Snow In Equestria

December 16, 2012

My morning routine was almost identical to the day before. I heard the faint drumming of raindrops, and so I lifted myself from the purple cushion and peered outside though the window to see the rain melting away the snow from yesterday. I wondered why it was set up to snow one day and then leave the next, but I didn’t ponder on it too long. It was hard to think about things for extended periods of time with the magical world of ponies constantly distracting me.

Celestia remained in her bed, and I didn’t want to disturb her slumber. I figured I had put her through enough the day before. I walked around the bed and watched her sleep for a few moments. Not in a creepy way, but more in a fascinated way. Eventually, however, I grew bored and searched around the room for something to do.

“Whoa,” I muttered to myself as I spotted a massive telescope placed conspicuously out on the balcony. I pushed open the two glass doors that stood between me and the telescope as quietly as possible and stepped out onto the balcony.

The balcony had a slight cover that I managed to stay under and out of the rain while I peered through the telescope. It had no lens covers or any protection whatsoever, but the weather didn’t seem to have an effect on it either.

I aimed the telescope down and saw many of the city’s denizens commuting to work or wherever else it was they had to be at the time. It was interesting, really; spying on ponies as they silently conversed and interacted with one another. I saw a couple yelling at each other in front of what appeared to be some sort of apartment complex.

I was decent at reading lips back on earth, mostly from watching the television on mute while my dad slept, but it was difficult with ponies. I didn’t recognize either of them from the show, but they seemed like any other normal ponies.

The stallion didn’t say much, but listened to the irate mare. Maybe it was some sort of break up. The stallion looked stressed beyond the point of caring, and he stepped aside for a moment to discard a disposable cup of coffee into a nearby trash bin before returning to listen. This seemed to only infuriate the mare more, but he could care less.

I was only able to make out the word ‘done’ from the mare before she stormed off in the other direction. The stallion simply watched her leave before slowly disappearing back into the building.

“Well, that was interesting,” I muttered to myself as I removed my face from the telescope and looked out over the huge city with my naked eye once again.

I looked back into the telescope, but sadly, the clouds decided to part a little and the bright sun shone through at the same time. I immediately yelped and fell backwards onto my haunches as the harsh sunlight connected painfully with my retina, clamping my hooves over my eye.

“The sun is bright, isn’t it?” a familiar voice chuckled from behind me. I jumped in surprise and whipped around to see Celestia standing behind me in all of her formal regalia, topped off with a cheeky grin.

“H-how did you…?”

My question was left unfinished and she replied with a knowing smile. I still don’t know how the hell she did that. There was no noise, so she would’ve had to have been dead silent, and she wasn’t too small either.

“Dear Lord, that was scary,” I said as I stood up straight and regulated my breathing. “Anyways, I’m sorry about yesterday. I won’t break anything else,” I promised.

But seriously, no promises.

“Thank you, but we must still take precautions to make sure that you don’t cause any more trouble,” she said with a sinister smirk.

“Oh, come on! This isn’t fair!” I whined as Celestia sat at her throne.

“No, it’s perfectly fair,” Celestia countered, “When you’re left alone, you destroy things and create chaos. We might as well put all that energy of yours to good use. You’re going to help Silvermane with anything she needs or wants, got it?”

“Fine,” I grumbled. Great, I was going to be an assistant’s assistant.

“Lead the way, boss,” I said with a roll of my eyes before she turned to leave the throne room.

I followed her out of the throne room and outside of the castle. I waited in the doorway for a moment as she walked fearlessly out into the rain. Eventually, I ran out behind her and put a wing over her to shield her from the rain.

“What are you doing?” I asked unfavorably, “You’ll catch cold.”

“As much as I appreciate your concern, I need to find two guards that were supposed to report back to me half an hour ago and never did.”

“Where are their posts?” I asked, dropping unfriendly attitude for a more curious one.

“In the garden,” she replied vaguely. I struggled to keep up with her fast pace while maintaining my wing over her entire body. Meanwhile, I was getting soaked.

I decided to focus on keeping up and didn’t ask any more questions. Eventually we crossed into an area that appeared to be a sculpture garden with several massive, marble structures. It all looked a little fuzzy through the rain.

One statue depicted a mare playing a harp, and another was a pony holding a large scroll. It was all very elaborate, but I had the feeling that I had seen it all before. It all looked so familiar. Maybe they showed a glimpse of it on the show before. Suddenly, it appeared that Silvermane had noticed something and briskly trotted off towards a statueless pedestal, at the base of which was an empty guard’s helmet.

“No, It couldn’t be…” she began aloud. I was about to ask her what was wrong, but she instantly turned and bolted off back to the castle. I struggled to stay close behind her, but we eventually made it back inside.

“Wait! Silvermane, what happened!?” I called up to her as she ran into the throne room. I ran in behind her and she was talking urgently with the princesses.

“Your majesties, the statue of Discord is gone, and the two guards on duty are missing,” she immediately explained, dropping the helmet of one the guards in question. It landed on the floor with a resounding clang that echoed through the stunned silence.

…So that’s why it looked so familiar. That was the same statue garden that Cheerlee brought her students to on a field trip in that one episode; and the same statue garden that Discord was imprisoned in. Well, if any villain was going to attack, I’m glad it’s this one. Discord never actually hurt anypony when he was in control, and besides, he’s my favorite villain. I’d have to get his autograph or a picture while he was here.

“I’ll make sure the elements are still here. Silvermane, go alert all the guards,” Celestia instructed.

Celestia stepped down from her throne and made her way towards what I recognized as the vault where the elements were supposedly secured. On the opposite end of the room, Silvermane opened the door and stepped out of the room.

I turned around and stifled a snicker as Celestia shoved her horn into a hole in the wall. The vault shone radiantly and opened up to reveal that the elements remained in their correct places.

“Are you sure?” Dusk asked urgently.

“Of course I’m sure!” Silvermane replied adamantly, “Discord has escaped, it’s a Code Seven!”

“Alert all the guards on the east wing, Frost and I will handle the rest,” Dusk instructed quickly before he too went off to do his part.

“Hiya, Silver,” I said as I trotted up alongside Celestia. She promptly ignored me and turned her undivided attention towards Celestia.

“Your majesty! I was about to alert all the guards on the east wing. Dusk and Frostwind are alerting the others,” she reported.

“Excellent,” Celestia responded, “We must make certain everypony is aware of the situation at hoof, and then we should wait for Discord to make the first move. We still possess the elements, so that is our smartest option.”

“Yes, your majesty,” Silvermane said with a bow before turning and leaving. That left only me and Celestia.

“Welp, I’m bored. Wanna go find Luna?” I asked. Celestia looked down slightly and sighed.

“Sure, why not?” she said patronizingly, obviously upset, before walking off in the other direction.

“I… I’m sorry,” I apologized as I followed her.

“No, no. It’s not your fault,” she replied after a short pause, with a dismissive wave of a wing.

I still felt bad though, for reasons obvious enough. The stability of Celestia’s country was about to be threatened by an evil draconequus, and I was fooling around in the midst of it all. I followed her silently for a while, but eventually we spotted Luna talking with a large, blue pegasus.

“Hello sister,” Luna said exasperatedly, and Celestia nodded in return. Everypony was a bit saddened in general, and the rain matched the dreary atmosphere. The blue mystery stallion bowed to Celestia, but he said nothing.

“Hullo, my name is Snow,” I greeted the new stallion in what I think was the most polite manner I had used in Equestria so far. He shook my hoof as Luna raised an eyebrow in suspicion.

“I’m Frostwind, I’m one of the Assistant Synchronizing Supervisors,” he said.

Great, yet another ASS.

“Okay, just like Silvermane.” He nodded. There was a short pause before Celestia broke the silence.

“I must be going back to the throne room. It’s about to get very busy in there,” she said as she turned to leave.

“I need to take care of some paperwork as well. You can come with me, Snow,” Luna offered (like I had a choice).

“Okay,” I responded flatly as I walked out of the room after Luna.

Luna led me all the way back to her room before we settled down. The door had been replaced and there was essentially no trace of my prior break-in.

“Luna, can I axe you a queckstion?” I asked quickly as she shut the door behind me with her magic.

“Sure,” she replied after a short pause. She was currently focused on retrieving some parchments from her desk and sorting it in the air with her magic.

“Why are there two princesses? And no king or queen?” I asked.

“Our father, Soleil, was a great king,” she replied, “Since Equestria is ruled equally by both me and my sister, neither of us would have our status elevated to ‘queen’. And there is no king presently,” she finished thoughtfully, going through the several parchments on her bed. Speaking of Luna’s bed, I hopped up onto it without permission.

“Seems legit,” I replied. “I could be king of Equestria if you need somepony to fill the position,” I offered. Luna snorted before responding.

“I don’t think you’re qualified for such a position. Anyways, you’d make a much better jester, considering the royal court,” she replied.

“Whatever. Whatcha doin’?” I asked as I looked up at some of the papers that were floating just inches in front of Luna’s face.

“Just looking over some of the recent census reports… See?” she replied as she moved one of the papers slightly closer to me.

“Confound these ponies, they drive me to illiteracy.”

“Huh?”

“I can’t read.”

“Oh, yes, I forgot. Well, it’s a mostly phonetic language, so hopefully you’ll be able to learn soon. For example, that’s a doh,” she said, pointing to one of these symbols: Я.

“Huh? What sound does that make?” I asked.

“Ah, as in apple or avalanche,” she replied absentmindedly, still consumed in whatever it was that she was reading. There was a short pause and it appeared that she had completely forgotten about me for the time being.

“Is that it?”

“I’ll tell you more later,” she promised before looking back down at her papers. Well, at least progress was being made, albeit one letter of progress.

“Fine, I’m gonna take a nap,” I said as I quickly crawled under the sheets of Luna’s bed and pulled them over me before she could object.

“W-wait! …Oh, never mind,” she sighed as she resigned to continue her own work while I did whatever I felt like.

~~~

Soon after I had lain down, there was suddenly a huge crash, disrupting my short-lived rest. I instantly sat upright to see a massive hole in the wall and the absence of Luna. I tried to get up, but only to be instantly pinned down by an invisible force. Slowly, ominously, a figure entered the room through the opening. The figure was neither equine nor human, but a mix of several parts.

It had a long, snake-like body, claws of an eagle and a lion, and legs of lizard and of a lion. A large fang adorned its sinister expression, and two different sized eyes and a pair of horns, one from a goat and one from a deer, decorated its remarkably shaped head. It also had a pair of wings, one from a bat and one from a pegasus, and a dragon’s tail to top it off. It was certainly Discord.

There was no noise; all was silent as he slowly flew towards me with a demented grin splayed fantastically across his unusual jaw line. He rested the tip of his talon on my chest and spoke.

“Here's something to ponder on, my little human,” he said, still smiling, “You’re just as evil as I am, and you will do I want, and I will rule this pitiful world with you as my puppet.”

“What!? No!” I cried, “Sure, you’re my favorite villain, but seriously, I’m not helping you take over Equestria!”

“I'm flattered. Oh, and you will,” he chuckled, “You’ll understand soon enough.”

He then proceeded to pound me in the chest, with his talon balled up into a fist, until I could no longer speak, but instead remained gasping for air. I repeatedly heard a feminine voice calling my name, and soon I recognized it as Luna’s. My eyes opened and I sat up, still breathless, and found Luna’s hoof abusing my chest in place of Discord’s fist.

“Are you alright? It looked like you were having a bad dream. I would have entered it, but I wasn’t sure if you’d have been okay with that,” she asked as I looked around and found that it was all only a dream. I let out a sigh and looked back at Luna.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Sorry,” I apologized as I lay back down. She said nothing and turned back to her papers. There was now a stack next to her on the bed, indicating that she had been through several of them already while I was asleep.

The Discord thing was freaking me out just a bit, though. Was that just a mindless thought that turned itself into a dream, or did it actually mean something? My view of Discord in the dream included more parts of him and more detail than I thought I would have remembered from the show, so that was evidence towards the latter. I tried not to let it bother me too much. Whatever was going to happen would happen, so whatever.

“I’m almost finished with these, and then we can do something you want to do for a while,” Luna revealed, much to my liking. She then took a pen from her desk and began writing a few symbols on the papers that she had previously read.

I frowned as I watched her write out incoherent ciphers with ease, creating what I guessed were signatures. As much as I would rather do something else, I should probably learn how to read before anything else. I resolved to do the responsible thing for once and ask Luna to help me as soon as she was finished with her work.

Luna had finished writing on the papers and she banged the stack lightly on the desk to align them properly before heading towards the door.

“Are you done?” I asked.

“Yeah, I’ll be right back, so don’t leave,” Luna instructed as she left the room with several papers floating in tow. I acknowledged her with a nod before watching her leave, closing the door behind her. I sat up in her bed and looked around. Her room wasn’t nearly as spectacular as Celestia’s. In fact, it almost looked normal.

Again I was bored, however, and so I left my mind wander.

Unfortunately for me however, my thoughts drifted towards home, and a small lump began to form in my throat. I wasn’t exactly homesick, but I figured my dad was most likely depressed and drinking more than usual. My friends were probably slightly worried but assumed that I’d turn up sooner or later.

I thought about how my dad would be all alone again, and my eyes began to water just a little as the lump in my throat became progressively larger, despite my efforts to push it back. I realized that there was a genuine possibility of me never being able to return to Earth, and a warm sensation hit my cheeks as a few tears ran down them.

I wasn’t sobbing, just silently crying. Just a few moments later, the door began to open slowly. I sniffled and tried to wipe the tears away, but hooves weren’t great for that, plus when I touched the moisture, it just soaked into my coat.

Suddenly, the door opened fully and revealed an alicorn, but not the one I was expecting. Celestia was in the hallway, looking into the room curiously.

“Luna? Do you have the papers you’re supposed to have signed?” she asked as she stepped in. Apparently knocking wasn’t commonly practiced in Equestria. She stopped when she saw me on the bed.

“Snow…you’re crying,” she thought softly.

Thanks, captain obvious. I didn’t respond, but again tried again to wipe the moisture off of my face, which was near impossible with my hooves. Celestia shut the door and approached me cautiously.

“Are you, um… sad?” she asked hesitantly.

Again, impressive deduction skills, Celestia. She obviously didn’t have much experience with this kind of thing, which was very surprising, considering how long she's been around, but I didn't feel like pondering it at the moment.

“I’m fine,” I replied as steadily as I could. “It’s just… my father,” I said softly. I don’t particularly enjoy talking about my feelings, and Celestia climbing onto the bed as well and putting a hoof around my shoulder wasn’t making it any easier to shake off.

“You miss your father? And what of the rest of your family?” She clearly had good intentions, but she wasn’t really helping all that much, nor was she understanding the origin of my sadness, although it felt like something closer to guilt.

“I have no other family. He is all.”

“You mean you have no brothers or sisters? What about your mother?” she asked again, her curiosity growing.

“I have no siblings and no mother,” I said, hoping she would understand. She seemed bewildered still, so I decided to clarify before she could ask any more questions.

“She died when I was very young, and I don’t remember her. It’s not that uncommon on Earth to have only one parent. I can’t really miss someone I never knew, so I really don’t mind,” I said as the tears flowed once more and Celestia moved closer.

“I… I’m sorry,” She responded.

I tried my best to suck it up and be masculine for one of the first times since I had arrived in Equestria, but the lonesomeness that I imagined my father feeling was killing me. I leaned forward and embraced Celestia, earning a surprised gasp. Soon, she returned the embrace as I sobbed lightly into her shoulder. I’m sure this seemed very out of character for me, and it was.

Celestia stroked my mane a few times. I felt pitiful. So pitiful, in fact, that I didn’t even look up when the door was opened and I caught a glimpse of Luna’s blue coat out of the corner of my eye. I forcibly stopped sobbing and screwed my eyes shut with my face up against Celestia’s shoulder and her hoof still running through my mane. I heard Luna step into the room and shut the door, without saying a word.

After a few moments of silence, I shifted a little and lifted my head up, opening my eyes again. Luna was looking at me worriedly, and Celestia retained a slight smile, looking me in the eye. I couldn’t help but smile a little in return.

“S-sorry,” I whispered, looking down to avoid any more uncomfortable eye contact.

“It’s quite alright,” Celestia spoke softly. “And remember that Luna and I are here for you if you need anything.”

“Thanks.” A whisper was all I could manage. There was a brief pause before Celestia spoke again.

“Twilight and the other elements have arrived, so I must be going,” she said softly before she shifted away from me and stepped down from the bed.

“Twilight? And her friends?” Celestia turned back to me and nodded, “Can I come?”

“Certainly,” she replied, “You should come too, Luna.” Luna nodded and followed her sister out of the room. I got up, fixing the sheets a little, and wiped the moisture from my eyes with the fur on my front legs until my face was dry again. I had honestly surprised myself when I cried. I’m not really the type to cry. Hell, I couldn’t even remember the last time I had, but this was different. This was about my father.

I followed the princesses on a silent walk back to the throne room, where we found the mane six waiting for us. I saw Rarity and Pinkie Pie for the first time, which was awesome, as well as some familiar faces.

“Sup everyone,” I said as I approached the girls alongside the princesses. The four ponies I was slightly familiar with greeted me in return before Pinkie Pie jumped up and confronted me at an impossible speed.

“Hey Pinkie Pie, I’m Snow,” I said gleefully before she could get a word out.

“You’re not snow, silly! You’re a pony!” she exclaimed in return. “And how did you know my name? Ohmygosh are you a psychic!?”

“Wild guess, I suppose,” I replied with a wink. Her expression remained unchanging and I smiled back before being approached by Rarity.

“Hello, Snow. My name is Rarity,” she announced. “It’s a pleasure.”

“The pleasure’s all mine, Miss Rarity,” I said with a smile.

“Oh, a gentlecolt,” she replied, returning the smile, “But please, just Rarity will do.”

“Pfft, a gentlecolt? Him?” That was Rainbow Dash, being helpful.

“Aw come on Dashie, I can be whatever I wanna be,” I argued.

“Hey, you call her Dashie too!?” Pinkie gasped, “That’s so cool!”

“I know right!? Isn’t that cool, Dashie?” I asked Dashie with my copied ‘Pinkie Pie’ enthusiasm.

“Ahh!” she groaned as she looked down and closed her eyes, “I could handle one of you, but this is too much!”

Twilight suddenly voiced up, "If you’re not too busy, I think it might be a good idea to find out about the situation with Discord."

“Fine,” Pinkie and I simultaneously complied after a moment.

“Sorry, princesses,” Twilight apologized with a nod towards Celestia and Luna.

“Don’t worry,” Celestia reassured her.

About then is when I stopped paying attention. All Celestia was going to do was explain stuff to Twilight, all of which I should already know.

…I wondered what kind of music they have in Equestria. Maybe there was cool pony music. I should get my iPod later and show them a thing or two.

“… right, Snow?” Celestia asked, as if she were confirming something. My name was all I heard, so I had no idea what the question was. Well, everypony was staring at me, so I had to say something.

“Hey Celestia, is there any pony rap music?” I asked absentmindedly. The ponies looked confused for a moment. Celestia knew better though.

“You weren’t listening to me at all, were you?” she sighed.

“Uhh… no,” I confirmed as I lay down and rested my head on my front legs. Celestia soon turned back to them and started talking again. I got thinking about music and took out my fifth generation iPod Touch and a pair of black and red Studio Beats by Dr. Dre. It took a minute to get them on correctly, but they fit decently enough.

I hit shuffle, and it landed on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMnXXrvcyA]a good song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMnXXrvcyA) so I left it and closed my eyes again. I got almost halfway through the song, which was only about two minutes, before I started shaking violently. I immediately opened my eyes and looked up. All of the ponies were staring down at me with wide eyes and I was being shaken around by none other than Twilight’s magic. I immediately yanked off my headphones and stood up on my hooves, letting the headphones fall to the floor carelessly.

“What!? What do you want?” I asked, thinking that there better be a good reason for scaring the hell out of me while I was listening to One Republic.

“Are you alright? What are you doing?” Celestia asked urgently, glancing between me and my headphones that were lying on the ground.

“Well, I was relaxing,” I said with a glance at Twilight. “These are headphones, calm down,” I explained, lifting them into the air with one hoof.

Celestia looked perplexed still, but I didn’t feel like explaining anything at the time, so I picked up my stuff and shoved it back into my pocket.

“Hey, you learned how to put your things back,” Twilight observed. I suddenly realized that I had put my iPod back into my invisible pocket. I looked around to make sure that it was actually gone before looking back up at Twilight.

“Whoa, you’re right! I did put it back,” I realized cheerfully.

“Anyways, that’s about all that’s happened so far. Any questions…? Okay, good.” Celestia said as she cleared her throat in an unnecessary preparation. “Like I said, Discord didn’t take the elements, so we have the advantage. You six will need to stay in the castle for the time being, in close proximity to the elements, until Discord reveals himself. Then we’ll need to act quickly to stop him before anything gets out of control.”

“Right,” Twilight agreed. The rest of the mane six showed their approval by nodding with expressions of determination.

“Are we done yet?” I asked. Everypony’s look of determination deflated with that.

“Patience is a virtue,” Celestia told me sagely, looking down at me with a slight grin.

“Virtue is for wimps,” I replied, “And I am not a wimp.”

“Oh, really?” Luna asked sardonically, just before she created a spark of magic right in front of my face. I immediately let out a less than manly squeak before falling backwards on my ass. Everypony laughed at that, of course.

“Says the little colt,” Luna added, snickering along with the rest of them.

“Hey, I’m fifteen! A young stallion at least,” I argued from my sitting position on the floor, crossing my forelegs in a pout.

“Whoa!” Pinkie Pie suddenly gasped, “You’re only fifteen!?”

“Yeah, is it really that weird? How old are you?” I asked, a bit disheartened at everypony’s similar reactions.

“I’m twenty two years old!” she exclaimed. “And Twilight’s twenty two, Dashie’s twenty one, Fluttershy’s twenty two, Applejack’s twenty one, and Rarity’s twenty four!”

“Uh, thanks Pinkie… I think,” I replied, only slightly dumbfounded at her continuous hyperactivity.

“You’re welcome!” Okay, then.

I uncrossed my legs and stood up again, giving an ungrateful glance at Luna for knocking me to the floor in the first place.

“Really? Are you sure you’re not older than that?” Dashie asked.

“Unless changing into a pony skipped about five years of my life, yeah, I’m sure.”

“Oh, yeah. I brought this for you Snow,” Twilight said, simultaneously digging through her saddlebags with one hoof. Eventually, she pulled out my Motorola Droid X2 and levitated it in my direction, “You left it at my house.”

“Oh, I must’ve forgotten. Thanks, Twilight,” I said as I shoved my phone back in my pocket with my newfound ability.

“It’s no trouble to help out a friend,” she replied.

“Le gasp! Hey Celestia, I have friends!” I exclaimed.

“Of course you do,” she chuckled.

“This calls for a party!” Pinkie gasped.

Pinkie bounced away deeper into the castle before I could say anything on the matter.

Oh, wait, what? She was serious?

Oh, well. Yes! My first Pinkie Pie Party!

“Um, where is she going?” I asked confusedly.

“There’s a room in the castle for Pinkie Pie to throw parties,” Celestia explained.

“She’ll tell us when she’s ready,” Applejack added.

Wait, there’s a room just for Pinkie Pie parties? This must happen a lot if they felt the need to devote an entire room in the castle to such an event.

“Sweet, so how long is it gonna take?”

Twilight began to answer but was interrupted when Pinkie Pie stuck her head in through the door on the opposite side of the room.

“It’s all ready!” she announced. Everypony began walking towards her and abandoned my question.

“H-how did-… b-but-…”

“Don’t question it,” Dashie replied, “Just enjoy the party.”

I accepted her answer and followed most of the mares out of the room. The princesses and other castle staff stayed behind, obviously, due to the current situation. They weren't going to need me anyways, so why not enjoy a party?

It took a good five minutes to walk to the room where the party was set up, which was much longer than the time Pinkie Pie was gone in total. Again, I didn’t question it.

The room was already set up, and it looked like someone had worked on it for days. In addition, there were already several guests. Honestly, this seemed awesome at the time, but when I think back on it, it just creeps me out beyond comprehension.

Nothing was out of place, and there was even a bowl of punch on a table adjacent to the door. I promptly poured a cup of it and planted myself on a nearby couch, right in between Twilight and Rainbow Dash, who had motioned for me to come over.

“How is this even possible?” I asked as I sat down.

“Pinkie’s Law,” Rainbow Dash replied immediately before downing about half of her punch. I took a sip of my own. It tasted great, so I went ahead and drank the whole cup rather quickly.

“Huh?”

“It states that Pinkie Pie is exempt from all natural laws of physics, even if it’s completely illogical,” Twilight elaborated, “I came up with it a few months ago.”

“Seems legit.”

We continued to talk for a while, but it’s difficult for me to recall exactly what the subject was.

After that, I don’t remember too much. I would say it’s a blur, but I do remember fragments of that night.

I continued to converse with Twilight and Dashie before going off to do something else. I don’t know exactly what it was, but it involved Dashie and possibly Celestia.

Then it all went blank…

December 17, 2012

As I developed consciousness, everything was hurting. I was sore, I had a headache, and I think I pulled a few muscles. I tried to open my eyes, but before I even opened them all the way, I had to screw them shut again from a pain emanating from directly behind my eyes. I let out a dissatisfied groan as I shifted around a little and found that I was in a bed, which was generally good, and I was hugging a pillow.

I didn’t know if I was injured, sick, or what, so I just pulled the pillow closer and hugged it tighter. It was warm and soft, and its breathing was almost in sync with my own.

Wait a minute. That wasn’t a pillow. I sorely opened one eye and looked straight ahead. I’m pretty sure my heart skipped a beat or two when my vision was obscured with a blur of rainbow colored hair. It was the back of Dashie’s head, to be precise.

I promptly spazzed out and agonizingly flipped out of the bed, bringing most of the covers and Rainbow Dash along with me. She landed on top of me with a thud before the sheets and blankets fell and covered us both. She groaned a little as she came to and began to open her eyes.

Before Rainbow Dash could become aware of her surroundings, however, the door was opened and in came Silvermane.

She stopped and stared at the pile on the floor that consisted of me, Dashie, and all of the bed’s covers.

“S-Snow?” Silvermane asked a bit hesitantly. I responded by staring at her helplessly, “What are you doing in my room?” she asked worriedly.

“Sss… Snow? Are you still there?” Dashie suddenly asked, sounding sleepy and dazed.

Silvermane mouthed the words ‘What’s happening?’ with an urgent expression. I mouthed back ‘I don’t know’ with a helpless shrug before replying to Dashie.

“Uh, y-yeah. I’m still here.”

She hummed and smiled, hugging my waist with her eyes still closed. Silvermane maintained an anxious poker face as she slowly backed out of the door, shutting it without a noise.

Well, this was bucking great... Dashie shifted a little to get even closer to me and my cheeks were hotter than they’ve ever been before. My wings began to extend on their own accord, so I suppose that wing boner thing was actually true.

I hope what looked like had happened hadn’t actually happened, because I’m fairly certain that committing such an act with a pony would earn me a ticket straight to hell.

The only thing now was to wait until she realized that we were on the floor, and then I had to figure out exactly what had happened last night. Whatever it was, I’m sure it involved either drugs or alcohol that I was certainly unaware of.