A Week In The Life Of Wing Nut

Saturday

1. I finally get to wake up on my own time again. No alarm clocks, no Vertigo yelling, and no having anything to do in the morning. I feel Aerodrome sleeping up against my armor, her lungs steadily expanding and shrinking as she breathes. Up in the sky some puffy, white cumulus clouds are drifting past slowly. I look around and remember that the two of us fell asleep against the back wall in the top row of the stadium. I relax my head and close my eyes.

"HEY!" an angry voice obliterates the silence, startling Aero awake and making me jump. A security pony is stumbling up the stairs towards us.

"Aero, let's get out of here!" I whisper to her.

"Stop!" the pony yells as we grab our helmets and launch out of the stadium and into the sky.

We land on a cloud somewhere on the other side of the tower, now fully awake.

"There goes the relaxing morning." Aero sighs, looking down over the edge at the city below.

"And the mood." I add. We sit for a minute on the cloud and wait for the security to leave us alone. I hope Aero's morning isn't too ruined by that wake up. Once we're confident that he's forgotten about us, we fly back to the hotel. When we reach the room, we find that Vertigo is waiting in the doorway for us.

"Where were you two last night?" she asks us poisoningly, blocking the entrance and instantly putting us both in a bad mood.

"Good morning, fellow adult." I respond sarcastically, pushing past her and entering the room.

"Why does it matter where we were?" Aero asks.

"Because I care about you." Vertigo answers, closing the door. "By the way, these fell out of your bag. You need to stop what you're doing with Wing Nut." Vertigo holds up a tray of contraceptive pills, making Aero flush.

"Why do you care what I've been doing?!" she yells at Vertigo. "Put those back! Are you my mother or something now?" she grabs the tray and tosses it in her bag swiftly, leaving Vertigo looking regretfully at us.

"We're both the same age as you." I tell Vertigo in defense of Aerodrome. "You can't be telling us what to do. Even if you could, we're getting married. Who cares what we do together?" Aero sits down on our bed and I wrap my wing around her.

"I'm sorry." Vertigo says sadly. "I'm tired and angry."

"Clearly." I say sternly.

Aero pushes her nose into my wing as Vertigo silently flies away via the balcony.

"Well this morning sucks." I say to Aero.

"Yeah." she sighs.

"Do you want to go find breakfast and make it not suck?"

"Yeah."

I finally open up the straps up on my armor. I let it roll off of the bed and fall to the floor, groaning as I stretch my muscles. Aero and I walk out of the hotel and out into the city, looking for a place to eat.

"Poll's Chocolates?"

"No."

"Yakyakistani Food Mart?"

"No."

"Hawt Wingz?"

"Definitely not."

"Oh!" I say. "Basil's Breakfast?"

"Ok."

We enter the breakfast diner, sit at a table, and wait for the waiter pony. The place is filled with crystal ponies of all colors.

"I already know what I want." Aero says hungrily to me.

"So do I." I agree. "French toast with bacon and eggs on the side."

"Pancakes with syrup and bacon."

"Nice."

Suddenly, a green earth pony approaches us swiftly.

"Hey!" She yells excitedly. "I saw you two in the airshow yesterday! You were the best! I've never seen an airshow that great before in my life!"

"Well, thank you for supporting us." Aero says.

"I'm Basil Leaf, I own this restaurant." The mare squeals. "Would you let me take a picture with you so I can hang it on the wall?"

"Uh..." I stutter. I'm still in shock from the sudden fangirl attack.

"Yeah, sure...." Aero answers, making Basil run off immediately.

"Oh no." I groan after a minute, looking at Aero. "Could this be the next Sandy Beaches?"

"The one that followed us home, found a way into your loft and decided to invade our formal hearth's warming dinner party?"

"Yes."

"Didn't she demand a present too?"

"Yeah. I got her a restraining order."

"I don't know. We haven't known her long enough to determine if she's that bad."

"She'd better not be."

Basil reappears suddenly with a camera tripod, throws it down into a position facing us, and runs over to us.

"Smile for the camera!" She says. She squeezes the remote in her hoof and the camera goes off with an obnoxiously loud click. She goes around the camera and looks down at the screen. "OH MY GOD! IT TURNED OUT GREAT!" She bellows. The entire restaraunt is now angrily staring at us.

"I know you're excited..." Aero tells Basil quietly. "But could you be a little quieter?"

"Oh." she responds, noticing that everypony in a 50 meter radius is staring at her. "I'm sorry. I just got excited. Can I sit with you pegasi?" Aero and I look at each other, silently confirming that we don't mind.

"Yeah. Sit down." I tell Basil. "Just be calm, please."

"I'm sorry. I've always wished I was a pegasus. Any time I see some pegasi flying or a great aerial performance, I always get so excited. I can barely control myself."

"It's okay." Aero says. "Would you mind taking our orders? You can still sit with us."

"Oh, uh... Sure." Basil responds.

1. Both Vertigo and Cheap Treat were in the hotel waiting for us, making it easy to find them. It only took a few minutes to pack up our saddlebags and get to the train station.

"Well, I guess the rumors of the Crystal Empire's hospitality are true." Aero observes as we approach the building. "I don't think I've ever been treated this well before."

"Neither have I." I agree. "When we agreed to perform in this airshow, I never would have guessed that I would be eating dinner in the palace, recieving a beautiful set of armor for being good at something, or getting free breakfast."

"I'm sorry about this morning." Vertigo blurts out suddenly. We all walk in silence for a moment.

"It's okay. It can be hard to watch others fall in love without having someone yourself." Aero tells her, transitioning from a conversational to a serious tone of voice. Vertigo looks down at the shiny floor resentfully.

"It's fine." I say. "But if anything ever falls of her bag again, please just put it back and pretend it didn't."

"Ok." Vertigo agrees.

We board the train and find benches in a car near the front. This train is more advanced and modern than the Friendship Express, so our return trip should only take until the evening. As we place our bags under our seats, I look out the window and think about recent events.

"Hey, Aero?" I ask.

"Yeah?"

"When are we going to start thinking about the wedding?" I say as she looks at me happily.

"You're thinking about it right now." she laughs.

"I mean plan it."

"I heard 'plan'!" Vertigo interrupts excitedly, turning to us. "Are you planning the wedding? I can do it."

"No, thank you Vertigo. We've got it." Aerodrome answers.

"That's right..." Cheap Treat joins in as he takes his seat. "You still have yet to explain the whole getting married thing. You said you would tell me on the train."

"I guess I did." Aero acknowledges. "How long is this train ride?"

"All day." I answer. Aero stares at me and thinks.

"Well," she begins. "The two of us have been best friends since we first met in our flight school's cafeteria when we were very young."

"And then you just decided to marry?" Treat asks.

"Well, I moved in with her, and then went out to war in Equestria's Imperial Army for two years. She attended the Wonderbolt Academy for half that time." Aero looks at me happily and I pause. "I returned as soon as I could, and Aero was my only friend left alive as far as I know. But we realized that we had been through so much together, and we fell in love."

"Now, five years later, we fly together as performers. And we're getting married too." Aero finishes.

"That makes sense." Treat says. The train begins moving, signaling the beginning of our exciting return trip.

"Do you ponies want to play a game?" I ask a few minutes into the ride. Everypony looks at me.

"Like what?" Aero asks.

"20 questions?" Treat suggests.

"Why not?"

"Sure."

"Yeah."