//------------------------------// // The Capitol // Story: The Hunger Manes // by Yourponiesaremine //------------------------------// "One last word of advice." Said Silver Midnight. "Don't die." "Well duh! I'm not stupid, just because I am a girl doesn't mean I have any less chance of winning!" Rainbow Dash said angrily. "Just saying!" Silver Midnight said. "Well, I'm starved!" Exclaimed Big Macintosh. Rainbow Dash looked at him. That was the first actual sentence she had heard out of him. Ever. "Well lets get some grub then!" Rainbow Dash said. They made their way through the cart they were in. It had two doors on each end and had couches lining the walls, a HD TV hung on the east side of the cart. The door made a creaking noise when it opened, stepping into another room Rainbow Dash saw Big Mac drooling. "Don't get too excited, I bet that food is for Fleur." Muttered Rainbow Dash. There was a table in the middle of the cart lined with extravagant foods. A golden brown turkey and cranberry sauce dominated the middle of the table. "Help yourself! It's for all of us." Fleur said stepping through a door on the opposite side of the cart. Big Mac went straight to the turkey and took a big bite out of a stuffing filled leg. Rainbow Dash went for the other leg, it was the most amazing thing she had ever tasted. The flavor bursting through her was a mouth watering combination of stuffing and turkey. "Just the right amount of both!" Said Rainbow Dash. They ate for another hour completely devouring the rest of the turkey and a bowl of pudding that also lied on the table. "Man, I'm stuffed! I couldn't take another bite for the life of me." Rainbow Dash said whilst rubbing her belly. "There's a lot of good stuff to eat at Canterlot, I mean the Capitol. It just gets better from here!." Fleur exclaimed. "I gotta chow down before I'm killed in the arena, this is the best food I've had for awhile!" Rainbow Dash said anxiously. "It's not going to last long..." Fleur said. "Doesn't mean I can't enjoy it while I have it!" Rainbow Dash said excitedly. "Well, eating time is over you still need to learn more from your mentor." Fleur said. "That lazy drunk? He hasn't taught us anything! All he does is mumble and yell at us to get him ice!" Rainbow Dash said. "He said he needed you, so get going!" Fleur said. Rainbow Dash and Big Mac mumbled as they walked through the carts to get to Silver Midnight's room. "Hello?" Asked Rainbow Dash while knocking on the door. They could hear mumbling from the inside. "What do you want?" Silver Midnight said lazily. "Fleur said you wanted to see us." Rainbow Dash said. "Oh yeah, I'll be out in a sec." Silver Midnight replied. CRASH! "God dammit! Spilled whiskey on my mane!" CRASH! "Ummmm, you okay in there?" Asked Rainbow Dash. "I'm fine, there's just a fuck ton of bottles in here!" Silver Midnight said angrily. Finally the door opened to reveal the floor cover with bottles of all shapes and sizes, a part of his mane was blue. Rainbow Dash failed to repress a giggle as Silver Midnight stepped out of the clutter. "What are you laughing at!" Silver Midnight yelled, obviously drunk. "Never mind, we'll come back later." RD said. "No, we have to d-*hiccup* o this now." He said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They were all sitting at a table, Silver finally sobered up after 2 hours. "Sponsors." Said Silver Midnight. "What?" Asked RD. "You know those silver parachutes that drop from the sky?" Asked Silver. Rainbow Dash watched The Hunger Manes every year. It was required. Occasionally there would be a silver parachute and box that usually contained some sort of weapon or medicine or food. "That's where they come from?" Asked Rainbow Dash. "Yeah, and you two will need them." Said Silver Midnight. "Sure would be nice for some apples while I'm out there." Said Big Mac. "I'm sure we can do that." Silver said. "We need to make an appearance for you two." He said. "That way you can get plenty of sponsors." "Your stylist Cinnamon will help you with that." "Stylist? You mean I have to dress up all fancy for this? I thought we just killed other ponies!" Rainbow Dash said. "There's a lot more to The Hunger Manes then that. You need to have class." Silver said. "You'll meet your preparation team when we get to the capitol." "But for now you just need to bulk up." "Oh yeah, one last thing. You don't get your wings." "WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "Calm down, you get them back after the arena. If you survive." Silver Midnight said. "But, I need my wings!" Rainbow Dash said worryingly. "That's why your going to train without your wings before you go into the arena. When we get to the capitol they'll be gone." "Man, that's bogus." Rainbow Dash said. "You'll do fine." Silver said. "Big Mac, you haven't said a word this whole time! Got something on your mind? Silver asked. "I'm more of a listener." Big Mac said. "I like that, don't have to listen to a bunch of bickering from you." Silver said. "Whats that supposed to mean?" Rainbow Dash said angrily. "It means that you irritate me." Silver said. "Whatever." Rainbow Dash said, leaving the cart. "Whats her deal?" Silver asked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~