Chapter 22: The Dream Team Delight
At the Boardtrot, many ponies are by Sunny's Smoothie Stand all mumbling and chattering while Sunny holds up two heavy trays stacked with smoothies. Ah... Ah! Whoa!" Sunny cried out as she was losing her balance.
"Smoothies incoming!" Rufus called out as he and everypony else braced themselves for a smoothie spill, but it never came as Sunny got her balance.
"Whew!" Sunny said in relief as she turned to the crowd with a smile. "Don't worry! I got it! Here we go." She said as she then gave Seashell a smoothie.
Seashell smiled as she sip on her smoothie, but then she cringe in disgust. "Blegh! Does this have peanut butter in it?" She asked in shock as her friends drank theirs.
"I ordered strawberry!" Glory called out, since her smoothie isn't strawberry taste.
"Mine has chunks!" Peach Fizz cried out as she stuck her tongue out while still having chunks.
Sunny then began to panic from her mix up. "Oh, no! Okay, um, it has been pretty busy. But don't worry, I'll fix it. Give me one sec." She said with a nervous smile and nervous sweat as she went down and started moving her smoothie cups around.
"That's it! I'm outta here!" Rufus called out in annoyance as he and everypony else started leaving while most of them like the Pippsqueaks gave weirded out looks.
"Her smoothies used to be the best. I wish Sunset was here to help her out." Peach Fizz commented.
"Peanut butter in a smoothie? Who does that?" Seashell questioned as Sunny came out with smoothie tickets.
"Guess what! Your next smoothie is…" Sunny called out with a smile, but when she turned around, she noticed the crowd left while leaving spilled fruits and smoothie cups on the ground. "...free. It used to be much easier when Sunset was with me." She said with a sad tone.
A bit later, Sunny was tapping on the orange squeezer machine, which wasn't releasing any contents as she kept smashing the button in frustration. "Ugh! Come on! Why won't you work?!" She complained.
"Hey, Sunny!" Comet greeted with a smile, which made Sunny turn to him in surprise since she hasn't seen Comet in a while since he went out to explore Equestria. "What's u–?" He asked before he noticed the orange machine. "Oh. Looks like you got something stuck there. Fruit jam." He quipped as Comet gave a chuckle before he then muttered as rainbow Auroracorn magic flowed out of his horn.
Sunny looked surprised as Comet's magic flew into a tube and into the orange machine before some of the oranges fell down as Comet stopped his magic. Sunny looked at the machine a bit before she pressed the button, which caused the orange smoothie to fall out.
Sunny smiled from this. "You fixed it! Thanks, Comet." She said as Comet gave a wink to her as he sip some smoothie as Sunny then had a thought. "You know, I've been thinking about finding somepony to help me in the shop from time to time whenever Sunset isn't around and a bit busy with her magic stand and her other 'job'." She said with a smile, while keeping Sunset's other 'job' a secret since Sunny and her friends know that Sunset is currently working at the society on a multiversal mission while Twilight is watching over the magic stand.
This got Comet's attention as he gasped with sparkles in his eyes. "Oh, me-me-me-me-me! I mean, sorry! Yes! I-I love food! And I do love meeting new people! And I'm very, very good at cleaning." He said excitedly while Sunny gave an amusing voice, seeing this much from Izzy. "Oh, please, Sunny, pleeeease! Can I help out?" He begged with his hooves together.
"Comet, I would love that." Sunny said to Comet with a smile.
A bit later, some oranges fell from the shelves as Comet skillfully caught it and tossed it in a blender as he started blending them. "See? What did I tell ya? You're a natural." Sunny commented to Comet, who gave a smile from that.
"Whew!" Windy called out as Comet and Sunny turned and saw her coming by with many bracelets and charms she was wearing. "Who knew fun could make me this thirsty?" She said as she gave a small laugh before turning to Comet. "One daily special, please." She requested.
"Daily special. Yes." Comet said while looking a bit nervous. "Um, uh…" He then leaned towards Sunny. "What's the daily special again?" He asked her as Sunny then gave him the ingredients.
"Two oranges, two bananas, and a squeeze of lemon juice." Sunny said as she tossed each fruit to Comet, who caught them. "Oh, and remember, if you forget, all the recipes are right there." She said as she gestured to a recipe chalkboard behind her with a smile.
Comet nodded as he then put the ingredients into a blender and then blended them together before putting the smoothie in a cup and giving it to Windy. "Oh, for me?" Windy asked with a small laugh as she accepted the cup. "Thank you!"
Sunny then looked down as she saw something that made her eyes widened. "Oh, no. Okay, we're running low on oranges." She noted before turning to Comet. "Can you keep an eye on things while I dash to the market?" She asked.
Comet got nervous. "You're guh…" He started with a nervous gulp. "You're gonna leave me alone?" He asked with a nervous look.
"Mmmm!" Windy hummed as she slurped on her smoothie before giving a smile. "This is delicious, Comet! Who needs her if you can make a smoothie like this, you know what I'm sayin'?" She joked as she gave a laugh while Sunny gave a look from Windy's words while Comic flinched. "Mmm. I'll take another for the road." She requested.
"See?" Sunny said with a smile. "You'll be fine." She assured him as she walked out.
"Okay. Well, um, hurry back. Please." Comet said with a nervous smile as he watched Sunny go.
A bit later, the stand was empty as Comet looked a bit bored as he started playing with a blender to pass the time. "Doot-doo-doot-doo-dooooo…" He muttered before looking at the supplies around him while looking a bit conflicted. "Oh, I'm sure Sunny won't mind if I tidy up just a teeny bit." He said with a small smile.
Comet then started brushing around the stand. "Here…" He then picks up the container of straws. "What's that doing here?" He asked himself before he started organizing the fruits in proper colors based on them like yellow for bananas, red for apples, and purple for grapes before he put an apple, strawberry, and banana into a blender as he mixed them together. "Now, this is fun!" He cheered with a smile.
Sometime later, Comet was now selling smoothies to other ponies as Sunny came back before she noticed the crowd while sweating a bit. "I'm so sorry, Comet! I…" She quickly said before she saw something. "Whoa!" She called as she saw a backest with some fruits and vegetables brought down in a perfect stack.
"Oh, don't worry about it, Sunny. I've got everything under control." Comet assured as he tossed the fruits up and levitated them into the blender and added in some extra flavor in a cup before adding a small leaf in it. "Order up for Thunder! Comin' in hot!" He called while holding two trays of stack smoothies while giving one to Thunder.
Thunder slurped his smoothie before he smiled with sparkles in his eyes. "Whoa! That's the best smoothie I ever had in my whole life! Ever!" He cheered with a smile.
Sunny was surprised by this as she noticed the crowd of ponies, as well as the Pippsqueaks and Rufus, were slurping theirs as they gave a smile while Sunny was uncertain how she feel about this before Twilight and Izzy walked up to the stand.
Sunny gave a smile from this. "Oh, I got this one, Comet." She said as she walked forward. "Hey, Izzy. Hey, Twilight." She greeted her friends.
"Hi, Sunny." Twilight greeted her with a smile. "I see that Comet is helping out with your stand." She commented, noticing how Comet is working.
"Yeah. Comet even asked for it. And I thought that he would help me out since Sunset isn't around to help me with my stand from time to time because of the magic stand you two are doing and her, 'other job', to help out." Sunny said while giving a wink to Izzy and Twilight, while also mentioning the other job as a secret.
"That is so true. Sunset is a busy alicorn." Izzy joked as the three shared a laugh.
"Anyway, can I get you both the usuals today?" Sunny asked the two with a smirk.
"Hah! You know it, Sunny!" Izzy cheered with a smirk as well.
"You said it." Twilight said with a smile.
"I'm on it! Dreamy Greeny and Learning Purple coming right up!" Sunny announced as she looked under the counter, only to notice something was missing. "Uh, just a sec, girls." She said to her two friends as she checked again. "Everything used to be right here, but now... It's like it's all been moved, and nothing is where it's supposed to be." She noted as she looked around and saw the differences in her stand as she picked up a smoothie cover. "Um, what is this doing here?" She asked in confusion.
"Sure I can't tempt you both to try something new, Izzy and Twilight?" Comet asked with a smile, having been surprised to see Twilight for the first time after having heard from his friends of her revival by Sunset but was eager to see her. "Huh? Same ingredients, new taste." He offered while Sunny was surprised by that.
"Well, that does seem interesting." Twilight said while rubbing her chin in thought.
"Ooh, that sounds fun! Let's do that!" Izz cheered with a smile to Comet.
"You sure, girls?" Sunny asked with a nervous smile before she quickly caught herself. "Um, okay, well, um, look, let me grab a cup for you, Comet." She said as she went to a cabinet, but when she opened it, her eyes widened when there were no cups.
"Oh, thanks, Sunny, but, you know, the cups are over here now." Comet said while gesturing to where the cups are. "Don't worry, don't worry. I got it." He said as he levitated some cups and poured some smoothie in.
"Oh. Okay, great." Sunny said with a slightly strain tone before turning to her two friends. Um, well, you can't drink it without a straw, girls." She said before she looked down at the counter again to find the straws, which they weren't there as Sunny strained even harder "Are we out... of... straws?" She questioned even strained with a strain smile as well as the three mares turned to Comet.
Comet gave a laugh. "Oh, don't be silly, Sunny. Of course not. I just move them over there. Where they should be." He said with a smile as he pointed to another spot of the stand, while Sunny kept a strain smile while her left eye twitched, trying not to snap.
Izzy and Twilight saw their friend's expression, knowing what's gonna happen. "Wuh-oh." Izzy muttered.
"Oh Celestia." Twilight muttered next.
Sunny then took a deep breath to calm down a bit as she spoke. "I know you're trying to help, Comet, but how am I supposed to run my smoothie shop if I don't know where anything is?" She questioned as Comet turned to her. "Sunset never did that when she worked with me. She always asks me for help and always sees if I'm alright with it." She added with a frown.
"She's right, Comet." Twilight spoke up. "I may not know you much, but I can tell that you're new at this. And take it to somepony who once ran a school. It's one thing to work with somepony, but for somepony else to take over your own business and make changes without even considering the owner's suggestions, that's not right." She said, having experience with that when she first opened up her School of Friendship only for the EEA rules to make things worse and Neighsay stubborn and one-shortened mind of other creatures to ruin it.
Comet looked down a moment before looking at the blender he was using while also taking Sunny and Twilight's words by heart. "I... might have gotten a little carried away then." He admitted sheepishly before giving a guilt look before turning to Sunny. "Um, sorry, Sunny. I shouldn't have moved everything without talking to you. I just... Gah!" He groaned, frustrated by his mistake.
Izzy gave a sigh as Comet and Sunny turned to her and Twilight. "Sounds to me like you ponies just need to find a way to work together. Huh? Huuuh?" Izzy asked with a cheerful smile while willing her eyebrows.
"Yeah. If you two just share each other's suggestions and talk it out, you two would work together to make this smoothie business right." Twilight said with a smile.
"Izzy and Twilight are right, Comet." Sunny said as she turned to Comet. "Maybe you could show me where everything is, and then we could make something new together?" She suggested with a smile as Comet then gave a smile in return.
Soon, after telling where Comet put her supplies, the two ponies then started making smoothies together.
(Work, Work, Work Song)
(Mane 6)
Gonna work, work, work
Got so much to do
Well, I don't mind the work
'Cause I get to work with you (Pipp: I get to work with you!)
Some fruits came down as Sunny caught them, Comet levitated some smoothie cups before putting them on the counter as the fruit baskets came in a stack as Sunny and Comet each grabbed one while they were back to back with smiles.
Gonna work, work, work
Make our dreams come true
'Cause when we work together
There's nothing we, nothing we can't do!
Soon, the two ponies then put their ingredients in together and they started blending them, which made the tap pop out. Comet gave a concerned look before turning to Sunny, who gave a smile as she raised her hoof to him, which Comet smiled as the two shared a hoof tap as their Cutie Marks glowed and shot their magic lights into the smoothie, making the perfect blend as the smoothie sparkled.
Soon, after pouring in two cups of smoothies, Sunny and Comet each give Izzy and Twilight a cup as they are slurping onto their cups as the two ponies watch in anxiety before their eyes widened as Izzy and Twilight gasped.
"It's amazing!" Izzy cheered with sparkles in her eyes.
"It sure does! This is the best smoothie I ever had!" Twilight called out as her eyes sparkled as well. "All the flavors work perfectly together!" She added as Comet and Sunny smiled at their compliments.
"What do you call it?" Izzy asked Comet and Sunny in wonder.
"The Dream Team Delight!" Both Comet and Sunny said together as they shared a hoof tap.
"I love it! Really good name, too." Izzy commented with a smile.
"Either way, this is really amazing!" Twilight said with a wide smile. "Oh, Sunset sure is missing this out."
"Missing what out?" Sunset's voice spoke up as she walked up to them as they turned to her. "Hey, girls. Hi, Comet. Nice to see you again." She said with a smile.
"Hi, Sunset. Good to see you, too." Comet said with a wave.
"How was your 'job', Sunset?" Sunny asked with a smile.
"Well, it was a bit rough, but it was okay." Sunset said with a shrug. "So, what happened while I was gone?"
"Oh, nothing much. Other than Comet being hired as my smoothie partner in your stead when you're not available, we've been doing fine." Sunny said with a smile.
"I hope you don't mind, Sunset." Comet said in concern.
"Hey, if it's to help Sunny with her smoothies, I don't mind you working with her if I'm not around." Sunset assured with a smile, which Comet returned as she could smell the air. "Hey, what's that smell? It smells great."
"Oh, that's Sunny and Comet's new smoothie recipe, the Dream Team Delight." Twilight said as she showed Sunset her smoothie. "It's really good."
"You should try one, Sunset!" Izzy said cheerfully. "It really blends together!"
"Well, I am a bit thirsty, so okay." Sunset said as Sunny gave her a cup, which she accepted as she took a sip, which made her eyes widened with sparkles in her eyes. "Oh my Celestia! This is amazing! My taste buds really burst there!" She cheered.
"I know, right?!" Twilight asked with a smile.
"Comet, you are officially hired on my behalf after helping Sunny make this!" Sunset said with a smile.
"Aw, thanks, Sunset." Comet said with a smile as the three mares enjoyed their new delicious smoothies he and Sunny made together.
End of Chapter 22.