A Day In 1958

by FourShadow

A Regular Day in 1958

Author's Note:

This was just a random one-shot off in my idea. I'm contemplating of doing another chapter or two, or maybe just a bunch of random stories set in the 50s in general, but I want to wait til I get some reception back on this.

I did as much research as I could, but I did this mainly for fun. Enjoy!

The school bell rung, signalling the end of the day. Everyone was rushing to get home for some much needed time off. Everyone had been testing on this Friday, and they had finally finished their 30 minute tests. But those 30 minutes felt like hours, according to them.

In one of the halls was a girl with a fiery hairdo, wearing a light blue blouse over a long dark blue skirt. She wore a fiery hairstyle, and a short black leather jacket over her blouse.

"Hi Sunset!" A high pitched squeaky voice called.

Sunset smiled instantly, hearing that distinguishable voice. She'd pick up on that voice anywhere.

"Hey Pinkie!"

"How did you do on your history test?" Pinkie asked.

"I did great, I got an A! What about you?"

"I did amazing! A+!"

"Great job!"

Pinkie surprised Sunset with a big hug. "I knew you could do it Sunset!"

Sunset struggled under the strength of Pinkie's arms, trying to get free.

"Pinkie... too... tight!"

Pinkie let go of her, allowing Sunset to brush herself off.

"So, what are you doing now?" Pinkie asked.

"Well, I thought about maybe going for a bite to eat at Joe's."

"Hey, I was planning on going too! Alright if I come with?"

"Sure!"

Sunset closed her locker, grinning as she walked with Pinkie Pie down the hallway.

"Oh, did you hear how the other girls did?" Sunset asked.

"Not yet. But I did hear some of the newbies around here have been cruisin' for a bruisin'. Apparently some of them had a run in with a gang from Crystal Prep."

Sunset sighed. "Great. If there's anything we needed, its trouble from them."

"Aww, don't feel too bad! Everyone here's got their backs, just like how I've got yours." Pinkie smiled.

Sunset giggled. "I'm glad to have a friend like you, Pinkie."

"Me too, silly!" Pinkie giggled.

The two girls made around another corner, watching as everyone was gathering their items to go home. Lockers were slamming, books were grabbed, students were talking. All the noise overlapped with one another, making the hallways sound louder than they usually were. But the noise didn't bother them.

"Hey Sunset!"

Sunset turned her head behind her, and saw another girl run up to them with a rainbow colored hairdo, sporting a blue short sleeved jacket over her dress.

"How did the test go?"

"Pretty good, Rainbow!" Pinkie smiled. "What about yours?"

"I think I did pretty alright. Got an A-!"

"That's still good, Rainbow Dash." Sunset nodded.

"Yeah, yeah. Say, where are you two going?"

"We're going to eat at Joe's. You?"

"Actually. I don't really have anything to do right now so..."

Sunset giggled. "You want to come join us?"

"I, well, I wouldn't say it like that but... yes I'd like to join you girls."

"Perfect, come on!"

A few minutes after escaping the hallways, the girls had finally made it out. In the main courtyard, they saw many more boys and girls chatting and talking among their own little groups. All of them were happy to be finally out, and have the weekend ahead of them.

"Wait, how exactly are we going to get to Joe's?" Pinkie asked.

"I have that covered girls. Follow me!"

The girls followed Sunset into the student parking lot, and their eyes gazed onto a fiery colored sports car sitting in one of the spaces. It was shiny and new, like it had just rolled off the assembly line. The chrome was gleaming in silver, the lights were in perfect condition, and its shape was very curvy, smooth, and slender. A sweet set of wheels, right before their eyes.

"Say hello to my hopped-up hottie." Sunset grinned, feeling smug.

"A 1947 Allard K1? How did you even afford it?"

"Isn't it obvious? She baked some bread! Figuratively speaking, right?"

"Yep! And now this bad boy is all mine."

Sunset opened up the doors, and moved into the driving seat.

"Hop in girls!"

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie moved into the seats next to her, and Sunset turned the keys. The engine started to turn on, and Sunset carefully moved the car out of the parking lot, and pulled out onto the road. The car felt like a monster as it pulled out. Such a powerful and beautiful beast.

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Sunset was making good time as she drove the trio from the school, going on their way to Joe's. No big heaps of traffic or problems were causing stress or issues. And thankfully they had the radio on, to fill in some of the silences.

"--Do you young boys and girls want progress? Then re-elect Mayor Mare! Progress is her name! Re-electing her means more jobs, better education, equality, less taxation, and more progress!"

Sunset cast an eyeball down at the station, and rolled her eyes.

"I got it!"

Pinkie moved her finger on the knob, and adjusted the station that they were currently on.

"And now, here's Bill Haley & His Comets."

"Oh! Are they going to--"

"I hope so!" Rainbow smiled.

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock.
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

The three girls were bobbing their heads to the music, and singing along with the singer as they kept on going down the road. They always enjoyed the music that would come up and play on the radio. No matter what tune it was, they would always bob to the beat.

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About a few more minutes had passed, and the girls had made it to the diner they wanted to go to. But not before letting the song finish.

So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream

Sunset turned off the engine, and the girls got out of the car. Walking up, they could see the neon lights had been turned on already, including a neon-lit sign that read Joe's.

Opening the chrome-handled door, they stepped inside. The inside of the diner was a loudhouse, with the people inside working as busy as bees. Waitresses skating left and right trying to get the food to the tables that called, the cooks that were busy flipping patties or cooking behind the counter in the kitchen.

"Full house tonight." Sunset stated.

"Yeah, and now that I'm looking at it... maybe we came at a bad day..." Pinkie rubbed the back of her head.

"Hey girls!"

The three of them turned their heads to the left side of the restaurant. Over in one of the big booths, parked in just the corner, was another girl waving to them. One with radiant indigo hair, curled to perfection, and with mascara applied to bring out her beautiful eyes.

"Come over here darlings!"

The trio smiled, following her call. Walking over to the table, they found that they were greeted by none other than Rarity; a cool fashionista who always knew how to prepare a lady for any special occasion; and just to make them look fabulous.

"We saved seats for you girls. I had a hunch you three would be coming here." Rarity smiled.

"Thanks Rarity!"

They took a seat down, and looked on Rarity's left. She wasn't alone. Sitting with her was two more friends they knew; Applejack, a country hick from the south, and Fluttershy; the quiet one, but with a heart as pure as gold.

"How did you two do on the test?"

Applejack sighed. "I ran into a little bit of trouble, but I caught myself just in the nick of time. Got a B+ actually."

"That's still good, Applejack." Sunset replied, patting her shoulder.

Applejack smiled back.

"Well, what did you do, Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy didn't say anything. Instead, she just meekly slumped lower in her seat.

"Well geez, don't flip." Rainbow said, sitting back in her chair.

"She got an A, and I don't see what's there to be shy out. That's rather good, if I do say so myself." Rarity replied.

"I just... I was worried for how I was going to do." Fluttershy replied.

"Well you did fine, Fluttershy. Its not something you need to worry about now." Applejack smiled, patting her shoulder.

Fluttershy for once today, gave them a smile.

"So, now that our weekend has opened up, anybody have any plans for that empty space?"

"Well, I don't know about you girls, but there's a new movie that's coming to theaters in a few days." Pinkie smiled.

"Yeah?"

"Wait, do you mean--"

"Yep!"

"I don't know Pinkie, a monster movie? I'm not sure." Sunset said, rubbing her head.

"Its got Steve McQueen in it..." Pinkie batted her eyelashes.

Sunset dropped her spoon that she was twirling in her fingers.

"Steve McQueen?"

Pinkie nodded enthusastically.

"I'm in!" Sunset smiled.

"Yay! What about you girls?"

Rarity wasn't so sure.

"I'm not sure, a monster movie? Those are rather frightening... but then again, it probably won't be as scary as the other films we've seen."

"Yeah!"

"You can count me in Pinkie, I want to see it." Rainbow smiled.

"Yeah, me too. Good movie on Saturday's my idea of some much needed fun." Applejack chuckled.

"I... I don't know." Fluttershy sank in her seat.

"Come on Fluttershy, I don't think it'll be so bad. You weren't scared of The Giant Claw, were you?"

Fluttershy shook her head. "That monster wasn't really scary, it was more... kind of silly," Fluttershy giggled.

"Yeah, I mean really? Who even worked on that puppet?" Applejack asked.

"I heard a studio in Mexico ended up working on it, but they were on a very low budget." Rarity explained.

"But did they have to give him googly eyes and that hair-piece? It just seems like they were intentionally trying to make people laugh."

"Maybe, maybe not. We'll never know," Pinkie giggled. "So what do you say Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy pulled herself up, and she sighed. "I'll go see it. I'm sure it won't be scary."

"Yeah, that's the spirit!" Pinkie said, hugging her friend.

Fluttershy smiled and hugged her back.

"So its settled then. Tomorrow, we'll go see it!" Pinkie smiled.

Just at that moment, the waitress came by on her roller blades, and holding a tray in her hands. Carefully setting it down, she passed around all of the girls drinks.

"Are you ready to order yet?"

"No, not yet."

She nodded and skated away with her tray, going to attend another table. With the table in silence, everyone took some sips from their drinks.

"I'd like to propose a toast, darlings. To our success, and to friendship."

"To success, and friendship!" Everyone cheered.

The glasses all clinked, and everyone took a sip of their own drinks. Such sweetness and absolutely great textures. It only made the liquids even more delectable.

"Say, Pinkie... do you know what movie we're going to see?" Sunset asked.

"Oh, I think its The Blob." Pinkie shrugged.

Everyone's eyes widened and they all coughed up their drinks in a collaborative manner.

"WHAT!?"

Comments

[The Bricklayer]

Captured the fifties perfectly Four.

[Equestria Girls Fan 94]

SO AWESOME!!!!

Kinda like my 'Typical 80s life' story!

[RNBW]

Nice. Just nice. Glad to read a simple, slice of life fic, specially when it's set on the 50's.

[Scholarly-Cimmerian]

Fantastic work with this one-shot. I really enjoyed the 50s references in it - and as soon as Pinkie mentioned the monster movie they could see had Steve McQueen in it, I knew what the punchline was going to be

[Nico-Stone Rupan]

"--Do you young boys and girls want progress? Then re-elect Mayor Mare! Progress is her name! Re-electing her means more jobs, better education, equality, less taxation, and more progress!"

Hey, politics!

"Its got Steve McQueen in it..." Pinkie batted her eyelashes.

Sunset dropped her spoon that she was twirling in her fingers.

"Steve McQueen?"

Pinkie nodded enthusastically.

"I'm in!" Sunset smiled.

The Blob was actually McQueen's first leading role, so unless Sunset got a thing for him in one of his obscure acting jobs such as Never Love a Stranger which came out just a few months before, she likely wouldn't know who that even was.

[FourShadow]

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To be honest, that first part was more of a reference to Back To The Future on my part.

And I picked him because he was the guy I remembered most in acting-wise in the 50s.

I hope you enjoyed it, somewhat?

[Nico-Stone Rupan]

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Yeah, it was a nice slice of life period piece.

[FourShadow]

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Oh, okay, good. Glad you liked it.

[Feather Guide]

This was a fun slice of life story to read

[MegaBrony95]

Such a great story. "BttF" references were a nice touch; it's my favorite sci-fi film series (number one most of all.) You should make a whole chaptered story about this universe. Maybe with Twilight coming to CHS and how the girls and their peers react to changes in this year (like with the Red Scare, the Space Race, Elvis Presley, etc.) and others. I really think it would be an awesomely cool story idea.

[MegaBrony95]

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She most likely saw him in that and was smitten at first glance .

[phantomlord01]

Waiting for Marty Mcfly to suddenly show up and see that one of them is his mother. Actually that's a good story idea, some one needs to write that.

[Shinzakura]

Relevant music:

[FourShadow]

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I hope you liked it?

[Shinzakura]

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I did; I just thought I’d add the song.

[phantomlord01]

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Yeah personally I would've gone with Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart or Humphrey Bogart.

[Thatsnoreason]

Too young to understand sorry.

[FamousLastWords]

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Also relevant:

[Gundamdragon]

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Golden age of American families, car design and movies that cared about character development not political view points or diversity (mostly).

[Comickook]

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Well, Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant anyway. By 1958, Humphrey Bogart had been dead for a year or two.

[Comickook]

Hello there. I have to say, this one-shot does a great job depicting the late-50s and the exchanges and characterizations were all very good. :-D

[CSC]

It came out pretty good.

[Gundamdragon]

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Daddy-oh you need the right music.

This is the music that gits the mood

[MegaBrony95]

So glad you put an "Incomplete" on it. That means it's now a multichaptered story . This is my favorite one-shot of yours. I can't wait to see the rest. Please get the next chapter up as soon as you can (take some time, though; can't rush genius ).

[katzoo12]

Was “The Blob” one of the scarier movies in the fifties? That would explain the ending.

[FourShadow]

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Not that I don't appreciate the comments, but you don't need to repeat them

[Torus]

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Oh, I didn’t think it went through, my bad.