Friendship Endures
One summer day, a few days after the start of the summer festival, Cadance was by herself for the moment. "Today is a nice day," Cadance thought to herself, "It sure is a nice quiet day." "Hello, Cadance!" two voice called. They were familiar to Cadance.
She turned and saw two familiar ponies. Both Tamaron and Starshine approached Cadance with smiles. "How are you doing today?" Tamaron asked Cadance. "I'm doing fine, Tamaron," Cadance smiled, "Starshine, nice to see you, too!" "Yes," Starshine answered, "We've only met for a short period of time! Now I want to hang out with you more than just that!"
"Ok," Tamaron chuckled, "Don't get too carried away." "It's all right now," smiled Cadance, "You can hang out with me today." "Really?" Starshine asked excitedly. "Of course she said so!" Tamaron chuckled with a smile in her voice. "Come on!" Cadance said out loud, "Let's find something to do together!" So the three ponies did so. They went to a cove in the nearby mountains.
First they moved a large rock that was blocking their way. Cadance and Starshine used their magic to lift the rock out of the way. "Good work!" Tamaron called out, "You know what to do." But the she noticed something. So did Cadance and Tamaron. Right in front of them was a Pegasus pony. He was sitting in the cove all by himself.
Right above them was an old mining crane. It is completely rusty and it looked like no pony has ever touched it in a hundred years. But neither of the ponies noticed it, they only noticed the Pegasus pony. "Hello," Cadance said to the Pegasus pony, "What are you doing here?" "Oh, I was just thinking," the Pegasus pony answered. "Oh," Tamaron said, "In here? An odd place to be thinking."
"I know," the Pegasus pony said, "My name is Osaka, by the way. What's your name?" "Cadance." "Tamaron." "Starshine." The three ponies introduced themselves to Osaka. "Nice to meet you too, Osaka," Starshine said.
"I was just thinking," Osaka said, "About trying to make some friends for once in my life." "Why here?" Starshine asked. "Because it's a nice quiet place to think," Osaka answered. "Weird," Tamaron thought. Then there was a weak creaking sound. Everypony looked up.
It was the rusty old mining crane. It began to topple over, right onto Cadance and Starshine. "Look out!" Tamaron shouted at the top of her voice. Luckily, she kicked Cadance and Starshine out of the way, only for her to get trapped by the old crane as it crashed to the ground.
Everypony was surprised about what just happened. "I'd never seen that there!" Osaka shouted. "Tamaron is now trapped!" Cadance shouted. "I'd never imagine this as part of the fun," Tamaron said from underneath the rusted wreck.
"Hold on!" Cadance said, coming up with an idea, "We can lift it with our magic!" "Yeah, me too!" Starshine agree, "After all, we are unicorns!" "Go for it!" Osaka shouted. So Cadance and Starshine lifted the wrecked crane off of Tamaron.
Luckily, she wasn't hurt. "Tamaron!" Cadance and Starshine said together as they placed the wrecked crane aside. "No injury,' Tamaron answered. Starshine can guess that the old crane had fallen because of the vibration from when she and Cadance lifted the big rock out of the way.
"So," Tamaron said to Osaka, "Do you want to be friends with us?" Osaka though about it for a moment. "Yes, of course!" he answered with a smile. Cadance, Starshine and Tamaron were happy for Osaka.
Soon, Cadance, Tamaron, Starshine and Osaka were leaving the cove. Osaka then went home, happy to have made new friends for once in his life. However, throughout the whole time, neither Cadance, nor Tamaron, nor Starshine asked Osaka why he'd never flown at all even though he is a Pegasus pony.