A Clean Slate

The morning came way too early for me. I awoke to a very powerful and in rapid succession bouncing on my chest. The CMC were hopping up and down on me shouting "MOVIE DAY MOVIE DAY...". When I finally got them to calm down, I got up and told them that after I eat breakfast and shower some and make sure I don't work this morning, I would take them. A collective "awwwww" was what I received as a substitute for them understanding.

I ate some honey oats cereal and showered and left to go talk to Brick to see about my schedule for today. On my way there I ran into a little pony I hadn't seen in a while. It was Pinkie Pie. Upon catching sight of me she let out a very loud gasp and galloped towards me, but as she got closer she didn't look like she had any intention of slowing down. My thoughts were confirmed with a powerful tackle from her.

"Oh my goodness, Mike! I completely forgot about throwing you a party for arriving in Ponyville! I mean I never forget anything, well except for the one time when I was making 42 dozen cupcakes for a party and I saw foals playing jump rope so I joined in, but seriously who could resist that? Come on. Jump rope! That's like the best thing ever since parties..." Pinkie rambled

I was warned by Twilight that Pinkie likes to talk a lot so before I was stuck here for who knows how long, I covered her mouth to silence her.

"Pinkie, calm down what is it you were saying about a party?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, your 'Welcome to Ponyville Party'. I make sure everypony gets one, but since you're not a pony... *gasps* That means I can make up a new party. I'll call it 'Equestria's First Human Party' it'll be a blast, especially with my Party Cannon." Pinkie said.

"Okay, what about today? I'm going to make sure I don't work and if I don't then I'm taking Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle to see a movie. After that, I don't have anything planned so it works out." I said.

"Okay, great! I'll go get the invitations ready. See you tonight!" She hollered back as she galloped away.

Now that that was over, I made my way to Brick's shop. I walked in and there was almost nopony in there. Brick had only pulled what looked like three small orders maybe around 300 bits a piece.

"Hey Brick? You back here?" I asked as I went to the receiving room to look for him.

"That you Mike? Yeah I'm here." He said as he came around to greet me. "What d'ya need?"

"I was wondering if you need me to work today?" I asked.

"Hmm. Nope can't say I do. Only got three orders today, but me, Hammer Down, and Stone Layer will take care of 'em." He said.

"Okay thanks. That works out well. Hey, there's gonna be a party tonight at the Sugarcube Corner. Come on by, have a good time and take a load off." I said with a smile.

"Sounds good. I'll se ya there. Be here around noon tomorrow though." He said.

With that, I left and went back to tell the girls the good news. I arrived and told them that we can go to the movies ,but we need to make sure it's alright first. We went to ask Rarity and she was more than happy to let me take the girls, she said something about an order and she needed no interruptions. I tuned out and just nodded my head. We told her goodbye and made our way to the Cinema. This should be fun.

We arrived and the girls immediately took off to look at everything. It was impossible to get then to listen until I threatened to take the home. That got their attention and we went up to the booth to get tickets.

"Four for the Daring Doo movie please." I said.

"Sir, by the rules of my job, I am told to inform you of the nature and content of this movie may be something an adult would want to think about when bringing children to the movies." The teller explained.

"I'm aware of the content. I saw this movie yesterday and from seeing what happens I think this will be fine. It's not violent and there's very little profanity in it. I think these girls have heard it around town just from overhearing conversations." I said.

"Okay, here are your tickets, that'll be 13 bits. Thank you and enjoy movie." She said with a smile.

I thanked her and we went inside. We went up to the snack bar and got our popcorn drink and the girls each got a small candy. We made it to the theatre with no accidents. So far they seemed to be just about as difficult to keep tabs on as human children, but we are only about an hour in so this could change.

We sat down in our seats and to my pleasure there were less than a dozen other ponies here. I guess everypony had seen it already. The girls still seemed very energetic, they were hopping all around during the coming attractions and movie-esque commercials. When the lights dimmed and the speakers boomed to life, they halted and ran back to their seats. They all had huge smiles on their faces, but Scootaloo seemed to have the biggest.

The intro started. It was a train chugging along a track in the middle on an oasis in the desert. You heard grunts and clangs as well as shouting. The camera cut to a passenger car where Daring Doo was fighting off some of her nemesis' cronies; three rottweilers with swords. She was jumping from bench to bench and bucking them at the same time. The girls eyes were glued to the screen in amazement. "Whoas" and "wows" would periodically come from their mouths.

As the movie went on the girls had somehow made their way onto my shoulders and head for a better view of the movie. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were on either shoulder and Scootaloo had planted herself on my head. It didn't bother me at all because they couldn't have weighed more than 12 to 15 pounds each.

As the movie came to a close with Daring Doo collecting yet another priceless artifact and outsmarting and defeating her nemesis, K. Nein Krusher; the German Shepherd. As the lights came back to full brightness, the girls also went back to being energetic.

"Did you see that part where Daring Doo had to jump from the falling train at the start when K. Nein blew up the bridge?" Sweetie Belle shouted.

"How 'bout when she got the rottweilers stuck in quick sand when she pretended she was stuck?" Apple Bloom chimed in.

"Oh yeah? What about when she released the snakes and trapped the bad guys at the entrance to the tunnel?" Scootaloo cut in now.

They argued like this, each determined to prove that their favorite seen was the best seen. This wen ton until each of them were dropped off at home. I was walking Scootaloo home when she turned to ask me a question.

"Hey, Mike? Can I sit on your shoulders? It was fun being that high up and I wanna do it again." She asked.

"Of course, why not? Up you go." I said as I picked her up. "Have you ever sat on someone's shoulders before?"

"No. My uncle doesn't let me. Even if we go to the parades or town meetings. I have to stand there and try to listen over everypony's voices and try to catch glances at what's happening." She said with a frown.

"Have you ever been to a movie? I saw you watching it and it looked like you were amazed." I said.

"No. Uncle wont let me do anything that costs money. He says taking me in costs enough." She said.

I was livid by this point. How could you treat your niece like that? But, I had to keep my cool.

"That's nonsense. Tell you what. When you're with me, we can do whatever you want. How does that sound?" I asked.

"That sound totally awesome!" She shouted as she buzzed her wings and landed on the ground.

We arrived at her house and her uncle opened the door. He looked a little angry and annoyed. He asked where Scootaloo had been and he thought the movie should have been over long before then. He told Scootaloo she was in trouble and pulled her inside by her mane. Just before closing the door, he looked at me and gave me a nasty grin. This only proved to increase my blood pressure and heart rate as I just wanted to beat his ass until he was an unrecognizable pulp on the floor and hold Scootaloo. I couldn't until I found some proof and for Scootaloo's sake I hope I find it soon.

I went back to Rarity's to prepare for the party later. I doubt I would have any fun with what's on my mind, but I was going to try. Maybe Scoots would be there and I could feel a little relief that she was away from that piece of shit.

Okay there has been another change of plans. I decided to push the time jump back another chapter with what's going on right now. I don't have enough time to write 3,000 word chapters right now so I will probably release 1,500 to two or so thousand word chapters for a little while. The party is coming next chapter and let's hope Mike can have a good time. Have a good day and I'll see you when I see you.