Hot Head: takes a deep breath Today’s the day! I’m gonna ask her!

Lucky: You said that before. And the time before that and the time before that

Hot Head: Okay, okay, I get it! I just really like this girl. I get nervous to talk to her is all…..

Amber: Why do you like her so much anyways?

Hot Head: I-I dunno. She’s really cool and nice to me and she says hi to me whenever we walk by each other and I think she might like me too…

Amber: How many times have you talked to her?

Hot Head: …….. I dunno. A couple times?

Amber: A couple times? Really? raises eyebrow Hot Head that doesn’t mean anything.

Hot Head: What do you mean? Nopony’s ever been nice to me like that before and

Amber: Just because somepony is nice to you doesn’t mean they love you

Hot Head: W-well, you and Lucky are nice to me. And you love me!

Amber: That’s different Hot Head. You’re family. Family love is different from love love

Hot Head: How would you know?

Amber: ………..

Hot Head: That’s what I thought

Amber: Whatever. Fine go talk to her then. But don’t come crying to me when your heart’s broken.

Hot Head: I will! storms out the door

Lucky: Good luck

Amber: huffs

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Hot Head: Alright. Just be cool. All you gotta do is ask her if she wants to go on a date sometime. Simple as that. spots Whirlwind Here goes nothing. trots over to her but stops

Whirlwind: turns around and spots Hot Head Hey! waves

Hot Head: gulps H-hi Whirlwind

Whirlwind: How are you?

Hot Head: I’m good. You?

Whirlwind: I’m great. Thanks for asking. So what brings you out here?

Hot Head: I’m just walking around. Getting some fresh air laughs nervously

Whirlwind: giggles That’s nice. It feels great to get out of the house every once in a while, huh?

Hot Head: Mmhm……….

Whirlwind: ………

Hot Head: …………

Whirlwind: ………..

Hot Head: coughs So um…. are you doing the same?

Whirlwind: No, well, kinda. I’m actually gonna practice for the Best Young Flyer competition in a bit

Hot Head: What’s that?

Whirlwind: You’ve never heard of the Best Young Flyer competition????

Hot Head: U-uh, no, I haven’t…

Whirlwind: It’s a competition in Cloudsdale where pegasi from all over get to show off their skills! The princesses and the Wonderbolts go. It’s a good way to promote yourself if you want a career in flying.

Hot Head: Really? W-wow. That’s cool.

Whirlwind: Sure is! This is the first year I’m trying. I finally got convinced. Say, how old are you?

Hot Head: Thirteen

Whirlwind: Hey, you’re old enough! Why don’t you try?

Hot Head: Should I?

Whirlwind: Yeah! I mean… if you want to. I’m not really sure what kind of life goals you have but if it involves flying, I think you should.

Hot Head: Sure. I’ll give it a shot.

Whirlwind: Cool!

Hot Head: So… What are you waiting for? Why don’t you practice already?

Whirlwind: I’m waiting for somepony. Oh here he is now! points upwards

Hot Head: looks up

Prism: The Best Young Flyer has arrived!

Whirlwind: Pfft, you wish

Hot Head: …….

Prism: lands and rolls eyes Well, I can fly better than you smirks

Whirlwind: Alright, alright we’ll just see at the competition.

Prism: walks up to Whirlwind Fair enough

Whirlwind: Y’know, just because you’re my coltfriend now doesn’t mean I’ll go easy on ya.

Hot Head: !!!

Prism: No worries. You won’t need to kisses Whirlwind

Whirlwind: giggles Prism!

Prism: notices Hot Head Who’s this?

Whirlwind: Hm? Oh! This is errmmm… Hot Shot?

Hot Head: H-Hot Head……

Whirlwind: Oh, that’s right! I’m sososo sorry! I’m really bad with names. Anyways, he’s thinking about entering the Best Young Flyer competition as well

Prism: Yeah? Well, don’t plan on winning kid, cuz I, son of Rainbow Dash and Soarin, will be competing as well. smiles proudly I plan on giving my all

Hot Head: ……..

Prism: You alright? You’re kinda quiet

Hot Head: I’m fine…

Prism: Hey, you wanna come practice with us? Since you’re gonna be entering and all? Me, Whirlwind and a couple of our Cloudsdale friends are gonna go practice in this super secret location. It’ll be fun

Hot Head: N-no, it’s okay. I can practice on my own… I-I gotta go flies back home

Prism: Oh. O-okay. Is he alright?

Whirlwind: I dunno……

Prism: That was kinda strange. Should I try follow and and ask him again?

Whirlwind: He looked like he needed to be somewhere. Maybe next time I guess.

Prism: Mmkay….. Let’s go then!

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Hot Head: steps back in the orphanage and looks to Amber

Lucky: Hey, Hot Head! How’d it go?

Amber: looks at him knowingly

Hot Head: runs to his room and slams the door

Lucky: …….. not good I guess.

Amber: sighs and gets up, following where Hot Head went

Lucky: Are you gonna talk to him?

Amber: Yeah… He’s gonna beat himself up about it if I don’t

Lucky: Okay….. have fun with that.

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Amber: opens door and steps in

Hot Head: Go away

Amber: I’m not going away

Hot Head: Why? You told me not to come crying to you after this

Amber: I didn’t mean it. Besides, I’m coming to you

Hot Head: I don’t want you here!

Amber: Hot Head, we need to talk about this, okay?

Hot Head: Well, what then??? You were right okay! Just like you always are!

Amber: Would you relax? I just want to know what happened

Hot Head: Why? So you can rub it in?!

Amber: I’m not here to tell you “I told you so”. Just tell me what happened.

Hot Head: ………………… she didn’t even know my name

Amber: …………..

Hot Head: And she has a coltfriend. And it’s that Prism Bolt guy! He’s such a jerk! And he’s rude and he’s mean to her and

Amber: How’s he mean to her?

Hot Head: He kept talking about how he was better at flying and all this other stuff

Amber: Hot Head, that’s just called flirting. Some mares like it when guys tease like that

Hot Head: But why??? Wouldn’t it be better to be with somepony who’s nice to them?

Amber: Well, you’d think but that’s just how it is sometimes.

Hot Head: That’s stupid! He’s stupid It’s so unfair!

Amber: Hot Head. That’s just how it is. You can’t just dislike “this Prism Bolt guy” because he’s going out with the mare you liked and barely ever talked to

Hot Head: What do you mean??? Amber, it’s more than that! He gets everything he wants! He has a friends, he has a family and now he has the coolest mare as his marefriend! He doesn’t do anything to deserve it. It’s totally unfair!

Amber: Sweet Celestia, stop being so emotional!

Hot Head: I have every right to be emotional!

Amber: Look, life’s hard okay? It’s unfair and you’re not always gonna get what you want!

Hot Head: But

Amber: No buts, Hot Head. I’m sorry life’s so hard for you but sometimes you just have to deal with it. If you just cry about it all the time, then nothing’s gonna get better.

Hot Head: When’d you stop caring?

Amber: I! Wha…

Hot Head: You used to be so nice and caring for me and Lucky. Now it just seems like you don’t care! All you do is party and hang out with random stallions

Amber: Are you kidding? I never stopped caring! You two are old enough to solve your own problems! I can’t baby you for the rest of your lives or else you’ll end up being emotional messes kind of like how you are right now. Also, if I didn’t care, I wouldn’t be here! I’ve had so many opportunities to get adopted and move away but I choose to stay here with you!

Hot Head: snorts

Amber: Fine. If you’re not gonna listen to me, I’m not gonna make you. You figure this out on yourself gets up to leave

Hot Head: ……….

Amber: kisses him on the forehead You can think whatever you want, but I do care about you and I always will. walks out the door

Hot Head: …………………….

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couple months later at the competition

Twilight: …. and the winner of this year’s Best Young Flyer is…….. Hot Head from Ponyville!

crowd cheers as he’s crowned

Twilight: Congratulations Mister Hot Head

Hot Head: bows Thank you Princess. It’s an honor

Prism and Whirlwind off to the side

Whirlwind: Wow! He was so good! I honestly wasn’t expecting that from him. I mean…… wow!

Prism: Yeah…….

Whirlwind: What’s wrong? Sad you got showed up by a little kid?

Prism: Tch, no

Whirlwind: Mmhmmmmmm. Woah look the Wonderbolts are talking to him!

Prism: looks up What’re they saying?

Whirlwind: listens carefully ……………….

Prism: ………………

Whirlwind: They just asked him if he wants to train with them!

Prism: They never asked me if I wanted to train with them………….

Whirlwind: I’m gonna go congratulate him. C’mon!

Prism: ………. follows Whirlwind

Whirlwind: Hi Hot Head! Congratz on your win! You were amazing out there!

Hot Head: O-oh, thanks! You did great too!

Whirlwind: Aw, nah. I need to practice a whole lot more. You should teach me some of those moves sometime!

Hot Head: Y-yeah. Anytime!

Whirlwind: Cool! ear twitches Oh, shoot, I think my parents are calling me. I gotta go! I’ll see you guys later. kisses Prism on the cheek

Hot Head: winces

Whirlwind: Bye! trots away

Prism: So, uh congrats the win. B-but next year, I’m winning for sure!

Hot Head: Heh. Don’t kid yourself. You’re not the hot shot anymore Prism Bolt

Prism: I excuse me?

Hot Head: Good luck getting on my level walks away

Prism: snorts