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I was in the teacher's lounge I think because I had to attend a meeting that was happening today. The Teacher of the Month was going to be announced today and Twilight had wanted me to come. I gladly obliged and appeared in my spirit because of the current situation I was in which will last forever. Rainbow came rushing in and said "Did I miss the Teacher of the Month announcement?" No, you are on time, so you're fine. Applejack said "You're just in time." See? Told ya. "But it's going to be me." Oh brother. Here we go again. You know what they say: Pride comes before fall. Rainbow said "Yeah, right! I got this one nailed." We'll see about that. I said "How about you just wait until the teacher of the month is announced before you declare victory?" Rainbow was about to say something, but Twilight shook her head no saying that I was right, so Rainbow kept her mouth shut. Twilight said "And the Friendship School teacher of the month is… Fluttershy!" Again? Dang. I guess the students really do like her. I don't blame them though. She's a very kind pony, so it makes sense. Applejack said "Ugh. Again?" What did I tell you? Rainbow said "Come on!" I said "That's what happens when you get cocky before something is confirmed. It's called pride goes before fall." Rainbow was about to argue, but Fluttershy said "Oh, my. I don't know how I keep winning." I guess the students really like you or something. I'm not sure exactly. Spike took a picture for some reason and Rainbow said "Yeah, me neither." Calm down.
Twilight said "The award is based on the students' vote." I had figured as much. "They must really like you!" I guess so. "Congratulations, Fluttershy!" Applejack and Rainbow watched in misery as Twilight handed over the award to Fluttershy and grunted in annoyance. Twilight said "Next item of business. I've been looking into a new activity for our friendship classes." This will be interesting. "Spike?" Poor him had to carry that book and Twilight opened it to read it. "Section 147, paragraph two states that teamwork is a key part of friendship." Most definitely. "And section 229, paragraph nine says outdoor activity reinforces learning." I wish that was in the school system's guidelines back when I was a kid. They had an agenda which honestly was not that great to be honest. "Add that together and what do you get?" A field trip? Yeah, sounds about right. Pinkie said "Ooh. Ooh! OK, lemme see 147, 229 carry the two. Three hundred and eighty-seven?" I said "It's technically 376 and that's not what Twilight means. This has nothing to do with adding numbers." Twilight said "Zach is right. It's actually a teamwork field trip!" What did I tell you? "Leading it is a Teacher of the Month type-job, so I thought I'd ask."
Applejack jumped immediately on board. She said "I'm yer pony, Twilight. Sweet Apple Acres has taught me a thing or two about workin' together?" I said "Has it ever taught you about humility and good sportsmanship?" Applejack opened her mouth, but couldn't find any counter argument to that. I think I just roasted her. Rainbow said "Yeah, but being a Wonderbolt is the definition of teamwork." I said "It doesn't matter where it comes from. If you are doing it for the wrong reasons, then it's practically useless." Rainbow rolled her eyes and ignored me. Applejack said "Heh heh heh, I'm sure you're not sayin' fancy flyin' makes ya a better choice than me." Both of you are just as cocky as the other. Rainbow said "Heh heh heh heh, I wouldn't say better, just a little more qualified." I don't know about that. "No offense." Sure. Fluttershy said "Maybe you can lead the field trip together!" I said "Now that's an idea! I was just getting ready to suggest that. Since both of you are so cocky, how about you prove to us that you really are up to the task?" Twilight said "Of course! Who better to model the importance of working as a team?"
Pinkie said "Um, Rarity, Fluttershy, me, Spike." I said "That's not really the point, Pinkie. Both of these ponies are so prideful that it makes all the spoiled kids back home look modest." Twilight went over to them and said "Both of you are teamwork experts." I guess that's a fair argument. "If the students see the two of you teaching together, they'll learn even more." Yeah, that is pretty genius. "I know you've been competitive in the past, but I'm sure you'd never let that get in the way of friendship education!" You'd be surprised how far humanity or in this case, ponies would go just to get what they want. Applejack said "Of course." Rainbow said "Totally." I said "We'll see about that once you actually get going. You say that now, but once things get started, that will change. I guarantee that. You can deny it all you wish, but you know all too well that I'm right." I disappeared and went inside the wall. I saw the looks both of them had on their faces, so I know that they are lying. Nothing can escape from me. I went outside so I could meet the rest of the group. I'll explain in a second. I heard Ocellus say "I've never been on a field trip before." Yeah, they're pretty fun. I've had great memories of them. Smolder said "Yeah, what's the point of this exactly?" To use a different style of learning. You can learn just as well on field trips as you can in the classroom. I know that's not how it actually is, but that's the point of it.
Gallus said "Getting out of the classroom, duh." That's why most kids were excited about field trips. It wasn't about learning anything, it was just to get out of the classroom and I'll admit that I was that way too, but I tried my best even though it was really hard to. Yona said "Yak best at field tripping!" Uh, you haven't been on one yet, so that's not really a valid argument and no one is really best at going on field trips. The only skills there are on a field trip is how you behave on one. That's it. Silverstream said "That's what we're doing? So fun!" She's always so excited about everything. I think she's the Pinkie Pie of the student six. I believe most people in the fanbase can agree with me on that. Sandbar said "Heh heh. Pretty sure the Headmare has something else in mind." You would be right. Twilight said "All right, class. Today you'll learn how important working together is for building a strong friendship." That is very much a key part in maintaining friendships. Applejack came up and said "Hey, y'all. Ready to get out there and do some learnin' the Apple family way?" And how would that be exactly? Rainbow flew in and said "This is basically gonna be the best field trip in the history of EVER! With me in charge, that is." I don't think so. Applejack said "Heh heh. With us in charge." Yeah, you better not screw this up, Rainbow. I'm watching you.
"Meanin' mostly me." Will you both cut it out?! Rainbow said "Yeah. Good one." This is ridiculous at this point. Both of them are acting like five year old children that are trying to get to the swings at the playground first. Twilight said "And what teamwork activity do you two have planned for today?" I'd like to see where this will lead. Applejack said "Shed-building" while Rainbow said "Canoe-racing." Yeah, this will go well. Silverstream said "No way. We get to do both?" I don't know. We'll see. Twilight said "I bet that's exactly what your teachers had in mind." Nah, they just came up with it on the fly. I can tell by the looks on their faces. "Why don't you start with shed-building first?" Yeah, I'd like to see that please. Applejack said "Heh. Don't mind if I do! Everycreature, follow the leader!" That's interesting. Twilight said "I'll check back later to see how it's going. Remember to work together!" Rainbow rolled her eyes and gave an expression to her that pretty much said "Will you just shut the heck up for once?" Once Twilight left, I followed the rest of them. I heard Applejack say "Now take a good deep breath. What do ya smell?" Apples. Gallus said "Ugh. Yak?" That's quite rude to say something like that. Yeah, she probably don't smell the nicest, but that's still rude and something you only keep to yourself.
Yona sniffed herself and she was fine with it which is what I expected. Yaks don't care what they smell like. That's just their culture. Applejack said "Nope. Try again." Ocellus said "Um… apples?" That's what I guessed. Applejack said "And… Anyone? Anyone? No? The promise of teamwork!" *facepalms* How can anyone smell that?! That's not something you can smell. Whatever. "That there's an apple shed." Cool. I don't care. "And this here is what we're gonna use to build it!" That's nice. "Nothin' brings friends together like a little hard work and honest sweat." What's honest sweat? I have never heard of that. Rainbow just laughed hysterically and said "Sweat? Seriously? That's supposed to be part of friendship?" Yeah, it counts. The Tree of Harmony says so itself. Applejack said "Not everypony would know that, Rainbow Dash. Just Teacher of the Month ponies." Rainbow said "Whatever. Let's just get this done so we can move on to my activity!" I said, revealing myself "With an attitude like that, I'm afraid that you are setting a poor example for the rest of us and will fall short yet again." The students were so excited to see me once again and I said my greetings before Rainbow said "What are you doing here?" I squinted my eyes at her and said "First of all, Twilight sent me over here to see how you would actually behave because neither me nor her trust both of you when you say that you'll "work together." And second, it's part of my royal duty to make sure nothing goes wrong here. Just because I'm not allowed on campus grounds does not mean I can't perform my royal duty. So, you can just ignore me and continue on. But I will be watching your every move and will report everything back to Twilight once this is done. So continue on."
The students went and started doing construction on this shed and Applejack said "That's it! Measure twice, and cut once. Haste makes waste. Slow and steady." That's pretty much true. You don't want to go too fast when it comes to construction otherwise, you might mess something up and everything will be unproportional. Rainbow said "Emphasis on the slow." She just zoomed past and built the apple shed rapid fire which angered Applejack. She said "Rainbow Dash! You can't build an apple shed like that!" If your name is Rainbow Dash, then you apparently can do that. Rainbow said "Oh, yeah? I just did!" Suddenly, it slammed onto the ground and it wasn't even complete. Show off. Sandbar said "Whoa! No way!" Uh, it really does not look that impressive to be honest. I'm just saying. They all looked at it in awe and Gallus said "Impressive… if you can call an apple shed impressive." Maybe. Applejack said "Just cause it's fast don't mean it's good." She has a point. Going fast doesn't always have the best of quality. It's like when you rush through a test. Yeah, you got it complete, but you most likely got a bad score and that wasn't your best work. I've had to learn this the hard way multiple times throughout my life and boy was it brutal.
Rainbow got cocky again and said "Oh, sorry! Can't hear you. Too busy practicing my Teacher of the Month pose." If you can't hear her, then why are you talking to her? OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Uh, heh heh. Moving on. Applejack said "Don't count your pictures before they're snapped, Rainbow Dash." She has another point. That's just being arrogant and prideful. Rainbow said "Oh, come on! These students are totally gonna vote for a teacher who gets things done!" When you do it right, not just completing the task. Applejack said "No, they're going to vote for a teacher who gets things done right!" I said, finally having enough "They aren't going to vote for anyone who bickers like a bunch of five year olds simply because they didn't get their way! *slams paw down and causes lightning and thunder to go off* Anyways, you are doing this for the wrong reasons. You don't want to do this because you actually want to experience fun, you only want to do this so you can win the Teacher of the Month award and have the bragging rights of having it which I'm telling you right now, by the way BOTH of you are acting, that won't happen at all. When Twilight hears about this, she will be disappointed in both of you." Both of them held their head in shame and I heard Smolder say "Yeah, this isn't awkward at all." I hope they didn't get scared from the lightning and thunder. That's just what happens to me when I've had enough and try to resolve the situation.
They continued and I watched the construction continue while I continued to write down notes and record everything just in case either Rainbow or Applejack denied anything I said happened. Speaking of which, Applejack said "Steady, steady. Take her nice and slow. Little to the left." This is quite nerve wracking and can put anyone on the edge of their seats if they were watching this. "A hair to the right." This is quite dangerous. "Now a hoofshavin' higher." This is kinda annoying, but it's necessary for construction. Rainbow finally had enough and said "Just bring it down already!" Yona let go of the rope and both Smolder and Gallus lost control of the roof and smashed everything. Rainbow nervously chuckled and I went off. I said "ARE YOU INSANE?! HOW DUMB ARE YOU?! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE!" Rainbow fired back "Geez calm down." That made me snap. I took my scepter and wrapped a black shadow around her slamming her in a tree. I said "DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF EVERYONE HAD NOT RUN AWAY! MAYBE THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF YOU WERE SO IMPATIENT!"
Rainbow said "But-" before I cut her off saying "SILENCE! I'M NOT FINISHED TALKING YET! IF YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN ATTITUDE LIKE THIS AND GET THE TEACHER OF THE MONTH AWARD, THEN YOU ARE SADLY MISTAKEN! IF YOU TRY PULLING A STUNT LIKE THAT AGAIN, YOU WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND IT WILL BE UGLY! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Rainbow nervously nodded and I said "GOOD! NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I TEAR OUT YOUR INSIDES AND FEED IT TO THE TIMBERWOLVES!" Rainbow ran away as quickly as she could and the student six were left speechless. I hope they aren't terrified of me. Ponies being prideful and cocky drives me nuts and I had to put Rainbow in her place. It may have been over the top, but sometimes I gotta do what I gotta do in order to put people or ponies in their place so they can swallow some of that pride and have more humility. Applejack said "I'll give ya one guess whose side is still standin'." Probably next to the tree where I body slammed Rainbow Dash like a linebacker sacking a quarterback. Yona said "Yak side!" before she touched it and fell down, which resulted in it being destroyed as well. Oy vey. Ocellus said "Um, professors? I'm a little confused about teamwork now." You should be because of failure of execution by both parties.
Rainbow said "That's because you need a different teacher." I said "No, it's because both of you have set a poor example for the students and are heating up the rivalry just so you can have some worthless Teacher of the Month award." Rainbow got up in my face and said "It's not worthless!" I said "Is it? I'm pretty sure it's worthless to me. Is it more valuable than friendship?" Rainbow opened her mouth, but had no answer. "That's what I thought. If you can't properly show teamwork, then that means you don't know proper friendship either. I'm just saying. Also, that possession will burn one day." If you're a Christian, you know what I'm talking about. For those that don't or forgot, every possession will all burn in the end times when Jesus returns to come get his church. I know that sounds insulting that every possession will burn one day, but it's truth and it can become an idol at any time. No possession is greater than God. I'm not trying to be religious here, but since this chapter is being written on a Sunday, that means that it is the Lord's day and I can talk about references whenever in here. If you don't like that, that's fine. I won't lose sleep over it, but I'm going to continue to put this in here whether you like it or not. So yeah. Moving on.
Rainbow said "What are you talking about?" I said "It's complicated. We would be here all day talking about it. Long story short, let's just say that something will happen to all possessions at the end of time." Rainbow said "Whatever. Follow me! Last one to the stream is a rotten apple shed!" That's insulting. Not really. People use that all the time. Rainbow dashed off to get to the stream, but I got there first by opening and closing a door that appeared in front of me just so I don't have to teleport. Finally, we got there and Rainbow said "Who's ready to smash the all-time Equestria speed record for river canoeing?" Not me because I don't care. Gallus asked "Is that even a thing?" I don't think so. Sandbar said "First I've ever heard of it." Me too. Rainbow said "We need to get to the finish line before this alarm goes off! That means you gotta move fast." Oh, goodie! I'm so excited! Yeah, not really. I could care less. Rainbow threw the oars at the students and they caught them. "Any questions?" Yeah, how about you slow down a little and be less arrogant for once? Yona said "Um. Yona have questions." Probably genuine ones. Rainbow said "No time for 'em! Get in the boat." What?! That is completely disgraceful. If something bad happens, I'm blaming you for it Rainbow.
The student six got on the boat and Applejack said "You really think winnin' some canoein' record is gonna get you that Teacher of the Month trophy?" I said "Acting like 12 year olds on Christmas who didn't get the presents that they wanted is not gonna help your case at all. You really need to examine your hearts and ask yourself what you truly value most." They both tried saying something, but the scepter silenced them and forced them to the ground where they could not get up. I released them and they were terrified so I went over to the canoe. Yona said "Yona not like water." I guess I can understand. I don't like getting wet, but I'm not terrified of it. Ocellus said "Sometimes, when I'm scared to try something new, I whistle." I guess that works. But how is that different from a whistleblower? I don't even know why they would call someone who exposes top secret information a whistleblower. That doesn't really fit the description of it in my opinion. Yona tried whistling and it helped her. However, she had some trouble. I lifted her up and put her in the proper place so she wouldn't fall off. They were all relieved that I did that but I could tell in their eyes that they were still trying to be on the good side of me which kinda made me feel sad because I did not intend to lash out. I just sometimes snap and go overboard so I can put ponies in their proper places to be more humble.
I heard Applejack say to Rainbow "Way I see it, Twilight's gonna give that teachin' trophy to a teacher, not a racer." I said "How you are acting right now, I guarantee you that Twilight would refuse to give you that award and say how disappointed she would be in you because she would give it to a teacher that's not arrogant or cocky, but someone who is humble and respectful to others." Rainbow said "How would you know something like that? We've known Twilight longer than you have." I said "It doesn't matter how long you've known her. That has nothing to do with it. Twilight tells me things that she doesn't tell to the rest of her friends because of the relationship both of us have with one another. Also, I know her personality. So if she were here right now, she would be telling you the exact same thing I am right now." Rainbow said "We'll see about that." Once again, the scepter forced both Rainbow and Applejack to the ground and applied pressure any time they tried to get up. Finally, they said they would stop, so I released them. Finally, we got going and Rainbow was saying "Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Harder! Put your backs into it, newbies!" I said "May I remind you that this is not Wonderbolts training camp and we are not on a time limit here. We still got plenty of time before the day is over." Rainbow was going to say something, but Applejack said "Stroooke, stroooke, stroooke, slower! Focus on your paddle technique, y'all." Yeah, this is not a race, we're just going on a stroll down the river.
So, we don't need to rush. Silverstream said "Woo-hoo! We're really going now!" Yeah. Smolder asked "So, when do we get to the part when we move?" Uh, oops. I forgot we weren't moving. I couldn't hold it any longer. So, I started laughing hysterically. Rainbow and Applejack were giving me angry stares but I just laughed harder because the irony was so funny. Rainbow said "This isn't funny!" I continued laughing even harder. Eventually, I stopped laughing and said "Says the pony who kept rushing everyone during the whole construction building, but when we got to her activity, she did the exact same thing just so she could have some record which is quite pointless." Rainbow growled at me, but I snarled at her with a roar of mine and that shut her up. She looked at the rest of the boat and said "When everycreature starts listening to me! The leader of my activity, Applejack! Now stroke!" Finally, the boat began moving and we were sailing along pretty smoothly and pretty quickly too, but as long as Rainbow doesn't yell out commands like a drill sergeant at a military academy, then I'm fine. Rainbow said "Dig in team! We can still beat that record!" I said "What's the rush? Hot date? Fire to put out?" All of the students and Applejack smirked and Rainbow growled at me to which I responded by snarling at her with a loud roar to silence her from any more funny business and we kept going.
Applejack said "Stop!" Rainbow said "Go!" and that left us pretty confused. Ocellus said "Which way do we go?" Probably right. Rainbow said left while Applejack said right. That doesn't help guys! Silverstream said "Aye-aye, captains! Wait, what?" Yeah, you can't go both directions. Rainbow said "Left! I can see the finish line from here!" I saw the checkered flag, but I saw dangerous fish jumping around in the way and they looked like something I won't want to mess with if I was still a human. Applejack argued "If we go left, we'll be headin' straight into the Bite-acuda fish!" Oh dear. Even the name sounds terrifying. Not as terrifying as me sometimes, but still. Rainbow said "Who cares about a few fish?" Uh, those fish look like they could bite off body parts with no problem at all. Sandbar said "Uh, professors?" but they ignored him. Applejack said "You'll care plenty when they bite ya!" That's a very valid point. Sandbar said again "Guys?" but once again, they ignored him. Rainbow said "We'll just go around them." I said "How about you tell us where to flipping go before you all drown and hurt yourselves?!" Rainbow looked confused but when Sandbar said "Rock!" they realized what was happening but it was too late.
They crashed into the rock and were swimming in the water. Silverstream said "I love field trips!" but I saw Yona's lifejacket tear off which is gonna cause her to sink and drown. Applejack said "I hope you're happy." I hope you both are because you almost got everyone hurt. Rainbow said "Obviously not, because there goes our new speed record." I said "ARE YOU FLIPPING KIDDING ME?! THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MOST WORRIED ABOUT?! YOU SHOULD BE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T GET YOURSELVES HURT AND DROWN!" Just after I said that, Yona started to drown and screamed out for help. She went under the water and both Silverstream and Ocellus went down to go rescue her. They were able to and everyone had happy faces on their faces. Suddenly, Twilight came and said "How's the canoeing going?" I don't know what happened, but I snapped. I became really angry and the sky changed to dark and scary where lightning and thunder were flashing off because of the anger I wanted to unleash. I charged up my scepter and just before I charged at both Rainbow and Applejack, Twilight restrained me and said "Calm down. Just take deep breaths." I inhaled and exhaled and the anger faded away.
Twilight looked at me and said "What happened?" Instead of talking, I raised my scepter and projected a screen of everything that has happened excluding my episodes of anger because I didn't want Twilight to yell at me for that. Twilight was horrified at what she saw. Once I put the screen away, Smolder said "About as good as the apple shed building. Rainbow came up and said "I had things totally under control, until Applejack messed 'em up!" Yeah right. Twilight is not going to believe you on that. Applejack said "I did not!" They bickered back and forth while Gallus said "Yeah. It's been like this all day." Basically. Sandbar said "I wouldn't say all day. Just, 99% of it." I guess. It doesn't matter to me anymore. I was angry once more and wanted to give them a good bashing of what they did, but Twilight stopped me and gave me a look that said "Let me take care of it." She turned towards Applejack and Rainbow and I could tell she was not happy at them at all. She marched over there and started pacing. She said "I can't believe this! You're not teaching teamwork, you're competing with each other. And what's worse is that you've been playing with Zach's emotions all day which could have ended in disaster if I had not interfered! I thought you were past that!" Rainbow said "We are! Mostly." I highly doubt that. Applejack said "We got carried away with wantin' to be the Teacher of the Month, is all." That did little to help their case.
Twilight said "The Teacher of the Month wouldn't care about being the Teacher of the Month! And from what I saw, I agree with Zach. You are doing this for the wrong reasons. I know Fluttershy would be thrilled to see another pony win." I'm pretty sure as well. "That's it! I'm taking over this field trip." Well, that was unexpected. Applejack said "Hold up, Twilight. Don't count out Rainbow Dash for the award just yet. You should've seen her fire up those students to build a shed!" That's a lie. You're trying to pull a fast one and I don't tolerate that. Rainbow said "No way! You're the one the students listen to. Besides, you saved us from those pony-eating fish." I came over next to Twilight and said "Don't be trying to pull a fast one on us. I saw what you did and I don't tolerate that kind of behavior." Rainbow tried saying something, but Twilight said "Zach's right. What you did was wrong and pretending to be nice won't convince me otherwise. However, I am willing to give you one more chance. BUT, if you mess this up, it's OVER! Am I clear?" Both Applejack and Rainbow nodded and Twilight said "Before you continue, I will be choosing the next activity you two lead. A nature walk. Nopony could possibly argue over that. Right?" Both of them said "Right" with confidence and Applejack said "See? We're agreein' already!" I said "Don't try and pull any stunts or else either of us will know immediately."
Twilight walked away and I followed the group to make sure nothing bad will happen. Applejack said "Well, look at that! The path splits up ahead. Left or right?" Smolder groaned and said "Here we go again." Yep. The struggle is real. Applejack said "Where to, Rainbow Dash?" Ugh, here we go. Rainbow said "I was thinking right. Unless you want to go left. Because what makes you happy, makes me happy." This is so annoying. Applejack said "Ah, heck, forget about me. You want to go right, we'll go right." This is killing me here. Rainbow said "But teamwork means listening to other ponies, so it's up to you." That is true, but you don't have to restrain yourselves from making decisions. Applejack said "Well, aren't you as sweet as apple pie. But it's up to you." Finally, Yona had enough and said "Follow me. Yona know best way." We followed after her and left Applejack and Rainbow behind. Both of them noticed and Applejack said "Hey, where y'all goin'?" Away from you because you can't make up your stupid minds about which way to go. Everyone was bored and we came to a tree. Both Applejack and Rainbow did handsgnals and got themselves stuck in a tree. I whispered something to Gallus and he went over to Yona touching her horns to let her know to break the tree. Yona charged at the tree and got both Applejack and Rainbow out which resulted in both of them being flown in the air.
She extended out her paw I think to let everyone through and we continued on. We got to another part of the forest and then we were weaving in and out like crazy. Is this Scooby-Doo now with everyone and his mom going through doors without somehow running into each other. I think it was pretty cool for Hasbro to make a Scooby-Doo reference even though it was kind of annoying to go all of those different directions. Finally, we came out to a cliff and we saw all the mountains which looked beautiful. Ocellus said "I think we've gone in the same circle five times." Gee, I wonder why. Sandbar said clearly annoyed "Only because someponies' won't make up their minds about which way to go!" I agree with that statement. They all gave annoyed stares and Rainbow said nervously "Do you want to keep going in a circle, Applejack?" How about no? Applejack said "Up to you, Rainbow Dash. I insist." Oh my gosh. Rainbow said "No no, I insist." Someone get me out of here please. Applejack said "But I insisted first." Finally having enough, I said "OH MY GOSH! WILL YOU PONIES MAKE UP YOUR FREAKING MIND ALREADY GOSH MAN! UGH!" Both of them stared in silence and Silverstream asked "Are we still on a field trip?" I honestly don't know anymore. "Cause this just feels like being lost." We kinda are lost, but I think I know the way out. Smolder flew up and looked around to see where we were.
She looked around and saw the School of Friendship and said "We can still get back to school before dark if we cross that ravine and stop doubling back." Rainbow said nervously "We knew that. All part of our plan, right, Applejack?" No. Applejack said "Yep. All we have to do is build a bridge across that giant canyon and we're home free! That is if, if you think a bridge is a good idea." I said "No you didn't. And don't try to say otherwise because you are just deceiving yourselves." Applejack wanted to say something, but Rainbow said "Only if you want to build a bridge." Finally, Gallus had enough and said "Stop! Listen, we can fly everyone over and be done." I said "Good idea Gallus. I was about to suggest that, but some ponies' wanted to act quite ridiculous!" Both Applejack and Rainbow gave me angry stares, but my death stare silenced them and they backed off. Applejack said "Nope. There's still plenty of time to teach y'all a lesson about teamwork." I said "Then how about you start acting like it and stop being cowards?" Both of them opened their mouths, but had nothing to say. Another point for me. Rainbow said "Cooperation!" and Applejack said "Togetherness." They still are being cowards. They are afraid to disagree again which is stupid because you can't prevent that kind of thing. It's just not possible.
Rainbow said "You are so right!" Not really. Applejack said "Only as right as you are!" Both of you are wrong. Smolder went in between them and said in frustration "OK! We'll build the bridge. What do we use?" Rainbow said "Vines!" but they both gave annoyed stares before both of them saying "Branches!" They stared at each other for a second and then Applejack said "I'm goin' with your idea: vines. No buts about it." I have a feeling Rainbow won't listen to that. Rainbow said "I'm building with your idea. Branches. End of story." Oh my freaking goodness. I honestly want to die at this point because of how ridiculous this is. I said "FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HOW ABOUT YOU JUST USE BOTH IDEAS AND COMBINE THEM AND STOP BEING SO RELUCTANT TO DISAGREE FOR ONCE?!" Both Rainbow and Applejack stared at me for a second and then to each other before realizing that was actually a genius idea. So they took off and started building it. Both of them started building their bridges and once they were done, they were very unstable. Applejack said with a vine in her mouth "Why use a branch when you could use a vine?" Gee, I don't know. Oh dear. She started to fall and the students gasped. They kinda deserve it, but I don't wish death on my enemies or anyone I find annoying. She was able to get back onto the vines and let out a sigh of relief, but I knew that bridge was not going to hold up forever.
Rainbow said "Why didn't I think of branches to begin with?" That's not very stable to be honest. I won't lean on that if I were you. As if it were on cue, the branches broke and Rainbow fell. The students gasped again and I knew they were about to fall into the water any second now. Applejack said with more vines in her mouth "These here vines are just the thing, Rainbow Dash!" Will both flee so you don't kill yourselves?! Rainbow said "Not to disagree, but these branches are the way to…" before completely collapsing and sending both her and Applejack hanging over the river screaming for help. Even though I've roasted them all day with truth, I'm still gonna save them from danger because that's what I do. The students looked down and said "At least now they're agreeing on something." Yeah, they had to choose this time with their lives on the line to finally agree on something. Both of them tried getting free, but it was of no use. Rainbow said "I can't get out!" Gee, I wonder why. Applejack said "Let me try." It's not going to work. She threw the rope up into the air, but it came flying back down and part of it got bitten off by the Bite-acuda fish who were chomping at the bit for an afternoon snack which didn't help at all.
Rainbow said "Let me guess. Bite-acudas?" You would be correct. Applejack said "Mm hm. And they look mighty hungry." Yeah, because they are considered predators to ponies who are held defenseless. I heard Sandbar say "We gotta get our professors out of there!" I said "Right. Those fish are very dangerous. If they fall in, then all of their body parts will be gone. That's how dangerous these fish are." Sandbar asked "Anycreature have a plan?" I do. Gallus said "Leave 'em hanging?" Are you insane? "I'm kidding. Kinda." You better be. Ocellus said "We need to work fast, and together." You would be right. "But mainly fast." I said "I have a plan. Ocellus, follow me. Gallus and Silverstream, grab the vines and pull them up here." They all nodded and me and Ocellus headed down to the water. I heard Applejack say "I hate to admit it, but… this whole mess is kinda our fault." Yeah, this was self-inflicted, but I'll still show grace to you because you're my friends and I'm not going to leave you here to die just because you drove me nuts. I don't do that because that is wrong and against everything I stand for, so yeah. Rainbow said "Yeah. No trophy is worth getting eaten over." That's what I thought all along.
Applejack said "So whaddya say, ya wanna team up and get ourselves outta this here pickle barrel?" That might be difficult. Rainbow said "I thought you'd never ask!" I said "I don't think you can get out yourselves." Both of them looked at me and then screamed because of what Ocellus looked like. That does look terrifying, but it's to draw the fish away from you guys so you don't become fish food for them. Ocellus said "Don't worry! I'm just the distraction." They looked at her again and Rainbow said "Ocellus?" Who else would it be? I know she looks a little different, but I can tell that she is still the same creature. Applejack said "You nearly scared the cutie marks out of us!" I don't blame you. Then me and Ocellus went down further and went to work. Ocellus came up like a shark and I let out a huge roar that scared the crap out of the fish and we chased after them. The vine finally broke and before they fell in the river, Gallus and Silverstream picked them up and carried them up to the ground. Silverstream said "Need a lift?" Probably. The rest of the students broke apart the vines and branches to get them out and they were set free. Sandbar said "Welcome back, professors!" That was honestly pretty cool in my opinion.
Rainbow said "Now that was a rescue!" It sure was. Applejack said "And y'all did it together!" They all cheered and Gallus said "No big. Those fish weren't even a thing." You sure? We came back and Gallus got scared by Ocellus' appearance, but she just giggled and said "Oops. Sorry." It's all good. Silverstream said "Ha ha! Best. Field Trip. Ever!" I don't know if I would say it was the best field trip ever, but it all did turn out all right. We all came back to the school and walked into the lobby where Twilight was. She came over and said "How was the field trip? What did you all learn?" I could say several things. Yona said "Yak learn ponies smart!" I guess. Silverstream said "Yeah! Professors Applejack and Rainbow Dash were such good teachers." I kinda beg to differ on that. Gallus said "It was kinda crazy genius." How so? "They showed us what not to do so we'd figure out what we should do." That's a guy thing to be honest. Guys are always demonstrating what not to do so people understand what they actually have to do. Twilight asked "Really?" I guess so. Sandbar said "It took us a while to get it." I can understand why. Smolder said "Especially at the ravine." Oh gosh. Please don't remind me. "It would have been so much easier to just fly home." It would have and even though I would have preferred that, it would defeat the whole point of this field trip.
Silverstream said "But instead, our professors built bridges the wrong way just to show us how important teamwork is." That wasn't really teamwork. That was just competing because they were too dang stubborn to listen to each other's ideas and couldn't make up their freaking minds about anything. Gallus said "Yeah, that was super-dangerous." Tell me about it. "Talk about commitment." That really did take some balls for them to do something absolutely stupid like that. Ocellus said "We know it's too early to pick the Teacher of the Month. But we'd like you to consider Rainbow Dash and Applejack." Eh, I guess. Twilight said "Thank you for telling me! I'm so glad to hear your field trip was a success. I'll make sure to schedule another one right away!" I said "I think that the biggest lesson that can be learned from this is that you shouldn't let competition and rivalries divide you from teamwork and that no matter how annoying your friends can be sometimes, you still show compassion for them in times of need." Twilight said "I can agree on that. That is a key value of friendship and something that all creatures should know about." The students went to their quarters and we went over to Applejack and Rainbow Dash.
Twilight asked "You were actually just competing the entire time, weren't you?" Technically, they were. I got the proof for it. "I'm sure you do, Zach. I believe you." Applejack said "To tell ya the truth? Yeah." See? What I'd tell ya? Rainbow said "Well, not all the time. I agreed with you for the whole nature walk!" Yeah, but that almost made me explode because of your indecisiveness. Applejack said "Only cause you were anglin' for that Teacher of the Month award." They continued to bicker back and forth and me and Twilight went somewhere else to spend time with one another. When Twilight came out of the school, I said waiting right outside "Care for some star gazing, my beautiful princess?" Twilight giggled and said "Of course, my handsome prince." We went to the balcony in the castle and laid down next to one another looking up at the stars. Twilight said "Have you ever been up there? Because I haven't." I said "I haven't either. But the human race was able to get to the moon through the space program throughout the 1960's and early 70's during the Cold War." Twilight asked me "How did they get up there?"
I said "Well, they used an invention called the rocket which used thousands of pounds of thrust to push it up into space so it could be greater than gravity. Throughout the 1960's, they had a series of missions where they sent humans up with the rockets to get to the moon. They called the rockets Apollo." Twilight asked me "Why did they try to get to the Moon?" I said "Well, the United States was involved in a 40 year standoff with the Soviet Union known as the Cold War and both of them disagreed about a lot of things. It almost reached nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis, but thankfully, that didn't happen. It was mostly about the kind of economy each country should have, but one of those included the space race. The Soviet Union jumped out to an early lead with sending a satellite to space, putting the first human and animal in space, and etc. However, the United States was able to win the space race by getting to the moon first with Apollo 11 on July 20th, 1969. Over 20 years later, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and dissolved into smaller countries which included what is now known as Russia and Ukraine. So that's how they did it." Twilight was astonished by that and I could tell.
She said "Wow. You seem to know so much about your world's history." I said "Yeah, history was always my favorite subject to learn and American history was one of my favorites to learn. My favorite time period in history was World War II which ended not long before the Cold War began which is what I just described to you about." Twilight said "Hmm. Can you tell me about World War II?" I said "Of course I can. It's my favorite thing to talk about these days. After when the Great Depression was over…" I suddenly noticed that Twilight had fallen asleep and I just smiled. I can always tell her another time. I laid down next to her and fell asleep too right next to her. What a day it was. Can't wait to see what will happen next.
AN: This was an interesting chapter to write. I'm sorry once again for this being posted on a Monday. I always intend to post this on a Sunday, but I'm watching football at the same time which I guess doesn't really help. *sighs* The NFL is something else this year. The Pittsburgh Steelers still being undefeated, season ending injuries, and the freaking horrible NFC East. It's honestly quite embarrassing looking at this division this year. This has reached an all time low to be honest. Anyways, I plan to post another chapter on Wednesday since I don't have school because of Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving 2020 will sure be interesting this year. I am officially declaring that 2020 is both cancelled and has been a complete disaster. So, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
Next Chapter: Hearts and Hooves Day! The long awaited holiday has come to Equestria once again and romance is springing all around Ponyville. Zachary has plans for something special with Twilight, but he is unsure considering this one is extremely special to him. He searches almost all day, but he finds nothing. He fears it may become a disaster. Will he be able to find what he is looking for, or will he run out of time and it will be too late?
Until then, my fellow readers
