Chapter 23

Raveon, Avery, and Jasper have 1 hour and fifty minutes to give the ponies what they need to exchange to get what they want so they can get Jasper his stuff back. But it would seem that there are 3 bad dogs that are trying to stop that from happening.

Raveon: "Come on guys! We gotta get that phoenix!"

Avery: "Yeah! Let's go!"

The ponies finally reach the Adopt-A-Creature stand, but they were completely out of breathe.

Creature Salespony: Are you 3 alright?"

Raveon: "Yeah. Just give me a minute. This is a mouthful." (gasps) "We would like a phoenix to give to a lonely salespony so he can give us a Discord lamp to trade it for a book to trade it for a vase so we can trade it for some gems so we can trade it to get my friend's stuff back from the Diamond Dogs."

Jasper: "Is there anything you want in exchange?"

Avery: "It's probably something we have to get from another pony and they would want something in return."

Creature Salepony: "Actually I just want something to eat. I'm really hungry. I haven't left my stand since breakfast. I don't plan on leaving the stand either. There are a lot of ponies who want a creature as their pet. I would really like a hayburger and some fries. Extra crispy. Could you give me lunch and I'll give you this phoenix egg. It looks like it's about to hatch."

Avery: "We're on it sir."

Raveon: "Yeah. We can definitely do that."

Jasper: "I'll stay here. Just in case somepony wants the phoenix egg too."

Avery: "Good luck."

Raveon: "Let's go."

So the ponies headed straight to the food stand as quick as they could until finally they got to the stand.

Raveon: "Sir. Could we have a hayburger and some fries so we can give to a pony who is selling pets so we can get a phoenix egg to give to a lonely lamp salespony so he can trade us a Discord lamp to trade it for a book to trade it for a vase so we can trade it for some gems so we can trade it to get my friend's stuff back from the Diamond Dogs? And could we hurry it up before the sun sets?"

Chef: "I would love to, but as you can see, I have a very long line."

The ponies looked at where he was pointing and their mouths were wide open. There was a line so long that it reached all the way to the comic book stand.

Avery: "Yipes!"

Raveon: "Aw. What the hell?!"

Chef: "I'm gonna be stuck for a while."

Raveon and Avery thought long and hard about what to do next. Then Raveon had an idea. He whispered it into Avery's ears and then she smiled. They whispered the idea to the chef and he agreed completely. Raveon and Avery quickly got in the kitchen. Raveon used his horn to make the food and Avery gave him the orders to what they want. Raveon made the first hayburger and fries then he gave it to Avery.

Avery: "Next."

One pony ordered a smoothie and some fries.

Avery: "Next."

Another pony ordered 2 hayburgers.

Avery: "Next."

And so on and so on, they did more orders than you can count. And then suddenly they were at the last pony in line. And they did his order successfully. And after he left the cash register was full and so was the tip jar.

Chef: "Oh thank you so much! I hadn't made this much money since our grand opening."

Raveon: "No problem. It was a team effort. Right Avery?"

Avery: "Yep."

Chef: "Here you go. Hayburger and fries. Extra crispy."

Raveon: "Thanks."

Avery: "Here are some bits."

Chef: "No no no no. Keep your money. After what you did for me, it's on the house."

Avery: "Thank you very much sir! Isn't that great Raveon?"

Raveon: "Now we can get that phoenix egg."

Raveon and Avery hurry to where Jasper is. When Jasper saw that they got the food, they gave it to the Creature Salespony. Then he gave them the phoenix egg while eating his fries. They headed to the Lamp stand and gave the salespony the phoenix egg. He was so happy. And when he got it, a baby phoenix is born. The salespony hugged the baby phoenix and then gave Jasper the Discord lamp. They headed for the book stand and gave the pony the Discord lamp. She gave them a Daring Do book. The one that has a picture of Daring Do and Rainbow Dash. Zig and zag, the ponies headed around giving the ponies what they want until finally, they got to the Vase salespony.

Vase Salespony: "Here you go! One crystal vase. I'm gonna start reading now."

Jasper: "Finally. We can get my stuff back."

Avery: "Let's go!"

Raveon: "Be careful with that vase Avery. We give him that vase, we get the gems."

Avery: "I'll be careful. I can't be that klutzy!"

Raveon: (laughs softly) "She has no idea."

Avery see the Gem salespony in sight. Then she carefully walks quickly to the stand and then from out of nowhere, Avery tripped on what look like a light brown foot. As she fell, so did the vase. The vase fell to the ground into a bunch of pieces. Raveon and Jasper were shocked they were so close.

Avery: "Guys…I'm so sorry."

Jasper: "Guys look!"

Raveon and Avery looked up at the sky. The sun was almost done setting. They got exactly 2 minutes left!

Avery: "We're not gonna make it…" (starting to cry) "I'm sorry Raveon…You told me to be careful and I didn't. I blew it…"

Raveon didn't know what to say. Then all of a sudden he heard snickering coming from the bushes from where Avery fell. His eyes start to glow green with anger. He walked toward the bush and then suddenly he activated another one of his abilities. He saw Avery coming quickly to the gem stand with the vase. And then he saw a foot sticking out of the bushes and then he saw Avery trip on that foot and breaking the vase. After he finished seeing what really happened, he got even more angrier.

Jasper: "Are you okay Raveon?"

As Raveon turned around with glowing green eyes looking mad as hell, Jasper backed away slowly. Raveon walked toward Avery who was still crying over the broken pieces. He nudge Avery a little to get her to stop crying.

Avery: "You must really hate me now. You must really be angry with me."

Raveon: "Nothing you can do can make me angry at you. Nothing." (nudges her nose)

Avery: "But but I broke the vase." (blushing)

Raveon: "You did. But someone made you do it."

Jasper: "How could you tell?"

Raveon: "One of my abilities."

Jasper: "Your horn?"

Raveon: "The truth is Jasper, I'm from a different place. But I'll explain that later. Right now we have to fix this vase. How much time we got?"

Avery: "55 seconds."

Raveon: "I think I know a spell for this."

After Raveon fixes the vase, the ponies headed straight to the gem stand. Will they make it in time? Find out in Chapter 24.