Under the Blue Moon

Blue Moon Special #1

Tidal and Celestia were helping Luna and Cynder move back in to their old house.  With the renovations being complete and cleared by the codes inspector, it was time for Luna’s family to get back together again.

“Here you go,” Tidal said as he placed the box into the living room.  “That should be the last one.”

“Thanks.  We should be able to get it all unpacked ourselves as soon as Eclipse gets here,” Luna said.

“What’s taking him so long anyway,” Cynder asked.  “Aunt Cadence should have brought him here by now?”

“She said that they had to make a stop somewhere,” Celestia said.

“Seriously?” Cynder replied.

“Could explain why we have to do all the heavy lifting anyway,” Tidal said.

Just then, they heard another car pull up.  All four of them went outside to see Cadence and Eclipse pull up the driveway.  Cadence got out of the driver’s seat, while Eclipse from the passenger’s seat.

“About time you got her,” Cynder yelled at Eclipse.

“We had to pick someone up who wanted to help out,” Eclipse replied.

At that point, the back door opened, and a girl with light tan skin and dark blue hair came out of the back seat.  She was wearing her Crystal Prep uniform and goggles on top of her head.

“Well, this is a bit of a surprise,” Celestia said.  “At least you’re making some friends over there.”

“I’m just helping out after what Eclipse has done for me back then with some… boy problems,” The CPA student replied.

Eclipse decided to introduce her to the others.  “Mother.  Aunt Tia.  This is Indigo Zap.  She’s one of the best athletes at CPA.”

“Really.  Then what’s this about you helping out with her boy problems?” Celestia asked.

“Because some jerk wouldn’t leave me alone after trying to ask me out for the Nth time.  I’ve already lost count all the times Eclipse had to come to my aid,” Indigo replied.

“Are you kids going to just stand there and chat, or are you going to start unpacking,” Cadence said.

So all of them went to grab some of Eclipse’s items that he took with him to Cadence’s place and placed them into the house.  Once they finished unloading, Indigo was curious in Eclipse’s cousin.

“So, who are you?  I don’t think I’ve seen you around.”

Before Tidal could respond, Cynder ran up behind him and said, “This is our cousin, Tidal Blue.  He’s been staying with mother and Aunt Tia since the start of the year.  But you better be careful.  He can be trouble at times.”

“Cynder!”  Tidal tried to grab Cynder in a head lock, but she was able to get away before he could grab her.  “She just had to go there, didn’t she.”  Tidal looked back to Indigo and said, “Like she said.  My name is Tidal Blue.  I just transferred to CHS at the start of the school semester after dealing with some problems at my old school.”

“Maybe they didn’t like you at all,” Indigo responded in a mocking like manner.

“How did you know?”

Indigo was a bit surprised at Tidal’s response.  “Well… lucky guess, that’s all.”

“Well, the guys there were real jerks,” Tidal said.  “Especially their top student and their star quarterback.  They had no respect what-so-ever.  And they got what they deserved after how they treated me.”

Seeing how bold Tidal was, Indigo decided to back off with her attitude, since he was a student of CHS.  She realized that he was still new to the area, and may not understand fully what he went through back at his old school.  Not to mention the rivalry between CHS and CPA.

“Indigo.  You might as well take it easy on him,” Eclipse yelled from another room.  “He already took a bullet to his side after taking on a criminal weeks ago.”

Now Indigo was really worried.  While they had their rivalry between schools, the last thing they needed was some crazed student from CHS to cause some serious trouble for CPA.

“I’m… I’m sorry that you had to go through that.  Does it still hurt?”

“The bullet wound?  Just some nerve damage.  It can be sensitive at times.”  Tidal lifted up his shirt to show Indigo the wound that he was talking about.

“Ouch.  How did it all happened?” Indigo asked.

“I rather not explain right now,” Tidal replied.  “Let’s just say that I tend to have a grudge with bullies at times.  Besides, I figure you would be bragging about how your school is always better than ours.”

Now Indigo was in shock.  “How would you-”  Then she realized what was going on.  “You were testing me, were you?”

“Kinda.  I just caught on to how you were reacting when you started talking to me,” Tidal explained.  “Besides, I’m surprised that you would be willing to help out anyway.”

“Well, Aunt Goldie always tells me to always repay your debts,” Indigo replied.

“Aunt Goldie?”

“Golden Zap.  She’s my father’s sister, and a legend on the track.  I’ve always looked up to her and wanted to be the best athlete like her.”

When Tidal heard the name, he started to remember something that his mother told her during her Olympic years.

“Is she the three time Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 meter track?”

“Yea.  Earned those medals before I was born,” Indigo replied.  “And I believe that a friend of hers was also a three time gold medalist at the same time.  I believed they roomed together as well.  What was her name again?”

“That would be Ocean Wave, the three time gold medalist in the 1500 meter swimming event,” Tidal replied.

“Yea.  That’s her name.  How did you know?”

“Because she’s my mother.”

Now, Indigo was in disbelief.  “No way!”

Tidal nodded.  “Yep.  That’s my mother.  I’m just surprised that her old roommate would be your aunt.”

“Yea.  I guess so.”  Indigo started to look away in shame.  “Now I feel really bad.”

“Don’t be.  You didn’t know in the first place,” Tidal responded.  “I just don’t understand the fierce rivalry between both schools from what I have heard.”

“That’s because Principal Cinch expects the best from all of her students, academic and athletic.  Especially during the Friendship Games.”

“Friendship Games?”

“Yea.”  Indigo decided to explain.  “It’s an event that’s held every four years between both schools, just like the Olympics.  Best two out of three events, one based on academics and one on athletics, plus a tie breaker event from what I’ve heard.  And every time, CPA always wins the games in both events, so there hasn’t been the need to use the tie breaker event anyway.”

“I’m guessing that there are trophies lined up in the hallways at your school,” Tidal said.

“You have no idea,” Indigo replied.  “And the Friendship Games come up again this fall.  So I hope you’re ready to compete against us.”

“I hate to break it to you, but he won’t be able to compete in the Friendship Games this fall,” Celestia said as she joined the two.  “After what Tidal has gone through, I don’t think he would be fit to compete anyway.  Besides, we have enough students that are smart, skilled, and fit to compete anyway.  And only twelve students can be on the team as well.”

“That is true.  Eclipse doesn’t want to compete anyway, having to go against his mother,” Indigo said.  “But we have enough students that can fit the profile for the games.”

“And it’s Principal Cinch who decides who can compete anyway, or at least try out,” Cadence said as she and the others joined the group.  “Well, it’s time to go, Indigo.  They can finish up from here.”

“OK.”  Indigo started to walk to the door, but stopped and looked back at Tidal.  “Say, is you mother around?”

“Sorry.  She and my father live back up in New Hampshire.”

“Bummer.  I was hoping that my aunt would like to reconnect with her,” Indigo said.  “What does your father do anyway?”

“He’s a meteorologist for the national weather channel.  His name’s Sky Blue.”

“Did you say… Sky Blue?”

Tidal let out a sigh, knowing what was coming next.  “Yes.  The same Sky Blue who witnessed the thunder-snow event over a year ago.”

“Should have known,” Indigo replied.  “Sugarcoat, another CPA student, was obsessed with that event when it happened.  I know she likes to talk a lot, but I don’t think she’s ever been excited about an event like that in her life.  She’s like one of the smartest students at the school.  I think she might be obsessed with your father’s work.  You wouldn’t happen to have a girlfriend, do you.”

“He actually has two.”

“CYNDER!”  Tidal started to rub the bridge between his eyes.  “It’s… complicated.”

“I guess so,” Indigo replied.  “Well, it was nice meeting you, Tidal.  Hope we cross paths again before the games.”

So Cadence and Indigo went back to the car while the others were able to get together and see the two leave.  But before they could drive out, Indigo stuck out her head and yelled, “By the way.  Someone posted a video of how your boys basketball team lost at the end.  And all I can say is that I’m calling foul on that last call.  Where in the rule book does it say that you can’t do that?  Seriously!”

The group had blank stares on their faces from Indigo’s comment just as they were driving out of the driveway and leaving the area.

“I would have never expected her to side with us on that call,” Cynder said.

“Well, you never know if a call like that could happen to their school,” Tidal responded.  “Two sides to a coin, right?”

“If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that you just made a friend from a rival school,” Luna said.

“Well, she’s a friend of the family, right?”

Celestia looked at him and said, “Tidal, you might be right about that.  You might be right.”