Chapter 9

                                                   Chapter 9 - Spinning a new Yarn

I awoke in a daze, the mist slowly clearing from my head. Odd... I feel so fresh. Like a peeled lemon... Why did that come to my mind? I shrugged my confusion away and rolled out of my bed. I took some time to really look into the room around me. Such a simple room entirely made of wood, and... Wait, shouldn't this tree be dead? I mean, it is completely hollowed out, and yet there are leaves growing from its branches. I shrugged it off as some stupid Equestrian thing, kind of like the light coming from nowhere in this cave. Wow, I am almost out of things to write, I mean this only happened a few days ago. Anyway, I had no immediate recollection of the previous day's events, so I walked out of my room and checked the schedule left for me usually on the table with the horse head.

7:00 : Breakfast

I looked outside. Judging from the light outside, I assumed that it was probably around six. I head upstairs, and chilled at the breakfast table, listening to some Party Rock in my head. After a while, Twilight walked down the staircase and for some reason, I actually felt very happy to see her.

"Good morning Twilight, great to see you. Do you have anything planned for today?" her glazed over eyes looked at me like someone who hasn't had their coffee yet. She didn't say anything, just yawned a bit and walked over to the table. She plopped down and I, for some reason, couldn't help but crack up a bit. She raised an eyebrow at me.

"What?"

"You're laughing. Why?"

"Oh nothing, I just thought it was funny how you plopped down like a rag doll."

"Oh... so you woke up first for once. Is that normal?"

"For me? Nope. For people? Sometimes." She nodded, and just glazed off into the distance.

"You seem a bit different. I didn't kill the wrong Herberts did I?"

"Er… Kill? Like… They’re gone forever?” I felt a little bit sad. That didn’t make any sense to me though. I had absolutely hated them before Twilight had fucked with me, but now… Now I felt horrible for hating them… I still kind of do.

“Yeah, so you were a different case then my friends. Discord had altered their personalities while… it seems he had given you a bunch of new personalities. But not only that, he also changed your personality too.”

“That… how could he change my personality?”

“Magic can do lots of strange things to the brain, especially Discord’s magic. Nopony fully understands it.” There was a silence while I reflected on what she had told me.

"Today feels awfully calm, don't you think?" She interrupted my thinking.

"Yes, very calm. I like it." There was a strong lack of that usual irritability I usually have in the morning.

"Spike won't wake up for a while, want to go for a walk? I know you like talking with others while walking." Is she being considerate, or is she trying to analyze me? I wouldn't mind walking with her, either way.

"Yes, that would be lovely. When do you want to go?" She cocked her head to the left, and stared at me with an expression of… I think it was either surprise or confusion.

"...Is there something on my face?" I started touching my face looking for anything abnormal.

"No, it's nothing, let’s get walking. We will come back in half an hour and make breakfast for Spike and us." And here in this dark place I wonder still if this is all just another wave of mania that has washed over me. Is the ignorance that I am so prone to blocking my view of the world around me again? I would never have gotten out without Gamma, but Gamma is a part of me now, or so I think perhaps, so maybe this is it for me. It was  the good nature of that wandering gentleman that saved me before, but now I sit here in my little mind all alone, always listening to the blissful sound of music. I suppose I will make a small section of thoughts like these in my journal after I finish writing about the events that preceded the here and now.

Twilight led the way downstairs, and I took the time to truly admire her hair, that odd pink strand running down her otherwise blackish hair. Is it black? Colors always look greenish through my right eye, and reddish through my left eye, so that may be a completely different color than I think. Her ass tattoo was a bunch of sparkles, I think its called a tramp stamp.

"So Twilight, you're a whore?" I blurted, like the fucking idiot I am.

"What?" She asked, completely bewildered and pissed.

"Oh, I meant your tattoo. Usually when a girl on earth gets a tattoo on her ass, it means she’s a slut. I shouldn't have been so blunt; I really wasn't thinking when I said that." Well, I killed the calm mood I had going for me.

"No, Herbert, I am not a whore. Please think before you ask something like that, please?"

"Yeah… Sorry.” What the fuck did I say that for? "Twilight, what is your relationship with Spike?" I had a reason for asking this. She appeared to be alike a mother to him, but that seemed unlikely.

"Spike? I hatched him from an egg when he was a baby. He has been my faithful assistant ever since."

"And how long has that been?"

I really don't remember what Twilight said, but I do know it made no sense: something about canonical something.

"Um... yeah. So how about your white friend." That was strange...

"White friend? The one with a purple mane? That is Rarity. She is one of my best friends. Would you like to go meet her?"

"Oh sure, I guess it couldn't hurt to get to know another one of your friends."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Sure, why not." And so changed course to what I would come to know as Boutique Le Chic. Oh dear, I haven't even mentioned that we were outside yet, have I? Well, we had just exited the library when I asked Twilight if she was a whore, and a couple of ponies turned my way in shock. I think a young unicorn pony tried repeating what I said, earning a shocked and angry expression from her cross eyed parent. Have I ever mentioned that Ponyville does not smell like a barn, though one would probably assume so, considering that it is inhabited by horses? They're pretty sanitary. Anyway, we came to a strange, rotunda shaped building, not sure how to describe it. It was white and frilly, with big glass windows. I guess it was pretty girly, I dunno.

"Twilight, what is Rarity like?"

"Well, she is very formal, very proper, and... probably not even awake yet. She takes a lot of time for ‘beauty sleep’. We should go back..." And so we wasted a whole seven minutes. When we got back, I guess it was 6:30. Have I mentioned how dorky and adorable Twilight's voice is? Well I will now, its got a... well I'll describe this in my terms, she sounds like a female Mandark from Dexter's lab, but less annoying and has a squirt effect when she ends a sentence with a R. Actually, she sounds kinda like Timmy Turner. Maybe I should tell her about some TV shows when I... who am I fucking over? I am so going to die in here.

"Twilight, I really don't speak to Spike much, do I?"

"Well, you don't often have an excuse to see him."

"Twilight, what does Spike eat?"

"Spike is an omnivore, he eats Plant, Animal, and Geod matter."

"Geod? Rocks? He eats rocks?"

"Well, he eats most gems."

"And you Twilight.." Fuck!

"Yes?" Shit, I didn't have a plan on what to say, I have no clue what to say.

"Er... how long have you lived here?"

"Didn't I tell you that before you... were burned?"

"I... Yeah, I guess you did. Nevermind." And that was the last venture at starting a conversation I made for the walk home. But thinking about it now, I really don't recall her ever telling me how long she lived there. I assumed she had because I have a tendency to forget a lot of things, so maybe if I don't die, this journal will help my memory.

"Herbert? "

"Yes, Twilight?"

“Why were you asking so many questions about Spike?”

“I guess I just wanted to converse.” She was silent for a little while.

"What will you do? When our year is up?" Our?

"Our? What do you mean by our?" I think she is becoming attached to me. That... that was my original goal wasn't it? Make her easier to... something. Odd, I seemed to have forgotten about that. I remember now, of course. It was my original intention to manipulate this one, to leech off of her until I had no use for her. As of now, in my journals, I had lost this desire, and really wasn't sure what I would do when the year was up.

"Oh, I um... I meant our time working together, of course. I know I offered to shelter you, but I also know you probably want a life of your own. What do you plan on doing?"

"Oh... Well I know I want to advance the pony's field of medical practices, particularly in psychology. I would really like to help ponies with psychological trouble, I know what it is like to suffer from that."

"What do you mean?"

"Huh?"

"You say you know what it is like to suffer from that, how so?"

"Well, I have had an abnormally troubling childhood compared to most of my peers, I have seen things at younger ages that children are usually shielded from... They say looking can't hurt, I say just thinking about the wrong thing can ruin your life."

"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that, but don't worry, you're in Equestria now, this is the most peaceful land in all of Earth."

"Excuse me!?" I wasn't sure whether to be appalled at how insensitive she just was, or to be shocked at the same planet name.

"Oh my gosh, Herbert, that was so rude of me. I didn't mean it like that." We were just entering the Library around now.

"No Twilight, I'm not mad about that. Well okay, yeah I am. What the hell is wrong with you? Also, I'm more shocked that your planet is named the same as my planet is. Earth."

"Hiya Twilight! Hello Herbert." Said the high pitched voice of Spike the Dragon! Terror of the West! Rargh! God I'm awful.

"Oh, good morning Spike, why are you up so early? You usually sleep till 11:00 A.M. unless I drag you out myself."

"Wait, it's not Eleven yet?" Well goodnight, everypony! It was great having you here but I think I hear my blanket calling me." He started to skip off as he finished that sentence, but Twilight would have none of it.

"Oh no you don't, mister! Since you’re up, you can help me make breakfast."

"Twilight, what day is it?"

"Wednesday."

"Oh. Thanks."  Wednesday... So Discordy shit happened on Monday and Tuesday... Ya know, Twilight seems pretty fucking chill after that. Oh who cares, at least it's over.

"Spike, you go relax, I'll help Twilight with cooking." And so together, Twilight and I made some apple tarts and peas for breakfast, and I surprised her with a few daffodils which she took gratefully. I forgot where I picked them, but they were probably just around randomly and I thought she would like them. They're much rarer in this world than back at my former universe, I should keep that in mind. Maybe build a sanctuary for all kinds of different plants to survive in. It would help nurture my growing interest in Alchemy, and would give me something to do besides jack off. Oh, thats right, I almost forgot.

"Twilight, you never answered my question."

"Oh? And whats that?"

"Do you have anything planned for today?"

"Oh that. Well, my schedule got lost in the whole Discord fiasco, so I need to rewrite it. Don't worry, I read it in my spare time, so I doubt there will be any problems." Who else but Twilight, am I right?

"So, what do you think I should be doing today?"

"Well, you usually do a lot of exercises at around nine in the morning, and there is a lake near the edge of town, maybe you could do your exercises there, hang around and swim, do whatever. Rainbowdash hangs around there a lot; maybe you will bump into her."

"So I can just hang around there whenever I want?"

"If you don't want to go, you can stay here with me."

"Oh no, I don't want to bother you-"

"Its no trouble at all, really."

"-and I could use some more cardio exercises, so maybe swimming would do me some good."

"Oh, alright then. Have fun!" And so I left Twilight to her shit and went to go swim. I went back because I had no clue how to find the pool, need to ask more questions from now on, and then went to the small lake. It was a nice small pond with a tree off to the side, it was surrounded with sand and wasn't too far away from the Everfree. There was a tire swing hanging from the tree, and a unfolding chair with an umbrella next to it stuck in the sand. Nopony Nobody was around so I just did some stretches by the lake on the sand and did all the shit I did back in ROTC. We got to choose our exercises every day, and I always voted for crunches because I needed to work on my flabby ass core, but this time I just did planks and pushups on the sand. After a while I jumped into the lake and enjoyed the cool water. I washed myself up onto the sand and I thought of how similar this was to where I dwelled back in the Quantum-Sphere. Every personality had what was called a Matrix, an area completely in our control, though most of us didn't know we had any control. My lake was much bigger though, and it had a nice cave next to it where I would go when it rained to much or it was too hot outside. Gamma came to visit me after Epsilon burned all my trees down with his fiery stones, but I don't remember much about that time. I suppose I shouldn't write about those things, just thinking about it could put me at risk for a relapse. Two personalities have somehow been released, I really don't want more.

It turns out I had dozed off, because when I opened my eyes, the sun was setting and I was all pruny.

"Eewww, I hate when this happens." I rubbed my hands together, observing how strange they were, all spongy and junk. Anyway, I went back to Twilight's pad and chilled in my bed, slowly drying off in my blanket. Spike came in, but only to get that Obscure Unicorn History book. He left, and that reminded me that I needed a weapon. Odd, seeing a dragon reminds me I need a weapon... I then walked up to Twilight's room and knocked.

"Twilight, may I speak to you about something?"

"Sure, I'll be right out." She took a few moments, then poked out her door.

"Yes?"

"I need a weapon. Something to hunt with. My hands can't really kill anything here, so I need something to get food with." I should have thought about that before saying it... Twilight's prisoner just asked her for a weapon, I can only imagine how suspicious that sounds.

"And Fluttershy said you need one?"

"Yeah. she did."

"Well... I'll talk to her about it tomorrow, and we will see what we can do for you. Anything else?"

"No Twilight, you have a good sleep."

"You too Herbert, goodnight." And that was the end of my day. One Two Two One.