//------------------------------// // Chapter 46: All is fun in a Fair // Story: Saiyan of Equestria // by Boyzilla //------------------------------// Peaceful Intermission Chapter 46: All is fun in a Fair The sound of a coffee mug being placed on the table echoed slightly as a pleased sigh came from a unicorn's throat. Lyra Heartstrings lay on the couch in a relaxed position as she lazily levitated yesterday's magazine to her. Bon-Bon sat across from her on the recliner, the two were within the living room. "How's Ken and Kira?" Bon-Bon started. Lyra looked up from the magazine, "They're fine, recovering quite nicely! Through the doctor's estimate Kira won't fully heal until another two to three days." "That's great! So what are they doing right now?" The Earth pony asked. "Sleeping, but I'm sure one of them is awake by now." Lyra replied, she breathed a sigh, "They've been through so much Bon-Bon, I'm worried for them." Bon-Bon slowly nodded in agreement, "Yes, I know... Perhaps you could do something for them?" She questioned. "Like what? I've' done all I can think of, and anything else I can't afford, we barely have enough bits to feed them healthily as it is." "Oh Lyra, has all the stress gotten to your head? You have friends you can count on! Like Twilight!" Bon-Bon reminded the mint colored unicorn. Lyra smiled, "Your right! Now... What exactly can I do... Mmh.... " Lyra glanced down toward the magazine, a certain page open with a ad on the side that caught her eye. She grasped the magazine, and took a closer look. "That's it!" Lyra exclaimed, "The Canterlot Fair! It's a perfect occasion for them to be the children like they are and forget all the horrors that happened recently!" Bon-Bon agreed, "Good eye Lyra, that's the unicorn I know! But it won't let them forget all about it," she said. "Yes I know, but it'll help them, we can invite their friends as well with the help of Twilight." Lyra planned. "Well, what am I sitting around here for? To the library!" Within a big tree in the center of Ponyville, where the library was built within, Lyra Heartstrings and Twilight Sparkle had a conversation about the Canterlot Fair and how it can help the Twins. "That's a perfect idea Lyra! But I can't go with you, I got work to catch up on!" Twilight said. Lyra frowned, "Oh come on Twilight, please?" "I'm way behind Lyra, I got to get this done." Twilight replied. "Well who else could I possible ask-" *CRASH, SMASH!* "Anypony got the name of the applecart the hit me?" The voice the holder of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash, said. Having crashed into Twilight's Library for the unknown amount of times, again. "Rainbow Dash, when are you going to stop crashing into my library?" Twilight said to her Pegasus friend. Rainbow Dash got up, shaking her head to ease her headache, before replying with pride, "When I get accepted into the Wonderbolts of course!" "Ugh!" Twilight groaned. Lyra blinked, before grinning as a idea popped up in her head, "Hey Rainbow Dash, you know the CMC well don't you?" Rainbow looked to her, "Sure I do, Scoots is in their club along with your Twins." She answered. "Ever heard of the Canterlot Fair?" Lyra questioned. "Heard of it? I've been to it many times! Always seems more fun than the last one. Why you ask? Planning on heading there sometime this week?" Dash questioned Lyra. "I'm thinking of it, the Twins need something after all that hassle with EIOSES, and I was thinking of bringing there friends along too." "Say no more, I'll help you out. After all, I'm not call the bearer of Loyalty for nothing! When you plan on going?" The Pegasus with rainbow hair asked. "Today, that okay with you?" She asked. "No problem, I can get Scoots and her friends in no time flat! Meet you at the train... Uh... " Rainbow Dash trailed off. "In two hours, the Twins still have to get ready." Lyra answered. "Right, two hours, got it! Cya then!" With that, Rainbow Dash flew right out the window she crashed through just before. Twilight huffed, "She left in a hurry to get out of cleaning the mess she made! Ugh, Rainbow!" Twilight called out fruitlessly. Lyra Heartstrings giggled at Twilight's reaction, but turned to leave the library, "Thanks for the help Twilight." She thanked before leaving. 'Wake up, come on Ken, it's morning!' "Noooo... I can wake up later... " Ken moaned. "You can also sleep later, now get up and get some breakfast." "Fine... " Ken mumbled as he lazily pushed the sheets off of himself. The eight year old slid from the edge of his bed, yawning and stretching as he stood up. He took a step forward, only for his twin sister to fall right onto of him. "Sis! Why!" Ken cried out. "Huh? I was only trying to get down... " Kira said, rubbing the drowsiness from her eyes with her hands. "Get off of me, Kira." Ken asked. "Mmh... " Kira mumbled, yawning soon after. "Your still not off of me... " Her brother stated underneath her. "Oh... Sorry nii-san." Kira got off her twin brother, and began stretching to wake herself more. "It's fine," Ken said, getting up, "Wanna go eat breakfast downstairs?" "What kind of question is that?" Kira asked with sarcasm. "The best question." Ken answered. The two twins didn't bother getting dressed, for they knew that no school was being held today, and so Ken and Kira journeyed downstairs into the kitchen still in their pajamas. Where Bon-Bon greeted them kindly, plates of food already on the table ready to for them. "Thanks Auntie Bon-Bon!" Kira thanked the earth pony, before beginning to stab the eggs on the plate with her fork. "Where's mom?" Ken questioned Bon-Bon as he bite off some toast. "Lyra went to go see Twilight at the library." Bon-Bon answered as she sat across from the Twins. "Whraht foothr?" Ken questioned again, only this time with his mouth full. "Don't speak with your mouth full, and she went to get some help for something." The candy marked pony answered. At that moment, the door opened up, revealing Lyra with a bright cheery smile on her face, "Guess what my little munchkins? We're going to the Canterlot Fair!" She cheered. The Twins looked to each other, swallowed the food in their mouths, then looked back at their mother. "What's a Fair?" They both asked in unison. Bon-Bon shook her head, "You poor, poor uneducated children." "Hey!" The Twins countered. Lyra rolled her eyes at their antics, "The fair is... Like a theme park! Except its not there all the time. There's games, food, and all sorts of rides! And guess what? I've invited Rainbow Dash along with your friends, the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" She explained cheerfully. The Twins paused for a moment, before a certain memory of a theme park in their father's world came into view. 'Ah, my childhood days. It was much fun before we had to deal with some bomb a lady held! Not to mention she tried to steal the dragon balls, haha!' Chris remarked as he remembered fond memories. "That sounds great! I can't wait to go!" Ken exclaimed, his tail starting to wag in happiness. "Ooo, ooo, I wonder what it'll be like!" Kira said, practically vibrating in nearly uncontained excitement. Bon-Bon giggled, "Calm yourselves you little balls of energy." "We can't, we're so excited!" The Twins replied. Lyra laughed, "Alright, alright. We'll meeting Rainbow and the others in two hours. So go get dressed!" She said to them. "Yes mommy!" With that, Ken and Kira leaped off their seats and rushed up the staircase towards their room. *CHOO CHOO!* A steaming train went its way toward Canterlot, within its passenger cars, Lyra, Rainbow, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and the Twins all sat within. The children bounced around with endless energy, obviously excited to be going to the fair. They cheered, sang, and giggled the entire way from Ponyville. "Hey, I see the fair from here!" Scootaloo shouted as he looked through the train's window. "Really?!" Ken replied, as he and the others raced toward the right side of the train to see. Lo and behold, Canterlot Fair stood in the distance. Colorful tents all around its pentagon shaped area, filled with all sorts of rides made possible in today's era with magic. From carousel to Roller coasters, to a Giant Ferris Wheel. When Kira opened her window, the smell of cooked food from the Fair spread throughout the cart. "We should eat first!" Ken exclaimed, his mouth drooling, tail wagging side to side. "Agreed!" Kira went along. "You two always want to eat!" Sweetie Bell stated, "Why don't we play some tent games first? I heard you can win tons of toys doing them!" She finished with excitement. "I agree with Ken an Kira, there bound to be lots of Apple recipes!" Applebloom said, "Plus, we might even discover our cutie marks at the fair!" "Good idea Applebloom, after we ride some Roller coasters of course! The biggest one for sure!" Scootaloo voiced her opinion. Ken nodded, "I do want to try one of those rides," he said. "Oh, but I want to go on the Merry-go-round!" Kira said, giving a cute pout. "Don't worry, we'll go on all the rides!" Sweetie Bell comforted. Rainbow Dash walked right behind them all, "She's right! We'll try everything! Including the different ciders they have there." The Pegasus remarked, her face going dreamy at the thought of cider. Fiftheen minutes passed as the train entered the station, our heroic group exited from the train and headed toward the area where the Canterlot Fair was being held. Arriving in no more than ten minutes, Rainbow Dash happily paid for the tickets to enter the place. "I'll pay you back someday, Rainbow," Lyra said sincerely. Dash waved it off, "Nah, I'm already loaded with bits. Even I don't know what to do with them all!" "Thanks," Lyra replied. "No problem, now let's have some fun! In fact, the squirts are already ahead of us." Rainbow Dash stated, pointing toward the group of children in the distance. "Ah! Wait up!" Lyra yelled after them. The Twins had a blast, and so did their friends. After a few minutes of conversation on exactly what to do first. They decided to do some gaming stands. There were many different types, like a water spray thing, a hammer strength test, which Kira won with ease nearly breaking it. There was also an eating contest which the twins won with outstanding smiles at the food. Applebloom succeeded in a rope contest, but when Scoots got a turn, they watched eagerly to see what she would get. Scootaloo tossed a ball at the target, but it moved to fast for her to see. The stallion of the stand had a greedy look on his face, as the bits from all his costumers piled up like a mountain. The targets of his stand seem to increase with pace, always going faster then the ball thrown, and always the costumer lost. Scootaloo frowned, "Come on! Just one shot!" She yelled, throwing another ball, which missed once again. "Want to try again, these fancy toys aren't going to win themselves," the stallion said, patting the desk where the bits went. Scootaloo begrudgingly placed more bits, and twenty more balls were given to her to thrown with. She threw them as hard as she could, hoping that at least one would get hit. Just one, she didn't even care for a prize now, the filly just wanted to get vengeance against the fast paced game. Twenty became ten, then five, and finally Scootaloo's last ball was out of her hand, and into the bucket of losers. "Pity, you can try again kid. I'm sure you'll get it eventually." "That's a cheap game! Come on Scoots, we'll just leave," Rainbow Dash said. "That's so unfair! They've moving way to fast!" Sweetie Bell stated. "I'll try," Ken said, placing two bits on the table. "Here you go," the pony said, giving the half human child twenty balls. Ken smirked, and stepped back a few feet. The balls all held in his arm. Suddenly, Ken started throwing with great speed and velocity, each ball shooting faster than anything ever seen before. The little boy's flying objects hit their mark, every time. With each hit, a sound echoed. *TING TANG DING DONG!* Ken pressed on, determined to win. The game stands fast paced marks stood no chance against Ken's enhanced eye vision and reflexes. "That's impossible!" The stallion yelled. "Go Ken go!" The CMC and Kira cheered loudly. *BONG!* "I can't believe it... He won," the stand pony said in shock. "Yeah! Beat that you stupid game!" Ken mocked the inanimate stand. "Here... " The stallion said, still in shock as he gave his ultimate prize, a brand shiny new scooter. Ken grinned, and grasped the scooter easily. He turned around, walked up to Scootaloo, and set it before her. "Here you go Scootaloo! All yours!" Ken said happily, his tail wagging behind him. "Really? Thanks! Awesome!" Scootaloo exclaimed as he inspected her new scooter. "Hey, we don't want to carry it around with us all the time. I'll take it to a helper," Lyra said, taking the scooter, and going toward said helper. "Can you bring them to the items stand and put it under Lyra Heartstrings for when we leave?" Lyra asked. "Sure! Just be sure to remember to stop by there to pick it up," the helper mare said, taking the scooter. "Great, now that that's settled, let's go ride the coaster!" Dash exclaimed, causing the children around her to cheer. "Woooh Hooo!" Ken screamed as he raised his hands in the air. The coaster reached its highest height, before dropping with a sudden burst of speed. The Twins, CMC, and Rainbow Dash screamed in excitement as the air rushed past their faces, the coaster going through turn after turn, angling sideways as they shifted to the right or left. "Hahaha!" They all laughed as they bumped up and down, the coaster still in breakneck speeds before slowing down to a stop at its station. "That was fun, let's go again!" Applebloom yelled. "I don't think I want to... " Sweetie Bell stated, looking dizzy. They got out, leaving the coaster ride as they meet up with Lyra. "How was it? From your screams of joy I can tell you enjoyed it quite a bit." Lyra said. "It was great!" The Twins shouted in unison. Lyra giggled, and used her magic to fix Kira's blown back hair. "Aw, it got messed up again?" Kira said, pouting. "Well, what you expect Kira?" Lyra said with a smile. "That it'll stay still forever!" The little girl replied. "That would be unrealistic," her mother stated, "How's your injuries?" "They're fine mom, it doesn't hurt. I heal fast remember!" Kira said with a smile. "I know, just wondering," Lyra replied. Kira nodded, before turned toward the others after her hair was fixed up. "Let's go to the Ferris Wheel!" "I agree with Kira!" Sweetie Bell quickly concurred. The group moved toward the location of the Ferris Wheel, and after a minute or two of waiting in line quite impatiently, they entered the compartment. The wheel slowly turning and stopping before they reached to quite a height to see for miles on end. "Wow... " Scootaloo said as she and the others glanced out the window. "I can see Ponyville from here!" Applebloom said, pointing toward their home town. "Yeah, and your farm too! Can't see the treehouse through." Ken confirmed, his tail wiggled to his right side. "Mmh, better seeing it while flying." Rainbow Dash commented, as she lazily sat and drank some cider she had gotten on the way. "Not all of us can fly, Dash." Lyra replied kindly as she stared out the window. "Hey mom," Ken said, looking back toward her. "Yes, Ken?" She replied. "Can we get some cotton candy?" Ken asked, catching the CMC's and Kira's attention at the mention of the sweet. "Sure, but you're going to have to ask Dash. She's paying for everything." Lyra said. Ken turned to face Rainbow Dash, but she already started speaking, "Sure thing squirt, I'm feeling up for some myself." After they got down from the Ferris Wheel, they all had some delicious strawberry flavored cotton candy, which they devoured, savoring the taste as they did so. Soon, their entire faces were pretty much covered in the cotton candy! Lyra wiped her children's faces with a napkin, giggling as they made cute scrunched up faces when the napkins pressed upon their cheeks and mouths. "You really liked that cotton candy, didn't you two?" Lyra said. "Not our fault, it was just really tasty." Ken said. "Yeah!" Kira agreed as she closed on eye when the napkin cleaned underneath it. "We've tried many things, and it's starting to close soon. We still have to go back home." Lyra said, smiling sadly. "Awwww," the Twins moaned. "I know, I know," Lyra said, nodding in agreement. Finished up with their faces, and throwing the napkin in the trash. Lyra looked to Rainbow Dash, "We should be getting back." "Yeah, let's go." The rainbow Pegasus replied. "Awww!" The Cutie Mark Crusaders joined in the moaning. A few seconds of silence followed, before they all burst out laughing. And with that, they headed home, the day at the fair over with. And after another train ride to their home town of Ponyville, the sun set, dinner came, and bed time arrived. Too bad for the Twins, there is school tomorrow.