My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
A/N: Hello, MLP fans! So, as promised, here is the second update for this week, and it's time for a new adventures with our favorite ponies!
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER ONE: CIDER SEASON!
It was very early in the morning, so early that the sun hadn't risen over the mountains yet, and Fluttershy was asleep in her bed when there was a frantic knocking on the front door, waking her up. She yawned and sat up.
"Who could that be?" she wondered blearily. "It's still dark!" She flinched when something came crashing through her bedroom window.
"C'mon, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, having just come through the window and yanked the blanket off her friend. "Cider season's about to start!" She then grabbed the yellow pegasus and shot out of the house, ignoring her friend's startled shrieks.
After a few minutes, Fluttershy began flying under her own power while keeping up with the blue pegasus. "Oh, where are we? What's the rush?" she asked.
"The rush?" Rainbow Dash repeated with an annoyed expression. "Don't you remember what happened last year? Or the year before that? Or pretty much any cider season ever?"
"Um, well, uh-" the yellow pegasus began.
"Pinkie Pie," the blue pegasus spat. "She always ends up ahead of us in line, and then they always run out of cider!"
'Oh, that,' Fluttershy thought. "I guess I-" she began and yelped when her friend began shoving her from behind again.
"Well, not this year!" Rainbow Dash declared, still pushing the yellow pegasus. "This year I'm gonna get there before sunrise, so I can drink all the cider I want and laugh when she doesn't get any! It's the perfect plan. Y'know, I might even buy some cider and hold onto it for a while, drinking it drop by drop in front of her-" she suddenly stopped and gasped with alarm.
They had reached Sweet Apple Acres, and there was a very long line of tents going from the apple cider booth and disappearing into the distance.
"Gee, Rainbow Dash," Fluttershy remarked, landing next to a pink tent. "It looks like a few other ponies had the same idea." She smiled when the tent zipped open and a familiar pink pony came out with a bunch of balloons that floated into the slowly lightening sky. "Oh, gosh, Pinkie. I love your new style," she commented upon seeing her friend's bed hair.
Rainbow Dash also landed and looked at the line of tents. "Who are all these ponies?!" she demanded, upset since it looked like she wasn't going to be first at the cider… again.
"Isn't this great?" Pinkie Pie explained, her mane and tail returning to their normal curly state. "I couldn't sleep last night 'cause I was so excited about cider season, and I had this brilliant idea to come down here and camp out, so I told a few others about it, and they all thought it was a great idea too, and now it's just a big old cider party! Woo-hoo!" She hugged her friends and then noticed the tents. "Oh, gosh, that's a lot of ponies. Hope they don't run out before you get any," she added slyly.
Rainbow Dash growled, glaring at the pink pony.
Once the sun was up, the tents had been put away, and the ponies were all lined up with Pinkie Pie right in front, and much, much farther away was Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, who wasn't happy with the turn of events. Halfway from the front of the line, Twilight Sparkle, Sunrise Blossom, Spike, and Rarity were waiting for the start of cider season.
"Isn't this exciting, Spike?" Twilight Sparkle asked, smiling. "Opening day of cider season!"
"Yeah!" Spike agreed, but he was thinking of something else that he was looking forward to. "That means it's only thirty more days 'til sapphire season!"
Sunrise Blossom rolled her eyes. "Easy there, Spike, you're drooling," she pointed out and the baby dragon flushed. "I just hope that Rainbow Dash will be able to get some cider and that Pinkie won't tease her so much."
Rarity nodded. "Yes, it does seem like Pinkie Pie does go out of her way to tease Rainbow about the cider each season," she agreed.
Meanwhile at the start of the line, Applejack set up a megaphone. "Attention, everypony!" she announced into it so that she could be heard. "Cider season is now officially open!" And the ponies cheered.
Stepping up to the booth, Pinkie Pie dumped a bag full of money into the cashbox, surprising Apple Bloom and Granny Smith, and the orange filly gave her the first mug of apple cider. The pink pony drank it, grinned, and then skipped off with her forelegs full of mugs of cider. She made a point to go past Rainbow Dash, who glowered after her.
For the next several hours, the line moved steadily with ponies dropping their bits into the cashbox and accepting their mugs of apple cider. Rainbow Dash watched as one barrel of cider after another was emptied and Big Macintosh would switch them out. The blue pegasus did her best not to panic whenever the red stallion did this, but she was worried.
Soon enough, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash both reached the booth. The yellow pegasus dropped her two bits into the cashbox and accepted her mug of apple cider from Apple Bloom. Eager, Rainbow Dash dropped her two bits into the box and looked eagerly at Apple Bloom, who pulled on the tap, but only a small fizzle of cider came out. Seeing this, the blue pegasus growled while the orange filly shrugged helplessly.
'Here we go again,' Applejack thought and spoke up so that the waiting ponies could hear her. "Heh. Sorry, everypony!" she called out. "That's it for today!" And the waiting ponies all groaned, disappointed that this was happening again.
"Surprise, surprise," Rainbow Dash said sarcastically, glaring at her friend. "You ran out again!"
Caramel nodded, annoyed. "Yeah, you always run out!"
"For the record, I don't mind-" Fluttershy began.
"Why can't you make enough cider for all of us?" the blue pegasus complained, interrupting the yellow pegasus. "Or at least for me!" And many of the ponies agreed.
Applejack sighed, having heard this all before on every cider season. "Hold on, everypony," she said, climbing onto the booth so that they could see and hear her. "We've done our best to improve supply this year-"
"You always say that!" Caramel snapped.
"And it's always true," Applejack agreed. "But Apple family cider is made with love and integrity, and only the highest quality apples in Equestria. Sorry, but that recipe takes time." She rolled her eyes when the ponies kept complaining. "If y'all just be patient, we'll have plenty more tomorrow," she promised.
Pinkie Pie chose that moment to pop up next to Rainbow Dash. "She's right, y'know!" she agreed cheerfully and began teasing her friend. "You can't rush perfection! And this year's batch was perfection!"
"Uh, Pinkie Pie-" Fluttershy began with an uneasy expression, knowing what was coming.
"I'll never forget the cider I just drank!" the pink pony continued, ignoring the yellow pegasus. "It was a moment in time that-" she was then cut off when Sunrise Blossom clamped a hoof over her mouth, muffling her.
"Pinkie, enough with the teasing," the orange unicorn scolded and the blue pegasus was giving her a grateful look when there was a loud honking, and they all turned as motorized noises began from down the road.
Applejack jumped down to join her friends as they stared at the strangest-looking contraption heading their way. "What in Equestria is that?" she wondered.
"No idea," said Sunrise Blossom, removing her hoof from Pinkie Pie's mouth.
What was that thing? And why was it coming to Sweet Apple Acres?
A/N: Uh, who could be on that strange contraption heading toward the ponies? Well, you'll just have to tune in on Tuesday to find out at the same pony time and the same pony channel. See you all on Tuesday! Bye! R&R everyone!