War of virtue and vice

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

"Oh, what a horrible nightmare. Wait a minute, I CAN'T MOVE! AHHHHHHH!" I shouted as I felt my being restrained to what I think was a table in the middle of a dark room. The only light that filled the room was a lamp above the table where I was bound to. I tried the wriggle and writhe from my bonds only to come up with no sign of progress wondering if this might be it. As I calmed down I tried the remember the events that led me here and coming up with two possible conclusions: I was dead and in hell, or I was just brain dead and forever lost in a twisted fantasy, and even then I didn't think those answers were correct. After thought after thought raced through my mind of what these ponies were and what they would do to me, I heard a gentle tapping on wood from up above me followed by the creaking of a door. I tried to turn my head towards the sound and saw a figure coming down a set of stairs which appeared to be solid wood creating the clopping sounds that rang through my ears.

As the figure left my field of view, I again heard a woman's voice as though is was filled with a mixture of annoyance, fascination, and caution. "Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, can you understand me?" she said sounding as though she was a small distance away from me.

"Uh hi, my name is anon, and yes I can understand you." I responded as casually as I could given the circumstance.

"Good," she said "now I have several question to ask you, the first two being what are you and why did you attack me friend?"

Still staring up at a wall of solid darkness I proceeded to answer her questions. "Okay first off, I am a human being, or homo sapien if you want to get scientific about it. Secondly, I didn't attack anybody I was defending myself. That bitch horse attacked me first." I responded with a hint of venom in my words.

"Excuse me, but that 'bitch' horse is my friend and the only reason she attacked you was because she thought you harmed Fluttershy." She retorted with just anger, "And for your information her name is Rainbow Dash, and she's a pegasus pony not a horse."

"I don't give a flying fuck if her name Mary Christ, next time I see her... I... I can't be held responsible for what i'm going to do to her next time I see her. I mean she fucking threw a rock at my junk." I said with discontent. As I finished my sentence, I felt a slow squeezing on my neck causing me to suffocate.  Even fighting with all my might I couldn't get free enough to see what was choking me, all I could do was feel myself run out of life giving oxygen in my lungs. After a full minute of struggling Twilight had started speaking, "Don't you dare threaten my friends again, do you understand me?" The pressure around my neck soon died down giving me the chance to breath once again. "Yes, what she did was cruel, but you will do no more harm to her or anypony else. Are we clear?"

"Crystal." I coughed out. "Now if your done, I got three questions: one, where am I? two, how long was I out? and three, can you please let me up?" I said in a calm tone.

"Fine, you're in Equestria, Ponyville to be exact. You were out for roughly sixteen hours, we were getting a little worried actually. Lastly yes but by royal decree I ask that you wear these." She said as she brought over a full shackle set. It looked to be made of steel with cuffs for both my hands and ankles. Reluctantly I agreed, and as she released my binds I sat up and went to put on the left ankle restraint first "Now the other one." she said. I looked to my cast and said "Is that even necessary?" I turned to look at her, I noticed that she was what appeared to be lavender with a purple mane with a pink stripe. The last thing I noticed was her horn sticking out of her forehead, all in all she just barely reached my abdomen in height. Twilight went to put on the wrist cuffs on me until I stopped her. "Wait, hold on. I got to check on something." She raised an eyebrow to this and was about to ask until I cut her off. Reaching my hand down to my crotch I counted "Let's see one, and... two. Alright, whoo, we're good." I've got to say given everything that has transpired, the fucking look of embarrassment on her face was priceless. Truth be told I couldn't hold back a snicker.

If looks could kill, I'd be a dead man. "Don't say another word." She said as she cuffed my wrist and handed me a crutch.

"Yes mistress." I said with the hugest grin of my life.

She immediately groaned to that, "Let's just get upstairs. You coming." She said turning her head towards me. "You mind turning the lights on first?" I replied. With a look of realization she agreed; closing her eyes her horn started to glow in a purple aura, 'wait purple aura',  and with the sound of a switch flicking, the room was filled with light. I scanned the room and not only noticed the shelves of books and the scientific machines, but also noticed four armed and armored ponies, though these ones were different. Instead of just regular pupils, their eyes resembled to those of cats or lizards. Not to mention the leathery bat wings on their sides, instead of the the feathery ones I would assume all pegasi would have. Either way I thought they were pretty cool looking. With my curiosity fulfilled I followed Twilight up the stairs with the bat ponies following suit.

As we neared the door a purple aura surrounded it and opened wide for us to pass through. During this I noticed Twilights horn with the same aura; I decided to stop her and ask. "Twilight," she stopped in her tracks and turned her head towards me acknowledging me to continue, "did you open the door? If so, how?" She looked as if I asked a stupid question "Well I would like to know sometime today?"

"You really don't know?" I shook my head to confirm. "Well I used my magic, I thought that would have been obvious."

"Yeah the glowing horn and door was a clear sign of some connection, but if it really is magic then show me where gumdrop forest is then." I said with an unnamed  expression on my face.

"Well if it wasn't magic, then what was it that opened the door?"

"Wind?"

"We're inside."

"Telekinesis?"

"Using magic!" She shouted at me.

"Magic isn't real!" I shouted back.

She stood there dumb founded as did the soldiers. "What do you mean, magic is what makes us all  who we are, and it's the energy that allowed us to be here. How can you say magic isn't real?" She questioned as though I were an idiot.

"Sorry but in my world magic is nothing more than smoking mirrors, sleight of hand, or unknown sciences.  So excuse me if i'm a little reluctant to believe in fairy dust. Don't get me wrong I'll take evolutionary advantages like flight or telekinesis, but magic is fake to me." I explained in a calming manner, though the look on her face showed she did not want to believe a word I just said. "Look we'll continue this conversation later, can we please get a move on."

With that Twilight turned back up the stairs and we all continued onward, couldn't wait to see some natural light again.