//------------------------------// // Chapter 42 - Enjoying the fair. // Story: The normal life of Nitpick Bittersweet // by Ryusun //------------------------------// There was an unusually large group of people in the Town’s Hall Park. That’s because the annual fair of the Apple family was taking place in this fresh Saturday. I have never assisted to this fair in my life. I enjoyed the solitude of my room in my younger days and I used to hate crowded places. I managed to overcome such problem but I didn’t imagine that my first time here would be working as a slave for the Apple family. And you want to know the worst part? Do you want to know the worst part? I’M FUCKING WORKING MY ASS FOR FREE! You could SAY that the clothes that Rarity made for me would be a suitable payment, but I would rather have the money instead. The expansion pack for Demon’s Dogma: The Elder Lords will officially be released in the last week of November and all of my friends and I started to grind for materials to make the best stuff and complete the last raid we haven’t been able to complete… but we need a Shadow Mage! We also need a Paladin, but thankfully Lightbulb still has the game and will join us in the struggle in a few weeks after he meets the gang! But I’m getting off the topic! Working here is busy work! No wonder nobody signed to take the part time job here! The Apples are… brutal during work. “At least they gave me free lunch…” I said somewhat defeated. I took out the apple pie from the paper bag and feasted on it. Although I would normally eat a more simple meal, today I can say no to this! Gily may be right… I’m losing weight and I need to eat more. She texted me that she will come to the fair with her Grandfather at four o’clock and spend some time with me. I wish the rest of the gang came as well but they have busier lives than ours. I checked my watch for the hour and I noticed that I need to survive near three hours more until she arrives. “Good day, my fellow Cousin! I want something to eat! What can you offer me, today?” “We have-“ “BLESSED LAND SAKES!” Interrupted Applebloom in excitement. “It’s cousin Braeburn!” “MY NIECE!” “It’s my beautiful niece, Braeburn!” “When did you arrive!?” Some members of the Apple family walked straight to the new guy with immense happiness! He had a sheriff like attire with one of the best good-looking shotgun chaps I have ever seen in my life! He was tall, almost as tall as Big Mac! A bit smaller in build than him but you could clearly see he was really fit and his gold-like brown hair was a bit shaded by the hat he was wearing. This guy… it’s the real deal. “Cousin! Why didn’t you tell us that you would come today?” Said an energetic Applebloom. “We’ll prepare you a bed when we get home!” “Don’ need to worry, my little sweet pie! I already have a reservation in da’ fancy hotel near da’ farm! I just came here to say hello to da’ family from all Appleloosa! Maybe play a game or two in this fair you prepared!” “Of course!” Said Applejack in agreement. “We’re having tons of events today! Maybe we could put you against the winner of one of those and he or she could receive extra prizes!” “Yippee! That sounds like a plan! But for now, I’m hungry! Where I can get something to eat!?” “I’ll take you to the nearest family restaurant of the town!” Said Applebloom. “Big Mac, Nitpick, please take care of the apple pies while we take cousin to have something to eat!” “Eeyup!” “Yeah, don’t worry.” Fucking great… Boringness came upon us once more when they left the place but Big Mac was there, quietly sitting behind the stand. He was ready to serve and sell to new customers the last five apple pies of the second batch. Silent as a tree on a mountain, Big Mac was patiently waiting for something to happen. He was one of the few Apple members to keep his costume. Applejack didn’t change hers either and I wish she had… The complete set of clothes that Rarity gave me in the morning was eerie similar in design than the one worn by Applejack. The big differences were that my coat was a bit longer, the jeans were, uh, manly and the boots were obviously designed for a man to wear; shorter, compact, undeniably cool and part of it hidden under the jeans. The hat was the same Stetson design like hers. Only, uhm, manly! Damn it, I suck at describing expensive clothes… Even worse, lots of people were giving me the faces when I’m selling them the pies! What’s wrong with this town? I haven’t done anything to them! “Big Mac! I knew you would be around here! Can you sell me one of those, please?” “Eeyup!” Said a cheerful Big Mac. This was the event that he was patiently waiting for! Miss Cheerilee was dressed cute today. I wonder if they will flatter each other. McIntosh meticulously wrapped the pie inside a paper bag and carefully gave it to her. The Miss paid him the money for her treat while graciously giving him a breathtaking smile… at least for him. “You look nice on that outfit, Big Mac!” “Uhm, thanks!” Oh no! I know that kind of face! Big Mac, don't be quiet now! Praise her too or you’ll lose your chance! “Well… I’m going to look around and see what else I can buy to eat“ “Ahm, Cheerilee?” “…Yes?” “…Would you like me to show you around when my cousins come to run the place for me?” “I would be delighted, Big Mac! Call me when you are free!” “Eeyup!” YES! If only Flash was here to learn from McIntosh in how to ask a date to the girl of her dreams! Just fucking ask the question when you have her in front of you and move on whatever the outcome is! And if you know that there is no chance like in my case, then don’t bitch with other people about your issues! “Hey! I didn’t know you would be working here in the stands, Nitpick! Can you give us a big apple pie, please?” Speaking of the devil… And he was with his friends too! “It will be six dollars a slice and fifteen for the whole deal!” “Here are the fifteen bucks!” “Here you go and thank you for buying at the Apple Fair Treat services!” Please don’t come back anytime soon. “Hehe! You would be a good seller! See you around, Nitpick!” “See you around… never.” What a drag. This couldn’t get any worse! “Bittersweet?” Kill me already… “I can’t believe you are working in the fair! Oh! You look less average and cooler with that outfit!” “What do you want, Zap? And why are you here!? I thought Ponyville was a lame place for the likes of you!” "Rainbow Dash invited me so I decided to come!" "Shit!" “That’s not the way to treat your customers, bastard!” “Shut up, Dust! I’m talking to the person in front of me, not to the mindless chimpanzee besides her!” “You piece of-“ “Come on, Cous! We came here to have fun, not having fights with losers!” Now this is the Indigo Zap that I remember. Not like the worthless wimp that resembled her from a few weeks ago in the Dick Rider incident. “How much for the pie?” “Fifteen grand for you.” “Here are your fifteen buck and appreciate that I’m paying the full price after insulting my cousin!” Said Zap in her usual tomboyish voice and winking at me. “Come on, Cousin! Trenderhoof and the others are waiting for us in the main plaza!” “WHAT!?” “Oh, yeah! Most of our… well, your old schoolmates are here; Trenderhoof, Suri Polamare, Sour Sweet, Lemon Zest-“ “And Sugarcoat?” Fucking bitch must be with them! “She couldn’t assist! She is busy in cram school back at Crystal Prep! She is a Champion, remember?” “Hmm” As her second in command, you should be studying there as well. “Anyway, I’ll smell you later! Come on, Lighting Dust! I want a bit of those caramels” “Whatever you say, Zap! And you! Don’t come near us, bitch!” “You are the bitch here!” After saying that, she gave me the looks and soon left the scene. Great! Now this fair is more annoying than before. ‘Ehem’ …shit. I forgot that Big Mac was here. “Sorry, Big Mac! I’ll make sure that my personal issues don’t affect business!” He nodded to me like if he understood what happened. “Word of advice?” “Uh… sure, why not?” “A closed mouth gathers no boots.” “… I understand.” And with that, both of us were silent once again. What he said is a great truth to me, but a hard one to fulfill. Sometimes venting your anger is way easier than being silent and that usually brings unnecessary conflicts with other people. We eventually sold the last pies to an old couple who was passing by and waited for his family to arrive with the third batch and finally get out of this pit hole. At two pm with eighteen minutes the shift in personnel arrived and holly molly! Farm girls are… cute. Big Mac went straight were Miss Cheerilee was. I believe she was secretly waiting for him to be free of his work and spend time with him. I’m glad for you, McIntosh. With my new found freedom, I decided to wander around to see what I could find to entertain myself. There were lots of places with typical money wasters to spend time with and one of the stands took my attention. As I approached my site of interest, I saw that it was a gambling game, two dollars each try! I decided to let it pass because I don’t have the humor to lose money in those things. I can’t believe there are people who wages money in stupid games. They end up losing more than they expect. I also noticed that the cousin of the Apples returned from his meal. He looked happy wandering around with Applejack and Applebloom. He was too close to Applejack while he was excitedly talking with her about something and showed her a little box. She made a really surprised face and just helped to hug him and smile. “Bro!” “Beasty!” “Hey there. I didn’t think to find you in this place.” “We had free time so we came to the fair and enjoy it. Looking good, Beasty! Bet Rarity made her magic on you again and… you look tired.” “I have been working for the Apples for free since the event started!” “Why?” “Rarity! Don’t ask…” “Okay! Speaking of her, have you seen her clothing stand? She is selling fabulous dresses and accessories!” “WHAT!? WHERE?” “Right there!” I focused my sight in the direction she pointed out! There she was! Rarity was in an outrageously fashionable stand with tons of carefully arranged pieces of western-like garments. With the exception of Applejack, Twilight and the others were helping her sell the merchandise. And by the looks of it, she was having good business. I got somewhat curious and I got nearby the place. “Oh! Those vests with that jacket would look divine with your current outfits!” Said Rarity with a charming voice to a lovey-dovey couple. “Really!? Well, then we’ll take them!” “Perfect! Now please come quickly to the dressing room to give the final fixes to your new clothes!” “But they look already good like this!” Said the young woman. “No, No, No! They’ll look even better with a final arrangement!” She dragged them to the portable dressing room and with the help of Fluttershy and Pinkamena, she made the corrections at an alarming fast rate. When they were finished, the couple got out of the room and… “This feels comfortable and amazing!” “And now they highlight your eyes, my sweetheart!” “Oh! Cutie Pie! Thanks for everything, miss!” “Anytime!” Said Rarity with an elegant expression. “You got good business today, I see!” I finally said near her. “Darling! It’s simply fabulous! I have sold a lot of clothes and accessories today! Thanks to my advertisement in the fair, this autumn fashion line had a healthy start so far!” “I’m glad you are having fun and all... Can I change back to my usual style?” “What? No! You look divine!” “I don’t care! Why I can’t change my clothes?” “Because Applejack is wearing the same outfit design as you!” “And?” “Well, both of you are the reason my sales are being successful this day!” “What?” She pointed out at one of the entrances of the fair and there was a- “IT’S THAT APPLEJACK AND ME IN AN ADVERTISMENT POSTER!?” “No need to be rude!” Said Rarity while still recovering from my yell. “Besides, it suits you! I was planning to ask Twilight to be in there but I saw real chemistry with both of you so I decided for Applejack instead! Enjoy the fame for once, relax and have fun! Look at how some girls are giving you the looks” Paying attention to my surroundings, some girls were giggling at me with cutie little smiles… praising me. “Ok, I’ll accept that! But why are you fixing clothes to people when clearly they are already finished!?” No kidding, I just touched the fabric of the merchandise she was selling. All the costumes were sewed with such care and quality that I almost felt the necessity to buy one myself! “It’s because I believe in personal quality, darling! They may be done with great materials and not to sound egocentric but I know I made a good job myself! BUT everyone has different sizes! When a customer comes to my boutique, I want their clothes to scream ‘This is the real me!’ and that’s why I brought this mini dressing room with me! Quality and fashion over stream lined atrocities like the ones you were wearing in your first week of classes is what I want to sell!” Bitch. “… I should go!” I said that while turning my back on her and went back to my friends. “Have fuuuuun!” DON’T FUCKING SING! “Let’s go and do something fun, just the three of us together!” Said Dancer while trying to not laugh at me. She probably heard my one-sided exchange with Rarity. “Sounds good but at four o’clock or so, a friend of the academy will come to hang out with me!” “Oh! One of your friends from your old school?” Said Dancer in a happy tone. “Why doesn’t she hang out with us? Any friend of yours is a friend of ours!” “GREAT! But… she has a nasty language like mine. She is from Stalliongrad so don’t expect fancy modals like yours!” “I understand. Just try to shut up a little, okay!?” “Urrrghh!” We spent time together playing some typical fair games like a shooting range gallery and a kind of fishing game. We didn’t win anything but we spent a good time together. Eventually, my favorite guitar power stroke rang from my phone and Gily and her grandfather arrived at the scene. Luckily, I had told Gily long ago about my childhood friends and whenever the chance emerged, I would introduce them to her. She despises surprise introductions! “All right, Gilda, my friends from middle school, Lightbulb and Dancer. Lightbulb and Dancer, my friend from the academy, Gilda! Now, what do you want to do?” “Uh, Beasty? What about the ‘Nice to meet you’ or the appropriate greetings?” “Pff time wasters! Rather go straight to the fun in this pit hole!” Said Gily straightforward. “I like how she expresses my feelings on this kind of things!” “Bulby!” “What?” “Both of you! Behave like proper members of society in front of my friend!” I said in a sarcastic tone. “How dare you to say that to me, Nitpick!” Said a falsely angered Dancer. “Easy, there! You’ll grow some wrinkles!” Said Gily with a relaxed tone. “Hmph!” Good! The first exchange was a success. “Uh, forgive my girlfriend!” Said Lightbulb in a somewhat apologetic and clownish tone. “She hasn’t eaten yet and she is grumpy!” “Then let’s go and buy me something, will you!?” And we started walking and bought some food. Both of them bought some kind of sandwiches and Gily and I enjoyed ourselves with some badass, homemade hamburgers with juice. Gily’s Grandfather went on his separate way… I bet he went straight to the gambling games. We played other boring chores of a games and eventually, Gily and I went back for some beverages. “I can safely say that the guys and I will get along with Lightbulb just fine!” Said Gily while drinking some weird, apple tea. “…the problem is the other girl! What’s her problem? I feel she could be cooler but she is being restricted by something in her attitude! It’s annoying me!” “So you noticed it at first glimpse? Damn it!” “Something happened?” “Only that perhaps my new school is a stressful place like you said…” “Oh, yeah! Speaking of stress! I brought you some vitamins! Take them, now!” “Thanks!” I proceeded to swallow them with a moderate slip of water. “Ah… Hate medicine!” “Vitamins” “It doesn’t matter! Well, how much?” “Uhm… six dollars!” “Here!” “Thanks!” Why did I pay her for the vitamins? Because they are fucking expensive and I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I don’t repay her the money. A topic for another day! “Well, what should we do, now?” “They say that there were going to be some fair games at five! But they haven’t told us what are they going to be or if there will be a kind of prize” “ATTENTION, EVERYBODY!” That voice in the megaphones was from Applejack. She was standing at one of the stages of the fair. “ARE YOU HAVING FUN TODAY?” “YEEEEAAH!” Most of the townsfolk responded in unison. “THEN LET ME TELL YAH THAT THE FUN WILL BE DOUBLED NOW! WE HAVE PREPARED SOME SPECIAL GAMES FOR THE OCASSION! THERE ARE FOUR MAIN COURSES! A RACING COMPETITION! A WESTERN STYLE FIST FIGHTING! A MECHANICAL BULL RESISTANCE SCRAMBLE AND FINALLY, AN EATING COMPETITION!” “OH! No matter the prize, I’ll go straight to the fist fight event!” Said Gily with excitement. “Now this is what I call fun!” “Enjoy yourself! I will watch and cheer for you from a safe distance!” “FIRST PLACES WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF OUR FAMOUS GOLD BRAND APPLE CIDER!” “A FUCKING GOLD BRAND CIDER AS FIRST PLACE!? I’M IN!” “REMEMBER, IN THE END ALL OF US ARE WINNERS!” “Bullshit!” Gily and I said together. “THE SUBSCRIPTION LISTS ARE OVER THERE! HURRY BECAUSE PLACES ARE LIMITED! TEN DOLLARS IS THE DUE FOR ENTERING THE COMPETITIONS!” She ended her speech and without wasting time we went straight to the subscription stand. The line was enormous! “Fucking damn it! Look at the line! We’ll never get a chance to participate in this competition!” “Don’t worry, Nit! We’ll have our chance!” The line got shorter and shorter until finally we were in front of a curious fellow. “Howdy there, City folks! Mah name is Half Baked Apple! Let’s get straight to business! In which event you want to participate!? I’m afraid to say that the race in pairs and the eating competition are full! Only the mechanical bull and the fist fight event are left! You can only choose one!” “I want to subscribe to the fist fight event!” “Señorita! I’m afraid that you can’t subscribe in it!” “WHAT!? WHY NOT!?” Gily yelled to Baked Apple. “Holly Molly! That voice of yours is really strong! It hurt my ears like a hammer hitting my head!” “I’m gonna do more than hurt your ears if you don’t let me subscribe to the fist competition!” “Sorry! No matter how strong you are, it’s tradition to not allow ladies participate in it! We have strong girls in the family that can easily beat a man to a pulp! But our family believes that men must respect women and never put a finger on them! Por favor, entienda! If you wish to test your might, then choose the mechanical bull instead!” “YOU-!” “Gilda!” “Urrrrgggghhh! …fine! The mechanical bull event will do! Better be good… Stupid traditions…” Mumbled Gily on the last part. “I assure you that you won’t be disappointed or I’ll stop calling myself Half Baked Apple! YEE HAW! And you, compadre? What do you want to participate in?” “Forget the mechanical bull, Nit! If strength is the only factor, you won’t last long.” “May I see the list of the fist-fighting competition?” “Want to see who you are against? Well, since you don’t have many choices, here you go!” Mmm let’s see… “Flash Sentry?” I asked to myself. “Trenderhoof is here!? Nit, with competition like this, you can win!” Whispered Gily to me. “That Gold Brand Apple Cider will be mine! This is my event, good fellow!” “Good choice! Only real men choose their fists as a measure of strength and dignity!” Uh… no, most of the time it leads to stupid outcomes. Right, Gily? The first event was the Tied-Pair Racing! It was a silly name to what in fact was a common race with two people tied to each other. Among the only people that could be considered a true competition was Rainbow Dash teaming up with Sunset and Indigo Zap teaming with Dust. This should be interesting. “ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE!” Spoke Applejack from the megaphone, a Starting Pistol in the form of a magnum was held with her hand. “READY? SET! GO!” ‘BAAM’ She looks awesome when shooting that thing. Most of the participants fell to the floor without making a single step, but two pairs of girls were running with all her might! Rainbow’s team was starting to get ahead of the road, but all of the sudden, Indigo and Dust started to shift engines! Sunset tried her best to keep up with Rainbow, her face started to show some strains in it! But fuck of the sudden! Sunset suddenly flared her way up and Rainbow soon followed! Both of them looked like if they were blazing the road in intense colors of red and blue! Indigo and Zap were at the verge of defeat but suddenly the glow of Sunset and Rainbow vanished and both duos made a power sprint to the finishing line! A camera flash suddenly snapped taking with it the judging picture. They waited for the image to reveal itself and soon the winners were revealed! “THE PICTURE HAS BEEN REVEALED AND THE JUDGES HAD DECIDED! THE WINNERS ARE…” Drums of dramatic sound were heard. The present people were waiting for the result with anxiety. “RAINBOW DASH AND SUNSET SHIMMER! CONGRATULATIONS!” Cheers were heard and a happy Rainbow Dash could be seen! Indigo… accepted her defeat and made a handshake to Rainbow. Sunset tried to do the same with Dust but at least she showed the character I was used to see in her. Rainbow and Sunset soon were called to the stage were Applejack was standing. In her hands, the beautiful bottle was passed to Rainbow’s grasp and she made a thunderous scream of victory! “CONGRATULATIONS IN WINNING THIS GOLD BRAND APPLE CIDER, RAINBOW DASH AND SUNSET SHIMMER! THIS ONE WAS MADE BY MY SISTER SO THE BOTTLE IS CALLED ‘THE APPLEBLOOM’!” “OH, BEAUTIFUL APPLE CIDER!” Said Rainbow Dash with an over pleasant voice. And she kissed the bottle. DAMN HER! I’M SO JEALOUS! I can’t believe the Thunder Duo just lost to them! Sure, I admit that Rainbow is a great athlete at the level of Zap, but Sunset… I mean, she has great skills for what I saw during practices, but if I must be honest, with all the pain in the world I must say that Lighting Dust was superior in every way. Perhaps they had a lucky shot or maybe they won fair and square. Anyway, the next competition will start right away and Gily, Lightbulb, Dancer and I went straight to it. “I can’t believe Dust lost like that!” Said a confused Gily. “I hate her, but I must give credit to her abilities! She and Zap were clearly winning before the last sprint until those other two got a major boost right from nowhere!” “I saw it too, they were shimmering with radiance!” I said with disbelief as well. “You sound like if you expected them to lose, Bro! I thought you had Shimmer in great esteem!” “Lightbulb, we hate Dust but she is better than Sunset in sports! I have seen her do crazy performances before.” “ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY! THE EATING CONTEST WILL START NOW!” “Come, Bulby! Let’s win this so we can get the Gold Brand Cider for us!” “YEAH! That’s the spirit, Choco! Let’s go!” And both went their way to the contest. The competition table was filled with an uncountable amount of food! There were lots of contestants with face of hunger, like wolves and coyotes who were patiently waiting to start eating the feast in front of them. Lightbulb and Dancer were sitting in the corner and in front of them were Pinkamena and Rarity, besides them were Twilight and Fluttershy and finally in front of them were Lemon Zest and Sour Sweet. This will be funny! I can safely say that those eight will be the first ones to be eliminated. I mean, the other guys were bigger and hungrier. “READY? SET! GO!” ‘BAAM’ She is so fucking cool when firing that Starting Magnum. All the contestants started to eat like beasts feasting on their just captured prey. The massive amount of food that most of those people could swallow was incredibly excessive and repugnant at the same time! But there was something more shocking and unbelievable in the table! Two girls were eating like pigs! Not any kind of common pig, oh no! These ones have social etiquette at their side! Pinkamena was devouring the pies and tarts like if they were fucking glasses of water! Rarity on the other hand was devouring the food with such grace and elegance that you could nearly forget the exuberant quantity of food she has eaten so far. Fluttershy and Twilight… Twilight was having fun. That’s nice… The contestants were being eliminated one by one! Stomach ache’s and complains of needing to go to the restroom were heard from the table. Some participants wanted to throw up the dishes they just ate. How can someone have a sense of pity for them by the way they swallowed their food? Eventually, Rarity and Pinkamena and Lemon Zest and Sour Sweet were left. Four slices of pie will decide the victor of both teams. They looked indecisive on who would take the last bite. But eventually, Sour Sweet got ahead and ate the first slice… and her head brusquely hit the table. Who was next? Rarity was the valiant one to step forward with the fork, she took a bite… and fell like Sour Sweet to the table. Only Zest and Pinkamena were left, proudly standing with their raised heads. You could see the intensity to win in their eyes. Both of them took the last two slices and ate them at the same time! Aaaaand… Zest valiantly fell to the table. “THE WINNER IS PINKIE PIE AND RARITY!” All the people cheered for them! I had to give them some applause’s myself because I couldn’t go to sleep tonight if I didn’t praise them a little! Lightbulb and Dancer came to us but they ate so much that they decided to go home… Poor guys, hope they feel well by tomorrow. “THIS BOTTLE WAS MADE BY GRANNY SMITH! SO IT’S CALLED ‘THE GRANNY’! CONGRATULATIONS!” “YES! APPLE CIDER FOR ME!” Screamed in joy an oversized Pinkamena, her belly inflated like a balloon. DAMN HER, TOO! But now it was Gily’s turn! I’m sure she will get the cider for us! “THE MECHANICAL BULLS ARE READY! THERE ARE ONE-HUNDRED EIGHT COMPETITORS AND FIVE BULLS! IT’LL BE BY TURNS AND THE ONE WHO ACHIEVES THE BEST TIME WILL WIN! NOW GO AND FORM A LINE FOR EACH BULL” “Good luck, my friend!” “I’ll be back with the gold for us, my friend!” And we made a Bro-Fist! This event was really short. Most of the guys fell between the five and twelve second mark. Gily looked confident that she would survive longer than the fifty-three seconds record made by Bon Bon! She was good, really good! Gily and the last contestants were ready, and the bulls started to furiously shake their riders with such force that some of them were struggling to maintain control! Eventually one by one fell to the mat and Gily was left standing! She was trying her best to have a strong grip on the beast! She nearly fell! She got to the side! OH MY FUCKING SHIT, DON’T FALL NOW! “JUST A FEW SECONDS MORE, GILDA!” I yelled with an encouraging voice. “WATCH ME WIN THIS THING, NITPICK!” All people started to count backward looking at the chronometer on the screen! “FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ON- OOOWWWWHHHHHH!” She fell… “DAMN IT!” The people gave her lots of warming applauses for her great effort, but she wanted to win. She stood up and slowly walked towards me. “There will be a next year, Gilda!” “Better be! I will have my victory next time!” “CONGRATULATIONS, BON BON! THIS BOTTLE WAS MADE BY MY BROTHER, SO IT’S CALLED ‘THE MCINTOSH! ENJOY” “YEAH!” Yelled a victorious Bon Bon while raising the bottle with Lyra at her side. While we walked to the event I was going to participate in, Bon Bon and Lyra walked nearby us. Gilda and Bon Bon had a small exchange of glaring’s… My sixth sense told me that I should stay away from them. The pair of pretty girls continued their path and both of us did the same. “That girl, Nit! She isn’t your usual gal! I can feel it!” “She is strong?” “Perhaps as strong as me… maybe stronger… I must train harder!” “You are invincible in my books!” She just rested an arm on my shoulders while I did the same on hers. We arrived to the site of the last event. It was a big sized corral that old westerns used to put their gamecocks in it. I wonder how much exhilarating would be to watch two True Cowboys fight for something worthy! Well, I must start to consider myself a Junior Cowboy, because for me, that bottle at the stand is my reason to be! I’ll fight with my fist to win my Gold Brand Apple Cider!