Chapter 3

Chapter 3

“Is.. She always this quiet?” I said, sitting on the edge of a .. Very uncomfortable chair.

“She’s just shy.. It’s her nature.” Rainbow Dash said, poking Fluttershy who was hiding behind her light pink mane.

“Fluttershy, pretend he’s a monkey!” Rainbow Dash giggled lightly and Fluttershy revealed her cyan eyes.

“He’s a monkey?” She said, looking over at me. I just went along with it. I’m only a highly evolved monkey.

“Yeah, think of him like a monkey. Who can talk.” Rainbow Dash moved closer to me, sitting her rump near my left foot.

“And this monkey has a bad ankle?” Fluttershy moved close to my right ankle, which was my broken one, and is now examining it.

“Yeah. Poor Carl the Monkey was attacked my a Manticore.” Rainbow Dash kept this little charade going. I just laughed in my mind about it.

“Poor little Carl. I’ll make you feel better in no-time. I promise.” Fluttershy gave me a smile and propped her two hooves on my knees.

“How old are you, Carl?” She asked. Was unusual, but I answered.

“Fifteen. I’m turning sixteen in October.” I was looking mostly as Rainbow Dash’s expression as she was making faces behind Fluttershy. I couldn’t help but chuckle lightly.

“What’s funny?” She turned around and Rainbow Dash quickly stood there whistling.

“Rainbow.. That’s not nice.” Fluttershy made a light whisper.

“I’m kidding around. Sorry.” Rainbow Dash said. I kept chuckling though.

“I would love to take care of him.. But I have no more room. I can give him some ointment. But maybe you should talk to Twilight? She has plenty of space.” Fluttershy went to her kitchen quickly and came out with a small blue bottle. She went to my right ankle and tipped the bottle. A light green liquid spread across my foot. It stung, like alcohol would if it came in contact with an infected wound, and then it eventually faded away. Must be some sort of magical ointment.

“There. That should help you walk Carl.” She smiled looking at me.

“Thanks.” I said, standing up. It felt a lot better.

“C’mon. I’ll bring you to Twilight’s place.” Rainbow Dash slowly fluttered next to me.

“Come back and visit!” Fluttershy yelled as we waved and left.

We walked over the small bridge and out onto the road. Well, Rainbow Dash flew lightly next to me, I walked.

“So tell me about yourself, Carl.” Rainbow Dash asked. I didn’t think of her one to care.

“Uhm.. Well.. I come from a place called ’Earth’. It’s roamed by mostly 6,428,822,900 human beings. The rest is filled with animals, plant life, and aquatic life. It’s getting cramped and times are hard there. With war and what-not.” I put my hands into my pyjama pockets. They were really dirty.

“War? That sounds awful.” Rainbow Dash lowered herself down to the ground. Now that I’m standing, I could see that she was almost as tall as me. Me, being short, standing at five-foot-one and her probably standing at about four-foot-seven.

“Yeah.. Economic crises too. Murder, rape, et cetera. It’s horrible. But.. I have hope. The world may turn to shadow but, eventually, it’ll become a ball of light within darkness.” I looked over at Rainbow Dash. She didn’t seem to be philosophical with me, but she understood.

“Wow. That sounded pretty uplifting.” She clicked forward as I continued.

“Yeah. I like poetry. Was always into it. Shakespeare inspired me a little. Along with a lot of musical artists. I assume you .. Ponies have them too?” I already knew it was a ‘yes’ seeing the episode where; Rarity had to collect gems to make twelve outfits for a famous artist who was visiting Ponyville.

“Yup! But not many of them are good. I like Vinyl Scratch, personally. She has a knack for spinning records.” Rainbow Dash lightly laughed, and her mane flipped gently over her right eye. She blew it out of the way. I found that kind of cute.

“What other things do you like?” She asked.

“Well.. I like.. Uhm.. Watching television.. Going on the… Internet. Things you haven’t heard of. My world is different. Not so peaceful like it seems here.” I went on as she didn’t ask what the things were. I was glad, cause I was lightly going ’red-faced’. I have trouble talking to girls.

“Uhm.. I mostly like to write stories, too. I mean, I’ve written one so far. Some people like it. But then again, not everyone is great at everything. I just want to be recognized for some sort of work. Also, I --” But then it hit me. I just remembered. Every morning I take my pills that help me stay happy at this time. I don’t have them.

“Oh no! My.. My pills!” I panicked.

“Your pills? What pills?” Rainbow Dash looked at me, as I started to frantically look in my pockets, hoping I brought something.

“I take pills to help fight off depression. They make me happy and I don’t have them here!” Rainbow Dash looked at me with a confused expression.

“Happy pills?.. Depression?..” I stopped when she said that. I just revealed something I don’t like talking about.

“Uhm.. You know.. It’s not that big of a deal. Let’s just go.” I paced forward, a bit faster now, and started to trot close to Ponyville.

“Hey, wait!” She flew in front of me.

“You can’t keep secrets from a girl, you know! C’mon, tell me!” She pressed her mussel against my nose.

“I really don’t like talking about it. Please, Rainbow, I just.. Another time, okay? I promise. I doubt I’m leaving soon anyways.” I sincerely looked at her, hoping she’d let this go. To my dismay, she didn’t.

“Oh no you don’t! One of my friends did something like this to me and then I had to chase her down to get the truth! C’mon, tell me!” She gave a kind of cute puppy-like-eyes expression.

“Okay.. If you promise to keep it a secret.” I looked at her, trying not to lose my composure.

“Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” She did the gestures of the Pinkie Pie Swear. I lightly smiled.

“I take pills to help fight off depression. Depression is a form of sadness that brings thoughts of suicide. Suicide is wanting to harm oneself to such an extent that you’ll kill yourself. I only take them because I want to live, after having a friend convince me that living is what matters. The pills produce a chemical called serotonin. Serotonin is what makes anyone happy.” I explained thoroughly. She amazingly understood.

“You mean it’s like being really sad, but you want to.. Never be alive? And the .. Pills help make you happier?” She asked in a laymen context.

“Yes.. That’s the gist of it.” I answered.

“Well.. Uhm.. I’m sorry. I promise not to tell anypony.” She looked at me with a sincere look. I didn’t know her outside of the show. But she had the aura of trustworthiness in her. I started to trust her. Maybe a bit too much.. But.. She was my favourite pony.

“Okay. Well.. Uhm.. This is Ponyville?” I asked as we finally entered the town. The tree in which Twilight was residing was just down the road.

“Yup! This is Ponyville. Our wonderful little town!” She hung out a hoof, pointing to the entire town, and the town just stared at me.

“Uhm.. They’re giving me funny looks.” I whispered softly into Rainbow Dash’s ear.

“Well, I was shocked when I saw you too. It’ll wear off. Let’s go!” She started to trot to Twilight’s house. I only followed behind her as everyo-- Err.. Everypony was staring at me.