Thank you for giving my story a chance and reading the second chapter. This isn't my best work, but it's all I could do. I hope you enjoy it. Also, I don't know how much I can upload because I'm busy writing a diary story. Please read and review.
Twilight arrived at the picnic with a minute to spare. She saw none of her other friends had arrived yet. She raised an eyebrow, but decided not to question it. She knew they would arrive soon, and this gave her time to look for a new spell to learn. She laid down and took her book out of her bag.
She was about to look through it, when she heard her friend Apple Jack's voice. She looked up to greet her friend, but gasped when she saw the white bandage around the earth pony's leg. "AJ, what happened?"
Apple Jack looked at her confused, but then remembered the bandage and smiled. "Aw shucks, I forgot all about that. Well, Big Macintosh says I bucked one to many apple trees." She let out a laugh than took out a red and white blanket from her yellow bag. Once Twilight moved out of the way, she laid the blanket down.
Twilight laid down on it, while Apple Jack took her time to sit. She had to place her leg just right or she would hurt it. Once she got seated, they noticed the stress lines under the girls' eyes. "What's wrong with you?" Both asked.
"You first." Twilight said.
"Normally I'd say no, but I'm ready to vent." Apple Jack said. She took in a deep breath, ready to vent, but stopped once she saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy headed their way. Fluttershy's mane was wild, unlike her well kept mane, like she went through one of Dash's tornados. She carried a wooden basket on her back. Rainbow Dash yawned as she walked up to them. There was bags under her eyes. "Gosh shakes!" Apple Jack said. "What happened to y'all?"
"You see,"
"Well,"
Both said at the same time. They looked at each other, and tried again, but ended up with the same result. Fluttershy sighed heavily. "Never mind." Once she placed the basket on the blanket, she took a seat next to Twilight while Rainbow Dash took a seat next to Apple Jack.
Apple Jack and Twilight looked at each other with worry in their eyes, but said nothing. "Guess I'll go then," Apple Jack said, and once again tried to vent, but she was stopped by the voice of Pinkie.
They looked at a hill and saw Pinkie Pie and Rarity headed down it. Pinkie Pie had ditched her dress at Rarity's place, so she could "add it to her other dresses." As they got closer they noticed the scowl on Rarity's face, and the way her hoofs stomped on the ground instead of trotting. Pinkie Pie talked on and on about the up coming party for tomorrow.
When they arrived at the picnic, Rarity turned to Pinkie Pie. Her eyes were narrowed, and her nostrils flared.
Apple Jack's eyes widen. "Oh no. Take cover." She covered her ears, along with everyone expect Rarity and Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie Pie didn't notice Rarity's expression and continued to talk to the new subject of cherries. Rarity growled then shoved her hoof in Pinkie Pie's mouth to keep her quiet. She didn't care if her hoof got covered in germs. "Listen here," she said. "I've had enough of your constant talking, and I didn't enjoy your loud singing while I dealt with angry customers! I could have used some help, but no. You had to keep singing your stupid song!"
Pinkie Pie tried to say something, but Rarity's hoof kept her from doing so. Rarity rolled her eyes and removed it. "Oh Rarity," Pinkie Pie started, "they were only mad because you didn't do what they asked. And my singing calmed them down."
"Your song? No! It was Sweetie Belle and her friends that chased them away from me before I passed out from my panic attack!" Rarity growled. "Oh, if only I could yell at each of them for their fashion ignorance, but then I'd lose business." She took in a deep breath then let out a frustrated screamed. "This was the worst possible day ever!"
"You always say that." Rainbow Dash said after she uncovered her ears. Her, along with the others, could still hear Rarity's rant. "You lost your scarf and thought it was," she coughed then did a Rarity impression. "the worst possible day ever!" She placed her hoof on her forehead and fell over for added effect.
Apple Jack let out a snicker, but soon stopped when she saw Rarity glare at her. Rarity then went over to a laughing Rainbow Dash and glared at her. "Do you think my job is funny? Do you think it's funny to get yelled at by customers?"
Rainbow Dash was about to answer no, but was cut off by another question. "Do you think my job is easy? Do you think it's easy to make outfits, then have them rejected!"
"Yeah."
Everyone turned to look at Pinkie Pie. She smiled, as if she hadn't said something wrong. Rarity let out a huff then stomped over to her. "I'll have you know my job is very hard, and stressful!"
Pinkie Pie gasped. "Mine is more hard and stressful! Do you know my mouth hurts from all the writing I did today? I mean it hurts so much when I talk, but I can't stop talking. I just gotta keep talking. Oh!" She poked her head inside her bag and pulled out four innovations'. "These are for the party tomorrow."
The four ponies took the innovations and said thanks. Rainbow Dash looked at the innovations then at Pinkie Pie. "Your mouth hurts from writing five innovations?" She knew Rarity had one.
Pinkie Pie shook her head. "I invited every pony in Ponyville!"
Rainbow Dash's mouth dropped open. "Are you crazy? Well of course your mouth hurts! You didn't have to invite every pony!"
Pinkie Pie raised her eyebrow like Rainbow Dash was crazy. "Of course I do silly. The party's on Friday!"
Rainbow Dash mouth her mouth to question what that meant, but was cut off by Pinkie Pie's next comment. "So, I think I have the hardest job."
Apple Jack giggled. "Sugar cube, I'm sorry to say, but my job is the hardest."
Rarity gasped. "Are you kidding? All you do is buck apples. How hard could that be?"
Apple Jack glared at Rarity. "How hard? Take a look at this!" She showed her bandage leg. Of course the action made her leg pulse, but as long as she proved her point, she didn't care. "That's from hard work on the Apple Farm."
Rarity rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you probably kicked a few trees wrong." She flipped her purple mane back.
"Why in all my days- I know how to kick a tree! Unlike some pony who stays in her house all day and only goes out for useless items."
Rarity glared at Apple Jack. "Why you poor, uneducated, pony!"
"Uneducated? I'll have you know I passed every grade!"
"Then why can't you talk like a educated person?"
Apple Jack's face grew red. She blew a puff of air from her nose. She closed her eyes and screamed, "I bet Pinkie Pie could do your job better than you!"
"Well, I bet I can do your job better than you! And not get dirty!" Rarity got in Apple Jack's face and stomped her hoof.
Both girls growled. They raised their hoofs, ready to smack each other, but was stopped by Rainbow Dash's laugh. Both girls looked at her and yelled, "What's so funny!"
Rainbow Dash wiped a tear from her eyes from all her laughing. She snickered, but soon stopped. She cleared her throat before she spoke. "I know for a fact that my job is the hardest and more stressful than all of yours."
All three of the ponies looked at each other than at Rainbow Dash. "How?" They asked in disbelief.
Rainbow Dash placed her hoof on her chest. "Well, to brag, my job as a Pegasus is to clear the sky from clouds. Well, all of you normal ponies and unicorns, depend on me, so that's very stressful."
"Um, Rainbow Dash, I don't believe that's hard." Squeaked Fluttershy.
Everyone looked at Fluttershy in awe. Never in a million years would they believe Fluttershy would say something like that. Rainbow Dash, who had gotten over her awe, stomped over to Fluttershy and got in her face. "What did you say?" She narrowed her eyes.
Fluttershy squeaked and lowered her head. "Um, nothing?" She asked. She smiled weakly.
"No. I'm sure you said my job wasn't hard."
"Um, y-yeah." Fluttershy moved her hoof against the dirt.
Rainbow Dash snorted. "How is my job not hard? If I don't do my job today, then all of you ponies would have drowned!"
"Sugar cube, you do know other Pegasui helped you, right?" Apple Jack said.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "That's not the point. The point is Fluttershy said my job isn't hard, and I want to know why!"
Fluttershy hid behind her pink mane and said softly, "you can clear the clouds in ten seconds."
"That just adds to my stress! Sure it's fun, and awesome, but it takes a lot of-" She yawned. "energy! I couldn't even nap today!" She yawned again. The bags under her eyes seemed to get darker. "Besides, a pony like me could do any of your jobs without getting stressed." She looked at Pinkie Pie and smirked.
Fluttershy lowered her head to the ground. "Well, I can't take care of my animal in ten seconds. It takes hours. And even though it's fun, it's hard work. Today Angel had to save me from my animals."
Twilight walked over and patted Fluttershy's back. "I'm sorry to say Fluttershy, but even though that is hard, I'd say my job is the hardest."
Apple Jack, who grew impaction with all of them, snorted. "Please sugar cube, you're just like Rarity: You never get out. All you do is study. How hard is that?"
Twilight looked at Apple Jack. "It's very hard! Especially when Princess Celesta is coming and you haven't learned any new spells!"
Apple Jack sighed. "Look, here's the truth: each one of us think' that the others job is easy, but ours is hard, right?"
Each pony looked at each other, then looked at Apple Jack and nodded. Apple Jack continued. "Pinkie Pie think' she can do Rarity's job. Rarity think' she can do my job." She glared at Rarity before she continued. "Rainbow Dash think' she can do Pinkie Pie's job. Fluttershy think' she can do Rainbow Dash's job. Twilight think' she can do Fluttershy's job. And I think I can do Twilight's job. Correct?"
Each pony looked at each other once again, then back at Apple Jack and nodded. Apple Jack smiled. "Well, that's fine and all, but we can't do anything about it with these." She pointed to her cutie mark. Each pony looked at her three red apples. "These have us do our own job. Now let's calm down and have our picnic."
Each pony sat down on the blanket. Fluttershy got the food out, and helped each of them get a piece of food. Even though they ate, and talked-mostly done by Pinkie Pie-each, in the back of their minds, thought, 'I could do their job the best.'
