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Pony Days Chapter 3, Letting Your Pony Socialize
Vector sat inside the house on the sofa, blasting his music and watching a movie. He didn't actually know what was going on since he couldn't hear it but he refused to turn his music down. He sighed contently. 'I wonder how Espio's obedience training is going.' He thought to himself.
The door suddenly swung open and Espio stood in the doorway. Vector gasped, his friend was covered in dirt, grass stains and some pretty bad scrapes. He didn't look that happy either. "What happened to you?" Vector called over the music. Espio didn't say a word and walked inside with Luna following him closely behind him.
Charmy closed the door behind them and Espio released Luna. He walked over and turned off Vector's blasting music and then to his room. Vector looked over at Charmy who jumped onto the sofa. "You'll never believe what happened!" Charmy exclaimed.
Luna noticed that no one was paying attention and quickly ran to the kitchen and grabbed a pencil from the coffee cup and trotted into another room. 'Now I just have to find something to write on.' She thought, 'Where Espio won't be able to see me.'
She wasn't that familiar with Vector so she decided the only person she could trust was the child. She walked into Charmy's room and over to the wall next to the window. She was used to writing with her magic and hadn't really been practicing using her mouth so it probably would turn out a little rough, but it was her only option.
"Then Espio was flying on her and doing all these cool tricks!"
"Really…" Vector said. In his mind he knew that Espio had probably not intended for all of that to happen and he knew that the chameleon was probably ready to kill that pony at any second. Charmy nodded in reply.
"But he wouldn't let me ride her." He complained and crossed his arms.
"Charmy why don't you grab Luna-"
"We're going flying!?" Charmy cut him off. Vector shook his head.
"No... We're going to the store." He explained and stood up. Charmy tilted his head.
"Do they allow animals?" He asked. The crocodile smiled slyly.
"Oh, they'll allow it."
Charmy jumped off the sofa, grabbed the leash and began to fly around the house looking for their pony. "Luna?" He called. He noticed his bedroom door was open and he flew over to the open door and landed. He saw the pony sitting next to the window by a bunch of writing on the wall. "Luna!" Charmy quickly closed the door behind him and locked it so that Espio wouldn't happen to walk by and see the mess.
He flew over to her and took the pencil out of her mouth. "Luna, the most important thing about writing on the walls is doing it somewhere where no one can see." He explained calmly. He caught a glance of the wall and noticed that it was actually words on the wall.
Luna smiled, it worked! Charmy backed up and began to study the writing. "I need help." He read out loud. He smiled and looked at her. "Is this a prank?" He asked and began to look around the room for his friends. 'No!' Luna thought and began to write more scribbles on the wall. "No. I. can. talk." He read as she wrote.
Luna dropped the pencil and nodded happily. "Wow that's so cool!" Charmy cheered. "Write something else." Luna rolled her eyes and picked up the pencil. There was a loud knock at the door that startled them and Luna quickly dropped the pencil again.
"Charmy are you about ready?" Vector called through the door.
"Yeah Vector! You won't believe what-" Luna put a hoof in front of his mouth and used her other one to bring up to her lips to make a shushing gesture.
"Won't believe what?" Vector asked. Charmy was a little curious as why Luna didn't want him to tell Vector but he didn't question her.
"You won't believe what… I… found..." He said, trying to cover up.
"What?" Vector tried the knob but it wouldn't turn. "Charm unlock this door!" He yelled. Charmy flew over and opened the door for his friend. Vector looked in to find Luna laying in the corner of the room on a pile of clothes and then a bunch of scribbling on the wall. "Charmy how many times do we have to tell you not to write on the walls?" Vector scolded.
Charmy shrugged and Vector sighed. "Never mind, just grab Luna and we'll clean the mess up when we get home." Charmy walked over and put the leash on Luna who stood up. Vector left a note for Espio on the fridge and the three headed out the door.
Vector listened to Charmy whisper things to Luna the entire way to the grocery store. He couldn't really hear what he was saying but he hoped that the boy wasn't going insane, after all maybe detective work wasn't the best thing for a six year old.
They got to the store and walked inside like they would do any other day. They received a few cold glares from the humans, a few jaws dropped and a couple kids began to cry, wanting to see that pony. Luna began to feel uncomfortable and slowed down so she could walk behind Charmy.
"You don't have to worry about anything Luna, I'll protect you." He told her.
"Hold up!" Someone called and before Charmy could stop he ran into Vector and fell back, causing Luna to run into him. Charmy and Luna looked around him and could see a well-dressed man who had a tag on his shirt that read, 'Manager'.
"Yes?" Vector asked. The man frowned.
"You know pets aren't allowed, right?" He asked. Vector began to look around.
"What pet?" He asked. The man pointed to Luna and Vector waved it off. "Psh, she's our friend." He said.
"Then why is she on a leash?" He asked raising a brow. 'Darn it.' Vector thought, 'This guy is good.'
"Well, all your sign showed was a dog. I just assumed that dogs weren't allowed." Vector replied. The man crossed his arms.
"Really?" He asked. The man and Vector continued to argue and Charmy looked at Luna.
"Quick, let's make a run for it." He whispered. Luna wasn't so sure about it, after all she didn't want to break any rules since she was a princess. She gave Charmy an unsure look but he ignored it and checked one last time to make sure that Vector and the manager was distracted.
Charmy unclipped the leash and threw it aside. "Come on, you can run faster without it." He said. He took a few cautious steps out from behind his large green friend. Luna stare at the leash on the ground, without it she would have no trouble running away. But if she did run away… where would she go? "Come on." Charmy whispered. "I think there might be something here that can help you."
Luna took in a deep breath of air as she made her decision. She quickly followed behind the child who she already had a small relationship with. "Follow me!" He said excitedly. Luna nodded, maybe he was going to try and get the thing off her neck. Charmy suddenly bolted down the main isle and took a sharp turn into the cloths isle.
"Hey!" The manager yelled. Luna took off after Charmy. What was he thinking, they could have just easily snuck away. She slid across the floor and turned into the isle that Charmy had and began to run down it.
"Luna over here!" She heard she turned into a small hall and ran into a small room where Charmy was standing. He quickly closed the door behind her. "Were you followed?" He whispered and she shook her head, they weren't fast enough to keep up with her.
Charmy pulled a bunch of clothes down from a hanger on the wall and began to go through them. Luna raised a brow. "I know what I'm doing." He said and dropped all the clothes except for a dark grey sweater. 'That's going to help me?' Luna wondered.
Charmy handed the hoodie to Luna. "Put that on." He said and began to look though the clothes again. Luna hesitated but she squeezed into the clothing. Charmy found a bright blue striped hoodie and put it on himself. It was way too big for him and it drug the ground slightly. He giggled.
"Alright, now we just tuck this in." He said and he tucked Luna's mane into the hoodie and pulled the hood over her face. Her horn made it look sort of odd, like the wearer had a large pump knot on their forehead.
Charmy held back laughter then handed Luna a skirt. "Put this on and no one will recognize us." He told her. Luna obviously didn't have her magic so she squeezed her front half in and pulled it past her hoodie. "Can you walk on your back legs?" Luna was starting to think that this wasn't going anywhere. She stood up on her hind legs but it would look sort of weird in human standards cause she was kind of bent over.
"Alright, let's go!" Charmy said. He opened the changing room stall and looked out. When he saw that the coast was clear he walked out and Luna followed behind him. She was a little imbalanced and nearly fell over. Charmy noticed that the lady at the counter was staring at them.
He quickly turned to Luna. "You looked great in those clothes, mom." Charmy quickly said loud enough so the lady could hear them. Luna tilted her head curiously but Charmy didn't explain, he grabbed her hoof and pulled her away quickly.
Luna wasn't sure where the boy was leading her but there was store security around every corner searching for them. They were constantly dodging behind isles and other things to stay out of sight. Eventually they stopped in front of this strange glowing device.
"This is a computer." Charmy explained. He pointed to a strange black pad with numbers and letters on it. "And this is a keyboard; you can use it to type stuff." He said, demonstrating in the Internet search bar. Luna looked at him. How was that going to help her? "Now you can use it to tell me what you were going to say, it'll be faster and easier for me."
Luna smiled, 'Smart child.' She thought. She placed her front hooves on the display counter to balance and began to type a message in the computer with her horn, it was difficult but it worked. The message read, My name is Luna and I am a princess from a faraway world called Equestria. I was captured and brought here and I need to get back home.
"So why can't you talk?" Charmy asked after reading. She pulled the hoodie off of and revealed the small thin, black metal collar around her neck. She tapped it with her hoof and everything started to come together in Charmy's head.
"There you delinquents are!" They both turned to see the store manager approaching them.
"Quick Luna let's go!" Charmy cried. Luna turned the other way but there was a security guard blocking their path. There was nowhere to go.
Luna quickly threw off her hoodie and grabbed Charmy by the back of his' and threw him on her back. She stomped her front feet at the security guard which made him jump back in alarm. She quickly took flight while the man was distracted.
Charmy burst out in laughter as Luna flew through the store; she smiled at hearing the kid enjoy it. Charmy threw off his hoodie. "Look doctor, it's that pony!" Someone cried and made Luna look down.
"Look out!" Charmy cried. Luna looked up just in time to see a large poster hanging on the celling. They collide with it and ripped it off of its hangers, causing them to plummet towards the ground. Luna tried to fly up but the poster was wrapped around her body and wings.
Charmy saw the problem and quickly worked to detangle the poster from the pony. He got it off just in time and Luna was able to straighten herself out before she hit the ground. Luna's eyes grew wide when she saw a child right in their way; he was riding one of the store's skateboards around in the isle.
He noticed the duo coming his way and jumped off the board and ducked into a smaller isle. Luna tried to land but she landed right on the skateboard. Charmy and Luna shot down the main isle on the skateboard and caused one of the security officers to jump into a bin of movies.
Vector had just turned onto the isle, still in search of his friend. "Vector, move out of the way!" He looked over to see Charmy and the pony coming towards him at full speed. He stepped out of the way and the two shot past him and crashed right into the store's pillow isle, knocking over the metal isle and causing the pillows to fall off.
Charmy and Luna both sat up, they were sitting in the middle of the pillows staring blankly at each other. They both burst into laughter, even though Luna's was silenced out because of the device.
Vector felt a hand fall on his shoulder and he turned around to see the manager smiling at the two. 'Maybe he's not that mad…' Vector hoped. The man looked at him. "Oh buddy, this is going to cost you." He told him and Vector's heart sank.
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