Falling For a Star: Heroes
Chapter Eight - Dare or Dread
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All was quite in the library as your eyelids fluttered open. What little of the sunlight remained poured gracefully through the clear glass windows and danced all around the library. Their gentle rays illuminating the room with their nice and calming touch.
The storm from yesterday was still going on, the light rhythmic pitter-patter of the rain upon the glass windows. The sun gave one last burst of light before seeping back behind the dark clouds, plunging the library back into the darkness. You smiled as you let in a breath of air, today was one of those days that you did nought but relax.
Sadly now that you have said that, today is going to turn out to be the complete opposite. It's at this time that you become aware of the weight laying lazily across your lap. A glance downwards proves your thoughts right. Rainbow Dash was out like a light, her stomach softly rising and lowering with each breath she took. So much for not being sappy. You say to yourself as you lay your head back and stare into the wooden ceiling above.
The many rings of the trunk portraying its age out to anyone that dare spend the time to count them. Letting out a large sigh you think to yourself. I wonder how my friends are going to cope with me gone. Will they miss me? Will they sympathise for me? Will they remember me? The last thought threw a fist into your gut. Will your friends just move on and dismiss you like an old newspaper?
No of course they wouldn't. They were.... are my friends and if I know my friends, I'll know that they're as loyal as the Pegasus pony upon my lap; just as stubborn to. You let out a soft chuckle to yourself. Yeah they will be fine.
Glancing back down to the cyan pony you can't help but melt inside. She looked so peaceful laying down, her head on your lap adoring the most goofiest of smiles. Every now and then her ears would twitch around, swiveling to find the source.
Out of pure instincts you place your hand up-top her head and start scratching behind her ear. Taking a quick peak bellow shows you that Rainbow's smile has seemed to have gotten bigger. Now that you're paying attention to the details you notice a second thing.
It's quite. You ponder to yourself. Something was off, something was missing.
Too quite You claim remembering.
Leaning down you position your mouth right next to one of her ears. "I know your awesome in all and I should be honored that your using me once again as your pillow; but you're going to have to do better than that to make me believe you're sleeping."
"Awh horse apples!" Rainbow Dash claims as you gently nudge her off. Her cheeks turning a lovely shade of red from the embarrassment you bestowed upon her. "How did you know?" She asks rubbing her eyes as you start your walk to the bathroom upstairs.
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out." You reply with a simple smile. That and Rainbow Dash is usually a really loud sleeper. Snickering at Rainbow Dashes scrunched expression you continue towards the bathroom.
Arriving within the bathroom you do a quick strip and jump into the rather small shower. It's the little things like this that make living in a pony infested world difficult. You say this because nearly everything is ponified. The beds are too small, the chairs are way too low to be considered remotely comfortable, they don't sell any clothing for your species and you don't even want to talk about the 'waste' disposal process here.
Sadly you have to deal with it. Pulling the shower cord your greeted by the warm sensation as the water impacts your body. With gravity's help the water makes its way down your form rinsing away all your problems and grime.
This is nice. You say to yourself as you just stand underneath the shower head. The pressure came out just right, as it feels like the water is slowly massaging you scalp. That is everything 'was' nice and relaxing up until the door to the bathroom shot open, a cyan mare standing in its place.
"What the fuck Dash!" You yell looking around franticly to find anything to cover up your manly regions. Rainbow Dash just stood there face beet red, wings fully extended, eye wide staring directly at you, well not really 'you' per say more like your buddy down south. It's at this time that you stop the water and grab the nearest towel to do the best you can to cover up whatever dignity you had left.
"I-i-i..." is all Dash was able to get out of her mouth. The words that she was looking for just didn't seem to come to her. Then again not much words came to Dash, she wasn't an 'egghead' after all. Nevertheless she still stared at the same place, given anymore time you would be certain that she would stare a hole right through the towel.
"Out!" You below tying the towel around your waist.
Without missing a single beat Rainbow Dash bolts it out of the door, closing the it in the process. Gathering up another breath of air you let out a large sigh. Ponies... their ethics are going to kill me. You say walking up to the fogged over mirror.
Wiping away some of the fog you look into your reflection. The man in the mirror that stared back had a five a clock shadow and messy hair. The only thing that stayed the same was your green eyes. The man you were seven months ago was gone.
After returning to the shower and cleaning yourself up undisturbed, you open the bathroom door and head down to the main room of the library. The same room where you first showed Twilight and Rainbow Dash your phone. You still remember their faces, it was priceless.
Stepping down the stairs you come to see Rainbow Dash sitting back on the couch. Her tail swishing around behind her and her wings still extended. That's not what caught your attention though, what caught your attention was her expression. She adorn a frown as she looked towards the ground.
Along with the depressed state she seemed to be mumbling to herself under her breath. The words came clearer as you approached her. "Way to remember the important things Dash." She said in tone so low it would give fluttershoe a run for her money. "Now he's going to hate me." She claimed.
Falling back onto the couch with a large *thump* you wrap a arm around Rainbow Dash. "Now why would I hate a pony as awesome as you?" You question the Pegasus pony. The one of which is now five feet skywards.
"SWEET CELESTIA ANON! Don't you know better than to not sneak up on a mare!" Dash yelps. With her attitude back to normal you think it's safe to say that she's no longer worried about if you're mad at her or not. Truth be told you were a bit pissed at the time of the event, but now it felt like nothing.
"I do know better, I just had to get my favorite mare back for jumping into the bathroom when I was showering." You claim looking up towards said pony culprit.
Rainbow's ears flatten up top her head, her surprised expression growing back into the sad and depressed one. "I'm sorry, I completely forgot that you humans have a reason for wearing clothes. I guess I got so used to you wearing them that I forgot you take them off."
"All's well that ends well." You claim with a big smile upon your face. No need to bring down the mood. The storm outside is already doing as good of a job as anyone else. "I understand that it's hard for you ponies to remember my human ethics. In the end I'm just glad you guys here notice them and respect them."
Her frown slowly fades away at your statement. "Thanks..." She reply's "...For letting it go." With a simple nod and smile on your part Rainbow settles back down. "I can use the bathroom now right? No more ethics that I forgot?" She asks with a sheepish smile.
"Not that I'm aware of, knock yourself out." You say as Rainbow Dash passes you and heads upstairs.
"So... what you want to do today? With the storm going on out there, it looks like we're stuck in here." Rainbow asks heading down the stairs. Her mane and coat practically shining from her shower.
"How about we play a game?" You ask. "Nothing beats chilling with your friend and playing some games on a rainy day." You state.
"I'm down, what game you have in mind?" Rainbow Dash asks trotting up to you.
"That's a good question. To be completely honest I have no idea what games you ponies play. I have a couple earth ones, but I don't think Twilight has cider, red cups, and a ping-pong ball." This just gets Dash to scrunch her face up, in what could only be confusion.
"I'm not even going to ask what that game entails." She comments.
"Well do you have any games? I mean we could go real cliché here and pull out the really common rainy day games. Cards, charades, truth or dare..." You say manoeuvring yourself so you're laying down on the couch.
"Truth or dare sounds fun!" Rainbow Dash picks a bit to energetically. "I always win that one!"
She would go for the most cliché one. You state to yourself rolling over so you're facing Dash. "That sounds so lame. How about we step it up a notch, you know if you're not scared to make the game a bit more interesting." You reply with a smile.
"Do you know who the hay you're talking to! I'm not scared of anything!" She retorts flying up into the air and striking a heroic pose.
"Alright, alright I get it, no need to stroke your own ego." You claim sitting up. "Instead of 'truth or dare' we play 'dare or dare'. Here's the catch, the person that can't perform the dare being ordered has to do follow the next one no matter what."
"hmmm, seems reasonable if not a bit interesting." Rainbow Dash claims landing back down. "So who starts?"
"You have a bit?" You ask Rainbow.
"Nope, but I'm sure I can find one laying around somewhere." You had no time to even reply as she zooms off leaving behind a trail of rainbow colors. Within ten seconds she returns holding a shiny gold coin. "One bit, here you go." She claims dropping it into your hand.
"I guess having 'the fastest flyer in all of Equestria' as a friend comes with its perks. Anyways Celestia or Luna?" You ask placing the coin on your thumb.
"Celestia." She states as you flick the coin into the air. Flipping your hand over so your palm is facing downwards, the coin lands on the back of your hand. You quickly cover up the coin so no one or pony can see what it landed on.
"You feeling lucky Rainbow Dash?" You ask her with a smirk.
"Just show me the damn coin!" Rainbow replies rolling her eyes.
Taking your hand away from the golden coin you look down to see Celestia's smug ass smile, staring back up at you. Even in coin form she's still a troll. You claim looking up to see Rainbow Dash with a smile plastered upon her face. An expression you have come to love and hate at the same time.
"Ahhh yeah!" She pumps her hoof into the air. "I dare you to lick the floor." She claims with ease, pointing towards the dirty wooden flooring. Just that statement alone made your stomach turn. Nonetheless you follow through on the disturbing endeavor, that by the end of it had Rainbow Dash laughing her flank off.
"Yeah, yeah time for my dare." You claim with a evil smirk on. "So dash how long did you spend in the bathroom fixing up your mane?" You ask.
"None, my hair is naturally this amazing!" She replies flashing her mane around as she does so. "I can see why you asked though." She continues, a smile on her face from the complement and ego boost.
You give her a good neutral look. "Good to hear that, then you won't mind stepping outside for a good five minutes." Your plan seems to have succeeded as Rainbow Dash's pupils are now smaller then pinpricks, it only lasted briefly if you would of blinked you would of missed it.
Shaking herself out of her current thought she glances at you with a smirk. "Oh that's all. You see Anon I don't mind getting a bit dirty." She claims in a seductive tone as she passes you flicking her tail up towards your nose and heads towards the front door.
It was now your time to let out a rather deep blush, thankfully Rainbow had already passed you.
Flinging the door open she jumps up into the air and flies out a good distance away from the library. Once satisfied that she's in the middle of the storm, she sits down in the mud and pouring rain. The entire five minutes she sat there staring directly at you, her grin growing as she no doubt planed out her next dare.
Once the time was done she simply and gracefully got up from her spot and walked into the library, her smile still there.
"Okay my turn!" She claims cheerfully. "I dare you to go outside roll in the mud and give Rarity a big hug." She was kind of doing two dares in one, but you would let this one pass. At least it's not as bad as you thought it would be. So much for staying inside.
"Easy!" You claim jumping out of the library and into a giant puddle. It had been ages since you last played out in the rain and you're not going to let this opportunity pass-by willingly. With the ponies all in their homes keeping dry, it just made it all the more safer.
Wasting no time you proceed to slip and slide all the way over to Rarity's. Rainbow followed in tow once again laughing up a storm as you continued to make a fool out of yourself.
Once you're in front of Rarity's boutique you knock three times. Glancing back you can see that Rainbow Dash has taken it upon herself to hide in a nearby bush. Sadly her 'hiding' wasn't really good as you could see her rainbow mane and tail stick out. Remind myself to play hid and go seek with her later on for money.
"Coming~" A sing song voice came from inside. Within a couple of seconds the door opened up. As expected Rarity gasped at the hideous atrocity standing before her. His once dashing tuxedo he got from shadow drenched in mud and water. "Anon dear what in Equestria happened to you!"
Just like a band-aid. Just like a band-aid you claim as you reach down and hug the white mare. Letting go quickly you turn around and bolt it out of there, not wanting to feel the fashionista's full wrath. Let's just hope that she's to shocked to chase me. You state while taking a chance to look back, what you saw made your legs work overtime. Rarity's mane was literally on fire and she was just two meters behind you.
"IT. IS. ON!" She yelled out.
"So what did you learn today Anon?" Rainbow Dash said in a serious tone, however you can see it in her eyes that all she craved was to laugh in your face.
"Not to get Rarity dirty." You claimed like a child getting scolded all the while rubbing the bruised spots upon your back. "Fucking magic. I can't do anything against it! I mean I'm immune to it in all, but my clothes aren't." You say as you and Rainbow Dash walk back to the library. "Anyways here's my dare. You have to go the entire month without flying."
"Pass." Rainbow Dash says admittedly. There was no arguing with her, flying was her life and she would never give that up. It was the reason you respected her so much, that determination and loyalty will go far in life.
"Fine, then you do realize you have to do the next dare no matter how much you protest." You claim with a smug expression.
"And what if I don't?" Rainbow questions.
"Then I tell Pinkie on you for ruining this lovely game." At that Rainbow Dash gulps and slowly nods. "So my dare to you is rather simple. You just need to tell me one thing." Rainbow Dash seems to visibly relax at this change of events.
"I dare you to tell me what you said to me right before I died. I was on the verge of death and tipping in and out of consciousness so I didn't really hear what you said." This was complete bullshit, you knew what Dash said to you. You just wanted it to come from her without the drive of you dying.
"On seconds thought flying for a month doesn't sound that bad." She claims with a forced smile. "We can go back can't we?" She states looking up at you with puppy dog eyes. No matter how cute that was, you still stood strong.
You stop walking and turn to her with the most blank expression you can muster on your face. "No" Is your simple answer. The rain still pouring down as both of you stand in the middle of the Ponyville park. "So Dash..." You say with your smile returning. "...what did you say?"
Rainbow Dashes POV:
"...what did you say?" Anon asked you. Your eyes darted around the sky looking for any way out of this situation. Like Anon said it was a simple dare, yet it was incredibly hard for you to complete. Why, why, why! Is this so hard! You yell to yourself, time at the moment seemed to freeze.
The rain stood still and you couldn't move, the only thing you were able to do was think. Just say it Dash, just come out and say it! You say mentally as you looked up into his calming green eyes, however now they only served to make you more nervous. What if he doesn't like me that way!? What if by saying this I ruin our friendship!? I don't want to ruin what we already have!
Silence fills the air around you bringing with it the false sense of security. I have faced a dragon without so much as a flinch, I have stood in front of the god of chaos himself and made fun of him, but why, oh why is this so much harder to do?
Once again you looked up towards the still anon. Just the sight of him made your heart pound in your chest. You had never been like this with other stallions, maybe this was the right time to take the step forward.
You were never the one for planning, you left all that up to Twilight. You... you were a mare of action, do now and regret it later. For you believed that actions stood out more than words. With one more look at Anon you sighed.
Oh buck it!
Anon's POV:
"...what did you say?" Your question rings out in the open park.
As things tend to happen in Equestria you get your answer almost immediately. Before you knew it Rainbow Dash had her lips locked with yours. To say you were surprised was an understatement, you really didn't think Dash would answer in such a passionate way. This being said of course you didn't argue with the sudden change of pace.
It was your first time kissing a pony so you will say it was fairly different. You noticed that her lips where a lot smoother then a normal humans. She wasn't holding back either, bringing in the tongue right at the beginning. Out of reaction you pulled her in closer.
Letting your mind rest you simply took the kiss in. Each breath you breathed you could smell her sent, it kind of reminded you of the ozone. It was like the smell of the forest air or fresh bed sheets straight out of the drier. It was a welcoming smell as the two of you kissed letting the rain come down upon you both.
You don't know how long it lasted and quite frankly you didn't care. Rainbow Dash portrayed her true feelings for you and you accepted them. From now on you both will continue life knowing that you both love each other.
Both of your lips parted and Rainbow Dash stared deeply into your eyes. "I said, I love you." She claims with a large smile. You can see her relax, all of the weights upon her shoulders finally disappearing. "S-So... do you love me to?" She asks.
"Of course I do you multi colored excuse of a pony." You state bringing her in for round two.
Twilight's POV:
Seen by every doctor snuck in Twilight. You bounced around the hospital in you're black stealth suit, like a giant lavender and black pinball. How you thought no pony would notice a giant pinball was a mystery no one had the time nor dedication to solve. After all, here in Equestria the princesses just seemed to do whatever they wanted.
Everywhere you went you checked to make sure no one was looking. I'm rather good at this! No pony has yet to stop me! You claim to yourself as you continue down the long and winding corridors. Hundreds of rooms covered each wall, each one sporting either patients, supplies or doctors. You however were after the second one on that list.
All you needed to complete the tracking spell was a vile of the so called 'Anon's' blood and you knew that they took a sample during his stay here. Slipping around another corner you tip-hoof over to the door of which you seek. Just two lock pick away from solving this mystery for good.
Positioning yourself in front of the lock you take a quick glance both ways before pulling out your kit. I'm so glad I got locked out of my house that one day! You state to yourself as you start to get to work. To you lock picking was fairly easy, all you had to do was push all the pins up and twist the lock. After that it was only a matter of taking the picks out and pushing the door open. Simplicity at its finest.
A common comment was why you didn't use your magic, your simple answer was that you wouldn't gain as much knowledge if you did it that way. Plus the feeling of adrenalin you get when you can't just brute force the lock open. Not much people knew, but you were quite the adrenaline junkie.
Now there was a time when you came across a more complex lock, with many magical wards to protect you from doing such things. Nonetheless this was not one of them, a mental story for another time perhaps.
With a satisfying *click* as you twisted the lock. Pushing the door open you did a quick glance around the room. Many supplies occupied the metal shelves ranging from saline to powerful anesthetics that could knock an Ursa Major out like a light.
Slipping in you walk towards the end of the room where the walk-in fridge was kept. In there would be the many samples of ponies blood. However through all of the samples only one would be from a human. The thought of blood made you shiver, you would never be a good doctor and you knew it. That was besides the point, however for here you are to solve a mystery!
Standing in front of the fridge door you perform a basic scan spell. As expected the door was riddled with magical wards. Each one preventing you from physically lock picking it, some were pretty tricky, one wrong move and the alarm would go off alerting every pony about your intentions.
"Might as well get started." You say as your horn lights up and you place an ear to the fridge door. What she didn't notice however was the black shadowy figure that snuck into the same room, closing the open door behind it.
Anon's POV:
Anyone that says Rainbow Dash is not a sappy pony is completely and utterly wrong. For here she was riding upon his back just like the good old days. Except now they were in no immediate danger from the local wild life and they knew exactly where they were.
"So you knew this whole time!?" Rainbow Dash claims.
"Well I was close to death and I didn't really know if you were actually saying what I thought you were saying. You know, sometimes the mind tells false information. To be honest even if you didn't say that and I heard it, it would of still been one hell of a way to die." You reply to Dash.
Rainbow Dash looks down towards you. "I can't help but feel that you're going to get me back for every shoot I took."
"And each step I took in Tartarus." You say looking back up towards Dash with a smile.
"So where we headed? I thought we were going back to the library?" Rainbow Dash asks as soon as you took the wrong turn.
"I have a little orange filly to apologise to. I told her that I would take care of her and I just went up and left her. I hope she doesn't hate me too much for it, I know I would hate myself if I was in her position." You claim looking forwards to see the red and white school house.
Rainbow Dash hops off your back and hovers to the right of you. "I don't think she will take it as bad as your thinking. She's one of the coolest fillies I know." You smile at her remark. "I'm sure everything will go just fine."
"I sure hope so. If not I'm sitting on the streets alone." You comment.
"No coltfriend of mine is sitting out in the streets! I'm sure when Twilight figures out this mystery she'll find a solution to this problem. She always does!" You will give it to her the mare's got determination.
"But what about scoot's? Last time I checked she still lived on the streets." Rainbow Dash's smile only grew.
"Once the rest of the girls heard about poor little scoot's they all came to an agreement. Scootaloo will stay at Applejacks with Apple Bloom. Rarity would make her, her own attire for special occasions and Pinkie was kind enough to let her eat for free at 'the sugar-cube corner'. Scoot's has got it better than me!" Rainbow Dash relays.
You let out a whistle "Wow looks like she no longer a vagabond. It makes me happy to see you girls taking care of her, she didn't belong living out here. Now you see me, I'm a human, I'm used to living in the dump." You comment, last thing you need is for Rainbow Dash to invite you over to her house. You may be a pilot but something about living in a cloud made you fear heights.
Rainbow Dash only sighs in response. "You do realize I'm taking you in if Twilight wont." And just like that, your nightmares have came true.
"I think I prefer it on the ground thank you. I don't need one of Twilight's spells to where off when I'm sleeping, or worst of all showering." That would be pretty bad dying and having your friends find you naked in a pool of your own blood. Nonetheless you shake the thought out of your head as you come upon the school house.
"Well here it comes, the oncoming storm..." You trail off as you knock on the front door three times. "It is school time right?" You ask about to turn around.
Again Equestria works it's magic and before you could turn around the door to the school opens up. Standing under the door frame is a purple, pinkish pony. "Oh. Why hello there you must be Anon. I have heard a lot about you." The mare claims holding her hoof out to you. Being curious you shake the mares hoof. "I'm Cheerilee, what brings you here today?" The tone she used was warm and welcoming, something that the teachers back on earth surly lacked.
Not entering the door you just state your intent. "Can I speak with Scootaloo in private for a moment? I promise that it won't be long." You ask as nicely as you can. Cheerilee takes another glance at you probably questioning why a human is asking for one of her students, however all her worries ceases to exist once her eyes land on the cyan mare hovering next to you.
"I don't see why not." Cheerilee claims as she enters the classroom leaving you and Rainbow Dash out in the freezing rain. "Scootaloo, you have a guest that wants to speak to you." Cheerilee sings out. You can hear shuffling around and whispers in the classroom before the orange filly comes out and stands underneath the door frame.
Her eyes narrow as soon as she sees you. You can't tell what her expression is, either it's surprised or angry. "Well look who came back." She comments in a bitter tone. Yup definitely the second one, she is definitely pissed off at me.
"I'm so sor-" was all your aloud to say before she cut you off again.
"Sorry doesn't mean anything to me anymore!" She retorts, her volume steadily increasing each word she speaks. "I trusted you and you just got up and left me. You didn't even say good-bye to me face to face, you left Twilight to do that." the little fillies words cut deeper than any weapon could. It was all true, every word.
"Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinky Pie all say nice things about you, but I know the truth! Your just a monster! An evil monster!" That word just echoed throughout your mind never leaving, a permanent scar. Monster
Where you really this monster, all you wanted to do was to see your family and friends one last time. At what cost's though. This filly felt like she was abandoned and that was purely your fault. There was no excuse, how could there be one. You deserved all of this hate and more for what you did, you Monster.
"Even Rainbow Dash here said you would come back." She turned her little head towards the cyan Pegasus. She too was in shock of the little fillies words. "I can't believe I thought you were cool. Yet here you are standing right next to the person that abandoned me."
You took a quick glance over to see Dash. Her expression pulled at your heartstrings, her normal egotistic attitude deflated like a balloon. Those powerful words left you both shocked, but you can see where they came from. A month for a filly could feel like a year, and you were gone 7 months.
Dash and you were so caught up in the shock that you didn't even notice when the orange filly left. When you finally started to process things again the school door was closed. Complete and utter silence was what followed, the rain and the wind were the only things still talking. Turning back over to Dash you come to see what you expected, she wasn't there.
Twilight's POV:
"Almost there, Almost there..." You muttered under your breath as you magically unwinded the invisible tangled wards. *Click* "Aha!" You exclaim in a hush whisper. With the wards now done and gone you slowly open the fridge door. As expected the inside was filled with multiple bags of blood. Each one labelled and categorized, your dream come true! The organisation not the blood.
Shutting the door behind you, you start walking through the various aisle looking for the blood of one Anonymous. Which sounds easy, but when the hospital here takes Anonymous blood donations it starts to get a bit tricky. You know that they would never store his blood with the rest of the anonymous blood from other ponies, so what would be the next thing they would label it?
Well he is a human, let's look under H. You mentally say to yourself as you walk further down the aisles until you come across the 'H' section. Alright let's see what we got here. Happy Days, Heckler Joe, Honey Drop, Human, Hunt.... Stopping and walking backwards you stop at the label that read 'human', except the bag that was supposed to be above it was gone.
"Oh my, looks like somepony stole the bag you were looking for." A ghastly voice spoke up from the shadows. The fridge door clicked locking itself. "However I've been looking forwards to talking with you, so I could say this is just a 'happy' coincidence." The voice spoke again making sure to say happy as creepily as it could. This time it sounded like the voice was much closer and from a different direction.
The light was already dark in the fridge, but somehow it got even darker; like there was a black fog surrounding you. Soon you couldn't even see your own muzzle in front of you. "W-Who are you?" You shout out casting a small light spell, sadly as soon as it leaves your horn it fizzled out of existence.
"Come on Twilight you're a smart mare you can figure it out." The voice said again, this time it sounded eerily familiar.
"I don't know." You claim after minutes of silence. You really thought hard and it felt like the name was on the tip of your tongue.
"Such a shame... But don't fret for soon you will know the answer..." The voice trailed off only for it to come up again in a different spot. "Do you like books Twilight?"
"Of course I do!" You state as if that was the most obvious answer in the universe.
Then tell me... have you read 'The tail of Progenitus'? The voice echoed in the confinements of the fridge.
"No I don't think I have." You claim. This pony or whatever it was could be lying. For as far as you're aware such a tail does not exist. Then again you could be easily proven wrong.
"Ah I see, you don't believe me do you? That there is a book you have yet to read." The voice calmly stated.
"That is right. Even if you're telling the truth it must not be an important book, or else it would be in the Canterlot Archives. You can trust me when I say I have read every single book and scroll in there." You respond with a little up tight 'hmpf'.
"That's where you're wrong young one. You're arrogant and that's what makes you weak." The voice claimed and suddenly all of the lights flickered back on. The fridge door thankfully unlocking itself.
Looking around the room it looked just like it was before, only one slight alteration. Sitting in the middle of the room lay a black battered book.
Me arrogant! Ha that's a joke! You state to yourself walking up to the book. Blowing away the dust on the cover you reveal its name. 'The tail of Progenitus.'
A twitch in your right eye made itself known. "Books!"
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