Ray walked out of the hospital and stretched his entire body making sure to pop his neck in the loudest possible fashion. Nurse Redheart cringed at the sound and wondered how that wasn't hurting the human. "Alright so why do you have to escort me back to my house?" asked Ray.

"It's just hospital policy." Redheart answered.

Ray shrugged and started walking again then came up with a game plan for the day. "Hey since you are more than likely gonna see me in that hospital again real soon lemme at least give you some sort of thank you." Ray said starting to jog.

Redheart ran after him and seen him holding the door open to Sugarcube corner. "Come on, my treat." said Ray.

The nurse sighed and walked into the store and immediately ducked as a pink blur passed over her and slammed into Ray hugging him. Ray caught her like she was a football that was blasted into his gut. "Hey Pinkie." a winded Ray barely wheezed out.

"Are you okay?" asked Redheart who was sitting down at a table.

Ray nodded and hugged Pinkie back then hobbled over to the table and sat down. Ray slid Redheart a menu and just laid back and and looked out the window, watching the some-what busy town. Redheart had just ordered a vanilla milkshake when a minotaur and pony both wearing suits, shades and holding briefcases had walked in the store. They had both walked down to where he was sitting when the minotuar lowered his shades and asked. "Are you Ray Isaac Patrick?"

Ray nodded and was about to say something when the suited pony set down a small briefcase and said "This is the prize money that you've won from the last fight." He said opening the case that was filled with bits.

The pony took out a few more papers and slid them over to the human. "These are a few sponsorship offers from all over the map, it will be up to you which ones to accept and decline." said the pony. "They can open up new things but be careful who you do buisness with." The pony stood up and waited for his partner.

The minotaur took no time in replacing the suited pony's place. "Your rather impressive victory against one of our own has sparked the interest in the public and even in the royal families." "We would be delighted if you could come compete in the next tournament. You have two days to reply, when you do just blow into this." The minotaur handed him a small pipe with four holes in it. With that the two left and disappeared with a small crowd. Ray looked over to see a confused Redheart. "Look Ray i've had a great time but I need to get back to work. Thank you Ray." Redheart smiled and hugged Ray.

"Goodbye Ray." she said.

"Later Ms. Redheart." he said.

"Hey Pinkie can I get a coffee to go?" he asked.

Pinkie popped up out of thin air with a medium coffee and a smile that could blind somebody. Ray took the to-go cup and took a small sip. "How did you know how many sugars and cream to put in?" he asked.

Pinkie just pointed to her head and said "Pinkie Sense."

Ray could just feel the air thicken and something inside him screamed to just not question it. Ray took three bits and gave them to Pinkie then started to walk out of the sweet shop with a wave to Pinkie.

Ray walked inside the house that he was staying in and called Vinyl and Octavia into the room. "Whats up Ray". Vinyl asked with a sad smile. Octavia walked in the room holding documents and was mumbling worriedly. "Octy, what's wrong why do ya look like Vinyl with a hangover?" he asked.

"These bills, they are threatening to repo everything. we're going to lose everything we own." she said her voice cracking. "We won't have a home and we'll starve". said Octavia in full tears.

Ray looked around then dropped the briefcase of bits on the floor and crouched to open it opened it allowing the two mares to see the contents. Octavia slowly walked over and picked up the case and counted the bits. Octavia then dropped the case and ran over to hug Ray as hard as she could crying tears of joy. Ray hugged her and watched as Vinyl just stood there shocked. "Ray where did you get all this?" Vinyl asked.

"It's from the fight I won and I got great news, I got another fight coming up. All I gotta do is accept and get prepared for it." he said.

Vinyl smiled then joined Octavia in hugging Ray. "This will cover our debt and most of the bills. we'll be set for a few months." Octavia said.

"I'm just doing my part to help out don't worry about it." he said. Ray walked out the house and blew into the pipe for a few seconds before he got an idea.

Octavia and Vinyl let go of Ray who walked back inside and over to the fridge and pulled out his bottle of special occasion whiskey. He filled three glasses and passed two to the mares. "Is this the same stuff you and Applejack had that contest in?". asked Vinyl.
Ray nodded and downed his like a champion then looked over to see their reactions to the drink. Vinyl threw hers down with barely any trouble then let a victory screech. Octavia took a sip and savored the burn and flavor before she finished it off. Ray looked at them both and asked "Well, whatchya think?"

Vinyl let another louder victory screech in which Ray and Octavia joined. Ray poured another round of shots while Vinyl threw on some dubstep. Octavia made some snacks and the three had a small party between themselves.

Author's Note

What's up everybody! long time no see right? well yeah that's gonna happen a bit unfortunately. While i'm not giving up on this story, there will definitly be times where i wont post new chapters for a while at a time. this chapter was supposed to be posted a week ago but I ditched the old idea and had to rewrite it.
thanks for reading this little story and if you have any ideas for future chapters i'm all ears
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