The Hoofball Game {open}

[joxis]

'That sounds illegal, what's your name anyway ?' Was the perfect phrasing. Acknowledging how much of an offence everyday ponies and extras would consider Baldoire's clearly rational and composedly thought-out plans and ideas before moving on to an apparently trivial but secretly vital question was exactly what he wanted to hear. "I'm beginning to like you, Purples. My name is Baldoire Pertuisane, you've probably heard of me through the odes and ballads composed in honour of my accomplishments. Or ... So, I was promised for substantial sums of money which I paid without a second thought. To you would I return the question, but I have a hunch that I shouldn't until we've entered this inn I was pointing at a mere three minutes ago."

And so he did. The inn was called "At the Fringante Pony's", which didn't mean much to the everymane, as it was a literal - read 'clumsy' - translation of its original title in a region of Equestria so stuck-up that nopony up there spoke anything but 'fancy talk', as was known to the lowly Laymane. On the outside, the building looked rustic and sober, its every wall made of plain stone and its roof made of both tiles and stubble somehow. But as Baldoire promptly opened the door and equally as promptly closed it behind him, the bowels of the seemingly average inn revealed itself for a second or two : High-quality silk rugs and millenial coats of arms covering every wall, gold and alabaster all over the place and a stunning 50 legendary exiled dukes and duchesses all packed up at the ground floor. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of good stature. I am come back from my duty and wish to declare my high deeds. They are as follows : As by your most benevolent order, I have successfully carried out the task of seeking every mean-born place of entertainment this kingdom bears. Soon, as by your most righteous schemes, all will learn to speak French, play Go and Backgammon, and return the living space that was stolen from your glorious empire ! Furthermore, I have kept the subject Eternity safe from the grasp of capitalism thus far, and cannot wait to carry this mysterious ticking package you instructed me to bring to the middle of the hoofball field disguised as a hoofball player as to not be stopped, for the greater good. On a last note, as per your orders, I have not questioned any of your orders nor what your true intentions are." Spoke Baldoire in an overbooming voice that would've been heard miles around hadn't it been for the inn's insulating paint that didn't let any sound escape its walls.

One of the nobles considered him for a moment, the eternal question of why himself and his comrades hired this guy passing by through his eyes in a blink, before turning to Performance Major. His gaze was grave as he asked Baldoire in fancy talk as to not be understood by the interested party "Comrade Baldoire. It is our hope that you realise this Unicorn's presence is not part of our contract. State his name, profession, and whether he has any relatives that would notice his untimely disappearance."

"Aye ! On this matter," Chuckled Baldoire in fancy talk, "I know not !" He turned to Performance Major and spoke distinctly and in a most plebeian tongue to the majority of the assembly "Now's the time, I just know it ! What's your name, Purples ?"

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It was around noon when Slide Fortissimo was enjoying his lunch. A fresh daisy sandwich with a glass of grape juice to be exact. His lovely wife, Shadow Flint, was busy playing with a few of the large amount of foals that they had produced over the years. She knew that Slide loves them all very much. Smiling, she happily smiled as Slide enjoyed his sandwich, savoring every bite.

Slide had just finished his sandwich when there was a knock at the door. Taking a sip from his glass, he placed the glass onto the table and got off the chair. He trotted over to the living room and entered the room. "Shadow, I'll go get the door. I think the mail is here," he said as he leaned against the wall. Shadow respectively nodded her head. Slide smiled as he flew over to the front door and opened it. Trotting outside, he reached the mailbox and opened it. Inside, there was the newspaper and a letter. He opened the letter. Scanning the letter, he trotted in place excitingly. Closing the mailbox and galloping into the house with great speed, he closed the front door and shouted. "Shadow! I have some great news!" He placed the newspaper onto the coffee table and gave the letter to Shadow. After reading the letter, his wife hugged him. Slide respectively returned the hug and began to read the letter:

Dear Mr. Fortissimo,

You are invited to perform "Equestria, The Land I Love" at a very major hoofball game that will be happening soon. Please make sure to bring your saddlebags and you will get to watch the game afterward. Please find enclosed a ticket for your wife as well. She'll be very proud of you indeed.

Sincerely,

The Owner of the Canterlot Colts.

"I'm so happy!" He exclaimed as he hugged two of the foals cutely. His wife smiled as she ruffled her wings.

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Performance blinked not knowing how to react to the announcement Baldoire had made inside the inn. Was he always this bold? As Baldoire continued his speech, Performance began blushing and lowered his head hoping nopony would notice the embarrassment showing on his face. Much to Performance's surprise, somepony in the room responded to Baldoire. Performance raised an eyebrow. Listening to what he had to say to Baldoire, he pretended not to listen. He averted his eyes and looked all over the inn. The way the inn was decorated seemed... out of place. The inn was just... too well decorated compared to the outside. Performance started to feel a little uneasy. What had he gotten himself into? His ear perked at the words "Unicorn" and "Untimely disappearance". Performance's eyes widen and he decided then and there that he needed to get out of there. He started to back up slowly from Baldoire.

Just as Performance was about to turn and dash toward the exit. Baldoire turned to him and asked him his name. Performance's eyes widened. Sweat began to bead down from his mane as he started to panic. Thinking quickly he decided to put his acting skills to the test. He closed his eyes took a deep breath then let it out slowly. "Actually, you were right Baldoire. My name is indeed Purples, Maximillion Purples. Now as for your business, I'm afraid I have to decline, for you see I already belong to another organization and they have the same goals that you do. I've been MIA for a lengthy amount of time, so if you excuse me, I'll be on my way" Performance said as he bowed and began to make his way to the exit.

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Eternity stopped to look at Knight. "I did not lie! This is not a barbershop dude. Cleary, this place is for mares, duh." Eternity shook her head in disbelief, then huffed. "Obviously there are pictures of mares everywhere as well, because they are soooo hot!" The grey mare then smirked.

After Eternity got her mane done, she looked at Knight to see her reaction. First, Eternity thought she hated it. She was really stunned it seemed. "What?" she asked, brushing her hoof through her brand new mane cut. "Does it look that bad?" The grey earth pony fake frowned, huffing is fake sadness. After a few odd seconds, Eternity the let out a laugh that was too loud for her liking. "I know you like it, short stuff," she laughed again, another large one. "You're blushing like a mad pony!" The mare then playfully punched her shoulder, shaking her head in now quiet laughter.

Suddenly Knight agreed to get her mane done, to which E was totally stoked about. The mare sat down to relax. Knight then said something that made the grey mare's eyes roll, then leading her to stick out her tongue. "Don't call me or the "bird" that!" she complained, sinking down in her chair. "I'm too cool for such a girly name. It simply does not fit whatsoever!"

Soon, Knight was placed in her chair to get her mane cut. E's blood red eyes sat on Knight, quickly moving away whenever Knight looked back at her. E would always go back to look at her though, just to get her eyes on something that she admired, besides all the wonderful hoofballs signed by her own self. Finally Knight was done with her mane cut though, so Eternity rapidly jumped off her chair to see the purple mare.

Once her eyes were set, Eternity quickly went into shock (not literally). And if Eternity was a Pegasus and had wings, they'd be up in two seconds flat. Her face wasn't red (thank Celestia), but her pupils were tiny. Knight asked the question "Do I look good?", which made Eternity clear her throat. "Uh... is that even a question?" Eternity then trotted over to Knight. "You look.. amazing, astonishing, beautiful-" she smirked, "absolutely hot! You're on fire dude! I've never seen anypony as hot as you!" The grey mare then laughed, punching Knight's shoulder lightly again to make sure it was a friendly thing she was saying and nothing too serious. She might of pushed it over the edge though.  

After she got her laughs out, the fully clothed mare then put her two hooves on her head, making her hair messier. "Okay," she started, waving at the workers while mouthing 'thank you' then opening the door for Knight to walk out of. "Ready to go to my most favorite place of all time?" Eternity said with her world class smirk that she always had on her face.

Eternity quickly looked out the clear doors though to see the purple stallion from before run off. He seemed to have exited the exit from there previous place that the two mares were before. Eternity just gave a 'what in the wide world of Celestia are they doing out there?' face. She quickly just shook it off, looking at the "new" mare before her. She still couldn't get over how amazing she looked though. Her mind couldn't wrap around the fact that she was actually talking to this wonderful mare that she met like, a day ago. She still really liked Knight. She just felt something special.

[crestchan]

Knight started to get a little worried. Eternity seemed to be a little too quiet, but that didn't last long. Knight smiled a little shyly as Eternity started going on and on about her new look. She felt that Eternity was over doing it just a little. She decided not to say anything and followed Eternity to the door. Knight noticed Eternity pause for a moment then looked at her. Knight felt that Eternity's gaze was different then usual. "W-well, if a salon is your second favorite place..." She started and made it seem like she was really pondering it. "I'm guessing it's a fancy dress shop." Knight said passing through the door. "Oh, or maybe a hoof place?" She looked back at Eternity and gave her a smirk. "Maybe it's a cake place?"

Knight started walking down the street. "Well lead the way, Miss Dovey." She smiled at Eternity. "Or would you prefer Lovey?" She was ready for anything that Eternity might throw at her. She didn't seem to like those names. "I hope this has taught you something. I know a name you don't like. So careful with those nicknames of yours." Knight said with a smile to show she wasn't actually all that upset by the nicknames. "Besides." she added hurrying up a little. "I kind of like your full name." Knight glanced around, wondering just where the two of them were going. Besides her joking before, Knight didn't really know where they were going. The Salon did throw Knight a little, so she couldn't really get a good idea of what place Eternity would like the most.

[joxis]

"Hold." Said the noblemane in perfectly understandable and plebeian common tongue, giving the hint to two other ponies in the room to prevent Performance's escape. "You are not going anywhere. I don't even know what to make of what you just said, 'Purples'. At best, it looked like a mediocre attempt at sounding like someone who would be pretending to be one of us. What I do know, however, is that you know too much. Hence, you are not going anywhere. Baldoire ?" The interested party looked up and stood upright. "Your next mission for the greater good is to escort your ... Guest, in ... 'The Room'."

After an exaggerated nod, Baldoire prompted Performance to follow him to the end of the ground floor, to a door that led to an underground complex. They vanished in the obscurity before the cautious eyes of the nobles. Once they were completely out of sight, one of them, a tall duchess, spoke out "Ladies and gentlemanes of good stature, I hold a pair of most serious inquirement : First, Richard." She was addressing the pony who had ordered the disposal of Performance Major. "I fully understand that Baldoire Pertuisane is a master of diguise - not because he is any good at disguising himself, but rather because he acts too mad for anyone to want any business with him - and has carried out every mission we have assigned to him without question, but I expect him to fail us one of day or another. Perhaps we rely too much on him. Our entire ... Project depends on his success. My second inquirement, and a more worrying one, would be : Baldoire and our guest haven't actually taken the road to 'The Room'."

Indeed 'The Room' was right next to Richard, not at the end of the corridor. The nobles considered eachother calmly. "If I may." Declared Richard in a suave voice. "Treason."

The path Baldoire had taken was dark. Very dark. So much so, that only the red digital numbers of a ticking timer illuminated the sombre sewages he was walking through. "I should have asked where 'The Room' is." He said. "Oh well, it can't be that important, am I right, Purples ? At least I still have this heavy package that I must deliver to the Hoofball stadium in ..." He looked at the blood red timer "... Four hours. Heh, that's also the exact time the match begins, when every player will be at the very centre of the field. Probably with a princess or two. Coincidences sure are something." After a few more minutes he saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

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After parting the hug, Slide trotted over to the master bedroom and opened up the closet.
    
    "Now let's see, I wear these for orchestra performances, these for jazz ensemble performances, and these for special occasions." He was looking for his best tuxedo, but as they were all the same color, they were of no use to be formal attire at a hoofball game. About to give up, he spotted a tuxedo that he had never wore before.

     "What's this? A black tuxedo with a red rose on the white shirt?" Observing the tuxedo, he smiled. Taking the tuxedo, he carried the hangar with a wing over to the mirror. He observed himself and imagined what it would be like if he was wearing it at the stadium.

    "Perfect! I'll wear this." He quickly put it on as his wife trotted into the bedroom. Slide finished putting on the tuxedo and did a few poses. Turning around, he saw Shadow standing there, smiling with excitement. Slide trotted over to his wife and kissed her.

    "I'll show the crowd how well I can play the nation anthem." Slide trotted to the bed and collected his saddlebags. Trotting down the hallway, he reached the front door and opened it. "The game starts in three hours. Just let them know that I'm playing the national anthem and you'll be allowed in." Shadow nodded her head and waved goodbye as Slide took off into the sky. Reaching a comfortable altitude, he flapped his wings and began flying towards the hoofball stadium.

About thirty minutes later, he landed in front of the main gate and looked around. Huh, that's weird. Is there anypony here? The game starts in three hours. "Hello? Anypony here?" He was getting a bit nervous, as it was a beautiful day for a hoofball game. Checking the time, he took a deep breath, glad that he was not late.

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Performance's eyes widened and he gulped. The room? What is the room? Whatever it was, it didn't sound like somewhere he wanted to go. All this because he couldn't mind his own business and just sing at the darn hoofball game! Performance took a deep breath and with a sigh followed Baldiore to this so called room. He didn't really have a choice, they wouldn't let him leave and he was rubbish at magic. He thought about teleporting, but knowing himself he's end up stuck in a wall or something. He wasn't exactly the most agile pony. He was quite the klutz. So he dismissed the idea and just hoped and prayed that he wasn't going to "disappear".

Wait... you don't know where we're going?! Ugh! Why am I not surprised... Well don't you think we should go back and ask then? You know what? Performance shook his head. Nevermind, we have to get out of here! You said you had to get to the hoofball game, didn't you?Well I have to too! You see... Performance blushed a little then sighed. "I won a contest back in Ponyville to sing the Equestrian Anthem for the hoofball game... and I have a funny feeling your "friends" want me to "disappear". So if you wouldn't mind, I'd very much like to just get out of here, any ideas? Performance asked Baldiore hoping beyond hope that he wasn't as clueless as Performance thought he was... or at least with some sheer amount of dumb luck he'd find a way out. Either way was fine. Until then Performance followed Baldiore.

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Eternity:

Knight really seemed to like poking fun at Eternity. Eternity though liked to pick fun at Knight. She intentionally always meant it to be a "flirty" thing, but since they were only friends and nothing more, it was kind of hard to flirt with Knight. Besides, Knight liked Princess Luna right? Not some dumb hoofball player who flirted with everything she saw. That statement was totally true in E's mind though. Eternity could see a piece of paper and flirt with it. She was that desperate and good.

Eternity was listening to Knight's talk, obviously messing with her. E took it serious though. "A dress shop? A hoof place? A cake shop? Who do you think I am Knighty? I swear you get more and more insane. It's that chest thing you're wearing dude." Eternity lightly shook her head, but then heard Knight call her "Miss Dovey". "Miss Dovey? Are you for real?" But then she heard the purple pony call her "Lovey". "NO! DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME THAT! EVER!"

Eternity's face quickly became beat red from embarrassment, which was indeed a rare sight. The grey pony stopped in the middle of the street just to throw on her red hood from her jacket before she let Knight see her face. Her face was literally so red, it blended in with her red eyes. But to change the subject, and out of pure luck, her most favorite place came into view. She cleared her throat, tightening her hood to cover her face more. "Uh- um, welcome to my favorite place," she said, acting like something was stuck in her throat. "But- uh- please don't laugh. This is kind of.. personal.. and sort of.. kind of.. girly at the same time.. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH!" she quickly said, quickly glancing at her most favorite place ever. "I can't believe I'm showing you this," she whispered to herself.

The place didn't seem to have a name at first, till you had to look very closely at the top. The place was called "Love Songs and Doves", but the name was in very small print, so it naturally looked like this: Love Songs and Doves. Eternity's face was still bright red, but she managed to open the door for Knight. She saw Knight walk in, so she quickly followed right behind, getting an overwhelming welcome of flowers and slow love songs. The place had black and pink walls, as long with bright flowers in pots scattered everywhere. Eternity felt her face cool down as she looked around taking a deep breath. She took off her hood quickly, slowly (and awkwardly) walking over to sniff some flowers.


Cracking Dawn:

The bright sun seemed to shine off the grey spear that a certain yellow unicorn was holding. Her blue magic was levitating the spear that she loved so much. Her and that thing have been together for as long as she could remember. Of course it wasn't as long as she's known her old fillyhood friend. It was her friend that in fact gave her the spear to fulfil her dream. So now she was here.

Dawn's bright blue eyes searched around the hoofball stadium for anything out of the ordinary. Her armor was making all sorts of sounds as she walked, but she grew into the sound. It was nothing new for her. The unicorn's eyes still liked to search around. She had a straight face for anything to come. Nothing seemed to be out of place, but of course her luck came to an end. A red Pegasus stallion was faced in front of the doors. He seemed to be clueless to what he was doing. Obviously the game didn't start until two to three hours. Was he stupid or something? 

Dawn quickly sprung into action, spear out in the front of her in a pouncing position. The sharp weapon hopefully looked threating, as long with the bright pony holding it herself. She always wanted to look threatening. It was probably a given though from her destiny. A royal guard at to look tough after all. "HOLT!" she shouted in a deep voice. Her eyes were in a deep glare. "What in Equestria are you doing here? You wanting to steal something? Got a bomb on you or something? A weapon? There is no reason to be here!" Her horn was lighting up even more with rage. Her eyes followed down to his cutie mark suddenly, seeing a trombone.

She blinked but didn't lose her mad touch. She suddenly remembered that there was supposed to be a trombonist performing today before the game started. She hated music so she didn't really care if she forgot or anything. She didn't remember his name, or the pony who was supposed to sing along with the trombone. She lightnened up a little bit though and let off more steam. "Trombone pony huh? You preforming today, sir?"

[crestchan]

Knight was enjoying her time with Eternity. She was having a lot of fun and was feeling relaxed. Knight didn't have many days like this, so it was always nice. Knight couldn't help but laugh at how Eternity was acting. The day had lightened her mood a lot. Knight had to admit, she did like Eternity's full name. "Why?" She asked still smiling. "It is a lovely name." She giggled a little. "I think it's very cute."

That is when the two ponies got to the next place of their destination. She didn't know why Eternity would react so much. Knight decided it was best not to make a joke about anything. She glanced at the building. It took her a moment before she realized where they were. She turned to Eternity and smiled softly. "Now why would I laugh at this?" She asked. "It's obvious that your favorite place has to do with music." She walked through the door. "You have been listening to a lot of music since we first met." Knight glanced back at Eternity. She had noticed Eternity blushing and for some reason that made her heart quicken. She liked the idea of making Eternity blush. Something about such a tomboy blushing seemed really cute to Knight. She didn't want to upset Eternity, so Knight figured it would be best not to push it too much.

Knight started to glance around. She noticed Eternity smelling the flowers. This was a very nice place. Knight could see herself coming back again sometime, when ever she was back in Canterlot. "So..." She said walking up to Eternity. "Good smell?" She asked sniffing one of the other flower.

[joxis]

"Say, Purples, I just thought of something. Would it not be quite amusing if, once we get to the hoofball match a yellow unicorn security guard pointed her spear at us and told us something along the lines of ... Um ... I know not, 'Got a bomb on you or something ?'"

There was an awkward moment of silence, during which Baldoire reached the end of the sewer-ish mine gallery-ish tunnel complex. A dead end, actually. There was a door there, that most likely had been closed for a while now. Water could be heard flowing on the other side. But Baldoire didn't seem to have registered any of that. He mechanically paused before the door and resumed talking. "I know that sounded random and most implausible, since ... You know, Canterlot guards are all busy doing very important castle stuff and not one of us has a bomb on them." He said ignoring the very distinctly ticking package strapped to his right side "But from time to time one might get echoes from ... An alternate timeline ? I honestly know not, if you're interested you should ask a certain brown pony back in Ponyville. He makes clocks and that's it. But clockmakers are the most mysterious of sorcerers, so I'm fairly certain he's part of a greater plan."

He stood there rambling on for what seemed like hours until his narrative came to a blunt end. "... Which is why we should consider forcing that door open. I know my way around Canterlot. We aren't that far from the hoofball stadium. Trust me ..." He spoke, taking a few steps back. Then he took a run-up and rammed his head into the door. At the same time, the nobles could be heard from afar catching up to him and Performance.

But that was only a mild inconvenience, compared to the floods of water unsealed into the tunnels by Baldoire. He had launched himself with such force that he was already too far into the river at the other side of the door to be sucked back in and floated up to the surface. He hadn't taken in the factor that he couldn't swim and was absolutely terrified of the water, though, so he splashed around awkwardly, intermittently yelling "Rescue ! Rescue !" and other such formulations to whoever would happen to be standing on the river's bank.

At this moment, he was in no position to think of Performance Major, who might or might not be stuck between the supremacist noblemanes and deadly tides of water.

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Suddenly, a spear was facing directly at Slide. He gasped and fell onto the floor, landing onto his back. Listening to the guard's words, Slide was completely speechless. That is until she noticed his cutiemark. He didn't mean to be rude because he was there to perform the nation anthem while playing the tenor trombone.

Slide calmly took a deep breath. "Excuse me madam, but I'm not here to harm anypony. And I'm not a trombone pony." He carefully got up onto all four hooves and ruffled his wings. "I'm Slide, Slide Fortissimo, principal trombonist of the Royal Canterlot Orchestra and the conductor as well as the composer of the Ponyville Jazz Ensemble. I have been playing the trombone for my entire life since I was a little colt and I'm here to perform the national anthem of Equestria while playing my trombone." He pointed towards his red saddlebags lying near a wall.

"Inside those saddlebags are my trombone case, money, keys, music scores, classical music trombone parts, and numerous amounts of jazz ensemble scores." Slide replied calmly and bluntly, not too nervous but alas, he remained completely calm. "I'm not here to steal, I don't have a weapon, and I'm not here to murder innocent ponies!" He took a couple of deep breaths and cleared his throat.

"Excuse my intrusion but I don't mean to be rude or bothersome. My family and I will be watching the hoofball game after I perform. Who will be performing with me and what is your name?" He asked politely, dusting off the dirt on his back.

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Performance yelled "BALDOIRE!" He shut his eyes and his horn glowed as he tried desperately to save his companion from drowning. Unfortunately, his concentration was thrown off due to the sounds of the supermacists noblemen coming his way. He looked back and forth between them and Baldoire in a panic, not sure what to do. What do I do?! I'm not sure why those nobleman are after us, but I'm not sure I would want to find out!

Performance looked all around him desperate for an answer, but he wasn't a pony who was daring and brave. He needed help, and he didn't have it. He looked back at Baldoire. Not to mention, Baldoire needs help, but my magic isn't strong enough to save him. He cursed under his breath for ever thinking it was a good idea to follow Baldoire. After seeing there were only two real choices, he closed his eyes to think. As scared he was, he the thought the best thing to do would be to surrender. He thought that if he did that they would save Baldoire, and Baldoire could come up with a plan. I am putting A LOT of faith in Baldoire, I really hope I don't regret this...

Performance sighed and turned to face the supermacist nobles. He took a deep breath and tried to look as calm and confident as possible. He tried to ignore the cries of Baldoire as he continued to struggle. Don't worry... they'll be here to save you... any second now...

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Eternity:

Eternity flung her head to look at Knight. Her face was still beat red, and she didn't know how to control it. Stuff like this hasn't really happened before. "MY NAME IS NOT CUTE!" she yelled, trotting faster to get ahead of Knight. She was becoming a little uncomfortable. "It's not adorable, cute, or in any sense 'awesome'. 'Eternity' is a lot better. That's why I use it."

The music was playing lightly in the store. The song that was playing was called 'The Only Exception' by the one and only Paramare (Paramore). It was one of Eternity's favorite songs. This store is actually how she found the song. But anyway, the flowers that she was smelling did smell good. Knight was rambling about how this had to be the grey mare's favorite place because she loves music. It was true, but from what E was talking about, 'It couldn't have been anything girly'. Now of course it was something girly, so Eternity was a little afraid of her lie. "Yeah, the flowers smell... good, nice, breathtaking, extraordinary, whatever," she mumbled in one word.

The (somewhat) mare quickly got up and disappeared behind one of the shelves with a whole bunch of records. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. She was still uncomfortable about showing Knight this store. She liked Knight a lot, so why hide anything about? And besides, she's already seen her cutie mark and stuff. The only other pony who has seen her cutie mark AND the lovey music store was her old fillyhood friend, but who knows where the bright yellow unicorn had went...

But anyway, Eternity sat down, looking at the love covered walls. She was slightly humming to the song, obviously thinking of Knight. She shook the thoughts out of her head, quickly realizing that she had a guest and that she left her all alone. Eternity slapped her hoof onto her face, regretting her freak out. The fully clothed mare then stood up, looking around for an excuse on why she left so suddenly. She mare looked at all the records on the shelves, seeing most songs that she has already heard. Once she found one she hasn't heard of yet, she took it in her mouth then ran to the pony who was playing the music. She asked the pony to play it, so the he did. The song was called 'Break My Heart' by Alex Preston. Eternity then quickly ran over to Knight like nothing happened. Eternity had a large smile plastered on her face. She sat down, then started to listen to the song she's never heard of before. "Listen to the song with me," she said to Knight, putting her hoof out for her to sit down next to her.

Cracking Dawn:

The yellow mare had a smug look on her face. She wasn't amused at all. When the red stallion was explaining everything and how he wasn't gonna do anything bad, she rolled her bright blue eyes. "Bla bla bla, whatever trombone pony. I just wanna know why you're hear!" She poked the stallion with her spear lightly, but nothing too hard to hurt him. He then told her his name, then started to talk about that he was gonna preform for the hoofball game, like she thought. Then he started to ramble on about everything in his saddle bag. Before he could say anything that was in it, she was already ripping through it. She levitated every object that he said out of his bag. "Huh, so you're not lying," she mumbled, still keeping her spear on the stallion. She blinked, letting loose a little.

She pulled her spear back, letting is rest on the wall. "Okay, I think I might trust you now. BUT DO NOT THINK OF ANYTHING STUPID. I AM ARMED." The stallion then asked for her name. She huffed, looking at him straight in the eye. "I am the one and only Cracking Dawn, royal guard for Princess Celestia and her subjects." Dawn then took a bow in front of the stallion. She stood back up, opening her mouth again to speak. "I am so very sorry for my absentmindedness. Sometimes I forget about the ponies preforming today. I apologize."

Quickly, Dawn heard something.. wrong... Her ears perked up, letting her head go high. She sniffed the air, hearing the cry for help again. "Oh.. Celestia.." The yellow and orange mare then took off running, seeing a river just nearby. Once she got there, which didn't take long, she saw a grey stallion screaming for help. Another stallion, a purple one, seemed to be trying to help him. So without thinking, the sunny mare jumped into the river. The water was pushing right in her face, making it hard to see, so she made a small force field with her magic to block the water. She swam to the stallion, clearing her voice. "Hey! Grab my hoof! I promise I'll get you out! Hurry!" she yelled, holding out her hoof. He didn't seem to know how to swim, which was lethal. He was struggling to grab her hoof, so she daringly went underneath the water and swam up to save him. She was above water again, feeling the stallion on top of her, resting on her back. She made the magical force field larger so she could see through the water, then she used her magic to lift them both out of the river.

She was tired from all the magic using, so she plopped onto the ground, feeling the stallion get off of her. She coughed, then stood back up, shaking most of the water out of her coat and mane. Her armor seemed heavier from the water, but she didn't care. All she wanted was to save the drowning stallion, so she did so, maybe even saved his life. Hopefully he was okay.

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Knight smiled a little at Eternity's reaction to what she had said. Knight didn't think that Eternity would have such a reaction, so she decided to drop the name thing, for now. Knight did like both of the names that Eternity had, she didn't see anything wrong with either of the names. Knight had only just started to listen to the music when Eternity had commented on the smell of the flowers. This made Knight interested so she leaned in and sniffed another flower. The flowers smelling good was an obvious thing, since the store would want to have return customers. Knight's ear twitched as she heard the lyrics of the song that was playing. Knight closed her eyes as she listened and had a smile. The song was very nice, but for some reason it made her blush. Knight shook her head and realized that Eternity had disappeared. "Must be off looking at some other music." She said, more to herself then anypony else.

Knight started to look at the different music. She never really had time to figure out what kind of music she would like. Knight walked slowly as she glanced at each piece of music. She wasn't even sure what she would like. She would stop when she saw something that looked interesting but soon continued walking. Suddenly Eternity was walking towards Knight, with a large smile. "You seem to be in a good mood." She said then was asked to listen to the music with her. Knight sat beside Eternity and listened to the music. Knight just closed her eyes and listened. It was indeed a song. Knight wasn't too sure how she felt about it. Once the song was done, Knight smiled at Eternity. "Well that was a song." She said glancing around the store quickly. She didn't want to be sitting in anypony's way. "What did you think of it?" Knight looked back at Eternity, curious what she would say about the music. "I mean, you do know more about music then me."