Chapters I was lying my head down on the desk, aready bored with school. 'Ugh… why won't the bell ring already!?' I exclaimed in my head while my Algebra teacher yapped away about expressions and equations.
"Come on, this is the last day of school! Why can't we just have a free period?" I whispered to my friend as he nodded his head in agreement.
Before I knew it, an idea popped into my head, making me smile a little.
"Watch this." I whispered to my closest friend as I unzip my backpack and take out an afro and an air horn as I watched the clock tick away.
I mentally started a countdown.
5….
I secretly put on my afro.
4….
I positioned myself to press the air horn.
3….
I looked at my friend, who was trying not to snicker.
2….
The whole class finally noticed that I had an afro on, but the teacher oblivious to my doing.
1….
RIIIIINNNNNNNGGG!
as the sweet chime of the bell echoed throughout the school, I quickly got up form my seat and hopped on my desk yelling " WE'RE FREE!" at the top of my lungs as I pushed down the button on the small can releasing the ear shattering noise inside the class room, and to add insult to injury, with one arm I ripped off my Velcro shorts, exposing my underwear to everyone in the classroom.
As I did this deed, I noticed that the whole classroom was reverberating from laughter to sudden gasps and looked at my teacher straight in the eyes and yelled:
"I'M GETTING OUTTA OF THIS HELL HOLE! AND NO ONE WILL STOP ME!"
That angered my teacher as he picked up the phone and dialed the principal's office hastily.
"I think you better get down here, Mr. Mcgloughin."
I dashed out of the classroom as soon as I heard the distress call, I grabbed my bag ran down the hallway that was suddenly swarmed with people ranging from students to staff as I was running for my life and blaring the horn and screaming:
"SCHOOLS OUT EVERYONE! FOLLOW ME TO GLORY!"
as roaring cheers and the constant egging from others filled me up with adrenaline, I see something out of the corner of my eye.
Three buff and brutal looking men in suits were coming after me.
"aw crap" I cursed under my breath as I spotted the principal. "I see he brought back up." I mused to myself. "JEREMY!" Mr. Mcgloughin roared louder than my air horn. "GET YOUR DIRTY ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!" He commanded.
I turned around and smiled as I did a quick salute.
"Not today old man, only if you can catch me." I taunted with a wink.
(I swear, I thought saw some smoke come out of his ears as he charged at me like a bull has seen red and eyes filled with blistering fury!)
As he charged at me, I let out an "Uh-oh." And heard "Run!" and more cheers from the crowd.
As he and his henchmen nearing me, he tried to bear hug me, I quickly side stepped that made him and his men trip and let out a quick sigh of relief before he and the other two could recover.
With my quick thinking, I ran towards the front doors and crashed through the double doors, spreading my arms like wings and soaking in the sunlight.
"Austin High School." I said while panting, looking back at the godforsaken place " *pant* it's been one helluva freshmen year" I did a quick glance and did a three sixty sprint towards my neighborhood.
After the carnage full of awesome events, to an exhausting chase…
I finally made it home.
"I'm home!" I called out as I threw my bag unto the floor, letting out a tired sigh.
"Welcome back." My mom greeted as she was packing her luggage for the vacation I always hear her talk about. "How was school?"
"Man," I panted, "It went well." I said with a grin. Then a man emerged from one of the rooms, carrying a couple of bags in his arms. "How well?"
"It went swimmingly." As I plopped down to the couch, laying back into the cushion.
"Hey, get up and pack the things you need for our vacation. We're leaving in two days. Come on now." He said while helping me up.
As I got up from my comfortable position, I nodded. "yes father" I jokingly say with an English accent
After I uttered those words, I immediately walked straight to my room and hopped into my cave.
I then glanced all over my room, admiring some of my 'furniture'.
Which really was a couple of wall papers , a nightstand with a small lamp with three little figurines of ponies decorating the base, and a desk that was complete with a laptop and some random school papers.
" note to self: when I come back from my vacation, I should do some redecorating and add more stuff to add a little Pizazz!" I mentally noted.
I picked up one of the figurines on the base and stared at it with a small smile. "Heh heh. One year I'm year I'm avoiding ponies like the plague, and the next year I love them like an addiction." I mused, staring at the figurine of Pinkie Pie.
"First, I bought the shirts, and now I'm collecting anything pony related?" I gently put down Pinkie Pie back unto her stand and stared up at the ceiling.
To be honest…If it weren't for My Little Pony…I wouldn't be here right now.
Back then, I wasn't as open and ecstatic as I am today. back then, I usually didn't have that much friends, got horrible grades, and usually sulked in my depression. day after day.
But now…
After I've 'accidentally' discovered Friendship is Magic on Netflix. I thought it was the same girly ponies from the previous generations before, and I figured. What's so great about it anyway? Then I figured, "why not?"
And with a click of the remote, I watched the first episode.
My initial reaction to watching this was: the animation was pretty good. Nothing like the previous generations I've seen.
When I got to the cliffhanger I found myself was pretty much hooked.
"It's…not that bad." I said as I clicked the remote, moving onto the second episode.
Then after that episode, I moved onto the next, then to the next.
And before I knew it, I've realized that I watched the entire first season of the show.
"Wow…This is really good!" I exclaimed, next thing I knew I then started to watch the second season, then started buying the merchandise and before I knew it, I then discovered the fandom! From reading fanfics to fanart and actually talking to other 'bronies' which are really nice people…
I'm babbling right now, but where are my manners? I'm not your average sixteen year old, I am that one guy that did that one thing no one else dares to try or that one awesome guy for short. As you now noticed my name is Jeremy, but I am no ordinary Jeremy… I am the laid back, awesome, jizztastic, out of the ordinary one.
"From down and depressed to happy and go lucky…" I halfheartedly sighed as I lifted myself off the bed. "Alright. Time to-"
Bzzzt!
I immediately looked down at my phone and turned it on to see who texted me.
5 unread messages.
"Ooh, who are these from?" I questioned as I opened up my messages.
'Sweet nipples of a walrus that was epic dude!'
-Gabriel.
I giggled. then the next
'You are the craziest person I ever met man!'
-Shellby.
And then opening the next…
'Hey, we should do this again next year, alright?'
-Azhar.
And the next…
'Hey, we saw what you did earlier, let me just tell you this. That. Was. Awesome.
-Gary.
The last one...
'You are SO lucky that the principal missed you by an inch! Do it again next year!'
-Emily.
my small grin slowly turned into a smile that etched unto my face as I read all five texts. "You did good Jeremy. You did good." I told myself as I got up and started to pack.
2 days later….
I groggily got out of bed, trying to turn off my screeching alarm. I realized, and shouted.
"VACATION TIME! WOO!"
I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs where I met the rest of the still sleepy family. I then greet everyone a 'good morning!' only to get halfheartedly returns of the 'good morning' back.
"So, what time are we leaving?" I asked my dad, as I grabbed some OJ from the fridge.
"When you and your sister get your report cards back." He answered as he yawned, sipping his coffee as he read off of his tablet. "Which is today."
My sister yawned, staring down at some papers that she calls 'fanfics'. "I don't need to see them, I already saw on Sky Ward that I passed the year." She answered casually. "Speaking of report cards…I already brought the mail in."
And right on the table underneath her fanfics, she took out the two report cards that was piled with the other mail and put them on the table.
I quickly snatched mine from the table and ripped it open. excitement and nervousness quickly engulf me as I unfolded the paper.
The moment of truth…
I unfolded the grading side of the card… reading its contents, I smiled a great smile and read the promotion line.
"Your son Jeremy…"
I felt my voice cracked.
My heart skipped a beat as I tried read the last sentence on the card.
"… Did NOT meet the requirements to be promoted to the next grade."
My eyes widen in shock, I felt cold sweat all over my body.
A deafening silence engulfed the whole room. I then looked up from the accursed paper to look at my family. My parents wore a frown and shook their heads at me; my sister looked away from me.
I crumpled the report card chucked it across the living room in anger and in the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry son." my dad put a consoling hand on my back. mom later phoned the school to enroll me to summer school. As she did that, I gave up hope and walked into my room to un-pack my belongings.
"There goes my summer…" I said in a melancholy voice.
I then see my whole family stuff their luggage in the car as my mom approached me.
"We are going to be gone for two months, can you watch the house?" she asked with a sad smile.
"Sure mom…" I softly said. She then gave me a tight hug and a kiss in the forehead.
"Summer school will start in two weeks and you get a bus ride there, keep your phone on at all times, there's plenty of food in the house and for emergencies I left two hundred dollars in your room under the bed." she informed. "And stay safe okay?" she then gave me a second tight hug.
"Okay…" I murmured softly as she walked back to the car. As they depart for their adventure, they waved goodbye.
I then return home just to go to my room and slam my bedroom door as hard as I can and jump into my bed. I then took the pinkie pie figure and as silly as it may be... held it close and sadly sighed.
"I bet that old geezer did this to me just to get me back" I angrily said through my clenched teeth.
I then look out the bedroom window and to my surprise, the evening was quickly being engulfed with dark clouds it was starting to rain. And to compliment the background I see lighting and hear some thundering outside.
"Geez, this weather actually fits my crappy mood right now" I say to no one in particular.
BOOOOOOOM!
The whole room shook as thunder bellowed and a blinding light flashed across the sky. "Christ almighty! What the hell kind of storm is this?!" I yelled.
I looked out the window and see a rainy view of my neighborhood. Ranging from one story houses to two story houses and an elementary school nearby. The streets were starting to flood slowly from this instant storm. I shrugged "nothing really special... its just another storm" I then hopped back into my bed and started to ponder on what to do now a until summer school starts which was harshly interrupted by an ear piercing thunderclap and a blinding lighting strike near my house. like a snap of a finger, the WHOLE neighborhood suffered a blackout.
"Great! That's just great!" I shouted.
I then went downstairs and scanned the place. I shivered. The house felt dark and empty which was a little unnerving. With the harsh storm slowly turning into a soft downpour, I found a flashlight and lit a couple of candles in the living room while I hook up my phone to some speakers and played the Dead island theme (without effects) and opened the curtains to get a view of the pouring rain.
"Might as well make it dramatic as possible and pretend I'm in a sad movie or something…" I try to humor myself while turning up the sad instrumental.
I walked towards the soft looking rocking chair and sat in it. I shifted my position a bit to get comfortable position. The soft pitter patter of the rain against the house, the sad melodic music in the background and the slowly rocking of the chair, "Well this is relaxing." After saying those words I slowly drift off to sleep until…
BANG.
BANG.
BANG!
The three loud bangs startled me as I jump off the chair and hid behind it.
"Oh… it must be some one that might have gotten caught by the storm." since my kind nature dominates the selfish and greedy, I steeled myself and marched towards the door and without even thinking I opened the door with my eyes closed and with a small inviting smile "hello do -" . I then opened my eyes just to see no one was there. "Huh?" I looked left and right only to see no one there.
I then looked down and see… "A basket?" this is kind of unexpected and a little cliche. I see a note attached to it; I look up and see absolutely no one in the streets then back down to the basket.
"Please take to a good home."
I was surprised when I heard some cooing as I picked up the basket and closed the door. It was probably one of those mothers who couldn't care for their child and had to orphan them to someone else, but the question is... Why me?
"okay, after I take the baby in I'll just call the social service to pick Him/Her up so it will have a proper home"
I placed the basket down, and slowly unwrapped the red cloth from the moving bundle, prepared to see a cute little baby boy or girl.
But what my eyes saw was unreal, as I stepped back.
Staring at me was a pink... Filly?
My eyes widen in shock as I fell back in surprise. Still in my shocked state, I see five more pairs of eyes fixated on me, all of them with different colors. I try to say something, but I either mumbled or find it hard to speak. They all looked at me with joy, so much joy that one of them tried to hop off the basket, but got clipped and softly fell on the carpet. Quickly thinking I instantly stood up and slowly walked to the basket, rubbing my eyes so I think I am just imagining things.
The mane six…
How…is this possible?
This is unreal. I then look down at the little six… "Fillies?" they look nothing of this world. They look so… cartoonish. Yet they are physically there.
I shook my head and brushed the question out of my head to solve it later.
I gently picked up the fallen filly and wrapped it around my left arm and picked up the basket with my right. I put the basket in the middle of the carpeted living room floor.
I was just a loss of words. I noticed that there is other stuff in the basket as I carried it in, but ignored it as I tried to find something to warm up these 'fillies'.
I put the fallen filly back into the basket with the others. Suddenly they all start to huddle together and started to shiver. I quickly got the message and found a blanket on the side of the couch. I then picked all of them up and wrapped the warm and snug blanket around them. I delicately put them down and they all looked up at me with their sparkling eyes and warm smiles. I smiled back as I kneeled down and scan the contents of the basket.
I see a pink card with a heart. "The note I just read earlier and it contained their names'
Next I see a little brown book labeled 'My very first story' I clenched my chest due to the fact that the purple filly known as twilight sparkle, was holding this book earlier and it was cute. So cute in fact that my heart stopped for a second due to the cuteness.
Another item contained in the basket was a red delicious apple earlier held by the mouth of the orange one named 'applejack'. " Looks like this one belongs to her." I said
Before I checked out the other items, I heard to some giggling. I glanced up to see that the six foals started to play with each other. Two of them started to wrestle, the white one with a purple mane and tail known as 'rarity' tried to break up the playful fight. During the battle, twilight slowly trotted towards me with a smile and a glint in her violet eyes. As she trotted, I noticed that she still had both wings and a horn.
"So the whole gang was turned into fillies after her coronation." I pondered
The little purple alicorn then sat in front of me.
"Hi there!" she said with a slightly squeaky voice. "My name is twilight sparkle and these are my friends!" she points her hoof at the little brawl that consists of four fillies. However there is one filly that strayed away from the playful banter and started to walk around and started to examine my furniture.
I look back at twilight and smiled. "I can tell" I said as I look back at the brawling fillies to the basket.
"Why don't you break up the fight while I unpack your things?" I asked twilight.
"Okay!" she accepted gleefully with a joyful grin. As she did a little gallop to the fight and tried to stop them, I look back at the basket.
You're probably thinking why I'm not going crazy or questioning their existence or something or the unusually calm mood at this kind of situation. Like I said earlier, I'll just brush off the questions until later.
I then spot a small shiny necklace that resembles one of the cutie marks on a familiar cyan colored Pegasus with… well a rainbow colored mane and tail, Also known as 'Rainbow Dash'. Her name suits her well because her mane and tail do resemble a rainbow! This small golden necklace looks like it can only fit in foals and nothing bigger.
I put the necklace on the side to examine another item of interest. A vanilla flavored cupcake with blue icing expertly crafted on the top of the cupcake with a touch of sprinkles, what truly surprised me was its condition. It's like it was untouched even though it was cramped with the little ones and in the pouring rain. I believe this one belongs to pinkie pie and no other due to the fact that she does work at sugarcube corner after all.
After I examined the perfect cupcake, a pink blur quickly ran up my shoulder and instantly stopped. After I felt a little weight on my shoulder I looked and see pinkie giving me a bubbly smile with the same glint in her blue eyes just like twilight's. The smell of cotton candy instantly invaded my nose as she stood on my shoulder. So it was true that her mane does smell like cotton candy.
"Hi! I'm pinkie pie what's your name? oooh! Do you like the cupcake I made? Ohmygosh! I love cupcakes! I also love other sweets too like lollipops, candy corn, and tons of other sweets!." She gasped. "And maybe we can start baking stuff and –
I put a finger on her lips to silence her squeaky motor mouth and smiled. "Yes pinkie we can bake all the sweets you can eat. Just let me finish unpacking your things okay?"
"mmkay!" her muffled voice said. As I remove my finger from her muzzle, she quickly zipped towards the cupcake and took a huge bite off of it and started to hop around the living room. I then examine the two items left in the basket.
A blue handmade blanket with the name 'rarity' sown in cursive at the bottom of the master piece. Item number two is a small stuffed white bunny that has its name stitched on the back which spells out 'angel'. Obviously the blanket belongs to the little fashionista and the bunny belongs to a shy butter yellow Pegasus with a light pink mane which her name is 'fluttershy'.
After completing the task of finding out what's inside, I felt a gentle tug against the bottom of my shirt. I look down and see the yellow Pegasus covering half her face with her mane.
"u-um… I.. h-have you seen… a stuffed bunny around here? The little Pegasus shyly asked.
(I think my heart just exploded)
I quickly picked up angel from the basket and presented it to fluttershy. She then gasps and gently approached me to reunite with her stuffed animal. She then takes the bunny out of my hand and starts hugging it with a cute smile. "oh thank you thank you thank you!" she thanked.
You know what? Just for the hell of it…
"what's your name?" I ask even though I already know.
she then stopped her cuddling and started to nervously draw circles around the carpet with her hoof.
"my n-name is….fluttershy" she hid behind her hair.
"what was that? I didn't quite catch that." I said while holding back my snicker.
"um… I-its… f-fluttershy…." She shyly stuttered.
'alright that's enough teasing'
I giggled a bit. "nice to meet you fluttershy. My name is Jeremy. It's nice to meet you" I introduced.
She looked a little shocked. She atleast had to introduce herself three or four times before someone actually figures it out. Well in my point of view. I gently stroke her mane, which she surprisingly enjoys. After receiving diabeetus from the introduction I stood up to see if twilight successfully broke up the fight. She did indeed break it up as all five ponies started to laugh and giggle with each other. I then tell fluttershy to re-join the group as I go upstairs to get some stuff for them. She agrees and put the stuffed bunny on her back and trotted towards the gang.
I quickly ran upstairs into my bedroom, slam the door shut, and ran towards my bed. "Am I dreaming? This is too good to be true! Well if it is a dream might as well make the most of it." I composed myself and then started to backtrack.
"Okay… the power is back on; the storm is still coming back, and now I've got six little ponies in my house, what now?" I'm starting to get nervoucited. (a word that pinkie made up, meaning nervous and excited for those who don't get the reference)
As I was pondering, the mother of all thunderclaps and the most intense of lighting strikes suddenly engulfs the whole sky for a split second, harshly snapping me out of my trance. the mix Temporarily blinded me and made my ears ring slightly, the air around me was silent as the sound of ringing can be heard, I also did hear is the screaming of the terrified little fillies downstairs. With my brotherly instincts kicking in, I rush downstairs, while I quickly stepped down the stairs, I misstep on one of the flights and started toppling down the stairs. "OW!" I exclaimed as I rubbed my head. I quickly ignored the pain knowing that the girls are being frightened by the un-godly storm which made me stand up as the loud thunderclaps scared the defenseless girls. I then see all of them screaming and running around the place while fluttershy is curled up into a little fluffy ball with a tight grip on angel in the middle of the living room. Pinkie and rarity were screaming and hugging each other while applejack, twilight, and rainbow dash hid under the couch and cowering.
Oh and did I forget to tell you that the thunderclap switched off the circuit breakers. So the only way I could see them is the flickering of the candle flames I forgot to extinguish earlier. I sigh in relief that they are not hurt in any way at all as I walk towards the living room.
Fluttershy then saw me and quickly galloped my way and held onto me and her bunny at the same time. The others seem to notice me as well and all at once galloped towards me while rainbow flew towards me. Even though I am 3 times bigger than all of them combined, they still pounced me towards the floor and started to shake.
'I've got an idea!'
after I recovered from the fall, I picked all of them up with both arms and started towards my parent's room. I found and lit up more candles in the room and found some of my sister's stuffed animals which was just lying around the place as I gave each pony one animal. They all cuddled with each other and their new stuffed buddies as I check outside the bedroom window.
"The storm just got worse." I said grimly "the streets are completely flooded and now the street lights are not working." I explained to twilight as she hovered next to me.
she then flew right in front of my face and looked at me with a puppy face.
"You'll protect us… won't you?" she asked with a pout.
I then see the other five ponies approach me with the same puppy face as twilight. I look at all of them each in their sparkling eyes etched with the same face as twilight.
It's funny really. They've only known me for a short time yet they all trust me with their lives. As twilight landed next to her friends, they all look at me; I see in their eyes that they need someone to take care of them, someone to play with, and to be… loved.
I knelt down and spread my arms out wide welcoming them for an embrace. They all obliged and ran up to me and I firmly embraced all of them.
"I'll protect you girls… no matter what" I said almost shedding a tear while they nuzzle my chest and wetting my shirt with their tears of joy.
After the embrace, I put them back on the king sized bed while they all snuggled together under the blanket. One by one they all yawned slowly closing their eyes.
Now I think its safe to say the storm died down. I blow out the candles and tip toed out of the room and slowly close the door. I sighed.
"Now it's time for me to pass out" I yawned.
I was too sluggish and exhausted to climb the stairs. "I'll just crash in the couch tonight." I plopped on the couch and just as quick I was snapped wide awake by the questions I brushed off and whipped back at me.
Why are they here?
Who sent them here?
Does equestria know they are missing?
Does celestia know?
I grabbed my head in frustration."screw it! I'm just going crazy over the fact that I have to spend my summer in a run down, low budget, crappy school filled with idiots!" I loudly monologued to myself as my mind is screaming with random thoughts.
After a few minutes of trying to purge my head of questions I finally drift off to sleep until….
RIIIING RIIING
I was completely startled.
RIIIING RIIING
"oh my god, who out of all people would call me at this hour!?"
I groggily walked up to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
The phone was silent for a few moments until a female voice was heard.
"thank you for taking care of them." *hangs up*
I didn't have an initial reaction to this, Just a wide eyed expression staring off into the white noise. I hung up the phone and started to limp to my couch. As soon fell down on the couch, which instantly knocked me out for the night.
The sun slowly crept over the horizon as its blissful light radiated across the quiet neighborhood. A familiar purple alicorn awoke with a start of the day as she yawned and rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes.
She stretched her arms, hind legs, and wings without waking up the others who were still sleeping soundly. After stretching, she then hopped off the bed and on to the carpeted floor and started scanning the dim lighted room. She looked side to side trying to find a point of interest, but nothing catches her attention. She then spots a scarlet colored window curtain that almost fully covered the shining morning light in the room, waiting for it to be opened. The alicorn filly wastes no time as she bit on the edge of the curtain and pulled it away from the window. As the curtain was being pulled by twilight, the sunlight instantly flooded the whole room with its majestic rays. This, however, irritated five sleeping fillies still on the king sized bed as the rainbow colored Pegasus grabbed a pillow and put it on her head and let out an annoyed moan. Twilight noticed their laziness and scrunched her face until an idea popped in her head. She reared up and hopped on to the edge of the bed and started jumping up and down while yelling "Rise and Shine everypony!" to awaken the others.
She then stopped jumping to see if her wake up call had any effect, and it indeed worked. Pinkie was the first of the five to open her eyes as she yawned, the rest groggily followed up. They all yawned in unison and one by one slowly got up from their comfortable positions as they stretched and rubbed their eyes. Pinkie pie's mane automatically went from straight down to poofy, while rarity straightens out hers by using her hoof. They all bid each other a sleepy "good morning" to one another.
After they all bid each other a good morning and one by one jumped off the bed to walk around the room, Twilight slowly opened the door out of the bedroom and led the gang towards the living room. "Hey y'all seen the big guy anywhere?" applejack asked as the group spread throughout the area. "You mean Jeremy?" twilight answered. "Is it this one right here Darling?" rarity pointed at the still unconscious teenager on the couch. "So the fella's name is Jeremy? Never did catch his name last night." Applejack said. The six fillies gathered in front of Jeremy and observed him. "Is he still sleeping?" asked Fluttershy while she placed her stuffed rabbit on her back. "Well duh flutters! Whats it look like he's doing?" answered Dash.
"He must be exhausted from taking care of us last night." Twilight said with a voice next to a whisper. Pinkie somehow got on top of the couch without any one noticing and asked twilight "should we wake him up?" while slowly walking on Jeremy's chest, as he let out a soft groan and stirred, but surprisingly didn't wake up. "Let him rest pinkie, he must be tired while he was taking care of us last night." The rest of the gang nodded unison. "In the meantime why don't we explore his home until he wakes up?" asked the little fashionista. "Now hold on y'all, what if we find somethin' that he doesn't want anypony to see? what will he do to us?" the group looked at each other with doubt. "He seems like a nice person, so I don't think he's hiding anything at all." fluttershy explained. the group agreed with fluttershy's thoughts and then split into two groups. Pinkie, applejack, and rarity stayed downstairs while twilight, rainbow dash and Fluttershy explored the second floor. before they parted ways, twilight explained; "applejack, when your group is finished exploring this floor meet us upstairs" twilight instructed. "sure thing sugarcube" applejack nodded. "and be careful not to touch anything important understand?" twilight added. "you got nothin ta' worry about twi, we'll be alright" applejack ensured as she put a hoof on twilights shoulder. twilight smiled "your right, now lets get to it!" twilight exlaimed as the group started their expedition.
Pinkie's group walked into the kitchen and spread out to cover the area faster. "Hmm… this must be tha' kitchen" applejack said out loud. Pinkie started opening drawers and cupboards and started tossing silverware to pots and pans aside then zipped over to the next drawer to scatter more silverware while rarity struggled to open the refrigerator physically. She then huffed out of frustration and asked applejack to help her. "applejack, could you be a dear and help me open this contraption please?" she pleaded while fluttering her eyes in sweet manner. "Sure thing Rares" applejack nodded as both fillies worked together to open the door of the fridge. The teamwork paid off as the fridge door opened and blew a chilling gust of wind towards the girls. They both stood in front of the towering refrigerator with wide eyes and gaping mouths. "What do you suppose this thing does?" asked the awed country pony.
"I think this is where he keeps all of his food." Rarity answered as she looked up and down checking the contents of the fridge. "Oooooh what's inside this thing?" pinkie asked while the two wide eyed ponies snapped out of their trance. The pink filly slowly stepped on to the edge of one of the edge of the shelves and hoisted herself up. She was visibly starting to shiver while stuttering "it-s-s a l-little ch-chilly in here." Rarity climbed on applejack's back and retrieved pinkie. "I think we should check this place out later, we have to check out the rest of the downstairs." Applejack hugged pinkie to get warm. O-okie dokey l-lokey! Pinkie gleefully said, still shivering as the trio exited the messy kitchen.
Twilight turned the door knob while Fluttershy and rainbow pushed the door open, which revealed to them a room different than the room they slept in. It wasn't a dull room as they looked around, seeing the walls littered with posters about weird characters with unnatural hair colors. Some of them were really silly looking, while the other ones were really cool to look at. The silly one to look at was a little girl in a maid costume, and a little boy wearing all black with a little cape and hat. The caption was 'Chibitalia and Holy Rome'. Whatever that meant. Once checking the room, they found a nightstand that was taller than they were. "Alright. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, you fly up there and check what's on top while I look what's beneath here."
Dash saluted and flew towards the topside of the nightstand while fluttershy nervously followed behind. Twilight started to crawl under the bed, finding boxes that were locked and appeared on the other side of the bed as Rainbow Dash found a couple of journals and opened them with her muzzle. Fluttershy was sitting on the bed while she looked around the room with her stuffed bunny, she then looked mysteriously at a little desk in the corner of the room.
"What's a fan-fiction?" Asked the pegasi as Rainbow Dash showed her the journal.
Twilight rubbed her chin "hmmm… I don't know, but we'll ask Jeremy when he wakes up." Rainbow then picked up the journal with her mouth and set it next to twilight as she tucked it under her wing to evaluate later. "C'mon there's one more room to check" she motion dash and fluttershy to follow her.
"Alright, we've checked them other rooms in the first floor, re-checked our bedroom which rarity enjoyed…" applejack eyed rarity as she was admiring the jewelry she 'borrowed' from the master bedroom. she wore a pearl necklace while holding a diamond engagement ring while saying in delight "oh darling don't you think the diamond compliments my eyes?" as she batted her eyes. "Now let's meet twilight upstairs" pinkie smiled and nodded while rarity is still admiring the jewelry. Applejack rolled her eyes and dragged rarity towards the staircase and started climbing each flight one by one.
The three made it up the flights of seemingly endless stairs while twilight's party met up with applejack's. "we've gone an' searched the whole bottom floor, what about you three?" Asked applejack.
"We got one more room to search" informed the little alicorn. They all merge back into one group and trotted towards the last room.
***********Jeremy's POV********************
I slowly half open my eyes and yawned. I then shift my position from lying to sitting on the couch.
I look around the living room with a blurry vision. 'I knew it' my mind groggily thought. "It's too good to be true…" I sighed and got up to look outside. "Last night it was raining cats and dogs outside, and now it's the perfect weather?" I asked to myself as I go to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast until I was abruptly stopped dead in my tracks.
I stared at the kitchen with a shocked expression, "what the hell…" I whispered. The whole kitchen looked like a tornado hit the place. I snapped out of my shocked state and started cleaning up the huge mess in the kitchen from picking up the scattered silverware to the fallen pots and pans. My mind is debating that this was done by a burglar or if I did this in a raging fit last night, either way I had to pay for it by cleaning it up and I didn't like it one bit.
'a few minutes later...
with the kitchen finally cleaned and everything organized, my stomach rumbled as it begged for food. I was about to make myself some breakfast until...
*THUD*
I instantly stopped what I was doing. I looked up at the ceiling 'that came from upstairs' my mind raced.
I grabbed the biggest kitchen knife I could find and slowly approached the stairs with the sharp weapon pointed ahead of me.
*THUD*
'Oh great The bastard's in my room!' my mind screamedas I reached the last step of the stairs, I quickly shot a glare at my bedroom door and slowly crept up to it. "Element of surprise you scumbag…" I readied the knife. Sweat slowly poured down my forehead and my heart started racing and adrenaline flooded bloodstream as I started counting down.
3…
I neared the door.
2…
I tighten the grip on the knife.
1…
I shift my weight on my back leg.
'NOW!'
*SLAM*
I kicked the door open as hard as I can to startle my enemy as I charge in the room yelling.
What caught me off guard was the ear piercing shrieks of terror that nearly made me scream as well. During the screech, I dropped the knife and covered both my ears to null the screams of terror. I open my eyes expecting a female burglar who was startled so bad that she screamed but I was dead wrong…
not even a second later, a rainbow blur tackled hard on my rib cage, knocking the air out of me and made me fall to the floor clenching my ribs.
My vision refocused as I recovered from the harsh blow. I look and see five terrified little multi colored ponies were tightly bunched together with their wide eyes looking at me with tears threatening to burst from their sockets. Then it was my turn to be wide eyed. 'So it wasn't a dream after all…'
"J-Je-Jeremy?" the purple filly stuttered while still grouped together. They all calmed down a bit as they saw that it was me that barged in, but still in a tight cuddle. "damn!" I yelled in pain while still holding the sore area. "well that kinda hurt" I continued while slowly getting up from my hurt position.
The tightly squeezed group disbanded and sighed in relief. "Don't scare us like that!" the rainbow filly yelled as she slowly walked towards me in a battle stance. 'for a filly that size, that was one hell of an impact'. as i tried getting up, i fell back down on my knees. the straight shot to the ribs was too much for me.
the others noticed how much pain i'm in and quickly went to my side and tried helping me up and guided me to my bed. I thanked the girls who were trying to help me while rainbow dash kept her distance. "sorry for scaring you girls, I should have known you were up here." I apologized. The gang nervously stirred a bit as they try to accept my apology until the orange filly spoke up. "no no, we should be sorry fer' hurtin' ya this bad" she stated. the rest of the gang followed in suit as they all apologized for the unnecessary injury. all except for rainbow dash who looked away while huffing "well he did deserved it".
"now rainbow dash, he didn't know it was us up stairs now apologize!" twilight commanded. even though twilight commanded it, rainbow still didn't apologize. I sighed then stood up and walked towards rainbow dash. With the agonizing pain subsiding, I then kneel down in one knee and told her "maybe you're right, maybe I did deserve it." she was looking away with both eyes closed, trying to ignore my existence. "maybe you're just grouchy because you're hungry?" surprisingly; I hear her stomach growling, which made her open both eyes and looked down at her stomach.
I gave her a small smile and stood up and said "I think that we may have stepped on the wrong foot and had a few misunderstandings" I was quickly thinking of an idea until I thought of something. "I'll make it up to you girls, who wants breakfast?" I asked. Their guilty state changed to a smile and exited expressions. looks like I even got rainbow's attention. one by one I lead the pack downstairs and into the now cleaned kitchen. I fixed the table by putting plates and glasses, then added more chairs to the round dinner table. While the six started to climb on the chairs, I said out loud "I am going to make you girls the ultimate breakfast!" Their eyes sparkled when I said this, I then hear their stomachs growling for food and they all gasped with their mouths watering with anticipation. "Do you girls like pancakes?" I asked while I put on my mom's apron on. "Yeah!" they all cheered.
After I tied the apron on, I then open the fridge and took out orange juice and milk and shut the fridge door with my foot as I take the two beverages to the table. I poured the refreshments into the empty glasses and passed it down to each pony. They all picked up their glasses with both arms and started drinking the refreshing liquids; they all smiled as they finished the first batch of drinks and started asking for refills. I try to hide back my snicker as some of them have a milk mustache on their muzzles while refilling the glasses.
I put the juice and milk down on the table so they can help themselves to it while I turned on the stove, sprayed some Pam on it, and at the same time took out the pancake mix from the top shelf and set it on the surface next to the stove. I took out some chocolate chips in a bag from the other shelf and set next to the mix. I put the pan on the stove and heated it up while I mix the pancake batter and the chocolate chip in a seperate bowl. While I wait for the pan to heat up some more, I took out some cereal from the pantry and took out six small bowls (I didn't know I could hold all of those at the same time) and set them on the table. I then slid each bowl filled with cereal to each fillies then poured milk in every bowl and put a spoon in each bowl then returned to the stove to pour the batter in the hot pan.
I thought about taking back the spoons because I thought that they don't need it until they started eating the cereal with the spoons I gave them. "One question… how are you girls holding the spoon?" I was baffled. They all looked at me while still chewing on the cheerios I gave them and looked at their hooves holding the spoon then back to me. "Well…" twilight said while thinking of a reason. "It looks like you can grip anything without actually gripping…" I said still be perplexed. "Let's just say everypony has a little magic in them" twilight answered with a shy smile.
I return the smile and patted her head "that'll do twilight" I said as I got up and return to the stove to flip the huge pancake over. I absolutely admired my work; I think these girls are going to like this ultimate pancake recipe I'm working on. I look back to see them enjoying their breakfast so far, they're laughing and talking and enjoying each other's company. This sight can put a smile on anyone's face, seeing that you take care of someone and doing a good job at it, yet I feel a little terrible inside…
"Thank you for taking care of them"
'That voice last night… whose voice was that?'
'Was she the one who sent these girls here?'
One more question in mind…
'How did they turn into fillies?'
I was snapped out of my deep thoughts as I remembered the pancake that needed to be cooked. I turned off the stove and took out a serving plate and set it next to the stove, then slowly yet surely scooped the giant pancake with the spatula and slid it on the white plate. Next I take out some syrup from the bottom shelf and stared to pour the sticky maple contents from the plastic bottle onto the rich, dark brown, buttery surface of the pancake, sprinkled a pinch of cinnamon, and started cutting six equal slices so I can easily split it with the girls. I then added a small scoop of cool whip in each slice and to top it all off I add a small cherry on top of the stack.
I felt a sense of pride swell up my chest. I have never and I mean NEVER… made a pancake this perfect and fabulous as this in my entire life. I quickly cleaned up my cooking space and picked up the plate to deliver to the waiting girls. As I walk back to the table, the girls looked at my direction and boy; you should the look on their faces. Their eyes lightened up, they're mouths are watering, and they had their biggest smile etched on the little faces; it was just as I suspected. I moved the empty bowls to the side as I put the huge plate in the center of the table. I passed out each slice and put on the plate of each pony.
"I give you girls, the ultimate pancake!" I introduced. "A mouthwatering pancake mixed with chocolate chips, with a dash of cinnamon, splashed with maple syrup, a small scoop with cool whip with a little cherry on top!" They girls were astonished as they all took a bite off the slices then started to chew on it. I can tell they absolutely love the sweet savory flavor of the pancake laced with other sweet ingredients, from smiling while eating to some of them putting both their hooves on their cheeks because of how it melts in their mouth. Twilight's wings fluttered a bit as she took another bite. She had a look of delight as she slowly chewed the pancake.
"This is simply magnificent!" rarity complimented.
"Mmmmm!" pinkie moaned.
"Wow it just melts in my mouth! Fluttershy also complimented.
"This tastes sooo awesome!" rainbow dash yelled as she made her signature face. (her grumpy mood was now erased by the delicious pancake!)
"hoo wee this just as delicious as granny's apple pie!" applejack cheered.
I felt a little modest and rubbed my neck. "It's nothing really" I said with a little blush slapped on my face. Twilight gasped "I almost forgot!" she yelled as she hopped off her seat and picked up a journal under the table. "Jeremy, what is a fan fiction?" twilight asked.
My face paled at the journal. That was my sister's journal, a very important journal that she would kill anyone who touched it without permission. 'How do I explain this?' my eyes darted left to right, until I snapped my fingers "ah ha! I got it."
"Ever read a story that had a long series?" I asked twilight. She nodded. "A fan fiction is like another story about that story explaining… um… either theories to what if situations in that story. To be honest that's all I know." I tried explaining. she looked down then opened the journal to a specific page and looked back at me with her curious, violet colored eyes.
"Who is Boss Spain and Roma?" She asked.
"What's the Mermaid Swamp?"
"What does it mean 'Jearmin is my OTP'?"
"What does it mean when they hit that special spot?" my face turned red.
"Why does this Kira person cast magic like me?"
"How do you say this?"
"How come there are drawings here?"
I was assaulted by a cluster of questions about my sister's fanfics. she was asking all types of questions until I put a finger on her muzzle like I did with pinkie to silence her. I sigh as I tell her "I'll explain everything I know, right now how about we enjoy breakfast ok?" I calmly said as I removed my finger from her lips.
"s-sorry, I think I got a little too excited there heh heh" she blushed. "It's all good, now eat up we got a long day ahead of us" I said to ease her embarrassment.
After her bombardment of questions, she continued to eat her breakfast while I got up to make myself some coffee. After the eventful breakfast, everyone hopped off the chairs and pushed them in and then ran off to the living room with their now good moods radiating. I collected the dishes and put them in the sink and started washing the dishes. not even a few seconds have passed when I noticed rarity using her head to push a small stool towards me.
"Um Rarity… what are doing?" I asked as she started to climb on top of the stool. "I'm going to help you wash the dishes darling!" she stated. 'It's pretty cute how she called me darling'. She was about to reach out for a dirty plate until I stopped her midway. "It's alright Rarity, I'll take care of it." I intervened.
"Nonsense, you are the one who fed us and now I will show my gratitude!" she puffed out her lips. "I insist" she then fluttered her eyes at me. 'God that's adorable'. "Sure why not" I agreed.
She gave me a bubbly smile as I passed on the plate to her. She did the lathering while I did the rinsing. After we washed the dishes, we both went to the living room and saw that the five ponies that came here earlier were standing in front of my plasma screen TV with puzzled looks. 'The perfect opportunity to surprise them' I thought. I stealthily grabbed the remote and turned on the TV which as expected surprised the girls. when they saw me, they all hid behind me. The channel which was tuned in to cartoon network and the show ed, edd, and eddy aired. The girls peeked out of the side and started to slowly disperse as I raised the volume just a tab bit. fluttershy peeked out from the side of my leg and asked "wh-what is that thing?" she asked in a scared tone.
"Now my little ponies, this is a television." I explained, "This electronic doo hickey lets my species watch shows, movies, play games, and listen to music." The astonished looks from the fillies were dangerously cute as I led them to the couch facing the TV. The episode played off with the three eds fell into the junkyard and found turkey basters then turned them into squirt guns. I sat down in the middle while the girls sat close or cuddled with me as we watch the episode together. They laughed at certain scenes and were confused with some, but either way they loved the show all in all. Thankfully there was a marathon of going on so I excused myself to go to the bathroom, which took an unexpected I had to go last because they all suddenly want to go, so I guided them towards the bathroom and had to form a little line (I had to go last). After the trip, I asked them if they wanted a proper tour of the house. Their little heads bobbed back and forth in agreement. I turned off the TV and lead them upstairs.
