"YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" A white Pegasus with a short blonde mane and tail shouted, but he wasn't an ordinary one. His wings were tiny and his muscles massive, a cutiemark of a dumbbell, and his teeth had a glossy shine that came from working at a spa next door to a dentist office with a deranged blue unicorn. To be honest, they were a bit yellow from a lack of brushing, but it was hardly noticeable. His saddlebags were twice the size of gym bags you'd find in a locker room.
His smile fell as he looked at a picture in his hoof before looking around and smiling again, looking for his friend at the train station.
"Well at least somepony agrees with me!" A mare shouted. When I looked over, I saw she was pointing at me and arguing with a blue minotaur with duffle bags of his own.
"Iron Will did not see that pony looking our way. He just now turned his head!" A gruff voice said, his hand motioned towards the yellow mare, "Iron Will is not deaf. Iron Will demands payment!"
Fluttershy began to hide under her mane as she backed away, but I lost focus in that. "Iron Will?" I asked, trotting up.
"I'm not hurting her, honest!" Iron backed up, behind me Fluttershy ran off, but I didn't pay much attention. "Hey, get back-"
In one of my "death hugs", I raised him off the ground before lowering him. "What took you so long? Its me, Bulk Biceps!"
His confused look left as a half smirk appeared on his face, "Snowflake! What took Iron Will so long? What took you so long?! I was waiting here half an hour before an old customer preoccupied my time!"
"You mean Fluttershy?"
"You know her?"
"YEAH, I do! We were on a flight team in the Olympics! ...Or Equestrian Games, but the Griffons' name for it is better in my opinion."
Iron Will raised a brow as his smirk fell some, "I planned on flying a blimp there, but I was cheated again." A frown appeared as he spoke between his teeth, "I cant wait to find Flim and Flam!"
"I know, right? Let's continue the conversation at my place."
"You were carrying rocks?" Iron asked.
"YEAH!" I replied, dropping my bags which shook the ground. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, you know?"
"...Right. Iron Will will get his costume on," he said, taking out a battle ax from his bag.
"PonyCON is today?"
"Its actually tomorrow, but Iron Will wants to be there early." He paused when he stared at his mask, wondering how to put it on. "Who are you dressing up as?"
In the bathroom, bulk dumped a bucket of grey fur dye over himself after which he replied, "Saddle Ranger!"
"You know that's a mare, right?"
"Um... yeah..." I shook my head to clear the butterflies in my stomach. "How many muscular male superheroes do you see?"
"Saddle Wrangler?"
"No! He's just the sidekick, plus he never got a movie like Humdrum or Chicken Zip."
Iron peeked inside, his normally tame blue fur being hidden by wild brown fur and yellow lenses for eyes. "How's he a sidekick?"
I began to count my hoof, "He got his powers when his cousin gave some of her blood to save him, he's always a hulking pony and somehow looks better than everyone else, and is least experienced in his powers, but will be forever mentored by Saddle Ranger. Now let me start with Mare-velous and Humdrum-"
"I get it, Iron Will get's it!" Iron said with his hands up, walking away. "By the way, Randiance might get her own movie after Matter-Horn v. Mare-velous: A Matter of Justice! What's your take on it?"
"Overrated. How about SwimmingPool?"
"Iron will probably watch it if Box doesn't mess it up."
"YEAH!"
"If you cut, I'll show you what's up!" Iron shouted in the middle of the sea of ponies waiting in front of a bigger building, "How's that?"
"I think you should stick with the last one," I said, forelegs crossed as I sat. When the line began to move, I stood, towering every creature there. Even Iron Will making his Mini Minotaur look even smaller by comparison.
From the Ant and the Wasp Breezies to groups of Power Ponies... the Japonyse ones. There was a group of SwimmingPool Minotaurs and Spider Griffons, pranking oncoming patrons. Party ponies and famous stars mingled with other ponies who had nothing to do.
I even found Button Mash with Rarity's little sister dressed like Lunk and a Sea Pony.
"Shoo Shooby Doo!" the tiny unicorn greeted.
"Please kill me," Button muttered as somepony dressed as the Mysterious Mare Do Well glared at him through her lenses.
"Sorry, bro. I've got to go!" I replied as we walked. The mass of ponies stopped again as John DeLancie was heard over a loud speaker.
"Attention everypony! No. I'm not Discord," he said as Discord snaked himself into view, waving at everyone before vanishing and reappearing at the front of the line. "Yes, hi Discord. *ahem* Are you all ready to sweat!"
"YEEEAAA- Wait, what?" I asked myself in confusion.
John had his hoof on the microphone as he spoke, "Oh, that wasn't my line? Are you sure? Well, its true. Screw it. Enter!"
"Iron Will heard Luna Studios is having a panel, do you want to check?"
"Luna?! YEAH! I also want to see the Rainbow Dash presents panel, too, if you don't mind."
"Snowflake, this will be the best day ever!"
"That sucked..." I said, fixing my wig as we recovered from the royal caps lock.
"WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!" Iron shouted over nothing.
"I SAID 'THAT SUCKED'!"
"IRON WILL DON'T SWING THAT WAY!" he replied, brown arms crossed.
"WHAT?"
We suddenly regained our hearing as a unicorn healed our ears and hoofed us a shirt and hood saying "I SURVIVED THE ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE" on it. No joke, the "I survived" part was on the front the font was so big. We shrugged and Iron zipped his hoodie on as I placed the shirt in my bag- not filled with rocks this time. Iron pulled his ax carrying his stuff back over his shoulder as he stuck his sharp teeth in his mouth. "Teshting... teshting... one... choo... shree- Sho Iron Willsh hash a lishp, huh?" He punched his face without pain or regret. "HA! Take that novelty teeth!"
"I'm not going ask," I said, staring at the now perfectly molded plastic teeth in his mouth.
"Now lets-!"
"Hello~! Hello~!" A shrill voice called out. We turned our heads to a stall to see a skinny centaur-minotaur hybrid waving his bony hands at us. "See anything you like?"
Checking my tail and the stall, I shrugged and requested, "Do you have brown tail extensions? Wavy. ...Also some flower bracelets?"
"You're asking for that?" Iron asked, pointing at the weapons area of the stall. "He has Tar Tar Sauce, a diamond sword, a train-destroying katana, and Robuskas's dog!"
"Indeed! Tirek's Wares has all that stuff and more...for a price." said the hooded creature that was old, fragile, and creepy. "Gather what you desire and I'll name the price."
We looked around the stall, Iron grabbed said items plus Mini Minotaur's "War Armor" and a second battle ax while I completed my look and grabbed the arena saddle and armor with weapon boots from the "Planet Saddle Ranger" movie.
"Well, for completing your look your stuff is free, but your friend's is half off. Uh... twenty bits." He paused, "Though I'll lower the price to fifteen if he doesn't buy the Tartar Sauce."
"Sure, Iron Will accepts," Iron said, slowly pushing the blue-lidded jar away.
I nearly took out my bits when Tirek added, "You pulled my strings! I'll lower the price to five bits if you sing Mini Minotaur's theme."
"Really?!" Iron swung his ax into both hands, the bag transferred to his back in one fluid motion.
Tirek's jaw hung for a bit before he snickered, "For actually singing it in the voice, just take it! ...But not the Tartar Sauce. I have that in reserve for another cosplayer."
"Its fine. Hey, you should go to one of my confidence seminar! My treat and I'll teach you the inner workings of business," Iron bragged.
"Oh... um... I'm sorry, but I think you need to cancel that seminar... Mini Minotaur..."
The room began to fall into darkness before Iron could question the merchant, he fell through the ground I fell on!
"Nighty night~..."