HUGE thanks to Phantos for typing this chapter!
On a hot summer day, and I mean really hot, a certain group of ponies were going on a trip.
"Summer time! Beach time!" Rainbow said happily. We see her and her three best friends along with Cheerilee and Cloud Kicker, the group are standing next to two cars.
"Ok, so Cheerilee and Cloud Kicker are in charge of supervising and driving today." Rainbow said. "Gotcha!" the two grown ponies said together.
"However, you two sure have a lot of free time." Rainbow said, causing anger marks to appear on her teacher and cousin's heads. Later on, the group was driving out of the city.
"Sorry to impost on your day off Cloud Kicker." Twilight said in the backseat of Cloud Kicker's car. "It's nothing, don't sweat it." Cloud Kicker said happily. "Hey Cloud Kicker, you're a cop in the traffic department right?" Twilight asked.
"Eeyup! I know all the ins and outs of traffic safety." Cloud Kicker said just as a yellow car passed her. "…He passed me…" Cloud Kicker said. "Huh?" Twilight said. The pegasus then got an angry glare and her hooves clutched the wheel.
"He'll pay…" She grimly said. Twilight gasped and she felt her heart skip a beat! "What happened to safety first?" She asked herself. Meanwhile back in Cheerilee's car… "My cousin goes totally wild once her hooves are on the wheel. I guess we'll sacrifice Twilight and Sunbeam." Rainbow said.
"Oh really? Isn't she a cop?" Cheerilee asked, she then noticed something odd. "Huh? I lost sight of them." She said. Rainbow then got a scared look! "Cheerilee, you're going the wrong way, this is a one way street!" She said as her group found themselves at a dead end.
"Oh no, I've really messed up now!" Rainbow said. Meanwhile up ahead, Cloud Kicker was putting the petal to the metal! She put on the breaks and switched it into high gear as she made a sharp turn. "Ahh! How can she drive this good with hooves?" Sunbeam asked in a terrified voice.
"That car's incredible! Who is that?" A colt and his friend asked while on the side of the road. "I don't know but they both have perfect breaking and drifting! It's practically on top of the FDI!" His friend said. Cloud Kicker made another sharp turn, hoping to pass the yellow car!
"And it's got better acceleration! It's practically touching the guard rail!" One of the colts said. "The point of attack will come… I've just gotta remember my training!" Cloud Kicker said, narrowing her eyes. "I've gotta time this perfectly…!" She said, noticing a really sharp turn was coming up!
The pegasus managed to pass the yellow car and she pushed hers to the limit! "It's speeding up! Did the brakes die?" One of the colts asked. At the very last second before the turn, Cloud Kicker made her tires touch the curb and doing that helped her make the turn!
"Hey! What's with the crazy driving?" Twilight asked, holding her head. Cloud Kicker then looked back and she giggled nervously. "Sorry, got caught up in the moment." She said. With Cheerilee's, she pulled over to look at a map. "Hey, Cheerilee, you're really good at driving." Rainbow said, looking out the window.
"Huh?" Cheerilee asked. "You see, I get really sick whenever I'm in a car. That's why I brought some medicine, but while you were at the wheel I didn't feel sick at all." Rainbow said. "Really?" Cheerilee thought. She then snapped out of it and looked at her map.
"I don't have time for this!" She said, she accidently drove her and her two passengers out to the middle of nowhere. Eventually they met up with Cloud Kicker and the others and decided to go for a stroll on the beach, just as the sun started to set.
"Well, let's find a hotel." Fluttershy said. The next day, Sunbeam opened the window to the girl's hotel room and saw how bright and sunny it was. "Wow! Today's a perfect day to go to the beach!" She said. "I'm just glad we made it here in one piece." Twilight said.
"I'll put on my swimsuit before we go!" Rainbow said. "Pssh, quit joking around Rainbow, you didn't bring one." Twilight said, only to see Rainbow wearing a dark blue one piece with the Wonderbolts logo on it! "Why'd she bring that? We're ponies, we don't wear clothes!" Twilight thought.
"So um, why are you wearing that?" Twilight asked. "Oh, no reason, I found this at a bargain store and I just had to have it!" Rainbow said. Later on, the four friends, wearing swimsuits, were at the beach. A green swim ring was hanging off of Rainbow's tail.
"Hey Rainbow, why are you wearing a swim ring when you're really good at sports stuff?" Twilight asked. "The ocean doesn't exist solely for wasting effort on swimming, so I just kick back and relax." She said. She then noticed that something was missing.
"That's weird, watermelon cracking is the usual event in manga and anime, but you don't see it much in real life." She said. "I've seen it before, but some ponies think it's a waste." Twilight said. "Hmm, if you blow up a watermelon with a gun, you'll be covered in watermelon." Rainbow said and a sweat drop appeared on Twilight's head.
"You watch too much anime." She said. "Hey Fluttershy, have you ever tried it?" Rainbow asked. "I haven't." She said. "Now that I think about it, that doesn't sound like something rich ponies would do." Rainbow said. "You're probably right." Twilight said.
Rainbow then looked Fluttershy straight in the eyes and brushed her mane back, revealing her eyes. "That's better." She said. Cheerilee and Cloud Kicker were sitting under an umbrella, watching the girls. "Hey Cloud Kicker, we're on a girls only babysitting trip to the beach, we sure are lonely single girls, huh?" Cherilee asked.
"Uh, hehe, you're mistake…" Cloud Kicker said before Cheeriliee cut her off. "But yeah… if the alternative is resorting to bringing something like that… I'm all for a girl's only trip." She said. "But I'm…" Cloud Kicker said, only to be cut off again. "They're telling everypony to marry late these days. We've gotta take our time and choose well." Cheerilee said.
"You're really mistaken, my husband just happens to be busy working far away! I'm already married!" Cloud Kicker thought. Meanwhile, we see Rainbow in the water with her swim ring, Twilight and Sunbeam were hanging on the sides, the water gently rocking them up and down.
"Ahh, the beach is a perfect spot for flirting, but I guess that doesn't apply to us, huh?" Rainbow asked. "Well, it's less annoying this way." Twilight said. "Besides this thing probably makes people think we're sisters here with our parents." She said.
Later on, the group went to go get some lunch. When they sat down, Sunbeam wiggled her "plot" back and forth a bit. "What's wrong sis?" Twilight asked. "Nothing, it just feels kind of icky to sit down when I'm still wet." Sunbeam said.
"Then you can use an air chair!" Rainbow said. "You're pretty extreme." Twilight said. Rainbow then started to rub her neck. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked. "My neck's hurting." Rainbow said. "Really now." Twilight replied. Finally, the group got their food.
"Aha, just as I expected!" Rainbow said. "Why are you so giddy?" Twilight asked. "Because I got something straight out of a storybook beach house! Look at my curry, it's nothing else! That's true beach house fare!" Rainbow said.
"Hehe, usually you wouldn't be willing to eat something like this, but here it actually tastes good!" Sunbeam said as Cheeriliee chugged down a glass of orange juice. "Ahh… and their juice is to die for! The generic brand isn't too bad once in a while." She said. "Yeah but I find it off that they're charging 20 bucks for a single frankfurter." Cloud Kicker said.
"And they're only half cooked but we'll eat it anyway." Rainbow said. "I really like how their chicken is, dripping in grease and over-spiced, just how I like it." Sunbeam said. "And their plant fried soba is really good." Fluttershy said.
Twilight then decided to stop all the praise their food was getting. "Hey guys… does this food really warrant so much praise?" She asked. "Well, not enough to make you run towards the ocean in a loincloth." Rainbow said.
"Is that another anime refrence?" Twilight asked. Later, the sun started to set. All the beach goers packed up their stuff and our girls decided to go back to their hotel. "Ugh… I ate too much pie." Twilight said groggily.
"Let's stay another night!" Cloud Kicker said. "What about work?" Rainbow asked/ "I also took tomorrow off, it's no big deal!" Rainbow's cousin said. We see the group in the hotel's bathroom, ready to shower and Cheerilee was going first.
While the others talked, they heard Cheerilee scream. "T-the water's freezing!" She shivered. "Haha, you're such a kidder Cheerilee." Rainbow said, going over to the shower. She turned it on and got blasted with cold water!
We see Opal yawning. "Lucky Ponies." Our four heroines said.
Later on, Rainbow and her friends were all in a steamy room washing their manes while their swimsuits hung on a bar. Cheerilee and Cloud Kicker were soaking in a tub. Sunbeam felt her mane and as she ran her hoof through it, it squeaked. "Hmm, why's your mane all squeaky after you've been in the ocean?" she asked.
"Maybe it has something to do with the salt. Right Fluttershy?" Twilight asked. "That's right, the main reason would be the salt and UV rays." Fluttershy said. "What's so bad about it? Isn't your mane always getting hi by UV rays?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, if you really wanna know… the reason your mane is damaged by a trip to the beach would be the combo of seawater and the sea breeze. It absorbs the moisture from your mane which now suffers from exposure to strong UV rays. Also whenever you're exposed to strong UV rays, your melanin levels will fade. And your mane will become a light brown." Fluttershy said.
"Whoa, she may know more then Twilight…" Sunbeam said. "And if huge quantities of salt or chlorine are in your mane, your mane will become discolored." Fluttershy concluded. Rainbow smiled and stroked her mane.
"Timotei." She said. "What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked, Rainbow just sat there, not sure what to say really. "I wonder how other ponies would see us." Cheerilee said. "Not sure." Cloud Kicker said as the two soaked in the tub. They looked away from each other. "Nothing to talk about…" She thought.
"Maybe they'd see us as sisters… or something." Cloud Kicker said. "Probably." Cheerilee said. "Aww, that's all you have to say?" Cloud Kicker asked herself. "Hey Cloud Kicker… timotei, timotei, timotei!" Rainbow said over and over.
"Ooh, I remember that!" Cloud Kicker said. "Yes! That's the response I wanted!" Rainbow said, pumping her hoof in the air. "How old are you?" Cheerilee asked. A minute later, Fluttershy was washing her back while her three friends were in the tub.
"Mandom! I think I just triggered a flag." Rainbow said, scratching her chin. "What are you talking about?" Twilight asked. "This is where the event starts! If you wanna see both paths… be sure to save often before a split! No exceptions!" Rainbow said.
The pegasus jumped out of the tub, snuck up behind Fluttershy and put a bar of soap behind her. "Perfect, bring it on!" she said. "I have no idea what's going on. Anyway, no offense Rainbow but I think you being like this is why nopony hit on us." Twilight said.
Rainbow looked at her friend and a smile spread her cheeks. Twilight got a sweat drop on her head. "Y-you're the one who brought it up in the first place! I could care less about that stuff." Twilight said. Rainbow then pressed her cheek up to Twilight's head.
"So, you wanted somepony to hit on you huh?" Rainbow asked. "N-no…" she said. Just then, they heard Fluttershy scream along with a loud thud! "Oh come on! I missed it." Rainbow said with a pout.
Twilight then noticed Sunbeam washing one of her forelegs. "What's wrong sis?" Sunbeam asked. "I was just wondering what you do about body hair." Twilight said.
"Oh hehe, my skin's pretty smooth so I don't do anything about it, what about you sis?" Sunbeam asked. "M-me? Well, I guess I'm normal." She said. The sister's talk kind of ended after that until Twilight broke the silence. "Actually, today was kinda dangerous." Twilight said. "Why's that?" Sunbeam asked.
"Well… you know, almost happened…" Twilight said. "Oh yeah! Good thing it didn't happen then." Sunbeam said. "You're ok?" Twilight asked. "Eeyup, mine ended a week ago. The timing was perfect." Sunbeam said. "Yeah, it really sucks when that happens." Twilight said and her sister nodded.
"It would be said if you were the only one who couldn't go in the water. But using that would make it…" Sunbeam said. "Yeah, I see what you mean." Her sister replied. "I've never used one." Sunbeam said. Rainbow then appeared between the two.
"That was a candid conversation." She said. "Wh-what about you?" Twilight asked. Twilight then gasped. "Don't tell me…" she said. "Hey, what's with that look?" Rainbow asked. "Nothing…" Twilight said. Later, the group dried themselves off and went to their room. Rainbow offered they tell ghost stories and she went first.
"Ok, this is a true story, a photo software wholesaler, was on his way home from work. So he got on a bus as usual late at night… his house was at the end of the bus line." Rainbow said while Sunbeam and Fluttershy hugged each other in fright. "So as more and more passengers got off… he was the only one left. So the driver thought that nopony was left on the bus, so…" Rainbow said.
"…He sang "DANZEN! Furati wa Pretty Cure" at the top of his lungs!" Rainbow said, making everypony scream in horror. Rainbow then turned the lights on. "But that's just a rumor I heard." She said, making everypony sigh. We then see the four friends asleep, in the middle of the night, Sunbeam woke up.
She left the room and then a door from across the hallway opened, making Sunbeam jump. It was revealed to just be Cloud Kicker. After a quick stop to the bathroom, the two were on their way back to their room. "Thank goodness it was you, I was scared." Sunbeam said.
"Hehe." Cloud Kicker chuckled. Suddenly, a pony with a white face and cold dead eyes appeared in front of them! "Hello!" The pony said. "AAAHH!" The two yelled and the pony pulled it's face off, revealing Rainbow underneath.
"Haha, you fell for that!" Rainbow said. "Where'd you get that mask?" Cloud Kicker asked. "Good night you two." Cloud Kicker said before going back into her room. "Night." Sunbeam said. "I can see you!" A voice said, making Sunbeam scream again.
Rainbow poked her head out from under her blanket. "I love scaring you!" She said. "Just go to sleep." Twilight said. The next morning, the group packed up and were ready to leave. We see Sunbeam and Rainbow on the beach and looking at the ocean.
"Hey guys, we're leaving!" Cheerilee said. "Ok!" Sunbeam said. She then noticed a sea shell in the sand. She scooped it up with her hoof and put it to her ear. Sunbeam then imagined herself underwater, floating in the ocean and looking up towards the surface.
"I don't have anything funny to say. I'm Sunbeam, I'm Sunbeam." She thought as her fantasy ended. She then looked at the shell with a grin… until a bug crawled out of it. "AHHHHH!" Sunbeam yelled! "SIS!" She weeped as she ran to Twilight and hugged her. "What is it?" Twilight asked.
"I was scared…" Sunbeam cried. "A girl just took a step towards become an adult Twilight." Rainbow said. After an hour and a half, the group was back home, safe and sound. Rainbow went over to Twilight's house and was reading a manga.
"Boy, Comp Festival is a bit hit." Rainbow said. "It's true what they say, almost everypony are suckers for limited edition stuff." Twilight said. "If the words limited edition are enough to boot sales, they could just add it to everything." Rainbow said. "Well yeah but that would cheapen the value." Twilight said.
The next day, she and Sunbeam were watching TV. Their dad then stuck his head in. "Hey girls, clean your room before break's over." He said. As the girls cleaned their room, Twilight found something among the clutter. "Whoa, flashback! These textbooks are from middle school!" she said. "Hey sis, look at this album I found!" Sunbeam said.
Unknown to them, their dad was walking up the stairs. "Isn't this picture of dad a little risqué?" Twilight asked. "That's when I started wondering about Dad's thing." Sunbeam said as their dad saw them. "You look like you're having fun… But are you getting any cleaning done?" he asked, making his daughters gasp.
Twilight's mom then showed up with a stack of clothes. "Do you want these?" She asked. "Oh hey. Sure, why not?" Twilight asked. "Then I'll leave them here." Her mom said, putting them down. "Thanks." Twilight said.
As the day went on, Twilight started gathering up several albums and old books and her mom kept dumping clothes outside her door. Twilight then got an idea. "Huh? Hey, I'm not her personal garbage can am I?" She thought. Later on, Twilight met up with Rainbow.
"So you end up looking through photo albums and stuff instead." Twilight said. "I know what you mean, if I see any old magazines lying around, I start reading them. Oh yeah, what about Sunbeam?" Rainbow asked.
"She doesn't throw anything away so it takes a while. She's still at it." Twilight said. "Mmm, Sunbeam's always slow to act. On the other hand Twilight, you're always trigger happy." Rainbow said. "Why is your impression of me always so aggressive?" Twilight asked while Rainbow looked over one of Twilight's old text books.
"Oh cool, you saved your old middle school textbooks!" Rainbow said. "You don't have anything like that?" Twilight asked her friend. "Nope, I left them with my memories at my old school." Rainbow said. "No, take them home, you're causing trouble for the school." Twilight said as Sunbeam entered, wearing an apron.
"Ok, I'm finally finished cleaning. I'll never use this thing again, but then I saw how much I just used it and now I'll never throw it away." She said, sitting down with her sister. "Yeah, there really are ponies who keep everything. Sunbeam seems the type." Rainbow said.
"Well you seem like somepony who even throws away useful stuff. Seeing as how you ditched your textbooks." Twilight said. Over at Fluttershy's house, she was eating her lunch and her mom, Pansy entered. "Hey Fluttershy, go have your teeth taken care of before school starts up again." She said.
"I understand… but I just don't like it." Fluttershy said. Her mom scratched her chin. "Well, I would feel bad about forcing you to go. If you can't go… I'll have him come, a visit from the dentist." Pansy said. "W-wait!" Fluttershy said.
We see Opal snoring. "Lucky Ponies!" All four of our heroines said.
"LUCKY PONY CHANNEL!"
"Hi everypony! We've already burst into the sixth episode of Lucky Pony Channel! I hope that you've all become familiar with this corner. As you know, I'm Diamond Tiara!" Diamond Tiara said. "Lame." Silver Spoon said. Her partner then grabbed her and held her underneath their desk.
"You say something smartflank?" Diamond Tiara asked before letting her go, Silver Spoon had a look that said "Please save me!"
"It appears that newbie Silver Spoon isn't used to the job and is a nervous wreck, you're all making her heart race! I hope she gets used to the job soon." Diamond Tiara said. "I'm scared, so scared, we went to the mountains because Diamond Tiara said so… we went to the beach too…" Silver Spoon said.
"And she better watch how she talks to the veterans around here or else something may happen. I just hate that! So anyway, we're gonna introduce a key Lucky Ponies character, Rainbow Dash!" Diamond Tiara said. "Stop blabbering!" She said to Silver Spoon, kicking her in the leg.
"Ahh! Why me?" Silver Spoon asked as Diamond Tiara looked at a piece of paper. "Let's see… Rainbow Dash, her hobbies are gaming, watching anything Wonderbolt related, and reading." She said. Silver Spoon nervously held up a picture of Rainbow.
"A-According to the data… she's always checking out new games and books, she games up a storm on weekends." The grey filly said. "So she's a geek?" Diamond Tiara asked. "Looks like it…" Silver Spoon said. "And uh, by geek you mean somepony who watch house classics, the one who watches A Dog of Flanders and cries right?" Silver Spoon asked.
"Eh? Which decade of geek are you talking about? Are you doing your homework, get with the program!" Diamond Tiara said, making Silver Spoon hang her head low. "Well, I guess A Dog of Flanders had that whole cutesy, appealing character to soothe you." Diamond Tiara said.
"But ponies these days prefer a filly like me! Cute as a button and pure as snow! You know what I mean? If I look right, so do you! If I look left so do you! When you line up for my concert the night before, you can't take a shower! That may cause a bad smell but you still wanna see me!" Diamond Tiara ranted.
"That determination burns as hot as the sun in wait of my arrival, until the bandana around your head is drenched! MWAHAHAHAHA!" Diamond Tiara cackled! She then let out a sigh of relief and wiped her head.
"But you know… they're still customers. When I'm doing hoofshakes afterward, they won't stop talking. Yapping during MC without reaching the crowd, doesn't that stink? Eh, I'm only here because of them, I have to work hard for them, you know?" Diamond Tiara asked.
"I-is that how it is…?" Silver Spoon nervously asked. "You'll know soon enough. Once you've seen what it's like to be an idol. When you've been through the good and bad, you'll see how it really is." Diamond Tiara said, leaning on one of her forelegs.
"Can't do anything about fans or clients you hate…" Diamond Tiara said just as the LPC theme started to play.
"Oh, perfect timing! Hey everypony, we'll see you on next week's Lucky Pony Channel! Bye-bye!" She said, waving good bye as the LPC logo came up. "Uh… you didn't even introduce Rainbow Dash… more like you introduced geeks." Silver Spoon said.
"Ugh… do it." Diamond Tiara said. "Understood! What the correspondent saw then was…" Silver Spoon said.
"Not funny." Her partner said.