Gold Medals and Trombones [Concluded]

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The sun danced in the sky with a few small white clouds scattered across it. That then suddenly was interrupted when a yellow Pegasus flew across the clouds. She was of course practicing for a race, she always seemed to be doing so. While she practiced, she quickly led Duck into a pet sitting building as he ran under her while she was in the sky. As Duck went into the small building, Crash then did a few flips into the air. She got a little dizzy, so she then safely landed onto the ground. Crash then looked around her surrounding and noticed she was in ponyville. She was only there because she knew the pony who sat her pet while she was off in her own business. The Pegasus shot up into the air trying to practice some more. About a half an hour of flying and practicing, she began to grow a little tired. Her weak wings lightly flapped almost not keeping her in the sky. She slowly then tried to land to the ground safely, but that totally back fired and she plummeted into a mailbox. 

"OW!" Crash screeched trying to get up. As she slowly got up she looked at the mailbox.
"Oh that's not good. Who's is this?" she asked herself tilting her head. As she slowly read the name on the mailbox, she then peered her head to the door of the house in front of her.

"Slide Fortissimo and Green Screen. Wait Slide? Oh Celestia!" she whined now looking at the names on the mailbox. She wasn't a huge music fan, in fact she was not hooked with music. She just didn't seem to like it as much as others. But, she has heard about Slide before, and she was quite a fan. It was weird for her to be a fan of a trombone player, but she still really loved his trombone playing and now she fell onto his broken mailbox. Why was she such a clumsy fool today?

'Oh my Celestia! What I am supposed to do? I can't just leave it like this! Think Crash! Think of something! What could I do?' she thought pacing back and forth with her hooves. After about three minutes of gaining the confidence to knock on the door, she finally decided to do it.

"Alright Crash, they will be nice about it. Just knock on the door and keep positive. No speaking rudely," she told herself as she slowly went to the front door of the house. She then stood for about a minute or two and then knocked on the door.

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Inside a cottage in Ponyville, Slide was practicing his trombone. His twin brother, Green Screen, was at his desk trying to formulate a plan to create new technological methods to improve everypony's lives in Equestria. Slide had stopped playing to take a breath. "You know something Green," Slide asked. Green turned around his desk chair and stared at him, waiting for a response. "Will I ever have a special somepony? I mean we've been roommates since we left Cloudsdale 10 years ago." Green shrugged his shoulders and went back to thinking over his plan. "I understand Green," Slide replied. "I mean, you designed and built the very first laptop computer in Equestria. You were on the front page and got rave reviews. However, I'm the most professional trombonist in Equestria. I've been asked to do requests, I compose jazz music, and I perform in a very professional orchestra."

Slide went back to playing his trombone. He was playing a trombone solo called 'Concerto for Bass Trombone' but he preferred to play it using his tenor trombone. Green and Slide have been best friends since they were born in Cloudsdale. They were twins with the same interests and they both loved to have a special somepony someday. Slide finished his piece, tired, but triumphant. "Whew, I think I'm going to need some lunch and a cup of cider to quench my thirst. I'll be right back Green," Slide said as he made his way into the kitchen. He made his daisy sandwich and a cup of cider. He was about to drink the cider when there was a mighty crash!

The table shook and Slide spit his drink out. "Buck!" Slide cursed as he saw the mess on the table. Green was surprised too. He almost fell out of his desk chair. Slide quickly cleaned up his mess by eating the rest of his sandwich and cleaning off the table. After the table was cleaned, he heard a knock at the door. "What? Who could that be? Well better go see who's at the door," Slide thought as he trotted out of the kitchen. He turned to Green. "Green, stay there, I have to answer the door." Slide composed himself (no pun intended) and made his way to the front door. He gradually opened the door. He noticed a pegasus mare, just standing there, exhausted and tired. Slide looked over her, the mane, the tail, and those beautiful eyes. "Equestria, I think I have found the solution to the problem," Slide thought to himself. "Welcome to Ponyville. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Slide, Slide Fortissimo. 1st trombonist of the Royal Canterlot Orchestra and the manager of the Ponyville Jazz Ensemble. And who am I addressing?" he asked. "I think I have just found my special somepony," Slide thought as he waited for the mare to respond.

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Crash stood at the door as it flew open. A red stallion then appeared in front of her. She gave a sigh as she saw him, but then opened her mouth to reply to his question. It was a simple question, a question that she heard plenty of times before.

"Well hello Slide Fortissimo, my name is Crash Course, but you can call me whatever you want. I have tons of nicknames," she admitted staring at the stallion. She has of course heard about Slide before, she was one of his fans. But she also knew that he was the most professional trombonist in all of Equestria!

Sadly now it was time to admit to her clumsy mishap with the mailbox. Oh joy.

"Sorry to interrupt in any way, but I was flying and came across your mailbox," Crash said moving over to the side to show the broken mailbox. "I didn't mean to do it. I just guess my wings gave up while I was in the sky," she continued folding in her wings. She felt horrible for hurting other ponies property. She was pretty rich on bits though so she thought it would be easy to pay for it. Hopefully Slide would except bits for the mailbox.

"I can pay for it though, it's not that expensive," Crash said in her raspy voice. She was out of breathe by now. Crash gave another sigh then sat down. She was tired of standing so why not sit down? No pony was going to stop her from doing what she wanted. She was always great in an argument, especially the ones that mean nothing to the world. She was also the one to usually start those also.

After a few yawns, she adjusted her blue bandana and fixed her out of control mane. Apparently it was sticking up and she didn't know about it. How embarrassing! Crash now sat in front of a pony she was interested in and she looked awful. Could this day get any worse?

"Sorry about my ugliness, I guess today is not my day," she said rolling her eyes at herself. At least she was truthful about it. Of course she never lies but whatever.

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"Well it's nice to meet you Crash. I understand the situation about the mailbox. Don't worry about a thing. I'll pay for the damages. I get paid plenty of bits after every concert and jazz performance. I also do trombone lessons as well if requested. Come on in!" Slide held the door open for Crash as she walked in. Slide went to the kitchen and made some lemonade. "Cider will be for a later occasion," he thought as he finished making the drinks. He placed the drinks onto the coffee table and sat down on the couch. He turned towards Crash. "Welcome to my home, Crash! Well technically it's referred to as our home. That's Green Screen over there. He's my twin brother and my roommate. My fur is red and his fur color is green. Green's cutie mark is a laptop and mine is a trombone." Slide showed his cutie mark and then pointed a hoof over to the desk were Green was. Green waved at the pair and went back to work. "You can clearly see that I play the trombone. There's my trombone over there in the corner on the left side of the living room. Green loves to create technological devices, electronically speaking. I made some lemonade for you. Have a seat." Slide watched as Crash sat down on the couch and took the glass of lemonade. She drank it and placed it back on the table. "Now how are you? I see you like to fly fast. Is that your cutie mark?" Slide noticed on Crash's rump was a cutie mark, a gold medal ribbon. "Fascinating!" Slide exclaimed as he took a sip of lemonade. "I was wondering and I've never asked this to anypony. Would you like to be my special somepony?" Slide asked nervously.

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As Crash walked in, she could smell lemonade, her favorite. After listening to Slide about his brother and the fact she didn't have to pay, Crash waved back at Green Screen then sat down and grabbed a glass of lemonade. Taking a sip of the freshly squeezed drink, she look up at the red stallion as he started to talk about her cutie mark. She opened her wing to quickly look at it, then she folded it and looked back at Slide her then sat down next to her.

"I'm just having a 'great day'," she said rolling her eyes. And then a certain question came up. A question that she has been dreaming about her whole life. A question that could change everything. Every, single, thing.

"B-be your special somepony?" she asked aloud starting to brush a little. She then looked down fiddling with her front hooves a little as she thought for a few seconds. 'Special somepony.. Special somepony...'

Crash then looked up and bit her lip then nodded.

"Yeah, that's sounds.. great," she said slowly looking at him with a small smirk. She then sipped her lemonade again still thinking of being in a relationship with another pony. 'Special somepony..' 

"Umm, you sure you wanna keep up with me? I'm pretty tough," she admitted staring at the glass of lemonade that stood on the table in front of her. She was quite nervous at the fact she would have a special somepony. She just never thought this would happen. Like ever. She was glad now that it happened and that she knew somepony liked her in that way. She just never thought it would be a trombone player. And a really fantastic one at that!

'Would Duck like him? He is really protective of me.. And what about my racing career? Will it get ruined by having a special pony in my life? What about his career? How will we even cooperate?' She thought as she continued to stare at the glass of lemonade. Finally she snapped out of it and looked back up at Slide, who seemed pretty happy. What a weird day it was today.

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"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ask that. It's just that I don't know you that much," Slide apologized. "Why did I ask that stupid question!" Slide thought to himself angrily. "But for you to know me a little better, how about you listen to one of my trombone solos. Nopony has heard me play these except my twin brother. I'll be right back." Slide went over to the corner and began setting up the music stand, the chair to sit on, and the music to be played. Slide picked up the trombone case and carefully placed it on the floor next to the coffee table. "Crash, this is my trombone." Slide opened the case. Inside was a beautiful golden trombone. However, it was in three separate pieces. Slide put the trombone together and raised the mouthpiece to his lips. He played the note B Flat. After playing the note for a whole note length, he turned to Crash. "That is always the first note any trombonist plays," he said to Crash. Slide noticed that Crash was happy, seeing a professional trombonist warming up before playing. Crash took another sip of lemonade as Slide began to warm up his trombone. "Now comes the fun and exciting part," Slide remarked as he sat down on the chair. He looked over the music and raised the mouthpiece of the trombone to his lips.

"Blue Bells of Trotland!" Slide announced and with background music playing, Slide began to the play the solo.

Blue Bells of Trotland (Click the link and listen to this while reading the paragraph below. Continue the roleplay after listening to the piece. I use parentheses whenever I'm out of character.)

As Slide played the trombone, he imagined as if he was in Trotland, trotting through fields of blue bells. Then in the sky, he saw Crash Course flying overhead, swooping down to join him. There, they just laid down in the field, a moon in the sky. Both of them were looking at the stars in the sky. Then suddenly, Crash kissed Slide. Slide returned the kiss passionately. 

After five long minutes of playing, Slide finished the piece with a F major note. He put his trombone in the case and bowed his head. After a couple of seconds, he took a sip of his lemonade. "So, would you like to go to the bowling alley with me?" Slide asked reluctantly.

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Crash shrugged. She knew it was a little weird that he asked her out first thing without even getting to know her at all.

"It's fine Slide, I don't mind," she said smiling trying to make Slide feel better. Now, she had to listen to him play the trombone. She never really saw him do it up close before, so this must be something special. Crash watched as he set up his trombone to play. She was just a tad excited now, she wanted to know how much he loved his special instrument. Now he started to play a beautiful tune. She watched him with her blue eyes that seemed to sparkle a little in the light. Slide seemed really into it, he must really love his trombone playing. Soon after a few minutes, the song was sadly over. Crash then lightly stopped her hooves as he went back to Crash.

"I would love to," Crash said taking a sip of lemonade then getting up and going to the door.

"I'll go make myself look good," she quickly said smirking then flew off into the spa.

A few minutes later, Crash came back to Slide's house. She had her hair down, which was super rare for anypony to see, but she also looked all shiny and had her hooves done. Crash strode back to her lemonade, blowing her mane out of her face. Taking a sip of lemonade, she looked up at Slide's face and he seemed to look rather, excited.

"I have to make myself look nice. I can't just look like a dirt bag when we go," she said blowing her mane out of her face again.

"The spa ponies are also very fast if I do say so myself," she quickly added taking another sip of her lemonade. She did look pretty nice. She was usually too lazy to do anything with herself.

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Slide put his trombone away into the case, happy that Crash loved the piece he played. Slide watched as Crash flew off to the spa, returning only a couple of minutes later. She entered like she was a movie star. "Oh my!" Slide exclaimed as Crash closed the door behind her. "Crash, you look amazing! It's like your ready to roll that bowling ball down the lane and get a strike 12 times in a row!" Slide paused to control his excitement. "There was a reason why I chose that piece," Slide said as he took another sip of his lemonade. The glass was almost empty. "Bluebells are flowers, not to be confused with the poison joke flower. But when they bloom, they look so beautiful. A composer wrote that solo because he was inspired by the many fields of bluebells in Trotland. Let me just go get my bowling ball. I'll be right back." Slide finished his lemonade and placed his glass on the coffee table. Once he got to his bedroom upstairs, he found his bowling ball and placed it into his saddlebag. It still had the manuscript paper, quills, and ink inside. "This could be the day I will finally get a perfect game. Maybe I should compose a jazz piece about the bowling alley," Slide thought to himself as he made his way downstairs. "Green Screen, I'm off to go bowling with Crash. Keep the house safe and don't invite anypony in unless you know them," Slide said to his twin brother. He made sure that his saddlebag was secured onto his back. "Alright then Crash, are you ready to go bowling?" Slide asked as he held the door open for her.

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Waiting patiently for Slide to return with his bowling ball, Crash finished the rest of her lemonade keeping on the table it was set on. As Slide came down with his saddle bag, Crash blew her mane out of her face for the millionth time then ran towards the door to get to the bowling alley. She was quite excited.

"Yes Slide, I'm ready!" she said grabbing onto the doorknob with her wing and opening the door with a quiet 'squeeeaaak.' Then she trotted out happily folding in her wings and waiting for Slide to come out of the house. As he stepped down from the door, Crash got a rush of excitement and flew into the air doing a few twirls. After that she flew into a few clouds then took off towards the bowling alley. She then quickly landed in front of the bowling alley building and sat down.

"Hurry up slowpoke!" she yelled as loud as she could. She never realized he had the bowling ball and those things are super heavy. She sighed then raced back to the red stallion.

"I can carry the bowling ball for you," she said holding out her hoof for the saddlebag and giving a small grin. As Slide nodded and gave her the bag, Crash pulled it onto her back then flew off into the air again.

"Alright, now let's go slowpoke," she smiled giggling then flying back to the bowling alley. With Slide behind her, Crash decided to show off her skills a little bit by busting through some clouds and doing some small flips. She couldn't really do much with a huge bowling ball on her back, but she tried anyway. Slide had to know something about her! Crash obviously knew how to fly well, she wasn't the best at her form, but she was still fast. Everypony has their weaknesses and flaws.

As the pair of pegasi finally got back to the bowling alley, Crash landed a little roughly from the weight of the bowling ball. She huffed then walked up the steps to the door and opened it slightly. A rush of cold air flew at her, moving her mane away form her face for her. 'Well thank you wind,' she thought as she held the door open for Slide to walk in. She had to show some matter of manners!

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"Why thanks Crash. You're so spectacular when you fly. It's like your practically flying with the Wonderbolts!" Slide exclaimed as he trotted into the bowling alley. Crash followed Slide into the bowling alley and closed the door behind her. When they were both inside, Slide looked around. The Ponyville bowling alley has 20 lanes, #1 on the far left and #20 on the far right. Slide turned to Crash. "I've been going to this bowling alley a couple of times with Green, but I've haven't bowled in a long time. Let me just get our bowling lane and then we'll be all set." Slide went to the counter and asked for a bowling lane. He chose bowling lane number 7 because 7 is a lucky number. He trotted back to Crash who was waiting for a response. "We will be bowling at lane number 7, just down there on the left." They both trotted over and were soon at lane number 7. The bowling balls were ready, the scoreboard blank on the table. Everything was set for a game of bowling.

Slide sat on a bench and watched as Crash sat down on a bench across from him. Slide took his saddlebag and placed it on the floor, opening it carefully. Inside, he lifted a red bowling ball out of the bag and placed it on the rack with the other bowling balls. "Bowling is a very simple sport," Slide said as he stretched his forelegs and back legs. "Just roll the ball straight. But here is how I bowl." Slide picked up his bowling ball with one foreleg and took a deep breath. He trotted slowly towards the boundary line. And then, with great force, he rolled the ball down the lane. Crash watched with amazement as Slide's ball curved right and then left. With a mighty crash (no pun intended), the bowling ball struck all 10 pins, a strike in the first frame of the game. "Yes!! That's what I'm talking about! After months of not bowling for a while, that was my wake up call!" Slide began jumping up and down in excitement. After calming down, he noticed that Crash was tapping her hooves together. "Thanks, it takes a lot of skill." Slide sat down and wrote his score, (X), on the scoreboard. "Alright then. It's your turn Crash. Good luck!"

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Sitting on the bench, Crash watched Slide knock off all 10 pins. She clapped with her front hooves but also rolled her eyes showing a small smirk. As a ball rolled into her slot to pick up, she lifted it up with her mouth then trotted slowly over to the lane. She set the ball down then started to stretch.

"Alrighty, guess it's my turn!" she said stretching her hooved and wings. After about two minutes, she picked the ball back up with her mouth then trotted backwards a bit. She squinted her eyes to get a better idea of how she could throw the ball. Keep the ball straight.. keep the ball straight.. Now running forward, she spit the ball out with as much power as she could process. The ball did a few loud jumps into the air then started to rush forward at a fast pace. The ball hit the side of the opening to the pins, then it spun hitting all ten of the pins. How lucky was she?

"Woah! You know what I always say! Batta bang, batta boom!" she cheered flying above the benches.
"I mean, what do I say, I am really good at sports! But I didn't know I was that good!" Crash said now landing onto the bench. She then wrote her score on the scoreboard. Now it was Slide: X, Crash X. The game seemed tied for now.

"Wow that made me excited! I think I'm going to go get some grub," she said stretching her legs and getting off the bench.

"You want something?" she asked as her stomach growled just a little. All this excitement made her hungry, and she normally never ate after an exciting moment. She hated eating. As she awaited an answer from Slide, she looked around trying to find a snack bar. As she spotted it in the opening of the front door, she looked back at Slide. She was just happy there was a snack area. Most of the sports places she went to didn't have any food to show off. She could now smell the food as it waved around in her face. She was super hungry now, especially because all she has had was lemonade! No breakfast or any snacks before that. Maybe that's why she crashes into everything.

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"Sure thing! I'll have a daisy sandwich with some hay fries and a glass of water. But see, I knew you were going to roll the ball straight. And getting a strike as well!" Slide was impressed that Crash got a strike, which now meant that the score was tied. But things were about to get even better. Slide was up next and he was determined to bowl the ball differently. "I shall throw it. That will be cool and very humorous," Slide thought as he picked up the bowling ball. "Hey Crash!" Slide shouted, "Watch me get another strike, like this!" And with a mighty heave, Slide threw the ball at the pins like a pitcher at a baseball game. The ball streaked through the air towards the pins. With a mighty crash, the ball hit the pins harder than ever before, nearly hitting the pin setter behind the pins. "Oh yeah! Another one! That's 2 strikes in a row!" Slide shouted with excitement. "The ball didn't even touch the ground," Slide thought as he went to write down his score. The game score was now Slide: X X, Crash: X. Slide knew that this was going to be a good game. After he wrote down his score, he noticed that Crash had returned with some grub, food for her and the order he wanted. "Thanks Crash, it's your turn now. I'll watch as I eat my daisy sandwich." And soon Slide was munching on his daisy sandwich, eating it like he hasn't eaten food in weeks. "That's strange, it should be dinner. Ah well, better late than never," he thought as he took another bite.

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Crash watched as Slide got another strike. He was really good at the game, maybe even better then her, but that didn't stop her. As Slide started celebrating, Crash went to go get some food. She trotted over to the snack area and waited in line. After a few minutes of waiting, she finally got to the front of the line.

"Hello Ma'am, my I take your order?" the worker said looking at Crash.

"Yeah, um, I would like two daisy sandwiches with two small plates of hay fries," Crash replied looking at the menu.

"Alright sweetie, any drinks with that?" the worker asked already making the order.

"Oh yeah, I'll take a two bottles of water," the yellow mare answered putting her hooves onto the ordering table.

"Okay, that'll be fifteen bits," the worker said writing the order down on paper.

Crash then flew to the saddlebag that sat on the bench. She quickly grabbed her bits then flew back to the snack area. "Alright, here you go," she said putting the bits onto the table. The worker then put the cooked food onto the table as she took the bits. "Here is your food. Have a great day!"
"Yeah, you too," Crash said grabbing the bag of food with her mouth then flying over to lane seven.

"Okay, I got the food," Crash said putting it onto a small table that was off to the side. As Slide grabbed his food, a bowling ball laid on her bench. She grabbed it with her wing this time then trotted over to the lane. She then twirled around as her wing let go of the ball. The ball smoothly hit all ten pins no problem.

"Hmm, once again. Batta bang, batta boom!" she said writing her score again. The score was once again tied, Slide: XX, Crash: XX. Crash then went back to her bench and blew her mane out of her face again. She then fixed her bandana that laid on her neck and grabbed her food out of the bag. She opened her water and took a sip once again moving her mane out of her face. She then took a hay fry and popped it in her mouth.
"Alright Slide, your turn!"

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"I think this game is rigged," Slide said as he took another bite of his sandwich. "At this rate, the game will be tied at the end." Slide soon took a drink of water. He was very thirsty after all. "Oh, it's my turn. How's this? I'll do this turn blindfolded!" He picked up his bowling ball, stared at the lane, closed his eyes, and rolled the ball. After three seconds, he turned around and looked at Crash. "That is how you roll a ball blindfolded." And after he finished his sentence, the ball crashed into the pins, another strike and the first turkey for Slide. He sat back down on the bench and recorded his score. It was now Slide: X X X, Crash: X X. "Crash, do you think it would be great if we were married? I mean, living somewhere great, the both of us together, sleeping in the same bed at night." Slide took another bite of his sandwich. "I've played solos, been in an orchestra since I was a little colt, and the conductor of a jazz ensemble. What would you like to do after we play this game of bowling? I mean, I could visit your place, we can go to the park. In fact, since we are pegasi, we can go to Cloudsdale too." Slide sighed. "I'm also worried about Green. What will he be doing all alone while I'm with you?" Slide took another drink of water. "It's your turn by the way. Good luck!"

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Crash grabbed another ball into her mouth then went to roll it down the alley lane when she heard the word 'married'.

"M-m-m married?" she said dropping the ball from her mouth. The ball then went straight down the lane and hit 9 out of the ten pins, then one of the pins hit the last pin standing turning in into a strike once again. Today was her lucky day apparently.

"I don't know what everything would be like if we were.. m-married. Um, I just don't know how it would work out. Like I have a tour to accomplish soon.. and you play the trombone and travel places also to play. And then I don't know how Duck will feel.. and of course your brother would be alone. And-" she stopped sitting down onto the bench and writing down her score. Slide: XXX, Crash: XXX. She then sighed and took a bite of her sandwich.

"Sorry, I got a little over the top," she said drinking her water.

"Um, we can go to Cloudsdale after this game. I miss my cloudy city," she said smiling at Slide. Now taking another bite of her sandwich, she then flew over and gave Slide a little peck on the cheek.

"It's your turn," she said flying back to her bench. She took another bite of her sandwich. And watched Slide bowl his ball.

"Hmm, if we did ever get married though.. would you want to have a kids?" she asked trying to imagine herself being a mother. She never thought it could work, EVER. She would never have any time to take care of him/her and she would be an awful mother, but would she want a filly or foal? Neither of course. She never wanted kids in the first place, but she wanted to know what Slide thought of the idea.