Chaos in Equestria Book One: It was almost a good idea...

  Applejack was almost completely out of money. She was amazed by how quickly Canterlot could suck the money from her coin purse. She had been in Canterlot for two days visiting family, and she hated every minute of it. Meeting family was nice, but the whole time she was in the big city she just wanted to go back to Sweet Apple Acres. In Ponyville, when you're nice to somepony, they're nice back. That's what she loved about her small town home. In Canterlot, when you're nice to somepony, they ignore you. Everypony thinks they're more important than everypony else in Canterlot. Applejack was sick of the big city.

  Only a block away, Rarity was having the opposite experience. She just loved being a Canterlot pony. She was on a personal vacation from ponyville; after all, every week it seemed like something crazy happened. She was wearing a new, blue dress that she bought in the nearby market district. She was as happy as a pony could be and her smile was a testament to that.

  The two ponies were completely unaware of each other's presence, It is also important to note that neither of them were looking where they were going. For this reason, it was only natural that they both collide in the middle of a busy walkway. Rarity fell strait to the ground with a thud. Applejack kept her footing and reoriented herself to help up whomever she ran into. She held out a hoof and pulled Rarity back up. "I'm sorry 'bout that sugar cu..." she paused as she noticed who she was talking to, "Rarity! Well, I'll be! It sure is good to see you!"

  Rarity brushed off her new dress. "Likewise," She said.

  "What are you doin' out here?"

  Rarity pulled out a strip of green silk from her bag, and rubbed it against her left cheek. "I just love coming here. Work has been slow lately, so I'm taking the weekend off. Besides, I need to buy new fabric. What about you, AJ?"

  "Just visitin' family..." Another light blue mare ran in between them, bumping into Applejack without even noticing. Applejack grumbled, "This whole town could use a manners lesson..." The mare who bumped into her joined a nearby group of ponies, crowding around a wall. "Now, what is so special about that wall?"

  "Well, we're not going to find out by sitting here talking about it," said Rarity. She waltzed over to the crowd, followed by Applejack. They pushed there way through and found out what everyone was looking at. plastered on the wall was a very bizarre poster of a very bizarre machine that looked almost like a bird... only huge.

  Applejack looked at the words on the bottom of the poster and dictated them out loud, "Come and see the world famous Flim Flam brothers as they soar through the air in their new flying machine! This marks a new era in Equestrian transportation! See the Canterlot Events Office for ticket information." The crowd started to thin out as other ponies read the poster and went on with their busy days. The ponies were talking about the "Flying machine" as they walked away.

  "It looked so big in the picture!" one said, "Do you think it was up to scale?"

  "How much do tickets cost?" asked another, "I would go just to see that!"

  Rarity gasped, "Flim and Flam?" Rarity and Applejack both looked at each other.

  "I don't trust those two as far as I can throw 'em... but I guess there's no harm in giving it a look," Applejack said, "but I'm not gonna cheer for those two."