Life With A Simple Tube

Cherry Berry was a small filly. one with a lot of imagination and play things. One day she found a nice-looking tube object that gave her enjoyment of her whimsical plays. From playing pirate with Scottaloo to pretending to be an astronaut on a space station. There were many ways to entertain oneself with a tube and every time she came home she would reach into her drawer and pull it out and play with it.

Time passes, and a little Cherry is now a big foal who still has the tube and plays with it every day. The parents were a little concerned with how often their daughter played with this simple object. But the parents say to every pony who watched, “This is just a phase”. The object turners dirty.

More time passes, Cherry berry is now a teen, and the tube object is now the ugliest thing in Equestria, but Cherry Berry still plays with it, and one day her parents said that they had enough of this tubular madness so they set her aside for a minute.

Her mom spoke first; “Cherry Dear, why must you play with that ugly tube? It's not even shiny anymore and smells filthy”

“Dad likes it” Cherry replies”

Cherry's dad spoke next ”whether it smells bad or not you haven’t been really sociable with other mares or stallions,”

“I like my tube! It's fun to play with! it's not like you two didn’t have a fun plaything when you were a filly?”

Cherry’s mom responded, “we did, but we grew out of it, and we made lots of friends!”

“Well then call me sentimental! I like my tube and I'm not parting from it.”

Dad stood a bit taller “ listen to yourself! You can’t stop thinking about it! It's like you have an addiction to it!”

The teen pony was belligerent. “An addiction is where you think about something that could potentially harm you.”

“It could harm you!”

“Dad it's plastic.”

“ENOUGH OF THIS” he swiped the tube away from her.

“Hey!” She said in a sad tone.

“You will go outside, you will make one friend, and then you can have this back!”

“Dad thats not fair!”

“FAIR? Don't talk to me about fairness, your grades are down and I went into the army for your education, tell me is that fair?”

A short pause later Cherry dashes out the door in tears.

“I think you overdid it.” said her mother.

* * *

Outside. Oh, joy…. Thought the bittersweet Cherry Berry. That tube was all she thought about, and she realized that she would do anything to get it back. She could get it back by sneaking, or she could actually get a friend.

Sneaking would just cause more anger she would need to do it by the book.

Cherry shivered, she hated books. She would rather fantasize about what she could do with the tube that was her source of entertainment through the years.

So all I had to do is make a friend? Can't be all that hard.

She wiped away the tears and started to trot in a random direction when she bumped into a purplish pony.

“I am sincerely sorry,” it said,” I didn't see you there, please accept my apologies!”

The purple female pony looked at her for a second.

“Oh No! Your crying!”
“They took my Tube away!” Cherry said.

“They took your Tuba away?” asked the purple horse.

“No my TUBE T-U-B-E Tube”

“Ahh tube! My apologies my mind is somewhere else”

“Tell me about it I can't stop thinking about it. They said I can’t have it back until I made a friend”

“Who told you?”

“My parents.”

“What's so important about a tube?”

“That tube is my childhood! We grew up together!”

“Tubes can grow up?”

“You know what I mean.”

“So sentimental value”

“Well that, but I use it to fantasize stories I make up.”

“Stories? I like stories, from books!”

“Books?” Cherry scoffs “no thanks I rather make it up”

“Don't you know that some books are about made up stuff?”

“But none of them has my tube I bet.”

“Just trust me on this... Just look at this book. It is about a space station… and it has a conscience…”

***

“Mom, Dad I made a friend!”

“That was too fast.” said the father

“Mom Dad, meet Twilight Sparkle!

An exchange of hellos is made.

“Twilight sparkle reads book said cherry putting on a false smile.”

Hope kindled in the eyes of Cherry Berry's parents, in fact, they could be bursting with happiness that their daughter had finally grown up.

“So do I get my tube back?”

Their hope was watered with this one sentence, she didn’t learn at all.

“I made a promise,” said the dad. “Here you go.”

“Yaaaayyyy” said Cherry berry and made a vroom noise to make it seem like it rocketed out of there

“Common twilight let me show you my room and we can play space station while you read your book”

They thump up the stairs

The parent is a bit less tense. Maybe there was some hope after all.

* * *

“Do you really like your tube that much?” Asked Twilight Sparkle with her nose cleaved

“What can’t you do with it? You can dance with it and tell it secrets and it won't tell any pony. It makes a good friend. Im afraid my parents will take it away again.”

“Yes but it's just an inanimate object it's not like you can marry it or anything.”

“TWILIGHT THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA”

“What?”

“I'm going to marry this tube and then my parents won't have any say about taking it away… thats against a law to take your spouse right?”

“Only when it's a person.”

“Screw that noise I'm going to marry a tube! I'm going to get ready.”

She goes rummaging through the draws looking for her finest clothing and once she finds them she begins to go down the stairs.

“Where are you going?”

“To see princess Celestia so she can marry us!” and she goes outside.

Twilight goes down the stairs to see the parents in a startled gaze

“Did she?” began her mom.

“Yep.. she is” replied Twilight sparkle.

***

Waiting in line was a pain, but she was writing a certificate when twilight and her parents arrive.

“Think about what you're doing!” said her father. You are going to marry an ugly tube!

“Frick you father,” said Cherry. I want my tube, I don’t want you taking him away from me.

Cherry gasped, She actually gave it an identity, and she really thought she really wanted to marry it.

“I DO! She said “ I LOVE HIM! PLEASE DON’T STOP ME!

“What do we do about this?” asked her mother.

We appeal to her child side! sparked Twilight.
“By doing what?” asked her Father.

We play along and “pretend” that they are getting married.

“Is that going to work?”

“I'm going to princess Celestia to let her know the plan."

“Wait how…”

“I'm a student” she replies.