Nopony could stop him from spending his bits on an orange. One orange! ONE!!! The ponies at the orange stand were confused because he wanted to buy just a SINGLE orange, and the oranges were a dozen per bit! So, the equestrian currency is made of gold, so he could spend a single bit on a dozen oranges. Not a bad deal, if you ask him. Gold should be expensive, because that’s what bits are made of. Unfortunately, bits are the only currency, aside from gems, and he wasn’t gonna waste his gems on a strange fruit that he has never tried before.

Emerald flew to the door on his house. Having wings is very important, if you live in a treehouse and there are no ladders. No ladders are very useful if you don’t want creepy creature collectors stealing your fur for creepy creature scavenger hunts and conspiracy photos or something. He walked to the table in the corner near a window and plopped the oranges down.

“Ok, how exactly do you eat these?”
Emerald said to himself. He picked up an orange.

TO BE CONTINUED—

Author's Note