My Little Kirin Chronicles: Friendship is Magic

The next morning, the sunlight from Celestia’s morning sun shining brightly into Summer Blaze’s room, making her wake up. Summer groaned and turned in her side, wanting to sleep in for five more minutes and she could have... if two certain Pokémon didn’t nuzzle her to wake her up, “Hehehe, alright alright you two, I’m up.” Summer laughed as Rockruff and Wooloo stopped nuzzling her, “Ruff.”’

“Baaa...”

Summer yawned to wake herself up some more, “Morning Summer.” Rotom Dex greeted.

“Morning Rotom.” Summer greeted back with a smile. She climbed out of bed and grabbed her necklace before placing it on her neck. It shimmered a little as she walked down the hallway and entered the bathroom to freshen up for the day ahead of her. Today was a Saturday is there was no School of Friendship.

She entered the dining room with her pokemon and Rotom, “Morning Summer.” Twilight and Spike greeted together.

“Good morning.” Summer stated with a smile. As she sat down at the table, Spike placed a plate of pancakes in front of her. They had a few blueberries and raspberry on them along with some whipped cream at the top, “Here you go Summer. I made them myself.” Spike smiled proudly.

“Thanks Spike.” Summer said with a smile. Twilight then levitated over two bowls of Pokémon food and placed them in front of Rockruff and Wooloo, “And here’s your food, little ones.” Twilight cooed. Rockruff and Wooloo cried happily and they began to eat their pokemon food.

“Hey Summer, I’m having a small book club netting here at the castle.” Twilight said. “Maybe you could join us.”

“Oh, well okay.” Summer has attended many book clubs in Canterlot so she knows how they work. They were basically groups where ponies simply discuss the book they read; what they liked and disliked about it. That sort of thing, “What’s the book club about?” Summer asked.

“It’s about the latest Daring Do book, “Daring Do and the Volcano of Destiny”.” It’s Rainbow Dash’s favorite series. I have a copy of the book so you can read it and join in.”

“Okay, sounds fun.” Summer smiled. After breakfast, Twilight have Summer a copy of the Daring Do book and she immediately started reading it for the book club which was that same night.

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My Little Kirin Chronicles: Friendship is Magic

That Night...

It was time for the Book Club. Twilight’s castle throne room was filled with ponies who had recently finished reading Daring Do and the Volcano of Destiny. Everypony had come prepared for the very first meeting of the newly established Castle of Friendship Library Society.

Plot Twist and Berry Punch walked in together, followed by their friends Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, and Wild Fire. They all poured themselves cups of cider from Applejack’s refreshments table and took their seats.

“Daring Do is such an exciting hero! I just love her!” said Berry Punch.

“This was the best book yet!” said Plot Twist. “We completely sold out in the first hour at the shop.”
Bon Bon nodded in agreement. “The next book release will have to be even bigger.”

“Totally,” Wild Fire added, her voice monotone. The brown-maned pony wore straight-edged bangs that hung over her eyes and a chilled-out expression. It was still the most excited she had ever looked. Pinkie Pie popped up out of nowhere. “Name tags, anypony?!” She passed each attendee a little red sticker that said: HELLO, I’M... _________. Pinkie was already wearing one, except instead of her own name, she’d written HELLO, I’M... EXCITED!

“You’re Excited?” asked Bon Bon. The pony scratched her blue-and-pink mane in confusion. “Sure am!” Pinkie replied with a smile. “Aren’t you?!”

“I’m confused,” Bon Bon replied. She already knew Pinkie Pie. “You’re—”

“And I’m excited you’re here, Confused!” said Pinkie, passing her and Lyra some name tags. The two ponies shrugged at each other.

“Sorry I’m late, darlings! I wasn’t sure what one wears to a library society,” announced Rarity, waltzing in the door. “But I managed to rustle something up.” She was decked out in a collegiate ensemble, consisting of a sweater over a collared shirt and horn-rimmed glasses. Her saddlebag was filled with quills and notebooks. She definitely could have passed for a student at Mythica University. “I never tried the bookish look, but I think it really works on me, no?”

“I think you look great, Rarity!” said Spike, popping his head out from the other room and then, Fluttershy arrived.

“Hey Summer!” Summer turned and saw Sandbar and the Young Six. “Sandbar, every creature!” Summer called happily, going over to her friends. “You came too?”

“Yeah, we’ve all read the new Daring Do book and wanted to join in on the fun.” Gallus said, holding his book in his claws.

“Daring Do is so awesome, like a dragon.” Smolder laughed.

“Yeah, she sure is cool.” Sandbar added. Summer was happy to see her friends here. Then they heard Twilight’s voice.

“All right, everypony. Find a seat and we’ll get started!” Twilight announced. The ponies and creatures all sat in a semi circle. Summer and the Young Six we’re right in the front seeing a big chalkboard listed the order of business for the meeting.

“Welcome!” Twilight chirped. “I’m so glad you’re all here to share in the joy of reading with me! In my opinion, there are not enough events in Equestria purely for celebrating books, especially the Daring Do series!”

“So...” Twilight motioned to her blackboard, which was filled with tons of writing and
diagrams. “I’ve done some extensive research into how to run a book club meeting,” she explained excitedly. “Number one on the agenda should be introductions of each member of the group.”

“I think we all know each other already!” Rainbow shot back. “Moving on!” Summer silently chuckled

“Okaaay, so if we skip that part... next should be a quick recap of each chapter in the book to refresh everypony’s memory. Then, we’ll move on to general interpretations of the text and its meaning, and last we’ll go through the list of discussion questions. We’ll have one ten-minute snack break in the middle, so please wait to visit Applejack’s treat table until then.”

Summer seemed interested in this but her friends and the other ponies didn’t think Twilight’s schedule sounded fun. “I think I speak for everypony here when I say we can cut straight to discussing the ridiculously sweet action sequences.” Plot Twist nodded her wavy orange mane in agreement.

Applejack interjected, trying to be a bit more gentle, “I think what she means is maybe we should giddyup on gettin’ this thing goin’.”
Twilight had the best of intentions, but sometimes she was an overplanner. And right now she looked pretty disappointed that her Library Society agenda hadn’t gone over so well.
Fluttershy felt bad.

She raised a hoof and said, “Twilight, if it’s okay with you, William Wormsworth and I would love to stay after and discuss all your talking points. He usually has a lot to say, the little chatterbox!” William sat on his chair, smiling but not saying a peep. He hadn’t said a single word yet. He tipped his pith helmet to Twilight like a gentleman.

“It’s all right.” Twilight sighed. “Rainbow Dash, maybe you should take over.” Twilight found an empty seat. She was a good friend for trying, but Rainbow was more than happy to take the reins of this meeting. Now they might actually get somewhere.

“First things first: I can’t believe that move Daring Do did where she hitched a ride on the back of that dragon and let go right when she was over the middle of Ahuizotl’s encampment! I can’t wait to try that out sometime! Of course, I’ll need help finding a dragon....”

“At your service!” said Spike proudly. It was silly because he was still just a baby—and far too small to pull off a stunt like that. It was better to change the subject before he got his feelings hurt.
“Riiight.” Rainbow clapped her hooves together. “Anywaaaay, how about I tell you all my amazing and totally brilliant theory on the ancient map of Mount Vehoovius?!” This was her moment to wow them. “So, you know how in book two—on page one hundred sixty-three, to be precise—Daring Do is looking for the griffon’s goblet when she happens upon a tablet that refers to an ancient map? I think that—”

Wild Fire raised her hoof, interrupting Rainbow’s flow. “Um, excuse me?”

“Yeah?” Rainbow replied, trying to hide her annoyance. She didn’t like being interrupted. Especially when she was about to say something so epic that it was going to blow everypony’s minds.

“I like Daring Do as much as the next pony, but do you really think that all those daring things she does are realistic?” Wild Fire flipped through her copy of the book, frowning. “No way could a pony ever really do them in real life!”

“She has a point,” said Lyra. She nodded and bobbed her mint green mane.

“Some of it is pretty far-fetched,” added a blue Unicorn seated in the back. A couple of other ponies murmured in agreement.

“Like the part where her wing injury is acting up, so she has to step out onto an invisible rope bridge to cross the canyon?” said Bon Bon, flipping to the page of the scene in her book. “No way would anypony risk that.”

“Well...” Summer spoke out, “If the stakes are high enough the. I would say some pony would risk it. I mean you’re at your best when there’s more at stake, right?”

“Yeah, what Summer said!” Rainbow agreed, earning a blush from the Kirin. Then Wild suddenly came up to Summer, “Oh yeah?”

“Umm... yes?” Summer replied, sounding confused.

“This ain’t going to end well is it?” Smolder asked turning to Gallus.

“Nope.” Gallus replied.

. “I I double dare you to do anything Daring Do could do!” Wild Fire challengers. Everypony gasped.

Summer blinked at Wild Fire, “Okay.” She shrugged.

The next day, there was a big stir in the Ponyville town square. Everypony was gathered around the center, trying to catch a peek at something. Pinkie Pie had taken the lead in helping Summer Blaze carry out her dares. Pinkie Pie stood proudly next to a giant scoreboard, making grand motions with her hooves and urging ponies to come up and write their challenges on it. The frame was surrounded in decorative glittery clouds made of cotton balls and said, "DARING KIRIN–BOARD" in bubble letters at the top.

The proud expressions on the faces of the Cutie Mark Crusaders—Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle—were dead giveaways as to who had helped make it. Those three little fillies loved arts-and-crafts projects. Their teacher, Cheerilee, who had many hoof-made cards from them at home, could vouch for that.

Summer Blaze, Rockruff, Wooloo and Rotom Dex came walking, "Are you sure you wanna go through with this, Summer?" Rotom asked.

"Yeah, it'll just be a few dares, Rotom. Nothing too dangerous." Summer reassured him.

Everypony watched as Summer and her pokemon took their place next to Pinkie Pie. Rainbow now saw that the board had a bunch of lines where ponies could write their names and dares, and a spot for a check mark if Summer completed the dare successfully.

Pinkie Pie then faced the crowd. “Fillies and gentlecolts! The amazing Daaaaaring Kirin, Summer Blaze, will now take on all these extremely difficult challenges to prove that she can do anything Daring Do can!” Pinkie made a grand sweeping motion toward the Dare-Board. “Then she will defend her title as Ponyville’s very own most brave, most fearless, most DARING kirin!”

The townsponies cheered.

“Daring Dash’s first dare is...”—Pinkie paused for effect—“to cross the Ghastly Gorge.... on a tightrope..." Pinkie continued, making a dramatic face—“Over the lair of the quarray eels!”

"Okay, then." Summer said nonchalantly and the crowd followed her to Ghastly Gorge. Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, and the Young Six followed but stuck to the back of the herd.

“Is this all really necessary?” Twilight asked her friends, walking at an easy pace. “I know she wants to show that determination can help you do alot of thing, but maybe she's taking it a it too far.”

“Don’t you fret, sugarcube!” assured Applejack. She trotted alongside Twilight. “I reckon she’ll do a coupla dares and it’ll all be over in two shakes of a filly’s tail. Now come on!”

"I agree with Professor Applejack, Headmare Twilight." Sandbar added. "She even said she'll just do a few dares and be done with it."

Rarity trotted up to join them. “Well, if anypony understands the allure of attention, it’s me. But somepony ought to tell her that if she’s going to be famous, she should look the part. A costume would really add a certain something.”

“Rarity, I don’t think that would do much to discourage the whole thing,” scolded Twilight.

“I was just saying,” Rarity huffed. “Besides, it doesn’t look like she’s giving up her new persona anytime soon.”

“I just hope she’s careful.” Ocellus said.

“Me too, Ocellus,” said the concerned Twilight. “Me too.”

It had been a busy day for Summer Blaze and the ponies who had been following her daring escapades. They’d been all over Ponyville and back again, watching as Summer took on a multitude of crazy challenges. Some were totally thrilling, like when Snips and Snails had dared her to swim to the bottom of the disgusting swamp, Froggy Bottom Bogg. Summer had gotten completely covered in green slime and gook, but everypony had been impressed.

Others were kinda weird, like Pinkie’s dare for Rainbow to babysit her favorite yellow balloon for an hour. (“So many things could happen if he’s left alone! It’s very risky,” she’d insisted.) But still, Summer had completed each and every task, no matter the level of difficulty.

There was only about an hour left of daylight before Princess Luna would be lowering the moon over Equestria. But that was more than enough time to get a few more dares in. Summer's friends had been following her all day, but as the hours wore on, they were getting more and more worried. She’d proved her point; why didn’t Summer just put an end to the madness already?

“What was it you said again?” Twilight turned to Applejack. “Just a few dares and she’ll be done? Look at her—she’s been doing daring things like Daring Do all day!”

Applejack shrugged. “Maybe we can try a different approach to get her to give it up.”

"Like what Professor Applejack?" Gallus questioned the orange earth pony. Applejack trotted up to Pinkie and whispered something in her ear. Pinkie nodded and scribbled a new dare on the board.

Summer trotted to the middle of the dwindling crowd, nose turned up to the sky. “Pinkie Pie, let’s go over all the things I have completed so far.”

“Oooh, fun idea!” Pinkie said, turning to the Daring Kirin–Board. She pointed to each item with a long, glittery wand. “First, you tightrope-walked across quarry eel dwellings at Ghastly Gorge with no wings.” The crowd murmured their approval. “Then, you went inside the scary, old abandoned barn filled with bats....” Pinkie touched her pointer to the dare. “Then...” Pinkie took a long, deep breath and then said very fast, “... you swam in the bogg, babysat my balloon, spun around in a circle two hundred times until you were totally dizzy, gave Rarity’s kitty-cat, Opal, a bath, knocked on Cranky Doodle Donkey’s door during his bridge game, and now you’re about to eat the hottest chili peppers in all of Equestria!”

"Chill Peppers?" Summer repeated, confused.

“Yeah, she sure did,” said the yellow country pony, stepping forward. “Peppers from South Amareica. I just got some down at the Fillydelphia market last week when I was making my pie deliveries. The pony who sold ’em to me carried them across the San Palomino Desert. He said a couple of those guys around the orchard would keep out pesky pests,” Applejack explained. She leaned in close to Summer and looked her straight in the eyes. “He also said that one lil’ bite of one of ’em would make fire shoot straight out yer ears.”

“TO THE BARN!” shouted Pinkie Pie, bouncing up and down. “Let’s get the fire peppers!”

"Hmm... sure." Summer shrugged. The crowd cheered while Applejack jaw-dropped. "Meadow Muffins, I thought for sure she would stop."

"Umm, you do know she probably read about chili peppers." Smolder reminded.

"Yeah and she said she never tried a pepper before so she might be seeing it as trying something new." Silverstream added.

"Rats." Applejack grumbled.

At Sweet Apple Acres...

Summer was looking at the pepper on the table while the crowd watched her. She levitated the pepper and she bit into the pepper.... and nothing happened, "Hmm, tastes alright." she said and she ate the whole thing. The crowd was shocked as well as her friends.

"Look at that!" Spike clapped, "She's not affected by it all." he laughed.

“All right, now. That’s it. Drink up, sugarcube.” Applejack gave Summer some water and some cider. Pinkie came up, squealing,
“That was so awesometastic!”

"It was?" Summer asked oblivious.

"Yeah, you just ate a hot pepper like it was nothing?!" Twilight exclaimed, with her hoof in the air.

"Well my Mom and Dad always ate peppers while I didn't but I guess eating them wasn't that bad." Summer stated as she drank the water.

"So... are you done with the dares, Summer?" Silverstream asked. "Please say 'yes'."

"Yak gets worried for kirin friend when kirin friend do dares." Yona added. Rockruff and Wooloo cooed and rubbed her legs, agreeing with Yona. They didn't like seeing their trainer/mother doing dangerous things. Summer rubbed the two of the head, "Don't worry, I think I've proved my point. I won't do anymore dares."

Her friends sighed in relief, "Thank goodness." Rotom Dex added with relief. Summer chuckled, lucky to have such caring friends.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the two stallions and Houndour from before were watching from the orchard, "So now what Nightshade?" Fang questioned.

"Well just have to make sure this kirin does what we want." Nightshade hissed.

"And how do we do that?" Fang questioned. Nightshade smiled with a evil grin. "By daring her, obviously, hehehe...."

Uh-oh, looks like Nightshade and Fang are at it again. What will these two have planned for Summer Blaze and her pokemon?

To be Continued...