Entry 7

29th April, year 2 ALR - Thursday

To start out I’d like to say that the reason there hasn’t been any entries for a while is because of a serious of events that lead to us travelling to some small village for some kind of ‘friendship problem’. By us, I mean Twilight and her friends, and me. In all honesty, the way she said that made it sound like a gay version of ‘I sense a disturbance in the force’.

As usual, on Sunday I spent the day helping fix Applejack’s tools, but only after Twilight brought her and Rainbow to the castle in the morning. Applejack told me that she found out Rainbow was lying to them to get me in trouble, so as punishment she’s been forced to apologise, on the grounds that we have to try to sort things out between us.

Personally I think it’s a load of crap, but I can’t argue very much with her; I need to get my bow back. Anyway, the weekend was something else. Twilight and her friends were in the throne room of her castle discussing plans about some sort of map or something, I dunno. After they were done, Twilight found me and told me that we needed to go to this small village because something happened there. Naturally, I didn’t want to go as I felt like myself and that prismatic prick would only fight the entire time. But, Twilight said she needed to keep an eye on me, and this would be a good opportunity to gauge whether or not I was trustworthy or not. So I did the only thing I could and hesitantly followed.

The train ride was boring as fuck, and incredibly awkward, so I sat a distance from Twilight and her friends while they talked the way there. Anyway, after we arrived we headed into town, which looked fucking retarded, as all the buildings were lined up side-by-side in two parallel rows. Immediately I knew something was wrong. The ponies were all wearing fake smiles, and they all had the same cutie mark. I didn’t say anything, thinking it to be nothing. So I followed Twilight and her friends through town, where after multiple encounters with other towns ponies, they met up with the ‘mayor’ Starlight Glimmer.

I should also mention that while I was following Twilight and her group, I wished to remain hidden, so I didn’t draw unnecessary attention to myself or the others, and possibly complicate things. Twilight and her friends agreed to this, so I stuck to the shadows. Years of hunting in the forest honed my skills of stalking, so I succeeded in not being seen.

I digress. This Starlight Glimmer then proceeded to try and convince Twilight and her friends that cutie marks are evil or some shit like that, where she then started a musical, which I think looked a lot like a propaganda video for communism or some shit. I honestly think I met the female pony equivalent of Stalin. Anyway obviously they didn’t agree so Starlight offered them to interact with the ponies of the town, to see what having the same cutie mark can offer them. Twilight and her friends then sat around a table and talked about something, I dunno I wasn’t listening. Anyway, they were led by this pony into her basement, where everything was revealed. Starlight stole pony’s cutie marks from them using some kind of staff, and stores them in a giant vault.

Twilight and her friends followed Starlight to some strange cave, where a giant wall of cutie marks were held. Starlight then ambushed them after talking about something, where she then proceeded to steal their cutie marks from them.

I took this as my opportunity to ‘prove myself’, as I leapt from the shadows and tackled Starlight to the ground. Everyone gathered stared in shock as I proceeded to pin Starlight to the ground. “We thought you left!” Twilight shouted as I grabbed the staff lying on the floor nearby.

“Of course not, I was just hiding and waiting.” I declared, holding the staff in hand, I got up off Starlight.

Said pony looked at me in horror, “What are you?”

“I am human, a creature without a cutie mark.”

“No cutie mark? Then you should join me! Help me rid the world of cutie marks!” Starlight shouted with glee.

“While I do not disagree with your beliefs, I also know that a pony’s cutie mark is their identity. You have stolen these ponies’ identities, and have essentially been dictating their lives. As such, you must be punished.” I raised the staff, and was about to bitch slap this bitch with it, before she shot her magic at me.

I slammed back into the wall and hit my head on a jagged rock, knocking me unconscious.

When I next awoke, we were locked in a room somewhere. By ‘we’ I mean Twilight, her friends, and myself. I sat quietly in a corner as they each started complaining about not being able to do things they could do before. I scoffed which caused them to glare at me, with Rainbow outright nearly attacking me. She called me a coward for hiding instead of showing my face earlier, but I ignored her, as well as the glares her friends gave me.

I sat patiently in the corner while they discussed escape plans. Twilight suggested faking to join their village, and volunteered Fluttershy to do it, since she would be the most believable. To be honest, I thought it was a good plan, obviously with flaws but no plan is perfect. I voiced my agreement to Twilight's plan, to the surprise of everyone, even Twilight herself.

With that, Starlight asked if they were to join their society, where Twilight shot her down. Fluttershy made her move and ‘joined them’. Starlight looked at me and asked if I would join her again. I told her exactly this: "You should clone yourself. You know why?"

"Why?" She asked back.

"So you can go fuck yourself. I don’t associate with criminals or pieces of shit like you." Starlight scoffed at my insult, walking away with Fluttershy in tow. When she had left the room, I turned to see everyone looking at me in shock and disgust for using such language, I just laughed at them for being so innocent.

Starlight made Fluttershy prove her loyalty to her cause, by making her tell Starlight which pony told them about the vault. Before she could say anything though, the pony responsible, a young stallion, stepped forward and claimed all responsibility. As a result, he was locked away with us.

And so we all waited, some more patiently than others. The new inmate voiced his opinion, saying that it’s just a matter of time before we join Starlight. “Have some faith pony.” Was all I said before returning to silence.

I don’t know how much time passed before we were brought out again, where Starlight once again offered a place in her society for us. The pony who was locked with us claimed regret for his actions, and was once again accepted into their town. Fluttershy then did something unexpected, and tried to drench Starlight in water, but only a little got on her. The pony who was once our inmate noticed that Starlight’s make-up was starting to run, and used a cloth the wipe it away, revealing that Starlight's cutie mark was fake, much to my enjoyment and her dread.

The villages within seconds turned on Starlight, angry that she lied to them all, claiming she was just like them. Starlight then fled to her home and locked the doors. The villagers then went up to the cave to take back their cutie marks, where Twilight and her friends went searching for theirs in Starlight’s house. The villagers – after retrieving their cutie marks – helped us breach Starlight’s house, where we found she had fled through some sort of underground passage.

We made to pursue her before Rainbow declared that they didn’t require my assistance. Twilight tried to scold her, before I made my statement, “It’s not about needing my help, it’s about bringing a manic criminal to justice.”

The ponies looked at me sceptically before we continued on. The passage led us into a serious of caves, almost like a maze and out into the mountains. It’s there that we saw some of the villagers about to be attacked by Starlight. The glass jars lay shattered on the floor; Twilight and her friends now with their cutie marks.

Twilight jumped in to protect the villagers from Starlight’s attack, where they then had a back and forth argument about friendship. I considered jumping in to help Twilight but she seemed to have it under control. Besides, I didn’t want to unnecessarily injure myself for being reckless.

In a blind rage at apparently losing the argument, Starlight casts a blinding spell. This literally blinds me (no shit) for a while, since I’ve had extremely sensitive eyes for my whole life, I can’t handle bright sudden lights. After regaining my vision, I learn that Starlight escaped, much to my displeasure.

I voiced my anger towards them for letting her get away, and not pursuing, but Twilight said something about her not being a problem anymore, before I told her that she’s a fucking idiot.

Regardless, the problem was now ‘solved’, the villagers had their marks back and the ponies all had a wonderful party. Hooray. I hope you know I’m being sarcastic.

Wait… I don’t need to say that! This is my journal! Stop reading my stuff!

Right, so Twilight and her friends all bonded together and had a great group hug at the end. It was incredibly uncomfortable, but what’s worse was that Twilight invited me into it! I didn’t even do shit! But she claims I’m their friend, so I should be a part of their group hugs. Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy agreed, Rarity was indifferent and Rainbow hated the idea, as do I. So I declined the invitation, saying that there was no reason to join in their hug. Despite this, Twilight and the ones who actually thought I was their friend all hugged me.

I hate to say it, but it was quite pleasant. I’ve not felt friendly contact from others in such a long time, I forgot how much I loved hugs. Reluctantly, I hugged them back. I say reluctantly because I did not want to show them my soft side. Rainbow laughed at me, saying I wasn’t so tough after all.

I shot back saying that she was just in a prissy little group hug before. Obviously this annoyed her but Twilight cut in, saying that we should get back.

And so ended the fun, little adventure. Seeing as Starlight wasn’t captured, I warned Twilight that she would be back, and told her to prepare herself for their inevitable confrontation. Twilight said I was being ridiculous but I held my belief. "People like that always come back, and with more rage than ever towards those who wronged them. One of these days you need to grow up and not be so naïve, and the day she does come back, everything she does will be on your head because you chose to let her go." I said to her rather coldly, to which she hanged her head. Not in shame, but probably in thought of her actions and my words. At least I hope that would be what she's thinking about.

Now I’d like to make something clear to those who're reading this. Stop reading my stuff! And don’t think for a second I’ve gone soft, or gotten attached. The moment I get my bow back I’m getting the fuck out of here, these ponies are getting on my nerves, and rain-bitch ain't helping them.

Julian singing off

Author's Note

This chapter was written on the train to Kyoto, so it's probably rubbish, so I would like for people to write their opinions in the comments :)
Also, yes I am in Japan so I won't be writing for a while. I will write the next chapter on the plane back to Australia so expect the next chapter in about 2 weeks, depends how long it takes for Alex to get back with editing (not having a go, just detailing possible delays in the next chapter)