Chapter 6: The Big Wash-Out
The morning rose at Fluttershy's home. As she woke, she found her face covered in saliva. "What the-!" she gasped. She began wiping her face of her own drool. "Oh, dear! That was so real!" She cleaned herself up and got ready for today. "Why did I have that dream? It felt so real." Angel hopped into the bathroom to see Fluttershy. "I wonder… if my heart wants Ash?" Angel could only blink. Meanwhile, the sun shone onto Ash as its light hit his face.
'That was a great night,' he minded. 'Probably one of the best nights I've had in a while. Though, should my mouth be numb? Not to mention having a spicy taste. Do I sleep with my mouth open? It's the first time it's been this wet.' Ash began to wake up to the sun and a surprise in front of him: Sunset mounting him while lips were locked solid. Her arms and legs wrapped around Ash like a boa constrictor. 'What the?! Sunset?! What's she doing on me?' With how Sunset continued to smother him with her kiss, Ash had to think of a way to free himself. 'How do I free my lips? Any more, and I… no, don't think about it. Try getting her off. Her hair could work.' Freeing one arm, he began to stroke Sunset's hair. Sunset pressed her lips further, her tongue playing tango with his.
"Mmmmph…" she moaned. This made Ash reconsider.
'Right, she's a pony… her hair's like a mane.' Ash then reached her shoulder and gently shook her shoulder. This stirred Sunset to see her awake and remove her lips.
"Morning…" Saliva drained from Sunset's mouth, pouring onto Ash's stunned face. "Whoa… um, sorry? Guess I got a little excited." Ash huffed a slight chuckle.
"Little?" The two shared a giggle. In the living room, Twilight got herself fitted with a magenta strapless swimsuit. She also wore a white t-shirt over the swimsuit. Pikachu and Spike enjoyed the look.
"Guess I don't need your opinions," she scoffed.
"Can you blame us?" shrugged Spike. Pikachu itched his head to the reaction.
"Right…" sighed Twilight. Out came Ash, wearing a light blue t-shirt and blue trunks. "Morning, Ash! Pikachu had no problem sleeping with Spike." Ash huffed a chuckle as Sunset came out, wearing a white t-shirt as well with a purple two-piece swimwear set.
"That feels better," Sunset sighed. "Hopefully, we'll have a clean time here." Ash and Twilight agreed, but another was a little skeptical.
"What kind of world am I in?" a man's voice rang out. Sunset and Ash peered around but Twilight knew who it was.
"How did you get here, Discord?" she questioned. In a flash, a brown Chinese dragon-like serpent appeared. His head was of a goat fitted with a deer antler and a blue horn to go with a snake fang and yellow eyes. He also had a wing of a bat and a wing similar to Rainbow. He had a paw for one arm, a talon for another, a lizard leg and a horse hoof.
"Well, I know I can-" he spoke before gazing curiously to Twilight. "Is that… you, Princess Twilight? You're wearing something rather… provocative…" Ash came to Twilight for answers.
"So who's this guy?" he asked.
"Ash, this is Discord," Twilight mulled. "Spirit of chaos and disharmony. I'm just surprised that he showed up here." Ash cupped his chin.
"I don't know," he sighed. "He's more of a mess than some sort of spirit. I mean, how many creatures does it take to make you?" Discord seemed intrigued by Ash's briefing.
"Now where have I heard something like that before?" he wondered. Out of nowhere, he pulled a file cabinet shelf open, the note card reading "PETE THE ROCK" and dug through files. "Let's see, Watch You Talking- no… Stained the- not that… Fluttershy & the Drag- Aha! Fluttershy & the Dragon Pokémon, the first chapter!" Before he could read anything from the file, Sunset ripped the file from his paw.
"Okay, you have an affinity with the fourth wall," she mulled. "Anyway, why even come over here? It's outside your realm."
"Well, it's the princess!" claimed Discord. "I can't let anything bad happen to her! Just imagine how those other ponies like Fluttershy if someone lost watch over the young princess! Not to mention how I'm suppose to describe her appearance!" He flew around Twilight. "I mean, the princess doesn't have a horn…" Demonstrating, Discord waived his paw over Twilight's forehead while coiling around the princess. "And her Alicorn wings aren't here, less not covered in fur." He vanished before appearing with Pikachu by the tail. "And I've never seen a creature like this. The lightning bolt does provide a nice touch." Discomforted, Pikachu blasted a massive jolt of electricity. Discord shook in shock. He released Pikachu before slinking to the floor.
"That's a jolt…" scoffed Sunset. Discord laid on the ground before Ash and the girls left for the fundraiser. The students soon saw Ash with Sunset and flocked to her as Pinkie spotted the princess. She wore a pink swimsuit with frills.
"It's Twilight!" she screamed. Twilight turned to Pinkie, flummoxed at her charge.
"Pinkie!?" she gawked. Pinkie met up with Twilight, who recognized the difference.
"You're visiting us from Ponyville? How's my pony self doing? Did you come to see Flash perform?!"
"Slow down! I see you missed me a bit." The others met up with the princess, forgetting about the counterpart feet away. "Okay… all of you missed me since after the Friendship Games."
"No question," Applejack laughed, wearing a blue long-sleeve midriff and shorts. "Seeing you with Ash and Sunset, you must have had a chance to see Ash's Pokémon."
"I did, Applejack," Twilight confirmed. The other Twilight circled around the princess in her reunion to meet up with Ash and Sunset.
"I see that you met the lookalike," she pointed out. "Though, I'm… kinda nervous around her." Sunset nodded before Ash spotted the Spikes gazing at each other.
"Don't think you're the only one," he pointed. The Spikes pawed opposing paws before mirroring each other on a few acts: walking, a back-flip, and a headbutt. After butting heads, the Spikes groaned and rubbed their heads.
"I didn't think I'd be in pain looking at myself," one Spike groaned.
"No kidding," the other agreed. "So, which Twilight's yours?" Looking, one Spike pointed to the princess. "I see… She looks like my Twilight!" Both Spikes saw the other, wearing a similar outfit except for the diamond decal on her shirt. The princess' Spike saw a collar on the puppy.
"Is that a collar on your neck?"
"Flea collar." The princess' Spike nodded to the correction.
"Since I'm a dragon where I come from, I need no stinking flea collar." This told the puppy an idea.
"How about I call you Dragon? That way, we don't get our named mixed up." As they walked, Sunset seemed to water the morning moment.
"That taste…" she reminisced. "The sweetness… the gooey melt." This made Rainbow a little skeptical as the princess joined the rest.
"What in Granny Smith's apples are you watering the grass about?" asked Applejack. Sunset blinked to the call-out.
"Huh?" she gulped. "What is it?"
"You spaced out for something," Rainbow studied, wearing a blue two-piece swimsuit. "What, you dream of having some cream-filled donuts? They ARE sweet and gooey."
"You wish," Sunset scoffed. "See, I held Ash in bed and in my arms. I never felt so warm and comforting with a teddy bear so that was awesome. Then, I tasted Ash's while sleeping and smothering his lips, I just…" Fluttershy became nervous to the announcement. She wore a pink two-piece swimsuit.
"You… kissed Ash?" she gasped.
"Fluttershy, I've never felt lips that actually wanted me to melt!" described Sunset. The girls seemed rather interested to the girl's moment.
"Sweet, I can see," Twilight studied as she saw Ash with her crush, Flash. "Gooey… What could be gooey?"
"Oh! I know!" shouted Pinkie. "Peanut butter! That's sweet AND gooey!"
"Not a bad guess, Pinkie, but not quite," Sunset denied. "It's a sweetness like his chocolate eyes. Then, a warm melting of sugar cooked via campfire…" To Fluttershy, it sounded familiar.
"Like… S'mores?" she gulped. Sunset turned to Fluttershy from her guess.
"Yeah…" she hushed. "How would you know?" Fluttershy feigned to disclose her finding. However, Sunset's kiss gave her some thought.
'Now I wish for a taste of those lips,' she minded. Ash and Flash turned to see the other Twilight looking hesitant at the princess. They drifted back to meet with that Twilight, along with Rarity.
"Are you okay, Twilight?" she asked. She wore a white two-piece swimsuit.
"I'm fine, Rarity," she replied. "It's just… Well, seeing a lookalike of me… Suddenly, we'll be replying every time someone calls my name! Or her name!" Ash and Flash saw the problem.
"That would be confusing," Flash sympathized. Pikachu hopped onto Twilight's shoulder to comfort her.
"I don't mean to steal from a friend of mine, but no need to worry," Ash assured. "You two will get along before you know it."
"I believe you, Ash," Twilight praised. Rarity snapped her fingers to an idea.
"I got it!" she surveyed. "You're into science, right?" Twilight nodded to the question. "So, what we should do is give you a nickname! The scientific Twilight Sparkle!" Twilight irked to the nickname given.
"Too long," she refused. Rarity gulped at the mistake.
"I suppose it is," she reconsidered. "Okay, let's shorten it to… Sci-Twi!" Twilight gave the shortened version a thought.
"Sci-Twi…" she repeated. "Okay, I'll be Sci-Twi whenever she's around." All nodded to Twilight's temporary name. All arrived at a parking lot marked "FUNDRAISING – CAR WASH" for a sign. Hoses for water, soap, sponges, towels, drinks, spray nozzles… The students came prepared.
"Shall we open the car wash, now?" asked Sandalwood. A muscular white young blond man in a red tank top saw a digital board reading 11:00 AM.
"YEAH!" he bellowed. Fluttershy sighed to the blond.
"Thank you, Bulk Biceps," she shook. Cars began lining up to where Sunset and Flash formed teams to each car. Plenty of the students started to clean the cars and the fundraiser took off. All sorts of vehicles lined up while Sci-Twi studied the student-to-vehicle ratio. She helped direct the traffic and organized who would go where before helping out. At one point, Twilight and Sci-Twi were back-to-back with Ash helping the former and Pikachu aiding the latter. Twilight found a smudge on a minivan that she tried to wipe off with a towel but to know avail. Ash turned to Sci-Twi after she polished off stains from a compact.
"Hey, Sci-Twi?" he called over. "You got that soap?" Sci-Twi turned to Ash and Twilight.
"Coming!" she called. She came to help and saw the problem. She brought out a putty knife and scraped debris off. "Now, it should polish right off."
"Thanks, uh…" stuttered Twilight. "I wanna say Twilight but it's just… weird."
"When you're here," Sci-Twi explained. "I'll be Sci-Twi." As the cars kept coming, one car had a pink-skinned woman drive up. She noticed Sci-Twi right away.
"I thought you'd be helping out," she called. Twilight, Ash and Sci-Twi turned to the pink-skinned woman.
"It's Dean Cadence!" shouted Sci-Twi. Ash, Pikachu and Twilight blinked to the appearance of the dean.
"Cadence?" repeated Twilight. Sci-Twi turned and decided to greet her dean to the visiting pair.
"Ash, Twilight, this is Miss Cadence," she clarified. "She's a dean at Crystal Prep and one of my tutors before I transferred to Canterlot High." Cadence blinked to the named Sci-Twi identified.
"She looks a lot like you," she pointed out.
"We had that same problem," Ash agreed. "But we came to a solution that the Twilight you know is nicknamed Sci-Twi." Cadence snapped her fingers, understanding the reference.
"I get it, like Sci-Fi!" she compared. "She's always one focused on the science." She then came to Pikachu and scratched under his chin. "I've never seen mice this large, let alone this adorable. I almost wanna ask where you got it." Pikachu let out a cute sigh, making Cadence giggle.
"I don't think Pikachu will have someone other than Trixie to hate," Sci-Twi laughed. Pikachu laughed to the compliment. As the cars continued to come and go, the digital board had a new reading: 74ºF. Ash wiped water and sweat from his forehead when Sweetie Belle had an idea.
"Hey, Ash!" she called. "Your Pokémon can help out!" Ash nodded before grabbing his Pokéballs.
"Sure thing!" he agreed. "Come on out, everyone!" The Pokéballs opened to release Levanny, Tepig, Scraggy, Oshawott and Snivy. Seeing the Pokémon, Applejack called Tepig over while Rarity summoned Levanny. Using vines from its neck, Snivy climbed on top of cars to clean the roof with Scraggy. Tepig helped pull a wagon full of water and fresh towels to the students. When lathered, Oshawott spat heavy streams of water from its mouth to wash the suds.
"Glad to see the Pokémon helping out," Flash snickered. The temperature risen into the afternoon, reaching 85ºF from the digital sign. Ash wiped his brow, feeling the heat.
"Man's it's starting to get a bit sweltering," he complained. That's when he removed his shirt. Seeing his bare and muscular chest, the girls cheered in excitement, while buckets of saliva drooled from their mouths.
"Wow!" the Crusaders awed.
"That young man is a DREAM!" cooed Sweetie Drops.
"I must be hearing Nikki's song right about now!" screeched Lyra.
"You mean… 'What a Man'?" guessed Trixie. Sweetie Drops and Lyra nodded. The girls chimed in on Ash's physique. The boys realized the heat and decided to join.
"Ash has the right idea!" snapped Sandalwood. "Let's all get a little relief!" The young men agreed before shedding their tops. Some of the girls cooed to some of the young men, Twilight especially to Flash. Still, the girls remained focused on Ash.
"Look out, Ash," Flash whispered. "The girls have a beat on your bod." Warning received, Ash nodded. The car wash continued as Rarity and Levanny counted the money earned.
"This play will be well worth the money we've raked in!" she cheered. The back of the line began to show with an ambulance needing a hosing. The girls hosed suds off one car, but the power sent soap into Ash's face. He became blinded and stumbled toward Trixie. She caught the blinded trainer.
"Aw, did the young man get a little soap in your eyes?" she teased. "Let me help out." Seeing Trixie with Ash made Fluttershy eerily fearful and Sunset upset. "Maybe we can find a way to me to be your Marion…" Hearing her wish, Sci-Twi and Twilight came to Ash's aid.
"You're only Jonesing for trouble," Sci-Twi denied as Twilight offered a dry towel. Trixie growled at the retort while Twilight scampered off before being discovered.
"I knew you had some sort of inkling for this young stud," she snarled. "Perhaps more than Timber Spruce for that matter?" The snarl left Sci-Twi feigning an answer when a scream pierced the lot. All hear and ran to Flash on the ground with Rarity and Levanny the first to give treatment. Flash clasped his right elbow in pain.
"My arm!" he winced. The ambulance was almost done with the detail when the cries came out. Two EMT doctors came out of the ambulance and reached Flash.
"Hang on, son!" the brunette advised. All gathered around Flash and the EMT. The bald man cut Flash's sleeve off. The forearm and arm looked split from the elbow, only held by the skin.
"I'm not gonna guess on the injury," he grumbled. "But it does look like surgery's required." This became a big concern for everyone. The fundraiser ended but now there's new drama. At the hospital, the students waited for word.
"We can't lose our star!" moaned Rarity. A pink-haired nurse in gray scrubs came out to see all the students.
"You're all friends of Flash Sentry?" she asked.
"We are, Nurse Redheart," Twilight confirmed. Redheart looked over her notes.
"When I first saw his arm," she reviewed. "I believed he may have had a fractured elbow with some tissue torn, but that's not the case. The Ulna in Flash's forearm is broken and a couple of joints have slipped out of place. He'll need surgery to have his joints and cartilage be put back together but he'll need to be in a cast for a month." The students fear became true.
"Now, Flash can't be in the play!" cried Lyra. The students were about to lose their minds with how to get the play going without their star. Twilight came to Ash as everyone exited the hospital.
"Ash?" she called. Ash turned to Twilight with Sunset and Applejack.
"What's up?" he wondered.
"I know you're going back to Fluttershy's place," Applejack realized. "But we wanted to know if Apple Bloom and I can watch over Tepig tonight." Ash knew the students needed something to grasp onto after learning of Flash's injury.
"And I'd like to watch over Pikachu," Twilight added. Ash nodded to the idea.
"I'm sure you all need to feel better about what happened," he accepted. "Why not!" Pikachu leaped from Ash's shoulder to Twilight's arms and gave his Pokéball to Applejack. "When you get home, just hit the button and throw it in the air. Tepig should appear." Applejack nodded before they broke for the night. Twilight had her Dragon Spike and Pikachu asleep in a spare bedroom. Sunset moaned with a smile.
(Sunset's Dream)
On a beach, Sunset looked out to Ash who surfed. "Looking good!" she called. Ash soon reached the beach. Both enjoyed a refreshing drink on the sands before having a loving stroll on the beach. They walked along the shore with their feet constantly struck by the crashing waves. "You know, ever since I met you," she began. "My life's never been better."
"I'm glad to know," Ash accepted. "It's relieving. Everyone loves you now."
"Yeah, but nothing can ever replace the love I have for you." Ash giggled before walking ahead. Sunset sneered before giving chase. The two dashed for a little bit before she tackled him down to the sands. "I want to be part of your life for as long as I live!"
"As do I!" Both engaged in making out with Sunset on top of Ash. Both smothered each one's faces, their tongues in tango with each other. They were alone and no one would say no to their relationship.
Sunset smothered the pillow, body moving all sorts. "Don't stop," she cooed in her sleep. "Please…" As she dreamed and smothered her body on the body pillow, Fluttershy had trouble sleeping. She woke to use the bathroom. Knowing that she had Ash with her tonight, she had gone to see Ash in the living room. She found Ash sleeping soundly. Fluttershy smiled before giving Ash a kiss to the lips.
"A taste," she whispered. Thinking it wouldn't hurt, Fluttershy sneaked under the blanket and snuggled with Ash. She fell asleep soon enough. With Flash down due to injury, can the play be saved?
TO BE CONTINUED...