Chris and Twilight Sparkle were sitting inside the library, each with their own little pile of books. Twilight was studying a whole bunch of new, powerful spells and she was determined to master them all as soon as possible. Chris, on the other hand, was busy chewing through Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone. Twilight had only introduced him to the book an hour ago and he was already hooked. His eyes flicked back and forth as he quickly devoured the riveting novel.
Rainbow Dash sighed contentedly as she looped through the air. She'd finished her weather duties earlier than expected and had decided to spend some time practicing her stunts. A good hour had been spent zooming through the sky, expertly pulling off barrel rolls, loop-de-loops, high speed dives and even a buccaneer blaze or two. Thoroughly worn out, she alighted atop a cloud and settled down for a good nap.
Applejack lay propped up against a tree with her hat pulled down over her eyes. Dappled sunlight shone through the leaves of the farm's apple trees and the fragrant scent of apple cider wafted down the fields. The day's apple bucking had been a breeze and she and Big Mac had gotten all the apples into the apple cellar without any hiccups at all. She'd decided to have a quick rest while Big Mac took Applebloom into town to meet with the other crusaders. The quick rest had turned into a long sleep pretty fast.
Rarity hummed to herself as she worked on her new line of clothing. Spare fabric and spools of thread littered her idea room in what she called organised chaos. A quiet whir joined chorus with her humming as she carefully fed fabric through her sewing machine. She absolutely loved this new fabric Chris had introduced her to. Denim, he had called it. Sturdy and casual, yet still quite fashionable. She was sure Applejack would love some of the new designs she'd come up with.
Fluttershy smiled widely as she unfolded the picnic blanket while Mr Bear opened up the basket and began to lay out the food. It was such a lovely day that Fluttershy had decided to have little picnic with her animal friends. She pulled a large pitcher of orange juice from her saddlebags as Mr and Mrs Squirrel got out the cups. Soon Fluttershy, Mr Bear, Mr and Mrs Squirrel, Ms Blue jay, Angel Bunny and Mr Otter were tucking into the delicious jams sandwiches, raisin cakes and custard tarts that Fluttershy had brought along.
Pinkie Pie bounced along the streets of Ponyville, singing merrily and thinking about all her upcoming parties, making mental checklists of all the supplies she'd need to get. She'd need streamers and balloons and confetti and cake and party games and sugar canes and sundaes and sarsaparilla and…
All in all, it was a perfect Saturday.
Hello out there. Pretty short chapter this time. I figured Chris and the Mane Six deserved a break. It's been a full couple of days so I decided to give them Saturday off. Aren't I nice?
Of course I make no promises about tomorrow (evil laughter).
