Creating A Hive

Got 99 Problems, Today Is 59 Of Them

So we'd gathered in Canterlot, much to nopony's surprise, for the Summer Sun Celebration.

More specifically we were in a Royal Garden space. For a flying lesson.

Twilight and Cookie were up in the air besides Rainbow Dash.

I was watching below, Thorax and Killjoy at my sides. The rest of the Mane 6 were sitting to Killjoy's left, ready to cheer for Twilight. Killjoy and I were eating popcorn.

"You gotta really flap 'em hard." Dash advised the two fliers.

Cookie flapped her wings- sticking her tongue out from her beak to show her effort. She looked exactly like a hummingbird that forgot to have color.

Twilight was like a chicken who gained flight, while also constantly forgetting how to fly.

As she 'flapped really hard', Twilight fell in a cartwheel. She crashed on a branch. A bird's nest fell on her head.

"Uh, maybe not quite that hard." Dash advised.

Killjoy laughed.

I chuckled, having a hoofful of popcorn.

"Ugh." Twilight lofted the best off her head. "Raspberry, why aren't you learning?"

"Because Cookie needed to learn more." I excused. "Despite looking exactly like a griffon, she wasn't always. She's a cat, Twilight, notoriously bad fliers."

"Yeah. That's why they eat birds. They're jealous of their awesome wings." Killjoy remarked.

"They eat fish." Twilight deadpanned.

"And are fish not but the birds of the ocean?" Killjoy countered.

I snorted, covering up my laugh as a cough when Twilight glared at me.

"Mama!?!" Cookie yelled from the sky. She was cartwheeling now- dropping towards the pond.  She still hated water, she was a cat at heart.

The popcorn was tossed Thorax's way. He caught it with magic. I leapt into the sky. Flying in Cookie's path, I caught her mid-Barrel roll. With her safe I came back down to the ground with a dramatic landing.

Twilight gawked.

I smirked, putting Cookie down on her paws.

"Isn't she great?" Thorax sighed dreamily. Killjoy rolled her eyes. Killjoy yelped when Pinkie Pie popped out of the popcorn, holding a sign that said '10'.

I bowed, using my wings to stand me up so I bowed like a human would. Pinkie and Thorax applauded.

"Honey, can we please get on with the flight lesson?" I requested.

Thorax's face went red. An achievement, considering he was all green.

Twilight and Cookie tried again. Twilight was clapping her wings, but not getting enough traction to stay in the air. Cookie dropped onto Thorax's back, after barely three seconds in air.

"Whoa! Oof!" Twilight yelped as she hit the dirt.

Pinkie held up a '4'. Killjoy held up a sign with a '2' on it.

"Lookin' good up there, Princess Twilight." Applejack encouraged. She walked to her friends side, helping Twilight to her feet.

"Applejack, you know you don't have to call me that." Twilight reminded.

"Why do you protest so?" Rarity asked, walking over towards Twilight. "You've already given up wearing your crown all the time. The least you can do is embrace your new title."