[knocking]
Fluttershy: [yawns] Who could that be? It's still dark!
[crash]
Rainbow Dash: C'mon, Fluttershy! Cider season's about to start!
Fluttershy: [squee] [shrieks] Oh, where are we? What's the rush?
Rainbow Dash: The rush? Don't you remember what happened last year? Or the year before that? Or pretty much any cider season ever?
Fluttershy: Um, well, uh–
Rainbow Dash: Pinkie Pie. She always ends up ahead of us in line, and then they always run out of cider!
Fluttershy: I guess I–
Rainbow Dash: Well, not this year! This year I'm gonna get there before sunrise, so I can drink all the cider I want and laugh when she doesn't get any! It's the perfect plan. Y'know, I might even buy some cider and hold onto it for a while, drinking it drop by drop in front of her– [gasps]
Fluttershy: Gee, Rainbow Dash. It looks like a few other ponies had the same idea.
[zipping noise]
Fluttershy: Oh, gosh, Pinkie. I love your new style.
Rainbow Dash: Who are all these ponies?!
Pinkie Pie: Isn't this great? I couldn't sleep last night 'cause I was so excited about cider season, and I had this brilliant idea to come down here and camp out, so I told a few others about it, and they all thought it was a great idea too, and now it's just a big old cider party! Woo-hoo! Oh, gosh, that's a lot of ponies. Hope they don't run out before you get any.
Rainbow Dash: [growls]
Twilight Sparkle: Isn't this exciting, Spike? Opening day of cider season!
Spike: Yeah! That means it's only thirty more days 'til sapphire season!
Applejack: [through megaphone] Attention, everypony! Cider season is now officially open!
Ponies: [excited chattering]
[bits clinking]
[tap pressing repeatedly]
Rainbow Dash: [growls]
[tap fizzling]
Rose Light: Heh. Sorry, everypony! That's it for today!
Ponies: Awww.
Rainbow Dash: Surprise, surprise. You ran out again!
Caramel: Yeah, you always run out!
Fluttershy: For the record, I don't mind–
Rainbow Dash: Why can't you make enough cider for all of us? Or at least for me!
Ponies: ["Yeah", general complaining]
Applejack: Hold on, everypony. We've done our best to improve supply this year-
Caramel: You always say that!
Rose Light: And it's always true. But Apple family cider is made with love and integrity, and only the highest quality apples in Equestria. Sorry, but that recipe takes time.
Ponies: [more complaining]
Applejack: If y'all just be patient, we'll have plenty more tomorrow.
Pinkie Pie: She's right, y'know! You can't rush perfection! And this year's batch was perfection!
Fluttershy: Uh, Pinkie Pie–
Pinkie Pie: I'll never forget the cider I just drank! It was a moment in time that will never exist again. [sighs]
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Discord
FanfictionThe spirit of chaos and disharmony known as Discord and his wife, Rose Light, escape from their stone imprisonment following an argument between the Cutie Mark Crusaders to which Princess Celestia summons Twilight and her friends to use the Elements...
