Stuck in my own One-Shots

by AntiBronyBenSwolo

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Self Insert, Equestria Girls, Aria Blaze, Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk, Alternate Universe, Human, Anthology, Dazzlings, Comedy
Length: 1163

What happens when a fanfiction author is stuck with the Dazzlings and has no ideas? He jots whatever he can think of in here.

After the events of what was supposed to be "Friendship Games", Adagio, Aria, Sonata, and their fanfiction author buddy, AntiBronyBenSwolo have little to do. Mainly because BenSwolo has very little ideas to do for giant epic stories. That doesn't mean he can't do any one-shots with the Dazzlings in the meantime.

I know I already started "Stuck in my own Crossover", but here's my basic plan for how this is gonna work. I'm gonna have this and "Crossover" go on at the same time until I finish "Crossover". Then this story will continue from there. In the meantime, this story is gonna be comment driven, so feel free to drop an idea or two. Rated T just in case.

Published 2020-01-17 20:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2020-01-17 20:20:01 UTC

A Night with No Ideas

The night was long, chilly, and rainy as Adagio decided to take a stroll through the rain. I was there accompanying her, as she had a sort of dinner-date thing sorted out for the both of us. We weren't dressed in anything fancy. Just a couple of old hoodies we had for some time. I had no idea what this was all about, but I was only a little uneasy about the whole thing. We went to visit Sonata at her job for our dinner, mainly because either of us couldn't think of anything better to do.

"Hey, Adagio. Hey, Swolo," Sonata called out from the cashier.

"Hey there Sonata," Adagio called back. I decided to save us a seat as Adagio went to order the food.

"So, what would you two lovebirds like to have?" Sonata asked mockingly. It's been a good while since we beat Flash Sentry back during...I suppose what was supposed to be the Friendship Games. But I managed mangled the story into something else. Point is, during that time, Adagio and I had a romantic kiss, and Sonata won't stop shipping us. I even think I caught her writing fanfictions about us. Though the less I know about what they're about, the better.

"We'll just have two tacos each, and two medium drinks," Adagio ordered, rubbing her eyes at Sonata's comment, though Sonata could only help but giggle. Adagio promptly paid for the food as she came back over to me with a couple of plastic cups of soda.

"So, we're still not gonna talk about it?" Adagio asked.

"Talk about what? That kiss?" I asked, awkwardly realizing it took me this long to give myself a line. I really need to prioritize more often.

"Well...yeah. It's been a while since that happened and...are you really sure you're not ready?" Adagio asked. I could only help but sigh.

"I'm not sure if I'm ready myself, to be honest," I responded, making sure I got all this down. Adagio sighed as she noticed the way I was writing in my notebook.

"Hey, are you...OK?" Adagio asked, placing her hand on mine.

"Huh? Yeah, I suppose I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I asked back, as Adagio took a sip of her drink.

"Well, it's just that I noticed you were...writing a lot less," Adagio commented as I took a sip out of my own drink.

"Well, I haven't been getting an awful lot of ideas lately, so..." I said as Adagio and I noticed Sonata coming with our tacos.

"And here are the tacos for the happy couple," Sonata said, pointing finger guns at us. Adagio groaned at I face-palmed at the cringe-worthy action.

"Sonata, if you please?" Adagio quietly begged, as Sonata quietly left and headed back behind her counter.

"Anyway, you're saying you're running out of ideas to write about us?" Adagio asked, worried about the state of our relationship. And I mean the relationship I have with the Dazzlings, not the romantic one with Adagio. And it's not like--moving on.

"If I don't come up with any soon, then yeah. Worst-case scenario, this entire fanfic just ends abruptly," I warned, as I took a sip out of my drink again and a bite out of one of my tacos.

"That doesn't sound good. You think maybe the girls and I could give you suggestions?" Adagio offered, as I made sure not to spill my taco.

"Not so sure how considering I'd have to develop those suggestions in the first place," I advised as Adagio took another sip of her drink. So much so that I'm getting a little tired of us narrating us sipping our drinks. Adagio thought the situation over to think of a plan.

"I mean, if you're desperate for ideas, then I suppose..." Adagio said, laying her hands on mine, leaning closer to me, and Sonata's face lighting up much more than a lightning bolt. It was honestly more Sonata's goofy face than Adagio's flirting that tipped me to what Adagio was thinking.

"Hey, I appreciate what you're doing, and I'm still considering a relationship between us, but I don't want it to be an entire fanfiction of just us dating. There's gotta be more misadventures to write than that," I said, putting my hands on Adagio's, causing Sonata to silently curse.

"Oh. Well, at least we're getting somewhere," Adagio replied as she finished her tacos. I followed up by finishing my tacos and drink, and the two of us decided to head back home.

"See ya later, Sonata," I waved as Adagio opened the door.

"Bye guys," Sonata waved back, as she took the order of the next customer. Adagio and I trekked through the rain, getting ourselves soaked in the process. It makes me wonder why I decided to set the stage in such a storm in the first place. We opened the entrance to our hidden pirate cave and heard video gaming coming from our Pirate Ship as if she hooked the game system up to a movie theater or something.

"Is this what you do when you're home alone?" Adagio called out, as the loud gaming died down.

"Didn't expect you guys to be home so soon," Aria called out, coming up from below deck as Adagio and I boarded the ship. As Adagio settled down, I noticed a box that wasn't there before in the Captain's Cabin. At least I'm pretty sure it wasn't there.

"Did we get mail or something?" I asked as I picked up the box to examine it. It was wooden with a slot on top, and locked to prevent anyone from opening. And on that box was a note which read the following:

"Dear AntiBronyBenSwolo,
I take it you're running out of ideas. And that's
no good. So take this idea box to help you
come up with plots for this fanfiction.
Signed, Also AntiBronyBenSwolo"

After reading the note and examining the box a little more, I figured out what was going on now.

"Well, it doesn't look like I'll be running out of ideas anytime soon," I commented as Aria looked puzzled.

"Wait, why would you write a note to yourself, and later have no idea where this box came from?" Aria asked as I decided to clarify.

"Cut me some slack here. I'm running low on brain juice," I commented, as I shook furiously at the box, dropping one wad of paper. I promptly picked up the note and read it out loud to Adagio and Aria, reading: "Let Adagio write a chapter".

Well...This was gonna be interesting.

Author's Note

OK, this is gonna go on at the same time as "Stuck in my own Crossover" until that is over. And when that happens, this will take over as the current sequel. In the meantime, feel free to give me one-shot suggestions for this story (which is why I introduced this idea box).