Chapter 7
They waited until Downy had awoken before continuing, and at this point Princess Twilight started to tell the tale. Yet, she did not tell them about what actual species they were supposed to be. She knew the story itself would be quite a bit to drink in. After telling the tale, she then went on to deal with them directly and said, “And so, because they feared something might happen to you two, that he just might come back, they put you into this world to keep you safe. However, fate can be nasty, and they died before they could come for you.”
Quill was stunned, overwhelmed by the amount of data they were both getting, but once the twins started to wrap their heads around it, Downy started to cry, knowing now that that their parents they thought were alive and coming for them, but now knew were dead, and they never had a chance to be with them. Quill grew angry and said, “They abandoned us. They panicked and abandoned us!”
Princess Twilight and Sunset both realized they had accepted the tale as fact because, as they were telling them about this, and the magic they both held, as well as its random nature of popping up, and its growing in them, they showed them the video Sunset had made while they were playing “Across the Universe.” Therefore, they could not deny there had to be some truth to it. Yet, both reacted as some might, one with sorrow, and one with anger over the situation that caused them to be where they were. Quill was lost, muttering, “They…they didn’t even give it a chance. They just panicked and ditched us!”
“No,” pleaded Princess Twilight, “They loved you.”
“That’s love?” protested Quill, “We needed them! The Hell we’ve been through…”
“Hey, stop thinkin’ like that!” snapped Applejack, “I know what it’s like not t’have my folks, ya know! In fact, I knew, and THEN I lost ‘em. I know they loved Mac and me, an’ I know they woulda given their own hearts from their chests if they knew we was dyin’ and needed one.”
Quill calmed, knowing he was being insensitive to the others at that point, and then said, “But, we needed them.”
Fluttershy thought about it, and she said, “Your mother was like a mother bear. If her cub even skipped one heartbeat because of another, she would do anything to protect it.”
Playing off that, (and glad for Fluttershy’s compassion,) Princess Twilight added, “They wanted to be sure you were so far out of harm’s way that they put you somewhere where you had a fighting chance. If Ponaeros came back, it would have been guaranteed death; knowing your potential, you would have been the first ones to die. Besides, considering the nature of the accident that took your father, you would have gone with him. When that landslide struck, he barely had a chance to push your mother out of the way, and even then, she got partially caught in it. You would be dead anyway, so they actually saved your lives in more ways than they could have imagined.”
They calmed, and Quill then said, “Okay, I can’t deny what I’ve seen. I see what’s happening and I get it. But, there’s two things I want to know: are you saying we need to go back with you,(pointing to princess Twilight,) and, what’s with the odd ears springing up on everyone, the long hair…” to which he muttered, “including the odd Paul Revere look on me…ugh…anyway, and some of you sprouting wings.”
All the girls winced at that, because, now, the ultimate truth about the whole situation was now surfacing, and now they had to lower the big one on them. Princess Twilight started by saying, “You see the two of us here, (referring to Earth Twilight,) so, in my world, there are doubles for everyone here, except for Sunset Shimmer.”
“Wait, she’s from your word?” asked Downy.
“Yes,” answered Sunset, “And my double is on the other side of the continent, so there won’t be an issue there.”
Earth Twilight cut in and said, “But you have doubles here as well, and they are far from here as well, so no worries there.”
Princess Twilight took up for her as if finishing her own thought and said, “But their doubles have a certain magic that surrounds them and me: the magic of friendship. In my world, I am the princess of friendship, and their doubles are my royal court. Because I came here, I made a connection between the two worlds, and now the magic is a part of them, though they can’t use it as we.”
They looked on for a few moments, and said, “Meaning…”
“Meaning that, because you have that nature of magic in you, and you made friends with us,” continued Sunset, “It awoke in you.”
“However,” interjected Princess Twilight, “In my world, the factors that connect them with their doubles here are such that they have control over it, being exposed to it and taught to control it, so they are under control here.”
Earth Twilight followed the logic and added, “That means that you haven’t learned how to control it, and as a result… Well, I just wonder how your doubles are being affected right now. So, in short, there are lives at stake here.”
“It’s been growing more and more in you two,” added Princess Twilight, (the pair having trouble tracking the two, speaking as one entity from two different locations,) “And if you don’t come back with me and learn how to control it, you will eventually endanger everypo…um…everybody around you, as well as your doubles. If you control it, they’ll just wonder why things happen to them like to our friends here whenever they play.”
“Hold on,” cut in Quill, “Everypo… You stopped yourself. What did you mean by that?”
After a heavy sigh, she said, “That’s the answer to the other question.”
The silence at that point was such that a centipede walking by at that point would have sounded like the First Marine Division marching by. Finally, Princess Twilight said, “You two are like me and Sunset in my world, and that is not human.”
More silent stares followed. It was as if their eyes were saying, “Well, go on…” now just stunned at anything they were being told, and just taking it like a boxer who was just standing there letting his opponent wail away on him. Earth Twilight then said, “From what I understand, you are of an equine variety.”
Again, silence, followed by Quill saying, “Meaning?”
“You two are actually ponies by birth,” said Sunset, “Just like me, and moreover, unicorns.”
They were statues now, and now showing actual signs of shock. They turned pale and their eyes went glassy. Downy was leaning her weight onto Quill, who was now starting to keel over. “Oh no, they’re in shock!” shouted Fluttershy, and she moved quickly to steady Quill, and both Twilights said at the same time, “Get some blankets, fast!”
Rainbow Dash didn’t need to be told twice. Like a shot, she was at the house, tore past Big Macintosh, up the stairs, almost tripping over Apple Bloom in the process. She said, “Hey, whatcha goin’ on about?” but was cut off by Dash who said, “Get me every blanket you can grab, fast!”
“Why”, she began to protest, having been pulled out of sleep, but Dash shoved her back towards her room, saying, “No time for questions; just get the blankets!”
Becoming more awake, she ran in and grabbed the one off her bed and a few that was in her closet as Dash came back from AJ’s room with a few and she hurried Apple Bloom along, saying, “We have to get to the barn! Downy and Quill have gone into shock!”
Now Apple Bloom really got moving, and they were back at the barn in a flash.
At the barn, she took the blankets from Apple Bloom and said, “Got it from here.”
“But I wanna help,” she protested, but Dash, not sure just how much she might have been aware of and not certain how she would react to two Twilights in the barn, said, “It’s okay. It’s a grown-up thing. You wouldn’t understand.”
Apple Bloom got all pouty and just stood there with her arms crossed. Dash sighed and said, “Look, you’ve been a big help already. I’ll make it up to you, okay?”
“There’d better be some ice cream or sumpthin’ in it!” she said, still pouty, stomping back to the house, steam coming out of her ears, once again excluded from something because she was “too little.” She just muttered, “One ah these days, I’ll be all big, and y’all won’t push me around…” as she normally reacted in things like this. Dash sighed and went in, the others already having grabbed the blankets and wrapped the twins in them, laying them on some haystacks put together as ersatz beds for the pair. Before long, color was returning to their faces, Rarity and Fluttershy dabbing their foreheads with damp cloths. As they came to, they saw Rarity’s and Fluttershy’s kind faces, and Fluttershy said, “You’re going to be alright.”
Princess Twilight was sitting close to them as she said, “I am so sorry to give you so much at once. But, I am not sure how this could have been told to you any easier.”
She wanted to say more, but Earth Twilight said, “Let’s wait until they’ve had some rest. We can deal with it then. Let’s get everyone to bed, and we’ll go get some breakfast tomorrow.”
The pair just nodded, just accepting whatever they heard at this point, and moving like two people, going off to face their execution.
Once they were bedded down, the others went back to dismantle the abruptly ended party, but both Twilights and Sunset took a stroll through the orchards, talking. “I can’t say that went well,” Sunset started off saying.
“I don’t know how much better it could have gone,” said Earth Twilight, “It was shocking enough to me to find out about your world, magic, all my theories coming true in very ugly ways.”
“Well, it’s a start,” answered Princess Twilight, “In any case, we’ll have to tell them about our world, what they are, and convince them that they have to come back with us. I’m not sure we quite accomplished this.”
“And, I am not quite convinced they would want to,” added Sunset, “I mean, we explained the dangers, but I am not sure if it quite made any sense to them. Besides, won’t they be missed?”
“Leave that to me,” said Earth Twilight, “My acquaintances on the Deep Web can help me. I know a few who can actually hack into the proper data bases and remove any trace that they ever existed here, and not disrupt their doubles here.”
“Just who DO you know?” asked Sunset, realizing that these had to be some really sleazy people she spoke to.
“Look, you can trust me,” said Earth Twilight, “When I was researching Canterlot High, I had to really do some digging, and it was the only way to get some answers without being shut out like I was some crackpot. I don’t do any of the things they do, but at the same time, I did them some favors with some legal data they needed for their research projects, and they owe me. You don’t want to know why, but it’s not anything criminal; trust me on that one. They just happen to know how to do what I need them to do to get them removed from the record. People will remember them, but they won’t be able to trace them, or even find out they even existed. The foster system may look for them, but they’ll be looked at as crazy when there are not even any Social Security numbers on them.”
Sunset looked at her with some surprised, looking like she wanted to say something, but Earth Twilight just said, “Don’t ask. You don’t want to know.”
“What happens you get them back?” Sunset said, changing the subject. Princess Twilight then said, “When WE get them back.”
“Wait, whoa,” said Sunset, stopping abruptly, “What you mean ‘WE’ Kimosabe?”
Princess Twilight looked at her oddly, not knowing the “kimosabe’ reference, but she then said, “They’ll need someone they already know, they already trust, whose been on both sides of the coin.”
“Um…” Sunset said, resuming their walk, “I have this little problem? I was banished from Canterlot Castle?”
“Canterlot High is a castle in your world?” asked Earth Twilight, to which Sunset said, “I’ll explain later.”
Princess Twilight then said, “Remember what I told you in the journal? Princess Celestia said she missed you, and she was real proud you had changed your ways.”
“So?” asked Sunset, while Earth Twilight said, “Princess Celestia? Oh, that’s right, you did tell me about that. Wait, she’s a principal there as well.”
“Partly,” said Princess Twilight, “Well, she was my personal teacher in the school for gifted unicorns…”
“We’re getting off subject,” groaned Sunset, knowing that two intellects such as that could go on forever, rabbit trailing here and there as they went, and worse when it was your double, to which she added, “This adds a whole new twist to talking to one’s self! Geesh!”
Princess Twilight then said, “Okay, look… Celestia and I talked about it before I came here, and she said that, if you come with me and help the twins until they can get on their feet, she’d forgive everything and let you back whenever you wish, even to stay back in your home world if you want.”
Now Sunset’s eyes went wide. “You mean,” she sputtered, “I…I get a chance at redemption?”
“I think that’s already happened somewhat,” answered Twilight, “But I think she wants to see it for herself.”
They walked a little more in silence, and then Sunset, getting things back in order, said, “Okay, but how do we get them to come over.”
“We’ll have to sleep on it,” answered Princess Twilight, “We’ll just have to play it by ear.”
They nodded and headed back to the house, having a bit of trepidation about what the next day would bring.
After a good night’s rest, all the girls went out to breakfast, but Apple Bloom was all upset, pointing at Dash and saying, “But she owes me!”
“Come on, li’ll sis,” groaned AJ, “We have some…big girl stuff t’talk about.”
“Ugh, big girl this, big girl that!” groaned Apple Bloom, “Whatcha all talkin’ ‘bout y’all think I wouldn’t understand?”
At this, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were at the door, saying, “Hey, it’s Saturday! Time for some fun.”
Apple Bloom pointed at the girls, saying, “They is all goin’ out fer breakfast, but they won’t let us come!”
“Oh really,” said Sweetie Belle, “Well, I think I know how to solve that.”
Rarity looked at Sweetie Belle oddly and said, “Now, just how do you plan on solving that?”
“Weeeeel,” said Sweetie Belle, a sly look on her face, “There is the matter of how you spilled that coffee on mom’s favorite evening gown when you were trying to alter it for her, and had to sew her a brand new one without her noticing…”
“You wouldn’t DARE say something about that!” snapped Rarity as more of a command than a plea.
“I won’t say I will and I won’t say I won’t,” answered a now smug Sweetie Belle, “But I just might forget a bit easier if we all get to spend some time with you.”
The girls groaned, knowing they had a problem, but AJ then said, “Look, if we buy y’all breakfast, and y’all sit at another table, would y’all behave yerselves and let us talk?”
The three all huddled up, muttered back and forth, and then said altogether, “Deal!”
The others sighed as the three said, “Cutie Girl Crusaders Breakfast…YEA!” to which Sweetie Belle added, “Blackmail is so much fun!” to which Rarity just rolled her eyes. However, the three became shocked, when, out of the barn came Twilight…a second Twilight! Quickly, Earth Twilight said, “Uh…this is my cousin…Dawn,” sweating a bit over the sudden emergence of her double. Princess Twilight then said, “Um…yeah…just in town for today…” but the three looked at her, going with it, but not sure if everything was quite alright, as Scootaloo added, “Boy, you girls are acting all sketchy.”
Once at the restaurant, the three tag-alongs were at their own table, though they didn’t like being put across the room, and they ordered breakfast. However, Downy and Quill really didn’t look all that interested. Sunset then said, “Look, you two have to eat. We’ll treat, okay? You gave us a good scare last night, and we know you have to be hungry.”
They still stayed quiet, and they all looked at Fluttershy, knowing she had her ways with things like this, but she blushed and looked reluctant to say anything, not sure if she could say anything. Finally, she worked up the courage to say, “You know, even if you are what you are, you’re still my friend.”
They said nothing, and Fluttershy squealed a bit, not sure if she said something wrong. She tried again and said, “I think it’s neat you can do all that. I think it’s what makes you special.”
They looked at her with a touch of curiosity, not stopping to look at it like that. AJ saw something in that, picked up on it, and said, “Sure it does. Ah mean, y’all shouldn’t think y’all are outta place or sumpthin’.”
“Yeah!” added Dash, “It’s not like we think you’re freaks or something.”
There were face palms all around while Dash said, “What?” and the faces that started to brighten then dimmed again, but Sunset was not willing to let this get in the way. She stepped in and said, “That’s it, isn’t it? You’ve felt like outsiders for so long that you don’t know if you can ever fit into this world, and now you feel like that even more. Am I right?”
Quill was holding it back, but Downy was clearly weeping. Sunset then said, “Thought so. Look, it’s okay. You are not freaks. You are not bad. I know you’ve been made to feel like that, but you don’t have to; we like you. And I? Well, I actually can relate to you. I…”
She sighed, but she knew it would help them see things better, and she said, “I know what it’s like to be separated.”
She then began to tell her story, letting them know of the mistakes she had made, and how she learned from them. Yet, she also added, “Yet, for a long time, I still felt like the outsider, and worse, I deserved some of the shunning I got after the things I did in this world and the other. But you know, because of these friends, it doesn’t matter what happened now. It’s all behind me. It doesn’t matter what others thing of you as long as you have good friends.”
“Yeah,” piped Pinkie, “And one good friend makes up for a bunch of grumpy bunnies! And, you have more than one, you have a bunch, and that makes up for buckets loads of grumpy bunnies…wait, do they group bunnies in buckets? Would it be bushels?”
As she pondered, it went silent, and everyone just busted a gut, and even the twins couldn’t help but crack a smile. Sunset then said, “You see? What does it matter that you’re different? I think what makes you different makes you special, and if people can’t see that, then you shouldn’t miss friends you never had.”
“GROUP HUG!” shouted Pinkie, as she started cramming everyone together, just as the waitress came up and saw it, who just gave them an odd look, to which everyone bust out a gut even louder.
As they ate, Princess Twilight still cringed in watching them eat meat, knowing that, in her world, some of the creatures the humans ate she would have had a conversation with in her world! She just kept very focused on the pancakes and English muffins before her. However, once it seemed everyone was near done, and the banter was done, Princess Twilight then said, “Well, I guess you can get things together for yourselves and get ready to come with us.”
“Come where?” questioned Quill, stuffing the last of his French toast into his mouth, not even looking at her. Princess Twilight laughed and said, “To Equestria, silly; your proper home.”
“Not happening,” he added, quaffing the last of the coffee, and quite matter-of-fact about his statements. Downy, however, looked confused. “But, Quill, you heard what she said.”
“We’ve only known what it is to be human all our lives,” answered Quill, “How would we adjust?”
Now everyone was confused as they listened, and he looked at them saying, “Look: if what you say is true, and we are not even human, and we’ll transform into what you say we should be, we’d have to get used to a new way of moving, a way of life completely foreign to our own, a whole new diet, not to mention making all new friends and uprooting again. It won’t work.”
“But…but what about what Princess Twilight said?” sputtered a confused Sunset, “What about the danger.”
“Yes, Quill,” added Downy, “She says we have a magic in us we cannot control.”
“And we’ll control it there?” he asked in return.”
“We’ll have ways to contain it,” answered Princess Twilight, “We can teach you.”
Quill looked down, curled his lips briefly, and looked firmly at Princess Twilight, saying, “We’ve only a couple years left of school. After that, we’ll be out of the foster system, and we can go to college and get our music degrees, and have some stability for once in our lives. Can you not understand all we’ve been trying to tell you? We…want…some…peace!”
Princess Twilight knew he was starting to become angry, and all this could go south real fast of some damage control was not done. She said, “Okay, I get it. No one can make you go anywhere you don’t want to go. But… But at least come back with me for a short time, just long enough to learn to control it, and then you can do what you want. You can come back here and not have any issues.”
She was gambling on this to turn the tide, that maybe, just maybe, if they enjoyed Equestria, they just might change their minds and stay, though Downy seemed ready to go. Indeed, they seemed equal partners in things, but it also seemed he was the one who made the decisions, since things appeared that he did all to protect his sister, and therefore just assumed the leadership role. Downy started to say, “Well, that does seem sensible…” but he cut her off and said, “No! I’m sorry, Sissy, but even you’ve wanted this all our lives. Do you really want to shake up things again?”
“Well, no, but…” she tried to protest, but Quill then answered, “Then we are not going. We’ll just have to figure out how to control it here.”
“I don’t even think that’s possible,” responded Sunset, “We can’t even control the little that comes through when the conditions are right.”
“You don’t know because I don’t think you’ve ever tried,” answered Quill, logically. Sunset looked like she was going to make major protest, but Princess Twilight shook her head, signaling for Sunset to drop it, and she said, “You’re right, no one has tried from this end. As determined as you are, you just might figure out a way. But, you need to know the gamble you take, and just what you might be throwing away. You gamble on failing to control it, negatively affecting the human counterparts here. You risk hurting others by creating such a manifestation of Equestrian magic though your music you have seen yourself do that could fry the brains of everyone in the city. You also could deprive Equestria of the protection of the danger your own mother warned of, feared, and even our history says is possible to come back, however slim the odds might be. Think long and hard about the choice you look to make now. If it gets out of control, not even I or any of the princesses could come over and stop it, considering that even our willful use of magic will be neutralized.”
“And, it would be very selfish!” came protest from Rarity. This took everyone by surprise, “Right now, all you care about is your stability and future, and you don’t care about what that choice might bring! How could you! This goes against everything you claim to stand for. I think there’s a word for it.”
“Ah think it’s ‘hypocrite’,” muttered AJ, “And ah thought better of ya, Quill.”
He started to seeth, hit the table, and then marched out of the restaurant, waiting outside. Downy looked at them with an apologetic look on her face and went out to talk to him. Dash was now a bit cross and said, “And I thought he was a cool guy.”
“Oh, please don’t be too hard on him,” answered Fluttershy, “He’s really confused right now. I mean, if I was in his position, and I heard all that stuff all at once, I’m not sure I’d know what to do myself.”
Once again, Fluttershy had a way of calming a situation and being quietly sensible, and they realized they were getting mad at nothing. AJ then said, “Then it seems t’me that he’s gonna halfta have sumpthin’ happen to help him think more clearly.”
“What’s that?” asked Rarity.
“Experience,” said AJ, “Sometimes fallin’ on yer face is the best teacher anyone ever got. We’ll just have to keep an eye on them.”
However, outside, there was a heated conversation going on, with wild gestures and pointing inside at the girls, ending with Quill just clutching his head, in tears, and running down the street, leaving Downy with her head down, not knowing what to do. The others were speechless now, and about that time, the waitress brought the charge, and they all cringed. It seemed the three girls ordered a huge breakfast, and the bill they would have to pay was going to take away the rest of the money they would have for the next two weeks! They just groaned, knowing that this was not what you would have called a banner day!
After scraping it together to pay the bill, (and not leave an insulting tip behind,) they went outside to a said Downy, who started to apologize, saying, “I am sorry for his attitude right now. He’s a bit of an introvert, and when it seems everything has gone out of his control, he loses it. He’s just gone to be alone for a while. He’ll have time to think and recharge his batteries. Maybe he’ll be more reasonable then. There’s been too much interaction for him right now, and this didn’t help.”
“Then, it seems like you want to go,” said Princess Twilight.
“Yes, I do,” was her frank answer, “I know now why we love music so much. It’s in our blood. We love music above anything else, and we want to perform for everyone. Sure, we could be famous music stars, or even good teachers, but it would be for the love of music that we do what we do. If we get a good life out of it, then that’s just a bonus, as long as we have made people happy. Now, knowing we are predisposed to it makes more sense now why we think the way we do. Music has always been our refuge against a harsh world. Whenever a foster home that took us in had been harsh to us, or things happen in school, or things happen at the home, we would console ourselves with music. In fact, because we were ostracized so much, entertaining ourselves with music was our escape. You have no idea how many hours we have spent coaching each other, honing our harmonies, timing, even getting forehead to forehead, nose to nose, looking at each other’s mouths as we formed words, honing our skills and our craft. But, in this world, it meant nothing to others the happiness we’ve always tried to give happiness to. But, I don’t care what I have to become; Miss Sparkle…”
“Twilight,” interrupted Princess Twilight, “It’s okay among friends. Just remember etiquette in certain crowds, well, that is, if you do eventually come to Equestria.”
Downy nodded and said, “Yes, well, as I said, I don’t care what I have to become; your world would allow us to do that in ways we can only imagine, and we would have peace. We’d have a world where we are wanted, and we would have a truly fresh start. I mean, it would be like this life was just a bad dream, and our real lives will start over there. In fact, that is what I was trying to tell Quill just now, and he got all confused. But he’ll be okay. He’s just gone to the park to think. Give me time, and I think I can bring him around.”
She seemed finished, but pondered, and then said, “In reality, he’s very scared right now. He wants some sense of control in his life, and if he could just see he would get it over where you are, Twilight, he’d change his mind.”
“So, you’re saying you hate the human world,” asked Dash.
“Oh no,” she said, “It’s not that. I don’t hate this world, because to say that, that means I have to hate people, and I don’t hate people. I love everyone, though they may not be nice to me. But, to be able to start over again and know that, this time, it’s not going to get taken from us…”
She left the sentence dangling, because she knew that they could fill in the blanks. Princess Twilight said, “Okay, then this is what we can do: girls, stay close to him and make sure that, if it is going to get out of control, you cut in and stop them, and calm the situation down. Sunset, keep me abreast of what’s happening here, and I’ll go back and discuss this with Celestia and Luna. We’ll figure out what to do if some kind of disaster is imminent. If they do come over, we’ll talk about containment spells until they are ready to learn basic magic. It’s not over yet.”
They all nodded and hugged, saying, “We’ll don’t stay away too long,” and she said, “What do you mean? I’m standing right there.”
She pointed at Earth Twilight with a big grin, and Earth Twilight just grinned in return and blushed as Princess Twilight, “I think you might see me again sooner though. But, remember, Sunset can always keep you in touch with me through the book. Take care, all, and keep a close eye on the twins.”
They all hugged, and Sunset escorted Princess Twilight back to the portal while the rest followed Downy to the park.
Once there, Quill was sitting quietly on a park bench, hands in the pockets of the jacket Rarity had made for him, as well as the calf length moccasins he was now wearing more and more, liking the image, but just staring at the water and the ducks as they swam by. Downy was wearing one of the country girl dresses Rarity had also made and she stood in the center of the others, and she motioned for them to stop there. She then walked up, sat beside Quill, and there they sat for few minutes, quiet and peaceful. She then inched closer and leaned over, her head on his shoulder, at which he, without looking up, hooked his arm around her shoulder. The girls thought they were absolutely adorable at that moment, and both Rarity and AJ thought about just how close they were to their own sisters, but hoping the bonds of love between them were just as close. Finally, Quill said, “Sissy, do you really think it would be better for us?”
“What do we have here?” she asked quietly in return.
After another minute, he said, “Can we at least give it a try here? If it doesn’t work, we’ll go.”
She got a giddy, little girl grin, complete with finger in mouth, and then pounced on him, planting a kiss on his cheek, saying, “Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou!”
He laughed and said, “Alright, alright! People are going to think weird stuff!”
“Oh really!” she said all sly, and then put him into a wrestling lock, pulled him off the bench, and flipped him over, saying, “Oh, it’s so on!”
With that, he countered and took him down, and they rolled around a bit, laughing all the way, with her finally pinning him to the ground, saying, “And you STILL can’t beat me!”
He groaned, but they both got up, and the girls knew it was going to be alright. Somehow, they knew Downy would get him seeing straight.