//------------------------------// // Play Nicely... // Story: Everything is Not Awesome // by Dezrik //------------------------------// The next day wasn't a great day at all, as no one in the family said anything to each other besides the usual "good morning" or "what's for breakfast", since the memories of last night were still fresh in their minds. The two children didn't speak a word to each other, unless you count angry death glares as words, then they were talking a lot. After the kids were on their way to school, the father turned towards his wife, who was trying to enjoy her morning coffee in peace. "Honey..." said the dad. "Yes dear?" replied the mom. "We... uh... sort of need to talk about yesterday." The mother placed her cup of coffee on the table, before letting out a long, exaggerated sigh. "I know, I know..." "What are we going to do about the kids, they can't seem to get along without destroying each others stuff." "I don't know honey, but I'll think of something." "You sure?" "Yes dear, have a good day at work!" The father didn't say another word as he left the house, and after he close the door, the mother began to drink her caffeinated beverage in silence. Today was going to be a long day... -------------------- After school, Finn and Emily threw their backpacks by the door, before marching over to the kitchen for their after school snacks. However, they were greeted by their mother before any of them could grab a bowl of delicious Doritos. "Hey guys, how was school today?" asked the mother in a cheery voice. "Uh..." replied both the kids in unison. They weren't really expecting their mom to be in such a cheery mood after last nights events. "Good..." came Emily's response. "Excellent!" "Hey, uh, mom?" asked Finn. "Yes dear?" "Why are you so... how do i put this... happy? I mean, I thought you would be super mad at us..." "Why, it's because of the new arrangement I made for you two?" "Arrangement?" the kids asked in unison. "Yes, And I suppose you are wondering what it is." The mom then cleared the throat before continuing. "You see, I believe you two should learn to play along together, so I've made a mandatory little 'Play Time' for you two, where both of you have to play together nicely for at least one hour every day. Isn't it exciting!" The kids mouths were agape after listening to what their mom had just said. Playtime? Together? An hour? Everyday? Together? "You can't be serious!" came Finn's reaction. "I'm serious, Finn." "But I cant even stand to be around Finn for like 5 seconds!" "Well, we're going to have to change that, right sweetie?" "Uh!" shouted Finn, "This is the stupidest thing ever!" "Now now sweetie, it isn't that bad. It's only an hour a day." "But still!" "No butts, now I want you two to go and grab your toys, and play in the living room, nicely." -------------------- "This is so stupid!" shouted Rainbow Dash, "They destroyed our hometown, and we have to get along with them?" "Ah hear 'yah, Dash." came Applejack's reply, "Them stupid 'lookin blocks give me a bad feeling." "I know what you mean, darling." said Rarity, "Why do we have to get along with these ruffians?" "Because," answered Twilight, "The princess say's we have to." "What!" shouted Pinkie Pie, "Even after they ate all my cupcakes, and then threw Sugar Cube Corner at the town hall?" "Yes Pinkie." said Twilight, "I don't like it much either, but if we don't the princess would banish us for sure!" "Um, Twilight," whispered Fluttershy, "I'm not really sure the Princess would do that..." "Okay, so maybe I exaggerated just a little bit." replied Twilight, "But the result still wouldn't be good! I mean, do you girls really want to find out what happens if we don't?" The ponies all shook their heads. "Great, so here's the plan, we play nice for now, and after a while, the princess will probably lift the punishment, and we can go back to playing in Equestria!" "All right, let's do this!" "Ah'm in." "Me too, Darling." "Okie dokie lokie!" "Um, okay..." -------------------- A couple minutes later, the ponies had landed in "The Neutral Zone", a zone owned by neither Lego people of ponies, and had exited out of their golden chariot. They were currently waiting by some sort a river. "Uh, this is taking forever!" shouted Rainbow Dash, "Why are these guy's so late? I mean, the sooner we get this over with, the sooner I can start practicing my new tricks for the Wonderbolts!" "Hold on, here they come now!" yelled Pinkie Pie. Just then, a extremely large pirate ship being piloted by some sort of giant robot pirate pulled up on the shore, shouting "Arr, we be at the destination!". Then, a plank connected to the ship landed onto the shore, and out came a group of Lego peoples. The two groups gave each other mixed looks for about a minute, until Twilight decided to speak up. "Um, hello! I'm Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy." "Hi, um, I'm Emmet, and these guys are Wyldstyle, Batman, Benny, Princess Unikitty, and MetalBeard." They then spent a minute awkwardly trying to avoid eye contact, and occasionally kicking the dirt, while Rainbow Dash glared daggers at Wyldstyle, and Fluttershy hid behind Applejack. It was pretty clear that neither one of them wanted to be around each other. It was going to be a long day.