//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: Pipsqueak - A Day with Friends // Story: Revelations BOOK 1: A Night To Remember - Pipsqueak // by VGI //------------------------------// Chapter 10: Pipsqueak A Day with Friends After I eat breakfast and brush my teeth, I run out of the house... “Bye Mum! See ya laters!” I run off towards the arcade. I see my friends, fellow “blank flanks” Button Mash, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom. But first, I take a quick peek at the newspaper stand to check out “you know what,” hehehe. Time to see if Mum’s “intel” about last night concerning Dai and Sil is any good. I rummage through several newspapers and they all headline last night’s event. The newspaper pony is looking at me with a “You read it, you buy it!” look on his face. I quickly grab the latest copy of the Equestria Daily and oh my gosh here it is! Just look at the snooty sisters! Or...snoozing sisters, as the case may be, hehehe. Now that that’s done...to the arcade! Button and Sweetie Belle head over to “Lightning Pony” and play a 2-player co-op game. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and I head over to the Biker MX arcade game, a three-player competitive game wherein you race against two other players. You ride a motorbike full of weird gadgets like rocket boosters, a parasail, and hover wheels (you choose a total of three gadgets at the start of the game). Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and I try other arcade games throughout the day while Button and Sweets play that same game all day long. Talk about commitment! Well, I guess Sweetie Belle owes Button this for distracting him from his game during that last Hearts and Hooves Day, making him waste six hours just when he reached the final boss. Arcade games all day. There goes a portion of my savings! But it’s okay. I had fun anyway. Sadly, Dinky wasn't able to join us. Plus, I got the newspaper, and boy does it have a doozy of a bunch of pictures of last night's Canterlot event. Button and the CMC are a little puzzled why I'd spend bits on a newspaper. Then I show them. Mum was right! There, among the pictures, is a picture of Mr. Rich, Diamond Tiara's father, carrying her and Silver Spoon! On his back! Suffice it to say, they are snoozing without poise. Boy, did we laugh! At the end of the day, we go to Sugarcube Corner to have a round of shakes. A perfect end to a perfect day. Ms. Cheerilee is there getting a loaf of royal, sun-ripened, banana bread. She tosses a few bits on the counter as Mrs. Cake places her order in a box. “So,” Apple Bloom says, “how was the fancy-shmancy event in Canterlot last night, Pip?” “Yeah, you haven't said a single word about it all day, buddy,” Button concurs. They are all sipping their shakes when Ms. Cheerilee comes over to our table. “Now now, kids, I’d like Pip to save it all for tomorrow. Do you mind saving it all for tomorrow, Pipsqueak?” “Why, not at all, Ms. Cheerilee! I’d be happy to,” I say gladly. Frankly, I have a feeling that if I say anything about it here, something bad may happen. The three Cutie Mark Crusaders protest. Heh, fillies. Always curious about fancy events. Then Button comments. “Puhleeze! I bet Pip was bored to death!” Button says as he rolls his eyes. “Oh no, Button!” I say. “In fact, it was the best night evah!” All of them look at me. “I...I was even Princess Luna's escort!” I say proudly, yet...there is a foreboding feeling in my chest...an uh-oh feeling. “YOU WERE?!?!” they all say out loud. I look around, and everypony in Sugarcube Corner is looking at me. Uh-oh… “Eeeyup!” the familiar voice of Pinkie says, coming from inside the kitchen. UH-OH!!! “In fact, he was sitting with her on her special bed-chair thing that’s reserved for pony royalty and delegates only! Oh Pip, you smoooooth operator you!” Everybody gasps. Will this be the new gossip in Ponyville? Pinkie continues, and as she does, this feeling of alarm starts to grow in my chest. She comes out of the kitchen. “There they were,” she says as she emotes with both front hooves, looking at the ceiling with a happy expression, as if lovestruck, sighing once in a while, “...just Pipsqueak and Luna, all huddled together, watching the show together, snug as two bugs in a rug, together, with Luna’s majestic dark feathery left wing covering our dear Pipsqueak here.” She holds out both front hooves towards me and sighs with a sniffle at the end. I...I can't move. I bet I’m practically beet-red right now. Knock it off, Pinkie Pie! Much to my relief, Pinkie hops back into the kitchen. Whew! “And then...” Pinkie continues in the kitchen, much to my horror, “...and then, you know what else?” Stop stop stop stop stooop! “Uhhh, Pinkie,” interrupts Ms. Cheerilee. Oh, thank Celestia for Ms. Cheerilee. Pinkie sticks her head out of the kitchen door. “What?” “If you keep it up, Pipsqueak here will have nothing to tell the class tomorrow,” Ms. Cheerilee explains as she gives me a wink and a single nod. I know what our Teacher means, she is deliberately interrupting Pinkie Pie! Oh thank you thank you thank you Teacher! Thank you! “Awww!” protests Pinkie, “But I was just getting to the best part!” The three Crusaders are quick to interject. “Which is?!?!?” “And then...they...” Pinkie continues. The three fillies' eyes grow wide as they grin with anticipation. “...slept...” Their eyes grow even wider. “...together.” Their jaws drop. Wait, what? A stallion who is having an order of fresh carrot juice spits the carrot juice out of his mouth in surprise. Pinkie's face contorts as she analyzes what she just said. Mrs. Cake is appalled, her face frozen. Button is shocked, takes a glance at Sweetie and looks away. Ms. Cheerilee is clearly disturbed. Pinkie tries to clarify. “No! I mean...” She slaps her forehead, hard, right between her tightly-shut eyes. “They fell asleep together. Gah!” “OH!” Everypony sighs collectively, especially me. “Uh, you're right Cheerilee best leave Pipsqueak to tell the rest of the story okay back to work for me!” Pinkie says as she dashes back into the safety of the kitchen. That...was awkward.