Kid Anon and Fluttermom Part 25

>Applebloom patted Scootaloo's back, trying to console her "It's ok Scootaloo. Remember, all we gotta do is sell everything anyway. Imagine all the bits we'll have when we're done! even if we sell em all at one bit. We'll be rolling in them. And we'll have our cutie marks for sure!."
>Scootaloo just stares into Applebloom's eyes, defeated "What if we can't sell them all Applebloom? what if we fail?"
>Applebloom smiled "Then we just try something else, like we always do!"
>Scootaloo began to smile "Oh right, we do do that"
>Well, that was a miraculous recovery. If cutie marks are based off talent. You hoped they wouldn't all get one based on failure.
>But you still weren't sure if Scootaloo was ok or not. She could be faking it. Not like you knew her enough for anything. "Hey, scoots. You ok? I mean, really ok?"
>Scootaloo waved her hoof in a way that seemed to have to have meant things were fine "Yeah, I guess I just got too overconfident. But, what's the plan now?"
>Hmmm, good question. and you...hadn't had a turn yet. After seeing both Applebloom and Scootaloo get crushed in the art of haggling. You...felt you had to defend their honor. You wanted to be a good friend. YOU COULD DO THIS. JUST BE BRAVe...AND STEP UP! "Guys, I want to give this a go. I-I think
I can do it. I can help us get back on track in getting a cutie mark!"
>both their eyes grew, being filled with renewed hope from your inspiring words. God children are easy sometimes.
>Applebloom stared at you intently as you stepped up to the counter "Are ya sure ya can really do it Anon? Can ya really do it?"
>you smile at her "pfft, how hard can it be?"
>You look forward, many ponies walking by, again. Some give you the eye, some seem to intentionally distance themselves, and others don't even seem to care. Hmm, sometimes you wonder why they haven't rioted against you yet sometimes. Like in a cartoon.

>As you stare off ahead of you. You're bravado starts to suffer a few chinks. start wondering if you stepping up was a good idea, what if you
screw up, what if somepony gets angry or even hostile.
>You start to sweat, but you put on a smile. You look chance a quick glance at Applebloom and Scootaloo. They seemed pretty excited for you to handle the next customer........great.
>You quickly started eyeing for a pony who might be nice. Maybe another filly, a Colt. Someone your age. Come on Anon! COM...Wait.
>You can hear it, those bounces.
>You see Pinkie Pie in the distance, bouncing towards the market. WHAT LUCK. You weren't afraid of her at all. Sure it was cheating when it came to being brave. But a customer is a customer.
>You put your hand over your mouth like a megaphone and try to call over Pinkie.in a way that was very loud whispering "heeey....heyyy...Pinkie...Pinkie..psssst"
>Scootaloo giggled "Anon, are you whispering loudly at Pinkie Pie? Why don't you just call her over?"
>Applebloom was having a laugh too "yeah Anon, it's not like actually whispering is gonna do nothing." But then Applebloom stifled her giggles when a thought occured. "Anon, why'd ya call Pinkie over anyway. that gal has so many things she probably doesn't need anything we got."
>You look at Applebloom, with a small smile. You felt confident. Atleast when it came to Pinkie "Applebloom, come on. The way Pinkie bounces around. She has to have broken something that needs a cheap replacement. Or maybe she might be curious in something we might have that she has never seen before!"
>Applebloom doesn't seem too sure "ya sure? The way Pinkie is, I wouldn't be surprised if she saw into other dimensions!"
>you giggle at the thought. Pinkie? Jumping through dimensions? that seemed silly. "Nah Applebloom, she seems normal to me. And pretty cool. Now hold on, let me call her over before she gets away"

>You turn forward to go back to calling her. But the moment you do your nose hits her nose. Making her giggle as you lose your footing and fall on your ass. how the hell?! "P-pinkie! you heard me? How'd you get here so fast?!"
>She couldn't stop giggling at you "I bounced silly!"
>You stand up and brush off the dirt form your clothes. Pinkie couldn't help but notice your clothes. "Wow Nonny! looking snazzy!"
>You can't stop smiling. you rub the back of your head "Come on Pinkie, it's just a shirt. Nothing flashy or nothing."
>her smile was unrelenting, as Gummy peered out from her hair. Blank stare painted on his face. "Well I think you look cool in them." Then she finally noticed you weren't with Fluttershy. But with Applebloom and Scootaloo.: "Woah Nonny, striking out on your own? Is this your stand?"
> you laugh nervously "ah no no, it's our stand actually. I'm sorta a cutie mark crusader in training. You know, learning the ropes."
>"Ohhhhhhh! I getcha!" Pinkie winked "Does your mom know your here?"
>you shake your head "well she knows i'm with Applebloom and Scootaloo..sorta."
>Pinkie turned her head "sorta? ooohhhhhhh....Nonny, have you been naughty?"
>What?! what kind of response is that?! "P-pinkie! no...no..I haven't been bad or anything. Just helping out. Which..reminds me. You want to buy something? Everything is on sale!"
>Pinkie smiled again "Everything on sale?! how much is everything then?!"
>All three of you are taken aback. She...she wants to buy everything?! Applebloom chimed in "E-everything Pinkie? Are ya sure?"

>Pinkie nodded and giggled "Yup, You can't get a better deal if EVERYTHING is on sale! So how much?"
>you look at Scootaloo "Scootaloo?"
>Scootaloo snapped back to reality, after dreaming of an instant cutie mark after selling everything "o-oh right!...umm well, I collected like a lot of things. I know more than three hundred. I spent all day and half the night. Sooooo if we sell everything at one bit and umm..estimate things. three hundred bits!"
>wow, that sounded like a lot. but three hundred exactly? eh, Scootaloo probably didn't want to actually count. "how's three hundred Pinkie?" yours, Scoots, and AB's eyes glistened for that "yes".
>Pinkie shook her head "No can do Nonny, that's wayyyyy to much for me!"
>shit...SHIT. It was too good to be true. Just as all three of you had filled with hope. You all felt nothing but despair. Something Pinkie immediately noted
>"Don't frown everypony! That doesn't mean your pal Pinkie doesn't want to buy something! Show me whatcha got!"
>your mind went blank. You didn't think you'd have to actually think of something for the customer, being Pinkie at the moment, to buy. "uhhh...uhmmm.."
>You went to check the piles, sifting through anything a party pony might want. But whenever you found something promising. It was either worn, rusty, falling apart.
>Then you spot it. The Princess Twilight toy, it's head was off. But the head was near it. All you had to do was pop it in so it wouldn't bounce off.
>You grab the toy and the head, and attempt to get it on. After a few moments. You manage it. But it looks unstable. As long as the head doesn't get touched it should be ok. "How about this Pinkie?"
>You go back to the counter to show Pinkie the figure "It's Twilight, but as a toy! Isn't that cool!?"

>Pinkie nodded "Yup! I thought it was super cool that Twilight got her own toy line. Someponies huh? they can be neat sometimes. Twilight though," she giggled "She doesn't think it's that cool, she says it kind of undermines her work. But Come on! Look at it! It's so cool! The only way to make it better is if it came with a toy Spike!"
>You giggle, it struck you as funny for some reason. Maybe because imagining Spike as a toy would only mean he'd be Twilight's "Accessory". "So you'll buy it?"
>Pinkie nodded "mhmm! it looks a little worn. but this is a First Edition! They don't make em anymore!"
>You smile, you even get it in your head, that you can squeeze a few extra bits. That wouldn't be bad...right? "So it's rare huh? worth a bunch of bits?"
>Pinkie shook her head "nah, they may have stopped making it. But these are still easy to find. I'll give you.........3 bits! hows that sound?"
>To be honest, that sounded sort of...low. But...it was something. more than a single bit at least. "y-yeah, that's pretty good"
>Pinkie smiled "Oki Doki Loki! now let's shake on it!" She reaches her hoof towards you and accidentally bumps into the figure, causing the head to spring off again and smack into her nose. She just snorts and sniffs, then looks down at the headless figure "Hey Nonny, Whatcha trying to pull!?"
>o-oh shit!...o...oh crap, You really started to sweat now "P-pinkie..I..I can explain! it..I thought I got the he-"
>But suddenly she yelled out "WOW! YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU HAD A TWILIGHT FIGURE WITH HEAD SHOOTING ACTION. THATS SOOOOO COOL!"
>"w-what?" you...were deeply confused. You even looked over at your compatriots. Applebloom was stunned, and Scootaloo nearly collapsed.
>Pinkie was bouncing about "Yeah Nonny! this is exactly the kind of thing I need for "Super Gummy Theater!""
>"Super Gummy Theater? what's that? "you had no idea what that is.

>Pinkie Began putting the head back into place as she explained "Well, I wanted to do super quick skits using props around town to make ponies laugh! And gummy here would be the "main" actor in a few of them! hence Gummy theater! I even came up with what I can do with this figure right now! Wanna see?"
>Right now?! she..she works quick, you look again towards your friends "You guys don't mind right?"
>Applebloom jumped up in excitement "Darn tootin we don't mind, Pinkie's stuff is the best!"
>Scootaloo spoke up "Yeah, Pinkie is pretty great" then she muttered "Not as great as Rainbow Dash though"
>you nod back at Pinkie "it's settled, come on Pinkie. Show us! show us!" you were getting pretty excited.
>"OOOK, GUMMY, TIME TO DO OUR THING! WOOHOO!" Pinkie manages to get the head on and gently holds it and makes it "dance walk" slowly across the counter and starts mimicking Twilight's voice "Hello everypony! I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, I'm super smart and read lots of books. Yup, I was even a student of Princess Celestia before I became a princess. So I am super duper smart, nothing stumps me!"
>Pinkie gently bobbed her head until Gummy walked out and hopped onto the counter, ever a blank stare into the air. But facing the figure. Pinkie called out "RAWR, I AM A ILLOGICAL PARADOX OF BOTH MAGIC AND SCIENCE! WHY, I CAN EVEN DIVIDE BY ZERO, FEAR ME!"
>"Pinkie started to gently move the figure left and right "Oh No! How will I ever defeat this monster! THINK TWILIGHT THINK! GGRRRRRRGOTTAATHHHIIINNN-"
>Pinkie lightly tapped the figure down onto the counter, causing the head to spring off and hit gummy's nose. He doesn't even react. It's quite comical really. Pinkie yells "OH NO, I HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY TWILIGHT SPARKLE. WOE IS MEEEE!"
>Pinkie popped her head up "Wow Twilight, that was amazing! Really using your noggin there!"
>She danced the headless figure along "It was no problem for me Pinkie! I am a princess afterall!"

>Pinkie smiled at the figure "So whatcha gonna do now?"
>And again danced the doll about "What do you think? I'm going to spread magic of friendship by scaring everypony to accept it, Princess Headless Ghost twilight Sparkle AWWWAAYYYY PFFFFLLBLBLBLBLLBLBLTLTLTL!!!"
>Pinkie made sputtering noises as she "flew" the figurine up and about and behind the counter "Ta-Da!"
>Ok, that was pretty funny. A little morbid in the ending. But damned hilarious. All three of you couldn't help but laugh. "heheha, thats, that's pretty great Pinkie!" to think, she came up with that just now.
>Pinkie blushed "Awww, it wasn't much. a work in progress really! annnnyyywaayyyy"
>Pinkie reached down for something and slid her hoof across the counter, leaving 12 bits. "Here ya go! that's fair right?"
>Woah...that's.....that's 12 whole bits! You look at her, astonished "P-pinkie. That's more than what you said before. wwhat..why?"
>Pinkie giggled "don't be so silly Anon, I always intended to pay a fair price. And a Twilight figure that can shoot it's head off is worth 12 bits to me! go on. Take it!"
>Dammit Pinkie, you felt pretty warm and accomplished inside. You take the bits and set them aside. Probably would have been nice to have a cash register, but whatever.
>You look at Pinkie for a moment. No wonder she's everyone's friend. She always brings cheer to everyone in anyway she can. it was great really, it made you start to look up to her. "thanks Pinkie, you're a great friend."
>"So are you Nonny! I bet Fluttershy is so proud of you everyday." her smile went form cheerful to warming, then suddenly, she sprang up "oh wait! I still have other things to do! is everypony satisfied?"
>You nodded, Applebloom nodded aswell "Yeah! that was really good Pinkie Pie!"
>Pinkie Pie giggled "Thanks Applebloom, welp, gotta go, seeya later!" Pinkie waved as she bounced off, taking Gummy with her before skedaddling.
>You,Applebloom, and Scootaloo wave to her a goodbye.

>Some time has passed, the three of you pool the bits you currently have together onto the counter. 15 bits, the day was already more than half over, and thats all you've made so far. Though, you had no idea if that was actually a good amount or not, so you ask "So guys, thats pretty good right?
>Applebloom shook her head "That's barely enough for a fillin dinner, 'specially when we split it three ways."
>Scootaloo sighed "not to mention we have only managed to get rid of three things. Not a lot of ponies seem to need the stuff we got."
>You silently agreed with Scootaloo. What you had was mostly junk. And even if ponies did pool here to buy various things. a Stall selling used and abused junk isn't exactly appealing. Wasn't there anyway to make it more appealing?
> "Well, we still have some of the day left. What if we really upped our game?" you said
>Scootaloo looked up at you "How do we do that? You got an idea?""
> You raise a finger "I do........not" you drop your finger, you thought maybe they'd think of something. You were drawing blanks. "Applebloom?"
>Applebloom stiffened with her name being called, she didn't have anything to add "Hey don't look at me, the only thing I can think of is if we could get ah big celebrity to advertise us.or somethin"
> You start to rub your chin "That doesn't sound like a bad idea" You think you had an instant solution "We could get Twilight right? She's a Princess after all."
>Scootaloo laughed "That's a good one Anon, Twilight is always busy with something nowadays. I don't think she has time to stand around advertising junk."
> you sigh, disappointed a good idea getting shot down so easily. "Yeah, I guess your right.... Well, we still have a little time left. We could still make it..."
>Applebloom walked over to the counter to look about. the market was getting lower in population. "Well, we better make it quick then. before the pickens get real slim."