//------------------------------// // #5 // Story: Scootaloo & Apple Bloom, Summer belongs to you // by Macmeg13 //------------------------------// Back at the mountain, both Twilight and Rarity were standing at the base of a mountain, looking at their phones. Rarity groaned slightly, waving her phone slightly with her magic. "Ugh, I've got like...no bars here." Twilight hummed in thought, then looked up. "Let's see if we get a signal further up the mountain." she said. Rarity shrugged before both mares started to climb the mountain, not noticing the flying hovercraft coming nearer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Gummy's hovercraft, Discord gasped excitedly, spoting his step-daughter. "I got her! She's down there on that craggy mountain. Quick! Let's land this bird." Major Celestia looked down and shook her head. "The terrain is too treacherous. You're going to have to parachute." With a flash of magic, a backpack appeared. "Here's your parachute, goggles and oxygen mask." Discord took them as if they were a huge lollipop. "Wow, you have everything. How about a nice cup of hot co... " he didn't get to finish when his seat ejected him. "COOOOOOO!!!" he said while flying off. Gummy raised an eyebrow at Major Celestia since her hoof was on the ejection button. She shrugged nonchalantly, smirking happily. "Oops." Unbeknownst to them, Discord lands on the mountain and begins to roll down, gathering snow and accidentally making a giant snowball down the mountain toward the two mares. Twilight raised her head from her phone ears swiveling in each direction. "Do you hear a...rumbling noise?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back with the kids where a giant rubber band ball is attached to the bottom of the plane, Scootaloo posed her hooves as if looking through a camera before dropping them, nodding approvingly. She looked back at the gang. "So, as soon as Rarity and Twilight get here, we can..." Everypony was startled when they heard the two mare screaming, they all looked up the mountain to see them both running down, a huge snowball at their heels. "Start the plane! Start the plane! Start the plane! Start the plane! Start the plane! Start the plane! Start the plane!" Rarity shouted as they ran. Scootaloo looked at Apple Bloom nervously. "Apple Bloom, I think we may wanna start the plane." Apple Bloom gave her a 'No Really' look before her and the rest jumped inside the plane. Apple Bloom tries to start it but it wouldn't start. Rarity was still screaming as they both ran down the mountain "Start the PLANE! Start the plane! Start the PLAAANE!" Scootaloo looked worriedly at the small earth pony. "Sounds like you're flooding it..." Apple Bloom glared at her, still trying to start it. "I'm not flooding it!" she shouted. "Start the plaaane!" Rarity screamed as the snowball was catching up to them. Unfortunately, Twilight gets caught by the snowball and gets flung towards the plane. She screamed as she flew. "INCOMING!" Scootaloo shouted. Thinking fast, Apple Bloom pressed one of the buttons causes a seat to rise up and catch her before bringing her back down. She sighed in relief. However, Rarity was still running. "Start the plane! Start the PLANE!" She trips over a small hill, causing her to fall sideways and the snowball to miss her. She looked up in surprise. "Huh?" The snowball kept spinning before it hit the plane causing it and the snowball to fall off the cliff. Rarity shrieked in terror as she got up to her hooves and ran to the edge. "No, no, no! How am I ever going to explain this to Mother?!" she shouted. But to her surprised delight, the plane bounced back up. At first she was shocked at the rubber ball under neath the plane, noticing it for the first time. Scootaloo nodded her head towards the plane. "Rarity! Hop on!" she said, extending her hoof. The white mare hesitated for a moment before leaping off and grabbing her sister's orange hoof. Scootaloo cheered as she pulled her in. "All right! Hold on to something!" she said before flying off, missing the hovercraft landing at the bottom of the cliff, next to the snowball. The snowball broke once it landed and inside sat a very dizzy Discord. Celestia smirking the whole while couldn't help but ask; "So, how'd it go?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the rubber band ball under the plane, it started bouncing off all around the world. During the whole time, the radio was playing during their journey and an oddly ironic song played. ♪ Come on along with me ♪ ♪ So many sights to see ♪ ♪ But not a whole lot of time ♪ ♪ We're in a hurry ♪ ♪ We're bouncin' around the world ♪ ♪ I think we all can agree ♪ ♪ That was the Baltic Sea ♪ ♪ I check my GPS ♪ ♪ I'm pretty sure that ♪ ♪ We're bouncin' around the world ♪ ♪ We'll bounce across the Great Wall ♪ ♪ And past the Taj Mahal ♪ ♪ We'll go to Rome and see the Colosseum ♪ ♪ The Colosseum ♪ ♪ It's a real whirlwind tour ♪ ♪ So if you wanna be sure ♪ ♪ Don't you blink or you won't see 'em ♪ ♪ You won't see 'em ♪ ♪ I wish that we could stay and have some fun ♪ ♪ But we gotta keep chasin' the sun ♪ ♪ With a little compression ♪ ♪ And a little recoil ♪ ♪ And a big jet engine ♪ ♪ We're gonna be ♪ ♪ Bouncin' around the world ♪ ♪ And baby, that ain't all ♪ ♪ We got a big rubber ball ♪ ♪ Did I forget to mention ♪ ♪ That we're gonna be ♪ ♪ Bouncin', bouncin', bouncin', bouncin', bouncin' ♪ ♪ Bouncin', bouncin', bouncin', bouncin', bouncin' ♪ ♪ Bouncin' around the world ♪ ♪ Bouncin' all over the world ♪ ♪ Bouncin' all over the world ♪ However, while bouncing, most of the rubber bands started to fall loose during the trip. Scootaloo turned back to the group. "We're all out of rubber bands... But the good news is we're gonna crash into Maris." Rarity blinked in surprise. "How is that good news?" she asked. Scootaloo cocked her head, confused. "Huh? I thought you wanted to go to Maris?" Rarity raised in eyebrow in disbelief. "Oh yeah, I did." But not if it means crashing! she thought. The plane starts to fall once again, causing everypony to scream. "I'm feeling very conflicted about this!!" Rarity shouted. Luckily, the Sunbeater 3000 lands in the Seine River.