Hey everycreature! What's up!?

So I guess that last short story here was just a matter of it being a sensitive topic, hence why it didn't get as many reviews as I hoped, but that doesn't stop me from taking elements from that story to future ones here!

But for now, lets just continue on with this one!

Community Service Part 2

"Do you all have a feeling this was planned for some reason we don't know about?" Sandbar spoke.

"Well Counselor Starlight mentioned the mayor's assistant, which is my brother and we're being sent, so I'm pretty sure this was planned." Rose answered.

"Well, anything to get out of the classroom." Gallus returned.

The seven continued on their way until town hall was in view, Mayor Mare waiting outside for her temporary assistants, smiling as she saw all the help she was going to get.

"Welcome, you all must be my new assistants for a few days." Mayor Mare said.

"Yes mayor and we're glad to be here." Ocellus replied.

"Well, lets go inside and I'll get you all started." Mayor Mare opening the door and letting the seven friends enter. "I'm so glad Princess Twilight sent you all, she tells me you're all good students and good friends with each other."

"Yeah, we try." Smolder smirked as the mayor led them to the room they were going to be working in, which was of course Pen's office.

"Sis?" Pen said as the little filly and the other six friends entered behind the mayor. "What's going on here?"

"Pen, these seven are going to be my temporary assistants while you rest up." Mayor Mare revealed. "And don't worry, it's a paid vocation."

"Are you sure mayor?" Pen asked.

Rose wasn't planning on this, but she had always known her brother to be a busy pony, she never said anything because she felt so little and she didn't want to offend her big brother. However since the mayor was now bringing it up and she had the comfort of her friends, she felt it was time to say it.

"Big brother, maybe you should listen to the mayor." Rose spoke up, which Mayor Mare was hoping for. "Don't worry, with all seven of us we can get your work done much faster and you can rest up, get some sleep."

"Well, I am getting paid still and I guess I can find comfort knowing my little sister and her friends will be taking care of things…" Pen thought about it before turning to the mayor. "Okay mayor, I'll take a rest."

"Excellent and I look froward to when you come back well rested and bright eyed." Mayor Mare replied.

"See you at home little sis." Pen kissed Rose's forehead before leaving his office.

"Now, on to your assignments for your community service." Mayor Mare now speaking to the seven friends. "I need two of you at Pen's desk handling paperwork."

"I got it." Rose was the first one to offer.

"Me too." Ocellus was the next.

"Good, now I need two of you to check with the pegasus ponies on the weather." Mayor Mare next said.

"I'll take that." Gallus offered.

"I'll go with him." Smolder said right after.

"Excellent, I'm going to need two more to check on the current building projects in town." Mayor Mare next said.

"Count me in on that." Sandbar offered.

"Yona go too." Yona next said.

"Wonderful and lastly that leaves… Silverstream is it?" Mayor Mare asked the hippogriff.

"Yes mayor." Silverstream smiling.

"I need you at the desk by the front entrance, to greet anypony who comes in and has any problems that require my attention." Mayor Mare finished.

"On it mayor." Silverstream saluting.

"I'll make sure to let those who you're going to know you're coming, if you'll excuse me I'll be in my office and have fun." Mayor Mare said to the seven of them before leaving for her office, shutting the door.

"Well, lets not stand around here everycreature, lets get to work." Rose said as the group of friends split off to do their service.

Gallus and Smolder flew up into the sky, flying towards the pegasus ponies who were responsible for the weather, while the two friends were flying through the air, Smolder started a conversation.

"So, how are thing going between you and Sandbar?" Smolder asked, with Gallus blushing as he felt a little embarrassed talking about him and the earth pony.

"It's going good, we're keeping things casual for now." Gallus answered quickly.

"Gallus come on, you don't have to act so shy about it, we all know how you two feel about each other, just embrace it." Smolder advised.

"I know… I guess I still feel a little weird about it, especially in front of all of you." Gallus replied.

"Well, one day you'll find comfortable and relaxed." Smolder said. "Just don't forget to invite all your friends when we're older and you two get married." Smolder teased, with Gallus blushing more.

"Oh look, I can see the weather team up ahead." Gallus pointing out the Pegasus ponies with his claw to avoid the continuing conversation, while Smolder just rolled her eyes and followed after the griffon who sped up ahead.

Meanwhile Sandbar and Yona, wearing hard hats, were at a construction site, listening to the progress of a house building from the site manager.

"So we should get done with the walls in less than a week and then start on the interior." The manager finished up his report as he noticed his workers putting down their tools and taking out their lunchboxes. "Now it looks like it's lunchtime, you youngsters hungry, I got some extra food for this purpose."

"That sounds wonderful, I was getting hungry listening to your report." Sandbar replied.

"Yona hungry as well." Yona agreed.

As the two friends sat down together, the manager brought over some food for the two to enjoy and after thanking the pony, the two friends ate their lunch.

"And I thought this community service thing was going to be boring." Sandbar commented as he took a bite from a sandwich.

"Yona agree, I wish we do this again sometime." Yona commented as well as she enjoyed her own lunch.

After they finished the lunch they were given, the two friends thanked the manager before heading off to the next construction site in town.

Back at town hall, Rose and Ocellus were at Pen's work desk, going through the many stacks of paperwork and well… It was a good thing these two had this job. Rose being Pen's sister and Ocellus being the most studious of the friends was a good combination for this kind of work. Currently the two friends just finished going over a list of new taxes being made, changing things to better suit the ponies' earnings.

"I wonder why my brother had to work so hard on this, this is easy, especially with a friend helping me." Rose said as she and Ocellus finished another sheet.

"You said it, I feel like I'll do something similar in the future back at the hive when I'm older." Ocellus agreed as she put the finished sheet the two friends worked on in the "Finished" pile.

"And I can't wait to let my brother know that his work is being taken care of very throughly." Rose said as she and Ocellus began work on the next item on the "Not Finished" pile.

Meanwhile Silverstream was at the front desk in town hall and while not as exciting as what her other friends were doing, she still enjoyed it, being too energetic and happy, which was good when ponies did come to get business done in town hall.

"Just go down that hall and take a right, then three doors down." Silverstream giving directions to a pony who came with her usual happy tone.

"Thank you miss." The pony thanked the young hippogriff as he followed Silverstream's directions.

"Best community service ever." Silverstream smiled as she sat back down and continued working on a crossword puzzle she was doing while waiting for other ponies to potentially come in.

By the time the sun was starting to set, it was time for evercreature to turn in for the day and rest up themselves for tomorrow's community service. The friends gathering at the town hall entrance to talk about their day and while they were talking, Mayor Mare came down to speak with the group of friends.

"Well I got to say I'm rather impressed, you all did a great job today and I can't wait to see you all tomorrow." Mayor Mare commented.

"Thank you mayor." All the friends said in unison.

"You're all welcome and Rose, when you come tomorrow, make sure to tell me how your brother is resting." Mayor Mare requested.

"Will do mayor." Rose replied.

And with that, the very confident friends went to their own rooms, Rose to her house and the rest to their dorms in the school to sleep for the night. All of them looked froward to the next day to continue their community service, eager to have some more fun. Little did they know that overconfidence was going to change that…

And now everything's going to start going downhill… Well at least one stallion's enjoying his paid vocation!

See everycreature later!