The Next in Line Interlude - Only a bit
"I... I'm okay!"
You slowly uncover your head, looking around as the dust settles. Somehow you are unscathed. "I... I'm okay?" You look at the shattered remains of the boxes around you. "I'm okay..." A short laugh bursts from you, covering up the groan from one of the ponies in the room with you. "I didn't get hurt. For once... I didn't get hurt!" You cast about for a moment, looking for Rarity. "Rarity, I managed to go a full six hours without getting hurt! That's ten bits you owe me!"
You perform a swift hoof pump, a massive smile coming to your face. "Looks like everything's turning out my way for once. Now, let's just take care of these boxes." Several minutes later and the mess has been put away, and the others have all been uncovered. Rarity has a few small bruises marring her otherwise perfect appearance, but otherwise she is unharmed.
"Dear, you really shouldn't brag about something like that. It WILL come back to haunt you." She says, frowning at you as you excitedly buzz about the now clean room.
You scoff, brushing off her warning. "Rarity, I just beat all the odds. I was standing in the only place in the room that wasn't covered in rubble. Lady Luck has finally taken my side."
Rarity sighs and rolls her eyes, an obvious display of disbelief on her part. You notice, but don’t pay it any mind, she can be as pessimistic as she wants, you know that the tables have finally turned. That was a literal avalanche of boxes, nearly everything in the workroom had been utterly buried, Rarity included, you were the only thing that didn’t get squashed.
“Yes dear, whatever you say.”
You scoff and turn to her, a jovial grin spread wide across your face. “You’re just jealous.”
The mare chuckles a little. “Oh yes, jealous of your sudden change in fortune because, as we all know, I’m just so unlucky.” She suddenly whips around, a large list in her hoof and her reading spectacles officially donned. “Now pay attention, I need you to get a few things from the market for me. Darling... darling are you listening to me!?”
You shake your head, attempting, and failing, to shake all the new thoughts of what your good luck may bring you away.
“Yeah Rare, of course.”
LATER THAT DAY
You whistle merrily as you head into the boutique, practically beaming with a sense of self satisfaction and glee, the day still going your way in all respects. You managed to get Pinkie Pie to slip you a free cupcake from when you went to Sugar Cube Corner. You avoided getting dragged into a verbal debate with Twilight, a victory in your book, considering that you’d probably never be able to actually win one of those debates, and then you successfully haggled, effectively, with ten different shopkeepers in the market. No doubt Rarity will be pleased to see a good portion of her loaned bits returned.
Soon the boutique pops into view, and you waste no time heading inside. Normally the cool breeze of the boutique’s air conditioning would have been a delightful change of pace from the sweltering heat outside. But a cloud, caught on a draft of wind, had actually kept you shaded for most of the day out. Why, if that isn’t a testament to your newfound good luck you don’t know what is.
Once you step inside and shut the door, soft call comes from up the stairs, your name echoing down the hall. Rarity's sweet tones urge you forward and you add a bit of spring to your step. "I'll be up in a moment, love!"
You eagerly trot across the room, making for the staircase that would lead you to a mare you were all too eager to see. A quick detour to the kitchen was made, and soon you were unencumbered with your purchases.
Without a pause you started heading up the stairs, your smile growing with each step. A tiny niggling doubt nudged you in the back of your mind, urging you to calm down some as you went up the dreaded stairs.
As you stepped onto the second to last step, you found your hoof sliding backwards quite rapidly. A glance down at your hoof revealed that you had stepped on one of Sweetie Belle's toys, casually tossed aside when the filly had finished playing with it. "Oh, Sweetie." You shake your head as you move the toy to the top of the steps, carefully putting it somewhere where nopony would step on it.
Soon enough you enter Rarity's room, smiling as you see her sprawled out on her bed.
"Dear, did you manage to get all the things I asked you to get?" You quickly nod, eager to get on to the main event for the evening. "Well, where are they?"
"What?"
"Dear, did you not pay the slightest bit of attention to WHAT you were getting?"
You hesitantly admit that you did NOT pay attention to what you bought. You were too busy celebrating your sudden change in luck.
She brings a hoof to the bridge of her nose, gently shaking her head. "That's wonderful, dear. I still think that you should tone down the celebration. That being said, go and fetch the cherries as well as the chocolate."
Eager to make the mare happy, you trot out of the room, heading back for the stairs.
"That silly sod Murphy can go and soak his head. I'm living proof that he--" Your speech is abruptly cut off as you find yourself beginning a planned, but critically inelegant, descent down the stairs, your head deciding that it would take the initiative to be the first part of you to touch the stairs.
A few pain filled moments saw you opening your eyes to the concerned gaze of Rarity. She fought to keep the grin off her face, and you couldn't help but grin back. "I was asking for it, wasn't I?"
"Only a bit, darling. Only a bit."
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Yay
Do not taunt Murphy, for you only win as long as he says you do.
Is the protagonist human or pony? Need to know before I start reading this.
2528671 "you" are a pony
and this was a pretty fun excursion away from how painful unlucky "I" was all the time.
but I have to say, I am eagerly awaiting the next 'real' chapter to see how "my" family reacts
Well, yee-haw, partner, your friend there did a mighty fine job with this. Great to see y'all collaborating with this story. Hope to see sone more from here.
She must be in an excellent mood if cherries and chocolate are involved.
2528671 Here are some not-very-subtle-at-all hints:
The verdict, therefore, is "pony".
So short... So so short... and no real substance or plot advancement, just filler....
I'm confused. Please say this chapter is some kind of troll, especially after what you did in the last few chapters.
Wow, MC is even happier than when Laguna wins a match.
That of course means it all has to be violently and suddenly taken from him. This is a comedy after all and comedy thrives on the joy of conflict.
2530309 That's uh... kind of the point, a little filler for you all while I work on other things. 2530464 It's just a little interlude dude. It's not really part of the main conflict or plot, just a neat little scene to help tide you all over while you wait for the next chapter.
EVERY time something good happens, it just goes and blows up in 'my' face...
P.S.: I squalled like a fangirl on the inside when I saw this update.
2532581 Ope. My bad, I didn't notice the "Interlude" in the title,
Sorry mate. Keep up the good work then. Right. Time to stop before I embarrass myself further.
2533901 It's a bit late for that. And as the author of this bit of writing I am offended that you didn't think that this advanced the plot.
2534280 Lol my bad kind sir. Please accept my deepest apologies. :3
Absolutely nothing can go-
*Squeak*
Mother fu-!
*Down the stairs we go!*
Also:
"How much did those cherries cost?"
...
"Only A Bit."
2565707 Like a horror story eh? I'll definitely give it a try.
2617153
I have no idea what I was decieved about, that was 11 weeks ago lol
2621050 I just recently got into this fic, literally read all chapters in the span of about a week. And I say, I need to take pointers from this guy when I get back to possibly re-writing my story.
I am left hanging on the edge of my seat. Too bad that both of the fanfics that I am currently reading on this site are both currently inactive since both authors are currently busy with other things in life xD
Ah, well. I can wait. Plus, I should worry more about studying for exams than these stories for the next three days I have left at school.
Good luck to myself since that is most likely never going to happen. :P
However, I do have to give kudos to both of ya two for making this a wonderful reading experience!
2645273 I can't apologize more for this late ass reply, fimfic's new message system drives me up the wall sometimes. But I'm glad to hear you're eagerly awaiting the next update, I'm working on another fic right now, but I should be getting back to work on this before long. Again, sorry about the late reply, but I'm glad to see you had enjoyed my fic up to this point.
This is perfectly silly. I love it.
2712168 Glad you enjoy it! I'll be getting a new update as soon as I can