Lucas Chronicles, the Afterstory Part 2: Monster Behind Mountain Dew Interlude; Of Skillets, Waffles, and Other Things

Fluttershy saw the madness that was going on on the stage as well as in the crowd. She cried again as she grabbed me.

"I hate my life." I commented as she lifted me to her wet, teary cheek in what I think was supposed to be a hug.

"I'm s-so sorry Lucas! I didn't mean to ruin your concert..." She balled. I was definitely drenched now with salty tears. It was not enjoyable. Oh, and I also couldn't breathe.

"-uttersh-" I choked. "Can't... Breathe..." She couldn't hear me. So, in order to save myself from suffocation via death hug, I inched my hand towards my hip and and choked out the words, "CH-A...O-S... CO-NTRO-L..." A portal opened in Fluttershy's hand and I fell through. It closed.

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I fell through the portal and felt beautiful oxygen seep into my lungs. However, as I took in a deep breath, my head slammed into something hard. I blacked out.

When I awoke, a familiar face leaned over me. Although my vision was blurry since I wasn't wearing my glasses, I knew it was Fluttershy. We were in her cottage in Ponyville.

WAIT A MINUTE...

"FLUTTERSHY?!?" I shot up, groaned, and grabbed my head. "Ahhh... What did I hit..."

"Careful," She meekly said as she made me lie back down. "you aren't yet back to health, Lucas."

Wait, 'Lucas'? She knew me...

"How do you know me?" I asked.

"Don't you remember?" She looked worried. "You helped us stop the Changelings a few months ago..."

I had a blank face. She expounded, "You know, with us, your human friends, and a Derpy Hooves from the future..."

"Oh. I remember now." So I was in THAT world... In this world, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle and Applejack sacrificed themselves to stop the Changeling Invasion, and, ultimately, they stopped the threat of Reapers. (*sigh* I can already hear your booing and hissing. Jeez. A guy saves the world from utter annihilation, but when he tries to tell people about it, he gets torn apart by his own species. I mean JEEZ, come on! Yes, the very same Reapers from the game Mass Effect. Again, it's confusing, but hang in there)

That's cool. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in this Equestria.

"Thanks for housing me for a little while, Fluttershy." I sat up, this time slowly. "But I sorta have a different problem in a another dimension... so... yeah..." I reached for my Chaos Emerald, but it wasn't there. "...CRAP."

Fluttershy looked like she was about to cry. "But... you just got back..."

"Hey, um, did you see my Chaos Emerald anywhere?"

She had tears flowing now. "I was g-going to t-try to th-throw a p-party like P-P-Pinkie Pie used to... I told everyp-pony that you were b-back..." She sniffed. "R-Rainbow Dash s-said she'd b-be able to m-make i-it... even Rarity said she'd c-come..."

I interrupted with a cold impression, "You see them everyday. Why does that matter? Like, I seriously can't find my Chaos Emerald. This is a huge problem..." I noticed Chillrend had disappeared as well. "...WHAT THE CRAP?!? Seriously, Fluttershy. THIS IS BAD. I can't find-"

She exploded at me, tears and all, "YOU LEFT US AND NEVER CAME BACK! Now, you're back, and all you care about are your stupid weapons?!?"

This shocked me, "Um... Did... Did I miss something?"

She heaved, "After you left, we waited... We didn't know what to do after Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie died... We thought you might come back. But when you didn't... Rainbow Dash, Rarity and I went separate ways... Rainbow Dash made a new friend named Bill... He's a rouge Changeling that survived the Invasion..."

I interrupted again. "DUDE. That's awesome. Can I meet him? He sounds like a cool guy!"

"LUCAS!" Fluttershy cried.

I gulped. "Oh, um, sorry. Continue."

She did. "They hang out in the newly rebuilt Cloudsdale now... They rarely come back to Ponyville..." Her tears began to fall again. I began having the worst memories of death hugs. But I didn't say anything. I just let her cry and continue. "A-and Rarity d-decided to move t-to M-M-Manehatten because her b-business wasn't doing well..."

Great. Now I felt like a jerk. "I... I had no idea Fluttershy... But you do realize that never did say I was coming back. I'm so sorry. I wish I could stay... but I have other commitments. I have to get back and fix my other problems. But to do that... I need Chillrend and my Chaos Emerald."

She sobbed. "I... I know.... I guess I should never have told Celestia you were back after the way she treated you when you left..."

"You did what?!?"

She cried again, "I... I'm so sorry... I... I didn't know... I knew I should have checked for your weapons after she came to see you..."

"SHE DID WHAT?!?!?!?!?"

Fluttershy took a step backwards as she whimpered. "I..."

I facepalmed, which only made my head hurt worse. "I... Nevermind... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. That's not gonna fix this... However... now I need to go to Cantorlot." I started to exit the bed.

She suddenly changed her composure as she acted as if she were caring for one of her animals. "Oh no you don't, mister! You are going to sleep until you are all better!"

She pushed me back down as I said, "...What? WHAT? Dude. Fluttershy, seriously. I have to-"

She looked down, closed her eyes, and interrupted me with a whisper, "...and I don't want to be all alone again..."

I sighed. That made a little bit more sense and I saw no point in arguing further, so I lied back down. "Here," she said, "let me sing you to sleep." She cleared her throat. "Hush now, quiet now-"

I interrupted her. "Um, no thanks, I'm good. I'll just let Skillet put me to sleep with Sick of It or What I Believe or something." I motioned with my iPod and headphones, which to my relief, were still there.

"Oh... Okay..." She looked and sounded slightly disappointed. I slipped on my headphones, turned on my Skillet playlist, and fell right to sleep.

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When I woke up, Fluttershy was nowhere to be found. I sat up and felt my head. No headache...That's good. I thought.

...And no headphones. That's not so good. I sighed. I was about to call Fluttershy when I noticed my things had been set on a side table by the bed along with my glasses. I reached to retrieve them, then pulled my hand back. I figured getting my weapons and such back wouldn't exactly be an easy task, and I REALLY didn't want my iPod and headphones to break, so I decided to just leave them here where it was safe. I also figured that WHEN I got my Chaos Emerald back, I'd just come back for them. Instead, I just put on my glasses so my vision could return to me.

With this decision, I began heading for the door. As I reached the door, I stopped.

I should say goodbye to Fluttershy. I thought, She deserves that at the very least. I turned and called, "I'm leaving Flutter-" When I turned around, I was interrupted by Fluttershy who had adorned two large saddle bags.

When I realized what she meant to do, I shook my head, "Nope. No. Not gonna happen."

"But-" her face donned a distraught expression.

I continued to shake my head. "You can't. Just like I have responsibilities in the other dimension, you have responsibilities here. On top of that, it could be WAY too dangerous."

Again, she tried to convince me, "While you were asleep, I told Angel Bunny that he was in charge. I've had him the longest, so he knows everything I do to take of the animals. I didn't know how long I'd be gone or if I'll even be able to come back, so I told him he's in charge indefinitely."

I turned towards the door. "I'm putting my foot down. I'm not taking you with me."

As I reached for the door handle, I could hear Fluttershy starting to cry. She quietly sniffled, "I... I d-don't w-want to b-be a-alone anym-more..."

I stopped my hand short of the door knob. I looked up and sighed. This hit me rather hard. She was right. I couldn't leave her alone again. Sure, she had her animals, but all her real friends had pretty much either deserted her or died. I was her very last friend. I couldn't do that to her.

But in the end... I knew I'd have to leave her anyway. I figured I would give her some moments of happiness before that happened. I turned back to her and sighed again, "Fine. I don't really know how to combat that argument. Plus, I think we'll have a better chance with both of us rather then me going at it alone."

She smiled the hugest smile, even bigger than one of Pinkie Pie's (and that's saying something). She flew to me and hugged me while saying, "OH THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"

While I had memories of near suffocation via death hug, I realized hugging a normal-sized Fluttershy wasn't so bad. "Alright," I pried her off of me. "We should probably get going."

She laughed, "I agree."