Apple Bynx
A colt with his head in the clouds, Bynx often dreamed about flying with his heroes in the sky. No, not the wonderbolts, they were fancy ponies, he dreamt of gallivanting along with the other masters of the sky, the Wing Shifters. They soared and they sang, always upbeat, not a care in the world, save each other�s wellbeing. They were usually employed as Equestrias odd job ponies, whether that be flying around with a banner highlighting the newest craze, or giving a non-pegasus pony a fly around town, it was never anything too strenuous. They wore no identifying banners or medallions, in fact, other than the small green band they all wore; you�d never be able to separate them from an everyday pony. The songs they sang daily were that of the working class pony, �Oh Equestria, Oh Equestria, we work for thee, not as a courtesy, but for our beloved country!� were just some of the silly lyrics the Wing Shifters had come up with over the past few years. Bynx loved the ponies for their spirit and morals, as he noticed the world around him had been slowly decaying, whether it be morally, financially or emotionally.
�Hey Apple, get up sillypony!�
That stung, Bynx hated being called apple, it reminded him of the earth pony he knew in years past, another of his greatest heroes. As Bynx stumbled with his words, he forced his eyes open, revealing in front of him a grayish white face, with deep blue eyes only inches away from him. Like an ocean of pent of excitement the eyes continued to gaze at him, Bynx knew he was seconds from another earful from~
�Come on, were gonna be late! I�m not carrying you to the annual gathering of the Wing Shifters! Now let�s go, I already made you breakfast, so we can slapdash outta here!�
Bynx begrudgingly rolled over, rolling his roommate off of his bed. He hadn�t heard what she said, he could only think of last night� what was it that was coming up� something tremendously important�
�Holy hooves! Today�s the day! Why didn�t you wake me Flitzer!?�
Bynx exclaimed as he threw himself up, hurtling the sheets off of himself, he galloped towards the showers, hearing behind him,
�HEY YOU BIG JERK! WHEN I CATCH YOU I�M GONNA��
The voice trailed off as Bynx threw the shower on, accidently pushing the dial past a comfortable warmth. As he haphazardly started his morning ritual, he heard a rapping on the door as Flitzer angrily shouted at him,
�I was waking you up you dafthoofer! I even made you breakfast, see if that happens again!�
�Schrorrey, yew row I steep hurd,� Bynx mumbled between his toothbrush, checking to see the time. 8:43, just short of fifteen minutes before the meeting of the Equestria flyers. Bynx threw himself into the shower, suddenly feeling like he was being made into stew, he hit the shower head off course, saving him from scorching lava. He threw the temperature handle towards the middle and the water quickly became cozy. For a while Bynx pondered everything, from his birth, to where he was right now, his big day trying out for the Wing Shifters. He thought of how he and Flitzy had met in flight school, Flitzy was afraid to fly, and everyone knew it, so Bynx prodded her along and before she knew it, she was out flying any of the mares in her class. Later though, Bynx would come to rely on her, she kept him happy in the dark times of advanced flight school, where he often struggled against getting up and leaving for Celestia knows where. He never was a social pony, often despising the things colts his aged talked about, always droning on about their awful thoughts on the mares in class, or the horrid genre of sound they called music. Bynx often sat on these thoughts throughout the day, never telling anyone, not even Flitzer. He hated the thought of dragging somepony down with his inner thoughts. Albeit Flitzer had no problem with this, and told Bynx everything, from what she thought was in fashion or how she felt about peanut butter, Bynx loved to listen and laugh with her rambunctious personality.
Bynx quickly shrugged off his thoughts, wondering how much time had passed on his reminiscing. He flipped off the water and toweled himself off, throwing his hair about as he dried it, it ended up looking quite silly. He pondered leaving it like it looked, quickly realizing Flitzerâ��s influence was pushing him towards acting like a sillyfilly. He shrugged it off and fixed his hair, leaving it the usual coffee with cream caf�© color. He burst out the door to find Flitzer had left him a note
~Bynx, I�m just outside, meet you out here soon� or at the festival if you fall asleep in the shower again�
�It only happened once!�
Bynx had shouted at nothing in particular, quickly looking to see if anypony had heard. As the coast seemed clear, he trotted over to their table; toast with an egg and bacon smiley face was left on a paper plate. Bynx quickly gobbled it down, noticing a note at the bottom of the plate, reading out,
~AHH! You ate my face!
The note made Bynx chuckle with a little frowning face near the bottom of the note. Bynx chuckled and threw away the plate, noticing the trash was nearing the top, he decided to take it out. Might as well start being a work colt now, it�ll get me in the mood for the Wing Shifters� thought Bynx, steeling himself for the day.
As he rounded the corner of their house, he noticed Flitzer squealing and prancing about in front of the house, looking at him with great anticipation, her deep blue mane flapping about. Chortling, he dumped the trash and trotted over to her. As Bynx opened his mouth to talk about nothing in particular, Flitzer was already buzzing about today.
�Oh my sweet Luna! Today is the day Bynx! Can you feel it!? Can you taste it!? Can you smell it?! Can you� hear it?
�Sweet Luna is right, sweet Luna what am I going to do with you Flitzer, if you go all giddy eyed up to the taskmasters, they�ll throw you something horrid, and I�ll never see you again.� Joked Bynx, as he attempted to ruffle Flitzer a bit.
�Pfft if anyone is going to get something horrid, it�d be you Bynx, you�ll probably get some amazing, brand spanking new job, and be grumpy on the first day, and get shipped to be a janitor.� Flitzer retorted, with a flick of her tail towards Bynx, and a triumphant look on her face.
�Hahaha, I love how easy you are to tease Flitzy� So what do you think we�ll do for tryouts?�
�I�m not sure really� I always thought they�d have us do simple tasks, and those that could do, and efficiently, got moved to harder jobs, and those who were� a bit� silly we�ll call it, got put with grimier jobs.�
�Huh� I guess we�ll see.� Bynx ended with a smile.
As they both took off, they headed towards the Wing Shifters building, nothing as breathtaking as Celestia�s Castle, but large and boisterous with its tall white pillars, and a large statues of pegasi in work clothes. One with a pitchfork in the mouth, and bags of seeds draped over her back, the statue represented farm hand pegasi. The second was a strong pegasus, moving multiple miscellaneous objects around whether they be rock or wooden planks. The third was a pegasus pulling a flag tied to the satchel it wore, and pushing a cloud with the front hooves. The steps were a tad menacing, but Bynx and Flitzer flew up them, getting giant smiles from recently accepted and sorrow filled frowns from ponies that had been sent to menial tasks.
�Buck up little buddy, your job, no matter what it is, has to be an essential part of making Equestria the nation it is, whether sweeping somepony�s porch, or changing a light bulb, without us, there is no Equestria.�
Bynx surprised even himself as he spoke, trying to encourage a sad looking mare walking past. She looked