My Little TFW2005- Posting is Magic

If the TFW2005 group thought Canterlot was amazing, then Las Pegasus was downright GLORIOUS. Massive skyscrapers lined the horizon. Cars, trucks and busses zipped up and down the multi-lane highways that crisscrossed the city.

Despite this, the group agreed that the best part by far had to be the food.

“This shtuff ish aweshome!” Dunce said through a mouthful of veggie-burger and Prench fries.

“Yeah, I can’t believe how good this stuff is for how cheap it was,” Flarefire agreed.

Imago noticed Silver, Brickbuild and Flarefire were all munching on burgers. “Didn’t you guys eat before we left?”

“Yeah, but that was, like, five hours ago,” Silver Screen replied.

“Actually, it was more like two,” Bobado said as he cocked an eyebrow.

Silver considered this as he studied his burger, which was held in midair by his magic. He then shrugged and took another bite of the sandwich.

The ponies continued to roam the city, marveling at the sights.

Sweet pea caught a glimpse of a large clock on a tower. “Alright, everypony, it looks like we have about two and a half hours before the convention starts, so until then we’re free to sightsee and-”

“Oh my gosh, a sale on LEGOs!” In an instant, Brickbuild had disappeared inside a fairly large toy store.

“Someone should probably keep an eye on him” Sweet Pea commented.

“I-I wouldn’t mind,” Flarefire offered. “I mean, I’d like to pick up some LEGOs myself…”

“Well, I’d rather browse a toy store than look at some boring tourist traps,” Sketch said.

“I wonder what they have for Avengers figures,” Dunce murmured to himself as he started for the store.

“Oh, wait for me!” Silver screen called as he started following Dunce, Sketch and Flarefire.

“Well, glad that’s taken care of,” sweet Pea said. “Now, let’s see what- hey, where did Lucky Stars and Captain Sunstorm go?”

Bobado, Buzz Surge and Imago glanced around, but saw no sign of the missing colts.

“They’re probably gonna get themselves into trouble,” Imago commented.

“If they do, I’m not talking them out of it,” Buzz Surge said.

“Can we just get a move on already?” Bobado complained. “We’re burning daylight!”

“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I agree,” Sweet Pea spoke up. “Let’s just enjoy our time here and leave those two to do… whatever it is they’re doing.”

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Lucky Stars had always been a bit of a prankster. However, he hardly found himself in a good position to actually prank anypony.

In that regard, today was very different. Not only was he in a park filled to the brim with unsuspecting ponies, but he also had a great mentor.

“Alright, the first thing we do is survey the area and decide who our potential victims are,” Captain Sunstorm explained to the blue unicorn. “So, who looks like they’re vulnerable?”

Lucky Stars carefully studied each pony in his sights. His constant studying of stars had giving him an acute attention to detail.

Stars pointed to a brown earth pony. “He looks like he’s waiting for someone- maybe his marefriend?-and he’s half asleep.”

Sunstorm nodded. “Good, good! Now, pay close attention.” The orange pegasus them reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a small, red tube.

Stars cocked an eyebrow. “Dude, is that… lipstick?”

Sunstorm shushed him as he whipped a bit of the red substance on his hoof. “Now, watch closely.” Sunstorm then removed his saddlebags and took to the air. He zipped through the park, eventually flying next to the half-asleep colt Stars had pointed out. The orange pegasus then returned to his blue friend.

“Did you bump into him or something?” Lucky Stars questioned.

Sunstorm held up his hoof- the lipstick was smeared. “Bumped him lightly, yes- right on the neck.”

Lucky Stars slowly smiled as he started piecing things together.

After a few minutes, the colt’s marefriend showed up. It wasn’t long before she noticed the lipstick on her coltfriend’s neck. Seconds later, the two were engaged in a fairly heated argument.

From their place behind a line of thick bushed, Captain Sunstorm and Lucky Stars tried their best to refrain from bursting out laughing- that would look suspicious, after all.

“Alright, let’s beat it and find us a new victim,” Sunstorm said as he held up his hoof. Stars accepted the hoofbump, realizing too late that it would result in him having lipstick smeared on his hoof as well.

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“Hehehe, I can’t believe the amazing assortment of stuff they have here!” Brickbuild gushed as he piled box after box of LEGO sets on his back.

“Dude, that giddy laugh was REALLY creepy,” Sketch said.

“At least I actually LAUGH once in awhile,” Brickbuild countered as he examined a set that had obviously been bought, opened, taped back together and returned. “I wonder if I could get even more of a discount on this one…”

Flarefire studied the box. “I’d say you have a pretty good chance at that.”

Sketch examined the ever-growing pile of boxes on Brickbuild’s back. “Have you even considered the fact that spending all your money here means you won’t have any left for the convention?”

“Oh, don’t worry. I’ve been saving up since SEPTEMER,” Brickbuild chuckled. “I got plenty a’ cash.”

Sketch shook his head. “Still, I don’t see why you need to buy so many at the same ti-”

“Hey guys!” Dunce said as he and Silver Screen walked up with about two and a half dozen action figures piled up on each of their backs. “You wouldn’t BELIEVE the amazing stock they have here! It’s army-builder heaven!”

“Transformares section is all but cleaned out, though,” Silver screen said. “All that’s left is a few Bumblebees.”

Sketch’s ears perked up. “Did they have Cyberfire Bumblebee?”

Silver nodded. “Plenty of ‘em. Why?”

“I... need one yet,” Sketch stated simply as he started making his way to the Transformares isle.

“First time I’ve ever heard of someone who couldn’t find a Bumblebee,” Flarefire joked.

“Yeah, figures the hardest Bee figure to find is the one people actually WANT,” Brickbuild replied. “Well, looks like I’m done here.”

A minute later, the ponies were at the checkout counters.

The mare at the cash register rolled her eyes at the sight of Brickbuild’s huge pile of LEGO boxes. “I hope you left some for the rest of the customers.”

“Don’t worry, I only got one or two of each set,” Brickbuild explained as he placed the obviously-returned box on the counter. “Hey, do I get a discount for this?”

The mare at the counter studied the beat-to-heck box, then glanced at a piece of paper taped to the desk. “Regulations say I can give you a 50% discount on damaged products.”

“Is that 50% off the sale price?” Brickbuild inquired.

“If I do that, will you go away?”

“Yes.”

“Then yes,” the clerk said as she began ringing up the many boxes of LEGOs.

In another line, Silver Screen patiently waited behind another customer. Hearing hoofsteps behind him, he glanced behind him to see Sketch. “Hey Sketch.” Silver then noticed what Sketch was carrying. “Uh, why do you need three Cyberfire Bumblebees?” He then recalled that three was also the total number of Cyberfire Bumblebees on the pegs.

“Uh, yeah, well, I’m army-building them,” Sketch explained.

“I thought you said you only needed one.”

“That was before I saw they had three- and were on sale.”

Silver shrugged. “Fair enough.”

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“Y’know, after the convention’s over, we should go to some of these concerts,” Bobado said as he studied the many posters plastered on the concrete wall in front of him.

“I agree,” Buzz Surge replied. “I’ve always wanted to hear Wooden Toaster and the Living Tombstone in concert.”

“Don’t forget Mic the Microphone!” Imago said.

“We can talk about that later,” Sweet Pea said, “Right now we have to find the others and get to the convention.”

A half our later, the ponies were gathered at their meeting spot- the hotel they were staying at. There they found the group that had gone action figure shopping.

“Have you guys seen Lucky Stars or Captain Sunstorm anywhere?” Sweet Pea sked.

“Nope,” Silver Screen replied. “We haven’t seen them since-”

“Did somepony say ‘awesome’?” Captian Sunstrom said as he and Stars entered the hotel lobby.

“Uh, no,” Flarefire said, “Nopony said ‘awesome’, as far as I-”

“Well, somepony said my name, right?” Sunstorm asked.

“Um, yes,” Sweet Pea replied.

“Then you pretty much said ‘awesome’!” Sunstorm decreed overdramatically.

“Hey, why do you have a big bruise on your nose?” Brickbuild asked.

“He got in a fight with a drunk pony who almost knocked his hat off his head,” Lucky Stars answered.

The orange pegasus adjusted his top hat. “NOPONY messes with the hat,” he muttered.

“We can worry about that later,” Sweet Pea said, “Right now we have to get to the convention!”

With that, the ponies set off to one of the geekiest conventions in Equestria…

…unaware of how it would change their lives forever.