A day like this deserves MOAR PONIES
Fifteen minutes left to your birthday? A perfect time to give you some crack! Happy birthday, my darling. I hope it was wonderful
Title: Friendship is Magic
Author: MEEEEEEE
Fandom: DCU/MLP:FiM fusion
Rating: G
Word Count: 1100
Summary: Crack at its finest. Boys. Ponies. Boys who are ponies. The beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Notes: Consider this a teaser for the present that will be coming to your doorstep...eventually...
It was an uncharacteristically quiet morning in Big Appleton. For a town so constantly plagued by monsters and mayhem, the peace was a welcome change. It was shaping up to be a pleasantly warm spring day, with just a few wisps of cloud trailing through the sky. Vendors were already setting up their carts for the morning rush, unfurling awnings and shining up apples. Colts and fillies were headed off to school in clumps of twos and threes, chattering and gossiping and laughing.
Everything was calm. And then there was an explosion.
Everypony stopped and looked up. Was it an Ursa Minor? Maybe a manticore? Perhaps the dragon that lived in the mountains not far from town was having a sneezing fit? The townsponies turned towards the source of the sound. They followed a plume of smoke with their eyes as it pointed like an arrow to a workshop at the end of the road. Relieved and somewhat annoyed, everypony let out a collective sigh and went back about their business.
There was nothing to worry about; it was just Blue Beetle again.
“I think we overdid it a little, Murray!” Blue Beetle coughed, trying to wipe the soot from his goggles with one hoof.
Murray, a small gray rabbit who was usually a small white rabbit, twitched his nose disapprovingly and stamped out another little fire with his big bunny feet.
“Well, you don’t have to get all huffy. I made it perfectly clear when we started this experiment that we might have problems with the apple overheating,” Beetle replied, opening a window. “I suppose there’s nothing left to do now but get the broom.”
As they started to clean up the workshop, the front door creaked open. A little blue Unicorn foal trotted in, looking around at the mess. “Hey Beetle? You busy?”
Beetle stopped and pushed the broom and dustpan at Murray. “Too busy for my favorite cousin? Never! What can I do for you, ‘Bito?”
Escarabito pawed at a patch of sooty floor nervously. “Well, I was wondering…see, we’re gonna be talking in school about how sometimes everypony in a family can have a similar cutie mark, and I was just wondering if…”
“Why ‘Bito, I’d love to come to school with you and be part of your family day!” Beetle replied, clopping his hooves together excitedly.
The little pony looked even more nervous. “…Actually, I was going to ask if you thought Big Blue would be able to come.”
Beetle’s face fell. “Oh. Why don’t you want me coming? I thought I was your favorite cousin.”
“You are!” Escarabito said quickly. “It’s just…Miss Huntress said you’re not allowed at school because she doesn’t want it blowing up.”
Beetle sighed. It was always the same. He felt like the town outcast, forced to stay away because everypony was afraid of him. Didn’t they see how hard he worked to help them out? Didn’t they notice how even though he was just an Earth Pony; he was always ready to lend a hoof when New Appleton was in trouble?
“…I’m sure Big Blue would love to come. You should get off to school, ‘Bito, before Miss Huntress gives you the trouble stare. I heard she’s turned little ponies to stone with that glare before,” he finally replied.
Escarabito smiled and gave him a quick nuzzle. “I’ll see you later, Beetle. Good luck on your…whatever it is you’re making.”
“It’s a laser-guided apple slicer!”
Once his little cousin was gone, Beetle turned back to Murray. The rabbit shoved the broom at him and hopped off, mumbling to himself. “Wait, where are you going? Aren’t you going to help me? You’re partly responsible for this mess, you know!”
Murray blew a raspberry and slipped out through the rabbit-hole in the door, leaving Beetle to finish cleaning up by himself. Sighing, he started sweeping again. The apple slicer was in a lot of little pieces, and there were burnt, sticky globs of apple all over everything. It would take a lot of scrubbing to get the workshop back into order. Sometimes Beetle wished he was a Unicorn; then he could just magic everything clean again.
When it became obvious that he needed something a little stronger than a broom and determination, Beetle closed up shop and headed into town. Everypony was staring at him as he trotted into the main square, giving him dirty looks. Beetle didn’t understand it. It wasn’t as though he’d done any damage to anything but his own workshop. Nopony got hurt, and none of the buildings in town were on fire. He wished he didn’t feel quite so alone.
“Hey!” A Pegasus Pony zoomed right past him, looped around, and came in for a landing. He was a good hand bigger than Beetle, and Beetle couldn’t help but think that he was very handsome. His dark blue mane and tail fluttered in the breeze, and his eyes were a brilliant shade of blue. “Hi there!”
“Hi,” Beetle said, cocking his head skeptically.
“You look blue,” the Pegasus Pony said.
Beetle looked down at himself, at his bright blue coat and what he could see of his dark blue tail from between his legs. “I am blue.”
“No, I mean you look sad. I’m Booster Gold. My sister Goldstar and I just moved here from Cloudsdale. I was just flying around getting a look at the new neighborhood and I saw you. Are you okay?”
Beetle scuffed the ground with one hoof. “Oh, um, yeah. I’m fine. Thanks.”
“You don’t look fine,” Booster replied. “You look blue.”
“But I…right, we already did that. I’m Blue Beetle. Welcome to New Appleton. Word of warning, we get a lot of monsters through here. I hope you’ve got good cloudowners’ insurance,” Beetle said.
Booster grinned. “I think we can handle a few monsters. Do you want to go get a smoothie or something? Maybe show me all the cool places in town?”
Beetle smiled right back at him. “Sure.”
“Y’know, Blue, I can’t help feeling like this is the start of a beautiful friendship. I’m usually a very good judge of these sorts of things,” Booster said, slinging a foreleg over his shoulder.
“Really? We just met two minutes ago and you can already tell that?” he asked skeptically.
Booster beamed even wider, and his smile was warm and genuine. “Sure can!”
“Well then, let me show you the best place in New Appleton for smoothies,” Beetle replied.
They trotted off down the road, the sun warm on their backs. New Appleton was quiet and peaceful again, and Blue Beetle didn’t feel quite so alone anymore.
Title: Friendship is Magic
Author: MEEEEEEE
Fandom: DCU/MLP:FiM fusion
Rating: G
Word Count: 1100
Summary: Crack at its finest. Boys. Ponies. Boys who are ponies. The beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Notes: Consider this a teaser for the present that will be coming to your doorstep...eventually...
It was an uncharacteristically quiet morning in Big Appleton. For a town so constantly plagued by monsters and mayhem, the peace was a welcome change. It was shaping up to be a pleasantly warm spring day, with just a few wisps of cloud trailing through the sky. Vendors were already setting up their carts for the morning rush, unfurling awnings and shining up apples. Colts and fillies were headed off to school in clumps of twos and threes, chattering and gossiping and laughing.
Everything was calm. And then there was an explosion.
Everypony stopped and looked up. Was it an Ursa Minor? Maybe a manticore? Perhaps the dragon that lived in the mountains not far from town was having a sneezing fit? The townsponies turned towards the source of the sound. They followed a plume of smoke with their eyes as it pointed like an arrow to a workshop at the end of the road. Relieved and somewhat annoyed, everypony let out a collective sigh and went back about their business.
There was nothing to worry about; it was just Blue Beetle again.
“I think we overdid it a little, Murray!” Blue Beetle coughed, trying to wipe the soot from his goggles with one hoof.
Murray, a small gray rabbit who was usually a small white rabbit, twitched his nose disapprovingly and stamped out another little fire with his big bunny feet.
“Well, you don’t have to get all huffy. I made it perfectly clear when we started this experiment that we might have problems with the apple overheating,” Beetle replied, opening a window. “I suppose there’s nothing left to do now but get the broom.”
As they started to clean up the workshop, the front door creaked open. A little blue Unicorn foal trotted in, looking around at the mess. “Hey Beetle? You busy?”
Beetle stopped and pushed the broom and dustpan at Murray. “Too busy for my favorite cousin? Never! What can I do for you, ‘Bito?”
Escarabito pawed at a patch of sooty floor nervously. “Well, I was wondering…see, we’re gonna be talking in school about how sometimes everypony in a family can have a similar cutie mark, and I was just wondering if…”
“Why ‘Bito, I’d love to come to school with you and be part of your family day!” Beetle replied, clopping his hooves together excitedly.
The little pony looked even more nervous. “…Actually, I was going to ask if you thought Big Blue would be able to come.”
Beetle’s face fell. “Oh. Why don’t you want me coming? I thought I was your favorite cousin.”
“You are!” Escarabito said quickly. “It’s just…Miss Huntress said you’re not allowed at school because she doesn’t want it blowing up.”
Beetle sighed. It was always the same. He felt like the town outcast, forced to stay away because everypony was afraid of him. Didn’t they see how hard he worked to help them out? Didn’t they notice how even though he was just an Earth Pony; he was always ready to lend a hoof when New Appleton was in trouble?
“…I’m sure Big Blue would love to come. You should get off to school, ‘Bito, before Miss Huntress gives you the trouble stare. I heard she’s turned little ponies to stone with that glare before,” he finally replied.
Escarabito smiled and gave him a quick nuzzle. “I’ll see you later, Beetle. Good luck on your…whatever it is you’re making.”
“It’s a laser-guided apple slicer!”
Once his little cousin was gone, Beetle turned back to Murray. The rabbit shoved the broom at him and hopped off, mumbling to himself. “Wait, where are you going? Aren’t you going to help me? You’re partly responsible for this mess, you know!”
Murray blew a raspberry and slipped out through the rabbit-hole in the door, leaving Beetle to finish cleaning up by himself. Sighing, he started sweeping again. The apple slicer was in a lot of little pieces, and there were burnt, sticky globs of apple all over everything. It would take a lot of scrubbing to get the workshop back into order. Sometimes Beetle wished he was a Unicorn; then he could just magic everything clean again.
When it became obvious that he needed something a little stronger than a broom and determination, Beetle closed up shop and headed into town. Everypony was staring at him as he trotted into the main square, giving him dirty looks. Beetle didn’t understand it. It wasn’t as though he’d done any damage to anything but his own workshop. Nopony got hurt, and none of the buildings in town were on fire. He wished he didn’t feel quite so alone.
“Hey!” A Pegasus Pony zoomed right past him, looped around, and came in for a landing. He was a good hand bigger than Beetle, and Beetle couldn’t help but think that he was very handsome. His dark blue mane and tail fluttered in the breeze, and his eyes were a brilliant shade of blue. “Hi there!”
“Hi,” Beetle said, cocking his head skeptically.
“You look blue,” the Pegasus Pony said.
Beetle looked down at himself, at his bright blue coat and what he could see of his dark blue tail from between his legs. “I am blue.”
“No, I mean you look sad. I’m Booster Gold. My sister Goldstar and I just moved here from Cloudsdale. I was just flying around getting a look at the new neighborhood and I saw you. Are you okay?”
Beetle scuffed the ground with one hoof. “Oh, um, yeah. I’m fine. Thanks.”
“You don’t look fine,” Booster replied. “You look blue.”
“But I…right, we already did that. I’m Blue Beetle. Welcome to New Appleton. Word of warning, we get a lot of monsters through here. I hope you’ve got good cloudowners’ insurance,” Beetle said.
Booster grinned. “I think we can handle a few monsters. Do you want to go get a smoothie or something? Maybe show me all the cool places in town?”
Beetle smiled right back at him. “Sure.”
“Y’know, Blue, I can’t help feeling like this is the start of a beautiful friendship. I’m usually a very good judge of these sorts of things,” Booster said, slinging a foreleg over his shoulder.
“Really? We just met two minutes ago and you can already tell that?” he asked skeptically.
Booster beamed even wider, and his smile was warm and genuine. “Sure can!”
“Well then, let me show you the best place in New Appleton for smoothies,” Beetle replied.
They trotted off down the road, the sun warm on their backs. New Appleton was quiet and peaceful again, and Blue Beetle didn’t feel quite so alone anymore.