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// Sunny’s Soda 
// Story: The Batpony 
// by Atlas INC 
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The day begins with Amethyst and Ventura talking to each other while Sapphire is now levitated by Amethyst. Amethyst says “what happened to her wing?”
“Sapphire says it was struck by lightning while flying, and if so, that’s some incredibly bad luck” Ventura responds. 
“Oh, my horn begins to hurt after using magic for a sustained amount of time,”
“Well that sucks, do you want me to take over?”
“Thanks, I don’t want to drop her.”
Amethyst hovers the bat over to Ventura’s back. Ventura instantly feels her weight on top of him. He pushes through her weight and continues to walk at the same pace as Amethyst. Quickly he uses his wing to pull out a bottle of Sunny’s a cream soda brand that he enjoyed. He unscrews the cap and tosses it to the side. He takes a quick sip of it, refreshing. “I thought you didn’t drink” Amethyst quizzically states.
“It’s the non-alcoholic version.” Ventura quickly answers.
“Well that makes sense” Amethyst retorts.
“I really like it, do you wanna try some?”
“Um, sure, if you like it I’m sure I will too.”
Ventura pulls another bottle out and hands it to Amethyst. Her horn glows as she takes the bottle and unscrews the cap. She puts the bottle to her lips and takes a quick swig. It was an interesting taste, she takes another quick swash of the drink. She liked it, it was a new taste but it felt good. “Y’know I think I like this” Amethyst happily answers her friend who’s been waiting for input from her. 
He does a quick little hoof pump and shouts “Yes another thing we both can appreciate!”
Sapphire wakes up, sees the two smiling and drinking what looks like booze. She flaps her leathery wings and gets up off of Ventura. “So your an alcoholic, are you?” Sapphire says in a tone that was half wondering and half joking. 
“I’m not an alcoholic, this is the non-alcoholic version” Ventura replies.
“My wing is feeling better today.” Sapphire says.
“Well that’s good” Amethyst states.
“I could actually use them just now if you couldn’t see” Sapphire declares hoping that they had seen her fly just now.
“Do you think you’d giving flying another try, we could probably move a lot faster if you could.” Ventura inquires.
“Maybe but I need to wake up a bit more.”  Sapphire responds.
They continue walking until they reach a leveled out clearing. Amethyst takes everyone’s saddle bags and then says “Well, I guess you two should try flying.”
They Ventura and Sapphire walk out into the field. “I’ll catch you if you fall, but you just keep trying to fly.”
Sapphire takes a few steps forward ahead of Ventura and starts running, she outstretched her wings and starts flapping. She starts to get of the ground, rising steadily through the air. Ventura is down on the ground ready to fly up and catch her if needed. Amethyst accompanying Ventura is the last line of defense if Ventura isn’t able to catch her. “Oh shit, I’m flying! I’m flying! Oh Fuck, I’m falling!” Sapphire shouts while flying. 
Ventura jets up through the sky to save his falling friend. Luckily he catches her and hovers her down to the ground. With a bit of a stressed look on his face Ventura says “I was this close from not catching you.” He drops Sapphire on the ground gently. “Do you wanna try that again?” Amethyst questions. 
“Never in a million years, after that, fine” Sapphire retorts. They continue on their walk towards the high up mountain, the home of Sapphire’s family. Little did they know, a newly met adversary was watching them and is preparing to pounce.