Ice awoke early in the morning of her first day of work. She was super excited. She was working with Rainbow Dash, a pegasus who helps with the weather. She got out of bed and looked out the window. It was still too dark to walk about visibly around Ponyville. She wanted to sleep, but her work started in an hour. She considered being late to work but quickly dismissed that thought. She got of her bed and prepared for her job, she then awoke MintyFresh.
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Minty was having his favourite dream, he was trotting with his crush around the Everfree Forest. Then he was startled awake when an echo rung in his ears.
“Minty! Wake up!”
Minty sat up abruptly. She turned straight toward the oppressor. Ice was looking at her intently. She appeared to know Minty was mildly angry at her.
“Sorry about that, was it the one dream?”
“Yes it was,” said Minty.
“How far along did you get? Any new parts?” Ice asked.
“I got to the Everfree Forest this time.”
“Well that’s new.”
“True,” said Minty. He stood up and went to gather oatmeal and hay bacon strips for breakfast. He knew Ice wasn’t too good with cooking.
“What’s on the menu today chef?” Ice questioned, even though she knew.
“Oatmeal and bacon strips,” Minty replied cheerfully.
“Same as usual, we need more food.”
“And, money you seem to forget,” responded Minty.
“Well today is the first day of my job,” Ice informed proudly.
“Ditto”
They were half-way through breakfast, when Ice saw the time. “Oh crud! I gotta go to work! See ya!” Ice shouted as he was flying away from the house.
“Bye!” Minty shouted from the doorway, as he too needed to hurry to Sugarcube Corner before he arrived late for his job. He shoved the last of his oatmeal into his mouth and sprinted to work.
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Ice flew to the sky where she got there before anypony else. She didn’t have to wait though, Rainbow arrived next to Ice where she thanked her for being so early, but then proceeded to scold her for not clearing the sky already. “I didn’t know the work schedule!” Ice replied defending herself.
“So you’re IceFire then?” Rainbow asked.
“Yeah, so I don’t have the schedule for the month,” Ice responded.
“Oh, I was supposed to give this to you then” Rainbow handed Ice the weather schedule.
“Thanks,” Ice read that today the sky was supposed to be clear. He got right on it, Rainbow and Ice subconsciously turned clearing the sky into a competition. Combined they finished in 8 seconds and a half.
“That’s beats my record!” Rainbow shouted.
“Mine too!” Ice shouted back.
“You didn’t have one,” Rainbow said. “You wanna get a bite to eat?”
“Sure, you have somewhere in mind?” Ice asked.
“Sugarcube Corner sounds good!” Rainbow shouted already on her way.
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“I’m sorry I’m late Pinkie, I was a little too focused on my food this morning. Can you forgive me?” pleaded Minty.
“Oh sure, I can understand that!” Pinkie replied happily.
“Thank you, if you want I can work an extra shift if you’d prefer to make up for that mistake.”
“No need silly!, It’s only 10 minutes and only one customer was here. Wanna know what would be fun? You wiping down the counters! We can make it a race!”
Minty hurriedly ran hoof to hoof against Pinkie to get a washcloth. He started 2 seconds before Pinkie, but within 1 minute Pinky had 10 tables done and Minty had completed only 3.. Pinkie still seemed boundlessly full of energy while Minty was nearly running on empty.
“Better luck next time!” Pinkie said encouragingly as she went to go make pastries.
“Darn, we’re fresh out of icing, will you go get some from the basement? Their on the table!”
Minty rushed to get the icing. She grabbed all she could carry and hurried up the stairs to give them to Pinkie..
“Thank you!” Pinkie Pie said cheerfully.
Minty turned to go wipe down the rest of the tables when Rainbow Dash and IceFire came through the door. They came to the counter and eyes brightened as soon as they both saw a cake.
“Hey, Minty can I have a piece of cake?” asked Ice.
“Me too!” Rainbow rushed in to say.
“Okay, here.” said Minty as he grabbed them each a piece of cake.
“Thank you!” Rainbow said satisfied.
“Hey Pinkie can I have a piece of cake?” asked Minty.
“Sure! I’ll have some too!” said Pinkie enthusiastically.
They all sat down together at the table. Minty felt the awkwardness around them. Pinkie didn’t know Ice, Ice didn’t know Pinkie. Rainbow didn’t know Minty, and Minty didn’t know Rainbow. Somehow, he knew somepony was going to feel left out. Ice, Pinkie, and Rainbow immediately engaged into conversation. They appeared to be planning a party at Pinkie’s house.
“I think I’m going to go for a walk.” Minty told Pinkie Pie as she walked out.
“Okay! Be back in 2 hours for lunch rush!”
“Okay!” said Minty as he walked out the door.
