Author's Note

Our farmer friend returns to Tee Shirt Island. This time, as a spectator.

August 22-Tee KO 2

It's a sunny day on a beach area. It's where Apple Bloom lounges to enjoy the atmosphere. Wearing her red swimsuit and yellow wrap around skirt, she watches the waves roll by. Soon, a girl with red curly hair and wearing a green dress approached her.

"Enjoying the peace of Tee Shirt Island?" The girl asked.

"I sure am." Apple Bloom answered. "Thanks for having me come here, Autumn Breeze."

"You're welcome. After that gauntlet of Quiplash, you can use a breather."

At that moment, famous author, A. K. Yearling arrives wearing her Daring Do outfit.

"AK Yearling, creator of Daring Do!" Apple Bloom gasped. "What are you doing here?"

"I needed some inspiration for my next book." AK answered. "I decided to travel to Tee Shirt Island along with Quibble Pants. Did I hear you took part in a Tee shirt battle?"

"I sure did. Me and Trixie participated. We were given tee shirts with each other's designs as souvenirs."

"As an author, I have very good creative juices. Maybe I should take part."

"We're having one a little later." Autumn Breeze informed. "I was asked to be that tournament mistress."

This got Yearling interested. "I'll get Quibble Pants and we'll be there!'"

As AK Yearling leaves, Autumn Breeze turns to Apple Bloom. "Would you like to take part? Perhaps take home another souvenir?"

"No thanks." Apple Bloom answered. "But, I might as well watch."

"Good enough for me."

Later, eight participants, including AK Yearling and Quibble Pants, are sitting on tables as Autumn Breeze appears with microphone in hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Autumn Breeze announced. "I am your tournament mistress for this event. To start with, I'll need two drawings from each of you. Get drawing."

In the audience, Apple Bloom watches with interest. The drawings were done. Soon, the players wrote down many slogans. Then, they chose drawings, slogans, and type of shirt to make their creation.

"I hope you're ready, AK." Quibble said. "You'll like my design."

"I'm ready, all right." AK replied.

Soon, Autumn Breeze soon flared up as her skin turns from cream to black. And, shoots fire in the sky. "Let the tournament BEGIN! FIGHT!"

Autumn soon returned to normal as the garments battled. In one battle, AK's creation, a blue tank top with PlayStation symbols and the slogan 'What hit me?', faced off against a black hoodie with a ghost and the slogan 'Party Time'. The votes were tied.

"A tie?" Autumn said. "Not on my watch. This round goes to the tank top."

Yearling was pleased. It was not easy. But, AK survived the tournament.

"Not bad," Quibble Pants said. "But, there's still another round."

"I'm ready for anything." AK Yearling replied.

Autumn made an announcement. "For Round two, I want one more drawing from each of you. But, here's a twist. You can start fresh, like before. Or, you can change an existing drawing. It's all about choices!"

Quibble Pants saw a drawing that caught his interest. It was a humanoid cat with brown fur and is ready to pounce. "This is perfect."

The drawings were done. So we're the slogans, and garment choices.

"If everybody is ready," Autumn Breeze said as she's flaring up. "Let's get this party STARTED!"

These flaming effects were starting to scare Apple Bloom. One of the other people in the audience calmed her down. "Autumn Breeze is always like this. But, she always control those flames of hers."

This helped Apple Bloom relax a bit. The tournament was over, and Quibble Pants rises to victory. He changed the cat's fur to orange, gave it a face of fear, and surrounded him with numbers from one to eight. It had the slogan 'You talking to me?'. "I always was a sucker for Fraidy Cat."

After a brief intermission, AK and Quibble faced each other. Autumn Breeze soon made an announcement. "For our final round, we'll have the winners of both tournaments face each other, and vote for our favorite. The first to fill the energy bar wins. 3, 2, 1," Autumn flared up quickly, "GO!"

It was AK Yearling's tank top vs. Quibble Pants' hoodie, The played quickly pushed their buttons to vote for their favorite garment. Apple Bloom got nervous, not knowing who's going to win. After it was all said and done, the Tee Shirt Island dragon appeared, and wore a copy of the winning garment. It was AK Yearling's tank top. Everybody cheered. Even Quibble Pants clapped for her.

"Congratulations, AK Yearling." Autumn Breeze said. "You're the grand tournament winner."

"Thank you, miss Breeze." AK replied whole tearing up.

"For giving us a great battle, you and Quibble can keep your garments as souvenirs."

Quibble Pants felt humbled as he and AK Yearling shook hands in friendship. This made Apple Bloom happy.

"The boat heading back to Jackbox Village won't be back for two and a half hours." Autumn Breeze said. "Let's celebrate with smoothies at the bar."

Later, the crowd were relaxing with tropical smoothies mixed by Autum Breeze and other Islanders. Apple Bloom enjoyed herself while sipping her smoothie. "Triple berry, Strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry. Delicious."

"I agree." AK Yearling replied. "A tasty treat to beat the heat. And, I get to keep my tank top."

"This reminds me of when I had smoothies at the home of the Devil Family."

Quibble Pants steps in. "The Devil Family? You visited them?"

"I sure did." Apple Bloom replied. "I joined the Pie Family to watch over that house while the Devils were on vacation."

"Tell me all about it. And, don't leave out any details."

As Apple Bloom tells the story, she knows one thing. There are two weeks until school starts. So, she might as well make the best of her stay. Later, after returning to Jackbox Village, Apple Bloom laid down on her bed, thinking about her recent trip to Tee Shirt Island. She looked at the shirt she was given from her first adventure there.

"I'm glad I brought sunscreen with me." Apple Bloom said to herself. "Don't want to be burnt more than when Anon-a-Miss was exposed."