The Hoofball Game {open}

[joxis]

Under normal conditions, Baldoire would not have stood a single second of conciousness while being aware that he is in direct contact with a respectable mass of liquid water surrounding him. These were normal conditions. "Rescue, rescue !" Was in fact the voice of an automatism. These were the words uttered by his mouth, all the while his brain was reminded that the reason he found water so repulsive was that it could terminate all and every of his life functions. He splashed pathetically for seven seconds, the exact time it took for his synapses to compute that termination of all life functions due to excess water could be shortened to "drowning". After that, he fainted, his light hoofball gear allowing him to float on his back for a while until a confused citizen, encouraged by the awkward coughs of other citizens, picked him up and brought him to safety.

After several hours, he awoke. At his bedside was not an innocent young mare who would accompany him on his journey like any minor character was supposed to, but the beeping of medical equipment from a far from epic hospital room. Baldoire tried to keep it all together. Why was he there ? What did he do ? Where was Purples ?

... Purples.

"A HORSE !" He promptly declared, falling head first from his head but picking himself up instantly. "MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE TO COME THIS INSTANT AND LEAD ME TO THE SEWAGE COMPLEX !"

It didn't take long for a team of doctors and nurses in white lab coats to burst into the room, hooves full of painkiller filled syringes. Shouting reassuring words to make sure Baldoire doesn't get up until complete recovery, they all accidentally sedated him in his titanium solid head, negating the calming effect of the drug. In fact, quite the opposite of what the doctors wanted happened, for out of pure adrenaline, the grey maned Earth pony stylishly broke the only window to his room and made a mad dash for the sewers, of which the location he remembered exactly.

Also in the few seconds that this serie of actions occured, he had strapped an old doctor to his back with severed straitjacket bandages. You know. To patch Performance Major up once he got to him. "PURPLES !" He indiscreetly shouted to the entire town. At noon. "THINE INTELLECTUAL GUIDE AND MORAL COMPASS HAS NOT ABANDONED YOU, PURPLES ! I WILL BRAVE THIS VENERABLE SURGEON BATTERING MY BACK AND THE VERY DISTRACTING BEEPING SOUND OF THE PACKAGE STRAPPED TO MY SIDE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A BOMB TO RESCUE THEE !"

5.26 seconds later, he stood before the entrance of the nobles' house. Four hours until the opening ceremony to the great hoofball game. Four hours to find Purples. Patch him up. And go stand in the middle of the hoofball stadium with the beeping package - very important - for some reason.

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Slide Fortissimo was completely confused. "Hey! Where are you going? What's going on?" He was recently confronted by a guard and was by no means going to harm her. But still, he was a very polite stallion and would never hurt a fly. Slide watched the guard gallop down the corridor and away from the stadium. He carefully collected his saddlebags and trotted over to the main entrance of the stadium. Looking into the distance, he gasped when he saw that the river nearby had flooded. Slide watched as the guard managed to rescue the ponies in the river. Drat! I wished I was there to help. I'm a very good swimmer and I would've been the hero. But no! I was rudely interrupted, Slide thought to himself. With a sigh, he trotted into the stadium and made his way over to where he would be standing before the opening ceremonies of the hoofball game. Placing his saddlebags onto the ground, he opened them to find the music for the National Anthem of Equestria: "Equestria, The Land I Love". Looking at the clock far off in the distance, he decided to practice the piece. He first began singing the song, making sure that his voice was not off key. Afterwards, he took out his trombone and after a warm up, began to practice the song, making sure that nopony around him could hear him practicing. Occasionally drinking water from a bottle, he was able to memorize the solo too. "Whew! That was good. Now where is that singer?"

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As the tunnels began to flood, Performance Major's eyes widened and he ran past the nobles screaming "Ruuuuuun!" Performance galloped as fast as he could hoping to outrun not only the flood, but the nobles as well. He wasn't sure what would happen to Baldoire, but he figured that Baldoire is pretty lucky so he should be fine. Besides, he was the one that was in danger at the moment. He tried not to think about what would happen if the nobles caught him. He certainly wasn't trying to think about what would happen if the flood caught up to him. He just continued to gallop, hoping he'd be able to escape.

He quickened his pace hearing the screams of terror from the nobles as they also were running from the flood that was coming to engulf Performance and the nobles. Performance Major perked his ears looking behind himself and tripped. The nobles were on his tail, but rather than stop to capture him, they just kept running past him towards the main commons where Performance and Baldoire had entered from. Performance stumbled back to his feet, but didn't get far before he was pushed full force towards the nobles. The nobles got swept up by the flood along with Performance and were being pushed full force towards the exit. The wall was approaching them fast. Performance looked around frantically thinking of how he was going to get out of this alive. His eyes widen and he smiled. His horn glowed and he teleported himself and the nobles into the room just before they would have hit the wall. Performance panted, but quickly got up while the nobles were still catching their breath. He flung the door open and ran out, right into none other than Baldoire. He fell backward onto his plot. "Ow! Oh hey Baldoire!" He shook his head and looked at a parcel that had been tossed from Baldoire. "Hey, um... what is that?" Performance asked gesturing to the parcel that was making a beeping noise.

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Eternity:

The grey mare kept her red eyes on Knight, trying to see if any emotion was showing on her face. Eternity's ear twitched as she tried to concentrate on the song herself, which was very hard for her since she was sitting next to mare she (kind of) had a crush on. They just met, but there was something there, and she felt it. Feelings aside though, she couldn't concentrate. A much as she tried, it just was not working. Her mind was racing. She was stuck on a deep thought, and it was tough to recover. She blinked, noticing Knight said something. The song was also over. Sadly she didn't catch a lot of it. Knight said something again, making Eternity to shake her head, knocking herself back into reality. "Oh, the song? Yeah, it was something.." Eternity grinned, showing her bright white teeth. "It was uh- something.. of the.. something, something, stuff.."

The grey mare blinked again. What the horse feathers was she talking about? She didn't even know. Something was... off. Eternity rapidly stood up, looking around for a clock. The hoofball game.. Panic struck her suddenly, seeing that she only had an hour to get to the stadium. She needed to get there early to put on her clothes and warm up with her team, that should've already been there. "Awe gosh darn it!" Eternity ran to the large doors, looking outside to see ponies start to walk to the stadium, which wasn't very far away. "Sorry Knighty.. We gotta go. The game is going to start soon!" The mare then ran over to Knight, grabbing her hoof, then dragging her to the door and running out to the stadium.

Ponies were starting to see who was running in front of them. "Oh my Celestia! Is that Love E. Dovey?" somepony yelled. "Oh pony feathers! I think it is!" Eternity glanced at them quickly, then started to run faster before they all crowded her for an autograph. She ran to the stadium quickly, getting there in only two mintues. She could run fast. Knight seemed to be lingering behind her. The grey mare turned around to face Knight. "Okay, here are the tickets. Take them to that yellow unicorn guard over there. She'll let you in." Eternity then gave Knight the tickets, kissed the top of her head, then pushed her towards the yellow guard.

Eternity then noticed that she kissed Knight's forehead. Something was wrong with her... panic probably. She had a lot on her mind. The red eyes of the mare then looked at the guard, noticing something really familiar about her. Another panic strike hit her when the yellow unicorn looked at her. Those blue eyes.... "Cracking Dawn..?" Eternity whispered to herself, quiet enough for only her to hear. She then shook her head, running into the back room to put on her jersey.


Cracking Dawn:

After everything weird happening, orange and yellow mare quickly dried herself and her golden armor off before a whole group of ponies were about to come to the stadium. She looked around before doing anything though, seeing that the two stallions in the river were gone. "What the...?" she whispered, jerking her head around to see anything. Her blue eyes searched around, then shrugged it off. At least she saved his life.

Dawn trotted back to the stadium, noticing the red stallion was also gone. "Celestia.. One look somewhere else and they're all gone. What the hay.." The yellow unicorn shook her head, smiling at all the random events happening. She opened huge double doors with her magic, as well as levitating her spear as backup being her. She trotted in, seeing the lights already on part of the hoofball team creating noises from the locker room. She smiled again, remembering a small flashback from her fillyhood. Her old best friend, a grey filly, playing her first hoofball game.

The mare shook her head. "Why am I thinking of that? That came out of nowhere.." Dawn then realized it was the Cantorlot Colts playing.. her old best friend's dream team to be on. She then realized that her friend did indeed fulfill her dream like herself did. Her old best friend was here to play. The friend that she hasn't seen in years. The friend that she fell in love with... "No, stop!" she said to herself, almost yelling. "Don't start again." Dawn hit herself lightly in the head with her spear. The spear that her old best friend to gave her for her birthday.. "Ugh."

The unicorn trotted to another large room that had the light on. She saw the red stallion from before in it, practicing for his part. Dawn just nodded at him, then sighed. "Hey trombone pony." She giggled lightly. "Where is the singer? Shouldn't he be here?" She awaited her response, then left quickly has he gave her one. She looked at the clock, rolling her blue eyes then going outside. A whole line had already started. "Oh, sorry everypony." She sighed deeply, then started getting tickets from the other ponies.

After some ponies, she then locked eyes with a purple earth pony with green eyes and a blue mane. She was quite gorgeous to her, which made her shiver. "Hello," she said with a light voice. "I'll take that ticket." She then saw a dark grey mare that was watching them, making her panic. Her heart started to race. The mare looked all too familiar. The red eyes.. green mane.. "Oh no.." Dawn bit her lip, lifting her spear up with her magic just slightly above the ground to block her face. She looked again, but the grey mare was gone. She was more then nervous now.. She had so many feelings in her, she felt like she was getting dizzy..

[crestchan]

Knight smiled when Eternity replied. It was a vague answer and could have been said to pretty much any question. That is when Eternity remembered the reason they had come to Canterlot, the hoofball game she was a part of. Knight was pulled out the door and the two of them were on their way to the stadium. Along the way they ran past some of Eternity's fans. Knight had never seen fans react that way, mostly because she didn't have any fans. Knight glanced at them as they passed. Luckily it didn't take them long to get to the stadium. "Thanks." Knight said as she took the tickets that Eternity handed to her. Although the kiss surprised her, even if it was only on the head, causing her to blush. Knight kind of froze for a moment. Knight came out of it when she heard Eternity whisper something but ran off before she could ask anything. Knight shook her head and did as Eternity said.

Knight got in line to give her ticket to the pony. As Knight got closer she realized just who it was. It was none other then...a royal guard. Just a regular guard, but that was more then enough for Knight. Knight walked up to the yellow unicorn and blushed. This one one of the rare moments to meet and actually speak to one of the royal guards. Knight knew that she could not mess this up. Knight was able to see the features of the mare better up close, which caused her to blush more. Ever since meeting Eternity, Knight has been noticing mares more. Knight realized the guard asked for her ticket. Knight stiffly held out her ticket. "My ticket!" She said very quickly. She suddenly felt dumb. She had just ruined a rare moment. She shook her head, it could still be saved. "I want to be you." She suddenly blurted out. Somehow her mouth just wasn't working. "N-No I m-mean guard. I want to guard you." She stammered out then blushed. "I-I-I mean Luna. I-I-I want to...G-guard..." Knight's voice drifted. Knight just hung her head. That went worse then she had imagined.

[joxis]

"Huh ?" Baldoire was not quite sure what to think of the 'fallen parcel'. "I assure you, Purples, the venerable doctor that I personally strapped onto my back with the very bandages he was carrying around to patch the victims of the sudden flood up is still in that very same spacial position." He spun his head around as much as he could stretch it, only to see the tip of the horn of the terrified unicorn elder. "Behold your incorrect statement and my triumph. Though I wonder why you would call him a parcel, that is a most demeaning manner of calling upon senior citizens." He then noticed that stopping dead in his 30km/h gallop right in front of the nobles' secret house did indeed cause the very obviously ominous beeping package strapped onto his flank to fall over. "Oh, my quest item ! Thank you, I never would've noticed. Now I can absolutely complete my mission." He said, using spare bandage to attach the device once more to his side, this time in such a way that it wold take voluntary force to remove it.

As the nobles were recovering from their near-death experience, Baldoire spoke thus "The final puzzle pieces are coming together ! Soon all will be answered, and no grey area shall remain." He paused for effect and mechanically began walking towards the hoofball stadium as some instinct in him ordered him to at the sight of Performance fidgeting incomfortably the more nobles had been brought back to their senses. "Fret not, these prophetic words I simply happen to find inspiring. Surely they have no deeper meaning as to what is going to happen in a very, very near future. Anyway. Doc ?" He untied the old doctor as he walked. "My side of the bargain is complete. Work your wonders on Purples here."

The doctor, still shocked from his untimely kidnapping, rushed to Performance's side, only to find no major wound on him or any wound at all, for that matter. "I can absolutely, positively, one hundred percent sure confirm as I hereby swear on my honour, doctorate and please don't hurt me : This pony is in perfect condition." He blurted out, lost in a hypnotically horrific trance as he saw no predictable emotion in Baldoire's gaze which he had been locked in intensely for the past thirty seconds to identify whether he had been taken by a psychopath of some sort. Fortunately, before he could draw any conclusion on that question, the interested party nodded, and the elderly medic darted off.

Starting up towards the Hoofball stadium with renewed vigor, Baldoire motioned his companion despite himself to follow him as he made a clean, straight trot to his destination. "I certainly do hope nothing will delay us from going to where I must accomplish my mysterious mission, Purples. Especially since maybe if the pony in charge of guarding the entrance to the stadium is to busy recalling childhood memories while a love triangle is playing out that won't make said guard pony question the nature of my package of which even I know not aforementioned, uh ... Sorry for the repetition : Nature. Truly we are making progress with my quest."

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When Slide saw the guard again, he felt that he was rudely interrupted. "Excuse me, but I'm trying to practice my part please. Now what seems to be the problem?" Quickly, he placed his trombone onto the trombone stand and listened to the guard pony's question. "Yes, it seems I don't even know where that singer is. What's his name? I don't really know. But, he needs to be nearby me soon. Please find him immediately." The guard pony soon departed quickly in great haste. "Well, that was brief." Slide fixed his mane and made sure his tail hairs weren't out of place. Adjusting his bow-tie on his tuxedo shirt, he felt very motivated to play the background music for the national anthem of Equestria before the crowd of fans that were attending the Hoofball game. Slide picked up his trombone and trotted over to the end of the tunnel, near the field where he would be directed to trot into the center of the field. He noticed several guards protecting him respectively. "Excuse me gentlecolts, but I can't seem to find the singer who will be performing the national anthem. If you can all find him in less than 20 seconds, you'll all get a special tip from me." Two guards saluted and galloped into the tunnel. "Be quick now! The game's going to start very soon!" Slide took a deep breath and began to scan the crowd. He noticed his family sitting in the VIP section, the Royal Sisters, and other various elite ponies in Equestria already in their seats. After taking another deep breath, he began to wait for the singer.

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Performance stood up. "Wait a minute... what time is it?! I 'm supposed to sing the Equestrian Anthem at the hoofball game! Performance panicked. "B-but I don't know what to do, or where to go! Nopony ever told me, I was supposed to meet them at the tavern I saw you at, but they never showed! Performance started to panic as he ran towards Baldoire and grabbed his hoof. He then teleported as far towards the stadium his magic would carry him and Baldoire. Huffing and puffing, he continued dragging Baldoire with him. "I... h-hope.... I'm not... too late!" He huffed and puffed, the weight of Baldoire slowing him down, making him work harder as he galloped. "W-where... is... this... place! Baldoire, do.... you know where this stadium is? Did I teleport us in the wrong area?! Are we going to miss the hoofball game?!"

Performance Major began to panic again. "I... I'm sorry Baldoire, I think I got us lost... now we'll never make it to the hoofball game Performance sighed and sat down in defeat. He began to cry. "All... all I wanted to do was sing... but instead I got wrapped up in your mess!" Performance Major furrowed his brow. "In fact this is all your fault! I-" Performance cut himself off as his eyes widened. There, about a block away, was the hoofball stadium. He must have missed it from all the panicking. "There it is! Come on Baldoire, we can still make it!' Performance took Baldoire's hoof again and ran to the stadium and tried to run into the stadium, but was suddenly stopped by a yellow guard pony mare with blue eyes. Performance gulped.

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Eternity:

Eternity quickly made it to the locker room, her mind racing from her previous actions. Why did she kiss Knight on the cheek? Why did she run away when she saw her old fillyhood friend? She had adrenaline racing through her body like she just one a championship. She did win one last year, but it was different now. Most players had left to be with family. She was with a completely different team. Whatever, she was nervous and confused. Not a big deal.

Her team rushed over to her, wondering where she had been. They should've been warming up by now. "Sorry, guys.. I had other things to do. I'm hear now, don't fret about it," she said to most to the team, as some were already practicing. Most of her team consisted of stallions. A few mares here and there. "Good, because we can't have our leading player not be here. We need you," one of the players said, who was the quarterback. Eternity just sighed, followed by a smirk. "I'm not gonna let my team down. You guys are my homies." The quarterback then through Eternity's number 8 jersey at her. Eternity caught it with ease, then trotted to a bathroom stall. She quickly got dressed, stepping out of the stall with her hoofball outfit and helmet on. "Okay, I'll be right out you guys. I promise. I just got to lead a... friend somewhere."

Eternity ran out of the locker room, seeing Knight talking to her worst nightmare. Knowing Knight, she was probably gushing on how Dawn was a guard. Eternity rolled her eyes, deciding if she should confront them or not. Her heart was pounding out of her chest. This was the time to reunite with her old best friend. She took a deep breath, making sure she wouldn't get dizzy, then trotted over to them. First she made eye contact with Knight, smiling a warm smile. Hopefully she looked good in her uniform, show she showed it off without actually showing off if that make sense.

 

She stopped next to Knight, ruffling her mane. "Got your seat Knighty?" she asked, taking another deep breath. She then looked at Dawn, closely for the first time in a very long time. Dawn was a gorgeous as E remembers. Her bright yellow coat, brushed mane, those blue eyes that she could (and would) stare at for hours and hours without saying anything. She missed that.

The grey mare blinked at her, smiling a warm (and nervous) smile. "Hey," she said smoothly, trying not to ruin her cool. "I see your dream.. came through." She smiled again, scratching the back of her head. "It's nice to see you again, Freckles." She pushed on the "Freckles" part. It was the old nickname she gave Dawn a long time ago. "You look great by the way, with all the- armor and.. stuff," she said, playfully tapping on Dawn's chest. "I've missed you," Eternity said with a little hurt in her voice. She then sighed loudly, taking another breath. "You're gonna watch the game with Knight here? She might need some company." Eternity then put her arm around Knight, pulling her close.

Cracking Dawn:

Dawn saw some guards look for the singer while she took care of ticket duty. She was a little happy when she was met with a purple mare who seemed to be nervous to talk properly. She took the ticket with her magic, putting it in the pile of tickets. "Oh, you wanna be in Luna's guard? She'd be happy to have another loyal companion." She smiled warmly. "Just follow your dreams. It out worked for me."

She sighed, turning around to see a dark earth pony. Her breath hitched, her heart beating fast. The grey mare was all suited up in her uniform, making Dawn blush a little. She looked really good in it. Like, really good from Dawn's standards. The mare seemed to be trotting over to the two other mares, making Dawn's heart almost stop. Eternity spoke words to Knight first, letting Dawn calm down a little bit. Eternity then made eye contact with Dawn, making Dawn's heart melt with frustration and left over love from the last time she saw her. The unicorn didn't want to hurt herself again. She couldn't fall for Eternity again.

The grey mare simply greeted Dawn, making her eyes lose concentration on the ticket line. She hadn't heard Eternity's voice in so long. Though it had matured since then, it simply was as she imagined. Deep but sweet, raspy but smooth. It made no sense. "Hey," Dawn said back, hopeful that her voice didn't crack. "Yeah, my dream came through, but as did yours." Dawn tried to act professional, making sure her guard background would stay. Eternity then said her old nickname, literally make the yellow mare freeze in memories. Her head was attacked by flashbacks, making it hard to concentrate on anypony around her. "Freckles.. wow," she mumbled under her breath. "Well E, it's nice to see you as well. But thanks, you indeed look great as well. I see you got a mane cut and all that. It looks great on you, even with the helmet on." Dawn then lightly tapped E's helmet with her levitated spear, once again the spear that Eternity gave her for one of her birthdays. Eternity said that she missed Dawn, making Dawn fight back some emotional feelings. "I've missed you too, E. Don't think that I didn't." 

Eternity seemed to be very touchy with Knight, making Dawn a little tiny bit jealous. "Uh- yeah.. I can accompany here during the game. You're lucky I'm a Colts fan anyway. You seemed to push me in the right direction." Dawn smiled a little, making her head go down from shyness. Dawn looked over at a guard, making the other guard come over. She told him to take over so she could watch the ponies practice. He agreed, letting her shift end. "Okay, well, Knight..? Follow me. Looks like you got the best seats." Dawn then flashed a small smirk at Eternity, making Eternity's heart stop. The grey pony seemed to leave afterwards, making Dawn lead the way to inside the stadium.

[crestchan]

Knight was feeling like an idiot, with how she had been talking to the guard not just a moment ago. Luckily the guard understood what Knight had been trying to say. The guard even encouraged Knight to follow her dream, which lifted her spirits quite a bit. Knight was feeling excited and couldn't wait to get in the stadium and sit on her rump watching other ponies have fun. That is when Eternity started to approach. Knight was stunned by the way Eternity looked in the uniform. For some reason it looked good on her. Knight nodded when Eternity asked her question, but Eternity focused on the guard.

Knight watched as Eternity talked with the guard. As she watched, Knight got an odd feeling. It felt like the two of them were having a moment, that Knight shouldn't be a part of. Knight suddenly felt out of place, that she should leave the two of them alone. This made a pit in her stomach. Knight didn't like this feeling. She was just about to leave when Eternity suddenly put a hoof on her. For a moment Knight thought Eternity had figured out what she was thinking, but it turned out it was about the Guard watching the game with her.

Knight smiled as the Guard lead the way to the seats. "Yup, I'm Knight." She blushed at that stupid reply. For some reason both this Guard and Eternity seemed to get to Knight. "I wouldn't know about seats. I'm not really into sports." She glanced away from the guard. Knight was still confused by the feeling she got when the two meet. Sadly Knight was never good with her own feelings.

((I just want to say sorry for the delay on this post. I have been a little busy, looking for a job and what not. Sadly I would only remember I needed to make this way to late at night and always seemed to forget to do it. I'm sorry. >.<))

[joxis]

"Mark, Purples, that I was on the verge of making a plea in my own defense on the ins and outs of why me narrowling causing your death and/or capture multiple times in a row can be explained to be your fault in that you passively followed me all around Canterlot. Yet you are right, dear Purples, for if mine eyes, like yours, deceive me not, the Hoofball stadium is indeed in our reach." Spoke Baldoire with grand gestures before superbly marching towards said stadium at a pace too fast for ordinary marching, causing him to enter the unguarded games field ( apparently the only pony guarding the entrance was busy telling Lunar Knight to never give up on her dreams and whatnot and hang on a second why was she at the stadium ? )


"Alas !" Exclaimed Baldoire, "Is it done already ? I thought my trustworthy dukes and duchesses in rags jested, yet here we are : All ponies in the kingdom down to my most reliable companions, all sitting in the rows of grim, grim capitalism !" He concluded in a loud, loud voice, giving each and every pony sat in one of the stadium's row a look of pure, unadulterated pity and compassion, which even if anypony had been in position to see distinctly due to the distance between him and them, they wouldn't have identified, instead focusing on how unusual the package strapped onto this hoofball player's side was.

His dramatical tirade ended and still no Purples in sight ( for he had lost him on the way to the stadium due to too quickly paced righteous marching of glory ), Baldoire walked across the entire hoofball field and casually entered the changing-room without anypony asking any question since there were actually very few connoisseurs in the public and all simply concluded that it was normal for a player to walk all the way across the playing field instead of using the back door every other player used to enter the locker-room.

Finally arrived, he entered the first room he could find came across the other players of the team he was supposed to infiltrate. "Blessed day, fellow hoofball players ! I am one of your kin ! Have all the trust in the world, for I speak only the truest of truths !"

As per usual now, he got silence. Of course none of the players would recognise him as one of them. Turns out the noblemanes weren't that much cunning that himself was. Eventually, one of the players he crashed asked "You the referee ?"

((Hey, no probs~♫ Do take all the time you need to sort your life out~♫))

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(So, just to let everyone know, I'll only be able to make replies if I can find the time to make replies.)

With nothing to do, Slide began to warm-up quietly. The players weren't on the field yet so he had enough time to practice. Now let's see, I need to make sure the singer is louder than me slightly, he thought to himself.

The fans in the large stadium were getting impatient. While being a professional trombonist was not that bad, he always felt very nervous while standing alone on a large field.

"Alright, that's it! If nopony shows up to sing the national anthem of Equestria with me in the next 30 minutes, I'll just perform the solo myself!"

His announcement echoed around the stadium. The crowd cheered with excitement. Smiling, Slide waved to the crowd, holding his trombone proudly. He then noticed his wife waving her arms frantically. Slide ran over to her and listened to what she was saying. He whispered quietly.

"Don't worry Shadow, everything's going to be fine. We'll go out to dinner and make sure the foals are in bed before 9:00pm. Then we'll have the rest of the evening to ourselves."

Shadow Flint smiled, blowing a kiss to Slide and giving him a hug too. "Thank you Shadow. The wait will be worth it."

Slide trotted back onto the large field and cleared his throat. "Fillies and Gentlecolts, please wait very patiently. The Equestrian National Anthem will be performed in about 25 minutes. Thank you for being patient."

Slide smiled again as the crowd cheered again. Come on , where's that singer?

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"Uh... h-hello, I..." Performance's voice trailed off as he noticed Baldoire leaving him to fend for himself with this guard pony. "You see officer, it is very important that I get into to the stadium" The purple unicorn tried his best to be brave. The guard asked for his ticket. Performance smiled and reached for the ticket. "Oh yes, I have it right..." Performance's eyes widened. "What?! Where is my ticket?! I had it right..." He cleared his throat. "Y-you see officer... I had my ticket, but it seems I've... misplaced it" Performance chuckles nervously. "Oh PLEASE let me in, I swear to you, I need to get in there! I'm the singer for the Equestrian anthem!" The guard dismissed him saying that it was a likely story.

"Look, I don't have time for this!" Performance proceeded to run past the guard. The guard's eyes widened and he yelled for Performance to stop. Performance galloped as fast I could as the guard called to the other guard to not let Performance get through. He was tackled to the ground by two guards. "I'm really sorry about this..." He teleported out of the guard's grasp and continued to gallop. He saw the light of the hoofball field and mad a mad dash for it. He turned his around around to see a bunch of guard ponies pursuing him. He yelped and ran onto the field toward the microphone. He just got to the pony in charge of playing the slide trombone when a mass of guards tackled him to the ground, this time slipping a dispersion ring onto his horn. Performance struggled. "LET ME GO! I'M TELLING YOU! I'M THE SINGER!"

(So luckily I managed to find a way to make it work, sorry about the delay)

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(Hello everyone. Since LoveEDovey won't be involved in this roleplay anymore, the order shall be crestchan, joxis, myself, and Performance Major. Once this roleplay is completed, I would like to dedicate this roleplay to LoveEDovey, for being one of the best roleplayers I've ever met and your original characters will leave a huge legacy to not only this website but Deviantart and other roleplaying sites that your characters have been viewed. Good luck on your future endeavors and stay awesome! :3)

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(Wait what? What happened to her?)