Chapter 7: Greatest Place in the World
Author's Note: I'm so sorry it took me this long to update. I got major writers block and had no idea where I was going with this for a while. I finally had the idea hit me like a train, I've had these next few chapters all planned out from the get go, now I can finally use them. Also since I've decided to take two AP classes this year, AP government and AP English, I might take a bit to update. Certainly not as long as I have for this chapter, but I'm really trying to smash my GPA up these last two years of high school. Not that I have a bad one, but I'm trying to get into a decent university.
If there are any typos I apologize, I really wanted to upload this chapter as soon as possible since I made you all wait so long. Sometimes my tired eyes miss things. T-T
That's about it...but yes, I'm sorry for the wait. With these next few chapters I'll be so excited I won't take so long to write them. –NinjaDino4
Disclaimer: I do not own MLP. Only my characters.
Emma rolled over in her sleep causing her body to fall off of her bed. Her eyes shot open when her back hit the floor with a thud.
"Ugh…" She stared at the ceiling clearly displeased. "I really need some kind of net to catch me."
Shifting off the ground to a more comfortable sitting position she shifted her eyes to her enormous closet. Emma put a fist under her chin and began to think deeply about what they were going to accomplish today. Running through endless possibilities nothing seemed to jump out at her. They already knew about the big secret she wanted to keep to herself, but was that was soon discovered, much to her dismay. There was only one place she could take them that would even remotely make up for that big shock. It was none other than… "The mall!"
Jumping up her face glowed with excitement. There was only one place in the world that she loved the most. She knew her new house mates would love it just as much. Without another moments thought she opened her closet and began tossing out different outfits for each of them.
She picked up all the clothes she violently tossed behind her and ran to their door. Using her shoulder she managed to open the door just a crack. Emma kicked the door causing it to fling open wider and hit the stopper. All six jumped up from their beds with faces that had a look mixed somewhere in-between scared, shocked and tired.
"What's with the big wake-up call!?" Applejack asked clutching her chest. "Ya'll could've gave me a heart attack!"
"I just had this amazing idea after I woke up. I promise it'll be totally worth what I just did." Emma replied with a huge smile.
The six looked at each other for a moment wondering if it was more important than more sleep.
"Yeah I don't think so." Rainbow pulled the covers back over her head attempting to fall back asleep.
"You've got the right idea." Rarity's head fell back to her pillow that she placed perfectly on the bed. "Nothing is more important than my sleep."
"Seriously? You guys don't want to go?" Emma pouted, if those two didn't want to go she had no idea what the others would say.
"I'll go!" Pinkie jumped off of the couch in her usual upbeat attitude.
"Really?! That's great, I knew you would go. Always up for a good time, unlike some other people I know." She shifted her view to the two sleeping girls. Emma handed Pinkie the outfit she handpicked which the hyper active girl accepted happily. "What about the rest of you?"
"Hmm…I guess if it gets us outta the house." Applejack said getting off the air mattress taking a spot next to Emma. "Sure, why not."
"Terrific!" She gave Applejack her outfit and turned to Twilight and Fluttershy.
Fluttershy didn't try to make up any argument, letting out a sigh she grabbed the outfit Emma held out. Twilight rested the side of her head on her hand contemplating every little thing in her mind.
"I-I…I'm not sure. I was sort of hoping to research this world today. Not that I wouldn't love to explore this town some more…I just…I don't know." Twilight bit her lip, her brain couldn't make a decision, and if it did it definitely wouldn't be anytime soon unless there was some other way to do both.
Emma gasped as if a light went off in her head. "Don't worry! You can do both, Twilight. I've got this covered." She tossed a set of clothes at Twilight, covering her body.
"In that case, looks like I won't have to choose." Twilight giggled picking up the outfit and moving off the bed.
Emma only needed to convince the last two. Rarity wouldn't be hard; if Rainbow proved to be a challenge they could just whine and complain until she cracked.
"Hmm…Ya know guys. We don't need them. We could just have fun together, right?" Emma nudged Pinkie and winked. They all quickly caught on to the plan.
"Totally! We'll all go have wicked awesome mega super duper fun!" Pinkie yelled excitedly. Rainbow Dash and Rarity both sandwiched their heads between their pillows trying desperately to cut out any noise.
"You know what'd be even more fun before we left…" Emma pulled the four into a small group and whispered something into their ears.
"Ar-are you sure? Won't she be mad?" Fluttershy whispered the last part so only five of them could hear.
"Nah…I think." Emma responded, but it didn't seem to soothe Fluttershy's worries.
Emma nodded her head signaling Twilight and Applejack to start phase one.
Fluttershy tip toed behind the couch taking her position. Pinkie moved closer to the couch, just in front of it, waiting for the right moment for her part. That left Emma who hid behind the bed just out of Rainbow's peripheral vision.
Applejack returned holding a plate of whipped cream and a cup filled with ice. Pinkie had trouble holding in the laughter, but somehow managed to keep it contained.
AJ walked silently behind the couch just behind Rainbow's head. She had fallen asleep and changed position making it much easier to pull this small prank. They all looked at one another giving a final nod signaling to commence with the plan.
Applejack slowly moved the blanket off Rainbow Dash who scrunched her face, but remained snoozing. She looked over to Fluttershy who shakily moved the plate forward, trying to keep the topping from sliding off. AJ pulled Dash's shirt collar out pouring the ice down her shirt, quickly dropping the cup. Rainbow Dash shot up causing her to smack right into the plate. Her entire face was covered in whipped cream; it was in her hair which dripped off onto her shoulder and down her neck.
She blinked several times; the first thing she saw upon opening her eyes was none other than Pinkie Pie. The poofy haired girl wore a grin so wide it would've seemed creepy on anyone else.
"That's a good look, Dashie." Pinkie happily said swiping some cream on her finger and licking it. "Delicious too!"
"You. Better. Run." Rainbow growled hopping off the bed. She tried to grab Pinkie, but was too late. Pinkie ran out of the room quickly followed by a furious Rainbow Dash.
"Oh no. She's really mad. We shouldn't have done that!" Fluttershy panicked, latching onto Applejack who was laughing her head off. Emma fell over on the floor gasping for air having the look on Dash's face replay over and over again.
Rarity groaned due to being woke up for the second time. "Really girls. Can't I just get some sleep?!"
"Fine, but you'll…miss out on…shopping." Emma said between her constant giggling.
"Shopping?! Why didn't you just say so?" Rarity practically flew off the bed, grabbing her clothes and running into the bathroom.
"Catch me if ya can!" Pinkie bounced onto the table and back on the floor.
"You're not faster than me!" Rainbow yelled through gritted teeth. She pushed forward breaking a couple of inches between them. Just a little more and she would easily be able to tackle her friend to the ground.
Pinkie Pie sprinted towards the backyard, Rainbow closing in on her. The moment her foot stepped outside she was grabbed and pulled over to the side.
"You can't run forev- WHOA!" Right when Dash's foot hit the ground she started the slip. She lost all control; her feet couldn't grip the ground. Instead of being yanked to the side she was left to hopelessly move closer to the pool. Rainbow Dash fell face first into the water making clumps of whipped cream float to the top.
Twilight cracked a smile at what she just witnessed. There was nothing as funny as watching Rainbow face plant into the pool. She grabbed a nearby towel and placed it over the cooking oil she sprayed on the ground.
Rainbow Dash emerged from the top of the water looking more pissed off than before. There was nothing funny she could see with this scenario at the moment.
"Need some help?" Pinkie asked holding her hand out. Rainbow glared at her with a look of seriousness. "Come on, Dashie. Just take my hand."
Rainbow hesitated, but grabbed Pinkie's hand allowing her to be pulled out of the pool. She tried to hold the frown, although deep inside she was cracking up. Her mouth quivered turning into a smile.
"Alright. Fine. I'll go with you guys. If you all went through that much trouble..." Rainbow stated wringing the pool water out of her hair.
"Here." Pinkie draped a towel around Dash.
"Thanks, I think. This is all your fault I'm drenched in water though…wait. Who even came up with the idea?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"That would be Emma. I do have to appreciate her sense of humor. The plan was full proof." Twilight replied.
"Heard the news. Go…fix yourself up and the rest of us can get dressed while you do that." Emma said sticking her head out of the open doorway. "I don't really think you want to smell like chlorine…"
Rainbow rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah…that sounds about right."
"Alright! Are you all ready to go to the greatest place in the world?!" Emma screamed questioningly. She grabbed a set of keys from the counter and headed for the garage.
"Darling, isn't your car outside?" Rarity asked befuddled as to why they weren't just walking out the front door.
"Yes. I can't take my car, it's too small. I'll have to take my dad's car since its big enough for all of us." Emma explained opening the door that leads to the garage. She held it open allowing the six to enter before she turned on the light and shut the door.
"This is your dad's car? Seems a little big for such a small family." Applejack pointed out as Emma unlocked the doors.
"He likes to carpool with his buddies. My dad says it's more efficient that way." Emma replied getting into the driver seat.
The others decided not to ask any more questions. All of them were excited, but they knew Emma refused to give any further hints about where they were heading. Fluttershy and Rarity sat in the front seat while Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash shared the back seat.
Before long they were all on the road. It was nothing special. Each of the mane six stared out of the window watching the wildlife fly by. Rainbow Dash especially watched enviously as the birds flew through the air with open freedom, something she missed dearly already. A comfortable silence struck the car most of the time, but there was mindless chatter here and there.
Emma spotted the mall coming up on her right. She merged into the turning lane and pulled into the parking lot. Due to the time of day, which was only about eleven in the morning, she found a space quickly.
"This place is humongous!" Pinkie said in awe as she exited the vehicle.
"I must agree. Your world does have the most interesting buildings. Um…what exactly is inside it?" Rarity questioned.
"You'll find out soon enough." Emma replied walking towards the entrance. The six trailed behind her making them look like a gaggle of ducks.
The moment they entered the mall each one looked up struck by the beauty of the large chains of stores that went on for what seemed like miles.
"Oh my stars! Look at this place. It's magnificent!" She spun forward landing her blue eyes on a fancy looking clothing store. A cute pair of brown boots caught her attention. "Shoes!" She darted into the shop without one look backwards.
"Might as well follow her." Twilight stated before they all joined Rarity inside.
"Maybe these ones. Or maybe those. Those would definitely be perfect. No wait,-" Rarity picked up a sparkly pair of heels that glistened with beauty. "THESE!"
As Rarity ran across the store multiple times scanning over all the possibilities her friends killed time in different ways. Rainbow found a bench that she lazily laid on managing to get into a comfortable position. Pinkie and Emma were taking a bunch of pictures over by the mirrors. Meanwhile Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack sat at a small table having a conversation.
"I can't decide which picture's sillier!" Pinkie giggled. "Look at your face! It's all twisted up into my face!"
"Well that is what the filter's supposed to do." Emma laughed scrolling through the rest of the photos.
"I'm all finished, Emma." Rarity stated catching the two off guard.
"Oh, great. What'd you get?" Emma asked happily.
"Just the most fabulous pair of shoes!" Rarity squealed revealing the heels from behind her back.
"Those are so cute!" Emma shrieked, her face went from excited to serious in a matter of two seconds. "How much are they?"
"Hmm…let's see…I believe it said forty." Rarity answered tapping her cheek with a finger.
"Not bad. Especially considering the fact that usually this store has heels for like ninety dollars." Emma grinned.
The three headed over to the counter and paid for the shoes. They quickly found the rest of their group and exited the store.
"Does this place just have a bunch of clothing stores? Shopping for shoes and outfits isn't exactly awesome." Rainbow complained gazing to her left and right.
"Of course not. It has other stores. Like…" Emma trailed off as they continued walking.
After a minute of silence Fluttershy spoke up. "Um…I think Pinkie wandered somewhere else…"
"She's not with us?" Twilight asked in confusion. Everything bad that could happen flashed into her mind. "She could be anywhere! This place is huge."
"Dang nabbit. Outta all of us, she had ta be the one ta disappear." Applejack groaned.
Rarity took the opportunity to trace their steps back a couple stores while the others were in some group meeting about how to find said missing girl. "Um girls, I found her."
The five all stopped talking and turned towards Rarity.
"Well, what are you all waiting for?" Rarity questioned resting a hand on her hip.
The five all face palmed at the situation occurring right before their very eyes.
"I should've known this is where she was." Emma mumbled feeling extremely stupid. "Candy Corner. The only shop that would make her ditch us."
"Look at all this candy! There's chocolates and gummies and suckers and caramels and licorice and so much more!" Pinkie bounced around the shop, the few customers stared at her questioningly. "Oooo! Look! They even have rainbow candy!"
Emma knew she was going to regret this, but if she didn't say anything they would probably be stuck in this store for a while. "…Would you…like me to buy you something?"
Pinkie Pie gasped, it looked like she literally floated ten feet up in the air. "You're the bestest friend ever! Give me a couple seconds and I'll be all ready!" She took off like a rocket and zoomed across the shop picking up all sorts of sweets. As if keeping her word she hopped in front of Emma only after a few seconds of browsing.
"That was…certainly fast." Twilight blinked repeatedly trying to wrap her head around Pinkie's speed run through the sweets store.
"Well duh! I said I only needed a couple seconds." Pinkie restated eyeing her treats.
The group made their way up a set of small stairs.
Rainbow Dash yawned becoming a bit bored of the trip. She didn't see what the big deal was. Sure it was nice to get out, but shopping and being stuck next to hundreds of people just didn't suit her. Of course she just happened to look up and notice the coolest thing she had ever seen since arriving at the mall.
"This place has bungee jumping?!" She yelled in shock. Tears of joy glazed her magenta eyes. "So. Awesome."
"Holy horse apples. Now that's what I'm talking bout." Applejack grew just as excited as Dash the moment she laid her eyes on it.
"Yep. While you go do that thing, we'll be over in the book store. Figured I'd knock out two birds with one stone." Emma stated.
"Book store?" Twilight looked to her left and had a look of pure happiness hit her face. In the blink of an eye she was already inside browsing the books.
Pinkie finished off the last of her candy before speaking up. "That looks like so much fun!" She ran off to get in line for the bungee jumping.
"Not so fast. I saw it first!" Rainbow sprinted at full speed after Pinkie. Applejack shook her head before chasing after the two.
The remaining three joined Twilight inside the shop enjoying the quiet peaceful atmosphere of the mini library.
Emma checked her phone not knowing just how much time they had wasted so far.
"Wow. Already four. How did that even happen? Guess we blew so much time wandering around random stores…" Emma looked down at her stomach and realized just how hungry she actually was. "You six up for some food?"
"I thought you were never gonna ask." Rainbow complained. "All the extreme free falling gave me a gigantic hunger."
"As long as there isn't any meat." Rarity stated. "There are places here without meat, right?"
"Dur. There are vegetarians all around the world. They would always have some kind of meal without meat." Emma responded.
"What kind of food can we even get?" Twilight questioned.
"Lots of stuff. You'll get plenty of choices, just you wait." Emma replied.
Not too long and they reached the food court. They were all amazed at the different choices they would be able to get, but it all came down to their decision. It was a huge decision, especially since they had no idea what half of the food even was.
"There's so many…which one do we choose?..." Fluttershy asked timidly.
"Well…half of you want meat…the other half don't…I guess it depends what you're in the mood for. You got Subway if you want a sandwich or salad. Wings and Deli if you want wings or fries…maybe even Sushi Station if you want some Japanese and Chinese food. Personally, I'm going for Subway." Emma answered.
"I suppose a salad would be fine." Rarity said. Both Twilight and Fluttershy agreed to the idea.
"Wings…That's like chicken, right?" Rainbow asked which Emma nodded her head in response. "Guess I'll have that."
"I'll just go with the wings too." Applejack added.
"Sushi Station!? That sounds funny. I want that!" Pinkie clasped her hands together.
Emma went to Sushi Station first and had Pinkie order. She ended up getting a couple of eggrolls, a soda and a plate of spicy tuna rolls. Applejack and Rainbow Dash decided to get the large supply of wings to share and each get a drink. The last three all decided to get the Veggie Delight salad while Emma ordered a sandwich with turkey, lettuce, jalapeños and pepper on wheat bread.
After picking up the wings, sushi, eggrolls and drinks they made their way to an empty table and finished their dinner. Each one was stuffed, extremely satisfied with their food.
"Okay, now we can go." Emma got up from the table along with the other six.
As they headed toward the front entrance Emma suddenly stopped. The mane six noticed and stopped as well.
"Is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked hoping everything was okay.
"No…nothing is wrong…something is very right. I can feel it…" Emma whispered. She turned around and led them to the source of the feeling. "…sale…"
"Pardon?" Applejack questioned not understanding what she was talking about.
"…My favorite store is having…a sale." She mindlessly walked towards the entrance, but stumbled backwards and leaned against the glass with a scared look on her face.
"I don't think that what you do when there's a sale." Rarity laughed at the expression on Emma's face.
"Crap! No, that's not it. I just saw Jennifer in there! I can't go in. She'll do something horrible." Emma groaned.
"Great, now we can go home." Rainbow sighed already started to head off, but was held back.
"No! I need to buy something! I'll just have to…avoid her. Avoid her like she's some terrible beast. Oh wait; she already is a terrible beast." Emma furrowed her brows. "Wait here. I'll be back in five minutes." She was about the head inside, but stopped for a moment. "If I don't make it back alive, make sure you do…something memorable…Yeah…I don't even know where I'm going with this."
Emma crouched down and quickly ran across the store hiding behind a clothes rack. She peeked between the various shirts and located her mortal enemy examining a pair of jeans. Taking the chance she tiptoed around the corner and shuffled towards the back of the store. Emma could hear footsteps grow closer to where she was and lost all dignity. She rolled underneath a space just between the floor and a table full of clothes. Luckily Jennifer was too busy texting on her phone to notice Emma was lying on the ground. Crawling out from under the table she glanced over and saw her enemy walk into the changing room with a good amount of items leaving her plenty of time to look around the store. She examined all of the sales racks before stumbling upon a skirt she had her eyes on for at least two years. When it first came to the store's catalog it was sixty dollars, but now it was only twenty. That kind of save was just too great to resist for a girl with a clothes obsession.
Emma hurried to the counter and paid for the skirt. She was relieved to only be a mere few feet from the exit, she was about to make it out alive. Being sandwiched under a table may have seemed a bit drastic, but it would be well worth it.
Yes! I did it, I did it! Emma thought to herself, but that thought was soon shattered.
"Emma? What on Earth are you doing here?" Jennifer asked. "I thought you were sick. At least that's what Jaden told everyone."
"Ugh…I am…I just heard about the sale at this store and couldn't…resist." Emma lied. "So if you don't mind…I need to get back to uh bed. Yes, bed."
"Don't tell me you ditched school?! You could seriously get in a lot of trouble if you did." Jennifer stopped Emma in her tracks. "Nobody would want that to happen."
"Can I just go? Please." Emma begged. It wasn't that she felt the need to plead to Jennifer, it was the fact she just wanted to go home.
"You know, I've been here for a couple of hours, I know you were at the food court with those weirdos. Something tells me there's more to the story than you're letting on." Jennifer insinuated hoping to find out the truth in order to be the supreme bitch she loved being.
Emma opened her mouth to say something, but instead decided to cough all over her enemy.
"Ew! You are so disgusting! Ugh, I don't even know why they let animals like you in the mall!" Jennifer shrieked. She stomped out of the store muttering terrible things under her breath.
Emma busted out laughing as she left the store. The others joined her in laughter as they left the mall.
As soon as they came out of the entrance Rainbow stopped walking. The others noticed and quit walking too.
"Go ahead guys. I'll catch up in a minute. Just gotta tie my shoe." Rainbow said to them.
"Are you sure? We could just wait for you." Fluttershy asked being polite like usual.
"Nah. I'll be fine. Just go without me." Rainbow assured. They didn't seem to argue and headed for the car leaving Dash all by herself.
Ba Bam. I finally got this chapter finished. Oh my god, this took me like my whole Saturday…My eyes feel like they're going to melt now. I'll upload the next chapter by Friday at latest.
