2nd Delivery: Candy Canes and Chopper Blades.
In the fields of Ponyville Park, where ponies go to frolic, relax, and enjoy themselves a pink pony with a fluffy pink mane was bouncing down the park trail; Humming a tune as she hopped.
"There...you...are Pinkie Pie" an exhausted Task let out.
"Were you looking for me Tasky? Are we playing hide and seek?" asked Pinkie Pie, acknowledging the pooped pony.
"Yes Pinkie, I mean no, I mean your repair request is complete" he announced, giving a sturdy kick onto the box, causing the sides to fall over, revealing a unique looking contraption.
Powered by the twin pedals located underneath the blue chair adorned with white polka dots, a yellow daisy sticking out of the front of the vehicle, a tail rotor painted to look like a peppermint and a larger on top, a custom paint job on the frame making the entire thing look as though it were made of assorted candy canes, and a little white flag with three balloons tied to a pole in the rear for the finishing touch. Ignoring the owners bizarre design choice, the helicopter itself was a testament to earth pony ingenuity.
Gasping loudly the pink pony leaped up, and rushed quickly over towards her chopper.
"It's here! It's here! It's finally fixed." said Pinkie Pie, circling around her newly repair vehicle, with the biggest smile.
"It's amazing! You guys even repainted it."
(I don't remember including a paint job? I better bring that up with Sockit when I see her) Task thought to himself.
"Yes Pinkie Pie it's all done now if you could please sign thi-"
"I've been waiting forever for it to be fixed" said Pinkie Pie, cutting Task off.
"Yes Pinkie, now I just nee-"
"Ever since that mean'ole grumpy bully Gilda caused me to crash I had to settle with using my balloon" bursting with excitement, Pinkie again interrupted the colt.
"Pinkie, if you could just stamp he-"
"But now that my candy copter is all fixed I can go all super fast in the air."
"Pinkie Pie".
"I'll be all whoosh! And Zoom! And whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo and the-"
"Pinkie Pie!" Task hollered, reaching his limit he couldn't help but shout at the overzealous pony.
"Yes?" Pinkie calmly replied.
His head hanging down from physical labor of carrying the wagon, and now mental exhaustion, Task brought forth his signature sheet from his bag.
"Alright now Pinkie, I just need your hoof stamp here."
"Okie dokie Tasky" said the pink pony as she planted her hoof on the sheet.
Letting out an exhausted sigh, Task had finally completing his task. Before returning home he took a moment to look over his papers to see if everything was in order.
Meanwhile Pinkie Pie went to her aircraft preparing for takeoff.
"Huh? What's this" Task pondered, as he noticed a sheet of paper with a hoof written message.
Task, let Pinkie Pie know I've instald an auto prapel feetur. I think it will make things easyer for her. I still have not figurd out which control setings to use so I figurd I would leev that up to her. Plees tell her I asked if she culd test out the controls and let me know what she thinks. I have set it to the standerd control setings. Pinkie will be unfamiler with the new controls so she will need to do some praktise to get used to it. Tell her its the large buton in front of the seet.
Tell her to test it in a wide open space, far away from Ponyville.
Love, Sockit.
(Shes good with machine, but bad with spelling, I keep forgetting shes just a fillie sometimes. "Love?" I better teach her to write sincerely before people misinterpret letters they get from us.)
"Wait. There a different piloting control? And Pinkie has no idea about or how to fly it! Uh-Oh"
A pale faced Task turned around to witness takeoff.
As the propeller above her head spun faster and faster as she pedaled, it began looking as though a blue peppermint was hovering above her.
Something caught the pilot's eye. Like a moth to a flame, Pinkie's hoof moves toward the button. "OOO! What does this button do?"
"Pinkie Pie! WAIT!" he yelled, Task, powerless to stop what was about to happen.
"CLANGK"
The chopper made a sound as if something snapped. The chopper immediately leveled off in the air; it began to transform. Pinkie's seat bounced up flipping the pink pony, like a pancake, onto her back leaning forward. The pedals folded inwards and the daisy turned and now faced the pilot, positioning it to form a wheel.
As soon as the flying machine finished its changes it began to fly wildly.
"Pinkie Pie! Are you ok? What's happened!" yelled Task, as he began tailing the wild flying contraption
"I dunno. These controls are different from what I'm used to." Pinkie answered as she began to fiddle with the giant yellow flower petal now facing her.
Flying wildly the candy colored copter rose above the trees and out of the park, making chaotic aerial maneuvers as it went. Task followed after it.
(This is why she wanted Pinkie to fly it first. I would have crashed it immediately; then again I probably would have crashed it without this new control thing) he thought to himself as he perused Pinkie.
Over in Sweet Apple Acres a hard working mare was preparing to collect her crop.
"Alright, time to get crackin' on the next bactch'a apples" said a familiar blonde pony.
"If only that Task Rush hadn't a ruin the first batch. Oh when I see that trouble maker again I'm gonna hog tie him and make em pay double for my apples" Applejack grumbled she began to kick a tree.
"Applejack!" A pony shouted in a panic, running towards Applejack.
"Task Rush! I knew I smelled rotten apples. Ya'll got some nerve showing up soon after what happened this morning" The mare said with a sour look on her face
"Ya here to pay me back for my apples?"
Task continued running towards her.
"Now why are ya runnin this time?"
Suddenly, Applejack saw the reason why the brown colt was running. A large, menacing, yet sweet looking flying contraption rose up behind him. Applejack could just make out the image of Pinkie Pie aboard the out of control candy colored flying machine
"What the caramel apple is going on here?" The cowgirl questioned.
"No time to explain. Run!" Task yelled. Now both ponies were fleeing from the chopper.
"Pinkie! Any luck figuring out those controls?" Task yelled back, hoping to get some good news.
"Not yet. Now let's see what happens when I do this."
Pinkie, gave the petal a hard pull back causing the chopper to do a back flip, moving it in front of the two fleeing ponies.
"Whee!" hollered the pilot, clearly enjoying that move.
"Now let's see what this does" said Pinkie, as she began rotating the giant petal.
The chopper, now in front of the two began barrel rolling moving forward. The chopper blades began moving through the tree tops, slicing off only the apples from the trees with surgical precision. Apples were being launched from trees as Pinkie pass by, falling around Task and Applejack.
"My apples, I'm gonna lose a whole 'nother batch at this rate!" Applejack exclaimed, panicking as she saw apple after apple fall to the ground, bruising upon impact.
"Applejack, over there!" said Task, as he pointed over to a couple of empty wagon up ahead.
"Say no more, I'm on it." Applejack, pulling out a couple of lasso she had with her, twirled them above her head preparing to rope them up as they got closer. With her impressive skill, brought on by years of rodeo practice, Applejack expertly roped up the two wagons.
"Task, catch!" Applejack tossed one of the ropes pulling the newly lassoed wagons over to the colt.
"Keep up, don't let go, and don't let a single apple slip by" Applejack let out, holding the rope in her moth.
"You got it Boss!" Rope in mouth, Task acknowledge; as both ponies continued their pursuit.
"Guys I think I'm getting the hang of this thing" said Pinkie Pie aboard the copter, still barrel rolling.
"That great Pinkie Pie. Now can you please stop the rolling?" Task pleaded.
"Pinkie hurry, our wagons are full" Applejack added.
"Alright let me try this" A hard yank on the petal control and the chopper stopped its continuous rolls, but now began spinning horizontally.
"Pinkie!"
Both ponies shouted as the tail end of Pinkies chopper came swinging towards them. Both ponies leaped to avoid the swiping tail as it passed, but the rear propeller blade cut the ropes tied to the wagon as it spun passed.
"Sorry! I've almost got it, just need to try this" Pinkie apologized as she continued to fiddled with the steering petal in front of here. She gave the petal a shove forward, the craft stopped spinning horizontally only this time to do continuous front flip.
Still on the front flipping choppers tail, the two ponies continued their chase, both clueless on how to stop the flying device. The two ponies saw the rear rotor blade heading their way, spinning violently like a buzz saw
"Brrrrr"
The blade hit the soil carving a crevice in between the two earth ponies. Task, for lack of a better idea, leaped out reaching for the tale of the copter. Thinking he could use his weight to stop its flipping, he managed to grab hold while avoiding the rear propeller spinning its blades right next to him.
"Task You crazy pony! What do you think you're doing?"
Applejack helplessly watched the foolish pony spin round and round as he hung on to the rear of the copter looking like a pony sized novelty toy.
"Alright this should do it!" Pinkie, still ponying the controls, again messed with the giant petal in front of her, slowly starting to understand what it does.
This time more confident in what she was doing, she gently moved the petal back causing the flipping candy copter to rise up above the tree tops of the apple fields.
"Ok, NOW this should do it" the little pilot reassured herself, as she grabbed hold tightly onto the petal with both hooves.
Whatever Pinkie did, it worked. Task no longer felt like he was spinning, he opened his eyes to see the image of pinkie on the chopper getting smaller and smaller.
Unbeknownst to him, Pinkies actions caused the copter to instantly stop its flipping. While the chopper may have stopped movement, the same wasn't true for Task who was launched clear across the apple orchard.
"Pinkie !" he screamed, as Task flew like a rocket.
Meanwhile on the edge of the orchard, three fillies had just finished setting up for their tightrope walkers cutie mark.
A thin rope tied up high between two trees, a gorgeous looking safety positioned below; The Crusaders stood on a tree branch about the give it their first attempt.
"Are ya sure ya tied the net corners tightly Sweetie Belle?" asked a nervous Applebloom, looking down at the ground.
"Of course I did. I learned how to tie knots together from my sister." Sweetie Belle replied
"Good then you can try first" said Scootaloo.
"No, that's alright right I think you should have the honor" quickly answered the little white filly.
"Maybe we should test the net first" suggested Applebloom
"Great idea Applebloom; anypony got something to drop on the net?" Scootaloo asked, looking at her fellow crusaders.
"Nope"
"Nu-uh"
"Great now we gottta find something as heavy as us to test this net out" said a frustrated Scootaloo.
"" the screams of a pony came crashing through the tree tops as Task landed directly on the safety net.
"Phew that was cloooooOOO!" The stretched out net sprung back, sending Task skyward again; this time propelling him towards Ponyville.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders could only look on and ponder at what had just happened.
"I told you I tied the safety net right" said Sweetie Belle, unfazed over what just happened.
Task, now heading towards Ponyville, could only watch as he as the buildings got bigger as he came closer to land; it would be a miracle if he managed a safe landing.
"Ok Sockit, what do you think of this?" asked a purple Pegasus, as she finished her cloud sculpture over the building.
Both Sockit and the Pegasus were outside of the building, having a conversation over the cloud formation the Pegasus had assembled over top of the building.
"What is it supposed to be anyway?" a puzzled Sockit questioned.
"Isn't it obvious? It's the businesses' logo" replied the Pegasus, clearly irked over the little unicorn's cluelessness
"How can you not tell?"
"All I see it a pile of clouds mashed together" mumbled Sockit.
"Well regardless of what SOME pony thinks; my main goal is to show Task these new clouds I made." The Pegasus looked out to the setting sun.
"When do you think he'll be getting back?"
Sockit looked over to the Pegasus, still fidgeting with her cloud. "He should have finished the last request for the day, so he should be arriving soon.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Task's screams proceeded him as he landed on top of the work shop, hitting the pile of clouds the Pegasus was working on.
(Huh? Now where am I? This time I must be dead, feels like I'm lying on a soft fluffy cloud, or maybe I flew all the way to Clouds Dale, that can't be right. Too tired to worry about it, I think I'll just take this chance to get some rest.)
"Tasky! Hey Task, wake up already" said the Pegasus as she began to shake the unconscious pony. "How could you sleep now; I wanted to show you my new cloud trick and now you ruined it"
"Just…stamp here plea…." The knocked out pony managed to utter.
Sockit, standing down below by the front of the build called out to the Pegasus.
"You know he just crashed into the building"
"What's your point" replied the Pegasus, as she continued to rattle Task back and forth.
Coming towards the building, was the frightening sound of a candy coated flying machine with a familiar pink pony pilot. With expert precision the pilot controlled the craft to gently hover just above the three ponies around the building.
"Hey girls, have either of you to seen Tasky? I saw him heading in this direction."
The unicorn pointed over to the roof of the building where Pinkie saw the half dead looking colt being throttled by the purple Pegasus.
As soon as she noticed Pinkie's eyes on her the Pegasus let go of him.
"He's sleeping" she said, dropping the colt back on the cloud while shrugging her shoulders.
"So Pinkie, what do you think of the job I did?" the little gray mare asked, a grin shinning on her fact.
"It's perfect!" Pinkie shouted. "I didn't think you could make it better, but now I can have my hooves free when flying, you guys are the greatest" praised Pinkie, waving both hooves in celebration, as she made her chopper do a back flip.
"It a shame Tasky is sleeping, I had a message from Applejack for him."
"She told me to tell him that he doesn't owe her for the apples this morning."
"Apples?" the unicorn questioned with a confused look on her.
"Anyway girls, in celebration in my candy copters repair I'm throwing a party, and you three are the guests of honor" Pinky said, as she tossed three invitations to the trio, Task's invite bouncing off his noggin as it landed.
"A party; Alright, let's go" Pegasus excitedly jumped down from the rooftop and grabbed Sockit by the hoof.
"Come on Sockit lets go party."
"What about Tasky?" Pinky asked.
"That's not a problem" the purple Pegasus said as she quickly ran inside, reappearing with a rope around her neck. She flew up to Task, still out cold on the makeshift bed cloud, and tied one end of the rope to the cloud.
"What are you up to?" Sockit asked as she watched the Pegasus.
"Watch"
The Pegasus gave a tug on the rope, causing the cloud to move towards her like a balloon on a string.
"That reminds me I got to get to work on balloons for the party. I'll see you three there."
Pinkie Pie then took off, Expertly maneuvering the chopper as she went.
The three ponies made their way to the party. Two ponies actually trotting, while one literally with his head in a cloud, unknowing being pulled along.
"Do you think he'll wake up in time?" Sockit asked as she gently pulled the cloud balloon.
"If he doesn't more apples, cakes, and candy for us" the Pegasus answered, as they both continued onward to Sugar Cube Corner.
Up above them the still unconscious pony muttered something on his cloud apparently struggling with something on his mind.
"Flying apples and candy canes…the horror."