Chapter 1: Into The Flames
Silence, that is all that could be said here concerning this room.
The room had been littered with gold and other materials that anyone would want to shove as much gold as possible into his/her pockets and run away leaving nothing left behind. Obviously from the chairs and the screen one could easily seduced that this room had been a safe/theater room meant for a interesting story. The camera had started rolling on its own, the screen covered with nothing more then shadows looking like puppets.
*Static fills the room before a man starts to speak*
A lone wanderer had walked into this room so many years ago; this same wanderer had done a number of great things throughout his entire life. Having already travelled from the impurities of the Capital Wasteland, the wanderer had decided to retire from traveling. However this much was not meant to be, as with all roads, we humans walk our own separate paths but sometimes the road can be lonely.
*Static fills the room, a woman’s voice coughs as she begins speaking*
Sometimes thy roads shall be lonesome, insanity sinks in as the cruelties of the world start to get to you. Thousands of others have been dragged into the succubus of this path, and what’s left either becomes a bloodthirsty beast that should be put down, one chooses death…. But sometimes the lonely road is not walked alone.
*Static once more but when the it came back on both the speakers were visible on screen*
But for you to truly understand one must walk this road and listen to others as this road continues to push you forward. This is the story of two, one whose road hadn’t ended yet and yet another whom was never meant to walk upon any roads throughout her life and stumbled into another- this story shall tell how these two had stepped forward sharing the same road and walked into the book of legends.
My Name is Fluttershy…I’m...a Pegasus po-pony living in the world of Konton in the state of (in human language) Muryo Homu, in the capital of Equestria in the small backwater town of Ponyville. Now before we begin I need to let you know quite a few things based on what I have learned about us ponies in general, us ponies are actually supposedly if it all comes down to it much more long lived then the average human.
Don’t worry I will tell you how I know of humans later on but for now you should listen to my tale… No not my tail I mean my story, anyways the bridges between our worlds is actually loosely connected. I say loosely as; actually just think of it as a book when you read it you’re witnessing the events of another world take place, in a way that is how the dimension barrier between Konton and the human world works. In the human world My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic represents the Konton that I live in while in my world the show Humanazia: Science is Crazy represents all the things both good and bad with the human world.
You still listening? Good because what I told is sketchy to me but it is a good explanation on how the bridge works between our worlds, however there are to many bridges to identify which is the original or not, for all I know I can be a ‘copy bridge’ of the original.
Now that I have explained that little detail about my story how about I go back to where it all began?
Now to start like I had said before I live in Ponyville, a small backwater town with despite the appearance has a community of a grand total of 3,500 individuals in said town. Among those individuals there are many ponies, griffions, we also got some hybrids of both species with the occasional visit from other species.
My jobs are simple; one of my jobs is that I am an accountant for the Mayor of the town Mayor Mare as she calls herself. Despite how great of a mayor she is she can be a real pain when she is thinking really hard on how to improve Ponyville economy wise, it’s really because she only focuses on Ponyville and nothing else unless the Princess herself asks her to focus on other things for a short time.
As for my other occupation I am actually a caretaker for various animals around the Everfree Forest, too be honest it’s actually hard but at the same time easy. I may love my little fuzzy wuzzy animals and hug them a lot, but it is really difficult to get fake meat around town without seeming out of place- other times I have to feed my dead animals to my other alive animals which tears at my heartstrings but I manage to hide it.
All in all the job requires a large amount of physical effort, some of the effort requires my wings but unlike my friend Rainbow Dash (I will explain later) I have difficulties flying due to my acrophobia that developed when I almost fell to my death when I was a little filly (that’s girl in earth terms)
This last detail is important because on the day I had changed for better or for worse I had been asked by the mayor herself to help Rainbow Dash move a large amount of clouds. You would think that the clouds would be easy to lift right? Well if you call holding a grenade that is the size of a damnable tree trunk easy. Truth is that it takes a lot of physical effort to be able to even move them, even more so to be able to destroy these clouds it is that reason that we eventually ended up getting the Wonderbolts here; good thing too since they also agreed to help and by doing so inspire other ponies to get better at flying/running.
“Hey Fluttershy!” I had turned my head towards Rainbow Dash as she flew towards me while doing a backflip, yup still as acrobatic as ever I see.
“Oh-um hello Rainbow Dash” I spoke to her with a kind, yet soft tone in my voice…is it really hard to believe that I had a stutter back then? Anyways Rainbow Dash had proceeded to talk about how we were going too move the clouds from Ponyville and set them on a course towards Manehattan by letting the breeze carry them over the Everfree Forest. Believe it or not the process that it took to do this required a lot of skill in science/chemistry to be able to easily learn how this process work let me show you what I mean.
“And then when the dust and Carbon mix the clouds will become solid enough to move, when that is settle the cardiac should be able to stabilize the clouds- Are you listening to me Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash asked me in a hasty tone that would spell trouble if I said no, and when that happens well: Big Macintosh kicking me in the face that one time was less painful for me.
“Oh- yes, yes I think I know what to do and we should hurry I have a cake in the oven and I would rather not have the house burn when I am gone…um if that’s alright with you” Told you I was shy, anyways the two of us took off into the air and started to fly towards the large set of clouds. If I were to hear someone say that the mayor was trying to hurt us, then I would respond with ‘she wouldn’t let us do this job if she didn’t believe we could handle it’ and that much goes triple for Rainbow Dash.
“Alright this is easy we’ll be eating that cake of yours in no time Fluttershy!” I smirked and shook my head at this, besides Pinkie Pie Rainbow Dash is the most childish pony I have ever met. It’s no wonder every team she is on gets the job done so quickly, because she is always there to lead the group and lift up their spirits.
When we got there I will not lie the clouds were no different then a bunch of bushes mushed together. The sky roared with anger as we flew closer and closer to our destination, the clouds were warm and soft like a blanket but were slippery like soap as we were forcing them to move away from Ponyville and towards the Everfree.
“Alright we got them in position!” Really? We had finished the task that quickly? My guess is that we did that in only 2 minutes flat; see what two friends that are excellent partners can do when they work together on something important?
“And there they go Fluttershy” Rainbow Dash commented brashly as the wind picked up and the clouds started to head far away from the Everfree Forest. There weren’t any words shared at that small moment, during these moments the two of us would be sharing the same thoughts without the usage of words. We flew down from the sky and landed near a meadow where we could think about what we wanted to say to another.
The grass beneath my feet was so soft, so moist, I will never understand why Rainbow Dash chooses to wear socks and shoes all the time; why should I wear shoes when the grass is very comfortable on my feet? I could feel my friends eyes staring at me from top too bottom, it wasn’t very surprising considering the clothing that I was wearing, my hair started to flow elegantly from the cool air that was pushing towards me as I step forward.
It wasn’t very much really; my shirt was a long sleeved green shirt that had a picture of my wittle lovable bunny Angel on the left shoulder. On the right shoulder however I had a picture of Rainbow Dash’s lightning bolt cutie mark and on the front was my cutie mark of three butterflies. In my humble opinion I think I like my somewhat skinny jeans, they are really meant for working out but they are warm, soft, and more importantly flexible which is actually a requirement for my animal caretaker job sometimes. Someone has to save the animals that are in peril from falling down from dangerous heights right? Well some pegasai like myself can’t do that if our clothes are too uncomfortable and wont
“You should probably get a new set of clothes Fluttershy” Not really Rainbow Dash, I love my clothing the way it is. Besides isn’t it you who likes to show off her baseball breast with that mesh bodysuit? On top of that you have a trench coat jacket that matches your fur so well that it is almost impossible for me to tell if you are wearing a jacket at all; if that wasn’t enough you even have skinny jeans and rainbow colored shoes!
“I um, like the clothes that I have now” I said trying to avoid this conversation, believe it or not talking about my clothes isn’t something that I like to discuss. Rainbow Dash took that moment to go on about a conversation she had with Rarity our local dress designer and the discussion concerning clothing the two for some durable; yet still stunning flight suits that Rainbow Dash could use to practice flying.
During our small talk however I had noticed something unusual coming from the crowd. Ponyville is a great place to settle down due to the many celebrations there is due to the amount of holidays consisting in the year, and every month there is an evaluation on everypony for their magic, wing power, health, hearing, and eyesight.
My eyesight test was 2 days ago, and I scored 84.6/100, with a side evaluation of photographic memory.
There was a silver colored stallion earth pony staring at Rainbow Dash with murderous eyes, I could make out a symbol of a sword coated in flames with the sword stabbing a skull on his shoulder. The pony was holding a glove that looked like it was possibly made of diamonds, judgeing by the amount of what appeared to be glitter on a blue colored rubber glove.
When the stallion looked at her with a smile he opened his glove, and just when I thought it couldn’t be worse the pony started to get a glowing dark green with red highlight aura in his hand. I might not have had the best education when it came to magic, but even I know about the fact that some types of magic are dark and evil.
In an instant my whole world had been flipped upside down as the pony launched a jet of black destructive flames heading straight for Rainbow Dash, not wasting anytime I spread my wings and flew towards my old friend and pushed her down; that moment however followed up with me getting hit by the flames instead, it burned far more worse then that Griffon Curry Rainbow Dash had me try at last hearts and hooves day.
I let out an angry scream mixed with pain and flew towards the stallion whom had a smug grin on his face in an attempt to strike him down, my vision had started to dark ever so slowly as the black flames consumed me into the abyss, I could barely feel my punch connecting with the stallions jaw as my vision had faded into black…..
Automatic Update Transfer Data Replication Systems Online.
Scanning data files…..
Corporal Blackheart statues…..K.I.A
Scanning for threats…..
Threat detected….Retriveing information…
Threat database located….commenceing database wreckage procedures…
Data found….retrieving…..data retrieved…translating data….
Equestria database file: 43259678## Classification A/A
Name: Fluttershy
Age: 20
Breast Size: D
Wing Size: F
Height: 6’1
Race: Pony
Sub-race: Pegasus
Fur color: Yellow
Notable traits: Shy, Soft Spoken, Three butterflies for cutie-mark.
Medical Evaluation: Trauma induced upon little girl, Fluttershy has refused to speak about the event but has made a astonishing recovery. Unfortunately the scars across her back and on her mind will possible make life difficult, but we have no doubt she will move on from this event.
Searching for possible clues for event.....search failed, continuing process....
Calculating Special attributes….
S.P.E.C.I.A.L Calculated…
Strength: 4
Perception: 8
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 9
Inteligance: 6
Agility: 5
Luck: 5
Calculating transportation directions…….
Chapter 2:And Into A Hellhole
Chapter 2:And Into A Hellhole
Darkness. That is all that I could see in front of me.
My eyes hurt as if they had been sewn shut, my lungs burned as if they were coated in flames; my ears were picking up the sound of my pounding heart as I felt my lungs hurl my heart's blood to my mouth. The bitter liquid had come out rapidly, my coughing fit had only been made worse as the blood had slowly made it's way down my throat on it's own accord which caused it to become even worse.
The sounds of footsteps echoes slightly as I slowly opened my eyes, vision was still blurry as much as it gets from staring at the sun too long. My body reacted on instinct by jumping upwards from the sharp prick in my arm, when I had done so my body shivered from the hand of someone else on my torso which prevented me from standing up.
Turning my head to the left I met face to face with someone who looked quite like a hairless Diamond Dog, maybe he was related to the primate family?
"Take it easy there Sally, you've been out cold for a month now" A month? A MONTH!?!?!
"Whoa there now, easy, easy!" The Human (I already talked about them before) did his best to keep me down on the bed (at least I think it was a bed). Looking at him now it looked like he was wearing clothes that are meant for a traveling cowboy almost, also judging by his grey hair and mustache I can assume he is in his senior years.
"Sorry about that, but you've been out cold for a month already; wouldn't want you to go into another coma after waking up would we?" I nodded my head before stretching my wings slightly too see if they were hurt, my voice failed me my mouth let out a small squeak from the sudden sharp pain in my back.
The silence was more then a little awkward as I stared at the stranger with my eyes still holding both fear and surprise, my natural shyness was something that I am fully aware of but was never able to overcome throughout the years. A perfect case where I wish I didn’t have this damn curse is right now where I can prove that I can talk so simply talking to him don't frighten the old human.
"Hey now, I’m going to hurt you none, my name's Doc Mitchell; Mitchell will be just fine if you want to call me that" Mitchell said as my breathing slowed down considerably, noticing how my breath had slowed down incredibly he help sit straight up enough for my vision to stop blurring and for the pounding in my head to start lessening somewhat. Before I could speak a word to him my vision was suddenly engulfed by a bright light, the light had passed by the pupils of both my eyes as Mitchell place whatever it was he was holding down onto the desk that was nearby.
"Sorry about that, but I needed to make sure that your eyes were working alright; Course I can’t determine that your eyes are 100% ok since I am not a optometrist so it’s difficult determining if your eyes are good…. especially if you are considering...well..." Doc Mitchell didn't continue, as he knew that it was obvious to me, I understood completely as I was not a human but a Pegasus. It didn’t really bother me much since the good doctor had been watching over me for a month and was still trying to help out as much as he could; reminds me of Nurse Redheart. "Anyways I think you should know about how the standard medical procedure works, we should start with the Vit-o-matic Vigor Tester machine over there; take it easy though it ain't a race" Doc Mitchell got off the chair he was sitting on and walked towards the machine.
Realizing that I was still laying down on the bed my feet suddenly made their way to the floor, only to stumble forwards a few steps. The pain in my back shot up like someone had kicked me, but I managed to let out a small whimper but still managed to stand up from the floor and walked towards the machine stumbling all the way.
"Well it's nice to see that you can stand up, somewhat" Mitchell commented as I stood up completely straight as my hands rested onto the...vigor machine was it?
"Just place your hand onto the knob of the machine and it will do the rest” Mitchell instructed me, not wanting to argue with him I did as he said. The pain in my back was ignored as I let out a small yelp in surprise as the machine made a unusual noise after it shocked me somehow, the pain vanished quickly as the machine made yet another noise and words had started to appear onto it; then I decided to read what the machine had said…somehow reading it made me feel more confident in myself.
Strength: 4
Perception: 8
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 9
Intelligence: 6
Agility: 5
Luck: 5
"The special machines were officially funded before the Great War so long ago, and they are now used to figure out what someone excels at; this mostly helps someone find a good job and judging by the charisma score I assume that you took care of animals at some point?" I was actually surprised that Doc Mitchell was able to correctly assume one of my occupations back in Ponyville, nodding his head the kind doctor walked right past me and sat down on a chair that was in front of whom i assume was another patient.
"Well it's nice to see your injuries didn't affect your charm none, though I can't really help out much more since I still need to work on this patient; you understand right?" I looked at the bed what Doc Mitchell was referring too; the face was bandaged greatly on his/her face I can immediately guess that the injury must have been in the forehead.
"Is- is there anything I can do to help?" Doc Mitchell shook his before answering my question.
"No nothing you can do here, but maybe you can help out around town trying asking Sunny Smile to teach you a few things; you can ask the securatron it’s the one that found you unconscious" Doc Mitchell instructed me as he handed me a nearby duffle bag, I could easily tell he wanted me to keep the bag but I never even had the chance to ask him why since he could have read my thoughts at that moment…. wait what’s a securatron? Nevermind I will find out later.
“I know that your going to need this soon, your probably going to travel throughout the wasteland and a duffle bag is usually a good idea to have as it means your less likely to get shot also ask Sunny if she can show you a few tricks; it’s be a good idea to get a little practice before heading off out there” Doc Mitchell had explained to me, the man was very kind to me in such a short amount of time that I didn’t think of much to say before hugging him from behind which made him jump a bit.
“Thank you so much Doctor” I said softly before I walked out of the building, I swear I had heard the man laugh a bit before the blinding light of the sun came upon my vision.
“If Humans are here I doubt that anyone I know will be here, but the sun still burns your eyes the same way you wake up in the morning; that’s a comforting thought” I mumbled to myself as I joked, a little before I noticed….some weird box like thing that was standing on one wheel that had a cowboy face on it heading right towards me.
“Well howdy der partner, might I say your looking fit as a fiddle” The…’box’ started to talk to me in a cowboy accent that reminded me of Applejack and her siblings.
Heart. Check.
Vision. Blinking rapidly.
Breathing. CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN!!
Brain. OVERLOAD, TOO INSANE ABORT MISSION, ABORT MISSION!!!!
“I-I um have to go!” I said as I spread my wings and took of into the air towards a mountain top that was right behind Doc Mitchell’s. Upon landing I did the only thing I possibly could since my brain was completely overloaded with what had just happened.
I screamed.
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In all honesty I had never screamed that loud in my life before, though I am glad I did. Pinkie Pie once told me that screaming into a pillow to calm yourself down is usually a good way to relieve stress, and it turns out for once she is right about that which is surprising seeing how she has the mind of a child.
Sighing I decided to fly back towards where the machine was, I decided to just call him…what was the term? Robot as I walked towards him I noticed that it was simply standing there as if it was yet another day in an average life of an robot.
“Um sorry about flying away earlier, but I have never seen…. something like you before, can you please tell me what are you?” I said in my soft voice, couldn’t really help myself since the whole shyness issue. Course the robot was still able to hear what I was saying which is actually surprising to me, not even Pinkie Pie with her super sensitive hearing can hear me most of the time.
“Aw shucks, don’t worry ‘bout it none so why don’t you tell me about yourself miss?”
“Fluttershy, I am a pegasus pony” I answered honestly; the screen on the robot seemed to flash a bit. Maybe that was the robot blushing even though I had clearly asked what it was first?
“Fluttershy ey? Well Y’all lucky I found ya by that poor kid’s would be grave, why y’all fell down faster d’en a shooting star right into the radscopion pit!” The robot exclaimed with his voice without moving the arm. After only a moment a silence I had heard a small beeping noise before he continued.
“Anyways, my name is Victor. I am a securatron in the model series XC9B6-9 Matrix Automated Defense; primary functions is to defend whatever my program reckons I should as well as my personality protocol’s helping me make decisions” Victory explained, I had decided to remember this in a mental note in my head for when I get back home…somehow.
“Do you know where I can find Sunny Smiles?”
“Why of course she’s actually in the prospector saloon right now, said she would be waiting for y’all to wake up” Victor said as he pointed to the saloon with one of his claw like hands.
Nodding my head I decided to slowly walk my way there, as I walked I could simply stare at the fields around me finally. What had happened here? Did the Great War Doc Mitchell had talked about earlier been what caused the area to turn into a giant dessert? I shook my head and placed my hand onto my forehead, I needed to focus on the goal here; hopefully I might get a bit of a idea on what I should do next on how to get home.
The Prospector Saloon didn’t look like much in the slightest, if anything it looked more fit to be a warehouse if anything, probably the sign on the front of the building that said Saloon was old and worn out. If there was a logical guess on my part on how old the sign was, the answer you would probably get from me is possibly between 40 to 100.
The inside looked even worse…How could it be worse? Maybe the little spots of insect blood would be the first on the list; also the ‘run down’ part really shines when you walk inside the building. Also there was a lot of dust everywhere, so much that I had actually coughed from staleness of-
BARK! BARK! BARK!!
“GAH!” I shouted as I fell onto my back, as a dog jumped onto my chest, it felt weird having a dog trying to crush my stomach it was like getting punched in the gut and it still hurts the next morning. Too be completely honest this canine wasn’t like anything I took care of before, the reason is simple; if I didn’t do something fast the dog was going to kill me. Sadly I was incapable of doing anything all things considered, still tired and apparently the injuries from when I first arrived as well as the flashbacks of my whole life leading up to this dog right on top of me prevented me from doing anything.
“Cheyenne get off!” A somewhat loud voice had yelled at the puppy, the dog that was trying to crush my chest stopped barking at me and turned towards the voice while whimpering. It was such a relief to feel the crushing weight on my chest gone when the dog got off me, of course I new that the dog attacked me because she wanted to protect her master so I didn’t really mind.
“Sorry about that, Ma’am Cheyenne is just protective of me that’s all” I looked at the women whom had stopped the dog from attacking me, she looked like she had a leather like material that resembled the royal guards armor and had red hair. Best way I can describe her appearance but what else am I supposed to say besides that unusual tube like weapon on her back?
“Are you Sunny Smiles?” I asked and she had flashed a face of honest curiosity.
“That I am and you must be that weird girl that Doc Mitchell found earlier” Sunny remarked as she pulled me up onto my feet, deciding to prove that I actually exist I spread my wings and flapped them to make a small gust of wind in front of her face. She reacted with a small chuckle followed by blinking; I guess she thinks I am friendly?
“Well that proves that you are real anyways, hope you don’t mind waiting for your friend to wake up before I show you both anything after-“
“Excuse me?”
I turned around to see that the voice was coming from a little fellow who I guess was no older then a colt. He had his hair cut like a bowl shape while his black sunglasses covered his eyes, he wore a simple black jacket with a white shirt underneath, and was wearing some black leather pants along with some tennis shoes.
“Your from that doctor’s house? My brother he…he was attacked and I was kinda hoping you knew anything about how he is doing” I couldn’t believe my ears, this boy was alone and only had his brother left? That.. That just isn’t right at all!
“I don’t know when he will wake up, but when I checked he had bandages on his face and he was breathing…um does that help?” I spoke gently to the boy, he smiled at the news and nodded his head before walking away towards another human whom was passing out drinks, I decided to talk to the boy since he really needs someone to talk too.
And being kind to animals also extends to my fellow ponies, so why can’t I try to help a human boy when he is obviously hurt?
“Hello” The boy said without looking up from his drink as a sat down on the seat on the opposite end of the table.
“OH-Um… M-My name is Fluttershy” Wow I am making progress I seem to be slowly getting rid of my stutter, that is always a good sign…maybe my shyness is finally going away.
“My Name’s Micheal, or Mikey, you can call me just Mike whatever one you prefer” The boy said in a monotone voice, to someone else they would think he is depressed but to me it was like he was happy about something but was also thinking at the same time.
“Fluttershy”
“Fluttershy Eh? That isn’t a bad name kinda suits you” I blushed a bit at the comment, it was true I don’t think anyone would have a good nickname for me that doesn’t relate to my species, gender, or my name.
“I…guess so..” I couldn’t really respond to what he said any other way. It was alien for me to get a compliment from somepony.
The two of us had stayed there for hours after I had responded to his compliment, the silence was deafening but no words needed to be shared as we both knew the other was wondering when Michael’s brother would wake up. Eventually we both started to talk to one another with small chats and simply trying to see who can down the most water in a span of 5 seconds the two of us finally began to start talking about our lives. It was hilarious on how he told of the many misfortunes his brother had, the one I enjoyed the most is the time he had walked in on his old friends all girls slumber party and was forced to stay the night due to the thunderstorm that was right outside.
“And then according to what Shier said, big bro was so red when he discovered on how bad they had pranked him that he now wears a hat everywhere he goes, and don’t forget the free hugs shirt that he noticed while he was heading out to get groceries!” Mike bellowed out as I began to hold my sides when they began to hurt from how much I was laughing, it was so amazing to hear the many different stories we both and to share and how they were similar to events that the other had lived at some point in life.
The door to the prospector saloon opened slowly, the slow footsteps of a individual hang through the air of the somewhat silent saloon. Micheal stared at the door as the man’s face slowly came into view, and the hat resting on his head had made Micheal instantly recognize him.
“BRO!!” He had yelled out even louder then Pinkie Pie when she accidently tried drugs, all of Equestria had heard her that day. Micheal ran up to him and hugged the older figure which had caused to stumble backwards a bit but managed to wrap one arm around, judging by appearance I guessed he was around my age I presume he is actually 17 I think?
“Mich…eal? Your name is Micheal, you’re my…14 year old little brother, I think?” The older brother said as he placed a hand on his head, I assume the injuries he had were somehow affecting his memories; and yet the bond between these two siblings is what is keeping him up on his feet due to his concern for Micheal.
Micheal had pulled out of the hug slightly and looked into his older brothers eyes as if he was hurt poor boy, whatever had happened must really be tearing him up on the inside and it seems to be even worse since the older sibling can hardly even remember Micheal…wait Micheal is 14?
“Are you alright Phoenix? I haven’t seen you this sad since the…well you know..” Phoenix nodded his head and rubbed the top of Micheal’s head similar to that of...what did Rainbow Dash call it? A noogie?
“I can remember a few things, more importantly I can remember you clearly at least” Phoenix replied with a smile, I swear that smile was just like Rainbow Dash when she is about to race. He turned his head to me and widened his eyes, his breathing had become sharp somehow and was most likely freaking out mentally about how a pegasus is sitting in front of him.
Now that I got a good look at him his clothes were somewhat unusual, on his back was a duster, and his shirt was a midnight blue with small lines of silver on it, his pants were completely black and his shoes looked like they were made for travel. On his head was a small fedora, and his hair was mostly tucked away inside the hat while the duster was able to cover the back of his hair. His green as grass eyes, held a fire to them one that could possibly make Luna shiver in terror and yet they had a calm radiant feeling from them that somehow made you feel like you were going to be okay; despite his eyes being hidden behind sunglasses.
“Um, little bro who is that woman sitting there?” Phoenix said as he pointed towards me, I was surprised he knew I was a woman it didn’t really cross my mind on how he knew. Come to think of it almost everyone I meet knew I was a woman, wonder why?
“If your wondering Fluttershy, we know you’re a woman for one simple fact, woman have breasts, men have muscles it’s simple facts” Micheal said which caused me to blush brightly, of course I didn’t really think about the differences between male and female it simply didn’t cross my mind!
“Fluttershy huh? And I guess you know me an’ Mikey here so I don’t see a reason for me to introduce myself when there isn’t a point to it do you?” Phoenix asked kindly as he sat down in front of me and his brother sat right down next to him. The look as they two fo them sat together reminded me of Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Applebloom. Those three do everything together after all, and they seem to hold a similar bond like that between these two brothers.
“So Fluttershy what are your plans too get back…. whatever your homes name is called”
Stop. Rainbow time.
“Simple, find the ones whom summoned me, beat them up badly, fly around being awesome” I spread my wings as a grinned like Rainbow Dash “start drinking, get laid, then get home, then…profits” I said in a mock Rainbow Dash voice, the two brothers stared at me before all three of us had begun laughing.
“Where did you get that from” Phoenix said between laughter as Micheal fell to the floor laughing. I couldn’t answer him until the laughter had died down after a few minutes, when I was right about to speak another voice had snuck into our would be conversation.
“I see that your back on your feet” Sunny smiles had of course interrupted us, no doubt she was going to give us the lecture on how to survive in this new world.
“That I am and you are?” Phoenix asked as he motioned his left hand in a circle, and suddenly I get the feeling I am with a cross gender Pinkie Pie.
“Sunny Smiles, and you are?”
“Phoenix, and this here is Micheal and Fluttershy” Sunny nodded her head before laying down three weird L shaped weapons onto the table.
“Good to see that you recovered, anyways I promised Fluttershy I would teach her how to survive out in the wasteland; you should come with me too” Sunny Smiles said as bluntly as possible, before she walked outside the other side of the saloon. All in all, I had only one thing to say concerning what I am and how I am getting reactions.
“Why is nopony freaking out about me being a pegasus?” I asked as I threw my arms up in the air for exaggeration, Phoenix laughed a bit before he stared at me with that ‘I know what your thinking’ face of his.
“Rule 2 of the wasteland: You see something weird, don’t question it for the sake of your sanity” Micheal answered in his place before following after Sunny Smiles. Phoenix chuckled as he got up from the table and quickly followed the three humans, me on the other hand I looked down at the drink I hadn’t finished yet and simply gulped it down and ran after them; pleading for them to wait up all the way.
Gone…
She’s gone…
My best friend, my sister…
I should have- I should have done SOMETHING!!
But what could I do? What was it that I could possibly do as the fire had burned away at her?
Fluttershy…
I wish I could say sorry but that isn’t going to bring you back now will it? Not even thinking about this as the glass bottle of everyone’s favorite way to drown their sorrows simply known as alcohol.
My name? Why would you want to hear such a pitiful excuse for a name? What type of name do I have if it means I am supposed to protect the ones I cherish? Can you tell me voices in my head?
….
Fine, my name is Rainbow ‘Excellra’ Dash, Excellra is actually ancient equestrian for the term ‘Loved Guardian’ which is fitting for me since I am usually the one to be there for my friends when they are down at their worst. Honestly it wouldn’t even need to be 10 seconds flat but a simple millisecond for me to be there.
But now I am nothing more then an excuse of a pony!
I yelled as I threw the bottle of liquor across the room, my ears were barely able to capture the sound of glass shattering against the wall. I was lucky to be able to keep this house free of charge, at least for the next 4 years; Fluttershy even in death her kindness knows no bounds. Case and point being how she had saved up a large fraction of her money for a place for us to own in the case that both of our houses had been destroyed so we wouldn’t have to live on the streets.
My vision was blurry as I stumbled into the bathroom, it almost didn’t feel right being here but Fluttershy wouldn’t leave me to die now would she? Wish that her punch on that flank-hole didn’t kill him so I could at least torture that jack-flank for information…
I should continue looking for Fluttershy right now, as much as I try to convince myself that she is dead for the past few months it still doesn’t seem to sink in.
I just can’t seem to shake the thought that she might be alive, even as I look at Luna’s night sky as I fly out of my own house. The stars shined as brightly as ever while I continued to simply push forward across the sky, it had hardly accured to me about how my eyes were going to even see Fluttershy while under the influence alongside the night’s dark shroud that was currently covering Equestria.
Time to stop and think I suppose.
“How am I going to find her?” The words coming out of my mouth weren’t as alien to me as one would assume, no those words were at this point very familiar to me. Fluttershy had dissapeareed about 3 months ago didn’t she? The the answer was obvious on what to do.
“Look for the most unexpected places Fluttershy wouldn’t think to go to? Alright here we go!” My mind made up, the place that was number 1 on my list was the Everfree Forest. Princess Luna knew very well that there wasn’t anyone besides Zecora whom lived their, and she knew that the zebra would eventually find Fluttershy if she ended up there but that didn’t mean I exactly trusted that alchemist word.
The more I had thought about Zecora and the forest that same zebra had mentioned a cursed castle that came out of nowhere every blood moon, the time in which a great tragedy had unfolded almost 1,000 years ago right here in equestria. Fluttershy used to talk about it whenever she was reading those old history books….
It definitely means that I have to try and look into it at least.
All in all it wasn’t that har to find the old castle, my time spent playing hide and seek with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie really helped me since the Everfree Forest has been known too have inhabitants that are dangerous to ponies everywhere.
The problem was the fact that flying in the forest was a horrible idea due to the pure wind pressure that was unnaturaly weak, the weaker the pressure the harder it is to fly sounds weird I know but that is how life here works so who are we to judge?
The loud creaking of the…stone floor?
“How the buck does stone creak?” I asked out loud which echoed throughout the room castle gardern, least I think it’s a garden since there are a few statues that seem to be cracking probably due to the fact that statues need to have some attention to from someone so they won’t crack so fast.
Either that or I am way past drunk to the point I ain’t thinking clearly.
Unfortunetly for me the floor has suddenly collapsed beneath my feet, I couldn’t help but yelp as I fell down the hole and landed onto the ground face-first. Like I said low wind pressure equeals trouble, luckily for me being a pegasus means I crash into the ground on occasion so it isn’t really that suprising, though if I were an earth pony then the height would have damaged my legs greatly.
“Ok who stole the floor?” I had spoke out loud as I stood back up on my feet, it wasn’t anything new for me to start talking to myself. Guess that is why I am talking within my own mind, course that just means it is easier to think.
Wow I am starting to sound like Fluttershy, I need to watch myself around her from now on when she gets back.
I walked towards the walls trying to see if there was anything I could find a switch to this room. I know from the treasure hunter stories I read in my spare time that there is always a way out from these rooms, and it turns out I was right as soon as I felt my hand going right through a hole and pulled on something.
The room started to shift and blur, as if everything was a like a window with rain pouring down on it. And the scenereary seemed to be changing, almost as if there was a ancient spell that was meant to confuse anyone who wandered into this place.
Unfrotunetly it landed me right inside a very large library, one that didn’t have any doors at all as far as I could tell anyways. But the library really felt like it was from one of the old equestria days, and the torn down flags around this whole library really took the cake; sadly due to the fact that the room has no doors and the window is most likely protected by magic seeing on how it isn’t cracked from age yet that meant the only way out was too read.
“Well, Buck”
