things weren't fuzzy, but they were crooked. Bajan kept running as fast as his hooves could go.
Ty's head was full of thoughts. "Gotta beat Sky...I hope Sparklez is ok...I can do it....i wonder whats for dinner tonight? Cheat. Its the only way to win. No. I'm not gonna cheat." he shook the thought from his head and sped up. Husky was out of breath. His chest hurt and he was getting light-headed, but he continued to run. Sky could see the finish line in the distance, and ran even faster. Ty ran faster too, as well as Husky and Bajan. Ty and Husky pulled up even with Sky, and Bajan followed. The colts ran across the finish line in a cloud of dust. It was a photo finish!
Once the dust cleared, the other racers started to show up. What they saw were four dusty, sweaty, tired colts, tied up in a knot on the ground. A light gray pegasus with a yellow mane and tail with bubbles for a cutie mark brought the pictures over to the judge. The judge tapped the microphone on stage with her hoof. "Ahem. Everypony! We have a winner!" she said. "Well, actually, we have four winners!" she said.
The ponies stomped their hooves on the ground and cheered. "Would SkydoesPonycraft, Ponylox, HuskyPonykips, and BajanPony please come up to the stage?" she asked. The colts had untied themselves from the knot thy were in and walked on stage one by one. Four mares greeted them and put a gold medal on each of them. "Mares and gentlecolts! Your Running of the Leaves Champions!" the judge said, pointing at the group. After all the excitement, the colts went back to the Ponycraft base.
Once they got there, they were greeted by Captain Sparklez. "Hey guys! I heard you won the race!" he said cheerfully, patting them on the backs as they walked in. "Yeah, how are you feeling?" Ty asked him. "I'm good, i just needed a rest." he said. "I'm beat. I'm gonna go to bed. See you guys in the morning!" Sky said as he flew up the stairs. "I think i'll join him and hit the hay." Husky said, climbing up. Bajan nodded and followed them. "I'm gonna go outside for a few." Ty said, and walked out the door. Sparklez noticed that Ty looked a little upset.
Outside, Ty sat down on a bench near the house. "I don't feel so good...." he moaned and held his head. Captain Sparklez secretly followed him outside and hid behind a tree. Ty moaned and held his head. "Whats....going...on...." he groaned. Ty fell to the ground. he moaned louder. "My head.....ow ow ow!!!" he said.
Inside Ty's head, something was stirring. The voice had come back. "Ty. Don't fight it. Let me take control." it said. "NO. I won't let you be in control again!" Ty yelled, not realizing it. Sparklez jumped at this sudden outburst. Then, Ty collapsed. A dark purple aura surrounded him. There was a flash of bright light, and then it was gone. Ty quickly got up. When he stood, he now had light purple bat wings, his ears were pointed, and his eyes...they were no longer brown.
They are a luminescent lime green. Ty chuckled. "Heh heh heh. Good. Stay down. Let me be in control for a while...." he said in a deep voice. Sparklez couldn't believe what he saw. Ty turned his head in Sparklez direction. He smiled a sharp-toothed smile. "If you know whats good for you Jordan, you will keep your mouth shut, and Not. Breath. A Word......"
To Be Continued............. >:) MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! :D