"Union Jack~"
Just ignore him, maybe he'll go away…
"Union Jack! Jackie!"
Just keep walking…
"Stop ignoring me, Jackie!" A pause, then the same voice, this time speaking in a bad British accent.
"Jackie, dear, pip-pip cherrio or whatever!"
That was the last straw.
"What could you possibly want from me, Star Banner? I swear you are the singlehandedly the most annoying Pegasus in all of Equestria!" Union Jack hissed as he whipped around to face his offender; a pale brown Pegasus with a blonde mane made that had a small 'curl' that stuck up. The Pegasus-Star Banner- grinned widely and flew down next to his unicorn friend, who continued to trudge forward.
"Aw, I love you too, Jackie~"
He started walking beside Union Jack, who was still fuming. "Right. Now, what do you want…?"
Star Banner's face fell. "W-what? You don't want to spend time with me? I-I'm not gonna be here much longer, s-so I wanted to spend time with my buddy…" Union Jack reeled away from the Pegasus.
"Y-you're dying?" Star Banner laughed, pawing at the ground with his hoof.
"No, no… a-at least, nopony has told me I'm dying. I'm not dying, but I am leaving." Union Jack frowned. "Why?"
"Well… you see, I was at Sugarcube Corner and I was eating lunch there with Pinkie, and she said she'd heard from her friend that the Wonderbolts are holding a training thing and audition for ponies to join in Canterlot! A-and, I really wanna try out! I mean, that'd be amazing…! But… the training camp that they're doing lasts several months, maybe even a year depending on how many ponies are there… plus the auditions… I-I'd be gone for a really long time…" Union Jack's brain reeled. How was he supposed to respond to that? "But-" Banner continued, "I… I want you to come with me, Jackie! For moral support and stuff!"
"I-I can't do that, Star Banner…!" Union Jack sputtered.
"Why not? C-come on, this is the chance of a lifetime!" Jack glanced down.
"I have a job here, Star Banner. These books don't write themselves…" The unicorn looked at his Cutie mark-a quill dipped in ink. Star Banner frowned. "But there are so many unicorns in Canterlot! Think of all the material you'd have to write about! In fact…" He leaned in closer to Union Jack "you may be lucky enough to meet Princess Celestia, or Luna." Union Jack winced at that.
The Princesses?
The two most powerful ponies in all Equestria?
Who raised the sun and moon…?
"Er…"
"Please, Jackie…?"
"I… I'll think about it." Star Banner grinned.
"Awesome! You won't be disappointed, Jackie! I'll be the hero of the show, I swear!" With that, he flew off, leaving Jack shaking his head in amusement.
Xxx
Poke. Poke.
"Nng… f-five more minutes…."
"You said that five minutes ago! Wake up, or brother said he'll kick you out of bed again…" With a groan, Blitzkrieg rolled off the straw bed he slept on and sat up, crouched.
"There. I'm up." He grumbled.
Basil jumped a little out of happiness, grinning widely.
"Yay~ morning Blitzie!" He chirped.
A grunt was his only response.
The auburn-maned earth pony frowned, then leaned forward, pecking a kiss on Blitzkrieg's cheek. "Come on, sleepyhead~ It's almost five! Oh, and breakfast is downstairs, by the way!" Basil said, trotting down the stairs.
Blitzkrieg blushed brightly.
We're just friends, we're just friends…! He thought furiously to himself, repeating the inner mantra he'd kept up ever since that awkward night at the Grand Galloping Gala.(1)
J-just friends…!
"Just friends!" He suddenly repeated out loud, frustrated with himself as he willed the blood in his face not to travel to any lower regions.
With a sigh, the unicorn stood up. How'd he even end up on this tomato farm? Oh right. His brother wasted all of his savings after he had sustained an injury in battle. Blitzkrieg glanced at his Cutie mark. A lightning bolt with a sword crossed with it. He was meant for battle! Not for staying in a place like this…
"Stupid brother… I'm supposed to be at Canterlot, being a royal guard! Not staying in Ponyville working at a farm…" He mumbled, trudging downstairs.
Basil's hot-tempered brother, aptly named Cilantro, looked over at Blitzkrieg, a plate with tomatoes, eggs and hash browns in his mouth. (Well, they were more like sliced potatoes that had been fried, but the thought was still there.) "Here. Eat quick." He mumbled, setting the plate down, glaring.
"Oi. And get your stupid brother up, too. He locked his door."
Blitzkrieg rolled his eyes, eating the food given.
Of course he had.
After finishing his breakfast, the unicorn made his way to his brothers' room. He knocked on the door with a hoof. "Iron Cross! Wake up!" He called. "N-nien… I'm so tired…" came the reply.
With a heavy sigh, Blitzkrieg summoned magic, tapping his glowing horn to the doorknob and popping the lock.
"Ack! That's unawesome right there! That's cheating!" Iron Cross hissed from underneath the covers. Blitzkrieg clopped in and dragged his brother out the room. "Hm, yes. Now if you've forgotten, we've got a job to do."
Xxx
Working of a farm not being their special talent, the brothers mostly helped with watering or plowing the fields. Iron Cross tended to water, since he, being a Pegasus, had an easier time doing so, while Blitzkrieg would plow the fields.
It was hard work, and it was made harder by the fact the Basil tended to follow him. Today, Blitzkrieg was lucky, since the earth pony had to harvest the wheat for bread and other products made out of the grain. Whatever was leftover he tended to use for his famous homemade pasta.
Blitzkriegs mouth watered at the thought. Yes, that pony definitely earned his pasta Cutie mark.
With a sigh, the green unicorn paused in his work to take a short break. He was a hardened soldier, this was nothing…! And yet, he still felt tired. His fur was already slick with sweat, and his mane, which he kept pulled back neatly, was beginning to fall out over his face, sticking out from the humidity as the day wore on.
Eventually, their work day came to a close.
Blitzkrieg huffed as he sat down at the small table, laying his head on the wood.
"Get your dirty mane off the table." Cilantro hissed, jabbing the unicorn on the side. Blitzkrieg shot up and settled for lying down instead.
"Where's my brother?" he asked lazily. "Heck if I know. Probably flew off to get something to eat…" grumbled Cilantro.
Basil hopped in. "Ve~ hey brother! I've got half the wheat field cleared. Should we start planting the seeds again and try to get another harvest in before winter starts….?" Cilantro nodded. "Yeah, but that can wait. It's time for dinner." Basil grinned and plopped beside Blitzkrieg. "Ooh~ what is it?"
"It-"
"Hey! Stop what you're doing! I have totally awesome news!" shouted Iron Cross as he slammed the door open, a silly smile on his face.
"Oi! Stop slamming that door, we have enough things to fix in this house as it is!" Cilantro hissed.
Iron Cross waved a hoof. "Yeah, yeah… but, anyways, guess what I heard?"
"What, brother…? Please, enlighten us…" Blitzkrieg sighed. The pale Pegasus glared at him. "The Wonderbolts. They're opening up auditions again. Do you know what this means?"
"No…"
"We could go back to Canterlot! We wouldn't have to live here anymore! I could try out and totally win, and we'd get to go back to our old life! You could be a royal guard again!"
Blitzkrieg stared. No way. He'd always dreamed of going back… but he still felt as if he should stay at the farm… it was like home to him now.
"S-so? Let's go! Come on…!"
Basil whined. "B-but… you guys have been such a good help… do you really wanna leave?" Iron Cross's determined face softened. "O-oh, Basil… er… w-we'd still come and help!" Basil sniffed. "… I don't want you or Blitzie to go…"
Blitzkrieg's heart practically broke at the hurt tone of Basil's voice.
He was such a sucker for that pony.
"E-er…" Cilantro waved a hoof. "Pft… I don't care whether they stay or go… less of an annoyance to me…"
Blitzkrieg glanced at his brother, who seemed to have second thoughts as well. "Well… we'll think it over, alright Basil…? I mean, that means we may not go. Would that work better…?" Blitzkrieg asked in as sweet as a tone he could manage.
"A-alright…" Basil sighed.
Blitzkrieg nodded, then stood up and walked over to Iron Cross. The two glanced at each-other, before trotting off to discuss what they were going to do.
A/N: Yay, weak ending for the first chapter. ._.
This is what happens when I'm watching MLP:FiM and begin to draw the Hetalia cast as ponies.
Yeah.
IDK.
But I'm gonna be continuing this story alongside Hetakami anyways because I'm having fun writing this.
Names if you haven't figured them out already, which you probably have:
Cilantro-Romano
Basil-Italy
Blitzkrieg-Germany
Iron Cross-Prussia
Union Jack-England
Star Banner-America
Awkward night at the Gala: pretty much, Buon San Valentino in this verse.
Oh yeah; I wanna know, does anyone have any other ideas for what to call this? If not, I'm sticking with 'My Little Country'. XD