//------------------------------// // Interlude 1: CMCs are Coming to Town- Part 1 // Story: Craptastic Friendship Series: Freshman Year // by RainbowJack2000 //------------------------------// Outside, it was hot and sunny, with a temperature of 85 degrees. Not bad for a beautiful Sunday morning. The birds were soaring through the air, chirping lovely melodies high above the trees. Flowers were blooming, greeting the new morning. The wind was gentle, as the air smelled a lot like apples. Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, everyone. Inside the barn was a little girl, looking out the window, drawing the scenery before her. Despite her not being all that girly and stuff, she did have a passion for art. Strands of her red hair were being blown away from her face has the wind from outside gave a cool breeze inside. Her granny was in a rocking chair next to her knitting a sweater. The girl sighed and put down her art pad. She had invited her friends over to come and hang out, but it seemed as if it would take a very long time for them to get there. "Now Apple Bloom, ya can't just sit here and wait fer yer friends to come. I think you ought ta go outside and enjoy some fresh air." her granny said. "But Granny, it's too hot outside. I'd rather be in here and wait for them." Apple Bloom complained. "Why not help yer brother and sister with the chores?" Granny Smith suggested. "But then, I'll be all sweaty and smelly, and I'll have to come back to wash off." Apple Bloom said, using excuses. The doorbell rang and Apple Bloom grinned, ran out of the room, into the hallway, and opened the door. Her face fell back to a frown after she found out it was just the mail woman delivering some mail. She looked at her, narrowed her eyes, and said, "You disappoint me sometimes, Derpy." Then she closed a door, leaving a very confused Derpy scratching her head. "I just don't know what went wrong." She said, turning around and leaving the farm. Back inside, Apple Bloom put the mail on the kitchen table and looked at the clock. It was a quarter to 11. Apple Bloom sighed and went back into the living room when she heard the bell ring again. She walked back to the door and opened it, and smiled. In front of her was her best friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. "Took y'all long enough. I was right about to take a nap." She said, yawning. "Sorry Apple Bloom, but Rarity refused to drop us off and we had to walk here. Something about not wanting to get her new sports car dirty." Sweetie Belle explained. Apple Bloom shook her head. "I don't understand that sister of yours, Sweetie. She needs to let loose sometimes." "The only way she lets loose is by going to the spa." Sweetie rolled her eyes. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" Scootaloo asked, eager to start. "I was thinkin' that we could make a YouTube video and do some cool tricks or somethin'." Apple Bloom said. "There's this cool carnival downtown." Scootaloo mentioned. "We could always go to Sugarcube Corner and enter the cupcake eating competition." Sweetie suggested. The girls looked at each other, confused by all the different ideas. Apple Bloom put her hands on her hips and growled. "I invited y'all over here to make YouTube videos, not to go back into town." "But I want to go to the carnival!" Scootaloo pouted. "And I want to enter the cupcake eating competition!" Sweetie Belle added. "YouTube!" "Carnival!" "Cupcakes!" "YouTube!" "Carnival!" "Cupcakes!" "You-" "Oh, fer Pete's sake! Why don't y'all make a YouTube video about goin' to the carnival and enterin' the cupcake competition!?" Granny Smith suggested, annoyed by all the yelling. The girls looked at Granny Smith while they thought about that idea. Apple Bloom beamed. "I guess that could work." Applejack growled and mumbled while Big Mac was driving the girls into town. Right while she was in the middle of yelling at Rainbow Dash to stop napping in her trees, she was pulled away by A.B. to take her and her friends to some carnival downtown. Even though Rainbow Dash was laughing her ass off because she won, Scootaloo wanted Rainbow to go with them as well. And A.B. forced Applejack and Big Mac to take a shower and go with them. So here she was, in the passenger's seat and the girls in the back of the van, being driven away away from home. Rainbow Dash looked out the window, naming the colors of all the cars they were passing by. "There goes a red one...a blue one..." She said, her voice filled with boredom. "PINK ONE! SILVER! BLACK!" Scootaloo shouted, thinking it was a game. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?..." Apple Bloom kept asking, kicking her sister's seat as well. "All of me, loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges..." Sweetie Belle sang along with the radio. Applejack couldn't take anymore. "WILL Y'ALL PLEASE SHUT UP?! AND STOP KICKIN' THE SEATS!!!!!!" She roared angrily. Everyone kept their mouths closed and Apple Bloom stopped kicking. Rainbow yawned and kept looking out the window, Scootaloo doing the same. Sweetie Belle stopped singing, but nodded her head to the music. "Good. Now I would just like to get to that carnival with some peace and quiet. So please, keep yer mouths shut. "Uh, sis?" Big Mac said. Applejack sighed, "What now?" He pointed to the problem in front of him. There was a massive line of cars all heading in the same direction, stuck in a very long line of traffic. Applejack blinked. Then she screamed. It was going to be a very long day.