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Madam Bistro trotted briskly in the bright Appleoosan morning, even if her stomach rumbled hungrily. She had not had much to eat that morning, being so nervous.

Aside from having had a brief.. well, whirlwind, tour of the orchards before, and wanting a more leisurely view of them, she also wanted to be there to assist Miss Snowfall if it came to it.

She had a substantial portion of her capital going into expanding into a hotel, and among other worries for the success of that..

Bistro wasnt sure how well the Stalliongrad mare would take the heat of the Appleoosan day, as well as being there for in case she became upset again. The mocha mare especially wanted to be sure Braeburn was on his best behavior for the tour to prevent that.

Snails blushed as the Pathfinder seemed to genuinely enjoy his answers, even if she gave a little tease asking if he crushed on Outback Jack "Umm nope, nope, nope, but th' legendary flutterpony princess in at least one book sounds rilly cute..."

He turned to keep vigil near the door, watching as Rainbow Dash came closer and closer, and watching for Snips.

Snails finally noticed a pony of the right shape in a Diamond Dog costume and wearing a fez and vest combo as Zala.

The orange unicorn foal bounced up and down "Snips! Ah see ya! Hurry!"

Just then, a con staffer put up a sign and closed the door. he peered around the pony and up. "C-c-c-closed?! How kin ya Close!"

He stood off to the side, stunned and visibly crushed! What would the convention be without his best bud? What would it be without Rainbow Dash?

Pathfinder seemed to be taking this news just as well, and seemed to blink over and get into it with the con staff.

He watched with rising hope as Pathfinder found more con badges, and even gave him a reassuring ruffle of his mane.

Snails then started jumping up and down, then did a midair flip when Pathfinder reopened the door and smashed the sign for good measure. "YAYYYY! Pathfinder izza real heroine! Come on in Snips!"

(OOC: I'm surprised Applebloom has not noticed anything of a certain straw hat on her head. )

Thorn looked ahead in the line. His long ears perked up seeing a Wonderbolt and what appeared to be Daring Do.

The russet donkey chuckled "Oh my, this heroine of Equestria must really have an effect on even famous ponies...."

He blinked and did a double take, seeing the orchard owner from Dodge Junction was there too.

Thorn waved "Miss Cherry Jubilee! Greetings! It is a wonderful surprise to see you here! Your Cherrychanga recipie is one of our more popular items!"

A moment later, hoofsteps announced the arrival of another pony. Thorn turned to look and found Metal Maker was there "Oh, is this a small world or what? Greetings Double M!"

Meanwhile, Flim panted as he homed in on where he felt his brother was his horn glowing neon green as he searched with his horn. "Brother Flam! Where are you?!"

He groaned as he wiped apple bits off his messy mane. Whoever hit him had good aim and great strength behind it...

Im afraid I do not. will it be a srurprise?

Amber Wands whinnied and started to give chase as the mystery pony ran away after he stopped laughing and was caught at it. "Who are you? Explain yourself!"

She lost sight of him in the heavy rain of chocolate milk, slipping and sliding to a stop.

Even with an umbrella floating over her, it did not stop the ground from getting slippery with milk fat.

Amber wands floated herself back upright in time to see Balance Scales have to shed shrinking clothes "This Chaos is getting wierder by the moment."

One pony dashed past still on the trail of the mystery pony. "I think we had better catch up.."

Suddenly, a blue box appeared, one the old archives said seemed drawn to bouts of chaos or war, not as a bringer, only a symptom and with a legendary adventurer aboard.

If anypony could help, it may be this strange pony. "Hold that thought... this might be our backup..."

She trotted on over, investigating him with her wand, "Not much magic there. at least this is not Discord in disguise. ...Excuse me sir, Who might you be? And are you here to help us?"

*bows to the two mares for their responses*

I pinkie pie promise.

Whats the most cupcakes Pinkie Pie ever ate at one time?

Aw Hornsy

Snails giggles and scuffs a hoof.

(OOC: sorry for the delay, had to get the ball rolling.)

Already shaken from Madam Bistro going on this journey, his jaw dropped to the floor when the reason for the trip barreled through the door and rolled into a table, smashing it.

He continued to watch, stunned as Dusty jumped out the window and galloped off.

After several minutes, Thorn shakes himself like a dog and trots into the kitchen to return with the HLT and sets it before Geary.

"I...I dont suppose you repair windows too..."

Shanna and Hoss flapped their wings happily, thouroughly enjoying themselves as they heard the gleeful noises from the buffalo.

The mare yelled back to the buffalos. "See, now this is the magic of friendship, all of us working together to get you up here."

Hoss grinned and added "Yes, exactly! What do you two think of this?"

Lightning Horn whooped "This in incredible! It's like standing on a mesa with nothing under me!"

Back in the bistro, Flim looked outside in awe, then back at Flam with a smirk "If I remember, my Dear Brother Flam, I agreed with you. As for buffalo affording it, we shall see. Unless I misheard... those ponies are giving rides... *gasp* -for free!"

Snails had been confidently striding forward when the shadow kept getting bigger...

He stopped right where he was when there was a sudden roar ahead, but kept his horn glowing.

"H-haywire... ah dont think that was th' wind..."

He looked around, making the shadows bob a bit,

"Um Haywire, Silver Spoon, I'm up fer ideas, includin' backing up...."

A small bay filly no bigger than Scootaloo was buzzing her black-banded wings with effort, a snowy owl had ahold of her saddlebags and was assisting her weak flight.

The filly waved a dainty ebon hoof "Okay Blizzy, we're here. lets set me down over there please."

Shanna really didnt want her brother to know what happened to her during her errand, so the fewer witnesses the better.

The new filly eeked and ducked behind a stump as a disheveled yellow stallion ran around Zecora's tree and burst in.

Shanna and Blizzy looked at each other, then back to the hut. The filly spoke in a small voice. "I..I guess I'll just sit here a minute an' see if anypony leaves. It might be a bit..crowded..."

Anypony looking out the window will see a black maned filly and a white owl watching the hut...

Would Snails' best bud Snips still have trouble getting in? Would he have pre-registered too? If not this could be a very interesting "Gooonies" slice of action

(OOC; there seems to be some confusion as to which pony the foal is on. I'll go with her being on Professor Krashkop until Rosewind says she goes to Tiny.)

Candy shook her head as Pumpkin Cake made her move, and a new mess "Oh dear! I was afraid of that. Pumpkin, you naughty little foal!"

The mare blinked as when she went to grab her, the foal jumped on the professor and he started trotting on reflex, like she had somehow lifted herself with her horn power. Now she was sure of it, Discord may have had some interesting effects on the unborn of Ponyville.

She went over to pony Joe and helped him clean himself off "Oh dear. is this anything heard of for unicorn foals, Joe?"

Flim chuckled as the foal was lifted onto his back and trotted proudly out of the railway station.

It felt soo good to be entertaining family. I guess it helped their reputation with the GoLucky's that they were getting along so well with their Dear Cousin Miss Fortune.

So much so that Reno's father would let them watch the foal for a week.

The yellow unicorn totted up to the SSCS6K and let Reno climb off onto the machine.

"Yes, yes! A grand tour of Canterlot, Celestia's Sacred ground!

A city of many wonders, both mundane and profound!

Shall we walk or..." he grinned an nodded to the machine "..drive around?"

The yellow unicorn sat down and watched the earth pony cousin as Ace worked the cards like the twins wove tapestries with words.

Not wanting to irk the card player he was about to play with, Flim strove not to sing, though some rhyming may occur...

Flim went wide eyed and blinked, stunned at the wild names he was tossing out for a "simple" game of poker.

"No, No betting, not today. Those styles you mention are bewildering anyway."

He ahemed and looked to his right "Dear Brother Flim, Since you are the card player in the team, I suggest you choose what we play."

He whispered to Flam "I am glad its for fun and not money, I am quite certain he does with cards what we do with sales, when family is not going to be affected..."

I hope one can be found for Shanna ^_^

Flim grinned as he also galloped up and offered Reno a hug "Weclome Cousin Reno! We are so glad to have you here."

He danced in step with his brother, adding choruses whenever Flam stopped for a breath.

"Yes , tell us anything, anything you'll try, Bungee jumping or using a hang glider to fly!

To the library, the movies, the play, we're off! Whatever it is we wont scoff.

Bowling and pizza are your command? We will do that and whatever you demand!

Yes Yes tell us true, Reno GoLucky This week is all about you!"

Flim finished on his knees with a florish, his forelegs spread wide. He smiled at Reno, his eyes on the foal's level, before he leaned forward onto all fours.

"Well that was a fun song. Care for a ponyback ride back to our transportation while Flam has your luggage?"

The smooth lipped half of the World Famous Flim Flam Brothers gulped as the angry mare stood over him.

He would not have minded if Luna had opened the earth under him at that moment facing that angry glare.

Flim gasped in surprise as Applejack turned away from him and instead of bucking him into next week, returned with a bushel of apples which she promptly dropped on his back.

The unicorn watched, amazed, as Applejack reached into his vest and extracted the price of a bushel of apples.

At a loss for words for the first time in his career as a con.. sales pony, he finally found his voice. "A-after all we did...why?...."

His mind was sent reeling when she gave him a lukewarm kiss on the cheek.

The angry mare told him off but good and ordered him to leave, which he did, galloping quickly in the direction he could feel his brother was.

It suddenly hit him; She was Honesty and Integrity itself... was that what it meant?

He didnt' know what was worse; that their perfume business would continue on the benefit of something the Brothers considered something for suckers they could drop at their convenience, "honesty"... or the memory of the honest kiss that would surely fill his dreams for weeks... "Why... why could we not have tried this honesty when we met her..."

-----Meanwhile------

Thorn the donkey, currently wearing a derby and string tie, had been traveling to visit his parents in Canterlot for a few days, when there was a layover in Ponyville waiting for the Friendship Express.

His eyes widened as he read the flyers. A great hero mare, one of those that had even come to Appleoosa, and made it safe for Madam Bistro and him to come and open her B&B Bistro. One who had even worked for Cherry Jubilee over in Dodge Junction for a couple weeks before her friends came and got her back in a tussle still being talked about in the salt lick bars in Dodge Junction and Appleoosa. "Apples and a kiss? I do believe my parents deserve some Sweet Apple Acre apples, and how often does a donkey get to kiss a pony? And a Heroine of Equestria at that?"

Thorn smiled and the russet donkey trotted to Sweet Apple Acres, following the directions and soon arrived at the end of the line as a face that had plagued Appleoosa galloped by in fear "Was that one of the Flim Flam Brothers?"

Candy Catch-em had eeped as the foal started squirming in her hold, trying to get away. "Oh my! Little Pumpkin is stronger than she looks!"

She had to put her sticky wings forward and winghug the foal to help. "Shhh, shhhh, we're going to get you home, sweetie..."

Much to her relief, Pony Joe scooped her up and went to get the foal washed up.

The sticky mare set her saddlebags by the door and went out into the rain, which was coming down at a good rate, letting her wash off the worst of the stickyness.

By the time she was done, the "open" sign was back on and flashing merrily.

She squeezed the water out of her mane, tail, and wings and wrapped them in towels from her saddlebags at the door and trotted back in.

Candy looked at the foal starting to doze off in a basket and sighed "I'm mostly clean, if a bit damp. We had better keep an eye on her until we go. I dont think she will go as easily as all that.." She suddenly stopped at a thought. "Um, you said she's from Ponyville, right? As small as she is, I'd have to say she was still in her mother when Discord happened..."

She hoped that her sudden and very effective bursts of activity didnt mean she had Pinkie Pie levels of silliness in her...

Candy looked at the foal again, hoping she would stay in the basket until she was home.

(OOC: oops, the post I was working on yesterday must've got blanked by me when I fell asleep at the keyboard from the medicine for my ankle. redoing...)

Snails looked at the poor bunny in shock, dropping the cup of feed.

The orange foal shifted his magic to pick up the bunny, his magic working a little better in desperation.

He wheeled about and ran toward Cherilee and Zecora. Tears ran down his cheeks as he yelled "Miz Cherilee! Miz Cherilee! Help! This bunny's been hurt!"

Snails stopped short as Timid ran by with a flock of chicks chasing him, and ended up near Remington. He set the bunny down on the now-empty feedsack and sat down beside it, careful not to let the bump on it's head touch anything.

He hoped somepony would brush the feed off Timid before he runs into somepony...

The unicorn mare smiled as Balance was excited at the prospect of his own wand, and he was sounding nice to spend time with... "Good, i cant wait until this is over, then."

Amber looked up from her wand as a laughing unicorn was carried toward her and pointed right at her "I think she is the one, go on, talk to her!"

She perked her ears right at the young pony "Talk to me about what? Does somepony have a clue to report about Discord?"

Amber pointed the wand at him and it made a squealing sound. Her eyebrow rose as she looked at the unicorn *..Hmmm, either he has had strong exposure to Discord's magic or... no he cant be strong enough to... then again, nopony knows what set Discord off last time either...* she thought.

She tapped a hoof on the ground and tried questioning him "Did you see Discord? What did he do to you?"

Hoss and Shanna cheered as they felt the cart lighten. "Woo Hoo!" "You got it, Miss LaMare!"

The twins lifted off as easily as it if was Granny Smith behind them.

Lightning Horn raised his hooves "This is Amazing!!"

Meanwhile,

Flim sighed and nodded to his brother as he ate his HLT

"Yes Dear Brother of mine. Meeting predators is definitely not fine..."

Madam Bistro smirked at them "I thought you would see it my way...."

Snails got his badge and came in, he found a good spot near the door to keep looking at the line.

He was as wired as if he had eaten one of "Pinkie Pies Super-Sugar Shoo-fly pies" and bounced up and down on his hooves.

Snails realized he had found himself in a smaller line before he knew it, meeting the biggest Darie fan of all, Pathfinder!

That was her he had seen exiting the tent! And she had heard him geeking over her costume earlier and she ruffled his mane!!

He giggled and blushed a bright red, his wooden con badge shining proudly with it's blue dot sticker signifying he was underage for some events.

"Thank ya, Ma'am!"

His blush deepened and he turned aside in a gentlemanly way as the mare greeted the Princess Coruscate Veil he had also admired earlier, in a very... enthusiastic way.

Snails took that moment to get back to the main door and watch for Snips.

His eyes widened as he saw a rainbow mane way back in line "No wayyyyy! Rainbow Dash is coming here too?! BEST! CON! EVER!"

Snails did a happy dance, standing on his back hooves from sheer joy!

(ooc; oops, forgot a question...)

Snails stopped dancing and turned back toward Pathfinder. He answered cheerfully "My fae-o-rites are Daring Do and th' Griffon's Goblet, Daring Do and th' Gardens of Equestria, Daring Do an' th' Mystery of Deadly Bog... Oh an' Daring Do and th' secrets of th' Forgotten Kingdom! Ah hope ta' get "Synergy of the Saxon Staff" here at th' convention."

(Anypony lacking title ideas can look here )

The bare-lipped half of the twin unicorn con-pony tag-team, Flim, tipped his straw hat back as he hopped off the SSCS6K and started to dance.

"Oh I quite agree, Dear brother of mine, You see..

Oh, We've got Opp-or-tun-i-tee,

The next generation of Go-Lucky to see,

We can take advantage of his father's jam,

To teach him the way, Nonpareil

Of his cousins, Flim and Flam

And have fun along the wayyyyyy...

The World Famous Flim Flam Brothers,

Plus Reno~...."

Flim ended the song with a flourish as his costume cane popped the train station door open.

"After you My Dear Brother Flam,

Let us find our wayward lamb!

Where oh Where can Reno be?"

Snails stood up and blushed. He was hiding from a bug? Some bug hunter he was.

Snails now saw the offending bug, another cave cricket standing in light reflecting off the cave wall.

"Another shadow? Where?"

Seeing the new shadow, the colt kept his horn glow going as he confidently strode right at the shadow, finding to his surprise, Silver Spoon was right with him.

"Heere buggy, buggy, buggy...."