Cherry and the Friendship Games

chapter 17

It was now after school and the challenges would be tomorrow. Cherry rushed home and got dressed in her casual clothes, but made sure her hair looked nice enough since she was going to meet Teller at the SugarCube Corner now.

"Why the sudden rush, Cherry?" Michelle asked.

"Erm... I'm meeting somebody..." Cherry said, freaking out since her mother was now slowing her down.

"Who?" Michelle asked.

"Mom, I don't have time for this..." Cherry grunted in impatience.

"Who is it?" Michelle still wanted to know before letting her go.

"You wouldn't believe me..." Cherry sighed.

"Oh, come on, try me." Michelle said.

Cherry sighed. "It's Teller."

"Penn and Teller Teller?" Michelle asked.

Cherry nodded to her mother.

"That's amazing, Cherry!" Michelle smiled.

"Uh... Yeah..." Cherry sounded rushed.

"So, what's he want?" Michelle started to ask.

"Moooom!" Cherry groaned.

"Okay, go have fun," Michelle smiled. "Tell him I said hi if he says anything back." she then joked about how Teller was the silent between him and Penn on stage.

Cherry rolled her eyes at that and ran out the door, not going to let anything or anyone stop her.

"Wow, she must really want to get to this date of hers without anyone getting in her way." Michelle said.

"IT'S NOT A DATE!" Cherry yelled back.

Cherry anxiously sat at a booth table in SugarCube Corner, Teller had not yet arrived, so she was sitting alone as of right now with her leg jiggling in anticipation.

Within moments, Teller arrived himself and sat across for her. "Sorry about that."

"Oh, you're fine..." Cherry smiled. "Um... Shall we?"

"Yes, we shall." Teller said.

Mrs. Cake took their orders. A couple of hot chocolates with fluffy whipped cream with a couple of blueberry muffins.

"So, uh, what did you wanna talk about?" Cherry asked as they waited for their drinks.

"It's getting worse," Teller said. "Patch has lost his Equestrian magic as well."

"Oh, no... A-Are you sure?" Cherry's face paled.

"Positive..." Teller nodded. "He had a headache and I'm afraid he can't turn into his Equestrian form."

"Teller..." Cherry whispered sharply to him. "What if we can never go back to Equestria again!?"

"That's what I also needed to tell you, I'm afraid that Sci-Twi's device also took away the portal to Equestria." Teller frowned.

"Oh, my gosh..." Cherry sunk in her seat. "What do we do?"

"Patch needs to destroy the spectrometer as soon as possible before Sci-Twi and Atticus unleash the magic by the final Game," Teller reminded and warned her. "The magic won't rest until then... I'm afraid I'm useless."

"Never call yourself that..." Cherry whispered, looking deep into his captivating blue eyes.

"But I am, there is nothing I can do to stop this." Teller frowned.

"T-T-Teller..." Cherry bit her lip.

"I'm sorry, Cherry, but I'm afraid unless this moment happens, it'll be too late..." Teller said once he took his cup. "Faciler will win... I'll be no more..." he then took a sip.