There was a time where the skies were meant to be unreachable for humans. Mankind looked at envy to the smaller creatures that could fly by their own power. The blessing of the gods, it’s what they call it. ‘Not anymore!’ the creator of a revolutionary invention said seventy years ago. The historical evolution of the rotary wing aircraft, better known as the Helicopter, that is considered one of the most versatile vehicles known by man, has a great and extensive story on humanity.
The first model was simple, rustic, and barely outstanding, but it did its job on hovering in the air with steam power for a short time. Eventually, oil fuel became the norm of such invention, giving mankind free reign on the heavens. In the modern days, traveling by helicopter was more an expensive commodity and privilege unlike its sibling, the airplane, that eventually became a way of transport used by the common public.
Except if you were rich… really rich… stingy rich… heir of a royal title in a whole nation. Flying inside a modified UH-70 Golden Hawk, escorted by four AH-66S Apache Defenders in a rhombus formation.
Inside the over-glorified battle aircraft used as an aerial limousine, a gentle but frustrated mumble was exhaled by one of the passengers. “Was this really necessary?”
“Of course this was necessary! In what other way we could arrive on time to our destination? Limousine?” The other passenger said.
“We should have taken the public transport for once instead of traveling on this extravagant way!”
“Preposterous! Royalty never travels in a commoner fashion!”
“Hush!” She expressed annoyed while graciously crossing her arms and legs. “I hope my dearest friends are not angry with us… we are an hour and twenty-one minutes behind schedule! Both of them hate that!”
“They always exaggerate with their silly schedules!”
“My Liege!” One of the pilots spoke through the intercom. “We are approaching to our appointed landing zone! ETA Three minutes! ”
“Excellent!”
“This is Delta-One! Permission to speak to the Prince!” The pilot of the frontal helicopter spoke.
The young royal pressed a green bottom from his seat. “Granted!”
“My Liege, there may be something of interest on the ground you might want to see, sir!” The other pilot said.
“Patch it through the monitor!” The young royalty expressed.
A LCD monitor of twenty-four inches appeared in front of the royalties. An image of two students cleaning a pond was showcased, and the female royal’s eyes were bathed in light.
“It’s them! Sergeant Matrix, please lower the speed and activate the megaphone for me!”
“Of course, My Lady! But I implore that whatever you’re going to do, make it quick! We don’t have enough fuel to fly much longer than planned!”
“That means we can’t give them a ride, sister!”
“At least we can inform them of our arrival!”
Their way of transport slowly halted its pace until it hovered in a single point. The young lady opened the door and took the megaphone nearby.
“Good morning, my dearest friends! I am ashamed for such delay from our part! But worry not! We will go straight to the orphanage and start our task of today immediately!” The lady said besides her brother, charmingly watching her friends looking at them in awe. Their transport soon hit full throttle.
“OH! My heart is beating with pleasure by seeing them again!” She said.
“And they share your feelings of seeing you sooner! Sugarcoat is shouting at us! Probably saying hello!”
The young lady’s eyes suddenly turned void. “I suddenly felt that my intellectual friend is angered in this moment with us…” She said in a prophetic tone.
“Nonsense! Look at them! They are running behind us with such intensity! Probably they want to see us sooner! Now, hold tight to your life belt! We are starting descend!”
The aerial vehicle started its descent in the authorized zone they were granted. As soon as the landing skids made contact with the soft grass of the spacious park, the young royals stepped out of their extravagant taxi. The pilot informed that they would go back to base and should they need aerial transportation, they knew who to call. He flew away from the scene with the escorts. As soon as they started walking toward the institution, classy dressed maids immediately came to their assistance.
“Did you have a good trip, My Lords?” The main maid greeted with modesty.
“Yes, Rosaline! Thank you!” The young man said. “Did all of you do what I asked from you?”
“Of course, My Liege! But it seems that our temporary bosses weren’t pleased with our below-average performance!”
“Below-average performance!? Impossible!” The man said disgusted. “Who claims that obvious lie?”
“The students from CHS said that our services were unneeded… so we assumed that we didn’t achieve complete satisfaction to their demands!”
“Typical commoner attitude! They couldn’t recognize where real talent is, even if we pointed them out ourselves!”
“Some people love to struggle in life to feel a sense of achievement, brother.” The lady said.
“Poor and lowly commoner way of thinking! Let’s get going and meet with Lemon Zest! I believe she is in charge on this place!”
The extravagant group made their short trip towards the orphanage. As they got inside with such overkill escort, some students from Crystal Prep arrived to the scene and looked at both youngsters in a mix of pleasure and agony.
One was sporting the typical, female, formal uniform of Crystal Prep academy with some modifications in its materials and neck design. Her long, silk-like brown hair didn’t make brutish movements when the wind gazed upon its fabric. Her natural, red lips were highlighted by her pale skin.
On the other hand, the young man was sporting a formal tuxedo which had the Shadowbolt emblem masterfully stitched on the fabric of the cotton. His somewhat mid-long, blonde hair was smooth, and his big and cocky smile was charismatic, even when it emanated an aura of arrogance.
Both had a similar trait they shared: the same blue-aquamarine eye color subtly reflecting the celestial oasis in the heavens.
“You are one hour and a half late!” Lemon Zest approached in anger.
“HMPH! It’s not that late, Zest!”
“Just follow me! Sugarcoat said that you must follow my instructions until she arrives here! Also, the maids must stay here! No buts or excuses! We had a hard time with CHS thanks to them!”
The young man reluctantly send them away to rest in the guest room of the orphanage while Zest guided the royals to their point of interest in the eastern wing of the building. The kids were playing on the parks supervised by the main staff. Meanwhile the students were working vigorously to fulfill their task. This stole the breath of the young lady.
“Look at them working like there was no tomorrow! Such spectacle!” She said in praise. “And soon we will join them in their struggle!”
“You really have strange tastes!”
She didn’t pay him attention. “Miss Zest! Are we still far away from our point of interest?”
“No, my lady! We are very close!” Lemon said pleasantly.
“Why did you speak to her kindly and you treat me like garbage?” The royal asked somewhat insulted.
“Because unlike her, you ARE garbage! Anyway, here we are!” She pointed out to a pair of brooms. “You will soon use one of those-!” Then to a pair of girls. “-while working together with those CHS gals over there! Work hard and make Crystal Prep proud! As for you, royal pain, follow me” She guided the other sibling to the laundry room. “Ok, your job is to follow the instructions I left written in those little papers in each dryer! Even you can’t screw things up with such advantages at your favor! I’ll be back in fifteen minutes to check out your progress!” She walked away from him to supervise the rest of her team.
The young man put on his royal hands a pair of gloves whose extravagance and price were far greater than all the machinery placed on the room. With an uninterested attitude, he read all the notes left for him. He noticed something that caught his eye: all the notes had the same instructions.
“Are they mocking my superior intellect and skill? They must believe I am an analphabet!” He said to himself offended. “HA! They shall see the power of royalty in action!” He started to tweak the machines to fulfill his forced duty.
Meanwhile, with his sibling.
“You must be the Crystal student we will partner with! My name is Chocolate Dancer, and she is Fluttershy, a friend of mine!”
“Hello!” The pinkish Veterinarian greeted gently. “Who are you?”
“Good morning, my new acquaintances! My name is-!”
‘CRACKOBOOM’
A thunderous noise was heard from the laundry room as the alarms of the place played their siren’s song. Bon Bon quickly dashed with a fire extinguisher in her hands, neutralizing the fire without delay. The alarm’s sound quiet down seconds later like if nothing had happened, and suddenly, she was carrying on her back the crystal student, gently putting him on the floor.
“BROTHER!” The sibling ran to his aid, raising his head to her chest. “Oh no! He is dead! Gods in the heavens! What I am supposed to tell the world about this?” She started crying on the spot.
“Uh, Reem, I’m alive and well!” He said gently.
“Oh!” She released him disappointed, making his head receive a rather painful impact on the floor. “Such a pity!”
“HEY!” He tried to get up. “Agh! My head! I wonder what happened in there.”
“YOU SCREWED THINGS UP! THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED!” Zest shouted madly after inspecting the scene. “Why did you alter the parameters that I strictly set for you, your royal pain? And worse! HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO BLOW-UP SEVERAL ELECTRICAL DRYING MACHINES? THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!”
“One: I wouldn’t accept wasting fifteen minutes of my time in there! And two: those clearly were faulty machines and a danger to my persona! I should sue this place for this!”
“Arbelth, you imbecile!” Reem said in discontent. “You should have done as Miss Zest instructed instead of making chaos and propagating your stupidity to the world!”
“Why are you always so rude with me when it was clearly the third party’s fault?”
Zest was this close to show her veins in her side head. “It doesn’t matter! When Sugarcoat sees this-!”
“See what?”
A heavily symphony of panting were heard behind the young multitude. Nitpick, Sugarcoat and Gilda arrived to the scene with sweat, their faces assuming a serious expression. Zest released a nervous smile while her friend walked inside the once chaotic room. Sugarcoat’s face turned pale while small strands of her hair were slowly rising from her otherwise soft fabric.
“Sugarcoat? Sugarcoat!” Lemon Zest nervously waved a hand in front of her friend. The light gray haired girl took her glasses off her face and was putting pressure on the bridge of said item. Never before has Zest saw a hand trembling so hard with insidious fury.
“Asshole! What did you do this time?” Bittersweet expressed in a nervous fashion while seeing the busted room. “We are in deep trouble! WE ARE IN DEEP SHIT!”
“Don’t call me like a common citizen straight from a plebeian’s filthy alley, Nitpick Bittersweet! Sugarcoat! Please tell him… Huh!” He walked to the Champion’s side and curved his back a little to speak to her. “Little maiden?”
“Y-you… d-did this… didn’t you?” She barely could speak.
“It was caused by the faulty machinery from the place! But don’t worry! I’ll donate to this muddy institution new equipment and clean clothes to benefit the poor people immediately!” He noticed that Sugarcoat’s eyes were starting to fervently dilute. “Are you angry?”
‘CRACK’
“Oh! You were right, Reem! She is angry! No doubt the CHS commoners are at fault with it!"
“NOOOOOOU!” Her voice made echo throughout the building. Her hands found their way to the neck of the royalty. “YOU DON’T HAVE MORE THAN TEN MINUTES IN HERE AND YOU HAVE ALREADY IMPRINTED ANOTHER OF YOUR UNMISTAKABLE IDIOCIES FOR THE WORLD TO ADMIRE! YOUR ABILITY TO SHINE IN STUPIDITY IS INSPIRING!”
“That kind of remark is patented, Sugarcoat!” Nitpick said.
“It’s part of my persona to shine brighter than others, my dear friend!” Arbelth spoke proudly. “And I will gladly donate for this institution new cutting-edge equipment so they can get out of the Dark Ages! Isn’t that enough for you?”
“Y-you… I… I have a headache. Excuse me for a moment.” Sugarcoat retreated to the nearest seat. Reem offered her help since she could barely walk without her glasses.
Gilda was smart enough to not argue in pointless arguments with him and she threw the towel as well, joining Sugarcoat in her misery. She gave to the Champion of the third class some pats in her back and her friend used her shoulder as a kind of a pillow.
“It wasn’t even a gas dryer, Blueblood.” Nitpick baffled. “You just put Crystal Prep in a big setback, you-! PAY ME ATTENTION, YOU BASTARD!”
The royal was making a phone call. “Excuse me for a moment, for I am making an important call to benefit this place!” The young prince called to one of his benefactors, giving details of what happened. It didn’t take more than a few minutes for several people to arrive with flashy, new equipment to replace the old ones. They also brought several boxes with new clothes of all sizes to the kids of the place as a donation. The staff of the place will be extremely happy with such gesture.
Nitpick sighed in defeat. “This is one of the things that I don’t miss from Crystal Prep. You rich bastards are truly a pain in the ass…”
“I rather believe that we are just part of the higher power in the society’s hierarchy distribution! With my act of charity, I am OPTIMISTIC that this common fair ground will have some smiling faces soon enough! Such good reputation to our schools we shall receive!”
“The only reputation that our schools will receive from this kind of events is that we are a bunch of incompetent apes who doesn’t know how to use a fucking drying machine!” Bittersweet exclaimed while violently scratching his head.
“Please! As people such as us should bother with this pointless competition! We already know the results of how this is going to end: Crystal Prep winning, friend!”
“The future is uncertain! CHS might give everyone a surprise to scale things to their favor! For now, since the danger has passed, go back to work before Sugarcoat’s veins explodes!”
“No!” He said defiant with arms crossed.
“Brother, do as he says!”
“No! And I won’t allow you to persuade me this time! I’m too important to denigrate myself like this!”
“I knew this would happen! That’s why I have prepared a weapon of deterrence exclusively for you!” Nitpick said triumphantly.
“What do you mean by that?”
“There is a girl in my school that will definitely put you in your place this time around!” He activated his radio. “Thunderbass?”
“She is already walking inside the building!”
“Thanks for giving her a ride!”
An echo of footsteps slowly became perceivable to the youth on the corridors. A shadow on the corner became bigger and bigger as the person in question was approaching to the scene. Even if she was covered in dirt from her laborious duty, Rarity entered the scene gracefully as she approached her schoolmate. Applejack soon followed behind her, carrying a box of new trash bags for the students to use.
“Heh heh heh…” Bittersweet laughed with short pauses. “Prince, it is time that you finally meet your match!” He released a victorious grin while pointing at Rarity.
Rarity joined his side, giving him a tender smile. “Darling, did you call for me? Thunderbass said that there was something that only I could be able to solve!”
“We have an asshole over there who refuses to work with Fluttershy! Since you are persuasive and you speak the tongue of society, I thought you would be able to convince him to work!” He pointed out to the source of the problem.
“Darling, it is of bad education to point with you finger at someone! Also, keep your language at bay! Do you kiss your mother in the cheek with that dirty mouth? Besides, I’m sure-!” Hell manifested in the form of the Fashionista instantly burning in anger while pointing to the royal man. “YOU!”
“So much for education…” Gilda chuckled.
“Uh? Have we met before?” Arbelth said surprised.
“Old Canterlot Castle! The Fashion Gala event! You were afraid of dirtying your shoes and used my scarf as bridge to cross a dirty floor!”
“AH!” He said in awe. “No, I’m sorry! Still don’t remember you! I tend to easily forget average people!”
“I’LL RIP YOU TO PIECES TO MAKE YOU REMEMBER!”
She was stopped by her friends while trying to reach his face and throw him to the trash bin. The man was just smiling with confidence born from safety. Even if her friends weren’t there to stop her, the maids appeared like a flash beside their prized master and wouldn’t let any harm fell upon him.
“Calm down, Rarity!” Applejack held her with all her might. “Let it go!”
“You should heed the suggestion your friend gave to you and breathe deeply, young lady! You will form atrocious wrinkles in your fair skin as a result of losing your temper with my stupid brother!” Reem said pleasantly.
“HEY!”
“It’s the truth! No doubt you are the one who is at fault with her sudden burst of anger!”
“Remember that our friends taught us that commoners take the little things at heart because those stimulate their boring lives from time to time! So what I did for her was good in the long run!”
“My imbecile of a brother! The little things that they spoke of were when it was an event of good fortune for them! Not the ones that guide people to insanity!”
“You must always call me like that when you think I did something wrong?”
“Must you always be a hateful character?”
“HMPH!”
“For the looks of it, you know that him already.” Nitpick said to Rarity.
“HUH! You have no idea! This guy is the worst man I have ever met in my life!”
“Well, he is kinda… uh, special to deal with!” Nitpick opinionated with embarrassment.
“A pain would be a better word, darling! Who could possibly have a friendship with someone as unrefined, ungentle, unmanly and worthless like him?” He started to scratch his head ashamed. “Please don’t tell me…” Rarity couldn’t finish her sentence.
“Who is he, Rarity?” Applejack asked.
‘Thank you for saving me, Sheriff’ He thought.
“The eleventh heir of the royal lineage of Equestria! Prince Arbelth Blueblood!”
“He is a prince? He just seems like a meanie to me!” Fluttershy whispered to her friend. “But thank goodness you are here! You can… Rarity?”
The fashionista’s whole being was in a state of trance. Fluttershy and Applejack were used to that face of hers, making a few steps backward to avoid the area of effect.
“AAAAHAHAHAHA! MY EYES DON’T DECEIVE! IT’S REEM FORTUNATA OAKWOOD! KYAAH! THE HEIR OF THE OAKWOOD COMPANY IS HERE!” Rarity shouted with extravagance while making little jumps. “I CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HER ON THE FIRST MOMENT I SAW HER!”
“Oh no…” Reem was rubbing her forehead in discontent.
“Who?” Applejack asked.
“A nobody, Miss!”
“What!? You don’t know about her?” All of her present friends frowned with doubt. She sighed in discontent. “Seriously! How could you never know about the most important people in the world of fashion and society?”
“Miss Rarity!” Reem turned to her direction displeased. “I don’t consider myself someone-!”
“That’s right, commoners!” Blueblood interrupted her sister, much to her dismay. “Be in awe by the presence of my royal sister!”
“What? I thought the royal family has only one heir!” Rarity was astonished.
“There is an explanation for that, Miss Rarity!”
“Let me be the one to explain, Reem! Your explanations are too farfetched!” Blueblood arranged his tie bow. “Miss Rarity, isn’t? You see, My Father, in his days of single life, never really found the ideal woman whom he may share his days of happiness! He travelled across the globe for two years, meeting many kinds of ladies and duchesses in his journey!”
“A poetic way to say that he was a womanizer.” Reem said carelessly.
“Eventually-!” He said between his teeth in frustration “-he found love in the form of two women, but he only chose one! And that’s how we were born from one woman: our Royal Mother!”
“And when he says Royal Mother, he means that Father slept with both of them to see who the better lover was.” She said neutrally.
“Don’t say that in public!” He mumbled between his teeth.
Rarity decided to not say a single word more, swallowing the one-million question on her mind. Reem subtly answered her curiosity. “Yes, Miss Rarity! I am child born without the benefit of clergy. Unloved by his step-father and reviled by her step-mother! Oh! Such tragic fate have the heavens cursed me with!” She imitated a maiden in distress, speaking in mockery with a deadpan expression. “Just like a fairy tale!”
“REEM!”
“What?” She said to her sibling without a care while hiding her lips behind a Victorian fan. “Lies only lead to more lies, as you may know!”
“Uh… Hahaha! You are joking, right? Hehe!” Rarity tried to soften the mood around. “An unorthodox joke straight from nobility… Right?”
“Of course it is a joke!” Nitpick instantly took a hold of her hands. “Reem is known for her black sense of humor on the school! Right, Gilda?”
“Yeah!” She put a hand on the fashionista’s shoulder. “Even I don’t understand her unique sense of… uh, uniqueness!” Her forced smile put Rarity in fright.
“Oakwood! Come right here in this moment!” Sugarcoat said in a scolding tone, giving an end to the awkward moment. “We need to talk about your punishment for arriving late! You may be my friend, but you won’t escape for your late arrival, even with such gifts to this place to help the cause!”
“But of course, my intellectual friend! Arbelth and I will do anything in our power and dignity to help our school’s reputation and keep peace within the scholar nations!” She approached her friend with a lovely demeanor.
“Please don’t include me in your senseless crusades, Reem!”
“Hush, Blueblood! You will do as she says!”
Sugarcoat stood up but she didn’t take any step. There was something vital to her survival capabilities missing from her face, and the royal siblings looked at her with a bit of concern. She wasn’t amused.
“Uh… I will ask Rosaline to bring you a new set of glasses!” Reem said reassuring.
Just as fast as the servants of the royal siblings brought the new laundry equipment, a new pair of glasses was bestowed to Sugarcoat in a quick fashion.
“Lady Sugarcoat! This glasses frame is made of the purest titanium! The lenses themselves are of a special kind of trifocal glass, coated with an anti-reflective cover material made of ultra-thin crystal, combined with a new engineered property of photochromatic lenses in the glasses fabric! A massive step forward to your old ones made of common polymer materials! They are the first of a kind from Oakwood Company!”
“In other words, these glasses are a prototype for future public iterations and I’m the chosen guinea pig! Interesting!” She said with curiosity, given a nod of approval to the quality of her new eyes’ friend. “Thanks, Rosaline.” She said with a stoic smile towards her while walking to the laundry room. It was spotless, like if the accident never had happened. Even so… “Would someone do me a favor to work with these two?”
After the commotion was resolved and everyone got back to their normal posts, the girls who were going to work with Reem joined her once more in the hardship of labor. The maiden was happy. The prince was unpleased to be with them.
“Alright!” Dancer said. “Since the seconds of terror have finally passed and it seems that we are going to be okay with the staff of the place, why don’t we introduce ourselves again? I am Chocolate Dancer and she is Fluttershy!”
“Hi!”
“Don’t greet to us like-AARGHHH!” Arbelth received a painful pinch in his back, making him shut up.
“Good morning once again, our new acquaintances! My name is Reem Oakwood, at your service! And this man is Arbelth, my brother!”
“Good day, ladies!” He tried to put a strong face.
Dancer giggled pleasantly. “I can see the similarities in the eyes! They’re pretty! I hope we can work well together!”
“The feeling is mutual, Miss Dancer! But I am ashamed to say that I do not know how to make the house chores! Could you please be my teacher in this noble task?”
“Why, but of course! Grab a broom and watch me how it is done!” Dancer said politely. “Also, no need for formalities with me! Dancer is fine!”
“Are you asking royalty to reduce ourselves to-! AAH!”
“Not another word, fiend!” Reem pinched him once again.
“Do you know how to sweep, Arbelth?” Fluttershy asked in a friendly manner.
“No, commoner. I don’t do such unfitting labor for the likes of me!” He replied coldly.
Reem closed her eyes while making a big and breath-taking smile, raising her left foot with elegance in the process. Soon, a world-breaker stomp took place in the royal’s foot.
‘BUMP’
Blueblood yelled in pain while falling to the floor. Reem made a corstsey
“I ask forgiveness from the rudeness of my imbecile of a brother, Miss Fluttershy! He has trouble being a gentleman with most of society!”
“Oh my goodness! I don’t think that was necessary, Miss Reem!”
“Believe me, fair maiden! It is the only way to make this dalcop understand some manners… Right, brother?”
“‘sob’ Perhaps there are other ways.” He said somewhat manly while standing up.
“I wish that were true!”
“Uh… well!” Dancer retook her composure “Let’s rock the place and leave it shining like diamonds, shall we?”
“Of course, Miss Dancer!”
“I’ll teach you in the room over there! That’s our next stop! Come and join us when you are ready!”
While the CHS students entered the room mentioned, Reem and Arbelth approached the little opened locker where their new gear awaited for them.
“Be in awe, my brother! In front of us lays the fabled instrument that vanquishes filth from the floor: The Broom! A weapon of legend for the everyday folks!” She said in radiance while she slowly took her cleaning tool with excitement. “I could have waited an eternity for this! And look! The sticks of these ones are made of cheap wood and its bristles are of corn fibers! Magnificent!”
“Yeeeech! How could you possibly touch that thing? Think of how many plebeians had put their filthy hands in this… filth!”
“OH! Don’t’ be such a fopdoodle! Take the broom or I will force you to do it myself.” She ominously expressed.
Defeated, he took his instrument of cleaning against his will. It was luck for him that his gloves were still in his hands. They joined their partners in the chores and Reem was proving to be an enthusiastic learner, much to Dancer’s approval. Fluttershy on the other hand…
“No. You put your main hand in the upper part of the stick… Not there! Yes! Now, do this small motion-!” Fluttershy started to sweep gracefully for five seconds. “-and that’s how you do it! Now, why don’t you try it, friend?”
“I’m not your friend.” He said bluntly.
“…sorry.”
Arbelth tried to imitate the motion that Fluttershy made but his lack of enthusiasm, combined with his lack of experience in the mundane chores of the common folk, ended up in doing more harm than good to the task at hand.
“Maybe if you watch me again, you can understand better how it is done!” She said optimistic.
“No, I’ll call my maids and ask them do the job for me!”
“You can’t do that, Arbelth! It’s against the rules!” Fluttershy warned.
“It is not! I have proof right here that-“
“Brother! Could you please try again Miss Fluttershy’s teachings?” Reem asked nicely.
“…uh… fine!”
He repeated the sweeping process with new-found motivation, managing to clean a little square on the floor decently.
“That’s it! You are getting the idea!” The young Veterinarian said.
“Look, brother! Guess what my new trade is now!” Reem said while sweeping the place with grace, looking like if she had done this her entire life. “I am a janitor!”
“Father would scold me for allowing you to do this!”
“Our airheaded of a Father would scold me for anything I do!”
“Ah…” Dancer and Fluttershy were left in stupefaction.
“Ahahaha! Reem has a weird sense of humor sometimes, Ladies! From now on, please pay no attention to her odd behavior!” His brother approached her sister while the CHS girls were left confused. “Could you please stop doing that?” He whispered in anger.
“HMPH!”
“And don’t imitate me like that!”
“Now you know how idiotic you sound when you express yourself in that way! Now let me finish my duty before the day abruptly ends!”
Dancer and the Vet joined her in doing the good clean with enthusiasm. Arbelth wasn’t that comfortable with the idea. How could someone of royalty humiliate herself with such lowly display of physical labor? He managed to make his part, thanks in no small part to the watchful eyes from the boss of Crystal Prep’s team. Minutes later, it was time for them to finish the laundry, and Dancer was a teacher this time.
“Ok! Since we don’t want to repeat tragedies, I’ll be here all the way for you! Just put the freshly washed clothes in here and put the timer for fifteen minutes! Why don’t you try it again, Arbelth?”
The royal looked at the electro-domestic with great curiosity after putting the clean clothes in the new dryer. He switched the timer for time he was told and pressed the button as the machine instructed. The dryer started to make a weird noise for him and Dancer gave him a thumbs-up.
“Congratulations! You now know how to dry white cotton underwear and clothes in the drying machine the proper way!”
Arbelth’s feelings of supremacy emanated from his persona in a prideful fashion. “Of course! There isn’t a task that I can’t achieve when I put all my effort on it!”
“Glad to see that you enjoyed it! There are three more machines over there so give it a try, ok?”
Safeguarded by his new teacher’s guidance, the royal managed to follow simple instructions and finish the work. Hours passed in tranquility, and the time to give a finale to today’s labor arrived. The students were praised by each institution with flying colors for a job well done, and the turmoil experienced in the orphanage was just a myth for the staff to speak of.
“Well, it wasn’t that bad for a first day! Making Rainbow Dash mad was so refreshing!” Gilda stretched her arms. “Can we go home now?”
“It’s your free time so you can do whatever you want with it!” Sugarcoat responded. “Oakwood, next time try to arrive earlier! Blueblood, please go and die soon!”
“HEY!”
“Reem… did you really had to make those uncomfortable comments? We know they are false but…uh! Some of the CHS guys had a hard time dealing with you! Even Dancer was left speechless with some of your opinions!”
“My beloved friend! I rather being an obnoxious and rejected girl surrounded by true friends in her time of privacy instead of being a popular public doll surrounded by backstabber pigs!”
“Coyotes in this case.” Gilda corrected. “They use pigs for greedy bastards in this country!”
“And I won’t allow you to call my girl a backstabber!” Lightbulb spoke.
“Thank you, my mighty friend! And I did not mean to imply that Miss Dancer was one of those abominable beings, Young Lightbulb! I took a liking to her and Miss Fluttershy! Besides, I wasn’t lying about what I said about father…mostly! With some luck, Miss Rarity will spread the word on CHS of how annoying I am and I will be free of such unwelcomed attention like the one she displayed moments ago!”
“Sister, at least try to be more careful with dad’s reputation next time!” Blueblood scolded.
“Oh please! Everyone knows that Father was a bedswerver in his youth before we were even born! He is even proud of that fact! That, and Mother hating him forever is such a good comedy! You know how she loves making fun of him!”
Nitpick looked at her with a frowned eye. “Anyway… Let’s go to The Dazzles and eat together! Sonata called me and said that she perfected a new recipe called ‘empipianadas’! She wants us to give her our honest opinion and they’ll give us a discount for that!”
“Count me in! The bus to the suburbs will arrive soon!”
“Gilda! Why use a mobile fish can when we can travel in luxury! Let me call Sargent Matrix to give us an aerial escort!”
“I rather take the public transport than sitting in that fancy helicopter ever again!”
“I won’t travel in a filthy- UGGHHHHH!”
Blueblood couldn’t finish his complaining. Gilda gave him a liver blow, giving Nitpick a short opening to carry him on his back. Reem gave the instructions to her maids to go back to the manor. The five obnoxious youngsters and Lightbulb took the bus to the suburbs, not having any major conflicts for the rest of the day.