Rainbow looked over at the two ponies that she was to take home with her. She was surprised she remembered their names at all, after only hearing them once. She gestured for the two to follow her, thinking about the forms that they once took.
No wings, she thought, then decided that she'd have to teach them how to fly or they wouldn't be able to reach her house. They walked in silence for a while, until they reached the bottom of her house. She stopped and turned around, facing her soon-to-be housemates.
"Okay, any of you know how to fly?" She asked, and Carolina thought for a second.
"Fly a ship, yes. Fly with these things, no."
Rainbow nodded, deciding that Tucker would have the same answer. "Show me what you can do, then we'll talk." Tucker spent about five minutes trying to unfold his wings, and Carolina took less than one, the former making Rainbow frustrated at his utter inability.
When he finally had them opened correctly, Rainbow forced a smile. Tucker then proceded to jump in the air, flap is wings once, completely forget how to move them correctly, and face-plant into the ground.
"Fuck," he muttered, before letting out a groan of pain. Carolina gave a small eye roll before moving each of her wings individually, then together, getting the feel of how they worked. She flapped them a couple times slowly while still on the ground, and lifted ever so slightly. She then took in a deep breath, jumping up, and flapping her wings faster than before, levitating above the ground. She lost balance for half a second, but regained it quickly. She let out a small smirk as she continued to hover without falling.
"Okay, looks like we got a flyer," Rainbow Dash said, slightly surprised at how quickly she picked it up, though she didn't let it show. She looked back at Tucker, "And we got a dud. Come on, it's not that hard!"
Tucker glared at the other pegesus before getting back up slowly, flapping his wings at a very rapid pace, and levitating off the ground. He looked impressed at himself, and went for even higher grounds... before spinning completely out of control and landing back on the ground with a thud.
"..You aren't very good with those things, are you?" Rainbow asked, lending a hoof to help which Tucker refused.
"Shut up," he muttered, sitting down. Carolina landed again but Rainbow didn't notice, still staring at Tucker and how badly he failed. This is going to be a long lesson.
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"-And then we can set up a 'Welcome Human-But-No-Longer-Human-Now-Pony New Best Friends' party with punch and cake and streamers and my party cannon! No, wait! There needs to be balloons too!" Pinkie Pie turned around to face Donut, gasping, "Ooh! I, know! It can be a dance party!"
"Can we have cards, too? I have this really cool game called 'Inside and Out' that I've been dying to play for ages! But everytime I ask, everyone's always so busy! You'd almost think they're avoiding it!" Donut said, pulling out a deck of cards from I-don't-wanna-know where.
"Of course! But, first, we need to set it up. Everypony knows the best parties are surprise parties!" Pinkie answered, running towards Sugarcube Corner with Donut following her as she burst through the door, "SURPRISE!" She yelled, streamers comming out of nowhere as the ponies in the building turned to face her, before declaring it as "just Pinkie Pie" and turning back to what they were doing.
"I'll bake the cheesecake!" Donut declared, running towards the kitchen, Pinkie following close behind, not being able to wait to start her party.
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Fluttershy walked to her cottage, Caboose following her while jumping up and down, occasionally doing expert flips while flying despite never being taught how to fly.
"And we had the best game of Hide and Don't Seek ever!" Caboose declared and Fluttershy let out a sigh, nodding when she needed to as Caboose rambled on. He reminded her of Pinkie Pie, except Pinkie never had wings. The yellow pegesus could only imagine the horrors that would be inflicted if the pink earth pony were actually a pegesus capable of flight. The duo soon reached the cottage and Fluttershy opened the door.
"We're here," she said as Caboose let out a gasp,
"There are so many tiny things!" He yelled, darting to various places as he looked at all the different animals Fluttershy had in her home. He then dashed by the female pony, head slowing turning towards her, "You wouldn't happen to have any spiky kittens in this area, do you?"
"I'm.. not sure if I've ever seen any kittens with spikes on them, oh, that would just be horrible!" Fluttershy replied, and Caboose let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, good. Spiky kittens tend to make me angry."
Fluttershy stared at Caboose for a second, from what she had seen from him so far, she didn't think it was possible for him to be angry, though she a a strange feeling inside that an angry Caboose was not a pretty sight. She shook her head, still not quite believing it was a possibility.
"Uh, would you like to sit down? If it's alright with you, I could make some food," Fluttershy had offered, followed by nod from Caboose.
"I think I would like that, Fluffercry."
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Rarity grumbled to herself as Grif layed down on her couch. Her couch! He was snoring loudly and the unicorn could swear that by now he had already eaten half of her food supply, and he had only been here less than an hour! The orange pegesus suddenly awakened, blinking sleep from his eyes.
"Could you get me some pizza?" He asked, and Rarity just gaped at him. That lazy ruffian! Thinking he can just steal my food and sleep all over my stuff! I have to put an end to this! Rarity would have kicked Grif out by now if Celestia didn't want her taking care of him. The unicorn may have been the Element of Generosity, but even she had a line that she did not want crossed. She would have to find another way to stop this. Hmm.. Perhaps a bribe? She thought. I give him food, he CLEANS UP THIS MESS! The whole floor was filled with plates and napkins and wrappers.
"No! I will not give you pizza! I don't even have any of that stuff anyways. In fact, I refuse to feed you until you clean up this mess!" Rarity said, a tone of finality to her voice. Serves him right!
"No food?" Grif asked, now fully awake at this declaration, "Unless I clean this up?" Rarity nodded, and Grif looked from the kitchen to the mess he made, and back to the kitchen. He got straight off the couch quicker that Rarity thought was physically possible, zooming back and forth until he had the mess cleaned in thirty seconds flat. He will do anything for food, won't he?
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Applejack sighed. Her walk back to the farm had been eventful so far, to say the least. In reality, she was wondering why she ever agreed to do any of this in the first place. Then, she remembered it was at Celestia's request, and she let out a sigh, knowing she'd just have to deal with it. Oh, but for Celestia's sake! That Lopez guy only spoke Spanish! Spanish, for cryin' out loud! Also, have you heard that monotone voice?! And they said my accent was weird...
"Don't you think you went a little far with that, Sarge?" Simmons asked as he listened to the red pony recall one of his "brilliant" plans in an overly exaggerated way.
"Of course not! Grif wasn't nearly as red all over as I wanted him to be... And that's Colonel Sarge, to you!" Sarge replied, correcting his second in command.
"Yes, sir..."
"Es increíble que idiotas todavía está vivo . Me pregunto si lo universo ha hecho que el destino para torturarme, (It is amazing that you idiots are still alive. I wonder if the universe has made it it's destiny to torture me.)" Lopez added, not like anypony could understand him.
"Why do y'all seem to hate Grif so much?" Applejack asked, not knowing that she would soon come to despise the orange pegesus as well.
"Hate? That would be a tremendous understatement! He's lazy, can't take orders properly, eats too much, and doesn't die fast enough!" Sarge said, shaking his head in disappointment,
"He is a bit lazy. And a slob," Simmons added, agreeing.
"Lazy ya say?" Applejack asked, for she really didn't take much interest in those who were lazy. "Won't take any work at all?" The two Reds just nodded,
"Unless you bribe him or something, like threaten to take his food away," Simmons said, remembering what he had got the guy to do once in exchange for a pack of Oreos.
"Still no reason to want 'im dead. That just ain't right in the head," Applejack said, the second part mostly to herself. As she looked ahead she noticed the farm was very close by, and the others noticed it, too.
"It's red," Sarge said, taking in the colors, "I like it."