Cream's Hop 5

Chapter 5: An Awkward Visit

At a restaurant, while a 50sish song (Hongry) was playing, Tigger and Cream began bouncing a bit while Rainbow Dash marked on the menu in anger.

Tigger: Rainbow, Roo, Cream and I was talking and we was wondering if...Are you doing anything tomorrow?

Rainbow: Tomorrow I get to start my new job at the video game company. Oh wait a second. (snaps) No, that didn't work out. NO thanks to you!!

Cream: I know. I know. I'm sorry about that. But I didn't do that on purpose!!

Tigger: Yeah, Long Ears did.

Rabbit: Don't blame me for everything that happens involving you!

Pooh: But do you know what? Every cloud has a silver lining.

Rainbow: (dryly) Really?

Pooh: Oh yes. I should know. I saw some linings that were silver while in the clouds with Gopher once.

Tigger: Don't bother calling him. He's not in the book you know.

Roo: And behold this silver lining, guys!

He bounced and showed the flyer before giving it to the girls.

Rarity: (glances) Shrek? They got Shrek to be in this movie?

Twilight: I think so.

Cream: Yes, please. I just need a ride.

Rainbow: (glares) You want ME to take you on a ride to an ogre's concert? Forget it!

Pinkie: Come on, Rainbow Dash. Don't be a jerk! Leave that to Sunset Shimmer or Diamond Tiara!

Rainbow: After she messes up my job interview, I will be lucky if DJ or the others don't find out about it!

Cream: Aww, come on, Miss Dash. Give me another chance.

Rainbow: Ugh! I should've able to catch photos of you or your predecessor when I was a child!

Cream: It wouldn't have worked anyway. Rabbits are known to be very fast and I happen to run the fastest.

Just then, her ear drooped once more while Rabbit slapped his forehead.

Rainbow: Ugh! At times like this, I'm starting to hate Easter.

Tigger: Whoa, kid! Better not do that or you will be an atheist.

Rabbit: Do you even know what that means, Tigger?

Tigger: I think it means someone who isn't an Eastery person!

Rainbow: I said 'starting', not fully.

Tigger: That is no excuse.

Rainbow: (slaps her forehead) Look at me! I'm arguing with a bunny, a weird blue thing and stuffed animals in a restaurant!

Applejack: How are we gonna explain to Apple Bloom an' her friends when they git home fro' their clubs?

Cream: (acting cutely) This is my one big chance. I'll do anything.

Cheese: Chao!

Pinkie: Even run around like a naked baby to have baby pictures taken all over again?

Cream: (frowns) Except that.

Cheese: Chao chao chao chao?

Cream: Long story, Cheese.

Fluttershy: Oh those adorable pictures got ruined that time...

She hopped to the girl as she continued.

Cream: I'll even get out of your life.

Rainbow: Okay, let's get this straight: I take you to Shrek Knows Talent, and that's it, we're done.

Cream: Bunny's honor. And THAT is no fib.

Tigger: Right, let's spit promise it.

He spitted on his hand, showing the spit hand.

Tigger: Right here, mate.

Rainbow: (sweatdrops) It's okay, Tigger. A verbal agreement is fine.

Tigger: Aww, you're just jealous because you want in on the promise.

Rainbow: (pause) Okay, I will do it on one condition.

Cream: Yeah?

Rainbow: Prove to my friends that I wasn't joking years ago.

Cream: (pause) Okay, but it may be awkward when I sneeze candy out of my nose again.

Tigger: Right. Roo?

Roo: Got it, Tigger!

He tickled her nose before she sneezed with Tigger using the full hand on napkin to her nose.

Pooh: Gezundheit.

Tigger then uncovered the jellybeans.

Tigger: Ta-da!!

Twilight: (blinks) Okay, you don't see that everyday.

Applejack: So, wait. 'Dis was 'de Easter Bunny yew saw?

Rainbow: Yep. Of course, the one I saw was gotten rid of.

Cream: Sure, sure...let's go with that.

Her ears drooped again.

Twilight: Now, you realize, none of you can talk.

Kanga: No. We can.

Twilight: (chuckles) No, what I mean is, you "shouldn't" talk.

Piglet: What? L-L-Like, ever?

Rainbow: Yeah, "ever" would be wonderful. But from now on, especially not in front of other people.

Twilight: It's not that we don't want people to know. It's just that they might freak out and want to dissect your brain.

Rabbit: (yelps) Dissect? That's a bit extreme.

Cream: Yeah. There's an easy explanation as to why I can talk. It's a simple combination of cuteness and magic.

Pooh: As for us...we've always been able to talk.

Eeyore: Doesn't matter for me right at the moment. Not like it's important here.

Fluttershy: So is it true you use rabbit holes?

Cream: Only for emergencies. We used a sled pulled by birds like Sora Claus does!

Pinkie: Oooh, oooh! Is it true that you, Sora Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost teamed up to form a Super Duper team to save kids and battle the forces of the Boogie Man?!

Cream: (pause) Well, we haven't work together in ages so I can't answer that one.

Rainbow: Besides, I would imagine someone tougher to be the Easter Bunny if that happens, like Bugs Bunny.

Tigger: Or Buster Bunny if he's all hulked up!

Rabbit: Ack! No! That wouldn't be a good idea, even for a cartoon!

Rainbow: He's right. Plus, adds a damstrel in distress and some duck with a bad French accent and you got something to make even kids sick.

Miss Naughty's Voice: Hey, was it Mr. Rude's fault that he helped give them the idea in the first place?!

Mr. Rude's Voice: Hey, you helped too!!

Tigger slams a mallet onto the table as he points a finger up.

Tigger: I got an exciting suggestion! Let's change the subject.

Then, the group saw a familiar figure arriving with some food.

Rouge: Okay. Here we go. One BLT for the blue girl here, apple cobbler for the Southern girl, a sandwich for the boy near you, and some elegent vegetarian meal for the white girl.

Twilight: Where's the rest of it?

Rouge: Sarah's getting the rest.

They saw another familiar figure arriving with some food.

Sarah: I got some food here. Cupcakes for Pinkie Pie, fruit salad for Twilight, a salad for Fluttershy and the rabbits, thistles for Eeyore, malt for Roo and Tigger, a sandwich for Kanga, "haycorns" for Piglet, Chao fruit for the chao, two orders of carrot cake a la mode, topped with, quote, Whatever candy you have laying around back there. Unquote-

Cream: I wanted us to get something special.

Finally, a pot of Hunny was placed near Pooh.

Sarah: -and this fresh pot of Hunny for Pooh.

Pooh: (grins) Oh goody!

Pinkie: (notices) Uh, excuse me. Is that a cough drop?

She pointed to the cough drop on top of Cream's carrot cake.

Rouge: Yeah. it's cherry. It counts.

Tigger: Yeah. It's a peculiar garnish. (to the girls) Can we get some chocolate syrup?

Roo: Yeah, chocolate syrup!!

Cream: I like some too!

Cheese: Chao!

Rainbow Dash looked stunned with horror.

Sarah: Sure, dolls and Cream.

Three: Thanks, girls.

Rainbow Dash looked more stunned, stuttering as the waitresses left.

Cream: (smiles) It seems my brain is still intact, Miss Dash.

Rainbow: (frowns) Fine. You win this round, but try avoiding the Men in Black people!

Most: Right.

Later, the group began arriving to the manor with Cream realizing something.

Cream: Rainbow, I've just had an idea. When I'm a famous drummer star, I'm going to buy a mansion just like this and make YOU sleep in the garage in a topsy-turvy switcheroo. (frowns) It'd serve you right for making me sleep on the floor. What do you think?

Rainbow: I didn't knew you were the Easter Bunny then! (pause) And somehow, I wonder if I'm better off not knowing.

Cream: Oh relax. I am a forgiving bunny. Just make me sleep on a warm bed and we will call it even.

Just then, the car stopped, noticing what appared to be a custom-made bike with music symbols on the area along with three other bikes, making the colored humans realize in horror.

Twilight: Oh, man. DJ is here.

Ben: And it looks like she picked up Apple Bloom and her friends already.

Twilight: This is even bigger than my brother's wedding to my favorite babysitter, Cadence!

Cream: (surprised) You never told me you had a brother.

Tigger: There's still so much we don't even KNOW about each other, Twily.

Rainbow: (frightened) Oh man! If she goes upstairs, I'm dead.

Tigger: Why?

Rabbit: (frowns) Why?! Let me take you back to this morning when you flooded the bathroom and you trashed the bedroom. You remember that?

Tigger: But then we wouldn't have a proper soapsy fight, now would we? Plus the bedroom was too clean. It deserves a LITTLE mess once in a while. (glares) And I think you owe this Tigger an apology!

Rabbit: Not now!

Rainbow: What do we do!? WHAT?!

Rabbit quickly slapped her.

Rabbit: Rainbow Dash, calm down! Look, leave this to me and the others.

Pooh: We can probably smooth it out with DJ...I mean if she likes to be in a smooth service.

Rainbow: Guys, Rouge is one thing. This is DJ we're talking about!

Pooh: Does this mean we can't roll on the smooth floor then?

Cream: Maybe I can talk to her.

Rainbow: (panics) NO!!

Cream: Huh?

Rainbow: Look at me, Cream.

She looked at the blue skinned girl.

Rainbow: One word out of you, and it's rabbit season. You got it?

Rabbit gasped, clenching his neck a bit in fear.

Tigger: Duck season! Fire!

Tigger holds out a toy gun and pulls the trigger, causing the cork to hit him in the face.

Tigger: Hee hee hee.

Applejack: Okay, we're gonna run interference. We need y'all to sneak upstairs an' clean up, quietly!

Inside the mansion, DJ picked up the dropped carrots, glancing a bit while the three girls looked concerned.

DJ: Girls, why are there carrots on the floor?

CMC: (gulps) Um...

Just then, the door was heard closing.

Fluttershy: Hi, DJ!!

DJ: (notices) Oh girls, Ben, hi!

The seven came as they looked at her.

Rainbow: Hey, it's not a good time for me right now. I was just leaving.

She snatched DJ as she pulled her hard.

DJ: (frowns) But you just got here.

Rainbow: I know, right?

DJ: I just came by after picking up the kids to see how you're doing.

Rainbow: Oh, same ol, same ol'.

DJ: (shows the carrots) Hey, what are these?

Rainbow: (snatches them) Oh! There you are. (eats one) Mmm! I'm on this North Beach diet. It's carrots only. That is why they're all over the house. I was going to clean them up, though.

DJ: Okay, Rainbow, how did the interview go?

Rainbow: That?

DJ: Yes!

Rainbow: Oh! Thank you for asking. Uh it was amazing! Uh I aced it.

DJ: (grins) Really?

Rainbow: Yeah.

DJ: No way!

Rainbow: Why are you so surprised?

DJ: Rainbow Dash, that's awesome!

Rainbow: Place could use me, too. Don't get me wrong, it was great. It was good. It was all right. I just, I don't know if it was for me, really. It just didn't gel. Something felt a little off about the whole thing. I didn't get it.

DJ: (shocked) Oh! What? What happened?

Rainbow: To be honest: It's kind of hard to pinpoint any one specific thing.

Pinkie: And we can vouch for her that it wasn't her fault this time. Something happened and long story short, Octavia fainted and she thought Rainbow Dash was to blame.

DJ: (sighs) Oh geez, Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow: I know. I know. I'm sorry.

DJ: Honestly, please tell me that they will get back to you.

Rainbow: (pause) To be honest, I never got around to asking that question...but...look, I did my best, right?

Just then, the group heard a vaccuum sounding noise.

Sweetie: (looks up) What is that?

Others (minus DJ): Oh no.

Fluttershy: I wouldn't know because we're not allowed to go up there.

Rainbow: And we haven't been up there once.

DJ: (glances) Hmm. Okay.

Quickly, DJ darted off.

Twilight: Hey DJ!

Rarity: No, you're not allowed up there, either.

Applejack: Ya can't-Don't go up there!

Rainbow: DJ, I'm begging you!

They finally arrived to the area.

Rainbow: I can explain.

However, to their notice, they saw the upstairs completely clean.

DJ: (gasps) Oh my gosh! Look at this.

She pointed to a pile of stuffed toys on the chair along with some familiar figures posing as toys.

Pinkie: DJ, DJ. We aren't allowed up here.

DJ: Yeah, can I tell you guys the truth? My boss got a childish behavior and he's ashamed of it. That's why he doesn't want anyone to go up here to avoid letting them find out.

Rainbow: Well, that make sense.

DJ: But between you and me, I snuck up here once or twice and always cover my tracks without him knowing.

Fluttershy: Of course.

She picked up Cream, then showed the bunny girl to them.

DJ: (smiles) Look how cute this stuffed bunny is!

Cream winked while quietly giggling.

Rainbow: (awkwardly) Wow! Yeah. Oh.

Twilight: Right, very cute.

DJ: You know, get us a gopher and maybe a huge owl and we got a big set.

Rainbow: I don't know where to even get any.

Fluttershy: So cute though!

DJ: Aren't they, especially this girl?

Rarity: Yeah, you know what? Maybe we shouldn't be playing with them because even though we know the truth, we're not really supposed to be up here in the first place. So...

DJ: (looks at Cream) She's just so lifelike.

Scootaloo: You think? It's a little freaky-looking to me. (gets punched) Ow.

Sweetie: I got a teddy bear that's cute too!

As DJ hugged Cream, Cream looked at the group with Rainbow making motions in stern glares while Cream secretly patted DJ's hair, smiling a bit.

DJ: Oh! Oh, she's so soft! And cute, and cuddly, and...(concerned) and warm.

Rainbow: (quickly) Okay! Why don't we put her back before things get uncomfortable?

Fluttershy: Yes, put her next to the chao and other bunny toy. (smiles) She fits there like they were family.

DJ: No, I'm not uncomfortable.

Rainbow: Well, I'm uncomfortable because I'm looking after the house and it's MY responsibility.

DJ: Right, just as long as you try to get another job before my boss gets back.

Rainbow: Why? He would kill me?

DJ: No, throw a childish fit, duh!

She snatched Cream away.

Apple Bloom: 'ey, careful 'wit 'er!

Rainbow: I'm careful! Just because I like slacking doesn't mean I also slack in my own responsibility too.

She placed Cream between Cheese and Rabbit.

Rainbow: There we are. (force smiles) All right.

Just then, Tigger made kissing-like motions with his arms waving while using his tail to bounce to her.

DJ: (gasps) Oh, my Celestia!

Rainbow: Wow! Look at that. He's a wind-up toy.

DJ: That is so adorable!

Rainbow: Yeah, I think he might be broken.

She picked up Tigger when he bounced to her arms.

Rainbow: Yeah, you're a broken little guy, aren't you?

However, he continued to make the arm clapping motions, making screech noises while unintentionally slapping Rainbow. The girl frowned, then stuffed Tigger into the empty drawer, trying to force it shut.

Tigger: Hey...Ow!

Finally, it closed with her sighing.

DJ: (concerned) Rainbow Dash, I am really worried about you. If you continue on like this, you're gonna end up living in the streets one day.

Rainbow: DJ, I will try my best to find a job that won't get me into trouble and I would enjoy at the same time.

DJ: The problem is, you try for jobs but you can't find one you like.

Just then, she noticed the jellybeans nearby.

DJ: Hmm!

Ben: (yelps) Oh no. Don't eat that.

DJ: Huh?

Ben: Uh, you might not like the flavor.

DJ: Ben, relax.

She ate it before smiling with some of them looking awkward.

DJ: (grins) Watermelon.

Tigger: (peeks) These are fresher than the ones from earlier.

Rainbow: (quietly) Shhh! You're not suppose to speak at this part.

Pinkie: (pauses) Can we go?

Apple Bloom: By 'de way, who IS her boss anyhow?

The group saw a picture of some pointy haired guy sitting at a desk at a meeting.

Most: The Pointy-Haired Boss.

Later, the group, minus the stuffed toys, chao, and rabbits came to the floor level.

Rainbow: Look, DJ, I don't want you to worry, okay? I'll get something.

DJ: I know. Look, Rainbow Dash, I just thought it would make tomorrow night a lot easier if you could tell your former roommates that you had a job.

Rainbow: Whoa! What's tomorrow night?

DJ: Gilda's play! The one she's been talking about for weeks.

Rainbow: Oh, that's easy. I'm not going.

DJ: Oh, yeah, you are. Rainbow Dash, come on, she's your roommate.

Rainbow: EX-ROOMMATE! Why bother if it's just to hear her sing off-key in all the songs she's got?

DJ: We all made an oath that we like Shadow Burnford would stick together no matter what, even if we don't stay together.

Rainbow: All right, fine. But if she sings Peter Cottontail in off-key, I'm leaving. End of discussion.

DJ: Just stay there long enough to do some support then you can leave.

Rainbow: Ugh, fine. (pause) Any chance your boss's hiring?

DJ: I don't recommend it. Most of their new employees wouldn't survive a week in that place. One of them was used as a batting ball for the Director of Human Resoruces.

Rainbow: Good.

DJ: Wear something nice.

Rainbow: (opens the door) I'll wear something nice.

DJ: 7:00.

Rainbow: 7:00.

DJ: (walks out) Don't forget, I love you like a sis.

Rainbow: I love you like a sis too.

DJ: Put gas in your car. 7:00.

Rainbow: (quickly) Bye.

Finally, the door close before DJ finally left.

Rainbow: (frowns) That...was awkward.

Miss Naughty's Voice: Just be glad the actual movie didn't have a romantic role in her!

When she was gone, the familiar faces watched.

Roo: That was a close one.

Kanga: Oh she seems nice. Is she seeing anyone? We could probably talk about a few things.

Rainbow: (snarky) No, she's single, and she's looking for a rabbit.

Some: Rainbow Dash!!

Rainbow: Well, sorry, but I feel more awkward than ever. (to Miss Naughty) Hey Naughty! I thought Shadow the Hedgehog was going to be in this!

Miss Naughty's Voice: The producer got awkward!

Mr. Rude's Voice: Plus, Shadow was in the mother role. It's put up or shut up time!

(End of Chapter 5)