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Ponies, bakers, chefs, connoisseurs among others have all flocked to Equestria's capital of Cantermore, all for the tri-annual Food Festival.
All keen to share their wears, prove themselves better than others in their areas. Food, Drink and other weird edible creations all avaliable for passers-by to try or devour in some cases.

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Game was waddling through Cantermore's alleys, his pudgy frame jiggling as he quickly followed his sense of small to the festival. The chubby wolf eager to get his padded paws on everything it has to offer.

Eventually turning down the right alley, Game appeared at the beginning of the festival. Now panting somewhat heavily from the quick waddle from before. Took particular notice of one stall nearby, which seemed to be selling some sort of drink.

"Once again, I'm here..." said the blue pony, which was setting up the stall. A cart full of leaves could be seen next to the stall.
"After all those years... Oh gosh, how I hate this city. There's just too many ponies everywhere."

The blue pony was drawing something on a sign.

HowTeas' tea
Best quality, true taste of nature
1 cup / 1 bit

When he finished the sign, he went into the stall and waited for customers. As he looked around, he noticed something. He saw a big navy wolf. Even HowTea recognized who was it. He raised a hoof and waved at the wolf.

Game, seeing the blue pony wave at him, waddled his way over to the stall and tried to hop up to see what was on it, only succeeding in shifting his weight, causing him to fall over.

"Oh, Game."
Howtea petted the navy wolf.
"Don't know, if wolves can drink this, but hey. You'll know what's best for you." said the blue pony and poured some cold tea into a bowl.

He put the bowl down in front of Game. He also put a treat next to it, just in case.

"Hope you'll have fun, I'm just gonna stay here, hoping somepony will notice my stall." he whispered to himself.

He found hope again.

"If you noticed this stall, everypony will notice it!" he shouted. He was really happy.

Game purred lightly at the petting, before taking notice of the bowl. Laying down he sniffed the bowl lightly, thinking it smelled good enough he decided to try and drink it.

Thinking it tasted okay for an instantce, before making a face and spitting it out back into the bowl, quickly downing the nearby treat to get the taste out of his maw.

A mare with dark shades and a scarf wrapped around her head was slowly making her way through the Festival. Her face was resting in a frown as she pulled a cart behind her. Behind her shades, her eyes scanned the area for her spot. On her journey to her spot she past by a little tea stall. The mare glanced at the ginger pony and what she assumed was a cat. The mare let out an exhausted sigh, it was extremely hot in the scarf and only tea could help her continue on this dumb journey. She couldn't really turn with her cart so she decided to unlatch herself. Slowly, she let go of the cart and made her way toward the tea stall. Her small frown was still plaster on her face but she forced her self to be decent. In a nice-ish tone she said,
So dis is da tea stall? Interestin'...
What type of tea do ya' got?

HowTea looked up at the mare with a scarf, feeling  a little breeze on his back.

"Y-ye-yes, we- I mean I've got plenty of tea. Main ingredient is the green tea leaf, but I can give you an extra ingredient, if you want. Like apples, pears, herbs, just tell me what you like and if I got it, I'll give it there. I can also make you a cold tea. But, let me tell something."

He calmed down a little. HowTea was really bad talking to any females.

He took a deep breath a continued:

"Cold tea sure is refreshing in this weather, but you'll still feel thirst after you drink it. Hot tea isn't refreshing, for somepony even gross when it's hot outside, but when you drink one cup, you won't be feeling any thirst afterward. It's your choice. Everything here is for one bit."

Game looked up at the tea pony, laughing internally with treat crumbs around his face. Watching as the two conversed, Game slowly waddled and wiggled his way under the stall and lay down, head popped out the front to see.

The mare formed a small smile as the stallion went on about the tea. For his sake, she tried not to laugh at his attempt to communicate. The mare stood in silence for a while as she thought about what kind of tea she wanted. She didn't really like tea that much but her Doctor would always make her drink some. With the click of her tongue she said,
I don' know much 'bout tea but
somethin' cold would be nice.
Just don' do anythin' too fancy,
I'm really sensitive to strong flavors.
So just do ya' thin'.
As she finished talkin' her smile slowly fell back to her usual frown. The sun was making her uncomfortable and ruining her mood. The mare adjusted her scarf tighter as she waited for her tea.

HowTea really wanted to ask why she just doesn't take the scarf down, but he didn't wanted to talk much, because he knew, how he would sound.

"O-umm, one tea coming right up" said the blue pony.

HowTea went to the cart next to his stall. He was trying to find something.

"Don't tell me I didn- Aha! Here it is!"
It was a box with little mouth-written label on it. "Plectranthus amboinicus" was on the label, but it was really hard to read since HowTea never found his talent in writing.

He opened the box. It was full of green fluffy leaves. He took a few and closed the box again. Then he took a few tea leaves.

HowTea washed both types of leaves in clean water. Then he put the fluffy leaves in one bowl, tea leaves in another and went behind his stall, where the water was boiling in a kettle over a campfire. He want back with kettle.

Everything was ready. There were three bowls, two with leaves in them, a wooden cup and the kettle.

HowTea was very experienced in making tea. He moved fastly with his hooves.

Firstly he took two tea leaves and put it in the empty bowl. Then he poured the hot water on it and started to stir for a few seconds. Then he took one fluffy leaf and put it in the same bowl. He didn't stir it this time, but he took the bowl into his hooves and tilted it for another few seconds. HowTea didn't feel the hot tempature though wooden bowl. After he was satisfied with what he did, he went back to the cart for a jar of honey, and a sugar.

He could smell the mint flavour making its' way though his stall.

HowTea came back with the honey and sugar and put it on the counter. The tea seemed to be ready. He took a small sifter and put it on the cup, then he poured the tea though it. The sifter caught the leaves. He stopped pouring the tea when the cup was half-full. He took down the sifter.

"The tea will be ready in a minute, please wait." he said as he was galloping to the nearby stall.

There was a pony that knew his father. They agreed to help each other on the festival.

The pony gave Howtea a bag full of ice cubes.
HowTea thanked and galloped back.

"I should had have this prepared" He thought.

Howtea threw a few ice cubes into the cup.

"There. You can add sugar or honey if you want. It'll be one bit, please."
As he was saying this, he cleaned up everything from the counter except the cup, the jar of honey and the sugar bowl.
The tea, as he remembered, should taste like green tea with lemon and smell after mint.

Slate Grey felt tired and overheated, yet elated. Having not just disembarked a cargo airship but also having helped unload its cargo to pay for the trip and still being laden with traveller's gear (a pair of saddlebags, various pouches, some bottles, a sadly empty canteen and a small rolled-up tent) had taken a toll on the gray-blue stallion. Not to mention the cursed heat! Slate is not good with heat.

But all this will be worth it! For while it wasn't Slate's first time in the capital, it was the first time it was during a festival all about food and drink. And Slate is good with food and drink. The consuming part that is, not so much the preparing. This will be a glorious spree of eating and drinking and that minor issue of being low on bits shouldn't be that much of a problem!
"First order of business: A drink. Any drink. After that... uuh, well planning is overrated." Slate softly murmured to himself as he walked down the street leading into the town centre, spooking some of the infamously snooty locals with his appearance.

Eventually he caught sight of a somewhat off-kilter stand. The salespony was somewhat serving a red mare with sunglasses and a scarf, there was a pet wolf sitting under the draping at the bottom and most of all the price wasn't extortionate.
"Hmm might be a local farmer. Too honest to sweet-talk his customer too so his wares should alright. Guess I'll stock up on dried tea while I'm at it" Slate thought as he walked up on the stand.
"Good day there! Excuse me if this seems picky, but can you make Saddle Arabian Mine Tea too? Been a while since I have had that."

The mare raised an eyebrow as the stallion did his tea magic. To her, it was already note complicated than it had to be. But she never made tea before so what does she know? The smell of mint filled her nose which made her eyes water a bit. She decided to breath out of her mouth till he was done. The mare turned her head to check on her cart. The oak cart was still there but a few fillies were hanging around it. The mare pulled down her shades and shot the ponies an evil glare. As she pushed her shades back up the fillies ran away in fear. Once she turned back to the tea stall her tea was ready. She stood there in silence as she stared at the tea. After a moment of silence she said,
Dis smells pretty.... Strong.
But I guess all teas smell strong.
The mare slowly took the cup and took a sip of the tea. Her eyes lit up as the flavour filled her mouth. She swished it around in her mouth to taste all the flavours. Once she swallowed the drink she nodded in approval. She set the cup back down and started to dig through her saddle bag for a bit. As she continued her search for a bit she said,
What's ya' name? Da tea...
The mare stop mid sentence as the stranger approached the stand. She finally fished out an old bit. It was dirty and chipped but it was stipl a bit. As she dropped it on his counter she said,
Stop by my stall later. I'll charge ya'
half off a readin'
The mare took the cup and chugged the rest of the tea. As she set the cup back down she took a deep breath. She glanced at the stranger and then turned back to go back to her cart. As she hooked her self back on the cart, she slowly started to walk away.

"Hmm, strange, but hey, I take it." said the tea pony.

"Hello there, traveler!" said the tea pone.

It was a really strange request. HowTea faltered. He wasn't sure about this "Saddle Arabian Mine Tea".

"Just a second, please"

HowTea went to the cart, trying to find a small notebook.
"A, B, C, D, no, not here, E, F, G, A, H, C, oh, there is it."





"Oh hay no, I've got some mint leaves, but no gunpowder tea. What do I do, what do I do?" he thought.
HowTea started sweating.
"Calm down, maybe I can use something else than gunpowder tea, what have I got?
Camomile, apple peels, cinnamon, melissa, dead nettle, plantain, mint. No no no, those are for herbal teas. Can't make a tea without tea with no-tea.
What kind of tea have I got? Green tea, black tea, white tea didn't go well this year... Wait, I have got green tea? There's a chance I have got gunpowder tea too! I just need to..."
HowTea realized that he was talking out loud the whole time. He blushed and galloped to the cart, pulled out the box with green tea. There were more, smaller boxes inside of that box. Finally he found what he was looking for. Gunpowder tea box.

HowTea wiped the bowls a put them on the counter again. He put gunpowder tea in one bowl and mint leaves in another. Some of the hot water was still in the kettle.

He washed the sifter he used before and put it on the cup. Then he put the Gunpowder tea into the sifter and poured the hot water on it. He poured so much water that even the sifter with the tea was under water. Just like he wanted.

The tea was brewing peacefully. HowTea, meanwhile, was washing the mint leaves in clean water.

It didn't take long. HowTea removed the sifter and put few mint leaves in the cup.

The sugar and honey was still on the counter. HowTea quickly poured the remainings of the bowls back to the boxes and put bowls in the water.

"Here you go, if you want more mint leaves, just tell me. The price won't get higher. Sugar and honey are also in the price. One bit please." said the blue pony.

"Anyway, I heard there's a food competition. You coming there, traveler? Also, my name's HowTea."

Slate takes a sip from the piping hot tea, savouring the taste "Mmmm, quite good! The fancy cafés around here just give me funny looks if I ask for anything like this!" he said while hoofing over a bit.
"Though it did kinda undermine my trick of trading a recipe for a free drink, hahah! The name's Slate Grey, pleased to meet you."
"And yes I will very much be joining the competition, though I don't expect to win. I mostly join for the fun of it. How about you then, surely you can leave the stall for long enough to compete?"

Game watched as the ponies drank, wanting to go explore and eat more food. The waddling wolf, attempted to crawl out through the wheel off the cart-stall, only found the space increasingly tight, getting eventually stuck at his stomach, at it bunched up around the wheel.

Whining lightly, the wolf hoped more little treat things would be thrown his way.

(Can`t have a story about food or Game without him getting stuck.)

(( I don't believe I ever said this
but, Game Paw is too adorable for
me to handle, OhMyGosh. ))

After what felt like a marathon of walking, the scarf mare made it to her spot. Other large stalls and tents surrounded her as she walked down her designated spot. Her eyes swished side to side as she examined her neighboring stalls. A small smile formed as she walked past each stall. Though the sun was souring her, even she couldn't help but enjoy the festival. As she finally made it to her spot she let out a loud sigh. The mare slowly backed up her cart in her spot before unhooking herself. She then scanned the area for any unicorns who could help set up her tent. A smile formed on her face as she saw two unicorns walking past her. She whistle to get their attention and offered to pay them a few bits if they help. The unicorns agreed happily and within minutes her stall was ready for business. The tent was dark purple with dark green ivy patterns all over it. It was only big enough to fit her and another costumer; which was the intention. She kindly thanked the unicorns for their help and paid them. Her smile then widen as she slowly entered the tent. She couldn't help but giggle at the sight of her stall. There was a rectangle table covered with a dark navy table cloth. The room had many candles that smelled like cinnamon. As she took a deep breath of the air, she exhaled with a happy sigh. Since she was no longer out in the sun it was time to take off the stupid scarf and shades. As she took off her shades her light blue eyes sparkled from the candle lit room. Her braid slowly fell down as she unraveled the scarf around her head. She then tied the scarf back around her head as a headband. Now she was officially ready for some costumers. The mare slowly walked behind the navy table as she prepared for her drinkable fortune telling.

HowTea heard Games' whining. He looked at his cart and facehooved.

"I don't feel like joining, I will watch the competition however." he said as he was walking to his cart. He was trying to figure out how to get Game out of there.

There were some wooden boxes on the cart. He got an idea.

HowTea took three boxes and put them next to the cart. He tried to lift the cart, but failed. It was too heavy for him.

"Slate, little help, please?"

Game, watched as the tea pony tried to lift boxes, clearly tea is not good for muscle building. Opening his maw and wagging, he was hoping for a treat.

Slate Grey blinked, having not noticed the corpulence of blue wolf earlier.

"Lemme try and help you there, big fellow." he said as he fired up his horn and used the infamous zero friction spell on the stuck wolf and pulled him out, putting him back on his feet.

As Slate took to opening up a saddlebag to rummage through he however failed to notice he had not removed the zero friction spell, causing the wolf to slowly slide over the ground as though he was standing on ice.

Game yelped as he fell onto his plush stomach and slowly began to slide away, unable to stand back up. He whined loudly as he wanted to stop.

"Whoops, sorry about that! Sometimes I forget which spells you need to turn off again." Slate said as he quickly turned off the spell, giving back the unfortunate wolf's traction. "Ahem, so yeah, I need to be getting on my way now. Need to stow all this baggage somewhere and some other mundane stuff. See you at the contest perhaps!

Game came to a stop and watched as the pony trotted off. Slowly and unsteadily getting up off the floor, slightly afraid of sliding off again, Game began to waddle his way down the stalls, hopefully getting something better to drink and more to eat.

"Yeah, see you all..." he said, but when he saw that nobody is around he finished the sentence in whisper: "...later"

He was alone. Again.
The festival was in early stage, so there weren't lots of ponies around. HowTea put the boxes back on the cart and went back to the stall.
He opened his little notebook on the last written page.




"Really shouldn't sell this. I figured this recipe out only yesterday." HowTea sighed.

"THE BIT!" he shouted. HowTea remembered the mysterious mare. The old bit was still on the counter. For a second he thought he lost it.

"I should try to find her, she seemed nice, but..."
He looked at the street. They were only a few ponies.

HowTea took a sign from the cart and put it on the counter.



"This is gonna be bad." he sweated.

HowTea went, trying to find that mare.

That mare was locked away in her stall like tent. Even though everything was set up, she had to mentally prepare herself to do some fortune telling. In the candle lit tent, the mare closed her eyes as she took slow breaths to empty her mind. Some ponies knocked on her tent but she was too deep into her meditation. As she sat criss cross applesauce, the mare slowly swayed back and fourth. The silent breaths started to turn into low whispers as she continued to swayed. With each cryptic whisper, the candle flames slowly started to lean toward her. As her whispers grew louder, the flames grew brighter. Once the flames grew bright blue the mare shouted Metá Ti̱ Zo̱í̱. With the cryptic message echoing through her tent, the flames quickly went out. The mare slowly stop swaying and she went back down to a whisper. The mare took one last deep breath before opening her eyes. As her eyelids slowly went up, bright green flames returned to the candle. The mare let out a satisfied sigh as she examined the room. A small smile formed across her face; now she was ready for business.
With a hardy laugh, the mare stood up to dust herself off. She put on her shades before exiting her tent. The sign that hanged above the entrance of her tent was blank. She then attempted to turn the sigh around. For her age she was extremely short and this was no task for somepony her height. After a few failed attempts, the mare barely turned the sigh around. The old wood sign had the words, Open! painted in light blue. With a happy sigh, the mare stood in front of her tent. A small smile formed she stared at her lovely tent.

Game waddled his way through the stalls, seeing it all to be mostly healthy and pony orientated food. Meaning nothing good and no meat, something he was not interested in.

Already panting from the short walk, Game noticed the stage set up with some seats in front, for what he assumed was the eating contest.

Licking his maw, Game made his way over to the stage and sat in front, waiting for a time to join.

There's two unicorns mares next to the stage. Talking about the sign up for the contest. "So... How many pony signed up?" Asked the blue unicorn to the green unicorn with a smile.
"Um... we'd not started to ask them to sign up yet... which mean nopony signed up, for the moment." Reply the green unicorn.
"Whaaaat?! *shake the green unicorn* Tell me Natura, did you remember when did I said to make ponies sign up for the contest?"
"Uh... you said it there's just 1 minute and 41 secondes ago, Acqua..."
*sigh and facehoof* "... you're right..." Then the blue unicorn, Acqua, notices a blue chubby wolf, sat in front and watching the stage. "Oh! A wolf! Hello, there!"

Game's ears perked as he was addressed, though feeling still somewhat tired from the waddling and seat climbing, he merely turned to face the pony.

As she stood in front of her tent a unicorn approach her tent. The mare smiled at the unicorn and led her into her tent. The mare smiled as she saw the unicorn hesitate to enter the green candle lit tent. The mare smiled as she reassured the unicorn that everything will be fine as her tent door slowly closed.

"Oh wow! This wolf is so big and cute~! It's looks like that he only like eating thing!" Said the green unicorn, Natura. Then she pets the overweight wolf.
Acqua hears these words and she ask aloud in joy. "Hey! He can maybe participate the eating contest if he want!" *to the wolf* "Do you like to eat a lot?"

Game purred and pushed his head into the unicorn's hoof as he was getting pet, before being interrupted by the the other. Asking if he liked to eat a lot, clearly from the wolf's appearance, he nodded vigorously sending some ripples through his body.

Natura giggles when she sees on how Gamepaw purred when we pet him. Acqua levitates a paper for the sign up to the contest.
"Are you interested to sign up for the eating contest? And wow! She's so cute when we pet her!" The blue mare pets the wolf too.
"Are you sure it's a 'she'?" Asked the green mare.
"Hmm... no, I don't really know if it's a 'he' or a 'she'..."

Game continued to purr as he was pet but his ears folded when he was called a she, but then he nodded vigorously at the eating.

"Anyway... write your name on this paper and it's done~!" She shows the paper and gives a pen to Game.

Game just tilted his head, unable to use the pen he wasn`t really sure what he was suppose to do and just looked up at the pony.

*giggle* "Awww~ let me help this wolf write is name on it." Said Natura.
"And how do you want to write the name of this blue wolf if you don't know?" Asked Acqua.
"Well... some of the dogs or wolves haves a collar with their name on it..." She looks at the collar on this wolf's neck and try to spell his name. "Game...paw... Gamepaw! It's not a bad name for a wolf~" then she takes the paper and the pen and write on the list 'Gamepaw'.
"Oh~ I didn't know that you have a collar on you. Well, thanks for your time, Gamepaw~ ;)" Said Acqua to the fluffy wolf, Gamepaw.

Game, nodded at the pony and laid back down in the seat waiting for the food to happen.

HowTea went, with his eyes closed, the way he thought he could find the mare. He was sweating.
After a few minutes he opened his eyes and saw a dark purple tent. He remembered that he saw the same color on mare's cart.

HowTea looked back to see how much distance he walked. His stall was almost next to him.

"Well, it helped." he said to himself and approched the tent.

Someone stood in front of the tent.

Nah, that mare had a scarf he thought to himself

"Hewwo? Anypony home?"

A unicorn exit the tent as the stallion spoke. A large smile was plaster on her face as she levitated an empty cup. The mare gave the stallion a nod before heading off. Behind the tent the mare yelled,
Next Costumer!

"Alright! So, should we go to ask some other ponies for the eating contest?" Wondering Acqua.
"Um... I have no idea where to start..."

Game watched intently as the ponies conversed about the contest, no longer get petted he decided to lick the side of the pony's face for more attention.

"Hey, Natura! The wolf licked you!"
*giggle* "Aww Thank you for licking me. You are a good wolf."
"I think that he want to be petted!" Says Acqua as she's petting the wolf.

((Where is the other? :v ))

No one else was in front of the tent.

HowTea nervously went into the tent.

"Uh, h-hello."

He didn't know what to expect. As he entered the tent he felt a cold breeze on his back.

Game wagged at him being called a "good wolf." Then even harder as he wanted pets, rolling over onto his back.

The mare was sitting down behind her small table as she was washing a cup. She didn't look up when she heard the tent door open. As she wiped the cup off she said,
Welcome, welcome! Now, take a seat
so we can travel through what was and
what will be!

HowTea did as mare told him to do. He nervously sat and waited what'll happen.

((Pff... why nothing happen?))

A red dragon pony walk toward these two mare and the wolf.

Game looked up at the approaching dragon pony, hoping for some special non-pony food or pets.

(( Sorry for the extremely late reply ))

The mare smirked at the nervous stallion. As she reached for a cup her smirk then turned in a grin. The thought of spooking the stallion made her giggle a bit. As she placed the cup on the table she said,
So... Why ya' here?
I'd imagined ya'
come much later...
The mare then shot the stallion an eerie smile before reaching into her saddle bag.

"I, um, I-I-eh, the fest-um-festival is still in early stage, aa-and no one was c-coming to my stall, so I tho- I thought I could just come here. I di-didn't know if I'll have t-time to get here later." HowTea said, his voice sounded something like a cat running away from a vacuum cleaner.

It would be so nice, if my brain would just let me faint here, but nooo. My brain just hates me. he thought to himself.

Sunset Sparkle: Well were here but were is our stall?
Ginger Snap: I think its near the stage.
Starlight: Yeah I see a space between the stage and a other stall.
*the three brothers trot to the stage to find there stall space*

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Post Merge

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*after about 1 hour the brothers find there stall space*
Sunset Sparkle: *sigh* Well we finally found the stage and our stall.
Ginger Snap: Are you going set up the tent Sparkle?
Star Light: Can I have some bits for some of the stalls?
Sunset Sparkle: Sure here. *he gives Star Light a bag of bits and watches Star Light trot off*

The mare grinned at the stallion; finding his stutters funny. With a giggle, the mare started to take out a jar of beans. As she pop the lid off the jar she said,
Oh okaaaaaaaaay.
I can already tell this
readin' gonna be fun!
Upupupupupu!
The mare continued to laugh as she took a hoof full of beans out. Taking a deep breath, she dropped the beans in a cup. Taking out a rock she started to crush the beans in the cup. The mare snickered as the beans slowly turned into dust. Her gaze returned to the stallion in front of her. With an eerie smile she said,
Shall we begin?
Upupupu!

HowTea was unsure of what is happening. He really hoped that the beans aren't a coffee beans.

"Um, s-sure." he said

With a big grin and a loud clap, the mare said in an eerie tone,
Then let da fun begin!
As her clap echo through the tent, each candle went out. Beside the small rays of light that seeped through the tiny wholes in the tent; darkness surrounded the two ponies. The few rays of light landed on the cup of crushed beans and across the spooky mare's face. Her grin turned into an eerie smile and her eyes were filled with delight. The mare took the cup and slowly slide it from hoof to hoof. The bitter smell of coffee beans filled the air as the cup was pushed  side to side. With a giggle, the mare pushed the cup toward the stallion. As the cup came to a stop short from the edge of the table, two candles that were next to the stallion came back to life. As her smile widen she said,
So ..... Whoever ya' are...
State ya' name and
question, please. We
would like to know who
has enter our world and
what is on ya' mind.
Da question could be
'bout da future or another
pony or whatever makes
ya' . Really, da only
limits are ya'.

"A future?" HowTea was turning to blue, when the smell got into his nose.
No backing down now, I suppose he thought to himself.

"M-my name is HowTea. And the question is, umm, eh..."

HowTea got an idea!

"How's my farm gonna do this year?"

(Little fact, HowTea has got a tea farm)

(( Oh that's cool! I hope he
can hold down a cup of coffee! ))

The mare was taken back by the question. Usually ponies ask about their love life or future. She formed a genuine smile; please by a fresh question. As rest her chin on her hooves she happily said,
HowTea? HoooooowTea?
Dat is an usual name...
I like dat. Okay, so ya'
sure 'bout da farm?
Well, its not like ya'
can change da
question. What has
been spoken can't be
unspoken. A'ight, dis
shouldn't be too hard
to answer!
As she finished her sentence she reached out her hooves across the table. An eerie smile formed as she waited for HowTea to hold her hooves.

((HowTea and coffee? That will be interesting.))

Only one creature was saying his name like that. It was Gamepaw. Everytime he wanted something, he just "Hoooooooooooooww", but he has never finished his name. Maybe because he's a wolf.
What if this mare is a wolf too?
She can speak...
Maybe good trained wolf?

HowTea slapped his face with his hooves and started focusing more on the mare before him. It took him a second before he figured out what is the mare up to.

His heart was  beating like a 1/16 note metronome. His hooves didn't respond on his command. His left back leg started examining the terrain around the left side of the chair. He wanted to run away.
HowTea slapped himself again, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and with a second he grabbed the mare's hooves. Shaking could be felt from the holding.

The mare's eye twitch at the shaky stallion. She couldn't tell if he was nervous or awkward. Though it would be fun to watch him be scared out of his mind, the mare knew she would have to make him seem less vulnerable. With her earth pony strength, she held his hooves in a tight grip.
Okaaay...
Just....
Try to act less awkward.
Ya' need to stay calm and
keep ya' mind on da question.
A'ight, just close ya' eyes
and don' open them till
I say so. If ya' open them
then I can't help ya'.
She flashed him a smile as she tighten the grip; proving she was serious. Taking a deep breath she slowly started to mumble to her self. With each word she spoke the flames slowly started to light up again. The mare smiled with glee as she watched the flames light up. With one more breath, she closed her eyes as she continued to mumble. As her mumble grew softer the flames started to reach out to her. The mare couldn't hold her delight and let out a small giggle. As her mumble fell to a silence the cup slide to the middle of the table. The liquid in the cup slowly started to form a whirl pool. The mare giggled as she tried to keep her eyes close. Despite her excitement, she knew to wait for the sign. She continued to sit in silence as the cup continued to stir.

Gamepaw sneezed, feeling like he was being thought about by someone.

Star Light: Hey I heard there is always some really good tea here. I should probably should find that booth.
Ginger Snap: *takes a deep breath and says* oh It feels good to be back here.
Sunset Sparkle: *rolls his eyes* yeah. ok. *he says as wrights on a boared*
Brother's fruit stand

                     1 fruit = 2 bits

HowTea took three deep breaths and counted to 5. He was calm. Then he did, as the mare asked him to do.

After a while of silence, the cup slowly came to stop as the flames died down. Once the room was dark again, the mare opened her eyes. She sat still at first; making sure this was the signal. A smile formed across her face as she sat in the dark. Her gaze fell on the cup that was in the middle. She mumbled a few cryptic words and the cup moved back in front of HowTea. In a giddy tone she said,
OkAaAaAaAaAy, ya' can
open ya' eyes now.
As she spoke, the two candles next to the stallion flickered back on. The mare sat with a big satisfied smile as she giggled at her success.

Star Light:*saw a booth with a sign that says*
"HowTeas' tea
Best quality, true taste of nature
1 cup / 1 bit"
oh there is that tea booth. But were is the owner of this booth?
Ginger Snap: *he hooves over some fruit to a customer that gave him some bits for the fruit* Have nice day miss.
Sunset Sparkle: It is not a nice day ginger its scorching out here.

HowTea opened his eyes and noticed the cup in front of him.

"What should I d-do now?" he asked.

The smell from the cup was weirdely familiar.

Sunset Sparkle:I'm going to go to sleep for a bit.
Ginger Snap:Ok sunset.
Star Light:Well I might as well wait here.

The mare's grin widen as the stallion finished the question. In an eerie tone she happily said,
Ya' drink it! What else would
ya' do with it? Come on, come
on. We ain't got all day! Ya'
drink it in one go. If ya'
don'... Well, ya' be sorry. No
worries, it ain't dat hard!
With an eerie giggle, she rested her chin on her hooves. Her eyes sparkled with glee as she wait for the stallion to start.

HowTea took the cup. The smell slapped him. It was clear to him that the cup he is holding is full of coffee.

"But, d-do I have to? I mean, uh, it's just, ehm,"

HowTea felt how the mare was staring at him.

This is a really bad idea - he thought to himself.

Last time he had sip of coffee was when he was a little colt at the Canterlot's Café.

HowTea took a grip of the cup and sipped it. The bitterness was spreading through his mouth. It was like a acid. He wanted to spit it out.

No backing up now.

HowTea was turning into lighter shade of blue as he was drinking.

Game bored of waiting for the food, slowly waddled off back to Tea.

Eventually he made his way there, panting heavily and paws hurting from the short waddle, falling over when he reached Tea and staring up at them.

HowTea finishes his cup of coffee and looks at the mare. His coat was almost white.

"Um, about tha-"

HowTea faints.

Game, too slow to catch Tea before he hit the solid ground, opted to just nuzzle his face, lie down next to him and licks the rest of his face.

(( Sorry, I thought I
posted. :'cc ))

The mare's facial expression was frozen in place as she heard the stallion hit the ground. Her eye twitch was she kept her stare forward. In the silence a lot went through her mind; mostly on how this happened. To her it was simple, the spirits enter his weak body and now he is possessed. After convincing her self that was the answer she let out a high pitch scream through her teeth.

Breaking from her smile she flipped the table to the side and fell to the floor next to the stallion. Her eyes scanned each candle to see if any had gone out. Seeing all of them lite made her sigh with relief. The stallion was just being dramatic. Letting out a giggle she picked up the cup to examine what he had left over. As she examined the cup she said out loud,
Well, ya' might not be dead but
I still gotta do dis whole readin'.
Can't risk my life 'cause ya'
decide to be dramatic. No worries,
I am a professional so I will wake
ya' up soon. Just sit tight and let
me do my "magic".
The mare giggled as she pushed the stallion to the corner of the room. She then went back to her table and flipped it back over. Sitting in her original spot, she chuckled as she continued to examine the cup.

(best reaction ever lol lol lol )

HowTea was having dreams about Tea-landia

"Hello. Did the list is full?" Acqua show the paper to the dragon pony. "Um... not a lot of ponies signed for the contest, Flame..." Say Natura.
The dragon pony in the name of Flame Anger think about something. "Really? Maybe I'll should sign-up for the contest, then."

(( Poor poor ginger pony. Okay, so you can
have like, a water down fortune version
[which is soft side of Predestine]
or you can have the usual
[make a deal and that cool stuff].
I'm askin' since the next post
she'll reveal the fortune.))

The gal bops her head to the beat of a song she heard earlier. She isn't use to drink base fortunes but she doesn't mind branching out. The stallion was still in view, which bothered her. Maybe she should put a sheet over the body so she can concentrate, but that would be bad for business. The mare rubbed her chin as she decrypted the coffee message. So far so good but good news can always turn to bad news. She kind of was hoping for bad news just to see how the stallion would react.

((gonna have the usual))

HowTea wakes up after a while, drooling.

"What?"

(( No ragerts. ))

Thanks for comin' back to!
I got worried I'd have to
get rid of da body!
Upupupu!
The mare chuckled as glanced at HowTea. Her gaze back on the cup, her smiled widen as her eyes filled with joy. As she place the cup where the stallion should be she said in an errie tone,
Come on! They don' got all day!
Its time to see how dat farm of
ya's will do!

HowTea sat in front of the cup and waited silently for the answer...
He felt his heartbeat in his neck.

(Just chiming in to say, I will have no internet for at least a week. Even though I haven't really been active on this recently, thought I'd give you a heads up.)

(wow, that's so cool Fake! See ya laters Game)

HowTea had his ears folded, shaking.

"W-What problems? What will happen? When?"

(( Cya GamePaw!
Thanks! This was a fun
type of fortune tellin'! ))
I just use online fortune tellers

Woah woah woah, easy with
the questions!
The gal giggled as she reached into her saddle bag. She dug around for a bit till she pulled out an oak box. Placing the box on the table the letters, "PRE," were starched into along with her cutiemark. As she opened the box she continued,

They don' just TELL ya' how or
when stuff happens! How
can they? Each decision ya'
make alters ya' path toward
da future! So, its clear dat
there are obstacles but dependin'
on ya' actions effects what
obstacles ya' have!
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut....

The mare formed an eerie smile as she tapped the box.

I CAN help ya' make
it easier on ya'. A farmer's
life is very difficult as it
is! Ya' do have good crops and
will prosper dis year...Why take
da risk!? Do ya' really want
to sit 'round and wait for
the obstacles to happen...

As she drifted off her sentences she pulled out three pony figures: one glass, one wood, and one stone.

Or would ya' like to have some
insurance?

HowTea didn't know what to say. He wanted the best for his plants, but he was too scared of the future.

What would I do, if I knew my faith? Would I be able to prevent it? Or would IT find a different way? What would anyone do, if they knew their fate? I think they would all just sit, waiting for it to happen, but since they would JUST wait, the fate would alter itself. Can this happen to me? Would I just sit and wait for my fate to happen? Can fate change itself? Maybe it's better to not know it so detaily...

HowTea wasn't blushing anymore. He reached for a bit in his saddle bag and put it on the table.

"Thank you, miss! I think I should be getting in the way of my fate," he said and smiled excitedly, "But what you did right here, right now, WAS AMAZING! Maybe it was coffee, and I fainted from it, but what you did right here was just so- I mean, um, OH MY GOSH!"

HowTea calmed himself and looked mare in the eyes.

"I'm sorry. Anyway, I don't remember if I told you my name. My name is HowTea, but people call me Tea. What's your name?"

HowTea got up and took the cup.

"Okay, thank you again, Pre. I surely will recommend this tent to everyone!" he said,
"I need to get back to my stall now, sooo, see you later?" HowTea smiled and left the tent, making his way back to his stall.

HowTea felt a little shiver after he trotted back to his tent. Everything was there.
He took down the sign and waited for customers.

"She was nice, kind of." he talked to himself.

He still didn't believe what he saw minutes ago. It was like a thing from fairy tale.


HowTea took his herb book and started reading in it...