//------------------------------// // And so, the fun begins! // Story: To dare or not to mare? // by Lime Overtime //------------------------------// The two mares got along pretty well. Chocking down delicious apple pies and drowning themselves in refreshing cider, while playing “truth or dare” with hoof-made dubstep in the background, sure made the time fly. Hours passed one after another. However, at one point of this day, the unicorn’s laughter was cut off by a sudden sound of approaching hoofsteps. -Vinyl!! Viiiinyyyyl?! The sound of hoofsteps was getting louder and louder each second, and by the rate of them, it was easy to assume, that the surprise guest was running. -Vinyyyl?! -Yo! Vinyl answered without thinking her actions through. As she let out that word, the mysterious hoofsteps quiet down for a moment. Then, with an even faster tempo, the hoofsteps came back to life. They got louder and louder, and stopped only after revealing tired, sweaty and messy Octavia. -Sweet Celestia, Vinyl, where have you been?! The worried look on the mare’s face stepped down for the confused one, as she pointed at a black mare, who was caught up in licking the ground. -Is… Is THAT alright? The hoodied mare stood up and smiled at the gray earth pony with her tongue still out, and then came back to her fascinating activity. With an upstanding smile, the white unicorn let out a scream -Tavi! Y.. Yeah, she’s alright. With a derisive laugh she added -It’s a mare, by the way. I’m guessing you had troubles defining her gender too. -Oh my Luna! Vinyl, what happened to you? Octavia came closer to Vinyl, who was standing next to a big mug of cider, and started examining her injuries. -I’m alright – said the blue maned pony as she threw a leaf into the cider – I fell down the cave and got a little hurt, but she took care of me. Vinyl twitched her head at the black mare as she said those words. Then, she threw some more junk into the mug while Octavia started to freak out. -You have no idea how worried I was! Usually you come back about 11 AM, you sleep until the evening and then go back to that uncultured club! When you didn’t come back two days ago, I thought that you stayed at the club, too tired to walk home. Yesterday you didn’t show up again, so I waited until the evening and went to that noisy building. There I got the news that you weren’t there for two nights straight, so since 3 AM this morning, I’m running around Ponyville, looking for you! It’s a good thing you left that path of destruction, all I had to do was follow that trench in the ground… Her voice lowered and she started speaking slower, as if she was trying to make some kind of a point -BUT… When I came upon this cave and saw blood and pieces of fur laying around, I didn’t know what to think! I thought you were attacked by a timber wolf or something you imbecile! The two stunned mares watched Octavia huffing and puffing in anger, blasting out the words. When she was finished with her lecture, trying to catch her breath, the black mare leaned to her white coated friend without breaking the bond between her eyes and Octavia’s face, and said with an unexpressed voice -“Digginn you” alert! The black maned pony growled with anger while the black and white coated mares bro hoofed. -Octy, chill out! I’m OK, aren’t I? To tell the truth, I thought I was attacked by a timberwoolf too at first, but as it turned out later, I had mistaken our friend here for one. Her green-ish hair made me think of leafs from timberwolf’s head. Her shoulders and head hidden under that hood made her look bigger. And those glasses… You played quite a trick on my mind ya moron. The mare in a hoodie pulled her hoofs closer to her face and hissed. Making a funny face while doing so was pretty brilliant. Then she glanced at their new companion and asked - Tavi? I thought she was Octy? - She’s both Octy and Tavi - I am Octavia. Thank you for saving my roommate miss… -Dude, Tavi! You should totally call her Lime! Look what she can do! Look, look! The unicorn grabbed her friend around waste with her hoof and started swinging her other one around, facing the black mare -Hey Lime, I dare you to do that thing again! In a blink of an eye, the black mare reached somewhere behind the barrels of cider and pulled out a lemon. Then, she started taking bite after a bite out of the fruit, eating it so casually, as if the lemon was really an apple in disguise. After a few moments she finished it with a straight face, and seeing the faces of her audience, she gave the two mares a little smile As Octavia’s jaw got agape, Vinyl burst out in laughter. -OhmYCElestia Tavi, you should have seen the look on your *hiccup * face! HahaHA! The mare wiped off a tear, still unable to resist the urge of laughing her guts off -So… So anyway miss… -Call her Lime! -Vinyl, stop it. A proper mare deserves to be called by her own name. -Do iiiit! -No. And even if - she ate a lemon. Why would I call her by another fruit’s name? -Cuz her personality and the colors of her mane, tail, muzzle and hoofs totally reflect it! Plus, she can eat a lime just like that… Wanna watch? -… -Cm’on Tavi! -Octavia. -Don’t be such a boring flank -… I’m ok with you calling me Lime… -HA! -Stop it Vinyl. As the mares were talking, the mug of cider that was standing next to the white mare’s back hoof made a weird sound. All the mares eyeballed it in a blink of an eye. -What is that liquid? -It’s a mug of cider. Lime here dared me to make it tastier using only the stuff I could find in the cave. As Vinyl finished her explanation, she dropped a twig and some sand into the mug. As soon as the sand disappeared in the cider, the drink caught on fire. All mares quickly backed away from the mug. -Brooo, that is the coolest thing I ever saw… -Right on dude – answered the DJ with a proud face ... -What… what did you put in there, Vinyl? -Well, the Cookbook here added some rocks, twigs, leafs and sand into it. *hiccup*. -Cookbook? - Yeah… She came up with that nickname after I told her about that kitchenfire I started while trying to get some juice… -You mean the Wednesday one? -No Octy, the Friday… As the fire in the mug went out, a devilish smile appeared on unicorn’s face -Lime, I dare you to drink it! -Vinyl Scratch, stop your foolishness. You are making a bad impression. No one in a right mind would do something so careless, so idiotic, so … STHAAAP! The mug fell on the ground and the cider spilled as Octavia slammed it from the black mare’s hoofs. The contents of the mug once again caught on fire, after what the glasses loving mares high-fived. -Well, at least now we won’t have to start the bonfire – giggled the white mare -Yeah, and some of the *hiccup* torches had gone out… -Are… Are you two… Drunk?! -Hey Scratch, you get comfy with Octavia here and I’ll go find some twigs to add to this fire! -Sure thing - yelled the unicorn while tripping over her own hoofs and knocking down her gray coated roommate. The unicorn landed on her victim’s chest, just inches from her face. She then peeped at the fallen mare with a sexy expression -Well, hello there… -Vinyl? -Mhmmmm? -Get. Off.