Author's Note: Hello, everyone. I'm Firechick. This is my very first My Little Pony fan fiction (oddly enough, it's not FIM. Don't hurt me!). It's been a very long while since I wrote a fan fiction with canon characters, but this idea's been floating around in my head for quite a while, I felt I had to get it out and write this fan fic (and maybe a few others that will come afterward). I just thought I'd let you know, this is my first MLP fan fiction. I'll do my best to keep everyone in character. But seeing as though in this case, I'll be using characters that have either only appeared in specials but not the TV series or have never spoken or have never gotten an animated counterpart, I'll either be giving them personalities or giving them attributes that were not originally present so as to make them more interesting, likeable, and three-dimensional, since one-sidedness is often a problem in this day and age. Overall, I hope you all enjoy this MLP fan fiction that uses G1 ponies that never got the attention they deserved. I apologize if things are wrong. If there are any errors or things about my fan fic that bother you, feel free to PM me.
Characters I will use for this fan fic:
1. Firefly - a born dare-devil, Firefly loves to zip through the sky and perform all sorts of tricks, though truth be told, she's quite cocky and over-confident, and doesn't always listen. She tends to get into trouble a lot and often loses her patience with other ponies, but when she can be, she can learn from her mistakes and fix them. She can also be kind and sensitive when she feels she needs to be.
2. Medley - Firefly's childhood best friend. Calm, gentle, sensible, and kind, Medley always thinks before she acts and always tries to keep Firefly out of trouble, though her attempts don't always go well. She loves playing the flute and hanging out with her friends, though she does have some minor control issues. But at times, she can also be a bit shy and not too keen on doing things in front of others.
3. Moondancer - a mellow, fun-loving, free spirit who strives to become a sorceress. She does, however, hate customs and having expectations thrown on her, believing firmly in freedom and individuality. If you cross her, she will fight back, and she won't show any mercy. But she does love animals, reading, and performing magic. She has two older sisters, Glory and Majesty.
4. Glory - Moondancer's older sister. She is very regal, graceful, and sophisticated, being the middle child of her family, but this doesn't mean she doesn't have a fun-loving side. She loves roller skating and performing magic, though she does try a bit too hard to keep up appearances. Like Medley, she tries to keep Moondancer out of trouble.
5. Twilight - a young pegasus and a social butterfly who loves going out and doing her favorite things, like flying, making jewelry and accessories, and cooking. She lives for brightening the days of sad ponies, though knows her limits. She is also very brave, not hesitating when faced with a challenge, though unlike Firefly, knows better than to just dive into them (Note: YES, there IS such thing as a pegasus named Twilight. Look up So Soft Twilight on My Little Wiki and see for yourself).
6. Majesty - The older sister of Glory and Moondancer. Majesty is her family's pride and joy, being completely graceful, regal, polite, well mannered, elegant, and sophisticated, striving to meet her family's expectations, though this doesn't mean she doesn't have her own will. When she can, she does feel the need to express disapproval when she sees fit.
7. Bubbles - An Earth pony who is a bit of a neat freak, and kinda OCD. But she's genuinely friendly and playful, always looking for friends to play with, but being as shy as she is, has a bit of trouble expressing herself properly. But Lemon Drop and Lickety Split are always there to help her out.
8. Bow Tie - A cheerful and optimistic pony who sees the good in everyone and supports her friends all the way. She has a ribbon obsession but this doesn't stop her. She's also a very skilled fighter, keen on defending herself when she's in a sticky situation. She is also very good at solving problems. She's Ribbon's younger sister, Moondancer's best friend, and a social butterfly.
9. Lickety Split - A very hyper pony who everybody thinks eats too much sugar...or in this case, ice cream. She's always bouncing off the walls about something, even knocking stuff over in the process. But when she can be, she can be very calm, understanding, and serious when confronted with a serious situation or matter, and she doesn't give anypony any horse garbage when she's dead serious about something.
10. Sunbeam - Everybody thinks she has some kind of multiple personality disorder. One minute she's shy and won't come out, the next she's hyper and exuberant, the next she's angry and wants to kill you, and finally she'll be calm and collected. But one thing's for sure: she hates it when other ponies are sad and tries to make them happy. Some say she's a bit too innocent.
11. Surprise - a pegasus who everybody thinks eats too much sugar on a regular basis. She's always surprising people with exploding boxes, fireworks, and anything she can get her hands on, much to the chagrin of everypony else. She's hyper and always zipping around all over the place. Hardly anyone can stop her. She's way more uncontrollable than Lickety Split.
12. Gusty - the biggest grouch and sourpuss in existence. She's always grumpy or angry about something, though she isn't always like this. She seems to think that if other ponies do something to her, whether it's by accident or not, that they all do it on purpose. She does have a kind side to her, something that she's too embarrassed to show the rest of the ponies. Medley is the only pony she doesn't yell at on a regular basis.
13. Fizzy - a happy-go-lucky unicorn with a big heart who, oddly enough, is quite the large pony despite her normally childish nature. She's one of the largest and strongest ponies around, though she is a bit insecure about it. She's also a very sweet and gentle pony who tries to make any sad and lonely pony happy with small but kind gestures. She's capable of magic like Moondancer, but doesn't have complete control. She's good at making sodas and works at The Dot, along with Sweet Stuff, Lickety-Split, and other ponies.
14. Starshine - a mature, friendly, reliable, spindly-legged pegasus who has known Firefly and Medley since they were little, though she's much older than them. She's popular among not just pegasi, but all ponies, for her kind but brave and bold nature. She taught many pegasi how to fly, but feels that Firefly and Medley are her best students. She does have a flair for silly hair styles.
15. Skydancer - Starshine's older sister, who is a bit more stern than her. While she's definitely kind and motherly, she tends to let her position of authority go to her head sometimes, and Starshine is always there to make sure she doesn't go too far. She definitely wants to look out for other ponies and help them out whenever she can. She's also an elegant pony who loves ballet dancing.
16. Lemon Drop - An athletic pony who's always jumping around and performing tricks. She's Bubbles' best friend. Unlike Bubbles, who is shy and doesn't move around much, Lemon Drop is energetic and talkative, though if you get on her bad side, you'll see that she's quite the sass mouth. She's very bold, never hesitating to say what's on her mind like Moondancer, but knows when to show restraint.
To The Forest of Firefly Light
Chapter 1: A Good Day Gone Sour
On one particularly halcyon, beautiful and lucid day, when the wispy, white cotton candy clouds gently and aimlessly floated in the vast, cool, wide-open blue sky and the sun emitted it's golden effulgence on the world below, a green pegasus mare flew around anxiously, turning her head back and forth as she did, her forest green locks tumbling around whenever she looked in one direction.
Her grassy green wings flapped up and down as she flew, though she maintained a decent altitude. Her thick, plump, wavy hair and tail, much darker in shade than the rest of her body, flew as it was caught by the gentle breeze, though it didn't lessen the young green mare's worry any. On both sides of her flank are two dark green musical notes, one single eighth note and one double eighth note. The young green mare's eyes are a pure, pristine, pale blue, just like the sky above her. She flew through the town and the fields, but her worry didn't lessen.
She did, however, come across three other ponies, happily playing and laughing amongst each other. A young, ocean blue earth pony with long, thick, cotton candy pink hair and sweet, wide lavendar eyes. Her hair and tail have been done up in braids and curls, donned with big yellow ribbons. On her face are white freckles, and both sides of her flank have three pale pink ribbons. The second mare is a beautiful, snow white unicorn with a sharp white horn, messy red hair with a violet purple streak in both her messy hair and short, fuzzy tail, and ocean blue eyes. On both sides of her flank is a silver crescent moon and a red star. The third pony is a purple pegasus with massively curly, pale pink hair like the blue pony's, only instead of bows, she has yellow star accessories on both her hair and tail. Her eyes are lavendar, like the blue pony's, on her back are pretty purple wings, and on both sides of her flank is a picture of a white candle with a yellow flame and candle holder. Catching the three happy ponies within her vicinity, the green pegasus flew over to them.
"Hello there!" The green pegasus called out in a particularly sweet voice, which caught the attention of all three ponies.
"Oh! Hi Medley!" The white unicorn with red and purple hair exclaimed happily. "What's up?"
"Moondancer?" The green pegasus, Medley, became surprised upon seeing the red-haired unicorn, Moondancer. "Aren't you and your sisters supposed to be practicing for the National Talent Competition?" She asked, curious.
"We just finished!" Moondancer piped in as she stood up, proud and alert. "Glory and Majesty FINALLY cut me a break, so I've been here with Bow Tie and Twilight playing around for the past ten minutes! Right, Bow Tie?" Moondancer turned to the blue pony, apparently named Bow Tie, which is very fitting because of her many yellow ribbons.
"Yep! You really saved me there, Medley," Bow Tie said in a particularly cute voice as she wiped away some tears caused by too much laughter. "Moondancer just wouldn't stop tickling me."
"Oh, come on, Bow Tie! You're so much fun to torture!" Moondancer rubbed Bow Tie's pink mane with her hoof playfully, messing up her hair, but Bow Tie didn't seem to mind. Moondancer then turned to the purple pegasus. "Right, Twilight?"
"I think that'll be enough for today," The purple pegasus, Twilight, told them kindly, then turned to Medley. "So what did you want, Medley?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you all, but you haven't seen Firefly around by any chance, have you? We need to practice our routine for the competition," Medley asked.
"Oh! I saw her!" Bow Tie suddenly piped in, raising one of her front hooves. "Last I saw she was heading toward the lake over there," Bow Tie pointed to the area where she saw Firefly last.
"That's true. She's very intent on winning the competition, isn't she? I do wish she wouldn't push herself too hard or do anything weird," Twilight said.
"I agree. Thanks for letting me know," Medley said as she was about to leave, but Moondancer suddenly stopped her.
"Wait! While you're at it, can you tell her that Sweet Stuff made a batch of her favorite caramell truffles down at The Dot?" Moondancer piped in excitedly.
Medley facehoofed. "Goodness gracious! I told her to cut back on those things! They're not healthy!"
"I wouldn't worry about Firefly in regards to that. Considering how often she flies around and exercises on a regular basis, I doubt there's any chance she'll gain any weight any time soon," Twilight said. Moondancer and Bow Tie laughed.
"That's true!" Bow Tie said.
Medley sighed. "You have a point. Thanks anyway!"
With that, Medley flew away, leaving Bow Tie, Moondancer, and Twilight alone with each other as they suddenly began chasing each other around.
As Medley got closer to the lake, she saw two yellow earth ponies hiding behind a big rock timorously. One has dark, curly sea blue hair, lighter blue eyes, and green and blue bubbles on her flank. The other pony has fur of a lighter shade of yellow, flouncy dark purple hair, lighter purple eyes, and four purple rain drops on both sides of her flank. Medley flew over to them.
"Bubbles and Lemon Drop! Hello!" Medley called out as she descended before them.
"SHHHH!" Both Bubbles and Lemon Drop shushed her as soon as she arrived. "Not so loud!" Lemon Drop scolded.
"What's wrong?" Medley asked, confused.
"Gusty's gone berserk again," Bubbles told her shyly and timorously.
Medley facehoofed again. "What happened this time?"
Her answer popped right in front of them.
"Come back here, you!"
"YEEEEK!"
WHOOSH!
Huge gusts of wind battered the entire area. All of a sudden, a pale grey pegasus with flouncy yellow hair tied up in buns and purple balloons on her flank flew out of nowhere after being blown by the big gusty storm. Then came a very choleric white unicorn with frizzy green hair with a red streak in it, green eyes that blazed with anger, and two purple maple leaves on her flank. The wind came from her horn, which glowed in a neon green light. Bubbles, Lemon Drop, and Medley watched in fear as the white unicorn chased the frantic yellow-haired pegasus in a rage.
"SURPRISE! You get down here right now so I can pound you!" The unicorn howled angrily, referring to the grey pegasus as Surprise.
"Quit being such a grouch, Gusty! I was just trying to make you smile a bit!" Surprise said with a smile, referring to the angry unicorn as Gusty, whose anger reached it's peak.
"Quit makin' excuses! Now you're gonna get it!" Gusty roared as she attempted to blow Surprise against the rock with a huge tornado.
'I can't let Gusty do this! It's time to take action!' Medley ruminated frantically. Right as the huge wind storm shot out from Gusty's white horn, Medley stepped in. She put herself in the way of the wind storm, putting herself between Surprise and the battering wind. Medley managed to stop Surprise from getting hit and tried hard to at least make the wind stop. She pushed herself against the cutting wind, not caring that it's messing up her hair and pushing against her little green body mercilessly. Once Medley gathered her strength, with a big whinny, she used her green wings to cut the wind and make the ferocious tornado dissipate completely! Her dark green hair became messy and spiky, but she didn't mind. Everyone was shocked once the wind disappeared.
"Whoa! That was so cool!" Lemon Drop exclaimed in shock.
Once Medley finished fixing her hair, she put on her straight look and stared at Gusty sternly.
"Alright. What's going on here?" Medley asked with her front hooves crossed like that of an austere authority figure.
"What are ya lookin' at me for? It's that stupid idiot Surprise who needs a good spanking! She attacked me with one of her exploding boxes with an army of balloons and everything! She singed part of my hair! Get outta my way so I can pound her to the ground! Lemme at her!" Gusty yelled and tried to get past Medley, but the forest green pegasus was NOT going to let this grouchy unicorn get her way, so she stayed in front of her like an obstacle.
"Gusty. I know you're upset, but violence isn't the way to solve this problem," Medley told the choleric unicorn sternly but kindly, then turned to face Surprise, who smiled upon sight of her. "Surprise. Exactly what DID you do to Gusty?"
"I wasn't trying to make her mad! Honest!" Surprise piped in with her high pitched voice, like that of a little girl. "I saw she was kinda sad, so I thought I'd make her happy with one of my surprise boxes! Balloons, fireworks, and confetti always brighten up a pony's day! Really!"
"You liar! You're obviously trying to spite me! You always do!" Gusty yelled.
"That's enough, Gusty!" Medley snapped, and Gusty kept quiet. Medley turned completely around so she can face Surprise.
"Surprise, dear. While it is nice that you want to make Gusty happy, and I know you're a genuinely nice pony and all, but you have to understand. Sometimes shoving exploding boxes at them won't make them feel better. Ponies who are sad or have had a bad day don't need any more excitement. I know you meant well, and I understand that, but you need to think about how the ponies feel and be considerate of their feelings. Getting all happy and excited doesn't exactly fit the situation they're in. If you want to make them happy, you should try a more quieter and gentler approach. Sometimes a little too much excitement isn't exactly very appropriate," Medley told her gently and kindly, but strictly.
"But I didn't mean to make her mad!" Surprise said.
"I know. But exploding boxes aren't the answer to everything," Medley said.
Feeling a little dejected, Surprise descended to the ground. The yellowness in her hair seemed to have lost some of it's flounce and shine.
"She doesn't feel guilty at all!" Gusty shouted.
"Can it, will ya?" Lemon Drop suddenly shouted from behind the rock.
Medley then turned to Gusty with the same look. "Gusty, dear. I know you're upset, and there's nothing wrong with that, but you know how Surprise is. All she wanted to do was cheer you up. She just doesn't understand that there are more appropriate ways to do it, and she definitely wasn't spiting you in any way. Surprise is the last pony who'd ever want to spite anyone," Medley explained.
Unfortunately, Gusty wasn't buying it. "So you're takin' her side over me?"
"No! That's not what I'm saying," Medley snapped a little, becoming irritated by Gusty's obstinate and intractable attitude, though she tried to remain as calm as possible. "Forgive me for sounding rude, but I do feel you should shed your habit of thinking everypony's plotting to spite you or do things to you out of malicious ulterior motive. Surprise wasn't trying to exacerbate your temper. She just doesn't know better, and blowing wind at her face won't solve anything."
Medley then put Gusty and Surprise in front of each other. "Now I want you all to apologize."
They both looked down sadly. "I'm sorry."
Medley smiled. "Good! Now everything's alright."
"I gotta admit, I never knew you could hold off my powers like that, Medley. Nopony's ever done that, and I don't think I've ever had it happen to me before! I'm surprised!" Gusty said, feeling a little calmer.
"What's there to be surprised about? I've done it before. Firefly has too," Medley said. "Oh! Speaking of Firefly, have any of you seen her by any chance?"
"I saw her!" Surprise piped in, raising one of her hooves into the air proudly. "She's at the lake!"
"We saw her there, too," Bubbles backed Surprise's claim.
"Last I heard she was messin' around with the weather again," Gusty said.
Medley flew into the air. "Thanks, everyone!" With that, she flew away gently. She didn't know that Gusty gave Surprise an annoyed glance, but Surprise didn't notice, as she also flew away.
After about a few minutes, Medley finally saw that the lake and the pony she's looking for are within her vicinity. The lake itself is big and beautiful. The sun always reflects off of it, looking like a pristine jewel glistening in the grass in the morning, and there are lots of fish in there. A pink pegasus pony flew all over the place, her frizzy, lighting blue mane and tail contrasting with her bright body color starkly. Like Bow Tie and Lemon Drop, her eyes are a stunning light purple, and on both sides of her flank are two blue lightning bolts. Upon seeing the pink pegasus pony perform a few loops and tricks, Medley smiled and immediately flew over to her.
"Firefly!" Medley called out.
The pink pegasus, Firefly, stopped and watched with a smile as a happy Medley flew over to her.
"Oh! Hi Medley! You came just in time!" Firefly said with a smile as she high hoofed her friend.
"I've been so worried about you. I've been looking for you for half an hour now," Medley said.
Firefly blushed, chuckled, and rubbed her blue mane at the same time. "Sorry for makin' ya worry. I was looking for a place for us to practice in peace without all the other ponies interrupting us or messing it up, and I found this and thought it was just perfect! I was actually just about to go and find you," She explained.
Medley smiled sweetly. "That sounds wonderful, and I'm glad you're alright. I would have been here earlier, but I had to resolve a misunderstanding between Gusty and Surprise."
Firefly groaned. "Ugh. Gusty's such a sourpuss extraordinaire, isn't she? Last week she accused me of trying to throw her into a muddy puddle when she fell into it by accident! She went after me for weeks, even after I told her the truth! Though I think I can understand why she'd attack Surprise. She's always annoying ponies with her crazy and over-the-top antics."
"Well, Surprise does mean well. She just doesn't know the appropriate ways to express herself, and Gusty's not all Miss Sourpuss," Medley told her kindly. "But enough about that. Shall we practice our routine?"
Firefly smiled eagerly. "You bet! Let's get down with it, my friend!"
The pegasus pair descended onto the grass to take a break from flying for a minute. They looked up at the clear blue sky with courage, then, quick as lightning, ascended into the air. The two pegasi swirled around in the air, first forming an 8 shape, then flying far away from each other. As soon as they got far enough from each other, with great speed they descended to the ground, but without touching the grass, they met at each other's noses and quickly ascended into the air together, like two parallel lines. Once they got high enough, they swirled around each other like a tornado, then flew at each other on a near collision course, then stopped once they got too close. They did this at least three more times.
"Aaaaand STOP!" Medley edicted in a proud voice, which made Firefly stop in her tracks. Medley stopped also. "I think that'll be all for today."
"Awww. I wanted to try my super cool Thundersprint Special!" Firefly said.
"Performing something like that can be dangerous if you're not careful, so I suggest we do it on the day of the competition. How's that?" Medley suggested.
Firefly smiled. "Sure! Okay!"
"Way to go!" A sweet, high voice suddenly shouted from below. Surprised, Firefly and Medley looked down to see that they have quite an audience below them. Moondancer, Bow Tie, Twilight, Surprise, Bubbles, Lemon Drop, Gusty, and four other ponies. To be more specific, three unicorns and one earth pony. One unicorn is pure white, with beautiful curly blue violet hair and tail with an ocean blue streak in both, ocean blue eyes, and a silver and purple shooting star on both sides of her flank. Another unicorn is pale blue, with a silver mane and tail, with a golden yellow streak in both, and emerald green eyes. The other unicorn is a forest green color, with her frizzy and wavy mane and tail in four different colors: white, light pink, dark pink, and dark green. Her eyes are a brilliant rose color, and on both sides of her flanks are three pink cups full of white sodas in them, with pink straws sticking out. The earth pony is pink, with curly pale pink hair and lavendar eyes. On both sides of her flank are three ice cream cones with vanilla ice cream on them. Firefly and Medley descended before all of them.
"Hey, looks like we have an audience, Meds!" Firefly said.
"Oh! Glory, Sunbeam, Fizzy, and Lickety-Split! You all came!" Medley exclaimed. The white unicorn is Glory, the blue unicorn is Sunbeam, the pink pony is Lickety-split, and the green, multi-color haired unicorn is Fizzy.
"Your little air show just now was beautiful!" Fizzy exclaimed in a sweet voice like Bow Tie's, only slightly highter pitched.
"But we didn't do much," Medley said.
"Yeah! Wait until you see our super awesome Firefly Thundersprint Medley! We'll blow all of the other competitors away!" Firefly exclaimed happily while doing a spirited backflip.
"If you think that's gonna win the competition, wait until you see the trick me, Glory, Majesty, and Sunbeam are gonna do! It'll shoot you two down!" Moondancer exclaimed, her voice a little cocky.
"Now, Moondancer, there's no need to be so cocky," The graceful white unicorn, Glory, told her in a kind, polite voice. "Everyone who's performing in the talent show has put a lot of effort into their performances, so we shouldn't talk down on them. Besides, you never know what they have in store until you see it with your own eyes."
"Oh! Oh! You two were sooooooo cool!" The blue unicorn, Sunbeam, exclaimed while hopping all over the place. "You were all WHOOSH! And then you were all Whoo-Whoo-Whoo-Whoo-" Sunbeam was about to go on a talking spree until Fizzy put a hoof on her mouth to keep her from talking anymore.
"I think they get the idea, Sunbeam," Fizzy told her.
"Is that gonna be your trick for the talent show?" Lickety-Split asked.
"Sure is! Meds and I have been workin' on it for two weeks now!" Firefly said as she descended to the ground again. "It's gonna be so awesome!"
"I can't wait to see your Thundersprint thingy," Bow Tie said.
"Hey Bow! Is it true you and your sister are gonna perform, too?" Surprise asked.
"Yep! Ribbon and I are going to make a pony entirely out of ribbons!" Bow Tie replied happily.
"A pony made out of bows and ribbons? Now I would love to see that!" Medley said with a big smile. Bow Tie blushed a bit.
"Me too! I bet it'll be cool!" Lickety-Split said.
"Is it gonna be big?" Bubbles asked.
"Yep! Very big!" Bow Tie said.
"Oh! Speaking of big, hey Firefly and Meds!" Gusty said suddenly. "I hear that Lofty, Heart Throb, and Wind Whistler are gonna perform their own little air show with some tricks of their own. Ya better be careful around them. I saw them practicin' once, and they were pretty good."
Firefly looked at Glory with a confused face. "Heart Throb and Wind Whistler? Together? But they hate each other's guts!"
"Not really," Twilight piped in. "They just have differing views on certain things, and I've seen them get along just fine. I'm just hoping Wind Whistler doesn't mix chemicals that cause an explosion again."
"Ugh! Don't you dare get me started on that!" Gusty exclaimed.
"Now now, no need to explode in anger yourself!" Medley said as she stormed in front of Gusty with a worried look on her face.
"Anyone want to head over to The Dot? I made new pistachio ice cream!" Lickety-Split asked.
"Sure! Let's go!" Fizzy exclaimed happily.
"I'd like to, but I can't," Bow Tie said a little sadly. "I have karate lessons after this, and my parents want me to cut back on sweets for a while."
"I see," Medley said. "But it's okay! I'm sure you and Ribbon will do wonderful at the talent contest, and we'll be sure to send you a box of Sweet Stuff's crepes so you can save them for later."
"Sweet Stuff?" Firefly asked suddenly, her purple eyes widening. "Oh! Did she make her special truffles today? She did! Woohoo! Truffles, here I come!" Firefly was about to zip away, like how Bow Tie did just now, but she felt a strong tug on her tail. It was Moondancer's magic.
"I got her, Meds!" Moondancer exclaimed. Medley flew in front of Firefly with her front hooves crossed.
"Firefly! I told you to cut back on sweets until AFTER the talent contest!" Medley told her friend sternly, like she was her parent. "We need to be fit and healthy if we're going to perform the routine just right."
"Awww, come on! Don't be so uptight! I've been working real hard!" Firefly complained. Some of the other ponies laughed at their parent-child display.
"I think we all deserve a little break from practice for a while. Let's head on over to The Dot, shall we?" Twilight suggested.
"Count me out. I've got stuff to do," Gusty said.
"Me too," Bubbles said shyly.
"Oh. That's disappointing. Maybe next time," Sunbeam said. With that, Gusty and Bubbles left while the rest of the ponies went down to their favorite gathering place, The Dot.
The Dot is pretty much the go-to place for anything related to sweets. Fizzy sodas, ice cream, crepes, desserts, cupcakes, cakes, everything in the not-so-healthy department, you can find at The Dot, though they do serve healthy foods too. Fizzy, Lickety-Split, and a few other ponies (like Sweet Stuff, who is mentioned a lot) work there for a living. But sometimes, on rare occasions, strange things happen there, often good. When the ponies arrived at The Dot, a very unexpected guest had already arrived before them. Sitting at a little table, contentedly drinking a mocha frappucchino in peace is a very beautiful, stunning, slender-legged unicorn, with snow white fur, sweet dark purple eyes like violets, a long horn, very long, straight, pale, sky blue hair and tail with white streaks in both with her mane tied with a pale green ribbon, and very long, slender legs. On both sides of her flank are three blue flowers. Her tail seemed to trail right past her hooves. The ponies gasped when they saw this beautiful, elegant sight.
"Majesty!" Sunbeam called out suddenly, capturing the attention of said white unicorn, Majesty.
Majesty's thick, black eyelashes fluttered a little as she saw the huge flock of ponies marveling in her appearance. "Why, hello there, my little ponies. It's such a beautiful day out, isn't it? Don't be so awestruck. I'm just treating myself to a delightful mocha frappucchino," Majesty said in a very mature and beautiful lady-like voice, much more so than Glory.
"But I thought you hated coming here, Majesty," Glory said, a little confused as to why her high-class sister would come to a place like this.
"Oh, no, no, no," Majesty said. "I don't hate coming here at all. Mother and Father don't approve of me coming here, though I managed to sneak out."
"Man, you sure have a way of surprising us, big sis," Moondancer said.
"Sorry if my presence is such a strange thing," Majesty said.
"It's not strange at all! We're happy to see you!" Fizzy cheered happily. Majesty chuckled a bit.
"You're such a cutie pie, Fizzy," Majesty said. Fizzy didn't seem to hear her as she went to the kitchen and began talking to the other ponies who worked there. Firefly was going to do the same, only for other ulterior motives, but Moondancer, being as quick as she is with her magic, managed to stop her before she could raid Sweet Stuff's truffle vault.
"Where are Gusty, Bow Tie, and Bubbles? Aren't they usually with you?" Majesty said.
"Bow Tie said she has karate lessons and that her parents want her to cut back on coming here for a while," Medley explained.
"Yeah! Gusty and Bubbles said they have stuff to do so they couldn't make it either," Surprise explained.
"Oh. How disappointing. I would have liked to see them," Majesty said.
"I'm getting hungry. Let's eat!" Firefly exclaimed.
The Dot bustled with energy and activity thanks to this flock of ponies. They talked, chattered, palavered, argued, and laughed happily amongst themselves for quite a while. After about 10 minutes, Fizzy and Lickety-Split all veered away from the lively group because they just started their afternoon shift, and while Medley took the liberty of taking the box of truffles from Sweet Stuff, she made sure it didn't land in Firefly's hooves lest she scarf them down and wind up losing energy for the talent competition.
Despite trying to deal with Firefly, Medley couldn't help but feel quite happy and content being among such a lively, merry, and happy group of friends. Friends who talked together, laughed together, joked together, argued over silly things together, helping each other, accepting each other, and basically being happy and free of everything. Of course, Medley knew first hand that friendship isn't all fun and rainbows. Sometimes, it can even be difficult. But she cherished every single minute of this lively gathering. She did wish that events like this could go on forever. She loved being with her friends despite their faults. The energetic Firefly, Twilight the social butterfly, free-spirited Moondancer, graceful Glory, dignified Majesty, happy-go-lucky Lickety-Split, fun-loving Sunbeam, sweet natured Bow Tie, grouchy Gusty, playful Bubbles, cheerful Lemon Drop, optimistic Fizzy, and hyper Surprise. Flawed as they are, Medley loved and cherished every single one of her friends. As she became lost in thought, she failed to notice that Firefly managed to sneak one truffle out of the box and eat it while she wasn't looking.
"Medley, dear?" Majesty's dignified, elegant voice managed to pull the green pegasus out of her reverie.
"Huh? Majesty?" She looked at the white unicorns long, beautiful face with confusion.
"You were lost in thought, dear. Why is that?" Majesty asked curiously.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Medley said, a little surprised by her actions, but then smiled a little. "It's just...when I was little, I didn't have very many friends. I'm normally a very timid pony, and when I was young, I was afraid of heights and couldn't fly. Pegasi always bullied me about it. But Firefly...she's been with me since we started flight camp and, while she has her faults, I couldn't be happier. But now, I have lots of friends! I never thought that the day would ever come that I would be in such a lively group pf friends."
Majesty smiled brightly upon seeing the green pegasus' bright blue eyes widen happily as she talked about her experiences. "I can certainly see that you're very happy. You and Firefly have certainly come a long way, and I'm sure it wasn't easy."
"It sure wasn't! But oh, I shouldn't say Firefly was my only friend in flight camp. I guess you can consider Skydancer and Starshine my friends too, even though they're older than us. They-" Medley was about to talk about her mentors, Skydancer and Starshine, until somepony walked into The Dot.
A bright yellow pegasus with long, flowing, rainbow-colored hair in all colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple! This pegasus is slightly bigger and ganglier-looking than the younger ponies, with rather spindly legs, large yellow wings, and small eyes of a brilliant rose color. On both sides of her flank are a flock of green birds looking as though they're flying toward a sunset, though the birds themselves look more like green V's than birds.
"Everypony! I think it's time you all went on home now!" The rainbow-haired pegasus exclaimed.
"Awwww! I wanted to show everyone our trick, Skydancer!" Moondancer whined a little.
"You can do that tomorrow. It's getting dark, and ponies of your age shouldn't be running around late at night," The yellow pegasus, Skydancer, told them sternly.
"But it's still light out!" Moondancer argued.
"Be that as it may, the sun is beginning to set, so let's listen to Skydancer and start for home. It won't do us any good to get lost at night," Medley said, backing Skydancer.
Agreeing with Medley, the ponies decided to pay for their food and leave The Dot for today. The employees still have to stick around so they can prepare for closing time. Moondancer drooped her head down as she walked out. She then felt a hoof in her hair. It belonged to Glory, who looked at her with tenderness in her eyes.
"Don't fret so, Moondancer. We'll show them our performance tomorrow when we have time," Glory told her kindly, hoping to reassure her. It worked, as Moondancer smiled and walked home with her two sisters. The ponies went home and packed it in for today.
While it is natural for ponies to expect tomorrow to be a better day than yesterday, sometimes, days have a way of starting off on a very sour note, even when it's not intended. Due to construction workers paving a road all through the night, Medley had been woken up dozens of times. She didn't live in the clouds, but in a little cottage by the river. She woke up feeling quite groggy and grouchy, like Gusty on even a regular day. But that was just the start. As Medley was going to make herself a cup of sweet daisy tea with honey, she tripped on a music sheet book and wound up not only spilling her favorite drink, but destroying her cup! Being the diligent pony she is, she cleaned up the mess, put her music sheets away, and started again. When she went to feed the birds in her backyard, she realized she forgot to buy more bird feed, so she went to the nearest store to pick some up. The problem is, the store was sold out. So were two others. These unfortunate events were making Medley grumpy, but she persisted and found a fourth store which, happily, stocked up on quite a few bags of bird feed. With the few coins she had, she picked up two big bags so she wouldn't have to buy more for a while. But the bags proved to be heavy, and hard to carry around. Medley didn't let this stop her and managed to bring them home and feed the birds, who happily consumed their breakfast, late as it was. Medley wanted to take a little nap, but Firefly banged on her door and begged her to practice the routine. Not wanting to disappoint Firefly, she went with her.
The groggy green pegasus had yet to realize that that would prove to be a mistake. Taking a nap would prove to be a better decision than going with her, as the latter would result in something Medley would soon regret.
"No, no, no!" Medley shouted after the two pegasi performed the routine twice. "Firefly, you're doing it wrong! You're supposed to fly towards me, not away from me!"
"I was just about to do that!" Firefly shouted, and they started the routine again for a third time. Then a fourth. All of those times, Medley kept criticizing Firefly.
"That's not right! We have to make an eight shape, not a four shape!"
"You're flying too fast! I can't keep up!"
"Spread your wings out when you get to this part!"
After the fifth try, Firefly finally had enough and exploded.
"MEDLEY! WILL YOU SHUT UP FOR TWO SECONDS?" Firefly screamed angrily, frightening Medley a little. "Jeez! You're driving me buggy here!"
"I just want this routine to be right so we can win the competition!" Medley argued.
"Hm! You didn't say we, just I! YOU want this routine to be right! Everything always has to be perfect with you! Loosen up, will ya? I'm sick and tired of you telling me what to do all the time!" Firefly snapped.
Now this made Medley snap herself, and it's VERY unlike her to snap at anyone, Firefly especially. "Well, I'm sorry that I actually care about us winning the competition!"
"It's always me me me with you! You want everybody and everything to be perfect with you!"
"That's not true!"
"And you keep saying I instead of me! You probably want to outshine me in the competition so you can take the grand prize and leave me in the dust!"
"Firefly!" Medley shouted, shocked by Firefly's unprecedented insinuation. "Where in all the world did you get such an idea? You know that I want us both to win! And I can't outshine you! I never have!"
"But you're always going 'Firefly, don't do this,' 'Firefly, don't do that,' and I'm sick and tired of it! Why do you have to be such a control freak?"
"I am NOT a control freak! You're too reckless!"
"Me? Reckless? Gusty and Surprise are WAY more reckless than me, and they hate each other's guts!"
"All I want is for us to get this routine down right so we can win!"
"By yelling at me all the time? That's not how it works, greenie!"
"I care about you!"
"You don't care about me! You only want to make yourself look good!"
"You want to make YOURSELF look good, you stupid pink ball of flightless fluff!"
"Look who's talking! You were flightless when we first met, you big green scaredy-cat!"
"I've gotten over that!"
"No you haven't! You just wanna stay on the ground and not let me do whatever I want!"
"I just don't want you getting hurt!"
"So what if I get hurt a little? It's part of flying! I don't see you taking any chances! This is what I hate about you! You're too big of a scaredy-cat to actually do stuff! Throw some excitement in your life! Take a chance! Take a risk! Dive right in! Who cares if you get hurt? It'll be worth it if you actually do something!"
"Why don't you stop being so cocky for once in your life and listen to me!"
"Who do you think you are, my mom? I've been listening to you since forever, and I'm getting nowhere because of you!"
"Firefly-"
"I don't want to hear it! You know what, forget it! You can perform the routine by yourself! I'll have NO part of it! I'm sick and tired of you treating me like your perfect little slave! I'm outta here!"
Consumed by anger, Firefly zipped away from the lake, leaving behind a choleric Medley. She didn't bother to see where the angry pink pegasus flew to, but she certainly shouted some final words.
"Fine! Leave for all I care! I'm sick and tired of taking care of you like I'm your mother anyway! You can get hurt for all I care! Do whatever you want! You don't need me to stop you!" Medley screamed louder than Firefly did, but didn't chase after her.
After finally releasing all of her pent up anger, the tired green pegasus descended to the ground. She sat on the grass, caught her breath, and stared at the scenery for a while. She then looked down at the water in the lake, which reflected her green, anger-filled face, and all of a sudden, she was appalled by what she saw. She didn't see herself. She saw some other green pegasus, completely red with anger and hatred, something she never wanted to see or feel. It's quite unlike Medley to ever get angry, and even she knew this. She then remembered the fight she and Firefly had just now...and felt tears popping out of her sky blue eyes. How could she have been so cruel? How could she ever have the audacity to say such horrible things about her best friend, the one pegasus who always believed in her, the one who always stayed by her side in both good times and bad? Firefly had been her rock, her gal pal, the one best friend who accepted her for who she was, flaws and all, but now...the sour morning she had caused her to change into a completely different pony and, as a result, she just lost it. She officially lost her close-knit friendship with Firefly...and she was the one who caused it all to fall apart. Medley, feeling herself become empty upon realizing what she had done, finally broke down and cried. She buried her tear-filled face in the grass and her hooves and wailed loudly.
"Firefly! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! How could I be so terrible? How could I be so stupid?" Medley cried and cried, completely dejected by the fact that she herself caused a rift in their close-knit friendship.
She wondered if they could ever fix the rift between them and be friends again. That answer would come in a way nobody would expect.