Chapter 1: Hate
"GAH! Why does this always happen to ME!" screamed out a voice in the middle of ponyville. This voice sounded angry, pained and tired. This voice belonged to a human named Royal. If one word described what he liked, it would be hate. He hated almost everything. He hated his life, you, the girl next store, the mailmare, the economy, you name it. He was the like the angry old man on the end of the street. Except he wasn't old, he was eighteen. Basically he just got an eviction notice on his house for not paying his debts on time, and this did not please him.
"Darn forsaken credit..Why me!?" he rambled on.
He then heard a knock on his door. And then he stumbled to answer it. It was a little filly at his doorstep with a letter in it's mouth. The little filly stretched out it's neck as to motion for Royal to grab the letter. He did, and it nodded it's head and it left on it's way. Royal shut the door and began the short task of opening the letter. And ,ta-da, it was a shiny new eviction notice.
Dear Mr. Royal, you have only two days to re-pay your debts to equestria or you WILL be evicted of your home, and you will be sentenced one day community service. Signed, Mayor Mare.
Well that was just great. Now he had TWO notices and he was even more pissed off. Now he stormed out of his house, went to the side of it to get his old bike. Then rode off to the mayor's house itself.
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Royal stopped just a yard shy of the capital building which housed the mayor. He put his bike next to the side of the house and went up to the front door. He knocked lightly to see if anyone was already near it. When no one answered it, he knocked louder. Finally, a royal guard pony answered and asked in a loud and angry voice what Royal was doing here.
"What do you need, human?"
"I need to speak to the mayor herself, please." Royal responded.
"The mayor is busy, but do you want me to take the message?" he asked.
Royal muttered a "no" and flipped the guard off and walked away to his bike and then rode off. The guard was not happy. An unkind visitor was not tolerated in this town. However, he seemed tired and so was the guard so he let him off easy for this once.
"He is SO lucky I had my coffee tonight..." muttered the guard as he closed the door, shaking his head as it creaked closed.
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Royal parked his bike back at his house and walked in to the front door, he was surprised to see that all the lights were out...then another surprise as they came on and his house was filled with random ponies and a certain pink one as they all yelled "SURPRISE!". Royal was taken aback by this. No one had ever done this for him. The certain pink one ran up to him and introduced himself-. I mean, herself as Pinkie Pie. Royal was just shaking his head as the very ugly mare started talking really fast and basically, based on what he made out, was that she was trying to get him to enjoy life despite getting eviction notices.
"And what did you say your name was again, Ms...?"
"Pinkie!"
"Yes and your throwing me this party because..?"
"Because you seem really down all the time and Iwashopingyoucoulduseahelpingof-"
"Get out." He interrupted.
"Agfhajh- What?"
"You heard me, out now you stupid pink abomination." He repeated.
"But WHY?" she asked, as if trying to stall.
Just then Royal pulled out a gun and fired into the ceiling to get everyone's attention.
"LISTEN UP! EVERYONE IN HERE IS GOING TO GET SHOT IF YOU ALL AND THIS PINK BITCH DON'T LEAVE!" he spoke in a rage-filled tone.
Everyone in the room, including pinke, all left in a single file line as Royal began muttering threats to everyone and as the last one left, he slammed the door hard, as if to let everyone know that he will not tolerate happiness.
~~~ (The next day)
Royal woke up as groggy as ever and still angry about last night. However he woke up with a letter on his night stand. He opened it and his eyes shot open on the message inscribed.
Dear Mr. Royal, your two eviction notices have been paid by an anonymous pink mare and your debts have been paid. Have a great day! Signed, Mayor Mare.
Royal for the first time in awhile felt horrible. That same pink mare that tried to make him happy...the same one that he called the b-word...the same one that he once thought was an abomination...had paid his debts. No questions asked. Royal sat up in his bed, and for the first time EVER in his life...cried silently.
"I need to find this gracious mare...I need to let her know i'm sorry.."
And at once he arose from his bed, got dressed, and went out the door (and closed it) to find the mare known as Pinkie Pie. The one mare that fixed his debts...The one mare, the ONLY mare...that he owed 'Thanks' to.
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At SugarCube corner, Pinkie stood behind the counter, business as usual. Her pet, Gummy, was sitting on the counter too, keeping his owner company, when suddenly, Pinkie saw a familiar figure rush past the store window.
"Hey Gummy, did you see who that was?" she asked.
Gummy just shook his head from left to right as he laid his head back on the counter, silently waiting with his owner for the next customer.
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Royal stopped in the middle of the dusty road of ponyville. He had never bothered to ask Pinkie where her workplace was located. He whipped his head around wildly.
"This could take awhile..." he muttered to himself.
Chapter 2: Bonds Of Trust
"Get away!"
"Shoo! Vile vermin..."
These were the two most common responses that Royal got from the residents of ponyville. Surprisingly, none of the people he asked had been at the party, but nevertheless it didn't seem they wanted to help him. Finally, Royal saw a pink horse trot by the mob he was gathering of the few people that WOULD help him. Most of them were just kind travelers on their way through ponyville. They all muttered as Royal dismissed them and went silently to follow the pink horse that he saw from last night. This was his best shot at apologizing.
Nothing of interest passed them by as Royal crept silently behind Pinkie Pie as they finally arrived at what seemed to be a tree converted to a building. He stopped when Pinkie strangely knocked on the door with her head. Royal just blinked rapidly, as if the scene before him did nothing to gather his attention. Finally ,(I use that word a lot), the wooden door opened and a dark purple unicorn opened the door and invited Pinkie inside. Now is where things get difficult for Royal. He decided to climb up on the window and press his ear to it and listen in on what they were saying.
"I am such a genius." Royal said aloud, hoping that the duo of mares inside could not hear him. Which they didn't, because Twilight (The dark purple unicorn described before.) always keeps her windows sound-proofed. Unless something crashes into it.
Anyhow, Royal waited anxiously for them to start speaking, and when they finally did, he pressed his ear to the window to hear what they had to say.
"Twilight, I have to tell you about something that happened last night.." Pinkie began, a frown forming as she said this.
"Sure Pinkie, tell me anything." responded Twilight, a look of concern on her face.
"Well...Last night I threw a surprise party for a dude named Royal; you know, one of those humans..." Pinkie Paused for a moment, her eyes began to get moist.
"Oh Twilight, if only I had know...When he came home, he acted normal at first...But then as I began talking to him, he told me to get out all of a sudden and pulled some kind of gun out of his right pocket...Then he fired into the ceiling and told everyone ,including me, to get out and called me a bitch and a pink abomination.."
Pinkie began lightly crying and slowly escalated into a loud bawl. Twilight tried her best to comfort her.
"Oh Pinkie...It'll be alright. You know, this is sorta like that case when that donkey came into town. You couldn't make him smile at first, but when you kept trying, and with a little persistence..you got him to smile and make him happy." Twilight said reassuringly.
Pinkie's crying subsided finally after some more convincing, and Pinkie thanked her good friend, as a smile re-appeared across her face, and left out the door. Well, Royal had heard enough of this and jumped down feet-first (he has very strong legs), and ran up to catch pinkie.
"Pinkie, wait! It's me, Royal! Remember?.." said Royal, catching breath a little bit as the mare had covered quite a distance in a very short amount of time.
Pinkie whipped around and her smile grew even bigger now that she saw a now smiling Royal. She ran up to hug him as so did he. The two embraced the hug for as long as possible, as finally Royal broke the hug and nodded his head as he told her all about how he was sorry for threatening her, and calling her all those mean words. Then, Royal asked where she worked, and then Pinkie nodded her head and then motioned her to follow him.
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Pinkie began showing Royal all around the small, but colorful bakery where she lived and worked. She introduced him to Mr. and Ms. Cake. She showed him her pet alligator gummy, and even offered him a free cupcake, which he declined. Finally (there's that word again), Royal told her that he needed to get home, which he did, but just before he did, he gave her one last big hug, and walked on home into the afternoon sun.
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On his way home, Royal noticed something...odd about his home. There was a note on his front door. Royal approached the note, and silently began reading it. It read as follows.
Dear Mr. Royal, you have been invited to the grand galloping galla one week from today. Pack your bags, and bring your best suit, your going to canterlot! Signed, Princess Celestia.
If Royal could smile bigger, he would have stretched his mouth. He jumped in the air, and landed back down with a loud "WOO-HOO!" as a neighbor looked out from a window and politely asked him to quite down. Royal nodded and apologize as he opened his front door, and closed it behind him as he breathed a silent "YES!" into the air. Royal learned early in his childhood to pack early and ready. Which he did and placed the duffel bag (the bag in which he packed his stuff in), in his closet. Royal went to bed being a very, very happy man.
Far off on the canterlot castle, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were busy planning the newest grand galloping galla. And hopefully it won't end up like last time. As Princess Celestia was busy ordering her guards on placing things, her sister was checking the guest list one final time. Her hoof rested upon one certain name: Royal Von Parker. (Royal's full name.)
"Er, sister? Why is there a human listed on here? I thought this event was ponies-ONLY?"
Celestia turned around and nodded her head.
"Yes, I know, but I want rights for everypony. Pony or not, I don't care." she responded.
"But sister!" snapped back Luna, "This human is known to carry a dangerous weapon! Why let him of all humans bring THIS into the grand galloping galla?!"
Celestia closed her eyes briefly, and then opened them and responded.
"I shall ask him personally to give the gun to one of the guards, and have Twilight Sparkle and her friends to keep an eye on him."
Now it was Luna's turn to nod.
"Okay...If it's your wish, then I have no problem with it."
And with that, Luna turned in the guest list to one of the party planners also there with the guards and construction workers, and not another word was spoken of this infamous human known as: Royal.
