Twins in Equestria

Thirty minutes of arguing later.

"Come on Austin it is not that bad." Twilight said as she looked behind her notepad.

"Of course it is! Shes probably going to throw me to the moon or some shit like that!" I shouted back as I flailed my arms in the air for emphasis.

"Princess Celestia wouldn't do something as rash as that!" Twilight said with rising anger in her voice.

"Really? Lets ask Luna!" I said as my scared lips released an ugly shit eating grin.

"Austin! You just...ugh!" Twilight huffed and left the room with her floating notepad in tow leaving me with Yellow-whats-her-face, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash. Applehat and Rarity returned to their busy lives a while ago while me and Twilight argued about my encroaching fate.

I had to find a way to right my wrongs, set things right. Well first I would have to excess my options right? I could say I am sorry...nah that's not enough, I could tell them it was self-defense...is that what they call a brutal murder now-a-days? Wait a sec! I could make Ponyville a safer place! Yes that is a perfect idea, has to be an actual threat though.

"Hey Rainbow! Pinkie!" The two jolt up from messing with my toes which were tucked safely under the covers. "Has anything been terrorizing Ponyville lately?" I ask. Pinkie shakes her head vigorously making a rattling noise and resumes to swat at my left foot with a hoof.

Rainbow rubs a hoof on her chin for a moment and responds "There was some Diamond Dog raids about a week before you and Matt showed up, but other than that nothing. Your face must have scared them off!" and with that her and Pinkie up-roared with laughter. I leaned back and soaked in the shame in silence for a moment, then asked another question.

"Where is my knife?" I asked while looking around the room.

"That has been confiscated by Twilight." Rainbow said in a authoritative tone.

"Bullshit!" I shouted, banana hush at the window jumped a bit and stared at me with wide eyes. I nudged Pinkie with my foot, and she snaps to attention, I motion her closer with a hand. She climbs over to me and leans in her head, her poofy mane tickling my face as I caught the strong smell of bubblegum. I whisper in her ear "Whats her name again?" As I jab a thumb at the yellow pony.

Pinkie steps back and says "That's Fluttershy, silly!" and she returned to tormenting my toes. I got tired of the antics of Pinkie and Rainbow so I thrashed my feet about making them sail off the bed to safety. By this time Fluttershy was watching intently.

"You're no fun." RD said as Pinkie blew raspberries at me.

Fluttershy finally spoke up "Maybe we should leave Austin alone, he does need his rest after all." she barely whispered

"Sounds good to me." I say as I cross my arms. They begin to head to the door when I suddenly add "Fluttershy, could you ask Matt to come here? I need to have a chat with him." She nodded and resumed walking out. I quickly called after them "What? No goodbye?" I see Rainbow stop in the doorway and turn back towards me, stopping Fluttershy.

She leans towards Fluttershy and says "Watch this." with a wide smile across her face. Pinkie wasn't with them...PINKIE WAS NOT WITH THEM! I begin to look right and left searching desperately for her, I should have known Rainbow and Pinkie would try to prank me. I twist my head left and a sudden flash of pink obscures my vision, the EKG was going wild at this point, Pinkie was on the bed to the left of my head. She licks her hoof and rubs her slobber across the left side of my face.

"Gah gross pony germs!" I yelp as I grab the covers and furiously scrub the cheek and swat at her, Pinkie hops off and bolts out the door behind Rainbow and Fluttershy. "This means war!" I call after them as they ran out of sight.

"See ya Austin!" the trio shouted back as their trotting faded down the hallway. I scrub my cheek for a few more seconds before trying to relax. This bed was soft and warm, a bit small but I wont complain, it would be easy to drift of for a bit at least until Matt got here, so I closed my eyes and crossed my arms and fell asleep.

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I am rudely awakened by a violent shaking and a pair of hands on my shoulders.

"Wake up!" Matt says.

I open my eyes to see Matt shaking me with a wide grin on his face. His grin gets wider when he sees I am awake and continues to shake me but with more vigor.

"Quit it!" I shout as I launch a fist lightly into his chest. He releases me and steps back to the left of the bed, still grinning.

Matt asks "How are you feeling, champ?"

"Like shit, where the hell were you this morning?" I say

The smile drops off his face "I was at Fluttershy's, we need the extra bits because Celestia is taking us off her little plan to get us on our feet financially."

I quirk an eyebrow "Well you can talk to her personally soon, she's coming to Ponyville soon."

Matt replied "I know, she will be here in about two days from what I heard, plus I need to hook you up with a job, lazy."

"Piss off, I got this." I say grinning through my scared up face.

"So what did you need me for?" Matt asks while shifting in place.

"Well...I need to get on Celestia's good side so we are going to wipe out a Diamond Dog camp close by." I say while rubbing the back of my head nervously.

"That has to be the worst idea I have ever heard..." Matt says in a serious tone, I put my head down in shame, Matt adds "...Im in."

I perk my head up donning a smile "Great! Okay first we need all black clothes, im naked by the way, then my Survival knife and Machete, I would bring a belt too. Also I need you to ask some of our friends where the camp might be, if I asked they might have realized what I was thinking."

"Yeah alright and all that but are we really going to..." he chokes on the words "...kill them?"

I nod slightly "Yes. Why do you ask?"

He shrugs "Oh I don't know maybe we could just scare them off."

I shift in the bed "Well that is a possibility, but sometimes you must make a point, even if its at the tip of a blade, just so they take the point to heart. You might even need to break the skin for them to get the idea."

"You are one sick fuck." Matt laughs.

"You're goddamned right." I grumble back.

"So whats the damage?" Matt questions as he jabs a finger at the covers.

I waved a hand "Pfft I don't know, get the doc, he was in here earlier." I say as I throw the covers off my waist reveling the bandages on my upper torso and side.

Matt walks out and leaves me to my thoughts. My plan was kinda dumb but what else is there to do? I mean I hurt things, its just a natural thing for me to do. This time I am once again hurting for the right cause...right? Well I need to prove my innocence and this seems like the best way to prove it and any other situation that comes up in the future. Not like I deliberately look for reasons. Matt walks back in with the same doctor from earlier and a nurse with a food cart close behind him.

"Well?" Matt asked as we looked at the doctor. He picked up the chart at the end of the bed and looked at it.

"It seems you pierced your stomach and kidney, broke two ribs on your right side too. Due to your damaged digestive system you are confined to eat semi-solid foods and water, you will be receiving pain-killers as well. You could have been out of here today if it was not for your resistance to magic. We assume you will make a full recovery in a weeks time, but we can not be sure at the moment." the doctor said as he put back the chart. He added "You were sleeping earlier so you did skip your meal, so I figured you would love to have it now." He motioned to the nurse to come forward.

She scooted the cart forward past Matt and unceremoniously plopped a tray of food on my lap. I squinted at the tray for a moment, it looked like a red colored jello, a pill bottle, and pulpy green stuff. The nurse trotted out of the room as I poked at both of the items on the tray and looked at Matt and the doctor in a questioning manner.

Matt spoke up "What my twin means to say is 'Whats this?'" Matt was one of the few that could understand what I wanted to say with a word being spoken.

"Rose jello and pre-chewed lettuce." The doctor said nonchalantly. I shuttered as I stared at the tray and Matt tried to stifle a soft laugh.

"Thanks Doc, that'll be all for now." I grumble while staring at the monstrosity on my lap. He walks out without a word leaving me and Matt alone once more.

"Dude, I will give you ten bits if you eat that." Matt says while fishing a hand in its pockets.

"Hell for an offer like that i'll do it for free." I reply as I grab the jello cube and shove it in my mouth, with the lettuce following quickly after. It tasted just as anyone would expect: Completely disgusting. I resisted the urge to vomit as I swallowed the foul items then quickly fumbled with the bottle and popped back two pills. Meanwhile Matt was chuckling at the entire feat. I cleaned the plate and placed it on the stand to my left and shivered in disgust.

Matt stopped his laughter and got serious "So how do you plan to get out of here?" he asked while opening his arms wide for a moment.

I turn my head to the side "Hmm good question, what floor is this?"

"First." He replies.

"Too easy." I crack my knuckles.

"I guess I should get your gear now, eh?" Matt says as he points towards the door.

I wave my arm "Yeah, see you in a bit." I watch him walk out and disappear around the corner. Did you know that there is nothing to do in a hospital?, its a boring nightmare I tell ya. I stared out the open door watching ponies, nurses and patients alike pass by. Some even staring back at the mangled monster with the glazed look over his eyes. At some point the nurse returned and took the food tray back but left the pill bottle next to the bed. I zoned back in when a familiar form walked back in.

Matt walked up to the bed wearing all black with his hoodie on. The Machete strapped to his back with the handle poking over his left shoulder with one of the straps to the leather sheath over his torso and the second around his waist. He dropped a pair of black shoes, jeans, socks, t-shirt, underwear and my jacket on the side of the bed. He silently removed the belt that held my Survival Knife and placed them on the pile. I began to get dressed when Matt spoke up.

His voice slightly shaking he said "So this is it. We are really doing this."

"Yep!" I respond as I pull up the jeans. I carefully put on the shirt and jacket and prepared to sit up. I extended an open hand to Matt, he grabbed it and I clenched my teeth as he pulled me up. Surprisingly it didn't hurt and I chuckled a bit as I swung my feet over the side of the bed to put on the socks and shoes.

"So how do we get out of here?" Matt pondered aloud.

"First we try to walk out, if that does not work then..." I say as I tie the shoes on tightly.

"Then what?"

"Improvise." I stood up quickly and grabbed the pill bottle and exclaimed "This stuff is the tits!" I put it back down and secured the knife securely to my hip with the belt. I then grabbed the I.V. and in one swift motion ripped it out of my arm, the EKG did not even spike. I sat there for a minute or two stopping the bleeding by cutting the I.V. tube with my knife and making a bandage with the sheets off the bed. I moved my attention to the clip on my right finger that was connected to the EKG resting my left index and thumb upon it.

"You ready?" Matt asked me.

"Hmm on second thought I want you to leave first, I'll give you a thirty second head start, but before you go where it this place located?"

"About west from here, we have to cut through a thin section of the Everfree forest to get to the quarry, they said we will know it when we see it."

"Got it, I'll meet you in that thin section. Get out of here."

"Good Luck." Matt said and with that he turned and walked out. I snapped my back and stretched my legs for a moment and then my arms. I quickly zipped up my jacket and flipped on the hood obscuring my face. I took a deep breath and resumed to grip the clip on my finger, I whisked it off and the E.K.G. flat-lined as I head quickly to the door.

To be Continued.