//------------------------------// // Chapter Eleven // Story: The Canadian Brony // by Biglaw //------------------------------// Chapter Eleven "Ah ha ha ha ha! Bolt! Ah, stop! Ha ha!" Dash was yelling, laughing louder than ever before, she tried to fly away from me, but I tackled her back to the ground. "Alright Dashie, I'll stop, but you have to agree to something." I said, still tickling Dash. "Ah ha, oh, tell me! Ha ha ha!" "You must agree..." "Agree to wha-ha ha ha!" "To go to dinner with me!" I stopped tickling Dash, and she gave me an odd look. "What's wrong?" I asked "How did you get money? You don't have a job." Dash said, still confused "Well, I gave Applejack a visit, and I got some work done down at Sweet Apple Acres!" I said happily "Wow! Cool!" Dash said, and gave me a hug. "I got 30 bits, anywhere you want to go Dashie?" I asked "Well, there IS this restaurant in Cloudsdale that is nice, could we go there?" Dash asked "Sure! Sounds good!" I replied happily, and we set out towards Cloudsdale. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We arrived at Cloudsdale at about 7:30pm, and we arrived at the restaurant that Dash had talked about. "Oh! We're here!" Dash said happily. The name of the restaurant was "Cloud Nine Diner". "This place looks pretty good so far, how did you hear about this place?" I asked "I went here with Gilda for her birthday a few years ago. Gilda is an old friend, if you're wondering." I knew who Gilda was, a rude griffon who bullied many ponies. "Mares first!" I said, holding the door open for Dashie. She blushed, and gave me a kiss on the cheek, and walked into the restaurant. I walked in, and to my surprise, it looked almost exactly like a fifties diner you could find on Earth. "Whoa, this place looks-" "Awesome! Right?" Dash interrupted, but I was happy she knew what I was going t say. A pegasus came up to us, little did I know WHO it was, Dash squeed whenever she saw them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Everything alright Dashie?" I asked "Dashie? That's a new nickname." a familiar voice said. I turned, and it was nopony other than Spitfire, the captain of the Wonderbolts. "Omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh!" Dash said in excitement. "So, is this stallion a friend, or a bit more than that?" Spitfire asked "Omigosh... Ahh, sorry about that Spitfire! It's just that you're... Spitfire!" Dash said "Oh, it's fine. Happens to a lot of ponies. So who is your friend here?" Spitfire asked "Oh, this is Bolt! He's my special somepony!" Dash said. I proceeded to give her a hug. "That's kinda cool! So Dash, since you're here, I was wondering if you could stop by the Cloud Coliseum tomorrow, where you pulled off that awesome Sonic Rainboom?" Spitfire said "Oh, yeah! Sure!" Dash said excitedly. "Alright then, "Dashie", see you tomorrow!" Spitfire said, and left the diner. "Dang it!" I said "What's wrong Bolt?" Dash asked "I should of gotten her autograph!" I said, Dash chuckled, and we took our seats. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the meal, I left seventeen bits on the table, and Dash and I left the restaurant. "Wow Dashie, that was... Incredible!" I said joyously. "Well, it IS one of my favorite places in Cloudsdale." Dash said "Well, I think it's time that we got back to the house, we have work in the morning." I said, slightly unhappily. "Yeah, but hey, at least the both of us are getting bits! Maybe we could get some more stuff for the cloud house. It's a bit bland, right?" "Oh god, should I say yes? Uggh, what if she takes it as an insult! Gah! Why do I over think these things!" "Uhh, yeah? I think some more stuff would be nice." I said, a bit nervously "Yeah! Good to see you think the same way!" Dash said, as we flew off. "Crisis Averted!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The night sky is beautiful, eh Dashie?" I said "Yeah, good ol' Luna did a good job on this sky." Dash said smiling. "So Dash, what are we gonna do?" I asked "Gonna do about what?" Dash asked back "You know, the filly?" "Yeah, our little filly on the way. What do you want to do for them?" Dash said "Well, I was thinking that if it's a pegasus, we could enroll them in Flight School, like you did." "Yeah, that would be cool!" Dash said happily "But, what if it isn't a pegasus?" Dash said "Well, we'd probably have to move to the ground. Wouldn't want our filly to fall through the house!" I said "Perhaps if it's a unicorn, we could get Twi to teach them some magic! She IS the element of magic!" Dash said "Yeah! That would be awesome!" I exclaimed. "And if it's an earth pony?" Dash asked "We could get them to go to the school in Ponyville!" I said happily "Yeah! That would be pretty cool." Dash said happily. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We got back to the cloud home at around midnight, and as the gentlecolt I am, I held the door open for Dashie. She gave me a kiss, and walked inside. Dash walked into our room, and she flopped onto the bed. "Worn out Dashie?" I ask. All I heard was a muffled "Mhmm" come from her muzzle which was buried in a pillow. I flew in beside Dash, and I settled into the extremely comfortable cloud bed. "Good night Dashie, sweet dreams." I said, but she was long gone. I put my arm over her, and I drifted to sleep slowly. I felt pain, a lot of it. I was on the ground, in the middle of a garden, which seemed augmented. I slowly opened my eyes, and I found Discord, clutching Dash in one of his claws. "Oh ho ho! It seems you've FINALLY woken up!" Discord boomed out "Discord! What are you doing!" I shouted "Oh, just making your life a little more CRAZY! That's what!" Discord cackled "Let her go! Let my Dashie go!" I yelled "Oh, DASHIE eh? That's new. Ah ha ha! Oh I know just what to do!" Discord yelled out. "That's it! You are going down!" I yelled. as I tried to fly at him, I hit the ground. "Hmm, it seems that you are missing something? It seems to be these!" Discord laughed, as he held my wings in his paw. "Now, time to end all of this fuss!" Discord said, as he squeezed Dash, and I green flame appeared, and Dash was gone. "NO! What did you do to her!" I screamed, with tears in my eyes. "Oh, I just sent her... AWAY. Now, it's your turn!" Discord roared, as he ran at me. I was petrified, I couldn't move a muscle. I felt my heart racing, I was crying, and all hope seemed lost. "Wait a minute, all HOPE seems lost, this, is all just a test!" "So, you've finally figured it out? Well, I guess that means one thing." Discord said. "What is that?" I asked. "I think it's time you were re-introduced to your friends!" Discord said, as he snapped his paw, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Dash came out of thin air. "What have you done to them?!?" I shouted. "Oh, nothing TOO bad, I just sort of, how should I say this, took their element away? Yes, and I put hatred and sorrow in it's place! Isn't that just wonderful!" Discord cackled. "Everypony! It's me! Bolt! Remember?" I said, teary eyed. "NO!" all of them shouted, except for Dash. "Dash? You gotta remember me! It's Bolt! Your special somepony?" I said, now with tears flowing from my face. "No, I DON'T know you. I've never had a special somepony, and YOU certainly aren't my type." Dash said angrily. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" I thought to myself. "Now, my little ponies, take care of this poor excuse of a pony." Discord commanded. Everypony jumped at me, and I was brought to the ground. "Goodbye, Derrick." Discord said with a snicker. It was all to much for me, I was being harmed by my own friends, even Dashie! I felt myself feeling weaker, and Applejack came up to me, and prepared to buck me, hard. "See ya later, ya little varmint!" Applejack shouted, as she bucked me in the muzzle. I woke up, covered in sweat, and teary eyed. "Celestia, never do that again!"