Chapter 26: Hard Luck
Twilight and the girls came back a few hours later after spending some adequate time in the 2nd Gynasium as a result of the Fall Formal. All of them except Vexy had a blast, listening to music and dancing and awaiting the princess to be crowned, Twilight gaining the honor. The golden accessory was on her head coming back from the dance. Sunset eased her way despite the last Fall Formal she witnessed was a disaster. They were going to Dorm 49 to refresh.
"I'm glad that's over!". Sunset breathed a sigh of releif, her friends getting the idea she didn'tenjoy it, but in actuality she did. "I'm tired aftr all of that dancing!".
"We all deserved it! Principal Celestia outed the dance to end it's 3 year hiatus. I'm tired too".
"And not because you were crowned second time in a row". Rainbow answered, her remark giving Sunset a faint nod, herself making use of the crown fro evil purposes.
"I know...". Twilight opened the door to their dorm. No one was currently in, giving the 12 girls some space to sporadically place them inside. "Everything we worked hard for, it all paid off".
Pinkie slanted and jumped right on her lower bunk bed to calm down.
"Can we call it a night?". Brandy tagged along with them, her dorm on the other side of the wall. "I'm pretty exhausted. We all are".
The 11 Harmonizers nodded, Sunset, Sticks and the poodle walking toward the door.
"Night, y'all!". Sticks concluded.
"See you tomorrow!". Sunset waved.
"I'm worried for Vexy...". Smurfette lay on her lower bunk. "She's not back from her brainstorming yet".
"Yeah!". Rarity checked the clock perched high on the wall adjacent to the desk. "It's getting late! Where is she?".
"Didn't she say she was coming back after the Fall Formal ended?". Applejack sat next to Fluttershy.
"Now that you mention it, Smurfette". The timid shy girl answered. "That invention totally wrecked her credibility".
"Uh, I suppose...I just want to go to sleep, tell me I need to fix this tomorrow".
"When you can...". Rainbow remarked, Pinkie, Twilight and Lola staring at her. "What? You can give a girl some shut-eye but you can't force 'em!".
"Are you really sleeping in that dress, Smurfette?". Vanellope walked over to the walkable closet.
"I don't know anymore, Van...this is a nightmare".
The smurf was staring at a mattress of Vexy's bunk bed, as a result of taking the lower bunk. The blonde-haired girl slid her lower half in the thick blanket ready to forget about what her sister told her beforehand. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted into a dream sequence, the other Harmonizers noticing she was this way.
The next morning...
"Good morning, sleepy head!". Pinkie Pie shook the arms of a still asleep Smurfette as she mumbled in her dream.
"What'd you say, papa?".
She immediatly opened her eyes to a hyperactive pink girl right in her face, smiling as the sun shone in on the academy.
"It was all a dream?".
"Yeah! You drifted off as soon as you came into the dorm! Time to do some fun activities together! Whadd'ya say, Smurfy?!". The girl squeed.
"That would be wonderful...". The smurf leaned past the hyperactive pink girl and looked up to Vexy's bed. She left the bed and wanted to see if her sister returned while she was asleep. To her findings, she didn't return. "Oh...".
"Vexy didn't return?". Pinkie asked her.
Smurfette couldn't answer, but yet a small nod was visible from her. Pinkie climbed up the ladder and found nothing. She gasped and quicky jumped down and covered her mouth.
"You're right...". Pinkie whispered.
"Let me reason with her...". The smurf pushed her aside and walked over to the closet, her deafult white dress and white heels in there.
"You don't know what you're getting yourself into!". Pinkie replied. Rainbow, Lola and Applejack staring at her from behind. "What?".
"Sister's don't give up to each other, Pinks". Lola explained. "You're going about this the wrong way".
"Lola's right!". Applejack nodded. "Vexy didn't return so she's taking the liberty to speak to her alone".
Smurfette had already exited the closet, her usual white dress and heels dressed on her. She took no action and left the dorm without saying a word.
"Where is she going in such a hurry?". Pinkie remarked.
"Pinkie!". Lola spoke up.
The hyperactive pink girl flinched and looked at her.
"Do you mind! We're dealing with a situation here!".
"What sit- Ohhhhhhhh...". Pinkie facepalmed, knowing it was best to leave the smurf alone for now.
Smurfette entered the Construction classroom, belieiving she could find her sister. Her luck came within a few nano-seconds as she was situated right at the front desk. Vexy was sleeping from the exhuasted brain from last night.
"Vexy...". She softly spoke, walking toward her as she lay dozed. The blonde haired smurf came closer, a few metres only seperating the two sisters. Smurfette gradually touched her arm and shook her gently with two. "Vexy...".
The black-haired smurf slowly opened her eyes at the sight of being gently shook up by her sister. She felt her forehead before snapping to realize where she just slept.
"Did I literally sleep here the whole night?". She wanted answers, but only Smurfette wanted was her sister back.
"Vexy, it's me!".
"Smurfette...". She recognized that voice, the sweet-like tone of her voicebox giving her nice return, but for a price. She looked at Smurfette, the blonde-haired girl smiling as if she had not seen her for a while. "I am so sorry".
"No need for that right now. What happened? Did you spend the whole of the Fall Formal in this very room?".
Vexy soon gave a sigh, the piece of paper she had been generating ideas from still near her.
"I have nothing to pitch to Mr Anderson when the time comes. I have tried and failed. Coming up with a new idea when tons and tons of original content are already implemented is easier said than done".
"Have you tried asking Jorge and Hogarth for help?".
"They still know about the toaster idea being quote on quote "Innovative"! They won't believe me when I don't tell them I flunked their grades".
"How about If I help you?".
"You're not the techie-constructiony type of girl".
The smurf stood up and placed her seat back. She walked over to the failed ideas, all in the trash can. It was evident by Smurfette that she had wasted numerous pieces of paper.
"All of my failed ideas are all in there". The 10th member added. "Every single one of them. Take a look!".
Smurfette knelt down and rummaged through the trash can. She pulled out a paper of a random blueprint and read it.
"Driverless car blueprint...". She read, all the while Vexy was running out of time to find a new original concept. "Cool...".
"You call that cool? Someone already took that idea and is now expanding on it".
"You'd think your head is getting to this idea thing?". Smurfette asked her, but she only gave out negative energy.
"I'm running out of valuable, precious time to pump this out! Mr Anderson is going to chew me if I don't find something to work with!".
"You need to chill". Smurfette lowered the volume of tone for her sister, as she tilted her head downward to the papers. "Why don't we spend some time tgether, like sisters always do".
Then pause, nothing for a few moments as the two sisters waiting for one another to respond. Vexy sighed and eyed Smurfette out of the corner of her eye.
"It's going to take alot to take me away from you...". The black-haired smurf slowly showing a faint smile as she turn around and walked over to Smurfette. She placed both hands on her sisters' shoulders.
"Sistership comes first...". She gave the all-clear to Smurfette. "I need to get out of here too".
"Can you ask Jorge and Hogarth if they have anything new to work with?".
"Yes. Yes I would". The smurf released her hands from Smurfette's space and the two walked out, heading to the courtyard to practis some wand magic. It was up to Vexy's colleagues to come up with something, since Wallace pretty much bottlenecked Vexy.
That's the end of this chapter. Vexy giving leadership to either Jorge or Hogarth, the two most prosperous of the Construction class after the smurf. What will happen next? Read on to find out. Please review.