~ {Elusive POV} ~
I was just in my bed, having a nice dream. "Oh... Are those sweet... carrot... pancakes I smell? [gasp] Mmm, how divine, num num num num. The aroma... spiced warm apple cider. [sniff] Ahh, and, the smell of... smoke..." I say as I continue to dream, but then I wake up in a hurry because of the smoke.
"smoke? Smoke?! SMOO— AAH!" In a hurry, I tried to get out of my bed. However, I end up taking the blanket with me and tumbling down the stairs.
I lift up my sleep mask to see my little brother, Silver Bell. "Elusive! Rrgh, you ruined the surprise! I was gonna serve you breakfast in bed!" Silver Bell says as he is frustrated that his surprise is ruined I sigh and shake my head at my little brother's behavior.
I snap my sleep mask off my head and I walk over towards my little anger written all over my face. Just as I was about to yell at my little brother a voice came from behind me. "Well! G'mornin', Elusive!" A stallion's voice comes from by startling me.
"Father! Mother!" I say complete shock to see my parents in my kitchen. "I'll have you know that Silver Bell here cooked this yummy lookin' breakfast all on his own." My father says, as he noogies, my little brother's head.
I look at the burnt breakfast at the table. "I... figured." I say as I sniff the glass that's on the table. "I didn't know you could burn juice." I say with a smile on my face, trying to be polite. "I've been giving her lessons. I wouldn't be surprised if he's got a cutie mark in fancy cooking by the time we get back from our vacation." Mother says and the news shocks me.
"Vacation? Is that this week? As in 'starting this very instant' this week?!" I say slightly freaking out, then my brother brings a bowl onto the table. "Uurh. Let me guess: apple sauce?" I guess. "Nope. Toast!" Silver Bell corrects me making me look at the supposed toast. With a confused look on my face, 'How do you mess up toast that bad?' I think to myself.
"We're gonna have the bestest time two brothers could ever have! I'm gonna go grab my stuff from Dad's wagon." Silver Bell says as he goes to grabs his stuff from Dad's wagon.
I turned to my parents and ask. "So, now, when you say 'a week'... is that, um, seven whole days?" I asked my parents nervously. "And six nights, I know! Such a short time to spend with your little bro." Mom says to me. "You gonna eat that?" Dad asks me and I pushed the burnt food towards him and he takes the plate.
"But I've got such a long to-do list. Oh well, I suppose 'spend time with your brother' will just have to be added to the list." I say trying to keep my cool, then I hear a loud crash. I look towards the sound of the crash, and I see my little brother surrounded by luggage. "Just a few necessities." Silver Bell says to me and I look at my parents with a nervous grin.
After a while, my parents got picked up with a taxi, and they had left. "Now, let's get that kitchen all cleaned up." I say as I walk back into my kitchen. "Cleaned up? But we haven't even eaten yet." Silver Bell says to me.
"Well now, Silver Bell, I appreciate the gesture, but we simply can't eat this breakfast; it's burnt." I say, as I look at the pile of burnt food on my table. "It's not that burnt." Silver Bell says trying to defend the food that he made.
"Never fear, my dear, I'll get a proper breakfast going." I hum as I start getting things ready for breakfast. "Can I help?" Silver Bell asks me. "Oh, er, of course, er, in one moment, Silver Bell. Let me just get things started." I say as I continue to get things ready for breakfast, I take out. several bowls. I clean up the mess that he had made. and I had almost completely finished breakfast.
"Elusive! I thought you said I was gonna help!" Silver Bell says, as he realized, I was almost done. "You are! You... can... put the garnish on the plates." I say as I show him the garnish that he gets to put on the plate. "You mean this parsley?" He asks me and he picks up the parsley and brings it over to the plates on the table.
"Okay, now, easy! It has to be just right! No need to rush. No! That's too slow. Careful! Back up! Looking for perfection here..." I try to guide him but he ends up knocking over my table and knocking everything off. And the eggs flying in the air, landing on the plate on the ground and the parsley landing perfectly on the eggs. "Not... bad." I compliment as I see how it looks.
After breakfast, I clean up my entire kitchen, making sure everything sparkles and shines. I look at the clock to see that I have some things that I need to do at this time. "There are some things I must attend to." I say and I levitate the towels over to my brother. "Can you take the dirty towels to the laundry room?" I asked him and I gave him the towels when he lifted his legs in the air.
"No problem, I'll make myself useful!" Silver Bell says as he goes into my laundry room. A little while later, I see Silver Bell hang up my laundry onto the clothesline outside.
"Silver Bell!" I say as I see all the stuff on the clothesline, especially something that should not be out in the sun. "I told you I'd make myself useful. Surprised?" Silver Bell asks me, as finishes put hanging up my laundry.
"Am I? You washed my incredibly expensive one-of-a-kind designer crocheted wool sweater! Do you know how hard these things are to come by?" I say to him, as I see that my sweater is wet and on the clothesline. "What's the big deal?" Silver Bell asks me not seeing the big deal. "The big deal is that in the heat of the sun, wool... shrinks." I say as my one of a kind sweater shrinks in front of me and my brother.
"Oh. Sorry." Silver Bell apologizes to me. "Nng... Well. Back to work. I must create!" I say as I try not to explode on my little brother. Just as I was going to leave, I step into the bucket of water that Silver Bell had used to wash my laundry. "Sorry?" Silver Bell says, as it sounds more like a question than actual apology. "Huh. Stay out of trouble, okay? Please?" I say to my little brother and he mumbles something, then pushes the water basket to another location.
~ {Elusive POV Over} ~
~ {Silver Bell POV} ~
I sit inside my brother's store room, bored out of my mind, drawing circles onto the floor. "Raargh, I'm so bored! When is Elusive gonna finish his work?" I ask completely bored.
'Stay out of trouble, okay?' I hear elusive say to me in my mind. "I never got in trouble for drawing." I say as I start drawing on a piece of paper with a blue crayon. "Hmm. This needs something..." I say as I look at my drawing and then I see blue sparkles out of the corner of my eye and then I see a box full of blue gems then I get an idea.
As Elusive was coming over I show him the drawing I made for him. "Hi, Elusive! I made a special drawing for y—" I get cut off by my brother scream as he sees my drawing. "Oh no! Did you use these gems?!" He asks me, as he shows me the empty box that held the gems that I used.
"Well, yes, but I know you have more in your work room—" I say, and then he cuts me off again. "But, but these are extremely rare baby blue sapphires! I need them for an outfit for an extremely important client!" Elusive tells me. "Oh. Sorry." I apologize to him I didn't know that those gems were important.
"[sigh] Silver Bell, what am I going to do with you?" Elusive says, making me perk up. "Oh! We could paint together, we could ride bikes, play chess, sing a song, catch frogs, pillow fight—" I list off activities that we could do together, but he cuts me off again. "That's not what I meant!" Elusive says, as he sounds, kind of angry.
"Oh." I say kind of disappointed that I'm not able to spend time with my Big Brother. "Now I have to go and find some more of these gems!" Elusive says as he goes out to find more gems. "I'll go with you and help!" I offer to help him.
"No!" Elusive shout at me making my ears fold back he realizes what he said, and then backtracks. "No thank you. You can help by picking up these papers and stacking them, neatly. Put the pens and pencils back exactly where you found them, and please find something to do that doesn't create a large mess for me to clean up!" Elusive says as he leaves slamming the door shut behind him.
"Geez Louise, can't I do anything right?" I say, and then I go back to his work room and I see how messy it is, and I get an idea.
I hear the front door open and then Elusive's voice. "Silver Bell! I'm back! Silver Bell?" I hear Elusive call for me. And then I hear him gasp. "Surprise!" I say, as I jump out from behind one of the cloth piles that I had stacked up.
"My— ee— bleh— My inspiration room! What did you do? What did you do?!" Elusive asks me as he sees what I had done to his room. "When I saw the big mess in your room, I thought I'd clean it up for you." I say as I hoped that my Big Brother would be happy.
"This wasn't a mess! It was organized chaos! I was just about finished planning my new fashion line, and, and you, you, you went and, and you— and you put everything away!" Elusive says, as he puts his hoof to his head, facing away from me,
"But every time I make a mess, you get upset!" I say not really understanding why he was so upset that I cleaned up his mess. "But this was my mess in my house! And now I have to start from scratch!" Elusive says as he looked angry at what I did.
"But, I thought it would make you happy!" I say as I was just trying to help. "Happy?! Happy?! I—" Elusive looks angrily at me and turns away and then calms down. "I just need some time alone." Elusive says to me and I go and leave.
I walk around Ponyville and then I come across a flyer that my friend Apple Buck is holding. "How's the sleepover at Elusive's goin'?" Apple Buck asks me after he puts down the flyer. "Why, it's smashing!" I say mimicking my older brother and walking away like him and then frowning.
"Huh?" Apple Buck says confused at my change in mood. "I just wish we could do something special together that didn't include me goofing anything up." I say as I walk over to the fountain and sitting on the edge.
"The Brotherhooves Social! AppleJack an' I do it every year! You an' Elusive can compete against other brother teams in all these neat events!" Apple Buck says as he shows me the flyer for the social. "That sounds like the perfect way for us to hang out! Elusive will think it's an excellent idea." I say to Apple Buck as I grab one of the Flyers and take it back to Elusive.
I smile and show Elusive the flyer for the Brotherhooves Social. "What a ridiculous idea. A contest at Sweet Apple Acres? It doesn't sound... very... clean." Elusive says as he tries to get back to work.
"So, what, now you're back to hating messes?" I ask my brother as now he suddenly hates messes. "Silver Bell, watch your tone! I am still your big brother." Elusive scolds me, but I am too upset to listen to him.
"Right! And any brother who cares about his brother goes!" I argue back to him wanting to do this with him. "Silver Bell...! Honestly! Playing silly little games in the dirt is just... uncouth! With or without a brother." Elusive says as he is adamant on not wanting to do this.
"Well then! Maybe, maybe I'll try the Brotherhooves Social without a brother! In fact, I think I'll try the rest of my life without a brother!" I say angrily at my brother. "[gasp] Oh, I'm the one who's ruining your life?! Really?! Have you looked around this place? I'm the one who'd be better off with no brother!" Elusive says to me angrily.
"Well it looks like we finally agree on something! Neither of us needs a brother!" I say to my brother, as we glare at each other's faces. "Deal!" Elusive says as glares at me. "Deal! Goodbye, un- brother!" I say, and I leave my now not brothers room.
I'm over at Sweet Apple Acres, watching the apples doing their chores and I tell AppleJack what Elusive had said about the Brotherhooves Social.
"'Uncouth'? He said the Brotherhooves Social was 'uncouth'?" AppleJack asks me as he carries a hay bail over to a spot and places it down. Apple Buck pops out of an apple barrel as he is seen eating one. "Yeah! Uncouth? [belch] Wait. What's uncouth?" Apple Buck says as he has a mouthful of apple in his mouth.
"It's not just the Social. He thinks I'm uncouth." I say to AppleJack as I am saddened by this. "Honey, Elusive thinks everything's uncouth." AppleJack tells me, as he looks at me with concern in his eyes.
Apple Buck comes up next to AppleJack with his mouth full. "What's uncouth?" Apple Buck says with his mouthful. "It means uncivil. Y'know, bad mannered?" AppleJack explains to Apple Buck And then Apple Buck let out a belch. "Exactly. Silver Bell, just give Elusive some time. He'll come around. Brothers always do." AppleJack tries to reassure me, but I know that it's not accurate.
"Not brothers like Elusive." I say sadly. "Come on, now. Apple Buck and I got some chores to finish up on. Maybe you can help!" AppleJack offers help him and Apple Buck. "You sure you want me to help? I just mess everything up!" I say, knowing that I'm just going to mess up.
"Oh, come on, that's just stinkin' thinkin'. Watch!" AppleJack says as he and Apple Buck start with their chore.
I see AppleJack pick up an apple. And throw it towards the bucket where Apple Buck is. Apple Buck picks up the bucket on his head and he catches the apple that his brother had tossed. "Good catch there, Apple Buck! Whoo!" AppleJack compliments his brother and he continues to throw apples into the bucket while Apple Buck continues to catch them. Both of them are laughing, having a good time with each other which makes me confused.
"This is a chore?" I ask as I see this not being much of a chore. "Since we can't sell the bruised apples, we gotta collect them all for the pigs to eat." AppleJack explains to me. "It's a lot of work, so we make a game of it. Wanna try?" Apple Buck offers me to try.
"Um, okay." I say unsure Then AppleJack takes a bruised apple over to me. But I do not react fast enough and the apple manages to hit me on the head, getting pierced by my horn. "Ow! You're right, it is hard work." I say as I rub my head from the pain the apple gave me
"That's why we do it..." Apple Buck starts. "Together!" AppleJack and Apple Buck say together. "Huh, Elusive never wants to do chores together." I say as I huff upset.
~ {Silver Bell POV Over for a bit} ~
~ {Elusive POV} ~
I pace around my job, upset at what my Silver Bell had done to my workshop. "Ugh, all that work ruined, thanks to Silver Bell." I say as I go to fix what he had done. "Oh my. It's usually a big mess in here. [gasp] Id-ee-a!" I say as I get an idea on my next fashion line.
I use my magic to, grab materials. And I start creating my next fashion line. "This is genius! I shall call it 'full spectrum fashions'! If Silver Bell hadn't—" I stopped myself and clear my throat remembering that I am still upset with him.
"Well, no matter. He still shouldn't have touched my things without permission. Hm!" I say, as I still try to be upset with my former brother. And I take my new fashion line to get it cleaned up.
~ {Elusive POV Over} ~
~ {Silver Bell POV} ~
I see AppleJack place grapes into a large bucket with a stand and a spout. "Apple Buck! You're up!" AppleJack says to Apple Buck and go. and he goes over to be large jumps in and starts the smashing the grapes.
AppleJack turns on the spout and fills up the jar that was underneath it. "You're... making... grape juice? Elusive would call the fashion police on me if I got grape juice anywhere near his precious outfits." I say, as I just look around.
"Well, that's silly!" Apple Buck says as he goes back to smashing grapes. However, when he jumps back into the grapes, a large splash of grape mush covers AppleJack. "Apple Buck..." AppleJack seemingly angry at Apple Buck.
"Please, AppleJack, he didn't mean—" I try to calm AppleJack down, but he runs over to where Apple Buck is and jumps into the grape mush and tackles Apple Buck. "Whoa!" Apple Buck says and he starts laughing.
"How d'you like them grapes, y'little whippersnapper!" AppleJack says as he noggies Apple Buck's head making Apple Buck laugh. "That tickles!" Apple Buck says as he continues laughing at what his older brother is doing to him.
~ {Silver Bell POV Over for a bit} ~
~ {Elusive POV} ~
"Now to get these fabrics washed for my fabulous new line." I say as I carry my into my laundry room to get them cleaned. But then I see the disaster that happened earlier today.
"Ooh, my favorite sweater... I just can't believe that Silver Bell." I say, and then I accidentally step on my cat's tail making him yowl. I look at Alex and then I get an idea. I take my ruined sweater and put it on him.
"Oh, Alex-walex! It's as if Silver Bell knew the sweater was perfect for you." I say, as I coo over how perfect the sweater looks on Alex but then I realized I'm supposed to be mad at him.
"And Silver Bell should consider himself perfectly lucky that this thoughtless mishap turned out all right. Hm." I say, still trying to be angry at Silver Bell.
~ {Elusive POV Over} ~
~ {Silver Bell POV} ~
I watch AppleJack and Applebuck corral some sheep into a pen. "Apple Buck!" AppleJack calls his younger brother. "Got it, bro!" Apple Buck says and he bumps a sheep back into the herd.
"Wow. It's as if they were just one pony." I say as I watch them get the sheep into the pen. "Yee-haw!" They both say as they high hoof. "Way to corral some critters, bro!" AppleJack complements Apple Buck.
You coulda just a-a-a-asked." I hear one of the sheep say and then AppleJack shuts the pen gate with his back hoof slamming it shut. "Elusive never high-hoofs me." I say as I watch Apple Buck and AppleJack leave with smiles on their faces.
~ {Silver Bell POV Over} ~
~ {Elusive POV} ~
"Perfect! Just one more, and this ensemble is fini!" I say, and I go back to the chest to grab one final gem for my outfit. "Rrgh, Silver Bell! Where's his silly little arts and crafts project?" I say as I go to find the arts and crafts project that he used the gems that I needed for.
I see the arts and crafts project that he made for me. And I see a drawing of me and him surrounded a big heart made Blue gems that he had used earlier. The sight of this drawing makes tears come to my eye the longer I stare at it.
"Oh, Silver Bell! My one and only brother! What have I done? All the time I could have spent with you was wasted complaining and wishing you were gone!" I say, as I start getting ready to cry. "Woe is me!" I say crying dramatically, but then quickly stop myself.
"No! I must get him back! I must! As Solaris is my witness, I shall never be brotherless again!" I declare and I get ready to look for my brother.
I search high and low, all over Ponyville, until it gets dark out. And then I head over to Sweet Apple Acres to see my brother, Silver Bell, roasting marshmallow with Apple Buck and AppleJack.
I gasp happily at the sight of my brother and I head towards him. "Silver Bell! Oh, I have been galloping all over looking for you. I—" I say to him, but he turns his head away from me, shocking me and AppleJack and AppleBuck look worried at this.
"Oh hello, un-brother. What are you doing here? Better be careful, you might get some dust on you." Silver Bell says, quite angrily at me. "Oh, Silver Bell, I want to apologize. I am not better off without a brother." I say trying to apologize to Silver Bell.
"I'm not better off without a brother either. Spending the day with AppleJack and Apple Buck made me realize that." Silver Bell says, and his words me feel hopeful.
"Oh, Silver, you don't know how happy I am to hear—" I say happily that my brother forgives me, I reached out to try to hug my younger brother, but he pushes my hoof away. "And that's why I'm adopting AppleJack as my big brother!" Silver Bell says making all of us shocked.
"What?!" I shrieked at my younger brother's words that he chooses someone else to be his Big Brother instead of me. Silver Bell rushes over and hugs AppleJack's front leg. "What?!" AppleJack said just as shocked as me. "What?!" Apple Buck also shouts seeing his best friend hug his older brother's leg.
"A brother is someone who loves and takes care of another brother. AppleJack's a real brother." Silver Bell says, and I glare at Applejack for him taking my little brother.
AppleJack chuckles nervously at my glare. "H-Hold on, Silver Bell. Don't get ahead of yourself here." AppleJack says to Silver Bell and he pushes him away.
"Besides, he's my big brother!" Apple Buck says as he zips over to the other side of AppleJack and holds his hind leg. Silver Bell and Apple Buck both tug on AppleJack's legs. "Yeah, um—" AppleJack says nervously.
"Or maybe he should be your brother, so he could teach you what a good brother is supposed to be!" Silver Bell says to me. "Heh, um, actually, I—" AppleJack stammers nervously at this situation.
"But I don't need lessons on being a good brother, I-I promise! Listen! I'll show you how to cook my favorite quiche! Or, or, I'll show you the proper way to beautify your mane. Won't that be fun? Hm?" I say to Silver Bell offering him to do some activities with me.
"Hm! You want me to go home with you, so we can do what you wanna do?" Silver Bell says to me with a glare on his face. "Uh... yes?" I say with a nervous smile on my face. "Just forget it!" Silver Bell says to me and he walks away from me, upset.
"We're still brothers, right?" I hear Apple Buck ask AppleJack, and he nods his head to his little brother making him happy and he follows Silver Bell.
"Well, that apology went swimmingly. Applejack, why do you have to be so good and make me look so bad?" I say to AppleJack making him chuckle. I look at him confused at why he is laughing.
"Oh Elusive, once again you're thinkin' about yourself. Bein' brothers is a give and take. You've been doin' a whole lotta takin', but you haven't been doin' a whole lotta givin'." AppleJack says to me making me scoff.
"But of course I give. I give lessons. Reasonable demands." I say to AppleJack defending myself. "But ya never give in. Bein' brothers is like... apple pie. You can have amazin' apples, and you can have a wonderfully crispy crust, but only together you can have a perfect apple pie." AppleJack says to me, giving me an analogy.
"But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess... [gasp] I know what I need to do! I just hope it isn't too late!" I say, as I came up with an idea on how to get my little brother back.
~ {Elusive POV Over} ~
It is the day of the Brotherhooves Social We see brother pairs all over the event. Each performing different contests with their brother. "Well, I guess it's a good thing Elusive isn't here. Do I see 'uncouth' written all over this contest?" Silver Bell says as he disses his brother Making AppleJack and Apple Buck look at each other worriedly.
"Look at the size of that pig!" Apple Buck says, as he and the others rush over to the pig pens to see a couple of pigs with some blue ribbons on them. "He sure is a cutie." AppleJack says looking at the pigs with his brother.
"That's the last word Elusive would use." Silver Bell says. And then he starts mocking Elusive. "Oh my, what a repulsive monstrosity! This thing needs a head to toe makeover!" Silver says as he mocks Elusive making the Apple brothers look at each other worriedly.
And the ponies hear a fanfare signaling it is time for the race. "It's almost time!" AppleJack says, and he and Apple Buck head over to where the race is going to be. "Well, you two have fun. Sure wish I had a brother to run the race with. Huh?" Silver Bell says in confusion as a handkerchief and AppleJack's hat was put on him.
"You do now!" Apple Buck says to Silver Bell. "A.B. and I figured since we do this every year..." AppleJack starts. "I'd let you borrow my bro so you can give it a try!" Apple Buck says to Silver Bell. "Brother for a day." AppleJack says to Silver Bell.
"No way!" Silver Bell says excited to be able to do the race with a brother. "One. Day." Apple Buck says as he gets into Silver Bell's face being stern about only having AppleJack for one day.
Silver Bell zips over to give AppleJack a hug excited to be able to participate in the race. "One. Day." Applebuck says to Silver Bell as seriously as he can because he does not want to share his brother. Then we hear feedback squeals and we hear Granny Smith on a megaphone.
"Is this thing on?" Granny Smith says as her voice echoes throughout the contests. "I don't think this thing is on." Granny Smith says to Macareina as she looks at the megaphone. "Hello!" Granny Smith says again to the wrong side of the megaphone.
Macareina whispers in her ear and Granny Smith know what she needs to do now. "What is the— e— oh. You have to say so. Confangled modern doohickeys." Granny Smith says and she gets the megaphone facing the right way.
"Now, the event you've all been waiting fer! The Brother Soci— The Socialhooves— Oh, dabnabbit, you know, the big race! We have five teams this year fer the event! So y'all head on up to the finish line, y'hear?" Granny Smith says and then Macareina whispers into her ear again. "Eh?" She says to Macareina. "The start line!" Granny Smith announces again through the megaphone. "That's what I said." Granny Smith said to Macareina again and everypony got ready to go to the starry line to start the race.
"That's us." Silver Bell says, as he is excited to run the race with AppleJack. As he and AppleJack are at the starting line with four other brother teams. "One. Day. Good luck!" Apple Buck as he repeats only wanting to share his brother one day and whishing them good luck.
"And may the best brothers win! On your marks... get set... Gooooo!" Granny Smith says as she starts the race. The four other brother teams jumped across the mud pit except for Silver Bell, who bounced on top of it And AppleJack, who fell into it with a yelp. "You okay, AppleJack?" Silver Bell asks 'AppleJack' who gives a nod to Silver Bell.
The next obstacle was barrels that you had to step in to one hoof at a time one of the brother tripped over the barrel and knocked it over the edge of the race course, and next to the stands. 'AppleJack' manages to step one foot into each hole, one at a time with perfect grace. And Silver Bell hops in each bucket and gets out perfectly fine.
The next obstacle of the race was 3 large boxes stacked on top of each other. Several brother teams. managed to get over it and 'AppleJack' gets on top of the boxes. "AppleJack, help!" Silver Bell asks 'AppleJack' for help. 'AppleJack' helps Silver bell and they get to the next part of the race.
It was an apple pie eating contest. 'AppleJack' and Silver Bell Flip their pies up in the air and swallow them in one gulp and they get on to the next part of the race.
'AppleJack' and Silver Bell push a large bale of hay across a line in the ground. 'AppleJack' and Silver Bell both run over to the next part of the race. Which was grape juice making.
'AppleJack' throws all of the grapes into their barrel for Silver Bell to stomp into grape juice. 'AppleJack' grabs the jar of grape juice on and heads to the next part. "You can do it, brother!" Silver Bell cheers for his 'brother'.
The next part of the race was catching apples in a basket. Silver Bell runs up a head to the basket and 'AppleJack' jumps on the opposite end of the bench were the apples were and launces them into the air. Silver Bell sees this and manages to grab his basket and catch every single apple that falls from the air and bumps one stray Apple into the basket.
'AppleJack' and Silver Bell run to the next part of the race which was carrying an egg into a basket to the other side without breaking it. The first brother team that were there balanced a egg on one of on each other's noses. However, their balance failed and the eggs splattered onto the ground.
With Silver Bell and 'AppleJack' they managed to carry one egg between their two noses and safely put it into the basket. 'AppleJack' And Silver Bell were hopping alongside each other going towards the finish line.
However, when they got close to the finish line, the other team behind them zoomed right past them, spinning them around. The crowd booed at this, and the two rushed towards the finish line, trying to get pass the other team. The four stallions jumped the hurdle that was in their way and headed towards the finish line.
When they were reaching the last hurdle, all four of the stallions jumped over and dust clouded over the field of view. 'AppleJack' and Silver Bell Looked around, hoping that they had won but the other team had gotten across the finish line first.
The crowd cheered for the Brothered the team that had won and carried them away. "Ooh, so close! You almost won!" Apple Buck says as he heads over to the two that had nearly won. "Thank you, AppleJack! You were amazing! I don't even care that we didn't win. This was so much fun!" Silver Bell says, and he jumps and hugs 'AppleJack' knocking off the hat and revealing a white unicorn horn.
"Huh?" Silver Bell says as he sees this he wipes the mud off of His flank revealing a familiar cutie mark. "Elusive?!" Silver Bell says, as he finally sees that it wasn't AppleJack, he was racing with. But it was his own brother, Elusive.
Elusive shakes off all of the mud that was on his body to reveal himself to his brother. "Wait, where's AppleJack?" Silver Bell says, and then AppleJack pops his head out of the mud pit taking a deep breath in finally getting some air after being in the mud pit. For who knows how long.
"I don't get it." Silver Bell says confused. "We switched places over at the very first mudhole." AppleJack says to Silver Bell and he shakes the mud off his body. "So, we did the whole competition... together?" Silver Bell asks his older brother. "That we did, little brother. Well, except for the start line." Elusive says as he clarifies what he did for the race.
"But you finished together!" Apple Buck says to Silver Bell. "You mean... you were all in on it?" Silver Bell asks the three that were in on the plan. "Mm-hmm." Elusive, AppleJack and Apple Buck all hum in agreement. "You did this for me?" Silver Bell asks his brother. "Us. I did it for us. You see? We are apple pie!" Elusive says to Silver Bell as he uses AppleJack's analogy.
"Huh?" Silver Bell says, and he looks at his brother in confusion. "Uh, I'll explain later. For now, I think we deserve a celebration!" Elusive says, as he wants to celebrate their almost victory and the sibling bond that they had rekindled. "Yeah!" Silver Bell, AppleJack and Apple Buck all say in agreement.
"Where?" Silver Bell asks his brother. "The spa, of course." Elusive says and this makes Silver Bell, AppleJack and Apple Buck burst out laughing. "Oh, Elusive." Silver Bell says to his brother, as they all laugh. "No, I-I-I'm serious." Elusive says to his laughing friends not certain why they are laughing.
After their spa treatment Elusive and Silver Bell are back at Elusive's house with Barbara, who is writing there friendship report. "Very well then, what should we write to the Prince?" Elusive asks Silver Bell. "I'll start." Silver Bell says, as he offers to start the letter.
'Having a brother is just about the bestest thing in the world. But it sure isn't the easiest.'
Silver Bell says as he starts the letter.
I agree that being brothers is a wonderful thing, but it takes teamwork. Sometimes it's about compromising. Sometimes it's about accepting each others' differences. But mostly, it's about having fun together. Even if it means getting your hooves a little bit dirty.
Elusive says as he at his part to the letter.
"A lot dirty." Silver Bell says to as that what he wants to put down.
"A little bit dirty." Elusive says as that what he wants to put down.
"A lot dirty!" Silver Bell yells at Elusive as that what he wants to put down.
"A little bit dirty!" Elusive yells at Silver Bell as that what he wants to put down.
"A lo—" Silver Bell was about to yell but then gets interrupted by Barbara.
"Hold it, hold it! How about "a medium amount of dirty, not too little, not too much, just right"?" Barbara offers the two brothers. "Deal!" Silver Bell and Elusive accept Barbara's input and hug each other smiling.
