Bronze, Thunder, and Rainby epicdonus1123 BOTChaptersPrologue"Mom's Going to Kill Us!"Friendships and EnmitiesHarmonizing TogetherSearching for Jobs and Going to SchoolA Day of Sweets, Part 1A Day of Sweets, Part 2Dreamy and VisitorialThunder's Associates, Rainbow's IdolsPrologueChapter 1 "Ouch, haha." said Capri with her cute little face. Capri is an eight year old, turning nine, with dark brown hair, light brown eyes, and brown skin. She always loved to play with AJ and me, more than anything in the world.We'd normally play bull, or tackle each other, or any other childish game you can think of. The annoying thing about her was that, she was annoying! She'd constantly bother you about random things that go on in the world, but they were always fun to talk to her about. At the moment, we were wrestling around in me and AJ's room. "Ya going to get it now." AJ said with a devilish smirk on his face. AJ was an eleven year old, with dark brown hair, dark brown skin, and dark brown eyes. AJ was definitely the bossiest one out of the three of us. He'd like to give commands, and to take charge. It's just his nature to be like that. He lived in the same room as me, which was always fun. At night, he would turn on the TV, and put on the movie "Rags". That movie was always a good movie to fall asleep to, and it was fun to do it with AJ. It was a thing he and I would love to do together. Capri and AJ would always fight and argue with each other, but I would usually have to stop it. They would normally tackle and wrestle each other onto the couches in the living room. Out of us three, he was the one with the shortest fuse. Every now and then, I would annoy him to the brink of rage, just to test him. Most of the time, he would fail the test and throw a fit. "Hey you two, knock it off." Finally, we get to me. My name is Brandon, and I have kinda dark skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair. I am twelve years old, and I'm in accelerated math. I am a bit of a perfectionist, like if the window isn't pulled all the way on both sides and stuff like that. My little sister and brother are one of the most important things to me in life, alongside my mom and big sister. My big sister isn't really much of a MLP fan, nor is my mom. Like I was saying, I love to play with my little brother and sister. We'd always play games, and tackle each other, and be plain out lazy with each other. I tend to ignore my siblings, but in the end, we always come out through. "I don't wanna." Capri whined. "Yeah. Ya not the boss of me." agreed AJ, who at this time was on top of Capri. "C'mon you two, mom will be mad at us." "Fine." I finally got AJ to stop, after about an hour of continuous fighting. "Okay, fine." Capri stopped attacking AJ, and stood up. She then went and sat down on my part of the bunk bed. I have an issue when people use my things without my permission. I get irritated, and throw them off or away from it. This happens so often, that when I get up, AJ and Capri run away. Capri saw the anger in my eyes, so she jumped off my bunk. "Why were you on my bunk?" "Because I can." I hate it when people say that to me. I snorted at her, and she ran away into her room. I tend to snort when I laugh or when I'm angry. We kept hearing little peeps from the living room. Then we knew what was making once she yelled our names, "Anthony! Brandon! Capri!" It's pretty funny, because our names make the first letters of the ABC's. We immediately ran out the door to mom's attention. "Yes ma'am?" we all asked in unison. "You guys have been in that room all day. You should go out, it's a nice day." Everyone knows that when she says "you should go out" she really means "go out, you three", no exception. Me, AJ, and Capri obey a lot, it's just that our listening holes tend to shut down. AJ and I ran to our room, and started to put on some clothes. What I where on a normal basis is very careful, just in case we get kidnapped: t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes, socks, hat, glasses, key to house, and phone. AJ usually puts on a t-shirt, shorts, glasses, and flip-flops, nothing to fancy nor careful. We ran through our door, and out the front door. There, we impatiently started to wait for Capri to get her stuff on. We didn't like having Capri around with us, because she makes us look like dweebs. Nevertheless, I love to have her around with us. Capri opened the door, and we started off down our neighborhood. We went in search for Emmanuel, the third grader with a potty mouth, or some one that wasn't in high school. It's summer and nobody is out, what a shocker. We then noticed my friend, Harper, playing down at the dumpster. The dumpster is like the basketball court for us, since its the only place that has a basket. We ran all the way to the dumpster to have something to do. Our neighborhood is sloped, with the dumpster at the bottom. We live on the third street, so it was a tiresome jog. When we actually got there, Harper was happy to see me. "Sup Brandon. Hey AJ and Capri." he said with boredom in his eyes. "Hey Harper, whatcha doing?" I replied. "Nothin' much. I'm just happy that ya here." Harper was a always happy to have me around. Though he is a bad influence, he is still a pretty cool guy. "Hi Harper." Capri waved with excitement in her eyes. She would always be late on the subject, just like me. That's a bad part of my personality, I don't seem to pay attention a lot. I would look away, and in the next second, I'd be locked up in my own little world. In my world, I would always think about ponies. I'd think about how cool ponies were, and how much I wanted to be one. "Hey Capri, again." "So Harper," I wanted to keep this conversation rolling. "What did ya think about "Cupcakes"?" "It gave me nightmares, to be honest." Harper wasn't really a brony, but "Cupcakes" sure did freak him out. I turned around to notice Capri looking up in the sky, for some reason. "CP? Whatcha doin'?" "There are dark clouds in the sky. It looks like it's about t' rain." Down here in Georgia, the weather changes a lot. Last year, we had snow that was five inches thick, and it never snows here. The high could be 105 degrees and the low 65 degrees. Yup, that's how messed up Georgia can be. "Hey Brandon, want t' play some basketball?" "Sure. I'm warning ya, I stink at it." "Oh don't worry, I do too." AJ and Capri kept bothering me to join the game, and by bothering, I mean bothering. "C'mon Brandon, please please please please please?" "Yeah Brandon, c'mon. Please?" "I will stop annoying you if you let us." "Me too. What do ya say?" "Ugh...fine! Just shut up, will ya?" I said in a annoyed tone. They kept bouncing around me, thanking me for letting them play. Then, we felt some water drip on us. One raindrop actually landed on my nose, making me swat at it. Yeah, my reflexes aren't really the best in the business. "Aw man, it's raining." Capri cried out, because she never gets to play basketball. "How about we just play? Maybe the rain will go away? That is how the song goes, right?" Harper sure did know how to lighten up a bad situation. "Ya right. Let's play." Me, Capri, Harper, and AJ just did that. We would attempt to do cool tricks, sometimes they'd work. Harper actually made a three-pointer backwards, impressive. After about two hours of playing basketball, mom called and told us to come back home. "Yes ma'am...yup....yeah their fine....yup...yes ma'am...okay, love ya too. Bye." "So, what did she say?" AJ pondered. "She said to come back home. Later Harper." "Later." We walked back up the soggy road together. On the way there, we happened to pass a deep looking hole. Capri hovered over it, like she hasn't ever seen a hole before. "Look, a hole." she stated with observance. "I know. Just because I have glasses, doesn't mean I'm blind." AJ replied irritably. The muddy dirt caused her to slip into the questionably deep hole. AJ jumped in after her, not the brightest move. "CAPRI!" I grabbed AJ's leg while he had Capri's. I wish it wasn't raining at the moment, for which I started to slip. Eventually, I slipped into the hole with AJ and Capri. "Mom's Going to Kill Us!"Chapter 2 "AHHHHHH!!!!!" We were all screaming at the top of our lungs as we were falling through the deep hole. It was crazy enough that we were falling this giant death trap. I found myself grabbing AJ's hand, and eventually, Capri's. We were falling down together, as a family. Down the hole, we started to feel our bodies shift and change. I could feel a horn growing out of my forehead, as well as loosing all my fingers and toes. I could see Capri growing a set of wings on the sides of her hip, and AJ growing both wings and a horn. His wings were a bit more broad than Capri's, but I'm guessing it's that way because he's older. I tried to feel my fingers, but all that was there was flat. Hooves, horns, wings. We're turning into ponies! That kept stirring in my mind as we kept falling down. I looked down, so that we could face our destiny with dignity. The dark hole became lit, for it was opening at the bottom. AJ was shouting at me, trying to tell me something about the hole. "Brandon! Brandon! Can ya hear me!?" "Yes! What is it!?" "I realized something!" "What!?" "We're not in a hole, we're in a portal!" "What!? That's crazy!" "Oh yeah!? Then why are ya a unicorn!?" "Point taken!" We finally reached the bottom of the hole, and it turns out that we were falling from the sky of a place. AJ and Capri opened up their wings, but they had no use of it yet. We kept falling down a mysterious place. I looked around at the scenery, and noticed a quaint little town next to a forest. "Brandon! I'm scared!" Capri cried out while she was trying to flap her wings. I wrapped my wrist around hers, and squeezed hard. She lessened the thrashing, and fell silently. AJ leaned in closer, and jumped onto my back. "Don't worry Brandon, I gotcha!" "I'm okay, thanks!" We finally neared the ground, when a pegasus grabbed all three of us. I blacked out at the sight of a real pegasus pony. It felt like a few moments, but I got control of myself again. Even though I was awake, I kept my eyes shut. I could hear some talking going on in the background. "Doctor, are they okay?" "They'll be fine, just a few bumps and scratches." Okay, so we were in a hospital. Wait a minute, mom's going to kill us! She said that hospitals cost like thousands of dollars to pay for! I decided to squint my eyes to see my surroundings. I cocked my head to the left, and I saw AJ with some bandages on. I turned to the right, and saw Capri with some bandages on too, mainly on her wings. I'm glad to see that AJ and Capri were right next to me, I was there for them the whole time. I blacked out again, this time on accident. While asleep, I tried to picture the pegasus pony that saved me. All that I could remember is that she had a white mane, unusual for a pegasus pony. After all my research on bronyhood, not once did I come over a pegasus with a white mane. I regained my conscience, like the last time, I kept them shut. Like last time too, I heard some voices. Not the same voices, different voices. "You are going to be fine, young one. Don't forget that." It kept repeating in my head, over and over. Was I hearing things, or was someone pranking me? I opened my eyes to see a pony standing over me. "Hi!" Her voice was so practical, not Twilight Sparkle practical though. "Ugh...where am I? And who are you?" I questioned her. She looked so familiar, I just can't remember her name. "Nurse Redheart, and you are in the hospital." She smiled like I didn't know that already. Nurse Redheart is a pony from My Little Pony, which means that I am in Ponyville! "Ah, what happened?" "Oh, we saw you three falling down, so we sent some ponies to save you. For some reason, however, you managed to grab the other two, and break the fall for them. The filly damaged her wing, and the colt got hurt all over. You have the most damage out of all of you, just look at your body." I looked down, to my surprise, and she was right! I had bandages all over me, maybe some on my horn. "Excuse me Nurse Redheart, but I was saved by a pegasus with white hair. I also blacked out because she was a Pegasus." "What are you talking about, dearie? You saved yourself, and you blacked out from impact. Wait what was tha-" "Nothing! It was nothing!" "Okay dear, but there are someponies here to see you." Instantly, she turned around and opened the door. Capri and AJ came in, which was odd because I thought they were still next to me. 'Hey Br-" "Onze! Hey Bronze! Capri, ya don't say his real name." Aj screamed the first part, and whispered the last part. "Oh, so your name is Bronze?" asked Nurse Redheart. "Ugh...yeah it is." Technically, it is true. My ponified name was Bronze, no doubt about it. "So, do you know these two?" "Yeah. She's Rain Dancer and he's Thundershock. They're my siblings." Nurse Redheart gave a surprised expression, one that makes you want to gasp at. "How is that possible!? She's a pegasus, he's an pegacorn, and your a unicorn!" She was right, how could we all be different types of ponies if we're that close? "My mom was a unicorn, and our dad was a pegasus." lied Rain Dancer. From now on, I need to get used to calling her Rain Dancer, all the time. "Yeah, she's right." agreed Thundershock. Same with him, got to get used to calling him that, twenty-four seven. "Well, I guess that makes sense." Nurse Redheart probably doesn't believe us, but at least it's out of the way. "Hey Rain and Thunder." "Yeah?" they said in harmony. "Thanks for coming." "Why wouldn't we?" Rain queried. "I don't know. I'm just happy that yer here." "No prob, big brother." A-err Thundershock claimed. Nurse Redheart realized that they were in there for longer than they were supposed to. "I'm sorry, Thundershock and Rain Dancer, but you have to go now. Bronze needs to sleep, for he's going to be here all day. Say your goodbyes, and come back later dearies." "Okay, later bro." Thundershock said as he was leaving. "Goodbye Bronze! I will miss ya so much! I love ya!" "Love ya too Rain. Ya too Thunder." Rain finally got off of me, and walked out the door. Nurse Redheart went with them, closing the door on her way out. I'm going to be here all day? Mom is not going to like this, but at least I'm somewhere that I want to be. You made it to Ponyville! You should celebrate with Pinkie Pie! I wanted to celebrate, but not party, with Pinkie so much. I have all day to do nothing, might as well enjoy it. I laid my head on my pillow, and fell asleep. I kept dreaming about the "pegasus" that saved me. Was she even real, or what Nurse Redheart said was true? Was I the pegasus that saved us all? I just need to cool down, and forget about it. I awoke to a loud crash in my ears. My head was to dizzy to even know who did it either. "Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! How are you? Who are you? Where did you come from?" Oh god, that better not be who I think it is. I opened my eyes to discover the pink party pony standing over me. "Oh god." I whispered to myself. "Hi there sleepy head! My name's-" "Pinkie Pie. Yer Pinkie Pie!" "How do you know? Are you a psychic?" "No reason, and no. I am not a psychic." "That's a bummer. I really wanted to play a game with you!" "Yeah, that's great." Pinkie just kept blabbing about different things that go on in Ponyville. I realized another pony come in, one that I couldn't possibly mistake. "Pinkie, why are you annoying the new ponies' brother?" Twilight Sparkle, the smartest of the group. Alongside her was Spike, who was looking up at me. "I'm not annoying him. I'm talking to him." Pinkie snapped back. "Anyways, I'll take it from here. Goodbye Pinkie." "Bye Twilight! Bye pony who hasn't told me his name yet!" "Bronze!" I yelled her my name before she closed the door. Twilight came up, and looked at me in shock. "Your a unicorn! I thought it was strange enough that Rain Dancer and Thundershock, outside, were two different types of ponies." "Yeah. It's pretty weird." "You three have one messed up family." Spike rudely declared. "Spike! That was mean! Say sorry!" "Sorry." "It's okay." Twilight was a nicer pony than the fan fictions state she is. "Anyways, the Doctor told me to tell you that you will be out of here tomorrow." "That's excellent news! How many ponies have Rain and Thunder met?" "They have only met: the Doctor, Nurse Redheart, Pinkie, me, Spike, and Screw Loose." "Wow, I haven't even met the Doctor." "Haha! Well, I'm going to give you your sleep, good night!" Twilight turned around, and started heading for the door. "Good night and bye, Twilight Sparkle and Spike!" "Night." The last word said was by Spike, who closed the door. I was awfully tired, so I rested my head. After a few minutes, my mind drifted off, and I fell asleep. I wasn't dreaming about the white-maned pegasus, but I was dreaming about Rain and Thunder. What are they going to be doing while I'm still in the hospital? Where are they sleeping for the night?All night long, I kept those questions in my skull. I also kept thinking about my old life. I wanted to wake up in my bed, at my house, eating some oatmeal, and saying "good morning" to my mom. I wanted to see her welcoming smile that she makes every morning, but what had happened, happened for a reason. I just need to be happy that I found myself in Ponyville, and not somewhere else. Friendships and EnmitiesChapter 3 When I awoke, the gleaming light of the sun shined on my face. It was a very good feeling, considering that I wasn't even in Georgia anymore. I missed my mom, but she probably misses me more. I lifted my head off the pillow, and tried to shake to stay up. To my surprise, my legs and arms were also shaking. Just yesterday, I couldn't even feel them at all. Then Rain and Thunder came into the room. "Hey Bronze!" Rain ran towards me with an welcoming hug. "Hi Rain, hey Thunder." "Hey Bronze. How are ya doing?" Thunder said with questionable expression. I couldn't tell if he was really asking, or just acting. "Good. Hey, what did you guys to when you left?" "Oh that's easy. I'll tell ya." Thunder announced. FLASHBACK "Ugh...where are we?" Thunder pondered as he looked around. "You are in the hospital, young one." the Doctor answered him. The Doctor was a blue pony with green eyes, and light blue hair. "Why do we have these white things strapped around us?" Rain queried the Doctor. "Because you have been hurt, but not us much as him." The Doctor pointed his hoof towards my unconscious body. "Bronze! Will he be okay!?" Rain screamed at the Doctor for his approval. "Yes, yes. He'll be fine, just give him time." "Can we meet other ponies? Are we allowed to leave?" Rain whispered with teary eyes. "Your allowed to leave, but not go outside the hospital. You can only meet ponies within the hospital." "Okay, goodbye Bronze." Thunder grabbed Rain, and walked out the door. There, they saw a pony barking at them like a dog. "Screw! Screw, stop it!" Nurse Redheart shouted at Screw Loose, while she kept on barking. Screw Loose eventually tired herself out, and fell asleep. Redheart noticed Rain and Thunder staring at her. "Um, hi." Thunder quietly said. "Hiya, dearies. Sorry for that, Screw Loose didn't mean to bark at you." "It's okay. I'm Rain Dancer, and this is my brother Thundershock." She cocked her head at them, but ignored the fact that they were different. "Hi Rain Dancer! Hi Thundershock!" "Hi miss?" "Redheart, Nurse Redheart." Thundershock and Rain remembered Redheart from brony quizzes and stories. She was as humble as bronies said she was. They, then, heard a cannon set off in the next room. Out the door, came little Rain Dancer's hero....Pinkie Pie. Rain loved throwing parties as much as Pinkie did, so meeting her in real life was a real "doozy". Pinkie ran up to the filly and stallion, yes Thunder is technically a stallion. "Hi! Hi! Hi! You must be the new ponies in town! I'm Pinkie Pie!" "Hi Pinkie! I'm Thundershock, and this is my sister Rain Dancer." "It's always nice to meet new ponies! I love making ponies smile!" Rain smiled as wide as the sun, for that always made her happy. "It was good meeting you Pinkie Pie!" Rain excitingly shrieked. "You too Rain!" "Goodbye Pinkie!" "Goodbye Thunder!" She trotted down the hall, towards the next room. Rain and Thunder walked down the hall, towards the front of the building. They didn't talk to anyone, for anyone stopped to say hello. Twilight Sparkle and Spike, suddenly, dashed down the hall. They accidentally crashed into the two siblings. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, ponies I haven't met yet!" "We just got to Ponyville, we're kinda new." Thunder responded. "Oh, well I'm Twilight Sparkle and this is-" "Spike!" Rain interrupted. "Yes, he's Spike. Who are you two?" "Actually, we have an older brother, but he's unconscious. Anyways, I'm Thunder and she's Rain." "Nice to meet you both. Say, did you happen to see Pinkie around here?" "Yes ma'am, we saw her a couple of minutes ago." Rain replied. "Thank you. I need to go and get her, goodbye!" "Bye Twilight!" they both yelled in unison. They then ran back up to my door, and started waiting for me. FLASHBACK OVER "Seems like you've done a lot while I was sleeping." I said in bewilderment. "Eeyup." Rain proudly agreed, causing all of us to laugh together. We laughed, hugged, laughed, and hugged. Over and over again, we kept laughing and hugging at each other, and with each other. The Doctor came in during the middle of it. "Rain Dancer and Thundershock! How have you two been doing, and what are you doing?" "We have been good, Doctor." He gave a nod to show his understanding. "Rain and Thunder, will you introduce me to your brother?" "I can speak for myself, Doctor. I am Bronze." I happily, yet rudely, responded. "Well Bronze, we are checking you out of the hospital! Congratulations!" "When, later?" "No, right now!" I should've seen this coming, for they did this to Rainbow Dash in an episode. He helped lifting my arm onto his shoulder, and carried me to a wheelchair. The other nurse, the one that me, Rain, nor Thunder have met, strolled me to the front of the building. She opened the door, and let me free. "Take care!" "Goodbye, dearie!" Nurse Redheart cried out. "Now Bronze, make sure that you stay on that for a few minutes! When you are ready to walk, come give it back to us!" The Doctor proclaimed. "Will do!" I shouted back. Thunder grabbed the bars of the wheelchair, and pushed me into Ponyville. I wasn't sure if I was ready to face Ponyville yet, even though they are normally very nice. They tend to be rude at times, even jealousy happens to them. What if everypony doesn't like me? We finally make it to Ponyville, and the first pony, or ponies, to run into us were the CMC. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, I think, were test-driving Scootaloo's scooter. "Out of th' way!" Applebloom screamed. "Yeah, what she said!" Sweetiebelle warned, but it was to late, they already crashed into us. Through the pile of clutter, Scootaloo was the first to pop out. "My scooter!" "Oh, don't get yer hooves in a knot." Applebloom stated. "But, my scooter is destroyed!" By this time, Sweetiebelle, Rain, Thunder, and me all got out of the huge mess. "Well look on the bright side!" Sweetiebelle tried to calm Scootaloo down. Me, Rain, and Thunder were all just watching the three fillies battle it out. "What bright side!?" "Actually, there isn't a bright side. None of us got our cutie marks, your scooter is broken, and these ponies got hurt." "Exactly! Say, who are you three?" She immediately looked at Thunder and bowed down. The other two noticed Thunder's horn and wings, and bowed down too. "What are ya doing?" Thunder was just as weirded out as I was. "Ya 're royalty, aren't ya?" Applebloom pondered. "Actually, yes I am. For my first command-" "No, he's not royalty. He's just an average pegacorn." I retorted. Now that I think about it, pegacorns and unisuses aren't your average/ everyday thing. "Okay? Anyways, I'm Sweetiebelle. These are my friends, Scootaloo and Applebloom." she said with a mixture of guilt and innocence, I think. "Nice t' meet ya! What's ya names?" Applebloom asked. "I'm Rain Dancer! This is Thundershock and Bronze, they're my brothers!" little Rain was always so hyper about ponies. I'm glad to have her as my sister. "Okay, nice to meet you three. Well, we need to go and do some more crusading, right girls?" was Scootaloo always this eager to crusade? "Right!" "Right! Let's go!" They stood up, and shook themselves off. "Goodbye you three! I can't wait to see you, Rain, in class!" Sweetiebelle yelled as the CMC walked away together. "Class? It was summer back in Georgia." Rain stated. "Ya 're right. I guess that you have to go to school, and me and A-err Thunder need to find our special talents Got it?" I declared. Thunder then looked at me and his flanks. Wow, I can now say that he looked at my flank for my special talent. Anyways, when he noticed that we didn't have our cutie marks, he nodded. "Right. Me and Bronze are stallions and yer just a little filly. We need to get our cutie marks, and ya need to go to school." "But, that's not fair! I'm only four years younger than ya'll!" she barked at us. "Yes, in human years. As ponies, we're like twice as tall as ya! Who knows, pony years and human years are different." I replied calmly. "Fine! I'll go to school, but ya two need to fine your special talents, and our house!" Rain shrieked. "We can do that! If I learned anything from My Little Pony, it's that the ponies are appropriately named according to their cutie marks." Thunder calmly responded, the way I did. "Just because yer Thunder and he's Bronze, doesn't mean that yer good with weather, and he is good with metal!" Rain was in full anger, throwing fits and tackling us. "Calm down! First, we need to meet the rest of the town. Then, we go and find our talents, m'kay?" Rain gave a little growl. "Ugh! Just find yer stupid talents, and leave me alone!" she hollered as she stomped away. Thunder and I looked into each other eyes for a couple of seconds. "Wow, talk about anger-management." Admittedly, I did laugh along. "Yeah, ya should talk about anger-management. Ya always fail my tests." "No I don't, not always!" "See, failed!" "Oh shut up! I don't even care about yer tests." He stopped talking to me, and ran after Rain. I followed those two knuckle-heads, for they sure can get themselves in trouble. While running after them, I realized something. I almost forgot to give the wheelchair back. The two weren't to far ahead, so I grabbed the wheelchair and ran to the hospital. I opened the door, and threw the wheelchair in, probably not the smartest move. I ran out, and chased the two down. They noticed me chasing them, and sprinted away as fast as gazelles. I finally caught up to them, and stopped them. We all laughed in harmony. We then started running down Ponyville some more. We finally reached the middle of town, and noticed some ponies around us that we could name by heart. We played a game to see who can name the ponies the fastest. Eventually, obviously, I won the game, for I am the biggest brony of us all. Then, Berry Punch came up towards us. "Hiya newcomers! I'm Be-" "Berry Punch. Your Berry Punch!" Rain interrupted her. "Yes I am! How did you know that?" "Oh, we just are smart." Thunder covered up for her. "Anyways, welcome to Ponyville! Here, we have the freshest apples in Equestria!" "That's great! Say, do ya know when school hours start?" I asked with curiosity." "Oh, that's easy! School for your little filly here starts at eight and ends at four. By the way, what's you're names?" "Bronze, Thundershock, and Rain Dancer." Thunder said impatiently. I don't know what his deal is, but he's had that grumpy attitude all day. "Those are great names! It sounds like you're going to be good at blacksmith stuff," she pointed to me. " and you're going to be good with the weather team!" "That's what I said!" Rain announced. "You know what they say, great minds think alike!" Berry's attitude about life is so marvelous. It seems like nothing bothers her at all. "Well, thank ya so much Berry Punch for yer positive attitude. It'll be good to see ya 'round town!" "Why thank you! I can't wait to meet you so more! Goodbye!" "Bye!" we all screamed in unison. She bounced away with a smile on her face as big as a mile. It was very welcoming to see her walk away like that, knowing that she truly cares. We waved goodbye, and continued our search around town. My mind went blank, and I drifted off into my little world as we were walking. I didn't really think about anything this time, it was just total blankness. It went like that for several minutes, until Rain yelled my name. "Looky! We made it to Applejack's farm!" Wait what, did she just say Applejack's farm? Was I really gone that long? "We get to meet Applejack!" Thunder was finally excited about something, for once in his life. "Okay, so what? We get to meet other country ponies, big deal." I was actually disinterested in meeting Applejack, mainly because I don't really like her. "Don't be such a downer! It'll lots of fun!" Rain was literally bouncing on around me, begging us to go. "I didn't say that I didn't want to go, I just said that 'we get to meet other country ponies.'" She took as a yes, and dashed all the way to the barn. Thunder and I ran after her, when suddenly we noticed Applejack and Rainbow Dash knocking down some apples. "Oh look! There they are! HEY APPLEJACK!" she actually went and tackled Applejack into a tree, a bit stronger than I expected she was. Rainbow stood there, and looked at my sister like she was a maniac. Thunder and I ran, and I grabbed her off of Applejack. "Sorry 'bout that! Rain Dancer, why 're ya tacklin' ponies as important as Applejack!?" When I get angry, my country accent raises. When I get more satisfied, it lessens. "Hey now, don' fret. She's just a filly." Applejack calmly said. "Ya sure, because she slammed ya back into th' tree behind ya." "Yeah, I'm sure. Anyways, how do ya already know my name!?" she pondered on me. "No reason. Hi, I'm Bronze! This is Thundershock, and ya already met Rain Dancer." "Well, it's always nice t' meet other country ponies." She gave a warm smile, in which I smiled back. We then struck a conversation about the South and country. "Yeah, where I came from, th' weather would always change." I said. "I know, it gets perdy annoyin' after a while." Applejack replied. She wasn't as annoying as I thought she was. "Uh hem, nopony has even said hi to me yet." Rainbow Dash is right, nopony has even said hi to her yet. "Okay then, hi there!" Rain Dancer replied. "And who might you be?" "Rain Dancer! I'm Rain Dancer!" "That's a cool name, for a pegasus. Anyways, how about you?" She then directed her head towards Thunder. "Thundershock." "That's also a cool name. Finally, how about you, unicorn?" Rainbow Dash has the nerve to call me "unicorn". She got her self into a bad start. "Bronze. I'm Bronze." "That's it!? Bronze? That's such a funny name!" How on Celestia's grave was it that funny? "Chill Rainbow, that could hurt his feelings." She kept on laughing, and laughing. "Rainbow, knock it off with th' giggling!" "I can't! It's just a funny name!" That's it, I don't set a bad name for myself. How would Rainbow like a taste of her own medicine. "Oh yeah? What 'bout yer name, Rainbow Crash?" She instantly stopped laughing, and looked up at me. I turned, and saw Rain hide behind Applejack. Thunder stood there, ready to watch the fight that was about to ensue. "What did you say, punk?" Rainbow finally stooped down to my level. "I said 'Rainbow Crashhhh." I held the last word for emphasis on the insult. "You sure are smart, smart enough for me to drive my hoof to your face!" Rainbow Dash was really mad now. "Woah, woah. Rainbow, ya aren't really goin' t' fight him, 're ya?" Applejack said to her. "Yeah, if you weren't in my way!" Rainbow suddenly started hollering at Applejack. "Hey now, what's goin' on here!?" Big Mac yelled as he ran over here. I looked at the red stallion, about a foot taller than me. "This punk made me mad!" "Mmhmm, this "punk" made ya mad? Think 'bout how annoyin' it was when ya was laughin' at my name!" I shrieked at her. "Were ya really laughin' at him?" Big Mac asked. "Ugh...fine, yeah I was." Rainbow Dash finally admitted. "What d' ya say?" Big Mac questioned. "Sorry." Rainbow whispered. "What'd ya say? I can't hear ya?" I lied. "Sorry!" Rainbow retorted. We both then looked away from each other. I peeked back at her, just to see that she was also looking at me. We looked in each others' eyes for a few seconds, and turned away. "Anyways, it was good meeting ya, Applejack." Rain awkwardly said. "Yeah, ya too Rain. We should be headin' inside now, right Big Macintosh?" "Eeyup." Applejack and Big Mac then walked back to the barn. "We should get going, c'mon Bronze." Thunder said. He grabbed Rain by the ear, and dragged her away. I stayed for a few seconds, with Rainbow Dash. I walked up to her, though she backed away. "Get away from me." "I'm trying to say somethin'." "Leave me alone, punk!" "Fine, be like that!" I walked away from her, only to look back at her. "Just remember one thing: I may respect you, but I don't like you." She looked at me with disgust, and I turned my head back around. Harmonizing TogetherChapter 4 After that little incident, I started trotting towards my brother and sister. They looked at me in humiliation; I didn't really care. We started trotting together away from Sweet Apple Acres, but I looked back at Rainbow Dash. She was bucking an apple tree, however. It is really saddening that my favorite character became my first real enemy. I loved the way she'd dash from left to right; clearing out clouds. It was fascinating how she could perform Sonic Rainbooms in a matter of seconds. I loved the way she'd do things, though now I don't even like her. She must've felt the same way to. Knowing that one pony in town doesn't like must kill her on the inside. At least I got my brother and sister to keep me company, especially Rain Dancer. She loves to see ponies and people smile, just like Pinkie Pie. I turned back; I started focusing on my little sister some more. She noticed that I was staring at her, and so she spoke up. "Why 're you looking at me like that?" "No reason, just glad to see you happy." I lied. "I'm more embarrassed then happy." she stated. "Yeah okay, whatever you say." I sarcastically said. She faced forwards; she kept trotting. Thunder is getting awfully quiet. I wonder why that is? I started to think to myself. He had always been awfully quiet when things were getting awkward; he was also quiet when he was annoyed. It was his thing, ya know? "So Brandon," Out of the blue, Thunder was calling me Brandon again. " I wanted to know, do you like Rainbow Dash?" "No." I irritably stated. "I think you do." "Well, I don't." "Yeah, whatever." He sarcastically said. Short conversations usually in indicate that Thunder gave up, but when he leaves on a facetious note, he'll bring it up later. We kept on trotting down Ponyville, only to be visited by Berry Punch again. "Hi you three; how's it going?" "Not so bad." I spoke for all of us. "'Not so bad'? What's wrong?" "Nothing, Berry Punch." I replied. The other two looked angry, causing Berry to start looking at them. "Are you su-" "YES! YES, WE'RE FINE!" I yelled at her; I stormed off. Rain and Thunder started to trail behind me. I didn't look to make sure they were following me, for I could hear their hooves a mile away. Irritated and bossy as ever, I stared to scream at my siblings out of frustration. "Quit stomping s' loud! Quit breathing s' annoyingly! Stop starin' at me!" I just kept rambling on about the two being the most bratty kids ever. Thunder finally stooped to my level. "Oh yeah!? Why do ya have t' be s' bossy!? Why 're ya leading th' way!? Why this, why that!" Thunder and I would always bicker, causing little Rain to start crying. She'd always start crying if me and Thunder were producing 'negative aura' to other people or ponies. It was the one thing that would get her to start fighting back. "BOTH OF YOU ARE IDIOTS, FACE IT!!!!!" She started rain on us with tears of anguish and fear. She sat on the curb, crying loudly, watching us dispute our thoughts to each others' face. Our arguing started to attract unwanted attention; one of us had to stop quickly. "YOUR AN ANNOYING-" "Okay, I get it. Let's just stop fighting, please." "Yeah, whatever ya say, booger-flicker." "I am a booger-flicker, and I'm proud of it!" I awkwardly stated. He snickered, and started to walk with Rain. I followed behind; I was thinking about how we're going to survive in this town. We can't even go five minutes without arguing with each other. Rain doesn't want to go to school, Thunder doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to start finding my talent. This is going to be one heck of a while. "Hey guys, look!" She pointed her hoof towards a house up for rent. The sign of the house said that you only needed to pay fifty bits a month. Quite a reasonable price, considering that some houses on Earth cost up to five thousand dollars a month, I think. "A house for rent? I don't know about that." Thunder started to quietly rebuff the house. "We need a house to live in, and I have to 'go to school.'" Rain stated. "She's right, but we got to get jobs first. Do we look like we have fifty bits on our ha-hooves?" I noted. "Yeah, we need to get jobs first. For the first couple of days, we might have t' live on the streets." Thunder agreed. Rain gave a depressing sigh, and started to walk with us. I always thought about working for Pinkie Pie, and Thunder always wanted to work with Rainbow Dash. Now don't get me wrong, I thought about working for Pinkie, and Thunder wanted to work with Dash. While walking, we found a decent place to sleep in. It was a corner of a building, nothing special. "Okay, this'll be where we'll sleep for now." I announced. "Okay." Rain said. "Fine." Obviously, Thunder didn't want to live there, but I can't blame him. It was pretty dark outside, so I went to bed. The others did the same. While resting my head, the memories of watching "Rags" filled my head. "Rags" is a movie about a kid with a talent being discovered, it follows the Cinderella plot though. When my favorite part came on, I'd always sing along to it. It was such a catchy tune; the moment with Thunder and I going to bed was the best part, however. When we are going to bed, the song would always come on. It is probably the best part of our relationship, knowing that we can go to sleep, singing in harmony. I love my little brother more than I thought. I was whistling the tune; Thunder caught on pretty quick. He started to sing the lyrics, and started to make up the beat. We kept smiling at each other while harmonizing. Shortly after, Rain started to sing along with Thunder. She had seen the movie plenty enough to memorize the song. We kept whistling, beating, and singing together until we fell asleep. Searching for Jobs and Going to SchoolChapter 5 The next morning, I awoke to a sound of chatting. I looked around to see that a crowd of ponies were surrounding us. The Mayor, Colgate, Carrot Top, Rainbow Dash, Derpy, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, and a bunch of other ponies were watching us snore off without any issues! Rain and Thunder woke up then; they gave the same expression as me, shocked. Twilight Sparkle and The Mayor walked up to us. I'm assuming that Twilight's going to have to do what she does best. The funny thing is that we haven't, officially, met seventy-five percent of these ponies. "Excuse me," Here we go. "kind sirs and ma'am, but are you doing there?" The Mayor asked. "Sleeping, why do ya want t' know?" Thunder snapped back. "It's because that normal ponies sleep outside." Twilight jumped in. The fact that she said we weren't normal isn't something Twilight would say; she must be cranky. "Okay, we're not normal. So what?" "So, it'd mean that your in some sort of trouble, I presume." Why was Twilight talking so differently, first rudely now elegantly? "Yeah, we are." Rain faintly said. "What kind of trouble are you in?" The Mayor questioned us. "Financial." I spoke. "Money issues? I believe that we can help you with that." The Mayor replied. She turned around and told the crowd to go back to their lives. She, then, told us to stand up and to follow her, so we did. She lead us to the rent house, and we immediately stepped back. "What's wrong? It's just a house." she stated. "But it's fer rent, and we said that we have financial problems." Thunder responded. "Don't worry about that, because I'm letting you have it for free-" "Really?" Rain quietly asked. "Yes, you guys don't have to worry about the first month's bill. However, you do have to pay the rest of them." "Deal." I suddenly agreed to her offer. She gave me the contract to the house, and a pen. I put the pen in my mouth, and wrote down my signature. She gave a welcoming smile, and we walked in. It was a moderate sized home; Rain immediately ran towards the bathroom, whereas Thunder and I walked into the living room. We sat down on the couches. We could hear some rumbling from the hallway, probably Rain fixing up her hair. Wait a minute, what time is it? "Hey Thunder, " he looked at me, "what time is it?" "Ugh...how am I supposed to know?" "I just thought ya knew, because Rain has t' go t' school." I replied. "Yer right, hey Mayor!" Thunder ran out of the house. Boringly, I started to think about our advantages and disadvantages of being ponies. Advantages: I could use, one hundred percent, magic, Rain can, one hundred percent, fly, and Thunder could do fifty-fifty. I heard that average pegacorns could barely fly, probably fly for about fifty feet in one liftoff, and they could only perform certain magic, whatever is related to their cutie mark. Oh yeah, the disadvantages: I don't know how to use my horn, Rain-her wings, or Thunder- his horn or wings. How unique, a unicorn, a pegasus, and a pegacorn who don't know how to use their abilities. Though, Rain won't be so lonely, for I also heard that the schoolgirl, Scootaloo, doesn't know how to fly. I don't want to ask Twilight Sparkle, Colgate, Rarity, or any other unicorn how to use magic. Suddenly, Thunder ran through the door. "Woah Thunder, calm down!" "I can't 'cause school hours are startin' right now!" he exclaimed. "Oh cuff, Rain!" "What!?" "Go t' school, now!" She saw the seriousness in my eyes, and ran out the door. When she was gone, I looked at Thunder. "I gotta go." "Donde?" Before we left, my big sister was teaching us Spanish; we speak some words to practice it. "A job! We gotta go, and get jobs!" He nodded, and we were off. We opened the door, stepped out, and closed it. "Great, now where 're we goin' t' work at?" Thunder asked. "I don' know about ya, but I'm goin' t' work at Sugarcube." I replied. "Well, I'm goin' t' work with Rainbow!" "But ya don' know how t' work yer wings!" As you can tell, my voice was getting more country. "Oh yeah? Watch me!" He stood back, opened his wings, and started running. Aerodynamically, his wings started to catch air. He started to rise up, and in a few short seconds, he was flying like a professional. "When did ya learn yer wings?" "While ya were asleep 'n th' hospital." Interesting, he didn't tell me the whole story behind it. "Can ya use yer horn?" "Ya." I could see his face cringe as he started up his horn, indicating that it might not work. Eventually, his face was puckered to the slightest, and his horn erupted. Though his horn was in tact, he came crashing down to the ground. "Dude, are ya okay!?" I pondered in a melancholic tone. "Y..yeah. I'm alright." "Are ya sure!? Ya looked pretty beat up back there!" "I'm fine!" "M'kay." I picked his up, and threw him onto his hooves. He dusted himself off; he walked away. I decided to leave him be, since I caused him his pain. I started to go to Sugarcube Corner. Amazingly, it wasn't that far away from our house; it was a simple hike there. I stood outside the building, waiting in hesitation. "Here I go, m' first job." I mumbled to myself as I walked into the building. Instantly, a outrageous pink pony charged up to me. "Hi there, who and how are you!? I am Pinkie Pie!" Was she expecting me? "Hi, Bronze, good, and nice t' meet ya." "You talk like Applejack; are you related to her!?" "No." "Aww, that's to bad! It would've been cool if you were her cousin or something like that." "Yeah, that've been fun." "Yeah! It would have been fun!" "Hey Pinkie-" "Yesseroo!" "I'd like t' apply fer a job." "Where?" "Here, got any openin's?" "I don't know, silly! Let me ask the Cakes!" She ran up the stairs in the back. I, impatiently, started to tap on random things. I'd always make music out of random things in my environment, for it was a good way to pass the way. I, then, heard some rumbling on the ceiling. Pinkie, miraculously, ran down the stairs in a blink of the eye. "Hi, hi, hi!" "Um, hi?" "I've got good news for you!" "Shoot." "The Cakes accepted you!" "Really, that quick?" "Yepperoni!" "What did ya tell 'em?" "I told them that you were applying! They looked at Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake, for some reason, and said that they accept." "Awfully quick decision 'f ya ask me." "Yup!" "M'kay, when d' I start workin'?" "Right now!" "Right now, as in right now, right now?" "Yes!" "Interesting. Ya want me t' start workin' right now?" "That's what I said, silly!" "M'kay. Show me th' ropes!" A Day of Sweets, Part 1Chapter 6 "That's the spirit! Come on, we gotta get to work!" She bounced her way into the kitchen; I trailed after her. She's so optimistic that you could feel it in the air. The smell of pleasure, opportunity, friendliness, and laughter just makes you want to smile as big as a mile. I must've stopped because Pinkie shortly yelled my name. "Bronze! Hurry up, or the cupcakes will spoil!" "I'm comin'!" My world eventually mixed in with the happiness in the atmosphere, so I walked to her. In the kitchen laid the biggest collection of: bowls, cups, spoons, forks, knives, sporks, pots, pans, whisks, and everything else that you could possibly imagine. There weren't just utensils, containers, and other cooking aids, but there were also lots and lots of: cookbooks, sugars, salts, peppers, flours, oils, and spices. It was a maelstrom of services, all swirled up by a couple of bakers and a sugar addict. "Okay, there are cookbooks to your left, utensils to the right, pots and pans in front of you, and there are several objects in the pantries! Don't worry, though, because Aunt Pinkie will be here for you!" "Yer not m' aunt." "Haha, I know I'm not your aunt!" She started to obnoxiously giggle until the oven went off. Ding! Ding! Ding! Dinggg! "Huh, looks like the cupcakes are done!" She was about to run over to them, but I stopped her. "Hold on, hasty. I got this." I simply walked over to them, and I pulled them out. It wasn't that much of a task, but Pinkie was reacting like I saved her life. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Those cupcakes could've fell if I held onto them!" "Ugh, i' wasn't that hard." "Are you sure, because thirty-seven percent of the time, I drop them." "Ya calculate yer mishaps?" "I always calculate them!" "M'kay, I'm goin' t' act like that's normal." "Wow, you really sound like Applejack now!" "Ah know, i' really 's botherin' me!" She is right; the whole time I've been here, I have been speaking more and more country. "Anyways, you should start making some desserts! I'll be at the front! However, I'll be coming in and out of here, capisce?" "Capisco" She gave me a satisfied look; she walked away. I trotted towards a cookbook, and randomly flipped the pages. It happened to land on my favorite treat, doughnuts. I've never seen Pinkie Pie, Cup Cake, or Carrot Cake make doughnuts, so I'll make them. The recipe called for, 1 cup milk 3 ounces vegetable shortening, approximately 1/2 cup 1 3/5 packages instant yeast 1/3 cup warm water (95 to 105 degrees F) 3 eggs, beaten 1/3 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 22 1/2 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting surface Vegetable oil, for frying (1 to 1/2 gallons, depending on fryer) Directions Place the milk in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat just until warm enough to melt the shortening. Place the shortening in a bowl and pour warmed milk over. Set aside. In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let dissolve for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, pour the yeast mixture into the large bowl of a stand mixer and add the milk and shortening mixture, first making sure the milk and shortening mixture has cooled to warm. Add the eggs, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and half of the flour. Using the paddle attachment, combine the ingredients on low speed until flour is incorporated and then turn the speed up to medium and beat until well combined. Add the remaining flour, combining on low speed at first, and then increase the speed to medium and beat well. Change to the dough hook attachment of the mixer and beat on medium speed until the dough pulls away from the bowl and becomes smooth, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a well-oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size. On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 3/8-inch thick. Cut out dough using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter or pastry ring and using a 6/8-inch ring for the center whole. Set on floured baking sheet, cover lightly with a tea towel, and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat the oil in a deep fryer or Dutch oven to 365 degrees F. Gently place the doughnuts into the oil, 3 to 4 at a time. Cook for 1 minute per side. Transfer to a cooling rack placed in baking pan. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes prior to glazing. This is impossible! How am I going to get this done! I started thinking. However, it is a cookbook, and it knows what it's talking about. I started to work on the recipe, but it took forever to do. I did everything that it told me to do. Pinkie Pie came in to check up on my progress. "Hey Bronze! How are you doing?" "Ah'm good." "So, whatcha making?" "Doughnuts." "Okay, that's quite a hard job to do! Do you want me to help!?" "Nah, Ah'm good." "You sure." "Yes." "Okay...here!" She handed me a note. The note read, "CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES, DOZEN, PINK FROSTING". "What's this?" "Oh that's your first order, silly filly!" "M' hooves 're kinda full. Could ya bake these fer me?" "Sure! That's what I'm here for!" She started to work alongside me. It was a good feeling watching her work; she was so consistent about everything. She could do accurate measures of ingredients, crack eggs perfectly, and mix it together to the perfect blob of dough. Once she actually made the dough, she started to knead it. She'd flip it, and add sugar, flip it, and add sugar. I started to lose focus, but she'd snap me back to reality. "Come on Bronze, you gotta finish those doughnuts!" "Oh yeah, Ah'm sorry about that!" "Don't worry about it!" By this time, my doughnuts needed to be glazed. "Hey Pinkie-" "Yepperoni!" "where's th' glaze?" "Oh, it's in that cupboard right there!" She pointed her hoof towards a cupboard in the middle of us. "Thank ya!" I trotted over to it. Surprisingly, when I opened the cupboard, it had the frosting that Pinkie needed for the cupcakes. I picked up the glaze, and stared the frosting down. My face started to pucker, just like Thunder did earlier. It withered until it finally stopped. Next thing I knew, the frosting was floating next to me, in midair. I finally learned how to use my horn! The first thing I did was levitate the frosting to Pinkie's side. "Thanks Bronze, that's the frosting that I needed!" "Ah know! Ah just thought that ya'd b' happy 'f Ah gave i' t' ya!" "Well it worked!" She grabbed the frosting; she started squirting the frosting on the cupcakes. I did the same with the glaze, except that I put the glaze on the doughnuts. Wow, I really made Pinkie's day. I want to do this all the time! I thought to myself. Once my doughnuts were glazed, I picked up the tray and displayed them. I picked up a marker, and wrote, "GLAZED DOUGHNUTS". I stayed at the front to take orders. Lots of ponies that I haven't met started to line up; they each asking for a certain kind of dessert. "Yes, I would like a dozen of sapphire cupcakes." requested the fifth customer. "Good news fer ya'll, w' have some up on display!" I trotted over to the sapphire cupcakes, picked up a dozen, and started trotting back. Suddenly, a flashing light appeared on my flank area. A doughnut appeared there; my cutie mark has finally arrived. I froze up and stared at the newly found talent. I forgot that I was a blank flank, so seeing my cutie mark was a touching moment. It felt like defibrillators when I was shocked back to reality, again. The fifth customer was screaming for me; I ran over to her in an instant. "Sorry 'bout that, Ah froze a bit." "Hmph." she said as she walked out of the door in a snobbish manner. The next customer came up; he delivered his order. I ran back into the kitchen to make the scrumptious dessert. "Hey Bronze, it's nice to see that you have your cutie mark!" observed my awesome boss. "Thanks Pinkie Pie, i's good t' see ya too!" "I'm going to the front, okay!?" "Gotcha!" I started baking my order as soon as she left. It wasn't that much of a complexity, but it wasn't that easy either. Thirty minutes later, I found myself delivering the dozen. The stallion looked please to see his order, so he took them and left. Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Cake came downstairs. For how long that I've been here, not once have I seen them. However, they came down; they pushed their way through the crowd. I could hear their conversation go on. "Pinkie Pie!" Cup Cake exclaimed. "Hi Mr. an-" "Not now Pinkie, just look at this crowd!" Carrot Cake interrupted. "Yeah, we're doing great!" "Who is 'we'?" Carrot Cake asked, referring to who I am. "Me and Bronze! We have been working down here, giving these ponies their orders!" "You and Bronze! Isn't Bronze the pony that we said you could hire?" Cup Cake pondered. "Yepperoni!" I decided to come and show myself, so I did just that. While presenting myself, I was delivering a mare's order. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Cake!" I politely hollered. "Hi there dear!" Cup Cake responded so sweetly; she kinda spoke like Nurse Redheart. "Hey there! You must be Bronze!" Carrot Cake stated. "Yes sir, Ah 'm!" I replied. "Nice to meet you!" They both announced in unison. "Ya too!" Pinkie Pie ran over to the desk to take more orders, while the Cakes and I kept talking. "You're a very diligent worker, you know that!" complemented Carrot Cake. "Thank ya! Ya'll 're very nice ponies, 'f Ah do say s' myself!" I complemented back. "Ugh.. I need some help over here!" Pinkie Pie suddenly yelled. "Oh yeah, gotta g' bosses!" I ran to the kitchen to keep working. Noticing all eleven orders on the chart, I took the first two. They were the easiest and the quickest to do, a dozen of vanilla cupcakes and a chocolate cake. I was about to start on them when the Cakes came in. "Oh dear, don't overwork yourself!" Cup Cake quietly said. "Yes, you don't have to make all these yourself!" "What d' ya mean, sir 'nd ma'am? Ah gotta-" "Stop right there. Let me ask this question...how many breaks have you had?" Carrot Cake questioned. "Zero, but that doesn' matt'r 'cause Ah gotta get these orders filled o't!" I replied. "Yes it does, dear, because every employee deserves a break!" Cup Cake stated. "We want you to take a break, and we want you to come back later." Carrot Cake agreed. "Bu-" "That's an order, Bronze." Carrot Cake started eyeballing me, while Cup Cake started to awkwardly raise her hoof. She pointed towards the door; I followed the direction of it. I walked out of the bakery with a somewhat sad expression on my face. A Day of Sweets, Part 2Chapter 7 I must've made it look like I got fired, because mares and stallions came up and were sympathizing me. It was an awkward state; I was just taking a break. Eventually, I told them the truth. "You poor thing!" "You must be awfully sad!" "I can't believe th-" "Enough! Ah was not fired, Ah'm just takin' a break!" I shrieked. The worrisome ponies sneered at me, and they walked away. Guiltily, I walked down towards my house. There, I used my horn to open the door. Rain Dancer, then, came running up to me. "Bronze, yer 'ome!" she yelled. "Nice t' see ya, Rain." I calmly said back. "Ah've been waitin' all day lon' fer ya 'nd Thunder!" she stated. "Ah see th't yer voice has gotten m're country." I observed. "I's weird, 'cause 'n class, Ah started t' talk like th's!" "Same fer me a' work. Anyway, h'w was school?" "I' stunk! Ponies were makin' fun 'f me!" "They were!?" "Yeah! "That isn' awfully nice! Wasn' Cheerilee watchin' over ya?" "She showed me t' th' class 'nd that was i'!" "She didn' make sure ya were okay?" "Nope!" "That doesn' sound like Cheerilee. Somethin' dreadfully wrong 's goin' on 'n Ponyville." "Yer right! Ya 'nd me 're talkin' like th's, Miss Cheerilee isn' watchin' ponies, 'nd Ah noticed that th' ponies here have been actin' strange!" "W' gotta get t' th' bottom 'f th's!" I exclaimed as Thunder ran in. "Guys! Guys!" "Que?" Rain pondered. "Guys, while workin', m' voice got m're country!" he stated. 'Ya think th't w' haven' noticed th't?" I inquired. "Whatever." "So, ya fo'nd a job too?" "Ya, Ah'm workin' fer Rainbow Dash. Where d' ya work?" "Sugarcube, 'n case th't ya missed th' mark." I pointed towards my flank; I looked to see if Thunder had his cutie mark. "Wow, a doughnut!" Rain examined my flank like the doughnut was going to move. "Pretty cool cutie mark." Thunder agreed. "Thanks ya'll! Wait, Thunder, why d' ya have th't costume 'n?" I never noticed, but Thunder had a Wonderbolts suit on. "Que, th's?" "N' th' other costume ya have 'n." Being sarcastic is always fun, don't you agree? "Um..." "Did ya steal i'?" "No!" "Then h'w did ya get i'?" "Th't's kinda personal." "What's s' personal th't ya have t' keep i' from ya brother 'nd sister?" This is getting really irritating. "Um...ugh." "Thunder, w' 're ya family. Th't means th't ya c'n tell us anything, capisce?" "Yeah Ah know, i's just 'cause Ah..." "O't with i'." "Ah joined th' Wonderbolts." Hahahahaha, too much; that's just way too funny! "Hahaha!" I started to giggle like a schoolgirl, again. "I's not funny! Ah really did join 'em!" "Yeah, sure!" Rain was chuckling along with me. Eventually, the giggling and chuckling became snickering. We couldn't help it; he just sounded, and looked, so ridiculous!" "H'w come Ah can't join th' Wonderbolts?" "'Cause yer a pegacorn! C'n pegacorns even bec'me Wonderbolts?" I asked, while Thunder just started to get more frustrated. "Yes, they c'n! They c'n become Wonderbolts!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" "Then bring 'em 'ere tomorrow!" Rain exclaimed. "Ah will!" "Okay, break i' up ya two." I decided to break up the fight. "M'kay." Rain seemed to agreeable today. "Fine." Thunder said. "Well, Ah need t' go back t' work. See ya later, guys." It was an awfully short break, but I got a job to fulfill. "Me too. Adios ya guys." "Ah'll wait fer ya guys t' get 'ome, m'kay?" "M'kay, bye!" Thunder and I said in unison. I magically...oh my gosh, I forgot to mention that I could use magic! Whatever, I'll tell them that sometime tomorrow. Anyways, I magically opened the door and stepped through it. Thunder trailed behind me; he, then, opened up his wings. Outside, he started to run. He ran and ran until his wings caught air. In air, he flew away to what appeared to be Cloudsdale. I just walked back to Sugarcuba Corner to continue making the delectable pastries. On the way there, I saw a peculiarly familiar pegasus delivering mail. Derby, Dercy, Darby...hmmm. Out of all the pegasus in the sky, it was this one that I to stumble over. Then, I overheard Rainbow Dash call her name. "...careful Derpy." Oh wow, I just had to forget Derpy's name. I got to keep that in mind. I stopped standing there; I continued my hike to Sugarcube Corner. After a few minutes of boring walking, I finally made it to Sugarcube. When I stepped inside, however, the place was almost empty. Pinkie Pie came out, and ran to me. "Hiya Bronze, nice to see you again!!" "Hi boss, where's erypony?" "Oh, I got them their orders!" "All 'f 'em?" "Yepperoni!" "But h'w?" "It was easy! I just baked seven batches at one time!" "W' have trays th't c'n carry eighty-four cupcakes?" "Yup!" "H'w come ya never told me?" "I wanted it to be a surprise, silly!" "M'kay, s' what d' w' do now?" "We make cupcakes!" Ooo, that gave me goosebumps. "Are ya sure y...ya wan' t' make cupcakes?" "Positively!" "Adios muchacho!" I ran out of the kitchen in an instant. Cup Cake, out of nowhere, got in my way; we crashed and fell down. "Oh dear, what's got you in a knot?" "Pinkie's a psych'path!" I exclaimed. "What do you mean; Pinkie wouldn't even hurt a fly." "Oh yeah? I warned ya; she's goin' t' bake ya int' a cupcake, or m're!" "How absurd! Pinkie Pie isn't going to bake me into cupcakes!" "Yuh-huh!" I, then, started to think, Pinkie's going to bake Cup Cake into cupcakes! Thinking about that made my stomach turn. I stood up, and almost ran out the door; Cup Cake grabbed my collar. "Hold right there, mister! Pinkie!" Pinkie Pie bounced out the door with a batch of cupcakes on her head. "Yes ma'am!?" "Tell Bronze that you're not going to bake me into cupcakes." Pinkie nodded and looked at me. "Hiya Bronze! I'm not going to bake Mrs. Cake into cupcakes!" She smiled as big as a mile. "Ah don' believe ya." "You don't; how come?" "Ya know what, just forget th' whole thing. Ah just was thinkin' about somethin' completely inaccurate." "What are you talking about?" Pinkie winked at me. "Ah don' know." "Whatever that was about, Bronze, I want you to take orders." "Right away, ma'am." Running towards the front desk, my curly mane started to get in my eyes. I used my horn to get it out; I also used my horn to grab a pen and some paper. Ponies would come and order, and I'd write it down. That's all I did, all day long. I would wait, write, tape, and wait; It was a very dull job. Around seven p.m, Cup and Carrot Cake called me and Pinkie. "Bronze!! Pinkie Pie!!" We both ran up to them. "Yes ma'am and sir!?" Pinkie did a weird salute. "Hiya, bosses." I calmly said. "We want to congratulate you on a hard day's work!" Cup Cake stated. Carrot Cake walked over to two envelopes; he turned back and gave them to us. I shook the bag to hear little noises. Cling, cling, cling, cling, cling. Whatever is in here, it's made of metal. "Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Cake!" "Thank ya!" I tore my package open to find bits in there. "Mr. and Mrs. Cake, today isn't even payday!" Pinkie noted. "We know; it's just that you guys did such a good job, and we had extra money left over, we decided to give you it today!" Carrot Cake declared. "Thanks a million!" I looked in their eyes; they're so tender. I used my horn to carry the money in the air. Pinkie said goodbye, and she ran upstairs. I walked out the door with my first payment. Dreamy and VisitorialChapter 8 I never thought that on my first day on the job, I'd get my first payment. Working is nerve-racking, which probably explains why mom would, sometimes, come home frustrated. The days that she would come home irritated, we'd always try to cheer her up. I just hope that's what Rain Dancer will do for me. While holding my reward, I happened to notice that it was getting dark; I need to get home, now. I kept walking towards my house. There, I opened the door; I hid the payment behind my tail. "Hey, Bronze. H'w was yer day?" Rain sprung up. "Pretty tirin', so flipping tirin'." "Ah'm glad t' see th't yer still alive." "Que?" "Oh, nothin'." I eyeballed her. "So, Rain, h'w was yer day?" "I' stunk. Didn' Ah tell ya th's earlier?" "Ah don' know." I went over to her and sat down. She started to rest her head on my shoulder; it must've been a tiring day for her too. After a couple minutes, her eyes and brains closed down. I just sat there, and I watched her drool. It was pretty disgusting, but it was in a cute way. I was kissing her cheek when Thunder, all of the sudden, broke down the door. Rain sprung right up and greeted him. "Hey Thunder, h'w was yer day?" "..." Thundershock sat there, probably thinking about something. "I' was interestin'." "Whaddya mean?" "Um..." "Yeah, Thunder, 'whaddya mean?'" I mimicked Rain's voice. "Ah don' know." "Sure ya don'" "Ah really don't, 'Ah swears it!'" Oh Flambo, he was such a little gangster. "Anyways, didn' ya say th't ya'd bring the Wonderbolts over?" "Don' ya remember th't I'd bring 'em t'morrow?" If I do recall, he did say that he'd bring them tomorrow. "Oh yeah, lo siento." "Why 're ya apologizing?" "B'cause Ah was wrong." "M'kay, apology accepted." "Thanks." "Yer welcome." He went over and hugged her. "Hey Bronze, ya've been awfully quiet. What's up?" "Nothin'." "Really, 'cause ya haven' said anythin' in a bit." "Ah'm good, really." "Ya sure?" "Yes, Ah'm sure." "Ya sure ya sure?" "Yesss." "Are ya sure ya su-" "Thunder!" "Siento." "Disculpas aceptadas." "Awkward sibling hug?" Thunder asked. "Awkward sibling hug." I replied. Awkward sibling hug, pat pat The "awkward sibling hug" was a hug that Mabel and Dipper Pines would do, from the show "Gravity Falls". After we were done awkwardly hugging, we went to bed. "But Ah don' wanna!" "Yes ya do, Rain." "Sleepin' 's s' borin'!" "Actually, i's just ya th't thinks i's borin'. Thunder and Ah think i's fun, right Thundershock?" "Eeyup." I don't know what happened here, but wasn't that Apple family scene? "But Bronze!" "Butts 're fer poopin', ya know th't!" "Ya, plus ya have school t'morrow." Thunder added. "Hmph. Ah'm gonna g' t' bed, but not b'cause ya told me; Ah'm goin' b'cause school's t'morrow!" She stormed off into her room. "W' should hit th' hay too." I stated. "Yup, night." he quickly answered; he ran to his room. "Wait Thunder!" "Yeah?" I almost forgot to tell them about my payment. "Ah gotta show ya somethin'." "What 's i'?" "Come over 'ere 'nd find out!" He started to lazily trot over to my position. "What 's i'?" "I's a check from Sugarcube." "Really? H'w much 's 'n i'?" "Fifty bits." "Th't's enough fer next month's r'nt! "Ah know th't." "Well, i's good th't w' already got money." "Eeyup." He gladly smiled and walked away. I stowed the envelope on the counter; I went to bed, then. All night long, I was dreaming a strange dream. What I dreamed about was a bunch of cats in war with dogs. They were little animated cats that stood on two legs. My cat had: a doughnut belt that could squirt jelly, a huge doughnut robot suit that had a sombrero, and a friend that had got to lead the Cat Clan with me. My friend had: tiger stripes, a tuxedo, a fire-breathing mouth, and he was a ninja, kind of. My cat, E.D (Epic Doughnut), and my friend were going to our house. "Haha Tux, that was fun!" he hollered. "It was more than fun; it was amazing!" He hollered back. We walked down the town to our house on stilts, yes it was on stilts. I got in my robot suit, grabbed my friend, and flew up to the front door. We opened it, stepped in, and went to bed. "Night, E.D." Tux said. "Night, Tux." I said while I went to my side of the house. At my room, I opened the door and stepped in. Walking over to my doughnut bed, I curled up, all snug, in it. After a few seconds, I fell into slumber. It felt like five minutes later when Tux came into my room. "E.D! The dogs broke the wall!" I jumped up, and I looked at the huge wall that separated us from the dogs; there was a really tiny hole in the middle of the wall. Looking down, I saw some dogs running through the town. I was going to call Psycat, when our house started to shake and shift. I looked down to see dogs sawing our house from the base! The house split in half; Tux started to fall down. I shot jelly from my belt, which caught onto Tux's paw. I reeled him up. "Thanks E.D!" "No prob!" Now half of our house was gone, and the cats in town are being attacked. I grabbed my phone and called Psycat. Psycat had the ability to use telepathic messages, so if I use it, I could call every cat to run away. "Hello, this is Psycat." "Psycat! I need you to contact every cat's mind and tell them to go to the East Field!" In an instant, every cat's flickered; they started to run to the East Field. A random zip-line appeared at the side of our house, leading directly to the East Field. I got on the zip-line and rode down. Awaiting me, was our army of cats staring in the eyes of an army of dogs. I got to the front of the army. "Why, look at this puny cat." said the leader of the dogs. He was twice my size and strength, but I'm twice his speed and agility. "Bull Dog." I said angrily. "Whaddya want, puny?" "I want you to leave!" "Well I don't wanna." "So help me." I turned around to see my brother, Lame Bagel, walk to the dogs' side. He looked exactly like me, except that he had a vest. "LB?" "What?" "Why are you over there!?" "Because I work for the dogs, duh!" "You little-" The next second, Bull Dog gave me an uppercut; I flew back behind the army. Landing hard on the ground, some of the cats ran to my aid. It must've took a while for the zip-line to come back to Tux, because he finally got here. He, however, landed on Bull Dogs neck; his legs wrapped around it. On Bull Dog, Tux started to repeatedly punch him on the cheeks. There was an all out battle right there, and then I wake up. "Woah." That was the strangest dream that I ever had; I realized that it was morning. Walking out my door, I realized that Rain was up. "Hey Bronze, how did ya sleep?" "Good, you?" "Good, thanks fer askin'!" "Ya seem pretty happy, what's up?" "Oh, Ah c'n't wait t' see th' supposed Wonderbolts!" Her tone was so sarcastic, it was kind of funny. "Yeah, Ah c'n't wait to see 'em either." "W'nt some breakfast?" Rain pondered. "Wh'n did ya learn t' make breakfast?" "Wh'n ya weren't lookin'." She was making toast; she was putting the butter on herself, "Th'n yeah, Ah'll have some." She buttered my slices, and she delivered them to me. They weren't bad at all! "Ya like 'em?" "Yup!" "Mmm, Ah smell toast!" yelled Thundershock. "Ya w'nt some?" "Sure!!" He seems extremely excited today. "Why 're ya so happy?" I asked. "B'cause th' Wonderbolts 're comin'!" Thunder's Associates, Rainbow's IdolsChapter 9 "Wh't!?" Rain Dancer asked. "They're comin'!" Thunder repeated. "Wh'n did ya invite 'em?" I asked. "Ah invited 'em while ya'll were asleep." "M'kay, wh'n w'll they come?" "Eight." "S' they're comin' down 'ere t' visit us?" Rain pondered. "Eeyup." "Ooo, Rainbow Dash's goin' t' b' s' jealous!" I stated quickly. "Yup." "She's goin' t' act all pretentious!" "Yup." "And, she might come over 'ere." That last one made me quite depressed. "Yup." Oh boy, Rainbow Dash will be coming over. "Wh't time 's i'?" I questioned wearily. "Seven-o-seven." "Ya mean th't they'll b' 'ere 'n less th'n an hour?" "Yup." Great, I have less than an hour to prepare for my arch nemesis. Gosh, why did Thunder have to start working with the Wonderbolts; what position of the Wonderbolts does he work at? Whatever he does, it's enough to bait ponies here; the last thing we need is the paparazzi or a flashmob on our front yard. "Well, a' least ya..." Rain never finished that sentence. "Um, this is weird." I declared. "Yup." Thunder said. "Well, Ah gotta g' t' school." Rain said. "Ah'll take ya there." I said back. "Th't's not th' best idea." "Why?" "Ah don'...want ya t' come." "Ya 're embarrassed 'f us?" "No!" "Th'n what 's i'? "Nothin' really!" "Ya sure?" "Yes, bye!" She ran to us, hugged us, and ran out the door. She seemed in a rush, I wonder why. Either my judgment is totally whack, or I'm right, but I think that she has a crush! I wonder who it could be? I thought to myself; I stood there in total silence. I gotta go after her, so I ran through the door. "Rain, come back here!" "Wh't d' ya want!?" "School isn' fer another hour." "Yeah, s' wh't's yer point?" "Ah want ya t' stay until the Wonderbolts get there!" "Ah don' wanna stay!" "Well, missy, yer goin' t' stay, even 'f ya don' like i'!" In this guardian stage over Rain, you could say that I've grown into the mother state, and Thunder is more of the father. Being as this is, I tugged on Rain's ear, with my magic, and dragged her home. "Bronze! Th's isn' fair!" "Yeah i' 's. Ya didn' listen t' m' command, 'nd now ya 're goin' t' come with me." After that little speech, I gave her the evil eye. She gulped as she kept walking with me; I could see the fear in her eyes, for she did not want to go home. At the house, we entered to not only find Thunder, but Rainbow Dash there too. Thundershock was in his Wonderbolt costume, and he was signing something. They didn't notice us until I sighed. Dash turned around and peered at me. "Hey Rain Dancer," she said while her eyes were focused in me. "hi...Bronzeee." "Hi there, Rainbow Dash!" "Yeah, hi." She cocked her head back at Thunder. "So as I was saying, Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" "Thunder, wh't 're ya up t'?" "Wh't d' ya mean?" He started to stare at me, and he cocked his head in a "what the heck do you mean" pose. "Ah mean, ya know, th's!" "Th's isn' very specific." "Just look right 'n front 'f ya!" Thunder looked at Rainbow; he shrugged. Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, immediately turned her head. "Now what is that supposed to mean!?" "I' means th't Ah don' like ya!" "Oh I ought a-" Thunder tugged on her mane, causing her to quickly turn her head, again. How does she do it so quickly, because when I do it, my neck pops, or something like that, and it starts aching. "Hold up, Rainbow Dash, th' others 'ren't even 'ere yet." "Th..the others!" "Yeah. Soarin'," She grew a shocked expression. "Fleetfoot," Her expression grew larger. "and Rapidfire will come." She, basically, died of overly expressing her feelings. "Wow Thunder, ya got 'em t' come?" "Yup, all three 'f 'em. Fleetfoot and Rapidfire agreed right away, but Soarin' gave s'me time t' think 'bout i'. Wh'n Ah told him th't his number one fan was comin', he th'n agreed." "S' he came 'cause 'f Rainbow?" "Ah guess." That's very interesting; Soarin' came because of Rainbow Dash. "Anyways, i's good th't they'll b' 'ere 'n forty-five minutes.' I stated. "Nope, w' have a t' g' somewhere 'n forty-five minutes. They'll actually b' 'ere in fifteen minutes." "Wh't!? Why didn' ya mention th's t' me earlier." "B'cause they didn' tell me earlier.' "S', they'll come thirty minutes earlier th'n Rainbow Dash expects?" "Yes." "Ooo, she's goin' t' faint again!" "Wh'n did ya start carin' 'bout her?" "Wh'n she passed o't 'n our ground." "Mmhmm." I looked over to the clock on the wall. It read seven-tweny, ten minutes. "Wow, time goes f'st." "Sure does." We sat there in silence; we were watching the time count down. Five minutes. Four minutes. Three minutes. Two minutes. One minute. Forty-five seconds. Thirty seconds. Fifteen seconds. Ten seconds. Nine seconds. Eight seconds. Seven seconds. Six seconds. Five seconds. Four seconds. Three seconds. Two seconds. One second. The next instant, the Wonderbolts ran through the door. Like Thunder said, Fleetfoot, Rapidfire, and Soarin' came through the door. Rapidfire had his goggles on, and Soarin and Fleetfoot didn't. I looked at Thunder to see him immediately salute, so I did the same. I could hear Rain wake up Rainbow in the background. "Rainbow! Rainbow Dash!!" "Whaddya want?" "They're here!" Rainbow Dash sprung right up at the sound of that; she ran past me. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" she hollered. "Hey, Rainbow Dash." Soarin' calmly said. "Hi there!" greeted Fleetfoot. "What's going on?" Rapidfire pondered. "Hi Soarin'! Hi Fleetfoot! Hi Rapidfire!" "Hi, so your name is Rainbow Dash?" Rapidfire asked. "Yes!" "Well, it is very nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash." he gave a welcoming smile. Rainbow nearly passed out on the spot. "Ahem, these 're m' siblings, Rain Dancer 'nd Bronze." Thunder addressed. "Nice to meet you two." Soarin' said. "Hi there!" Fleetfoot approached us. She nodded her head, acknowledging us. "Very cool to meet the sister and brother of the newest recruit." Rapidfire said. "Hi Fleetfoot, Rapidfire, and Soarin'." I coolly said. "Hi, hi, hi!!" Rain Dancer ran up to them; she violently shook their hooves, which made me facehoof. "So Thundershock, we need to go to Canterlot for a special meeting." Soarin' stated. "Yessir." "We need you to come with us, capisce?" "Yessir." "Okay, we'll see you later. Goodbye Rainbow Dash, Bronze, and Rain Dancer." He waved to us as he told Fleetfoot and Rapidfire to come with him. "Yes sir, goodbye you three." Rapidfire bid. "Bye Rain Dancer, Rainbow Dash, and Bronze! We'll see you later, Thunder." Fleetfoot was always so jumpy, boom...instant favorite.
PrologueChapter 1 "Ouch, haha." said Capri with her cute little face. Capri is an eight year old, turning nine, with dark brown hair, light brown eyes, and brown skin. She always loved to play with AJ and me, more than anything in the world.We'd normally play bull, or tackle each other, or any other childish game you can think of. The annoying thing about her was that, she was annoying! She'd constantly bother you about random things that go on in the world, but they were always fun to talk to her about. At the moment, we were wrestling around in me and AJ's room. "Ya going to get it now." AJ said with a devilish smirk on his face. AJ was an eleven year old, with dark brown hair, dark brown skin, and dark brown eyes. AJ was definitely the bossiest one out of the three of us. He'd like to give commands, and to take charge. It's just his nature to be like that. He lived in the same room as me, which was always fun. At night, he would turn on the TV, and put on the movie "Rags". That movie was always a good movie to fall asleep to, and it was fun to do it with AJ. It was a thing he and I would love to do together. Capri and AJ would always fight and argue with each other, but I would usually have to stop it. They would normally tackle and wrestle each other onto the couches in the living room. Out of us three, he was the one with the shortest fuse. Every now and then, I would annoy him to the brink of rage, just to test him. Most of the time, he would fail the test and throw a fit. "Hey you two, knock it off." Finally, we get to me. My name is Brandon, and I have kinda dark skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair. I am twelve years old, and I'm in accelerated math. I am a bit of a perfectionist, like if the window isn't pulled all the way on both sides and stuff like that. My little sister and brother are one of the most important things to me in life, alongside my mom and big sister. My big sister isn't really much of a MLP fan, nor is my mom. Like I was saying, I love to play with my little brother and sister. We'd always play games, and tackle each other, and be plain out lazy with each other. I tend to ignore my siblings, but in the end, we always come out through. "I don't wanna." Capri whined. "Yeah. Ya not the boss of me." agreed AJ, who at this time was on top of Capri. "C'mon you two, mom will be mad at us." "Fine." I finally got AJ to stop, after about an hour of continuous fighting. "Okay, fine." Capri stopped attacking AJ, and stood up. She then went and sat down on my part of the bunk bed. I have an issue when people use my things without my permission. I get irritated, and throw them off or away from it. This happens so often, that when I get up, AJ and Capri run away. Capri saw the anger in my eyes, so she jumped off my bunk. "Why were you on my bunk?" "Because I can." I hate it when people say that to me. I snorted at her, and she ran away into her room. I tend to snort when I laugh or when I'm angry. We kept hearing little peeps from the living room. Then we knew what was making once she yelled our names, "Anthony! Brandon! Capri!" It's pretty funny, because our names make the first letters of the ABC's. We immediately ran out the door to mom's attention. "Yes ma'am?" we all asked in unison. "You guys have been in that room all day. You should go out, it's a nice day." Everyone knows that when she says "you should go out" she really means "go out, you three", no exception. Me, AJ, and Capri obey a lot, it's just that our listening holes tend to shut down. AJ and I ran to our room, and started to put on some clothes. What I where on a normal basis is very careful, just in case we get kidnapped: t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes, socks, hat, glasses, key to house, and phone. AJ usually puts on a t-shirt, shorts, glasses, and flip-flops, nothing to fancy nor careful. We ran through our door, and out the front door. There, we impatiently started to wait for Capri to get her stuff on. We didn't like having Capri around with us, because she makes us look like dweebs. Nevertheless, I love to have her around with us. Capri opened the door, and we started off down our neighborhood. We went in search for Emmanuel, the third grader with a potty mouth, or some one that wasn't in high school. It's summer and nobody is out, what a shocker. We then noticed my friend, Harper, playing down at the dumpster. The dumpster is like the basketball court for us, since its the only place that has a basket. We ran all the way to the dumpster to have something to do. Our neighborhood is sloped, with the dumpster at the bottom. We live on the third street, so it was a tiresome jog. When we actually got there, Harper was happy to see me. "Sup Brandon. Hey AJ and Capri." he said with boredom in his eyes. "Hey Harper, whatcha doing?" I replied. "Nothin' much. I'm just happy that ya here." Harper was a always happy to have me around. Though he is a bad influence, he is still a pretty cool guy. "Hi Harper." Capri waved with excitement in her eyes. She would always be late on the subject, just like me. That's a bad part of my personality, I don't seem to pay attention a lot. I would look away, and in the next second, I'd be locked up in my own little world. In my world, I would always think about ponies. I'd think about how cool ponies were, and how much I wanted to be one. "Hey Capri, again." "So Harper," I wanted to keep this conversation rolling. "What did ya think about "Cupcakes"?" "It gave me nightmares, to be honest." Harper wasn't really a brony, but "Cupcakes" sure did freak him out. I turned around to notice Capri looking up in the sky, for some reason. "CP? Whatcha doin'?" "There are dark clouds in the sky. It looks like it's about t' rain." Down here in Georgia, the weather changes a lot. Last year, we had snow that was five inches thick, and it never snows here. The high could be 105 degrees and the low 65 degrees. Yup, that's how messed up Georgia can be. "Hey Brandon, want t' play some basketball?" "Sure. I'm warning ya, I stink at it." "Oh don't worry, I do too." AJ and Capri kept bothering me to join the game, and by bothering, I mean bothering. "C'mon Brandon, please please please please please?" "Yeah Brandon, c'mon. Please?" "I will stop annoying you if you let us." "Me too. What do ya say?" "Ugh...fine! Just shut up, will ya?" I said in a annoyed tone. They kept bouncing around me, thanking me for letting them play. Then, we felt some water drip on us. One raindrop actually landed on my nose, making me swat at it. Yeah, my reflexes aren't really the best in the business. "Aw man, it's raining." Capri cried out, because she never gets to play basketball. "How about we just play? Maybe the rain will go away? That is how the song goes, right?" Harper sure did know how to lighten up a bad situation. "Ya right. Let's play." Me, Capri, Harper, and AJ just did that. We would attempt to do cool tricks, sometimes they'd work. Harper actually made a three-pointer backwards, impressive. After about two hours of playing basketball, mom called and told us to come back home. "Yes ma'am...yup....yeah their fine....yup...yes ma'am...okay, love ya too. Bye." "So, what did she say?" AJ pondered. "She said to come back home. Later Harper." "Later." We walked back up the soggy road together. On the way there, we happened to pass a deep looking hole. Capri hovered over it, like she hasn't ever seen a hole before. "Look, a hole." she stated with observance. "I know. Just because I have glasses, doesn't mean I'm blind." AJ replied irritably. The muddy dirt caused her to slip into the questionably deep hole. AJ jumped in after her, not the brightest move. "CAPRI!" I grabbed AJ's leg while he had Capri's. I wish it wasn't raining at the moment, for which I started to slip. Eventually, I slipped into the hole with AJ and Capri.
"Mom's Going to Kill Us!"Chapter 2 "AHHHHHH!!!!!" We were all screaming at the top of our lungs as we were falling through the deep hole. It was crazy enough that we were falling this giant death trap. I found myself grabbing AJ's hand, and eventually, Capri's. We were falling down together, as a family. Down the hole, we started to feel our bodies shift and change. I could feel a horn growing out of my forehead, as well as loosing all my fingers and toes. I could see Capri growing a set of wings on the sides of her hip, and AJ growing both wings and a horn. His wings were a bit more broad than Capri's, but I'm guessing it's that way because he's older. I tried to feel my fingers, but all that was there was flat. Hooves, horns, wings. We're turning into ponies! That kept stirring in my mind as we kept falling down. I looked down, so that we could face our destiny with dignity. The dark hole became lit, for it was opening at the bottom. AJ was shouting at me, trying to tell me something about the hole. "Brandon! Brandon! Can ya hear me!?" "Yes! What is it!?" "I realized something!" "What!?" "We're not in a hole, we're in a portal!" "What!? That's crazy!" "Oh yeah!? Then why are ya a unicorn!?" "Point taken!" We finally reached the bottom of the hole, and it turns out that we were falling from the sky of a place. AJ and Capri opened up their wings, but they had no use of it yet. We kept falling down a mysterious place. I looked around at the scenery, and noticed a quaint little town next to a forest. "Brandon! I'm scared!" Capri cried out while she was trying to flap her wings. I wrapped my wrist around hers, and squeezed hard. She lessened the thrashing, and fell silently. AJ leaned in closer, and jumped onto my back. "Don't worry Brandon, I gotcha!" "I'm okay, thanks!" We finally neared the ground, when a pegasus grabbed all three of us. I blacked out at the sight of a real pegasus pony. It felt like a few moments, but I got control of myself again. Even though I was awake, I kept my eyes shut. I could hear some talking going on in the background. "Doctor, are they okay?" "They'll be fine, just a few bumps and scratches." Okay, so we were in a hospital. Wait a minute, mom's going to kill us! She said that hospitals cost like thousands of dollars to pay for! I decided to squint my eyes to see my surroundings. I cocked my head to the left, and I saw AJ with some bandages on. I turned to the right, and saw Capri with some bandages on too, mainly on her wings. I'm glad to see that AJ and Capri were right next to me, I was there for them the whole time. I blacked out again, this time on accident. While asleep, I tried to picture the pegasus pony that saved me. All that I could remember is that she had a white mane, unusual for a pegasus pony. After all my research on bronyhood, not once did I come over a pegasus with a white mane. I regained my conscience, like the last time, I kept them shut. Like last time too, I heard some voices. Not the same voices, different voices. "You are going to be fine, young one. Don't forget that." It kept repeating in my head, over and over. Was I hearing things, or was someone pranking me? I opened my eyes to see a pony standing over me. "Hi!" Her voice was so practical, not Twilight Sparkle practical though. "Ugh...where am I? And who are you?" I questioned her. She looked so familiar, I just can't remember her name. "Nurse Redheart, and you are in the hospital." She smiled like I didn't know that already. Nurse Redheart is a pony from My Little Pony, which means that I am in Ponyville! "Ah, what happened?" "Oh, we saw you three falling down, so we sent some ponies to save you. For some reason, however, you managed to grab the other two, and break the fall for them. The filly damaged her wing, and the colt got hurt all over. You have the most damage out of all of you, just look at your body." I looked down, to my surprise, and she was right! I had bandages all over me, maybe some on my horn. "Excuse me Nurse Redheart, but I was saved by a pegasus with white hair. I also blacked out because she was a Pegasus." "What are you talking about, dearie? You saved yourself, and you blacked out from impact. Wait what was tha-" "Nothing! It was nothing!" "Okay dear, but there are someponies here to see you." Instantly, she turned around and opened the door. Capri and AJ came in, which was odd because I thought they were still next to me. 'Hey Br-" "Onze! Hey Bronze! Capri, ya don't say his real name." Aj screamed the first part, and whispered the last part. "Oh, so your name is Bronze?" asked Nurse Redheart. "Ugh...yeah it is." Technically, it is true. My ponified name was Bronze, no doubt about it. "So, do you know these two?" "Yeah. She's Rain Dancer and he's Thundershock. They're my siblings." Nurse Redheart gave a surprised expression, one that makes you want to gasp at. "How is that possible!? She's a pegasus, he's an pegacorn, and your a unicorn!" She was right, how could we all be different types of ponies if we're that close? "My mom was a unicorn, and our dad was a pegasus." lied Rain Dancer. From now on, I need to get used to calling her Rain Dancer, all the time. "Yeah, she's right." agreed Thundershock. Same with him, got to get used to calling him that, twenty-four seven. "Well, I guess that makes sense." Nurse Redheart probably doesn't believe us, but at least it's out of the way. "Hey Rain and Thunder." "Yeah?" they said in harmony. "Thanks for coming." "Why wouldn't we?" Rain queried. "I don't know. I'm just happy that yer here." "No prob, big brother." A-err Thundershock claimed. Nurse Redheart realized that they were in there for longer than they were supposed to. "I'm sorry, Thundershock and Rain Dancer, but you have to go now. Bronze needs to sleep, for he's going to be here all day. Say your goodbyes, and come back later dearies." "Okay, later bro." Thundershock said as he was leaving. "Goodbye Bronze! I will miss ya so much! I love ya!" "Love ya too Rain. Ya too Thunder." Rain finally got off of me, and walked out the door. Nurse Redheart went with them, closing the door on her way out. I'm going to be here all day? Mom is not going to like this, but at least I'm somewhere that I want to be. You made it to Ponyville! You should celebrate with Pinkie Pie! I wanted to celebrate, but not party, with Pinkie so much. I have all day to do nothing, might as well enjoy it. I laid my head on my pillow, and fell asleep. I kept dreaming about the "pegasus" that saved me. Was she even real, or what Nurse Redheart said was true? Was I the pegasus that saved us all? I just need to cool down, and forget about it. I awoke to a loud crash in my ears. My head was to dizzy to even know who did it either. "Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! How are you? Who are you? Where did you come from?" Oh god, that better not be who I think it is. I opened my eyes to discover the pink party pony standing over me. "Oh god." I whispered to myself. "Hi there sleepy head! My name's-" "Pinkie Pie. Yer Pinkie Pie!" "How do you know? Are you a psychic?" "No reason, and no. I am not a psychic." "That's a bummer. I really wanted to play a game with you!" "Yeah, that's great." Pinkie just kept blabbing about different things that go on in Ponyville. I realized another pony come in, one that I couldn't possibly mistake. "Pinkie, why are you annoying the new ponies' brother?" Twilight Sparkle, the smartest of the group. Alongside her was Spike, who was looking up at me. "I'm not annoying him. I'm talking to him." Pinkie snapped back. "Anyways, I'll take it from here. Goodbye Pinkie." "Bye Twilight! Bye pony who hasn't told me his name yet!" "Bronze!" I yelled her my name before she closed the door. Twilight came up, and looked at me in shock. "Your a unicorn! I thought it was strange enough that Rain Dancer and Thundershock, outside, were two different types of ponies." "Yeah. It's pretty weird." "You three have one messed up family." Spike rudely declared. "Spike! That was mean! Say sorry!" "Sorry." "It's okay." Twilight was a nicer pony than the fan fictions state she is. "Anyways, the Doctor told me to tell you that you will be out of here tomorrow." "That's excellent news! How many ponies have Rain and Thunder met?" "They have only met: the Doctor, Nurse Redheart, Pinkie, me, Spike, and Screw Loose." "Wow, I haven't even met the Doctor." "Haha! Well, I'm going to give you your sleep, good night!" Twilight turned around, and started heading for the door. "Good night and bye, Twilight Sparkle and Spike!" "Night." The last word said was by Spike, who closed the door. I was awfully tired, so I rested my head. After a few minutes, my mind drifted off, and I fell asleep. I wasn't dreaming about the white-maned pegasus, but I was dreaming about Rain and Thunder. What are they going to be doing while I'm still in the hospital? Where are they sleeping for the night?All night long, I kept those questions in my skull. I also kept thinking about my old life. I wanted to wake up in my bed, at my house, eating some oatmeal, and saying "good morning" to my mom. I wanted to see her welcoming smile that she makes every morning, but what had happened, happened for a reason. I just need to be happy that I found myself in Ponyville, and not somewhere else.
Friendships and EnmitiesChapter 3 When I awoke, the gleaming light of the sun shined on my face. It was a very good feeling, considering that I wasn't even in Georgia anymore. I missed my mom, but she probably misses me more. I lifted my head off the pillow, and tried to shake to stay up. To my surprise, my legs and arms were also shaking. Just yesterday, I couldn't even feel them at all. Then Rain and Thunder came into the room. "Hey Bronze!" Rain ran towards me with an welcoming hug. "Hi Rain, hey Thunder." "Hey Bronze. How are ya doing?" Thunder said with questionable expression. I couldn't tell if he was really asking, or just acting. "Good. Hey, what did you guys to when you left?" "Oh that's easy. I'll tell ya." Thunder announced. FLASHBACK "Ugh...where are we?" Thunder pondered as he looked around. "You are in the hospital, young one." the Doctor answered him. The Doctor was a blue pony with green eyes, and light blue hair. "Why do we have these white things strapped around us?" Rain queried the Doctor. "Because you have been hurt, but not us much as him." The Doctor pointed his hoof towards my unconscious body. "Bronze! Will he be okay!?" Rain screamed at the Doctor for his approval. "Yes, yes. He'll be fine, just give him time." "Can we meet other ponies? Are we allowed to leave?" Rain whispered with teary eyes. "Your allowed to leave, but not go outside the hospital. You can only meet ponies within the hospital." "Okay, goodbye Bronze." Thunder grabbed Rain, and walked out the door. There, they saw a pony barking at them like a dog. "Screw! Screw, stop it!" Nurse Redheart shouted at Screw Loose, while she kept on barking. Screw Loose eventually tired herself out, and fell asleep. Redheart noticed Rain and Thunder staring at her. "Um, hi." Thunder quietly said. "Hiya, dearies. Sorry for that, Screw Loose didn't mean to bark at you." "It's okay. I'm Rain Dancer, and this is my brother Thundershock." She cocked her head at them, but ignored the fact that they were different. "Hi Rain Dancer! Hi Thundershock!" "Hi miss?" "Redheart, Nurse Redheart." Thundershock and Rain remembered Redheart from brony quizzes and stories. She was as humble as bronies said she was. They, then, heard a cannon set off in the next room. Out the door, came little Rain Dancer's hero....Pinkie Pie. Rain loved throwing parties as much as Pinkie did, so meeting her in real life was a real "doozy". Pinkie ran up to the filly and stallion, yes Thunder is technically a stallion. "Hi! Hi! Hi! You must be the new ponies in town! I'm Pinkie Pie!" "Hi Pinkie! I'm Thundershock, and this is my sister Rain Dancer." "It's always nice to meet new ponies! I love making ponies smile!" Rain smiled as wide as the sun, for that always made her happy. "It was good meeting you Pinkie Pie!" Rain excitingly shrieked. "You too Rain!" "Goodbye Pinkie!" "Goodbye Thunder!" She trotted down the hall, towards the next room. Rain and Thunder walked down the hall, towards the front of the building. They didn't talk to anyone, for anyone stopped to say hello. Twilight Sparkle and Spike, suddenly, dashed down the hall. They accidentally crashed into the two siblings. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, ponies I haven't met yet!" "We just got to Ponyville, we're kinda new." Thunder responded. "Oh, well I'm Twilight Sparkle and this is-" "Spike!" Rain interrupted. "Yes, he's Spike. Who are you two?" "Actually, we have an older brother, but he's unconscious. Anyways, I'm Thunder and she's Rain." "Nice to meet you both. Say, did you happen to see Pinkie around here?" "Yes ma'am, we saw her a couple of minutes ago." Rain replied. "Thank you. I need to go and get her, goodbye!" "Bye Twilight!" they both yelled in unison. They then ran back up to my door, and started waiting for me. FLASHBACK OVER "Seems like you've done a lot while I was sleeping." I said in bewilderment. "Eeyup." Rain proudly agreed, causing all of us to laugh together. We laughed, hugged, laughed, and hugged. Over and over again, we kept laughing and hugging at each other, and with each other. The Doctor came in during the middle of it. "Rain Dancer and Thundershock! How have you two been doing, and what are you doing?" "We have been good, Doctor." He gave a nod to show his understanding. "Rain and Thunder, will you introduce me to your brother?" "I can speak for myself, Doctor. I am Bronze." I happily, yet rudely, responded. "Well Bronze, we are checking you out of the hospital! Congratulations!" "When, later?" "No, right now!" I should've seen this coming, for they did this to Rainbow Dash in an episode. He helped lifting my arm onto his shoulder, and carried me to a wheelchair. The other nurse, the one that me, Rain, nor Thunder have met, strolled me to the front of the building. She opened the door, and let me free. "Take care!" "Goodbye, dearie!" Nurse Redheart cried out. "Now Bronze, make sure that you stay on that for a few minutes! When you are ready to walk, come give it back to us!" The Doctor proclaimed. "Will do!" I shouted back. Thunder grabbed the bars of the wheelchair, and pushed me into Ponyville. I wasn't sure if I was ready to face Ponyville yet, even though they are normally very nice. They tend to be rude at times, even jealousy happens to them. What if everypony doesn't like me? We finally make it to Ponyville, and the first pony, or ponies, to run into us were the CMC. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, I think, were test-driving Scootaloo's scooter. "Out of th' way!" Applebloom screamed. "Yeah, what she said!" Sweetiebelle warned, but it was to late, they already crashed into us. Through the pile of clutter, Scootaloo was the first to pop out. "My scooter!" "Oh, don't get yer hooves in a knot." Applebloom stated. "But, my scooter is destroyed!" By this time, Sweetiebelle, Rain, Thunder, and me all got out of the huge mess. "Well look on the bright side!" Sweetiebelle tried to calm Scootaloo down. Me, Rain, and Thunder were all just watching the three fillies battle it out. "What bright side!?" "Actually, there isn't a bright side. None of us got our cutie marks, your scooter is broken, and these ponies got hurt." "Exactly! Say, who are you three?" She immediately looked at Thunder and bowed down. The other two noticed Thunder's horn and wings, and bowed down too. "What are ya doing?" Thunder was just as weirded out as I was. "Ya 're royalty, aren't ya?" Applebloom pondered. "Actually, yes I am. For my first command-" "No, he's not royalty. He's just an average pegacorn." I retorted. Now that I think about it, pegacorns and unisuses aren't your average/ everyday thing. "Okay? Anyways, I'm Sweetiebelle. These are my friends, Scootaloo and Applebloom." she said with a mixture of guilt and innocence, I think. "Nice t' meet ya! What's ya names?" Applebloom asked. "I'm Rain Dancer! This is Thundershock and Bronze, they're my brothers!" little Rain was always so hyper about ponies. I'm glad to have her as my sister. "Okay, nice to meet you three. Well, we need to go and do some more crusading, right girls?" was Scootaloo always this eager to crusade? "Right!" "Right! Let's go!" They stood up, and shook themselves off. "Goodbye you three! I can't wait to see you, Rain, in class!" Sweetiebelle yelled as the CMC walked away together. "Class? It was summer back in Georgia." Rain stated. "Ya 're right. I guess that you have to go to school, and me and A-err Thunder need to find our special talents Got it?" I declared. Thunder then looked at me and his flanks. Wow, I can now say that he looked at my flank for my special talent. Anyways, when he noticed that we didn't have our cutie marks, he nodded. "Right. Me and Bronze are stallions and yer just a little filly. We need to get our cutie marks, and ya need to go to school." "But, that's not fair! I'm only four years younger than ya'll!" she barked at us. "Yes, in human years. As ponies, we're like twice as tall as ya! Who knows, pony years and human years are different." I replied calmly. "Fine! I'll go to school, but ya two need to fine your special talents, and our house!" Rain shrieked. "We can do that! If I learned anything from My Little Pony, it's that the ponies are appropriately named according to their cutie marks." Thunder calmly responded, the way I did. "Just because yer Thunder and he's Bronze, doesn't mean that yer good with weather, and he is good with metal!" Rain was in full anger, throwing fits and tackling us. "Calm down! First, we need to meet the rest of the town. Then, we go and find our talents, m'kay?" Rain gave a little growl. "Ugh! Just find yer stupid talents, and leave me alone!" she hollered as she stomped away. Thunder and I looked into each other eyes for a couple of seconds. "Wow, talk about anger-management." Admittedly, I did laugh along. "Yeah, ya should talk about anger-management. Ya always fail my tests." "No I don't, not always!" "See, failed!" "Oh shut up! I don't even care about yer tests." He stopped talking to me, and ran after Rain. I followed those two knuckle-heads, for they sure can get themselves in trouble. While running after them, I realized something. I almost forgot to give the wheelchair back. The two weren't to far ahead, so I grabbed the wheelchair and ran to the hospital. I opened the door, and threw the wheelchair in, probably not the smartest move. I ran out, and chased the two down. They noticed me chasing them, and sprinted away as fast as gazelles. I finally caught up to them, and stopped them. We all laughed in harmony. We then started running down Ponyville some more. We finally reached the middle of town, and noticed some ponies around us that we could name by heart. We played a game to see who can name the ponies the fastest. Eventually, obviously, I won the game, for I am the biggest brony of us all. Then, Berry Punch came up towards us. "Hiya newcomers! I'm Be-" "Berry Punch. Your Berry Punch!" Rain interrupted her. "Yes I am! How did you know that?" "Oh, we just are smart." Thunder covered up for her. "Anyways, welcome to Ponyville! Here, we have the freshest apples in Equestria!" "That's great! Say, do ya know when school hours start?" I asked with curiosity." "Oh, that's easy! School for your little filly here starts at eight and ends at four. By the way, what's you're names?" "Bronze, Thundershock, and Rain Dancer." Thunder said impatiently. I don't know what his deal is, but he's had that grumpy attitude all day. "Those are great names! It sounds like you're going to be good at blacksmith stuff," she pointed to me. " and you're going to be good with the weather team!" "That's what I said!" Rain announced. "You know what they say, great minds think alike!" Berry's attitude about life is so marvelous. It seems like nothing bothers her at all. "Well, thank ya so much Berry Punch for yer positive attitude. It'll be good to see ya 'round town!" "Why thank you! I can't wait to meet you so more! Goodbye!" "Bye!" we all screamed in unison. She bounced away with a smile on her face as big as a mile. It was very welcoming to see her walk away like that, knowing that she truly cares. We waved goodbye, and continued our search around town. My mind went blank, and I drifted off into my little world as we were walking. I didn't really think about anything this time, it was just total blankness. It went like that for several minutes, until Rain yelled my name. "Looky! We made it to Applejack's farm!" Wait what, did she just say Applejack's farm? Was I really gone that long? "We get to meet Applejack!" Thunder was finally excited about something, for once in his life. "Okay, so what? We get to meet other country ponies, big deal." I was actually disinterested in meeting Applejack, mainly because I don't really like her. "Don't be such a downer! It'll lots of fun!" Rain was literally bouncing on around me, begging us to go. "I didn't say that I didn't want to go, I just said that 'we get to meet other country ponies.'" She took as a yes, and dashed all the way to the barn. Thunder and I ran after her, when suddenly we noticed Applejack and Rainbow Dash knocking down some apples. "Oh look! There they are! HEY APPLEJACK!" she actually went and tackled Applejack into a tree, a bit stronger than I expected she was. Rainbow stood there, and looked at my sister like she was a maniac. Thunder and I ran, and I grabbed her off of Applejack. "Sorry 'bout that! Rain Dancer, why 're ya tacklin' ponies as important as Applejack!?" When I get angry, my country accent raises. When I get more satisfied, it lessens. "Hey now, don' fret. She's just a filly." Applejack calmly said. "Ya sure, because she slammed ya back into th' tree behind ya." "Yeah, I'm sure. Anyways, how do ya already know my name!?" she pondered on me. "No reason. Hi, I'm Bronze! This is Thundershock, and ya already met Rain Dancer." "Well, it's always nice t' meet other country ponies." She gave a warm smile, in which I smiled back. We then struck a conversation about the South and country. "Yeah, where I came from, th' weather would always change." I said. "I know, it gets perdy annoyin' after a while." Applejack replied. She wasn't as annoying as I thought she was. "Uh hem, nopony has even said hi to me yet." Rainbow Dash is right, nopony has even said hi to her yet. "Okay then, hi there!" Rain Dancer replied. "And who might you be?" "Rain Dancer! I'm Rain Dancer!" "That's a cool name, for a pegasus. Anyways, how about you?" She then directed her head towards Thunder. "Thundershock." "That's also a cool name. Finally, how about you, unicorn?" Rainbow Dash has the nerve to call me "unicorn". She got her self into a bad start. "Bronze. I'm Bronze." "That's it!? Bronze? That's such a funny name!" How on Celestia's grave was it that funny? "Chill Rainbow, that could hurt his feelings." She kept on laughing, and laughing. "Rainbow, knock it off with th' giggling!" "I can't! It's just a funny name!" That's it, I don't set a bad name for myself. How would Rainbow like a taste of her own medicine. "Oh yeah? What 'bout yer name, Rainbow Crash?" She instantly stopped laughing, and looked up at me. I turned, and saw Rain hide behind Applejack. Thunder stood there, ready to watch the fight that was about to ensue. "What did you say, punk?" Rainbow finally stooped down to my level. "I said 'Rainbow Crashhhh." I held the last word for emphasis on the insult. "You sure are smart, smart enough for me to drive my hoof to your face!" Rainbow Dash was really mad now. "Woah, woah. Rainbow, ya aren't really goin' t' fight him, 're ya?" Applejack said to her. "Yeah, if you weren't in my way!" Rainbow suddenly started hollering at Applejack. "Hey now, what's goin' on here!?" Big Mac yelled as he ran over here. I looked at the red stallion, about a foot taller than me. "This punk made me mad!" "Mmhmm, this "punk" made ya mad? Think 'bout how annoyin' it was when ya was laughin' at my name!" I shrieked at her. "Were ya really laughin' at him?" Big Mac asked. "Ugh...fine, yeah I was." Rainbow Dash finally admitted. "What d' ya say?" Big Mac questioned. "Sorry." Rainbow whispered. "What'd ya say? I can't hear ya?" I lied. "Sorry!" Rainbow retorted. We both then looked away from each other. I peeked back at her, just to see that she was also looking at me. We looked in each others' eyes for a few seconds, and turned away. "Anyways, it was good meeting ya, Applejack." Rain awkwardly said. "Yeah, ya too Rain. We should be headin' inside now, right Big Macintosh?" "Eeyup." Applejack and Big Mac then walked back to the barn. "We should get going, c'mon Bronze." Thunder said. He grabbed Rain by the ear, and dragged her away. I stayed for a few seconds, with Rainbow Dash. I walked up to her, though she backed away. "Get away from me." "I'm trying to say somethin'." "Leave me alone, punk!" "Fine, be like that!" I walked away from her, only to look back at her. "Just remember one thing: I may respect you, but I don't like you." She looked at me with disgust, and I turned my head back around.
Harmonizing TogetherChapter 4 After that little incident, I started trotting towards my brother and sister. They looked at me in humiliation; I didn't really care. We started trotting together away from Sweet Apple Acres, but I looked back at Rainbow Dash. She was bucking an apple tree, however. It is really saddening that my favorite character became my first real enemy. I loved the way she'd dash from left to right; clearing out clouds. It was fascinating how she could perform Sonic Rainbooms in a matter of seconds. I loved the way she'd do things, though now I don't even like her. She must've felt the same way to. Knowing that one pony in town doesn't like must kill her on the inside. At least I got my brother and sister to keep me company, especially Rain Dancer. She loves to see ponies and people smile, just like Pinkie Pie. I turned back; I started focusing on my little sister some more. She noticed that I was staring at her, and so she spoke up. "Why 're you looking at me like that?" "No reason, just glad to see you happy." I lied. "I'm more embarrassed then happy." she stated. "Yeah okay, whatever you say." I sarcastically said. She faced forwards; she kept trotting. Thunder is getting awfully quiet. I wonder why that is? I started to think to myself. He had always been awfully quiet when things were getting awkward; he was also quiet when he was annoyed. It was his thing, ya know? "So Brandon," Out of the blue, Thunder was calling me Brandon again. " I wanted to know, do you like Rainbow Dash?" "No." I irritably stated. "I think you do." "Well, I don't." "Yeah, whatever." He sarcastically said. Short conversations usually in indicate that Thunder gave up, but when he leaves on a facetious note, he'll bring it up later. We kept on trotting down Ponyville, only to be visited by Berry Punch again. "Hi you three; how's it going?" "Not so bad." I spoke for all of us. "'Not so bad'? What's wrong?" "Nothing, Berry Punch." I replied. The other two looked angry, causing Berry to start looking at them. "Are you su-" "YES! YES, WE'RE FINE!" I yelled at her; I stormed off. Rain and Thunder started to trail behind me. I didn't look to make sure they were following me, for I could hear their hooves a mile away. Irritated and bossy as ever, I stared to scream at my siblings out of frustration. "Quit stomping s' loud! Quit breathing s' annoyingly! Stop starin' at me!" I just kept rambling on about the two being the most bratty kids ever. Thunder finally stooped to my level. "Oh yeah!? Why do ya have t' be s' bossy!? Why 're ya leading th' way!? Why this, why that!" Thunder and I would always bicker, causing little Rain to start crying. She'd always start crying if me and Thunder were producing 'negative aura' to other people or ponies. It was the one thing that would get her to start fighting back. "BOTH OF YOU ARE IDIOTS, FACE IT!!!!!" She started rain on us with tears of anguish and fear. She sat on the curb, crying loudly, watching us dispute our thoughts to each others' face. Our arguing started to attract unwanted attention; one of us had to stop quickly. "YOUR AN ANNOYING-" "Okay, I get it. Let's just stop fighting, please." "Yeah, whatever ya say, booger-flicker." "I am a booger-flicker, and I'm proud of it!" I awkwardly stated. He snickered, and started to walk with Rain. I followed behind; I was thinking about how we're going to survive in this town. We can't even go five minutes without arguing with each other. Rain doesn't want to go to school, Thunder doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to start finding my talent. This is going to be one heck of a while. "Hey guys, look!" She pointed her hoof towards a house up for rent. The sign of the house said that you only needed to pay fifty bits a month. Quite a reasonable price, considering that some houses on Earth cost up to five thousand dollars a month, I think. "A house for rent? I don't know about that." Thunder started to quietly rebuff the house. "We need a house to live in, and I have to 'go to school.'" Rain stated. "She's right, but we got to get jobs first. Do we look like we have fifty bits on our ha-hooves?" I noted. "Yeah, we need to get jobs first. For the first couple of days, we might have t' live on the streets." Thunder agreed. Rain gave a depressing sigh, and started to walk with us. I always thought about working for Pinkie Pie, and Thunder always wanted to work with Rainbow Dash. Now don't get me wrong, I thought about working for Pinkie, and Thunder wanted to work with Dash. While walking, we found a decent place to sleep in. It was a corner of a building, nothing special. "Okay, this'll be where we'll sleep for now." I announced. "Okay." Rain said. "Fine." Obviously, Thunder didn't want to live there, but I can't blame him. It was pretty dark outside, so I went to bed. The others did the same. While resting my head, the memories of watching "Rags" filled my head. "Rags" is a movie about a kid with a talent being discovered, it follows the Cinderella plot though. When my favorite part came on, I'd always sing along to it. It was such a catchy tune; the moment with Thunder and I going to bed was the best part, however. When we are going to bed, the song would always come on. It is probably the best part of our relationship, knowing that we can go to sleep, singing in harmony. I love my little brother more than I thought. I was whistling the tune; Thunder caught on pretty quick. He started to sing the lyrics, and started to make up the beat. We kept smiling at each other while harmonizing. Shortly after, Rain started to sing along with Thunder. She had seen the movie plenty enough to memorize the song. We kept whistling, beating, and singing together until we fell asleep.
Searching for Jobs and Going to SchoolChapter 5 The next morning, I awoke to a sound of chatting. I looked around to see that a crowd of ponies were surrounding us. The Mayor, Colgate, Carrot Top, Rainbow Dash, Derpy, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, and a bunch of other ponies were watching us snore off without any issues! Rain and Thunder woke up then; they gave the same expression as me, shocked. Twilight Sparkle and The Mayor walked up to us. I'm assuming that Twilight's going to have to do what she does best. The funny thing is that we haven't, officially, met seventy-five percent of these ponies. "Excuse me," Here we go. "kind sirs and ma'am, but are you doing there?" The Mayor asked. "Sleeping, why do ya want t' know?" Thunder snapped back. "It's because that normal ponies sleep outside." Twilight jumped in. The fact that she said we weren't normal isn't something Twilight would say; she must be cranky. "Okay, we're not normal. So what?" "So, it'd mean that your in some sort of trouble, I presume." Why was Twilight talking so differently, first rudely now elegantly? "Yeah, we are." Rain faintly said. "What kind of trouble are you in?" The Mayor questioned us. "Financial." I spoke. "Money issues? I believe that we can help you with that." The Mayor replied. She turned around and told the crowd to go back to their lives. She, then, told us to stand up and to follow her, so we did. She lead us to the rent house, and we immediately stepped back. "What's wrong? It's just a house." she stated. "But it's fer rent, and we said that we have financial problems." Thunder responded. "Don't worry about that, because I'm letting you have it for free-" "Really?" Rain quietly asked. "Yes, you guys don't have to worry about the first month's bill. However, you do have to pay the rest of them." "Deal." I suddenly agreed to her offer. She gave me the contract to the house, and a pen. I put the pen in my mouth, and wrote down my signature. She gave a welcoming smile, and we walked in. It was a moderate sized home; Rain immediately ran towards the bathroom, whereas Thunder and I walked into the living room. We sat down on the couches. We could hear some rumbling from the hallway, probably Rain fixing up her hair. Wait a minute, what time is it? "Hey Thunder, " he looked at me, "what time is it?" "Ugh...how am I supposed to know?" "I just thought ya knew, because Rain has t' go t' school." I replied. "Yer right, hey Mayor!" Thunder ran out of the house. Boringly, I started to think about our advantages and disadvantages of being ponies. Advantages: I could use, one hundred percent, magic, Rain can, one hundred percent, fly, and Thunder could do fifty-fifty. I heard that average pegacorns could barely fly, probably fly for about fifty feet in one liftoff, and they could only perform certain magic, whatever is related to their cutie mark. Oh yeah, the disadvantages: I don't know how to use my horn, Rain-her wings, or Thunder- his horn or wings. How unique, a unicorn, a pegasus, and a pegacorn who don't know how to use their abilities. Though, Rain won't be so lonely, for I also heard that the schoolgirl, Scootaloo, doesn't know how to fly. I don't want to ask Twilight Sparkle, Colgate, Rarity, or any other unicorn how to use magic. Suddenly, Thunder ran through the door. "Woah Thunder, calm down!" "I can't 'cause school hours are startin' right now!" he exclaimed. "Oh cuff, Rain!" "What!?" "Go t' school, now!" She saw the seriousness in my eyes, and ran out the door. When she was gone, I looked at Thunder. "I gotta go." "Donde?" Before we left, my big sister was teaching us Spanish; we speak some words to practice it. "A job! We gotta go, and get jobs!" He nodded, and we were off. We opened the door, stepped out, and closed it. "Great, now where 're we goin' t' work at?" Thunder asked. "I don' know about ya, but I'm goin' t' work at Sugarcube." I replied. "Well, I'm goin' t' work with Rainbow!" "But ya don' know how t' work yer wings!" As you can tell, my voice was getting more country. "Oh yeah? Watch me!" He stood back, opened his wings, and started running. Aerodynamically, his wings started to catch air. He started to rise up, and in a few short seconds, he was flying like a professional. "When did ya learn yer wings?" "While ya were asleep 'n th' hospital." Interesting, he didn't tell me the whole story behind it. "Can ya use yer horn?" "Ya." I could see his face cringe as he started up his horn, indicating that it might not work. Eventually, his face was puckered to the slightest, and his horn erupted. Though his horn was in tact, he came crashing down to the ground. "Dude, are ya okay!?" I pondered in a melancholic tone. "Y..yeah. I'm alright." "Are ya sure!? Ya looked pretty beat up back there!" "I'm fine!" "M'kay." I picked his up, and threw him onto his hooves. He dusted himself off; he walked away. I decided to leave him be, since I caused him his pain. I started to go to Sugarcube Corner. Amazingly, it wasn't that far away from our house; it was a simple hike there. I stood outside the building, waiting in hesitation. "Here I go, m' first job." I mumbled to myself as I walked into the building. Instantly, a outrageous pink pony charged up to me. "Hi there, who and how are you!? I am Pinkie Pie!" Was she expecting me? "Hi, Bronze, good, and nice t' meet ya." "You talk like Applejack; are you related to her!?" "No." "Aww, that's to bad! It would've been cool if you were her cousin or something like that." "Yeah, that've been fun." "Yeah! It would have been fun!" "Hey Pinkie-" "Yesseroo!" "I'd like t' apply fer a job." "Where?" "Here, got any openin's?" "I don't know, silly! Let me ask the Cakes!" She ran up the stairs in the back. I, impatiently, started to tap on random things. I'd always make music out of random things in my environment, for it was a good way to pass the way. I, then, heard some rumbling on the ceiling. Pinkie, miraculously, ran down the stairs in a blink of the eye. "Hi, hi, hi!" "Um, hi?" "I've got good news for you!" "Shoot." "The Cakes accepted you!" "Really, that quick?" "Yepperoni!" "What did ya tell 'em?" "I told them that you were applying! They looked at Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake, for some reason, and said that they accept." "Awfully quick decision 'f ya ask me." "Yup!" "M'kay, when d' I start workin'?" "Right now!" "Right now, as in right now, right now?" "Yes!" "Interesting. Ya want me t' start workin' right now?" "That's what I said, silly!" "M'kay. Show me th' ropes!"
A Day of Sweets, Part 1Chapter 6 "That's the spirit! Come on, we gotta get to work!" She bounced her way into the kitchen; I trailed after her. She's so optimistic that you could feel it in the air. The smell of pleasure, opportunity, friendliness, and laughter just makes you want to smile as big as a mile. I must've stopped because Pinkie shortly yelled my name. "Bronze! Hurry up, or the cupcakes will spoil!" "I'm comin'!" My world eventually mixed in with the happiness in the atmosphere, so I walked to her. In the kitchen laid the biggest collection of: bowls, cups, spoons, forks, knives, sporks, pots, pans, whisks, and everything else that you could possibly imagine. There weren't just utensils, containers, and other cooking aids, but there were also lots and lots of: cookbooks, sugars, salts, peppers, flours, oils, and spices. It was a maelstrom of services, all swirled up by a couple of bakers and a sugar addict. "Okay, there are cookbooks to your left, utensils to the right, pots and pans in front of you, and there are several objects in the pantries! Don't worry, though, because Aunt Pinkie will be here for you!" "Yer not m' aunt." "Haha, I know I'm not your aunt!" She started to obnoxiously giggle until the oven went off. Ding! Ding! Ding! Dinggg! "Huh, looks like the cupcakes are done!" She was about to run over to them, but I stopped her. "Hold on, hasty. I got this." I simply walked over to them, and I pulled them out. It wasn't that much of a task, but Pinkie was reacting like I saved her life. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Those cupcakes could've fell if I held onto them!" "Ugh, i' wasn't that hard." "Are you sure, because thirty-seven percent of the time, I drop them." "Ya calculate yer mishaps?" "I always calculate them!" "M'kay, I'm goin' t' act like that's normal." "Wow, you really sound like Applejack now!" "Ah know, i' really 's botherin' me!" She is right; the whole time I've been here, I have been speaking more and more country. "Anyways, you should start making some desserts! I'll be at the front! However, I'll be coming in and out of here, capisce?" "Capisco" She gave me a satisfied look; she walked away. I trotted towards a cookbook, and randomly flipped the pages. It happened to land on my favorite treat, doughnuts. I've never seen Pinkie Pie, Cup Cake, or Carrot Cake make doughnuts, so I'll make them. The recipe called for, 1 cup milk 3 ounces vegetable shortening, approximately 1/2 cup 1 3/5 packages instant yeast 1/3 cup warm water (95 to 105 degrees F) 3 eggs, beaten 1/3 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 22 1/2 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting surface Vegetable oil, for frying (1 to 1/2 gallons, depending on fryer) Directions Place the milk in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat just until warm enough to melt the shortening. Place the shortening in a bowl and pour warmed milk over. Set aside. In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let dissolve for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, pour the yeast mixture into the large bowl of a stand mixer and add the milk and shortening mixture, first making sure the milk and shortening mixture has cooled to warm. Add the eggs, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and half of the flour. Using the paddle attachment, combine the ingredients on low speed until flour is incorporated and then turn the speed up to medium and beat until well combined. Add the remaining flour, combining on low speed at first, and then increase the speed to medium and beat well. Change to the dough hook attachment of the mixer and beat on medium speed until the dough pulls away from the bowl and becomes smooth, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a well-oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size. On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 3/8-inch thick. Cut out dough using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter or pastry ring and using a 6/8-inch ring for the center whole. Set on floured baking sheet, cover lightly with a tea towel, and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat the oil in a deep fryer or Dutch oven to 365 degrees F. Gently place the doughnuts into the oil, 3 to 4 at a time. Cook for 1 minute per side. Transfer to a cooling rack placed in baking pan. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes prior to glazing. This is impossible! How am I going to get this done! I started thinking. However, it is a cookbook, and it knows what it's talking about. I started to work on the recipe, but it took forever to do. I did everything that it told me to do. Pinkie Pie came in to check up on my progress. "Hey Bronze! How are you doing?" "Ah'm good." "So, whatcha making?" "Doughnuts." "Okay, that's quite a hard job to do! Do you want me to help!?" "Nah, Ah'm good." "You sure." "Yes." "Okay...here!" She handed me a note. The note read, "CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES, DOZEN, PINK FROSTING". "What's this?" "Oh that's your first order, silly filly!" "M' hooves 're kinda full. Could ya bake these fer me?" "Sure! That's what I'm here for!" She started to work alongside me. It was a good feeling watching her work; she was so consistent about everything. She could do accurate measures of ingredients, crack eggs perfectly, and mix it together to the perfect blob of dough. Once she actually made the dough, she started to knead it. She'd flip it, and add sugar, flip it, and add sugar. I started to lose focus, but she'd snap me back to reality. "Come on Bronze, you gotta finish those doughnuts!" "Oh yeah, Ah'm sorry about that!" "Don't worry about it!" By this time, my doughnuts needed to be glazed. "Hey Pinkie-" "Yepperoni!" "where's th' glaze?" "Oh, it's in that cupboard right there!" She pointed her hoof towards a cupboard in the middle of us. "Thank ya!" I trotted over to it. Surprisingly, when I opened the cupboard, it had the frosting that Pinkie needed for the cupcakes. I picked up the glaze, and stared the frosting down. My face started to pucker, just like Thunder did earlier. It withered until it finally stopped. Next thing I knew, the frosting was floating next to me, in midair. I finally learned how to use my horn! The first thing I did was levitate the frosting to Pinkie's side. "Thanks Bronze, that's the frosting that I needed!" "Ah know! Ah just thought that ya'd b' happy 'f Ah gave i' t' ya!" "Well it worked!" She grabbed the frosting; she started squirting the frosting on the cupcakes. I did the same with the glaze, except that I put the glaze on the doughnuts. Wow, I really made Pinkie's day. I want to do this all the time! I thought to myself. Once my doughnuts were glazed, I picked up the tray and displayed them. I picked up a marker, and wrote, "GLAZED DOUGHNUTS". I stayed at the front to take orders. Lots of ponies that I haven't met started to line up; they each asking for a certain kind of dessert. "Yes, I would like a dozen of sapphire cupcakes." requested the fifth customer. "Good news fer ya'll, w' have some up on display!" I trotted over to the sapphire cupcakes, picked up a dozen, and started trotting back. Suddenly, a flashing light appeared on my flank area. A doughnut appeared there; my cutie mark has finally arrived. I froze up and stared at the newly found talent. I forgot that I was a blank flank, so seeing my cutie mark was a touching moment. It felt like defibrillators when I was shocked back to reality, again. The fifth customer was screaming for me; I ran over to her in an instant. "Sorry 'bout that, Ah froze a bit." "Hmph." she said as she walked out of the door in a snobbish manner. The next customer came up; he delivered his order. I ran back into the kitchen to make the scrumptious dessert. "Hey Bronze, it's nice to see that you have your cutie mark!" observed my awesome boss. "Thanks Pinkie Pie, i's good t' see ya too!" "I'm going to the front, okay!?" "Gotcha!" I started baking my order as soon as she left. It wasn't that much of a complexity, but it wasn't that easy either. Thirty minutes later, I found myself delivering the dozen. The stallion looked please to see his order, so he took them and left. Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Cake came downstairs. For how long that I've been here, not once have I seen them. However, they came down; they pushed their way through the crowd. I could hear their conversation go on. "Pinkie Pie!" Cup Cake exclaimed. "Hi Mr. an-" "Not now Pinkie, just look at this crowd!" Carrot Cake interrupted. "Yeah, we're doing great!" "Who is 'we'?" Carrot Cake asked, referring to who I am. "Me and Bronze! We have been working down here, giving these ponies their orders!" "You and Bronze! Isn't Bronze the pony that we said you could hire?" Cup Cake pondered. "Yepperoni!" I decided to come and show myself, so I did just that. While presenting myself, I was delivering a mare's order. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Cake!" I politely hollered. "Hi there dear!" Cup Cake responded so sweetly; she kinda spoke like Nurse Redheart. "Hey there! You must be Bronze!" Carrot Cake stated. "Yes sir, Ah 'm!" I replied. "Nice to meet you!" They both announced in unison. "Ya too!" Pinkie Pie ran over to the desk to take more orders, while the Cakes and I kept talking. "You're a very diligent worker, you know that!" complemented Carrot Cake. "Thank ya! Ya'll 're very nice ponies, 'f Ah do say s' myself!" I complemented back. "Ugh.. I need some help over here!" Pinkie Pie suddenly yelled. "Oh yeah, gotta g' bosses!" I ran to the kitchen to keep working. Noticing all eleven orders on the chart, I took the first two. They were the easiest and the quickest to do, a dozen of vanilla cupcakes and a chocolate cake. I was about to start on them when the Cakes came in. "Oh dear, don't overwork yourself!" Cup Cake quietly said. "Yes, you don't have to make all these yourself!" "What d' ya mean, sir 'nd ma'am? Ah gotta-" "Stop right there. Let me ask this question...how many breaks have you had?" Carrot Cake questioned. "Zero, but that doesn' matt'r 'cause Ah gotta get these orders filled o't!" I replied. "Yes it does, dear, because every employee deserves a break!" Cup Cake stated. "We want you to take a break, and we want you to come back later." Carrot Cake agreed. "Bu-" "That's an order, Bronze." Carrot Cake started eyeballing me, while Cup Cake started to awkwardly raise her hoof. She pointed towards the door; I followed the direction of it. I walked out of the bakery with a somewhat sad expression on my face.
A Day of Sweets, Part 2Chapter 7 I must've made it look like I got fired, because mares and stallions came up and were sympathizing me. It was an awkward state; I was just taking a break. Eventually, I told them the truth. "You poor thing!" "You must be awfully sad!" "I can't believe th-" "Enough! Ah was not fired, Ah'm just takin' a break!" I shrieked. The worrisome ponies sneered at me, and they walked away. Guiltily, I walked down towards my house. There, I used my horn to open the door. Rain Dancer, then, came running up to me. "Bronze, yer 'ome!" she yelled. "Nice t' see ya, Rain." I calmly said back. "Ah've been waitin' all day lon' fer ya 'nd Thunder!" she stated. "Ah see th't yer voice has gotten m're country." I observed. "I's weird, 'cause 'n class, Ah started t' talk like th's!" "Same fer me a' work. Anyway, h'w was school?" "I' stunk! Ponies were makin' fun 'f me!" "They were!?" "Yeah! "That isn' awfully nice! Wasn' Cheerilee watchin' over ya?" "She showed me t' th' class 'nd that was i'!" "She didn' make sure ya were okay?" "Nope!" "That doesn' sound like Cheerilee. Somethin' dreadfully wrong 's goin' on 'n Ponyville." "Yer right! Ya 'nd me 're talkin' like th's, Miss Cheerilee isn' watchin' ponies, 'nd Ah noticed that th' ponies here have been actin' strange!" "W' gotta get t' th' bottom 'f th's!" I exclaimed as Thunder ran in. "Guys! Guys!" "Que?" Rain pondered. "Guys, while workin', m' voice got m're country!" he stated. 'Ya think th't w' haven' noticed th't?" I inquired. "Whatever." "So, ya fo'nd a job too?" "Ya, Ah'm workin' fer Rainbow Dash. Where d' ya work?" "Sugarcube, 'n case th't ya missed th' mark." I pointed towards my flank; I looked to see if Thunder had his cutie mark. "Wow, a doughnut!" Rain examined my flank like the doughnut was going to move. "Pretty cool cutie mark." Thunder agreed. "Thanks ya'll! Wait, Thunder, why d' ya have th't costume 'n?" I never noticed, but Thunder had a Wonderbolts suit on. "Que, th's?" "N' th' other costume ya have 'n." Being sarcastic is always fun, don't you agree? "Um..." "Did ya steal i'?" "No!" "Then h'w did ya get i'?" "Th't's kinda personal." "What's s' personal th't ya have t' keep i' from ya brother 'nd sister?" This is getting really irritating. "Um...ugh." "Thunder, w' 're ya family. Th't means th't ya c'n tell us anything, capisce?" "Yeah Ah know, i's just 'cause Ah..." "O't with i'." "Ah joined th' Wonderbolts." Hahahahaha, too much; that's just way too funny! "Hahaha!" I started to giggle like a schoolgirl, again. "I's not funny! Ah really did join 'em!" "Yeah, sure!" Rain was chuckling along with me. Eventually, the giggling and chuckling became snickering. We couldn't help it; he just sounded, and looked, so ridiculous!" "H'w come Ah can't join th' Wonderbolts?" "'Cause yer a pegacorn! C'n pegacorns even bec'me Wonderbolts?" I asked, while Thunder just started to get more frustrated. "Yes, they c'n! They c'n become Wonderbolts!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" "Then bring 'em 'ere tomorrow!" Rain exclaimed. "Ah will!" "Okay, break i' up ya two." I decided to break up the fight. "M'kay." Rain seemed to agreeable today. "Fine." Thunder said. "Well, Ah need t' go back t' work. See ya later, guys." It was an awfully short break, but I got a job to fulfill. "Me too. Adios ya guys." "Ah'll wait fer ya guys t' get 'ome, m'kay?" "M'kay, bye!" Thunder and I said in unison. I magically...oh my gosh, I forgot to mention that I could use magic! Whatever, I'll tell them that sometime tomorrow. Anyways, I magically opened the door and stepped through it. Thunder trailed behind me; he, then, opened up his wings. Outside, he started to run. He ran and ran until his wings caught air. In air, he flew away to what appeared to be Cloudsdale. I just walked back to Sugarcuba Corner to continue making the delectable pastries. On the way there, I saw a peculiarly familiar pegasus delivering mail. Derby, Dercy, Darby...hmmm. Out of all the pegasus in the sky, it was this one that I to stumble over. Then, I overheard Rainbow Dash call her name. "...careful Derpy." Oh wow, I just had to forget Derpy's name. I got to keep that in mind. I stopped standing there; I continued my hike to Sugarcube Corner. After a few minutes of boring walking, I finally made it to Sugarcube. When I stepped inside, however, the place was almost empty. Pinkie Pie came out, and ran to me. "Hiya Bronze, nice to see you again!!" "Hi boss, where's erypony?" "Oh, I got them their orders!" "All 'f 'em?" "Yepperoni!" "But h'w?" "It was easy! I just baked seven batches at one time!" "W' have trays th't c'n carry eighty-four cupcakes?" "Yup!" "H'w come ya never told me?" "I wanted it to be a surprise, silly!" "M'kay, s' what d' w' do now?" "We make cupcakes!" Ooo, that gave me goosebumps. "Are ya sure y...ya wan' t' make cupcakes?" "Positively!" "Adios muchacho!" I ran out of the kitchen in an instant. Cup Cake, out of nowhere, got in my way; we crashed and fell down. "Oh dear, what's got you in a knot?" "Pinkie's a psych'path!" I exclaimed. "What do you mean; Pinkie wouldn't even hurt a fly." "Oh yeah? I warned ya; she's goin' t' bake ya int' a cupcake, or m're!" "How absurd! Pinkie Pie isn't going to bake me into cupcakes!" "Yuh-huh!" I, then, started to think, Pinkie's going to bake Cup Cake into cupcakes! Thinking about that made my stomach turn. I stood up, and almost ran out the door; Cup Cake grabbed my collar. "Hold right there, mister! Pinkie!" Pinkie Pie bounced out the door with a batch of cupcakes on her head. "Yes ma'am!?" "Tell Bronze that you're not going to bake me into cupcakes." Pinkie nodded and looked at me. "Hiya Bronze! I'm not going to bake Mrs. Cake into cupcakes!" She smiled as big as a mile. "Ah don' believe ya." "You don't; how come?" "Ya know what, just forget th' whole thing. Ah just was thinkin' about somethin' completely inaccurate." "What are you talking about?" Pinkie winked at me. "Ah don' know." "Whatever that was about, Bronze, I want you to take orders." "Right away, ma'am." Running towards the front desk, my curly mane started to get in my eyes. I used my horn to get it out; I also used my horn to grab a pen and some paper. Ponies would come and order, and I'd write it down. That's all I did, all day long. I would wait, write, tape, and wait; It was a very dull job. Around seven p.m, Cup and Carrot Cake called me and Pinkie. "Bronze!! Pinkie Pie!!" We both ran up to them. "Yes ma'am and sir!?" Pinkie did a weird salute. "Hiya, bosses." I calmly said. "We want to congratulate you on a hard day's work!" Cup Cake stated. Carrot Cake walked over to two envelopes; he turned back and gave them to us. I shook the bag to hear little noises. Cling, cling, cling, cling, cling. Whatever is in here, it's made of metal. "Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Cake!" "Thank ya!" I tore my package open to find bits in there. "Mr. and Mrs. Cake, today isn't even payday!" Pinkie noted. "We know; it's just that you guys did such a good job, and we had extra money left over, we decided to give you it today!" Carrot Cake declared. "Thanks a million!" I looked in their eyes; they're so tender. I used my horn to carry the money in the air. Pinkie said goodbye, and she ran upstairs. I walked out the door with my first payment.
Dreamy and VisitorialChapter 8 I never thought that on my first day on the job, I'd get my first payment. Working is nerve-racking, which probably explains why mom would, sometimes, come home frustrated. The days that she would come home irritated, we'd always try to cheer her up. I just hope that's what Rain Dancer will do for me. While holding my reward, I happened to notice that it was getting dark; I need to get home, now. I kept walking towards my house. There, I opened the door; I hid the payment behind my tail. "Hey, Bronze. H'w was yer day?" Rain sprung up. "Pretty tirin', so flipping tirin'." "Ah'm glad t' see th't yer still alive." "Que?" "Oh, nothin'." I eyeballed her. "So, Rain, h'w was yer day?" "I' stunk. Didn' Ah tell ya th's earlier?" "Ah don' know." I went over to her and sat down. She started to rest her head on my shoulder; it must've been a tiring day for her too. After a couple minutes, her eyes and brains closed down. I just sat there, and I watched her drool. It was pretty disgusting, but it was in a cute way. I was kissing her cheek when Thunder, all of the sudden, broke down the door. Rain sprung right up and greeted him. "Hey Thunder, h'w was yer day?" "..." Thundershock sat there, probably thinking about something. "I' was interestin'." "Whaddya mean?" "Um..." "Yeah, Thunder, 'whaddya mean?'" I mimicked Rain's voice. "Ah don' know." "Sure ya don'" "Ah really don't, 'Ah swears it!'" Oh Flambo, he was such a little gangster. "Anyways, didn' ya say th't ya'd bring the Wonderbolts over?" "Don' ya remember th't I'd bring 'em t'morrow?" If I do recall, he did say that he'd bring them tomorrow. "Oh yeah, lo siento." "Why 're ya apologizing?" "B'cause Ah was wrong." "M'kay, apology accepted." "Thanks." "Yer welcome." He went over and hugged her. "Hey Bronze, ya've been awfully quiet. What's up?" "Nothin'." "Really, 'cause ya haven' said anythin' in a bit." "Ah'm good, really." "Ya sure?" "Yes, Ah'm sure." "Ya sure ya sure?" "Yesss." "Are ya sure ya su-" "Thunder!" "Siento." "Disculpas aceptadas." "Awkward sibling hug?" Thunder asked. "Awkward sibling hug." I replied. Awkward sibling hug, pat pat The "awkward sibling hug" was a hug that Mabel and Dipper Pines would do, from the show "Gravity Falls". After we were done awkwardly hugging, we went to bed. "But Ah don' wanna!" "Yes ya do, Rain." "Sleepin' 's s' borin'!" "Actually, i's just ya th't thinks i's borin'. Thunder and Ah think i's fun, right Thundershock?" "Eeyup." I don't know what happened here, but wasn't that Apple family scene? "But Bronze!" "Butts 're fer poopin', ya know th't!" "Ya, plus ya have school t'morrow." Thunder added. "Hmph. Ah'm gonna g' t' bed, but not b'cause ya told me; Ah'm goin' b'cause school's t'morrow!" She stormed off into her room. "W' should hit th' hay too." I stated. "Yup, night." he quickly answered; he ran to his room. "Wait Thunder!" "Yeah?" I almost forgot to tell them about my payment. "Ah gotta show ya somethin'." "What 's i'?" "Come over 'ere 'nd find out!" He started to lazily trot over to my position. "What 's i'?" "I's a check from Sugarcube." "Really? H'w much 's 'n i'?" "Fifty bits." "Th't's enough fer next month's r'nt! "Ah know th't." "Well, i's good th't w' already got money." "Eeyup." He gladly smiled and walked away. I stowed the envelope on the counter; I went to bed, then. All night long, I was dreaming a strange dream. What I dreamed about was a bunch of cats in war with dogs. They were little animated cats that stood on two legs. My cat had: a doughnut belt that could squirt jelly, a huge doughnut robot suit that had a sombrero, and a friend that had got to lead the Cat Clan with me. My friend had: tiger stripes, a tuxedo, a fire-breathing mouth, and he was a ninja, kind of. My cat, E.D (Epic Doughnut), and my friend were going to our house. "Haha Tux, that was fun!" he hollered. "It was more than fun; it was amazing!" He hollered back. We walked down the town to our house on stilts, yes it was on stilts. I got in my robot suit, grabbed my friend, and flew up to the front door. We opened it, stepped in, and went to bed. "Night, E.D." Tux said. "Night, Tux." I said while I went to my side of the house. At my room, I opened the door and stepped in. Walking over to my doughnut bed, I curled up, all snug, in it. After a few seconds, I fell into slumber. It felt like five minutes later when Tux came into my room. "E.D! The dogs broke the wall!" I jumped up, and I looked at the huge wall that separated us from the dogs; there was a really tiny hole in the middle of the wall. Looking down, I saw some dogs running through the town. I was going to call Psycat, when our house started to shake and shift. I looked down to see dogs sawing our house from the base! The house split in half; Tux started to fall down. I shot jelly from my belt, which caught onto Tux's paw. I reeled him up. "Thanks E.D!" "No prob!" Now half of our house was gone, and the cats in town are being attacked. I grabbed my phone and called Psycat. Psycat had the ability to use telepathic messages, so if I use it, I could call every cat to run away. "Hello, this is Psycat." "Psycat! I need you to contact every cat's mind and tell them to go to the East Field!" In an instant, every cat's flickered; they started to run to the East Field. A random zip-line appeared at the side of our house, leading directly to the East Field. I got on the zip-line and rode down. Awaiting me, was our army of cats staring in the eyes of an army of dogs. I got to the front of the army. "Why, look at this puny cat." said the leader of the dogs. He was twice my size and strength, but I'm twice his speed and agility. "Bull Dog." I said angrily. "Whaddya want, puny?" "I want you to leave!" "Well I don't wanna." "So help me." I turned around to see my brother, Lame Bagel, walk to the dogs' side. He looked exactly like me, except that he had a vest. "LB?" "What?" "Why are you over there!?" "Because I work for the dogs, duh!" "You little-" The next second, Bull Dog gave me an uppercut; I flew back behind the army. Landing hard on the ground, some of the cats ran to my aid. It must've took a while for the zip-line to come back to Tux, because he finally got here. He, however, landed on Bull Dogs neck; his legs wrapped around it. On Bull Dog, Tux started to repeatedly punch him on the cheeks. There was an all out battle right there, and then I wake up. "Woah." That was the strangest dream that I ever had; I realized that it was morning. Walking out my door, I realized that Rain was up. "Hey Bronze, how did ya sleep?" "Good, you?" "Good, thanks fer askin'!" "Ya seem pretty happy, what's up?" "Oh, Ah c'n't wait t' see th' supposed Wonderbolts!" Her tone was so sarcastic, it was kind of funny. "Yeah, Ah c'n't wait to see 'em either." "W'nt some breakfast?" Rain pondered. "Wh'n did ya learn t' make breakfast?" "Wh'n ya weren't lookin'." She was making toast; she was putting the butter on herself, "Th'n yeah, Ah'll have some." She buttered my slices, and she delivered them to me. They weren't bad at all! "Ya like 'em?" "Yup!" "Mmm, Ah smell toast!" yelled Thundershock. "Ya w'nt some?" "Sure!!" He seems extremely excited today. "Why 're ya so happy?" I asked. "B'cause th' Wonderbolts 're comin'!"
Thunder's Associates, Rainbow's IdolsChapter 9 "Wh't!?" Rain Dancer asked. "They're comin'!" Thunder repeated. "Wh'n did ya invite 'em?" I asked. "Ah invited 'em while ya'll were asleep." "M'kay, wh'n w'll they come?" "Eight." "S' they're comin' down 'ere t' visit us?" Rain pondered. "Eeyup." "Ooo, Rainbow Dash's goin' t' b' s' jealous!" I stated quickly. "Yup." "She's goin' t' act all pretentious!" "Yup." "And, she might come over 'ere." That last one made me quite depressed. "Yup." Oh boy, Rainbow Dash will be coming over. "Wh't time 's i'?" I questioned wearily. "Seven-o-seven." "Ya mean th't they'll b' 'ere 'n less th'n an hour?" "Yup." Great, I have less than an hour to prepare for my arch nemesis. Gosh, why did Thunder have to start working with the Wonderbolts; what position of the Wonderbolts does he work at? Whatever he does, it's enough to bait ponies here; the last thing we need is the paparazzi or a flashmob on our front yard. "Well, a' least ya..." Rain never finished that sentence. "Um, this is weird." I declared. "Yup." Thunder said. "Well, Ah gotta g' t' school." Rain said. "Ah'll take ya there." I said back. "Th't's not th' best idea." "Why?" "Ah don'...want ya t' come." "Ya 're embarrassed 'f us?" "No!" "Th'n what 's i'? "Nothin' really!" "Ya sure?" "Yes, bye!" She ran to us, hugged us, and ran out the door. She seemed in a rush, I wonder why. Either my judgment is totally whack, or I'm right, but I think that she has a crush! I wonder who it could be? I thought to myself; I stood there in total silence. I gotta go after her, so I ran through the door. "Rain, come back here!" "Wh't d' ya want!?" "School isn' fer another hour." "Yeah, s' wh't's yer point?" "Ah want ya t' stay until the Wonderbolts get there!" "Ah don' wanna stay!" "Well, missy, yer goin' t' stay, even 'f ya don' like i'!" In this guardian stage over Rain, you could say that I've grown into the mother state, and Thunder is more of the father. Being as this is, I tugged on Rain's ear, with my magic, and dragged her home. "Bronze! Th's isn' fair!" "Yeah i' 's. Ya didn' listen t' m' command, 'nd now ya 're goin' t' come with me." After that little speech, I gave her the evil eye. She gulped as she kept walking with me; I could see the fear in her eyes, for she did not want to go home. At the house, we entered to not only find Thunder, but Rainbow Dash there too. Thundershock was in his Wonderbolt costume, and he was signing something. They didn't notice us until I sighed. Dash turned around and peered at me. "Hey Rain Dancer," she said while her eyes were focused in me. "hi...Bronzeee." "Hi there, Rainbow Dash!" "Yeah, hi." She cocked her head back at Thunder. "So as I was saying, Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" "Thunder, wh't 're ya up t'?" "Wh't d' ya mean?" He started to stare at me, and he cocked his head in a "what the heck do you mean" pose. "Ah mean, ya know, th's!" "Th's isn' very specific." "Just look right 'n front 'f ya!" Thunder looked at Rainbow; he shrugged. Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, immediately turned her head. "Now what is that supposed to mean!?" "I' means th't Ah don' like ya!" "Oh I ought a-" Thunder tugged on her mane, causing her to quickly turn her head, again. How does she do it so quickly, because when I do it, my neck pops, or something like that, and it starts aching. "Hold up, Rainbow Dash, th' others 'ren't even 'ere yet." "Th..the others!" "Yeah. Soarin'," She grew a shocked expression. "Fleetfoot," Her expression grew larger. "and Rapidfire will come." She, basically, died of overly expressing her feelings. "Wow Thunder, ya got 'em t' come?" "Yup, all three 'f 'em. Fleetfoot and Rapidfire agreed right away, but Soarin' gave s'me time t' think 'bout i'. Wh'n Ah told him th't his number one fan was comin', he th'n agreed." "S' he came 'cause 'f Rainbow?" "Ah guess." That's very interesting; Soarin' came because of Rainbow Dash. "Anyways, i's good th't they'll b' 'ere 'n forty-five minutes.' I stated. "Nope, w' have a t' g' somewhere 'n forty-five minutes. They'll actually b' 'ere in fifteen minutes." "Wh't!? Why didn' ya mention th's t' me earlier." "B'cause they didn' tell me earlier.' "S', they'll come thirty minutes earlier th'n Rainbow Dash expects?" "Yes." "Ooo, she's goin' t' faint again!" "Wh'n did ya start carin' 'bout her?" "Wh'n she passed o't 'n our ground." "Mmhmm." I looked over to the clock on the wall. It read seven-tweny, ten minutes. "Wow, time goes f'st." "Sure does." We sat there in silence; we were watching the time count down. Five minutes. Four minutes. Three minutes. Two minutes. One minute. Forty-five seconds. Thirty seconds. Fifteen seconds. Ten seconds. Nine seconds. Eight seconds. Seven seconds. Six seconds. Five seconds. Four seconds. Three seconds. Two seconds. One second. The next instant, the Wonderbolts ran through the door. Like Thunder said, Fleetfoot, Rapidfire, and Soarin' came through the door. Rapidfire had his goggles on, and Soarin and Fleetfoot didn't. I looked at Thunder to see him immediately salute, so I did the same. I could hear Rain wake up Rainbow in the background. "Rainbow! Rainbow Dash!!" "Whaddya want?" "They're here!" Rainbow Dash sprung right up at the sound of that; she ran past me. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" she hollered. "Hey, Rainbow Dash." Soarin' calmly said. "Hi there!" greeted Fleetfoot. "What's going on?" Rapidfire pondered. "Hi Soarin'! Hi Fleetfoot! Hi Rapidfire!" "Hi, so your name is Rainbow Dash?" Rapidfire asked. "Yes!" "Well, it is very nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash." he gave a welcoming smile. Rainbow nearly passed out on the spot. "Ahem, these 're m' siblings, Rain Dancer 'nd Bronze." Thunder addressed. "Nice to meet you two." Soarin' said. "Hi there!" Fleetfoot approached us. She nodded her head, acknowledging us. "Very cool to meet the sister and brother of the newest recruit." Rapidfire said. "Hi Fleetfoot, Rapidfire, and Soarin'." I coolly said. "Hi, hi, hi!!" Rain Dancer ran up to them; she violently shook their hooves, which made me facehoof. "So Thundershock, we need to go to Canterlot for a special meeting." Soarin' stated. "Yessir." "We need you to come with us, capisce?" "Yessir." "Okay, we'll see you later. Goodbye Rainbow Dash, Bronze, and Rain Dancer." He waved to us as he told Fleetfoot and Rapidfire to come with him. "Yes sir, goodbye you three." Rapidfire bid. "Bye Rain Dancer, Rainbow Dash, and Bronze! We'll see you later, Thunder." Fleetfoot was always so jumpy, boom...instant favorite.
