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// Chapter 3: Weekend Hangout 
// Story: Friendship 101 
// by BrawnyBold 
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	Twilight continued to give lessons of friendship to her students until it was the end of the first week. The students were allowed to have the weekends and holidays of like any other teacher would do. When Saturday came around, every pony from the class enjoyed their day-offs from lessons. Comfort Cub was relaxing with a warm drink at Ponyville's local cafe where he usually goes from time to time. He let it all soak in as he watched the view of his peaceful town. 
Comfort was interrupted when he heard a mare's voice. "Hey, Comfort Cub!" 
He turned and saw Fireworks sitting in another table near the cafe. It felt weird for Comfort to see one of his classmates in the same public place since he had no idea what the others do in their spare time. Fireworks walked up to Comfort's table and sat beside him. 
"Good to see you!" Fireworks said with her usual grin. "I didn't know you would be here?!" 
"Yeah," Comfort awkwardly replied. "I sometimes go here to hang out."
"Me too!" Fireworks said. "Hey! Do you want to try the key-lime pie here? It's really good!"
At first, Comfort would deny this kind of request, but he thought Fireworks wasn't that bad despite being loud and cheerful. "Okay," Comfort nodded.
Fireworks called the waiter over to ask for another key-lime pie. Once it arrived, Comfort took a small bite from the pie and he thought it was delicious.
"This is good!" Comfort admitted.
"See! Didn't I tell you?" Fireworks claimed. "So, do you want to visit Guide Light's house?"
"You know where she lives?" Comfort asked with curiosity. 
"Of course, her mom and I enjoy spending time together." Fireworks explained. 
Comfort thought it would be a good idea to hang out since Princess Twilight wanted the students to make friends with each other. " Alright," Comfort answered. 
Both of the friends paid the bill and made their way towards Guide Light's house. When they made it to the door, Fireworks knocked on the door and an older mare answered it. The mare had a tan coat and light brown eyes that were similar to Guide's except for the blonde manes and a feather duster for a cutie mark. 
"Fireworks! It's so good to see you!" The mare said. 
"Good to see you too, Feathers." Fireworks cheerfully replied. She pointed to Comfort, "This is Comfort Cub, he's also a student of Princess Twilight!"
"Well, it's so nice to meet you Comfort," The mare shook Comfort hoof, "My name is Feather Dust and I'm Guide's mother. It's so nice to have one of Guide's friends to come and visit."
"The pleasure is mine," Comfort responded.
The three of them entered the house and sat inside the living room.
"Where is Guide Light?" Comfort asked Feather Dust.
"Oh, she is sleeping-in from late night studying." Feather Dust replied.
"Does she always do that?" Comfort asked another question.
"She always studies until bedtime, but she does study very late since she doesn't have lessons on the weekends." Feather Dust brought some drinks.
"Do you think we can ask if she wants to hang out?" Fireworks asked.
"Sure sure, allow me!" Feather Dust made her way upstairs with Comfort and Fireworks from behind. 
Feather Dust slowly opened Guide's door wide enough for all three of the ponies to come in. The only thing that Comfort can hear in the room was loud snoring coming from the bed. He looked around the room, realizing that the snoring wasn't the only weird thing in the room. All of the walls had posters of famous unicorns, but most of these posters had Princess Twilight on them. Guide's shelf was filled with spell books and scrolls that were filling up the spaces. There was a large, wooden desk that had nothing but notes and books piling on top. What caught Comfort's attention the most were the Princess Twilight figurines that were displayed on the window, each figure had a different pose.
Feather Dust started waking up Guide. "Guide," Feather Dust whispered. "some of your friends came to hang out."
Guide's eyes slowly opened to view her mom. Guide looked and saw Fireworks and Comfort waving at her. Next thing they knew, her classmates were running from the room while avoiding the flying books and figurines aiming at them. 
After a large argument between mother and daughter, Guide, wearing her saddle bag full of books, followed Fireworks and Comfort down the streets of Ponyville. 
"Do you have any idea how embarrassing it was to enter some pony's room while they were asleep?" Guide growled.
"I thought friends could do that as long as they respect each other's privacy?" Fireworks pleaded.
"Whatever," Guide grumbled.
Comfort walked beside Guide and said, "I don't think your room is weird, I have some stuff animals in my room."
Guide felt a little better from hearing that she wasn't the only pony with a skeleton in her closet.
"Here we are!" Fireworks pointed to their destination, which was the local arcade in Ponyville. Both Comfort and Guide were curious about the reason why their cheerleader friend brought them here.
"Exactly why are we at the arcade?" Guide asked.
"I thought this would be a good start since we haven't got to know each other." said Fireworks as they walked inside.
"To me, arcades are nothing but ways to waste bits from fillies and colts to do nothing but press buttons." Guide shared her opinion.
"But it's so fun!" Fireworks whined.
Guide was about to say no again until she saw the puppy pouted faced Fireworks. Guide sighed, "Fine,"
Fireworks squealed with joy and gave each of her friends a bag of bits. "Let's go!" she pushed Comfort and Guide deeper into the arcade. 
Comfort was searching for a game that matched his idea of fun. The closet thing he could find was a retro game machine that had pictures of 8-bit aliens attacking Earth. The controls were a simple joystick and button, on the front of the machine had large, green letters saying: Invasion Day. Comfort placed one bit inside the slot and gave the game a try. After ten seconds later, he lost all three lives and the screen displayed Game Over. Comfort was about to leave until he heard Guide's voice.
"Want to see how it's done?" Guide said as she slowly walked toward the game and inserted a bit. Comfort was amazed that after ten seconds, Guide was able to continue with all of her lives still in play. She kept her spaceship from getting blasted while shooting the aliens. 
"Wow! You're doing great!" Comfort cheered.
"Thanks," Guide said with pride while beating the high score. Somehow, Guide was able to pass every level in the game with top scores.
"You were amazing!" Comfort praised Guide as they were walking. 
"No biggy," she said with an increased ego. "I was able to see the aliens in a fast pace. That what happens when you study at that speed."
"I could use a tutor like that," Comfort admitted, "want to give me some pointers?"
Guide was stunned that some pony wants help from her. Her old classmates wouldn't because she was difficult to keep up with. Comfort seem to be a nice pony who needed her help when it comes to knowledge. "A-Alright," Guide nervously answered.
Several ponies ran past Guide and Comfort towards a large crowd. Both of them made their way towards the crowd what's happening. At the center was a large dance machine with the sign saying: Hoof Hoof Revolution. The pony playing on the dance floor was none other than Fireworks. She hit every dance move correctly as the song was playing. The screen showed that Fireworks was making top scores from each move. "Oh hey guys!" Fireworks said still dancing in the game.
"How are you winning this game?" Guide asked with surprise.
"When you're a cheerleader like me, you got to have an active body." Fireworks explained. 
She quickly grabbed Comfort's hoof and tried to pull him in. "Come on, Comfort! Join me!" Fireworks pleaded with excitement. 
"I don't know if I - Whoa!" Comfort screamed being pulled on to the dance floor.
Both Fireworks and Comfort started dancing with the music. Even though Comfort felt really unsafe, he also felt excited at the same time. The song finished and every pony in the background cheered for the dance partners. Fireworks and Comfort bowed and made their way towards Guide.
"You guys were spectacular!" Guide clapped her hooves.
"Thanks," Comfort blushed. Soon, the three friends exited the arcade and it was starting to become evening. They gave each other their good-byes and went home. As each of the friends walked away, they had some thoughts about what happened today. 
'Man, guess those two weren't so bad after all. Guide said in her mind.
'I really hope we get to spend some more time together! Fireworks cheered in her mind
'I haven't felt that good in a long time. Comfort thought as he continued to his house.
All three of the ponies experienced a great memory that could lead to a new friendship.