Races and Musicals (private) [Concluded]

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"Oh! I see. The race course would be an excellent decoration to this house. I mean, with the swimming pool in the backyard and the race course in the sky, this house is perfect!" Slide and Crash were both outside admiring the racing course floating in the sky. "What should we do now? Well it hasn't been a full hour yet. We already had breakfast and I'm not really hungry at the moment." Slide was beginning to feel bored. "You know what, I'm going to go for a swim in the pool. I'll go get my swimsuit, cap, and goggles first."


Slide flew over to the front door and went inside, closing the door behind him. Flying to the master bedroom, he opened the closet. Taking out his saddlebag, he searched for his swimsuit. After a few minutes, he found what he needed. The swimsuit, goggles, and swim cap were colored black and ready to be put on. Slide trotted into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He slipped on his swimsuit, tucked in his mane into the swim cap, and made sure that the goggles were over his eyes. Satisfied, he flew to the back door, opened it, and trotted outside.

"Crash! I'm in the backyard now! I'll be swimming some laps in the pool!" Now the swimming pool only had one lane. The rest of the pool was for recreational use because that part of the pool had a diving board and a slide. Slide made sure he had a towel ready and jumped into the pool. "BRRRR! This water is freezing!" Slide shivered as he tried to get adjusted to the water. He got out of the pool and began to stretch. Flexing his wings, stretching his legs, hoofs, and anything else he needed to stretch, Slide was ready to swim. Diving into the swimming lane, he began to swim down the lane, taking a breath every two strokes of freestyle. Each time he reached the end of the lane, he did a flip turn to begin swimming another length of the lane. After swimming 20 laps, Slide was a bit tired. "Goodness!" Slide gasped. "I haven't swam like that since I swam in the clouds when I was a little colt."

Slide was too exhausted to even realize that his swimsuit was now floating in the pool. During his second to last lap, the strings that were tied together to keep the swimsuit on came loose. He trotted over to a lounge chair, took off his goggles, and laid down on the chair, unfurling his wings and spreading out his legs, giving an embarrassing view to anypony within a considerable distance.  

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While Slide was swimming, Crash decided to listen to a little music. She flew into the house and into the bedroom. The yellow mare got to her little backpack and opened it up, reveling a MP3 player and a pair of headphones. She put in the headphones then hooked them onto the MP3. She then opened up her wing and searched through the little box of music. She searched for a good minute or two then finally found her favorite song. The only song she ever listened to when she was in the mood to sing. She clicked the song with her hoof and the music started flowing through her ears. The song was Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother. Crash bobbed her head to the music then walked out while humming. She pranced out of the room, dancing a little bit. She then walked through the kitchen then back outside where Slide was swimming. She noticed that Slide wasn't in the pool anymore, so she looked around while shaking her head around. Her blue eyes finally stopped and saw Slide sitting in a lounge chair. He wasn't wearing his swimsuit. It was flouting all by it's self. Crash folded her ears then tilted her head towards Slide. She noticed something quite embarrassing. Crash looked back at the pool then pulled out one of her headphones in her ear. She then made her way towards Slide while still looking at the pool.

"Hey, um Slide?" she asked while being kind of loud. Her music was blaring in her ear, so it was hard to hear.

"You should put on some trunks, or if you want to make this quick, look down," she continued, still trying not to look. She was quite embarrassed for him. Crash paid back attention to her music then started to dance again. Her wings got excited to from the music, it was her favorite part of the song. The guitar solo. Her wings made her flout up into the sky, and she started to move her hooves around happily.

(This is the song I'm talking about. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afXXsJwYZo )

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Slide lifted his head. He noticed his swim trunks were floating in the pool. Looking down, he noticed something was off. "Oh, there are my swim trunks." Slide laid back down on the chair. "Wait! My swimsuit!" He suddenly bolted upright. "OH BUCK! I'M NOT WEARING MY SWIM TRUNKS!" Slide quickly jumped into the pool to retrieve his swimsuit. Quickly, his swimsuit was back on around his rump. Treading the water, Slide turned to look at Crash, who was listening to some music. Slide got back out of the water, finally wearing a swimsuit, and laid down on the lounge chair, heavily breathing and blushing nervously. "Excuse me Crash, I didn't realize that. I was exhausted from swimming that I didn't see that my legs were spread out and showing my...you know." He never felt so embarrassed in his life. "I mean, we normally don't wear clothes, but I apologize for my actions. I love you Crash Course, but that was a huge mistake on my part." Slide relaxed, still wearing his black swimsuit and swim cap. Sitting upright, he trotted to the back door. "Crash, I'll be right back. I need some time alone to think." Closing the back door behind him, Slide trotted to the living room. Landing on the sofa, he began to cry. "Why didn't I tie those strings of my swimsuit tighter!" Slide shouted, punching a pillow in the process. In rage, he took off his swim cap and swimsuit, leaving them on the sofa as he flew as fast as could to the bathroom. Not even locking the door, he quickly prepared a bath for himself. Once the water was warm enough, he slowly stepped into the tub and laid his head back. Slide sighed as he relaxed in the tub. He began to sing a song.

I see trees of green, red roses too,
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
Are also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hooves, sayin', "How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "I love you."

I hear fillies cryin'. I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Slide sighed as he finished the song. "What the buck is wrong with me? I'm like a little colt who is too scared to fly!" He asked to himself, looking done at his private parts. "What did I do wrong?" A tear streamed down Slide's face as he began to cry once more.

(I listened to the song and it sounded great!)

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Crash paused her song as Slide jumped back into the pool, receive his swim trunks, then storm off back into the house. Crash flew back to the ground and raised an eyebrow. It really wasn't that big of a deal to her. It was seriously nothing to her. She's seen much worse things in her life time. All Crash did a shrug and sit onto the lounge chair that was next to Slide's. She looked back at the MP3 player and switched the song to Photograph by Ed Sheeran. She started humming then singing to the song. But quickly getting bored, she went back into the house and into the bedroom. She sat on the bed and started singing some more.

"When it get's harrrdd.. You know it can get hard sometimes. But it's the only thing-" Crash stopped, while hearing Slide in the bathtub. She got up and made her way to the door and put her ear on the cold wooden door. She then knocked on it, and it slowly cracked open.

"Hey Slide. You alright?" she asked softly, trotting then sitting next to the tub. Slide shook his head then Crash smiled.

"Hey, listen to this song! It's great!" she said while taking out one of her headphones and putting it into Slide's ear. She then turned up the music a little bit and started singing to the song.

"Lovin' can hurt. Lovin' can hurt sometimes.

But it's the only thing.. that I know.

When it get's harrdd.. you know it can get hard sometimes.

It is the only thing that makes us feel alive.

We keep this love in a photograph.

We made this memory for ourselves.

Where are eyes are never closing,

Hearts are never broken,

And time's forever frozen and still.

So you can keep me,

Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans,

Holding me closer till our eyes meet,

You won't ever be alone.

Wait for me to come home."

Crash sighed then kissed Slide on the cheek while still listening to the song. "Everything will be alright. It's not a big deal."

(Glad you liked the song. I'm guessing you know who Ed Sheeran is because everyone knows who he is. But here is the song anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00fgKzRtdo )

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Slide wiped the tears from his eyes. He was still sitting in the tub. "Thanks Crash. That song was beautiful. I feel a bit better now. I need to get out of this tub. It's been a rough morning hasn't it?" Slide got out of the tub and lifted the plug to drain the water. Drying himself off, he turned to face Crash. Smiling, he gave her a hug. "I love you Crash. I'll protect you in times of danger and no matter what, I'll always be there for you." Slide parted the hug and made his way to the living room. Sitting down on the sofa, he realized that he didn't put his swimsuit, goggles, and swim cap away. Disposing the swim cap and swimsuit in the laundry room and putting his goggles back into his saddlebag, Slide trotted over to the living room. He was starting to get bored again.


"Goodness. I haven't been this bored since the day after Green and I moved to Ponyville. I wonder how he's doing? I know he'll be alright." Slide sat down on the couch and picked up the newspaper. Duck was still asleep. Slide grinned as he began to pet Duck. "Now let's see here. Crash and I have been to a bowling alley and my house. I have seen her house and now we live in a house together. Where else should we go?" Slide thought as looked at the newspaper. Looking at the clock, it was thirty minutes till noon. "Gee, it's almost lunch time. Maybe I should make some grilled cheese sandwiches." Slide folded up the newspaper and got up from the sofa. Trotting over to the kitchen, he began to make lunch. Fifteen minutes later, he had two servings of grilled cheese sandwiches for both himself and Crash Course as well as two mugs of tomato sauce and cups of delicious cider. "Crash! Lunch is ready! It's a special today: Grilled cheese sandwiches!"

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Crash yawned then flew to the kitchen. She sat down at the table.

"Wait.. cheese? Sorry Slide, but I don't like cheese," she said slowly. She then shrugged. "I'll take the tomato soup though! That's good!"

Crash grabbed the soup and some crackers then sat back down. Duck rested his head on the table for a cracker, so Crash threw one into his doggy food bowl and Duck rushed over to it. Crash then quickly gulped down the soup and ate the crackers.

"Woah, I didn't know I was that hungry. Interesting," she said with a tilt of her head. She then looked at Slide.

"You wanna play tag? I know, we are not fillies anymore. But I thought it would be fun!" she said smiling. She then opened her mouth again. "I win almost every time, so watch out. I'm fast if you didn't know already." Crash gave a wink then flew outside waiting for Slide. While she waited, she listened to some more music that was on the MP3 player. She sighed then sat on the lounge chair again, soaking up the sun. The clouds were gray, which she liked. She hated hot or warm weather, is always made her fly slower then usual.

Crash got up from the thought of the weather. She hoped that her race tomorrow would be in the rain. She flew into the air with her music and flew into town without Slide knowing. Crash didn't know how the weather worked in Cantorlot, other then the unicorns changing it themselves. Crash landed onto the ground then found the nearest unicorn.

"Hey you! Do you know what the weather will be tomorrow?"

The preppy pony glanced at Crash. "Oh yeah, it's going to rain tomorrow."

"Thanks!" Crash flew away quickly and back to the backyard. She went back to the lounge chair and waited for Slide to come out and play tag.

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"Oh, I'm sorry. I'll just have your grilled cheese sandwich while I also have mine. I'll make you a different sandwich for dinner." Slide began to eat his lunch. After finishing his lunch, Slide noticed that Crash only ate the crackers and enjoyed the delicious tomato soup. She had asked him to play a game of tag. Slide collected the dishes and began to wash them in the sink. "Tag? Now I haven't played that game in a while. In fact, the last time I played the game was when Green Screen and I were colts and we chased each other, flying after one another," Slide thought as he began to wash the last dish. After all the dishes were washed, he trotted outside to the backyard. Crash was nowhere to be seen. "Huh? I wonder where she went off to." Just a few minutes later, Crash returned. "I'll be glad to play a game of tag! It'll be fun and even though were not fillies anymore, the chances to tag you back will be greater!" Slide was so excited that his wings buzzed erratically. "Let's lay some ground rules okay? The game shall remain in Canterlot and no where else. We can fly or gallop around the city but the time to remain hidden must be 30 seconds. If over the time limit of hiding, the player is "it" for the rest of the game. If the player who is "it" gives up and quits, the player that is not it wins. In order for the player that is "it" to win, he/she needs to do a dare thought up by the player who is not it. Are there any other rules that need to be addressed?"

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'Ugh, rules,' Crash thought as she looked at her fiancé. She still acted like a filly sometimes. Maybe because she never had anyone to teach her how to 'grow up', which explains why she wanted to play tag in the first place. Crash simply nodded at the rules.

"Yeah, 30 seconds bla bla bla, only in Cantorlot. I got it," she mumbled under her breathe. She sighed then trotted closer to Slide. She then pecked him on the lips.

"Tag your it!" she laughed then flew out of the backyard and to the tiled streets of the Cantorlot town square. She looked around for somewhere to hide, but she soon saw a red stallion coming right towards her. Her eyes became tiny dots then she flew away from the town full of fancy unicorn ponies. She ended up near the castle, away from any others. There was a few guards around, so she decided to hide behind them.

"Ma'am, what are you up to?" The guard asked looking at her like she was insane. 

"Playing tag with my fiancé. What are you up to?"

"I'm guarding the castle from idiots like you ma'am."

"Well I guess you failed sir," Crash laughed still hiding behind the stallion. He raised an eyebrow then moved out of the way for any pony to see.

"Ma'am, I need you to leave please," he said to her. Crash stuck out her tongue.

"Fine, be that way grump," she mumbled then flew away from the guard, leaving a green trail behind her. Crash landed back in the town then looked around for any red ponies. She sighed then trotted behind a bush.

"Wait, has it been 30 seconds yet?" she asked herself as she hid in a flower bush behind a pointed fence. She shrugged then stayed quiet.

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Slide was about to say something when suddenly Crash kissed him. Shouting the infamous words, she dashed away, leaving a golden trail behind her. "Gah! My goodness!" Slide thought as he recovered from what just happened, scrunching up his face in the process. Looking up, Slide could see Crash far off in the distance. "Hey! Get back here!" Slide was a bit angry but laughed as he shot off into the air to catch his marefriend.


Slide was soon flying around Canterlot, trying to find Crash. Realizing he was going to fast, he suddenly skidded mid flight and touched down on a cloud. Up ahead was the castle, a building that he would never go near. "Whew! I'm exhausted. But I respect royalty, and I don't want to be arrested for trespassing." Slide looked around some more. He hadn't been on a cloud in a while. "Clouds are much comfier than a couch. I do sleep on a cloud bed and it's perfect!" Slide looked to see if Crash was near the castle. Taking a closer look, there was a guard stationed there on duty. He jumped off the cloud and glided down towards the ground. Noticing some bushes, he took a closer look to see something blue behind the bush. It was Crash's bandanna! Slide jumped to the other side of the bush to see Crash Course. "A-ha! Found you!" Crash spun her head around to see Slide behind her. Slide booped her gently on the nose. "Thanks for the kiss but tag your it!" And Slide rocketed into the air, leaving a brown speed trail behind him.

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"Awe horse apples!" she yelled as Slide flew off at his own pace.

Crash got out of the bush and brushed the extra leaves and dirt off herself. She then looked around and sot off into the air trying to look for Slide. She flew as fast a she could, which was great for practice for the race she had the next day. Crash stayed in the air for a while, then landed next to a huge tree that from a distance looked as big as the castle, of course that's impossible though. Crash leaned against the dark tree with her hoof, taking big breaths. She then looked around again and finally spotted a clue in the sky. Slide's speed trail.

"Yes, a Pegasus speed trail! Nice job Crash," she told herself as she started to fly up into the sky again. Her wings flapped a little slower then normal from her exhaustion, but she wasn't going to lose to a stallion. She needed to win this game! Crash dashed through the sky, following the brown trail that sparkled in the sky. The trail slowly started to disappear into nothing, then soon came to a stop. Crash looked down to see it stopped near a whole bunch of bushes and trees. Crash landed onto the ground and looked around for some more clues. Crash squinted her eyes to see a little brown fluff peeking from the top of a tree top. She smiled then flew over to the tree and moved the leaves out of the way to see a brown bird. She froze as the bird looked at her with it's black eyes. Crash shot far away from the bird as fast as she could. She started to scream as she flew across the town.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Crash closed her eyes as she flew, so it made sense how she ran into Slide hiding behind a tree. Crash landed onto her back, and on her left wing. She winced as she try to get up.

"Ow! Ow.. ow.. ow," she whined as she leaned her hoof onto the ground so she could sit up. She bit her lip then looked at her wing.

"ARE YOU BUCKING KIDDING ME?!"

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"Ha! She'll never find me here. Even though I found her behind some bushes, I should try to be as pianissimo as possible." Suddenly, there was a scream. Slide suddenly turned his head to see Crash flying towards him close to the speed of sound. "CRASH, LOOKOUT!" Slide braced for impact. Crash thudded onto the ground, hitting Slide in the back and began tumbling for a considerable distance.

200 yards later...

With a final thud, Crash and Slide were both injured and badly bruised. "Ugh. My head." Slide groaned. He looked over to see Crash, wincing in pain. She looked at her wing and screamed. "Oh no. This is bad! This is really bad. Crash, I'm here for you. Here, let me inspect your wing." Slide took one look at the wing. It was indeed broken and needed medical attention immediately. "Okay, even though I've only been the to hospital once, I need to get you to there now!" Slide got up and lifted Crash onto his back. "Your wing is too injured so you can't fly. I'll take you there as fast as possible. Hang on!" Crash held on as Slide took off into the sky towards Ponyville. A long journey was ahead of him.

30 long miles later...

Slide touched down in front of Ponyville Hospital and dashed into the lobby. "Help! Help! Please! My marefriend here has a broken wing and she has a race tomorrow. I need a doctor now!" The nurses were shocked. There was no time to loose. Carefully, Crash was laid onto a hospital bed and rolled towards an operating room. Slide sat down in the lobby waiting room, breathing heavily. "Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. I hope she's going to be okay. That was a nasty landing. But she has a race tomorrow! Why do I hate it when someone gets injured!" Slide began to cry, tears streaming down his face as he wept on the bench, waiting for Crash to return safely.

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Crash got gently placed onto the bed. She closed her eyes tightly to face the pain on her wing. It felt like her wing got ripped off her back, or it was getting shocked by lightning. She heard the door suddenly open up, so she opened her blue eyes to see a unicorn doctor that was holding an x-ray. 'An x-ray? Did they put me to sleep or something? I don't remember..' Crash saw the doctor trot over to her with a frown on his face. Crash bit her lip.

"Hello Ms. Course," the doctor said, levitating the x-ray with his magic.

"Hi," Crash said trying to keep her wing as still as possible.

"Well, I have not so good news," the doctor said. Crash closed her eyes with a sigh. "You know your second feather on your wing?" the doctor asked, putting his hoof onto her wing. Her wing had a white cast on it. Crash pulled back a little. "You have snapped that bone. It is your biggest bone in your wing, and affects your flying ability the most."

"Wait, what! Can I fly tomorrow? I have a race and I can't miss it! I need to have my wing healthy!" she said in a crackly tone. The doctor shook his head.

"I'm sorry Ms. Course. No flying for about a month or more."

"WHAT?! THAT CAN'T BE! THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR ME TO FLY! THERE HAS TO!"

"I'm sorry, there is no possible way. You're gonna have to stay in this room for a few days. If you need anything, you can press the button on your nightstand. Now then, get some rest. You'll heal," the doctor said, then left Crash in the room. She frowned then pulled the covers of the bed over her head.

"ARE YOU BUCKING SERIOUS?!" she yelled, punching the blankets over her. She then screamed and hid her face in a pile of blankets.

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Slide had stopped crying on the bench. Wiping the tears from his eyes with a tissue, he began to take a few deep breaths. "I must stop freaking out over nothing. It's just a broken wing, that's all." He fluffed his wings out, stretching them ever so carefully. Suddenly, the operating room doors opened and a doctor trotted over to Slide. "Excuse me, but are you Mr. Fortissimo?" Slide nodded his head. "I have some news about your marefriend. On one of her wings, the second feather, the largest bone in a wing, has snapped and is indeed broken. Thank you for bringing her here."

"Your welcome. I hope she is okay," Slide replied nervously.

The doctor chuckled. "Well, if you want to go see how she is doing. I think she needs you more than ever."

"Thanks. I'll go see her. What room is she in?"

"Room 156. Visitors are only allowed for to visit for one hour. I have to check on other patients. Farewell!"

"Bye!" Slide waved as the doctor went back to his duties. Trotting his way down the hallway, Slide found room 156. Opening the door, he gasped. There sitting on the bed, was Crash Course, covered in blankets, and her injured wing was completely bandaged. "Crash? Now I know you must be upset, but I think that was the best game of tag I have ever played in my entire life. I mean, we could have done something else so that this wouldn't have happened." Slide took the blankets off of Crash and held her chin with a hoof. He brought his head towards her and kissed her passionately. "So with your wing broken, I can guess that you won't be flying for a month. Yikes, that is depressing." Suddenly, Slide got an idea. "Hey! Why don't I take your place in the race! I would be competing for you like never before! And I promise that you can keep the trophy if I win. What do you think about that?" Slide asked eagerly.

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Crash tilted her head at the idea. She then chuckled at it.

"Slide, this race is for, like, well, the best of the best. Your a musician, not a racer! The possibilities of you winning the race is about 1 over 100. You have 1% Slide, one percent! The only way you winning would be possible is if a miracle happened or something. And besides, I can't come anyway. The race is tomorrow and I have to stay here for three days," Crash pouted. She sighed then turned to the opposite direction of Slide. She looked at the blank wall that spit out nothing. She closed her eyes then put the blankets back over her head. She sighed once again then curled up into a ball. She started to think about the race, then started thinking about Slide and music. Music.. Crash felt like listening to music right now. She sat up then removed the blanket off and over her messy mane.

"Hey Slide? Can I have my headphones or somethin'. I really want to listen to some music," she said with a sad tone. She then gave a small smile as Slide nodded and left. She fell onto her back and yawned. She fell asleep quickly.

The mare dreamt about Slide racing in the race. The idea seemed to silly. A musician flying in a Pegasus race? How weird is that? Her dream was just as she expected. Slide got last place while all the rest of the quick witted pegasi got every thing higher. Crash opened her eyes to see Slide back.

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"Here are your headphones. You are correct that I won't be able to race." Slide sighed as he gave the headphones to Crash. "It's just disappointing. Here, let me tell you a story before you listen to some music." Slide composed himself and began his story.

"In my 2nd year of being the conductor of the Ponyville Jazz Ensemble, I told the musicians that we have been accepted to play at a jazz festival in Manehatten. Our audition tune, which was Blue Train, was good enough for the ensemble to be in the festival. We had an excellent rehearsal and got information down about where the festival was, what tunes we would be playing, etc. Three weeks go by and we are all sounding well. It's the day of the festival and we just finished a rehearsal in the morning. A few hours and lunch goes by. That evening, the ensemble is scheduled to rehearse before we perform on the big stage. The thing was, all the musicians ate at the same restaurant for lunch. There was no good news. They all got food poisoning. Literately red in the face, I was very upset at my musicians and had to cancel our performance. We got last place in that festival just because of a bad lunch. When I met with the group later, I asked them why they ate lunch there. For punishment, I gave them a piece to transpose a part of the music and play it back by memory. Three months later, we were at another festival and got 1st place. We got better and the group played very well. I was proud of them and awarded them to take a full week off from rehearsal. What I mean is, there are more chances at racing. And once your wing is better, I will help you train back to racing speed. I promise to take care of you while your wing heals."

Slide sat down in the visitor chair. "I hope you liked my story. It was a true story and I still am upset about the event to this day."