Chapters Chapter One: First day and Impressions
A bell rings in the distance as a white earth pony with a purple mane (I don't know how to describe it, but it is the same mane style as Doctor Whooves) dashes to a big building. "I'm late for the first day of school." groaned the pony as he stopped at a traffic light He galloped in-place as he waited for the light to turn. Why didn't Ben wake me up thought the pony as he ran when the light turned green. As he ran to a pair of gates, he pulled a small plastic card from his satchel bag, he swiped the card in front of a scanner. Once the scanner dinged, the gates opened for the pony. "CAN THESE MOVE ANY SLOWER?!" yelled the pony as he weaved through the gate. He beamed as he ran to the building, but that emotion fled his face when he saw who was waiting there for him: Two unicorn stallions in suits. "Buck me."
"Class, settle down. Yes, the new school year is great, but talk on your own time. Now, I'm your homeroom teacher, Mr. Barker." Now Mr. Barker was a small brown unicorn, looked in his early 40's, and a tan mane with hints of grey," Now for attendance." as he looked down the list he saw somepony wasn't here, "Ben, where is Anthony?"
A short blue Pegasus with a charcoal black mane stood up," He was getting ready when I last saw him this morning sir." Whispers of "Late again", "Typical Anthony", and "he should have been here." swam around the room as Ben slouched in his desk. I thought he would try to be on time this year thought Ben as he stared out the door.
"But I WAS getting to class, then you stopped me!" struggled the white pony as he tried to free himself from the two unicorn's magic. In front of him was a pink Pegasus with a light blue mane. She walked to the white pony and sighed, "Anthony, I thought you were already here, Classes started thirty minuets ago. Where were you?" asked the mare as she put a wing on his shoulders.
"I was at home, my alarm clock didn't go off, and no pony woke me up." was the response Anthony gave to the mare.
"Oddly enough, it was you, Sis." grinned Anthony as he looked at Sis.
Ben stared at the clock as class started to pull to an end. "Where is he?" mutter Ben as he returned his attention to the front of the classroom. But then Ben saw a white blur at the door, followed by a loud thud. Everypony in the class turned their attention to the door. "Pizza mare from Hoofers." yelled somepony from behind the door. The entire class roared with laughter as Mr. Barker opened the door with his magic. On the ground, was Anthony, staring at Mr. Barker.
"Well, welcome to class. Hope you know what the test is about." said Mr. Barker as he sent paper to Anthony's desk. Anthony was glad at where he got to sit: By Ben. Anthony bowed to Mr. Barker and walked to his desk.
"Mr. Barker, how about we give Anthony a pop quiz about what we've talked about in class?" said a white scruffy unicorn, who sat in the front of the room. The class seemed to nod in agreement to him and started asking Mr. Barker to do so.
" The Discordian Era. Have fun." joked Ben as he closed his textbook. Ben turned away as he knew what was about to happen.
" Well, I can tell you, but then I would ruin your wonderful lessons." Said Anthony as he arose from his desk and started to walk to the front of the room.
"Quit praising me Mr. Anthony and tell us about what we'll be learning about this month." said Mr. Barker as he erased the whiteboard with his magic.
"Well, I will tell you, but only my way." said Anthony in his best Discord voice he could muster. trotted behind Mr. Barker's podium and started to teach the class in what he had seen and known about the Discordian Era.
"There was no need to do that Anthony." said Ben as they waked down the hallway to their next class.
They asked for me to teach them about it. I don't see why Mr. Barker hated me for that?" said Anthony as he stopped at his locker.
"May be because you not only ruined his presentation folder and break his podium, but also showed the class a field trip that we were not allowed to tell anypony." listed Ben as he hit Anthony upside the head with his wing.
"Oh." stated Anthony as he stood up.
"That is it? Just Oh?!" said Ben as he started to walk to class.
"No. Oh, I forgot my lunch today." said Anthony as he slammed his locker and trotted to his next class.
Two weeks later
"I finished cleaning the main hallway, anything else Janes?" asked Anthony as he put a broom into a closet filled with cleaning equipment.
"No, We finished everything up early agian." said a small lime green mare as she rung out her mop, " You know, you didn't have to help me with this Anthony."I know. But you seemed to need help, plus I could talk to someone. Ben has been finishing up his summer job, and I was looking at ways to kill the time." As Anthony closed the door, he turned to Janes, "But I'll still help if you need me."
I'll remember that. And If you just want to talk, I'm here." Smiled Jance as she trotted to the doors, "See you tommorow Anthony."
Ben was flying over head as Anthony walked out of the school. He swooped down and picked up Anthony.
"Put me down Ben!" said Anthony as he froze in fear as he looked down.
"Okay." smiled Ben as he set the panicked pony down."Well,it's 4.
"still early."
" Want to get a drink?"
"Fine." said Anthony as he walked along sides Ben.
"You're buying." Said Ben as he nudged Anthony in the ribs.
"Buck you I am." said Anthony as he started to dash down to Sugarcube Corners.
As they ran into Sugarcube Corner, the smell of cake and icing swam into the streets. A yellow stallion with orange hair with small amounts of grey, was behind the counter as Ben and Anthony landed in front of the counter.
"I won." huffed Ben as he got off Anthony.
"As if, I won." joked Anthony as he pushed Ben off him
"Will you two grow up?" asked the pony as he got from behind the counter, "Besides, Ben won this time."
Ben bounced as he heard the news, "See? Even Mr. Cake knew it."
Anthony gave a nod as he dug through his satchel bag, "Yeah."
Mr. Cake looked at the clock over, "Well, Pound and Pumpkin are going to be home soon." He trotted up to their living area as Mrs. Cake gave Ben and Anthony their drinks.
After they thanked Mrs. Cake, they started to enjoy their drinks.
"Anthony, can I tell you something?" asked Ben as he looked at his drink as it was 1/3 done.
"If it's a relationship thing, I'm out." said Anthony as he took a breath from his drink.
"No. It's about Sis. I peeked into her work agian." said Ben as he slide down in his seat.
"What is it this time? Next weeks lunch, Fire drills, field trips?" joked Anthony as he set his drink aside.
"Well, it was." but before Ben could finish, the door flew open. Ben and Anthony. paused in the conversation as they saw a pair of hooves flew around their heads.
"Sup LB." said Anthony as he grabbed a hoof.
"Hi Ant, and you too Little B." said the colt as he sat besides Anthony.
"Anthony, that nickname is obsered, and Hi Pound cake. Where's your sister?" asked Ben as he sat up in his seat.
"She's coming with Pinkie. Well, I got homework to do, later guys." said Pound cake as he flew up to where Mr. Cake was.
Once Pound cake was gone, Ben and Anthony continued the conversation from earlier.
"It was what Ben?" asked Anthony as he leaned in to Ben.
"I saw some paperwork from Celestia, asking when she was to do a penpal thing. That's all I knew." said Ben as he sat back in his chair and finished his drink.
"Pen Pals?" said Anthony as he started to sip his drink.
Lights lit the path way home as Ben and Anthony trotted to an appartment building.
"Oh no, oh no, oH NO!" moaned Ben as he flew up the stairs to Apartment 1B.
"Relax Ben, she won't be so mad." said Anthony as he opened the door.
"We better be quite or else she'll"
"Or she'll what?" said Sis. Ben shock as he saw Sis walk to them. "Were you two messing with some mares?" said Sis as she rubbed Anthony and Ben on there heads.
"No Sis." said Ben as he tried to pull away from her. She wrapped her wings around them.
"Please, me and Ben are labeled as the weird kids." said Anthony as he slide under her wings.
"Why?" asked Sis as she let go of them.
"We're brother and cousin to the principal, and Anthony is son of the masters of Discord Hopping." Said Ben as he got away from Sis and sat on a table.
"Discord Hopping?" questioned Sis as she sat by Ben.
"It's how Ben knows about travling into different worlds Discord made. A train that goes into different dimensions Discord made and has the speed of.....nevermind." Moaned Anthony as he walked to his room.
Anthony pounced on his bed as he closed the door behind him, he hated himself for saying that. "Dad and Mom would hate me for flaunting that around like i practiced it." moaned Anthony as he looked at a black notebook on one of his shelves. He knew what was in that notebook, and almost recited it to his cousins. He looked around his room and saw that Sis did some laundry while they were gone. He trotted over to his cloths and sorted them out. A bow-tie, scarf, a white suit, and socks? Anthony jumped as he saw those pink and purple socks in his cloths. "Sis, you mixed up cloths again." shouted Anthony as he tossed the socks out in the hallway. He returned his attention to his cloths and started to put them away. He put the bow-tie and scarf in a drawer next to a hanger which he hung his white suit.He rubbed his head against the suit. He was hoping to smell mint and hay in the suit, but the smell had faded into memory, replaced with the smell of citrus and faint bleach. Anthony sighed and laid on his bed. He wish he could sleep, but his head was full of too many things. But he then realized two good things: Tomorrow was Friday, and he might get a Pen Pal.
Author's Note
Sorry for the long pause and short chapter. I messed up on my rough draft and made this chapter into two parts. Will be woring on longer chapters soon.
Life Before (Part 2)
"Princess Pen pals?!" asked Mr. Barker's class as the sat in shock.
"Yes. We've talked about what has happened during the Discordian Era, so you now how we are able to do this, right? " asked the teacher with a look of pure dread as he scanned the room looking for any raised hooves. Once he knew that everypony was on the same page, he carried a basket with small cards, "Now I'll be passing out your pen pals names. Pick one and pass it on."
"Ben, who did you get?" asked Anthony as he leaned across the aisle to see what was written on the small paper.
As everypony sat down for lunch, Ben and Anthony sat at a table alone. Ben sat by a flustered Anthony as he saw him reading her bio like it was a SAT. "Anthony, you okay?" asked Ben as he saw Anthony didn't touch his lunch.
"No problem. Now what is the matter with your Pen pal?" asked Ben as he looked at the Bio as he ate a daisy sandwich.
"What's wrong?! She is not only named stupidly, but her bio is a mess. I mean, Discord must have been drunk and high when he made her!" said Anthony as he slammed his hoofs down on the table, "And how was she allowed to enter this anyways?"
Anthony sat staring at the clock, yet again, during Mr. Prism's science class.He was usually taking notes, but today he seemed distant. Molly, a nickname for a Princess Molestia, thought Anthony as he watched the second hand on the clock. Anthony had read her bio, or what was not covered with sharpie. Molly was the nickname of a princess; She had a sister, probably wanting to do the same as her thought Anthony; Other than Molesting, she liked to travel, make sandwiches, and spandex; She wrote her flank size, but Anthony covered that in sharpie, but he did note about her gender-bender gun-ray, thing. "Why do we have to do this?" moaned Anthony as he turned to the front of the classroom.
"Well, I could stop helping you, along with everypony in class review for your quiz Monday, Mr. Anthony." said Mr. Prism as he stood in front of Anthony as he held a review sheet in his magic aura.
"That's not what I meant!" said Anthony as he hopped out of his seat to explain what he meant to his teacher.
Anthony and Ben walked to the apartment, tired and satchel bags almost empty. Once they got home, the sank into the living room and lied on the sofa. They were almost asleep when the front door busted open as Sis came in with pizza underwing, "It's Friday! You now what that means?!" Yelled Sis.
"Umm, guys, it's friday. Which means?" said Sis as if she really wanted to hear a legit awnser.
"I'll get my wallet." said Ben as he flew down the hall to his room. Once he got back, Anthony and Sis were waiting for him, ready to go.
Once they got into Barns and Neigh-bles, Ben bolted to the comic area. Sis and Anthony spent five minuets hunting for him. Once they found him, he was half way done with a issue of Bat-mare. Sis picked up Green Maneturn and sat by Ben. Anthony sat by Sis and watched as they sat and read.
"Umm, Sis, anout the Princess Penpals?" asked Anthony as he tried to distract Sis from her reading.
"Yeah, what about it?" said Sis as she flipped to the middle of the comic.
"Well, do you now who got who?" asked Anthony as he sat in fear waiting for her reaction.
"No. Why Ant?' asked Sis as she was almost done with her comic.
"Well, I got Molly." wispered Anthony as he scooted by Ben.
"WHAT?!" Yelled Sis as she tossed her comic to the ground.
She slid the comic to them as they stared at the page it was on, "It's a To-Be-Continued." moaned Sis as she laied on the ground.
"You mean Cliffhanger?" asked Ben as he let Anthony go to the floor."
"Cliffhanger, To-Be-Continued, same thing Ben." said Anthony as he started to trott away, "I'm gonna see if there is a new Daring Do book."
"Ready to go?' said Sis as she held a bag with a book in it.
"Yeah. " said Ben as he hovered out the door.
"Sure thing Sis, besides, Fifty shades of colors needs proper light." joked Anthony as Sis gave him a loo of anger.
"You get back here Ant!" yelled Sis as she bolted to him like a bolt of pink lighting.
Once they got home, Sis first hit Anthony with her book and went to read it. Grabbed her reading glasses and sat in her chair to read her book. Ben and Anthony gave her grief, but let her read it in peace. She could do what she want after school-hours.
"But it's funner with music." chuckled Ben as he got a quill and paper for him and Anthony, "Now lets get working on those letters.
"With a quill....sorry, trying to think of what Trollestia would be like if I had to live with her." said Ben as he rose from his paper.
"Not a bad idea, Ben." said Anthony as he dove into his letter.Dear Molly,
Hi, my name is Anthony. I'm 16, a stallion, and live with my cousins. I have little to say other than that. I could say what I look like, but odds are, my teachers will add my picture to this letter anyways. So I have a question to ask you: What would you do if I had to live with you?
Permission Slips and "What is this?!"
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. Dungeons Blues and Purples
A dimly lighted room made of stone, water dripping from the ceiling, and chains hung from the walls. A path to three ponies was lit by some torches and the glow of the magic aura from the guards by their cells. Anthony was one of those ponies in the cell. The grim walls seem to mock him as he struggled with his chains that bound him to another pony.
“Not a day after I get here, and I’m in jail.” moaned Anthony as he shook the chains in an fruitless endeavor, “And I don’t even know why I’m here.”
“Why are you here then?” asked Anthony as he saw the pony was a mare with a crimson mane and a coat as grey as the cell walls.
“I flew into her flank and got sent down here.” she said as she got comfortable, “took three hours to get me out of there. It was a nightmare.”
“Oh.” replied Anthony as he turned his attention to the other being in the room, “ Why is that pony here?”
“You ask too many questions, it’s as if you’re new here.” said the mare, then she realised he was new from the look on Anthony’s face, she quickly raised a wing to cover his muzzle.
“You want to know why I’m here?” said the dog in a voice that seemed to be smooth as silk, “I insulted the princess and tossed gems at her. I got arrested and sent here.”
“Wow….That seems worse than why I think I’m here for.” said Anthony as he shifted his stance.
“Well, tell us, we told you.” said the mare as she stretched on the floor like a cat.
“Okay, here’s what I can remember.”said Anthony as he began his story.
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Anthony was trotting around the castle. Molly was off doing something, he couldn’t care less about what she was doing or who she was doing. He was amazed at the castle and was excited on taking a tour of his new home. If anything was good about being with Molly, it was probably her home. He saw a door with a sign overhead that read: Kitchen.
“I am getting a bit hungry.” said Anthony as he opened the door. He gazed as he saw only three chiefs in the kitchen playing cards.
Anthony was bewildered at this sight, shouldn’t they be preparing stuff for dinner? “What are you three doing?” asked Anthony as he galloped to the table the chiefs were playing at.
“Playing a card game, what does it look like?” said one of the chiefs. This chief was shorter than the others and had to have a cookbook to sit at the same level as the other chiefs. He was blue, with a flour coloured mane, and his cutie mark was a rolling pin.
“If you want a snack, check the fridge.” said one of the taller chiefs. He was a unicorn. His coat was red with a light green mane and some stubble on his chin. His cutie mark was of a measuring cup and a stick of butter.
“Umm, aren’t you three to be working on supper?” asked Anthony as he looked around the kitchen.
“We’re done with it, we’re just waiting for it to get done. If you excuse me, I’m gonna get a raise and these slackers will have to wash dishes for the next month.” beamed the chief as she went back to their card game.
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“So that’s why you’re here?”asked the diamond dog as he leaned back.
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“What do you mean a lesson?” shuttered Anthony as he started to back away from Molestia.
“And I was like, “No citizens allowed in with her magicities permission, the idiot said...Who's the new one?” said one of the guards as they saw Anthony in the uniform.
“Bigus-Ploticus. The most dangerous thing in Equestria. If you can tame her, than you are okay for the job here. Good luck, she likes mare and stallions.” said Shining as he pushed Anthony out of the bushes.
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“Next thing I know, I’m in here.” said Anthony as he looked at his cell mates.
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Anthony arose from a bed as he gazed at the room. it was night and the moon danced across the room. He got out of his bed and started to walk. once he got to the door, he felt different. He walked over to a mirror and gasped: He was now a mare.
