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Chapter 1 - That crappy introduction that every story sadly needs to have.
Gary had gotten drunk his first time yesterday, and at only 15. He was your average guy, loved some sports (mainly basketball), video games, talking with friends, music, etc. He was also a lot more fit and mature than most other boys at his age. He was also pretty tall, at 6,1. Gary had brown eyes, moderately short dark brown hair that just barely covered the top of his eyes, and a thin beard. But what set him apart from the others was the fact that he was absolutely hooked on computers. He wasn't the least bit a nerd though. This, of course, means he knew about My Little Pony: Friendship is magic. Anybody who's been to the internet at least twice knows about the show, and he loved it.
Although he had some very good friends, Kevin and Eric, he moved just recently so he couldn't really see them that much anymore. After moving, Gary developed an extremely shy personality because he didn't know or talk to anyone. People mostly just ignored him as if he were never there. The only time he wasn't shy was when he was with Eric and Kevin (who were the same age as him). But one day, he decided to visit his old friends. It was a long drive, but what the hell. What he saw when he got there yesterday was unbelievable, his friends were completely drunk. Not just a little drunk, they were damn drunk, completely wacko. He knew in his mind that he shouldn't join them, even though they really wanted him to. But his curiosity and excitement got the best of him and he joined the "party".
And that was all Gary remembered before he woke up today somewhere in a forest. No house, no friends, nothing but his backpack he took with him. His backpack was filled with food (mainly potato chips), some Pepsi, a sleeping bag, and his phone. Gary finally woke up and thought to himself, "Where the hell am I?". He looked around. All the trees looked brighter and more colorful than they usually did. Which is strange, how could something be more colorful? "Must be the beer," Gary thought. His head throbbed and stung with pain. He struggled to his feat only to throw up and fall back down. He didn't know what to do, he felt terrible. He just barely crawled over to the entrance of the forest, and almost completely collapsed. With his tired eyes struggling to stay open, he looked at his surroundings. The trees weren't the only things that were colorful. What he saw was a sunny, cheery, community. The entire place just radiated happiness. That was when he heard ponies. Yes, PONIES, off in the distance. Gary recognized the sounds, and that's when he noticed, he was outside the EVERFREE Forest. He laughed out loud at the thought that he was actually IN one of his favorite shows. He had to be dreaming.
Gary then probably did the smartest thing he ever thought of. He forced himself to get up and rammed his head into a tree as hard as he could.
"This isn't a dream." Gary shakily said as he passed out.
Gary had regained consciousness before what seemed to be a red stallion with a gold mane in what seemed to be a farm.
With his eyes still blurry, Gary said "Big Macintosh?". After his eyes stopped blurring he looked up to find that the pony WAS actually Big Mac, to his surprise.
"Eeyup," Mac said. "How do y'all know my name? N' who and what are ya?"
Gary wasn't going to tell a pony that he was in a TV show, so he did the other most logical thing he could think of. He got up and ran. Yep. As fast as he could straight back to the entrance of Everfree Forest. He thought he was going insane, seeing ponies, hearing ponies. But everything was real, the trees, the air, and the ponies themselves. And that wasn't even the shocking part. When Gary finally managed to get back to his original spot and settle down, Gary glanced over at a puddle next to him and caught a glimpse of his reflection. But it wasn't him anymore. Well, actually, it sort of was. But it looked nothing like the Gary he knew. Instead, it was a completely "Cartoonized" version of himself. He looked as if he was part of the show. Basically like he was in the style of all the ponies, except, it was him. Everything was the same but was in the style of the show (minus those sparkling eyes). He looked exactly like how he looked in real life, even his exact height, weight, and overall appearance. He'd been completely altered.
"Maybe I drank so much beer, that I'm still drunk...?" He awkwardly thought out loud. Although he knew everything seemed to be real, he tried his best to pretend it wasn't. He then checked under his clothes (without taking anything off) to see if his skin or *ahem* dick were still there. And they were. Everything had been there, same size, same everything. He looked at himself some more, unsure what to do. He tried taking his shirt off to see if that was causing it, but it just revealed a cartoony torso. He put it back on. He even tried jumping in the water, but, again, nothing happened.
"This can't be happening. This must be some after-effects that bear had. It has to be. None of this can exist." He said as he paced back and forth. He looked at the town and all the happy ponies prancing around in it.
"Well, now what am I supposed to do?" Gary said to himself. As much as he liked MLP: FiM, he didn't like it so much to actually want to be IN it. His mind was blank. He was too astounded by what just happened. Then it occurred to him, his phone! He could call his parents, friends, SOMEBODY to help him with this. He reached into his backpack to get his phone, went to his contacts, and....
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Gary yelled. "What happened? Why is my phone wiped? Nothing's here. Nothing...!" He usually wasn't pissed like this, but he had realized he could never make it home again. He was stuck here, without anybody. One pleasant thought that occurred to him was having no school, but that didn't cover up the fact that everybody he loved and liked are now lost forever. He began to sob hard as the sun set and the dark moon arose.
Eventually, he realized there was no point in crying. He took out his sleeping bag, set up a small fire, and went to sleep. He had a big day ahead of him.
Chapter 2 - Trying to blend in
"Eric! Hey man, I just had this extremely weird dream abo-" He stopped his sentence short as he got up and opened his eyes. "So it really wasn't a dream..." He confirmed it. There was no more questioning about it, this was reality. He was really in Ponyville.
With a lot of thought (and more pacing), Gary decided that he should talk to the ponies in town. He worked up the nerve to do it, drank some Pepsi, and set out to meet them. "Well, here we go..." Gary stated nervously as he walked over to town with his backpack slung over his shoulder. He wandered into town and found that maybe 6 in the morning wasn't a good time to visit town. Nopony was around. He checked his phone again for the time (He still had that at least), and it read 6:15. "Might as well just look around." Gary said as he looked over the town, it was exactly how it was in the show, bright and colorful. He still couldn't get over the fact that he was a cartoon. He could stare at his hands for hours. They matched the scenery just as well as any other pony did. Eventually, he glanced at his phone and thought it was about time to visit somepony. Twilight was the smartest one in town, if Gary didn't give her or himself a heart attack, he figured she might know something about his situation.
Gary got lost pretty quick. How would he know where to go? It's not like they explain where anything is in the show. He wandered around for a while, downing more Pepsi. The entire town seemed to go on for hours. The sun and air was calm and relaxing. But it was weird, it all felt so... Artificial. Eventually, he spotted a tree in the distance. So he ran over to Twilight's hous-erm, tree. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. A drowsy, purple and green baby dragon answered the it.
"Hey there, Spik-I mean, little dragon. May I come in?" Gary said. Spike took one look at him and completely fainted. Gary still couldn't get over the fact that he's actually talking to dragons and ponies. But he tried his best to go with the flow without losing his mind. A purple mare walked down the stairs.
"Spike? Who's at the door?" Twilight said. She nearly collapsed when her eyes met Gary's. She ran over and said "Who and what are you?"
"I'm what's known as a human." He managed to say. "Even though I don't really look like one right now." He mumbled. He noticed that the ponies were about half as tall as he was. They were probably 4-4.5 feet high.
"It talks!" Twilight exclaimed. "Oh, sorry. Alright, well..." Twilight trailed off as she finished her sentence. She wasn't sure what to think. What was this thing? What did it want? How did it get here?
"I came to get some advice. I heard that you were the smartest pony around these parts." Gary said.
"Ok. What do you need?" Twilight blushed a little at the compliment he gave her. Gary raised an eyebrow and stepped inside.
Gary sat down and went on about his story. Trying to cover up "drunk" and "beer" best he can as it was embarrassing to talk about. Twilight listened with great interest. Finally, he finished the story, and asked Twilight for the help he desperately needed.
"Well, uh. I'm not sure what to do at all. I'm sorry." Gary gave her a sad look. He wondered how he'd look doing this now being a cartoon and all.
"I guess I can try asking Princess Celestia. She might know what to do. And if you don't mind, I'll also ask her for some information about humans." Twilight said.
"Thanks Twilight. And yeah, I don't mind much about that." Gary replied.
"Ok. Wait. How do you know my name?" Twilight said looking very confused.
"Erm, uh, baby dragon at the door told me." Gary struggled to come up with some more backup, but he couldn't. He hoped she'd buy it, because there was no way he'd want to explain to the ponies that they're in a TV show. They'd either put him into a mental hospital (if Equestria had any) or go into complete panic if they DID somehow believe him. Besides, why WOULD he want to?
"Ok..." Twilight said suspiciously. "Why would Spike tell him that?" She thought.
There was a long, awkward silence after that. Gary decided to speak up.
"So, um... Do let me know when you get anything back from Celestia. You can find me by the entrance of Everfree Forest." Gary said as he began leaving.
"See you around." Twilight managed to say before he left.
As Gary exited and walked his way back, he found himself getting extremely weird looks from the ponies. On his way back to his "Camp" (which only consisted of some the sticks he used to make the fire and a sleeping bag) he bumped into a very pink, hyper pony. This was none other than Pinkie Pie.
"Hi there! I'm Pinkie Pie! You look funny." Pinkie said as she jumped up and down. Gary wanted to be brave and try to get on the good side of the ponies. Well, meaning, he had to act as "random" and happy as Pinkie Pie. He wasn't quite sure why, but he did.
"Hello there! My name's Gary. I know you may not have seen something like me, but believe me, that's o-ok. I'm new here." He tried to sound as enthusiastic as he could, but his shy side was showing.
"Which means we need to have a party! I better start planning one right away! Be at Sugercube Corner tomorrow at 6. Bye, funny pony!" and she hopped off as happily and spirited as she always was. Obviously, he wasn't a pony. But how would she know? As far as she's concerned, he was just a funny-looking pony.
Gary got back to his little "camp" and started up the fire again. He had barely noticed he'd been at Twilight's for such a long time. He couldn't help but feel like this was all too sudden. But what could he do? "rrrrrrrrrrrhhh," His stomach growled. Today was so weird that he forgot how hungry he was. He took out 1 of his 3 family-size bags of chips and an ice-cold can of Pepsi from his cooler in the backpack.
He ate a bit and thought about his day. Pinkie's party is going to be real awkward for him. He could tell. Who knows what'll happen the next day? And what would Celestia say about him and his situation? He hoped she could find him some way to get out of this creepy, happy place. He got tired of eating, so he packed and sealed his food back into his backpack. That was when he snuggled into his sleeping bag, and fell asleep.
Chapter 3 - Things get "interesting"
Gary awoke to find that he had way overslept. It was already 4. He decided to spend the 2 hours he had to prepare for the party. He had no idea how he could wash his clothes or even himself. He had no shower or washing machine. Seeing as to how Rarity was always the clean freak, he would go to her. But before he went, he decided he'd just leave his backpack at camp. No need to carry around a backpack at a party with tons of snacks. Ready to talk to another pony, he sighed and went on his way. He had no idea why he was so nervous talking to ponies. He quickly scratched that though. "Maybe it's because they're fucking ponies..." Gary thought with an annoyed look on his face.
He reached Carousel Boutique and prepared himself to talk to, in his opinion, the most selfish pony in Ponyville. He honestly really hated her attitude. But he sucked it up and knocked on the door. Rarity opened it.
"I didn't expect YOU here. I heard about you from Pinkie and Twilight. You're a rather strange one, aren't you?" She eyed me, especially looking at my clothes.
"Yeah. Hm, well, I'm looking for a place to wash my clothes and shower, ma'm. Seeing as you're the most fabulous pony in Ponyville, you'd seem to love making one more creature more fabulous, just like you, by making me clean."
Rarity really seemed to LOVE the compliment. She blushed and said "Sure, why not?". Gary rolled his eyes when she wasn't looking. It took every last bit of effort there was to actually call Rarity "Fabulous". But it had paid off. She washed his clothes for him while he went to the shower. Looking at himself naked, all cartoony, made him feel weird. But there wasn't anything he could do about it, so he took the shower. It was a bit hard seeing as the ponies were half his size and there shower was too, but he managed. After he was done, he used a towel that was also extremely small and picked up his clothes. His plain white shirt and green jeans were now literally sparkling. Looking at them, he kind of wished hadn't gone to Rarity for washing his clothes.
He came out looking good as new. Practically shining along with him clothes. He thought maybe this was happening because he was a cartoon now, just like the other ponies who would shine themselves sometimes.
"Thanks Ma'm." Gary barely managed to say.
"Call me Rarity. And no, thank you." Rarity blushed and eyed him more, not focusing on his clothes this time. "You should come by again so I can... Design some new clothes for you." Rarity said. Her tone was sweet and smooth. It sounded as if... Rarity was... Liking him? What king of sick twisted pony has feelings for humans? "Who knows, maybe it's exactly how it sounds. She may just want to design." Gary thought. He didn't care, he wasn't coming back there for a while. He didn't find her attitude likable at all, even if he did somehow get involved with pony relationships (Which he knew he never would).
"Uh, ok, I gueeeeess..." Gary said with great dislike. What else could he do? He was nervous. By the look on her face, Rarity took it as a "YES, FOR SURE!" "Well, whatever, I really got to go now." Gary said looking at his phone. It was 6 minutes until the party started.
"Oh, right, the party." She said. Looking excited.
"Uh, thanks. Bye!" Gary shouted while running. Rarity smirked as he left.
He made it to the party just in time. All the ponies he knew so far was there. When he came in, everypony but Twilight and Rarity stopped talking and stared at him. They stared for a good 10 seconds, then started gossiping about him. They weren't very good at it, he could hear them just fine. But Gary didn't really care. I mean, there wasn't anything he could do to stop it. He ignored it and moved forward to talk to Twilight. He needed to know if she got an update from Celestia yet.
"Hey," He said.
"Hey Gary," She replied.
"Any updates from the Princess yet?" Gary asked.
"Nothing yet," Twilight said.
"Ah, alright,"
Gary walked away feeling incredibly bored. "Where's all the fun stuff at?" He thought. His own party was sucking. As time went on, guests left. The only ones left were Fluttershy, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Gary had enough of this "Lets make this fun." he said quietly to himself. Gary got a great idea. He announced very loudly to everybody, "I think it's time we play a game." Then they all looked straight at him. He had their attention! He was about to say something, but Rarity interrupted "Yes, let's play... Spin the bottle!" Before he even had a chance to try to stop them, all the ponies quickly gathered and Rarity got an empty bottle. Gary began protesting "No, wai-" he had to stop because Rarity was dragging him over. He easily could've broke free, but there was no point. Unless he wanted to argue with a bunch of ponies, he had to play this. He erased that thought though. Seriously? Playing spin the bottle with ponies? He had to at least try.
"Sorry guys, but I can't play this." Gary said, starting to get worried.
"What's a gie? That sounds weird!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Come on. You wouldn't want to ruin your own party, would you?" Rarity spoke up. Then she WINKED at him. As if he was joking around. The other ponies looked at her funny.
"Ok. Fine." He said. He knew he could find a way out of this, so he'd cooperate for now.
"I go first!" Rarity shouted. She spun the bottle. It went around only once before stopping straight at Gary. It was quite strange. But nevermind that, Gary panicked, he didn't want to kiss a pony! Why did she want to kiss a human?
"Why that be suspicious, Rarity, it just stopped so suddenly." Applejack said.
"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash spoke up "Why'd it stop like that?"
Rarity answered, "I don't know. But you can't change it, it stays where it's landed."
"How DID that thing stop like that?" Gary thought. Then it hit him. "Magic." he figured out. All the ponies stared at him, waiting for his reaction. He was worried, real worried. His face probably showed it. "That clever bastard..." he thought. But Rarity had other things in mind. She restricted his body using her magic again, Gary couldn't move anything. "We're just going to kiss somewhere less crowded." Then she used her magic to make him nod. Nobody seemed to notice, she had somehow got rid of the purple aura around the object that's being in use by the magic.
She dragged him, still being constricted, upstairs to an empty room and locked the door behind her. There was nothing in it but a bed. "How convenient." Gary thought. Why had she taken such a sudden liking to him anyway? He hated her. "I think I overdid it back there with all the niceness." Gary thought again. Then he remembered all her blushes she made back there. He had realized that those compliments actually really turned her on. "Holy shit. They weren't meant to be more than just fucking compliments!" Gary thought to himself, real worried now. He couldn't move his mouth at all, otherwise he'd tell Rarity to stop, but it was too late. Gary could tell Rarity thought he was sexy, the way she was looking at him. He wanted to scream, but he couldn't. She undid the magic right before she kissed him, over and over again. Her lips were sweet and tender. Her soft tongue went inside his mouth. She tasted like roses. Gary was about to break free and run. But he was actually LIKING this.
Rarity stopped for a second and looked at him, wanting to see his reaction. "IM LIKING THIS?" Gary screamed in his mind. "The hell is wrong with me? This is weird, I shouldn't be liking this!" Gary's mind swirled, but all he could manage to say was "That felt great. I didn't think kissing a pony could be so awesome!". Now Gary felt like an absolute idiot. "WHY DID I JUST SAY THAT?" Gary kept yelling in his mind. But his body was working more than his brain. Rarity got a huge grin on her face.
They probably would've continued, but the door was jiggling and Applejack yelled "If ya'll don't open this door, I'll break it open!" Rarity had no choice but to stop and open the door. She ran over with a frown and opened it. Before anypony could say anything, Gary walked through and said "Sorry guys, I gotta go." Garry's mind was completely falling apart. He wasn't supposed to feel that way about an ANIMAL.
He sprinted out the door, dizzy. He managed to barely get back to the entrance of Everfree Forest before completely blacking out.
Chapter 4 - Did I just do that?
Gary was asleep for what seemed to be an eternity. His mind was going through some kind of alteration. The ponies had to drag him to sweet apple acres, where they tried to get him to wake up.
"Cmon ya'll, pour more water on 'em!" Applejack shouted as she poured more and more water on to Gary's face.
"Why are we helping this weird thing out anyway?" Rainbow Dash questioned.
"We should be helping all creatures." Fluttershy whispered, but in her case, said.
"This is your fault, Rarity." Rainbow Dash complained.
"I'm sorry, everypony. I didn't expect for this to happen." Rarity said sadly.
"This is all our faults. We were the ones who agreed to play Spin the Bottle, which is unlike us." Twilight said.
"But it was for the party!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"This ain't the time to argue. More water!" Applejack kept screaming.
"Applejack's right. Lets stop arguing and help him." Twilight said.
They all shut up and kept trying to help. Despite all their efforts, Gary wouldn't get up. So they just decided to leave him there until he'd come to his senses. Occasionally, they'd come to visit him. Mainly Rarity, who felt guilty of what she caused. Weeks pasted and Gary seemed to slowly get better. He got close to waking up many times, but instead he just whitened up and went further into his comma.
When one night, Gary's eyes fluttered open. He had a sudden burst of strength for some reason, he was more energized than he ever was. He spared no time and got up, looking around. "How'd I get here?" He questioned. He was lying on some hay in a barn. He could feel the dark, chilly night outside as it pasted through the open door of the barn. But then a thought occurred to him... "RARITY!" he snapped out of his surprise ran to Rarity's house as fast as he could. He didn't want her to worry any more. But why? He hated in what seemed to be just recently. But he didn't let it to get to him, he kept running. When he got there, he wasn't even close to panting. It was real dark outside, hopefully the ponies weren't asleep yet. He knocked real hard on the door. A tired and sleepy Rarity answered the door.
"Ugh, I'm trying to sle-" She stopped her sentence short as she noticed that it was Gary at the door.
"You're awake!" Rarity cried with joy. She was about to hug him, but she knew that would be a bad idea. Something told her that they weren't meant to be engaged in anything.
"Yeah.... I guess I am." Gary said as he shyly put one of his hands around the back of his head.
"Listen... I'm terribly sorry for what happened. I went too far too soon." Rarity said.
"Soon?" Gary chuckled. Rarity chuckled with him. "I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I feel fine now." Gary said.
"Thank you. I was quite worried." Rarity said. There was an awkward silence after that. Looking at each others eyes, they both felt like they were going to kiss at any second.
.
"Look..." They said at the same time, breaking the silence.
"Look, I think I may need to go. I don't feel too well right now." Gary lied. He felt just fine.
"Ok. I'll see you later... Gary." She said.
"Bye." Gary said as he slowly walked off. "And... Thank you." He said, turning his head. Rarity smiled and closed her door.
Back at his camp, everything had been where it was before he left. His backpack, wood, and sleeping bag. "Being asleep for so long can really get you hungry..." He said, rubbing his stomach. He ran over to his backpack, trying to unzip it. It was stuck. "Come on. I'm hungry!" Gary said in frusturation. He focused real hard at trying to unzip it and struggled. All of a sudden, a purple aura surrounded his hands. A jolt of energy surged through his fingertips and the zipper got unstuck.
"Did...I just do that?" Gary said, amazed at what he just did. "Hooooooooooleeeeee Shit!" He yelled, running in circles. He was a bit used to seeing weird things in this world. But being able to use magic? Now that was just too much. About 15 minutes later, he got over the fact he could use magic. He wasn't sure how at all how he used it though. He tried to do it again, but it wouldn't work. His eyes focused hard on his hands for over 30 minutes, nothing. He focused hard on a heavy log he was trying to lift for over 30 minutes, still nothing. Eventually, he gave up and just ate.
He thought about going to Twilight or maybe even Rarity to ask why he suddenly could use magic, but it was way too late for that. He took out his phone to check the time. 3 AM. "I'd go to sleep, but I just did that for like a month." Gary laughed. So he decided to try to master his magic for the rest of the night. But nothing happened whatsoever. It was a long night, but the sun finally rose and Gary was ready to tie up some loose ends.
Looking around the town again, Gary started to feel like the place was becoming a part of him, as well as his little camp. The sun beat down on him, bright and orange. It was blinding, and not particularly warm. He wondered who he should visit first. Twilight seemed like the obvious choice, to ask about what Celestia had said, to ask about his magic, and to tell her that he was ok. But he stopped for a moment and thought about the others. Maybe he should visit Rarity again...? Where SHOULD he go?
Chapter 5
After a while of thinking, he decided he should visit Fluttershy. She seemed kind and gentle, and Gary always loved that (not "love love", just "love"). But despite his decision, he had to go to Twlight for an explanation on magic first either way. But just for that, nothing else. He started going, but then he decided it'd be a good idea to carry his phone with him in his pocket in case of time checking. He made a quick trip back to camp, got his phone, and ran towards Twilight's house.
He rushed over, now also wondering how he had even gone into a coma. The thought didn't occur to him until just now for some reason. Twlight would probably know that as well. As he ran there, he noticed that all the ponies walking in one direction, heading straight for Rarity's house. Weird. But no matter, he kept running.
He arrived to find Twilight's house was the same as it always was. Nothing different. Gary knocked on the door, and Twilight answered it.
"Hey Twilight. Where's Spike?" Gary said, wondering why the usual purple dragon wasnt answering the door.
"Hi Gary. He's gone to see Rarity. I'm not sure why." Twilight said looking suspicious.
"Seems like all the ponies are going over there for some reason... But nevermind that, I came to ask you some things."
"Ok. Go ahead."
Gary walked inside and sat down. It was unusually quiet in the library. Not like it was ever loud, but it felt TOO quiet. He decided to ask Twilight about the coma first.
"Twilight, any idea why I got in that coma of mine?"
"Yes I do, actually. The truth will be a bit strange, so brace yourself."
"Believe me, I've only been seeing strange things since I got here."
"Ok. Well, you see, when Rarity kissed you, her DNA combined with yours, causing your body to go into a complete alteration."
"Weird. How do you know?" Gary doubted. So he had a little of Rarity inside him, eh? He glanced at his clothes. "Ugh, I call these rags clothes?" He thought. "Wait... Holy shit. She's not lying."
"Because while you were asleep, I ran a few tests." Twilight replied.
"Well that would explain the magic..." Gary mumbled.
"Magic?"
"Yeah. Turns out I used it once. A bit after I woke up."
"Amazing! Can you show me?" Twilight said, looking excited.
"I can't. It doesn't work."
"Why not?"
"I dunno. Just doesn't."
"Oh." Twillight said, no longer excited. Now rather annoyed.
"How bout Celestia? What'd she say?"
"She said that she has no idea. She recalls something about a human recently visiting, but she said it felt as if the event was completely erased from her memory." Twilight said, looking... What is it...? Guilty?
"Ok." Gary said. "Well, anyway, thanks Twilight."
"No problem."
"See you later." Gary said, leaving.
"Bye." Twilight said with a huge sigh. A wave of relief flushed through her face.
He walked out the door feeling... Feeling what? He didn't feel anything. Which was just what that conversation was. There was no feeling whatsoever in it. Something about Twilight was just so... Casual. She knows something I don't, she's acting calm. Well, much calmer than she usually is. But for right now, he didn't care, he had to visit fluttershy.
He looked around for her, and he had to admit, it was hard. Eventually, he spotted the yellow pegasus. His eyes literally hurt from all the bright green he saw looking for her.
"Maybe this wasn't worth it." Gary thought to himself while approaching her.
"H-hey Fluttershy." He said.
"Oh... Hi." Fluttershy said, refusing to make eye contact.
Awkward silence.
"Whatcha doing?" He asked.
"N-nothing. Just helping some bunnies." She said while, well, helping bunnies.
"Do you have any idea what's going on over at Rarity's?"
"No. Not at all. I saw lots of ponies go over there, but I was too busy to go myself."
"Let's check it out together. It could be something pretty interesting."
Fluttershy considered it for a moment and a smile appeared on her face.
"Sure. Why not?"
They walked slowly over to see what all this was about and took the time to talk. They discussed nature stuff mostly, but some things popped up like "You can use magic? Wow..." and "Rarity really did that?". It had been a very shy, but pleasant conversation. Gary was almost there, but a gray-ish, yellow-maned pegasus swooped down blocking his path. She handed him a letter.
"Uh, thank you...." He said, looking at her, uh, derpy eyes. She flew off, bumping into a tree.
"Hmm... What's this? One second, Fluttershy." He said, opening the letter. It was a note from Rarity:
"I want to check out some fabric with you. Come over to my house at 5 sharp.
-Rarity"
"Now this is just too obvious." Gary chuckled. "I'll play along though." Gary and Fluttershy kept walking.
"Listen... You shouldn't trust Rarity as much as you are now." Fluttershy said.
"Why's that?" Gary said.
"I don't know. Rarity would never act like this unless there's a very good reason. A fashion-like reason."
"I don't know. Are you sure? She seems ok."
"You've only known her for a few days. Why would she start liking that quickly?"
Gary let out a sigh. "I guess you're right." He made a mental note. Fluttershy had a good point.
Then he felt stupid. Rarity was getting to him and he didn't even notice. This whole thing started seeming real suspicious. The party was around the corner. And he did know it was a party because he saw the lights and streamers in the distance. But it had to be something more...
He remembered... His phone! It had a video camera. It can certainly help in a situation like his. He took out his phone and made sure his camera and video camera worked. It did. His eyes glittered with excitement. Whatever happened at that party, he'd get it on tape.
"Ok Fluttershy, let's go." He said, entering the party.
Chapter 6: The Adventure Begins
Gary turned on his video camera and walked inside. As Fluttershy and him entered the party, everything happened as suspected. All the ponies yelled "Surprise!" as if he didn't know. Fluttershy started getting second thoughts.
"I think rarity wants to see a special somepony!" Pinkie Pie said. Gary got a dull expression on his face, he wasn't falling for this anymore.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Right down there!" She said.
"Ok. Fluttershy, we can talk later. I need to go for now." He said, walking off.
"I-I'll see you later..." Fluttershy said.
Gary arrived to find Rarity working on a new dress. In one of her private rooms where nobody could bother her.
"Oh, hi Gary." Rarity said.
"Hi Rarity. Do you think you can sew on a shirt pocket real quick?" He said with a devilish grin across his face. This was it, he would reveal Rarity for the fraud she really is.
"Sure. No problem." Rarity used her magic to quickly sew on a shirt pocket. Gary put his phone in it, with the video camera side out.
"Thanks. Now, Rarity, I've been thinking about us. Was there a reason why you suddenly started to like me?"
Hearing this, Rarity got extremely nervous. "I-it was love at first sight, o-of course."
"Really? Be honest. There wasn't ANY other reason?"
Rarity looked like she was at the verge of tears. Gary felt bad seeing her like this, but he kept reminding himself that she might be behind something big. "No, there w-was not."
"I'm a human. You're a pony. There's no reason for you to be attracted to me. That's like if eagles were suddenly attracted to chickens." Gary said bravely.
"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! I'M SORRY! This entire party was a setup. You can come out now, Discord..."
"Discord, wha-?" Was all Gary got to say until a huge puff of smoke erupted in the middle of the room.
"Aw, it's quite a shame I had to end my little game so quickly. Looks as if you're not getting the diamonds after all, Rarity" Discord said. "I tried to do this the fun way, but you just had to spoil it."
"Well, ok, I expected something, but not THIS." Gary sighed.
"Oh? Then what were you expecting?" Discord asked.
"Rarity being a fucked up interspecies slut."
"...OK, well, your freedom is up, Garry. You're mine now."
"No, wait, take me instead." Rarity said, trying to be heroic, but I can tell she's just making Discord get pissed.
"You played your part, and failed. Hmm, but you have a point, maybe I should take you prisoner." Discord said.
"What do you want with me, anyway?" Gary said. He got real worried. Was he going to die this suddenly?
"You see, humans are very easy to manipulate due to their greedy nature. You think it's a coincidence you got here? Sure, I had a ton of problems here and there, but eventually, I was able to set the stage up perfectly."
Rarity took turns looking at each of them, crying quietly.
"YOU brought me here?"
"Why yes, I did. You and your little "beer friends" were perfect for this. I must say it was a real tough time getting you settled, but once you were, my plan would fall into place. You can thank Rarity for cooperating."
"Rarity? Why'd she listen to you?"
"Diamonds. A life time supply. They're very easy to get. You ponies just don't do it right."
Then Gary had a great thought. This was classic, where the villain talks and talks about his plan, not assuming the main character would just run. Since this was supposedly a TV show, and he knew all the clitches, he used this to his advantage. He had to warn the others. Gary and Rarity alone are no match at all for this thing. Then he looked over at Rarity, she was trembling, probably regretting her decision. He had to leave her behind, it was the only way. He had a feeling she'd be alright and she'd get rescued. Things like this always happen in the TV show. "But wait... Ponies don't kiss or have sex in the TV show." Gary then thought, doubting his own logic.
"But how would Rarity be cooperating by kissing me?" Gary said, slowly walking towards the exit, back to the party.
"She was playing with your emotions, silly human. Lovebirds are the easiest to manipulate. And of course, there's the magi-" Discord stopped his sentence short because Gary was already running as fast as he could. He had to find Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, anybody! He noticed Applejack, eating an apple pie. "Applejack!" he shouted.
Meanwhile, Discord got angry and growled at Rarity. He turned invisible and flew through the crowd, looking for Gary. Rarity looked stunned and was probably wondering what he meant by "magic".
"APPLEJACK!" Gary desperately shouted.
"Slow down there, feller. What is it?" Applejack asked.
"DISCORD HAD A PLAN TO TAKE OVER ME AND IM RUNNING FROM HIM RIGHT NOW WARN THE OTHERS QUICK!"
"...Huh?"
"THIS PARTY IS A SETUP! DISCORD'S HERE! WARN THE OTHERS, WE NEED TO GET OUTTA HERE!" Gary kept shouting. Applejack said nothing to him, instead she gestered for him to follow and pushed through the crowd as fast as she could, looking for the others. Applejack found Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy together, discussing something. She ran straight towards them.
"CMON YA'LL, WE GOTTA GO!"
"What? Why?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Just then, Discord appeared in front of the four, scaring the rest of my crowd. "Oh, you thought you could get away from ME? AHAHAHAHAHAH. Normally, I'd kill you all right here. I no longer have a use for Gary, he knows too much. But I'm feeling awfully generous today, let's play a gaaaame..."
"Oh, not this shit again." Gary thought. He was strangely pretty calm being a second away from death. The other ponies were scared shitless. Even Rainbow Dash. Maybe it's because as a cartoon, Discord looked REALLY non-threatening.
"Now, the rules. Since you all look so cute together, you four will be participating in a little simulation of mine. I am going to take you to a completely altered (HAHAH, I USED IT AGAIN!) version of Ponyville. You're going to see how Ponyville is like RIGHT AFTER if my plan succeeded and Gary would've joined my side. Meaning, all the ponies will act the same as they are now, except all of them but Rarity will think Gary "left for some errands". Stop that Gary, and you win."
"Bu-" Fluttershy began.
"RULE ONE! No telling any of the ponies that you're doing this, you do that, you lose. RULE TWO! No meeting your alternate selves, at all. RULE THREE! Sit back and do nothing, you lose. RULE FOUR! You have a month. LAST RULE! You die there, you die her-"
"Then it's not really a simulation" Gary interrupted.
"Just shut the fuck up and leave the rules to me, 2-legger."
"No offense, but that's the worst insult I've ever heard."
"JESUS, JUST SHUT UP!"
"How do you know about Jesus if he's not a pon-?" Gary stopped his sentence short because the entire room was shaking.
"Enough talk, I can't stand you any longer. Let the games begin." Discord said as he vanished.
Chapter 7 - Awkwardness
When Gary woke up, he was lying in Ponyville, by the entrance of Everfree Forest. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy was lying down next to him, still unconcious. Gary no longer had his backpack, but his sticks were still there, right next to him. He thought about exploring the town, but he was afraid if he got seperated from one of the ponies, he'd lose track of them and might mistake them for their clones.
Gary took a look at his phone, looking to see if everything got recorded. It did. But right now, it wouldn't help much. He decided to watch over the tape, looking for the details of what happened. First thing was, Rarity was acting real strange. "Maybe she was brainwashed?" Gary thought. He thought about it more and more, maybe Discord was able to do it without making her darker? Just then, Rainbow Dash got up.
"Ugh, did that just happen?" Rainbow Dash asked. Gary couldn't tell if she was asking him or just talking to herself.
"Yeah, it did." Gary said.
Rainbow Dash stared at Gary for a minute, studying him.
"Any reason you're staring at me?" Gary asked.
"What? No, I wasn't staring at you."
"You kinda were."
"No I wasn't."
"Yes you were."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
Gary heard a high-pitched squeek behind him, he turned to see Fluttershy waking up.
"Hey Fluttershy, you ok?" Gary said. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes
"Y-yes, I'm fine." Fluttershy said as she got up. Just then, Applejack got up too.
All four of them were up. It was extremely awkward, Gary barely knew them, except Fluttershy.
"So, what are ya'll gonna do next?" Applejack asked.
"I'm not sure. We have a ton of time to prepare for whatever's coming. I guess we can set up a base here first." He responded.
"Good idea there. I'll get some wood so we can make a small lil' house." The other ponies seemed ok with the idea.
By sunset, the house was done. Fluttershy got a lot of animals to help, which made the proccess go MUCH faster. It was a small cabin with no windows and 2 rooms inside. One room was a private room, but nothing was inside yet. The other room took up 2/3 of the house. The only thing in there were four stacks of hay that they would use for beds. The house wasn't very stable, being kept together with vines and wood. But it looked pretty cozy, it would definetaly last the four a month.
Everypony sat down outside the house, exhausted. They were silent for a while, then Rainbow Dash broke the silence.
"So, what are you?" Rainbow dash asked Gary.
"A human." He said.
"So like an alien or something?"
"I guess I am. I don't really know. I may be from another dimension, time, or solar system."
"What's a dimension and solar system?"
"It's complicated."
"Well, for the record, I'm the greatest flyer in all of Equestria. I'll be part of the Wonderbolts one day."
"Wonderbolts, eh? I may have heard of em." Gary said, thinking about how they were like in the show.
"Really? What do they like? What do they eat? What do they-"
"I said heard of them, not live with them."
"Hehe, sorry." Rainbow Dash got up and flew off before anypony could tell her to stop.
...
"So, Gary, I think that's ya'll name. How're the apples like in your place?" Applejack asked.
"There's sweet and sour at the same time. WAY less sweet than they are here."
"I hope that's a good thing." Applejack chuckled. "One day, ya gotta bring back one of those if ya can."
"Sure thing."
"Tell me bout yourself, Gary. What do you like to do?"
"All my hobbies are consisted of things that aren't here in Equestria. So if I told you, you'd have no idea what I'd be talking about." He said, referring to computers.
"Good point."
"It must be great working at Sweet Apple Acres."
"Sure is! I love it there, it's almost as if..." She looked into Gary's eyes and stopped her sentence.
"...Well, look at the time. I best be gettin' some sleep." Applejack said, running off into the cabin.
"G'night." Gary said, trying not to think about what just happened.
...
"The sunset's beautiful." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, it's amazing here. Back at home, we had sunsets just like this."
"How were they like?"
"They were darker, but were somehow just as bright. It made everything around you disappear. It felt as if the only things left in the world were you, and the sun."
"Wow. That sounds amazing."
"It was." Gary sighed, remembering his home. Fluttershy put her hoof around his shoulder and rested her head on him. They stared at the sunset until the moon took over. Then they looked at each other's eyes, and kissed. It felt amazing, as if all the sweet smelling flowers tasted like they smelled, and they were all mixed into her lips. They kept going for a while, but Gary broke it because he needed air. Fluttershy gave him a wink and smiled. He then got up and went to the cabin. Fluttershy told him she wanted to be alone for a bit longer, so they said goodnight to each other. Gary no longer minded kissing ponies, after the one with Rarity, they almost felt... Right.
Gary went inside with a big smile on his face. Applejack was sound asleep, but Rainbow Dash was there to greet him with a devilish grin. Gary then frowned.
"N-no, wait, it's not what you think." Gary nervously said. Rainbow Dash grinned some more.
"T-this is a big misunderstanding, you've got to believe me I-" Gary stopped for a moment, thinking what to say next. "L-isten to me, I'm telling you, you better listen to me Dash!"
"You like Fluttershy, don't you Gary?" Rainbow Dash questioned, still grinning. Gary sighed.
"Yes, it's true. She's real cute. Don't tell her though."
Rainbow Dash couldn't help but burst into laughter. Still laughing she said "Your secret's safe with me" then laughed even harder. Gary said nothing and just trudged off to his hay pile. He thought about waiting for Fluttershy to come in, but he was tired, so he just decided to go to bed.
A few hours passed, Fluttershy did eventually go inside but she fell asleep almost instantly. Gary couldn't sleep though. He thought about Applejack and Fluttershy. Applejack seemed to like him, and he really liked her too. But he also felt the same way about Fluttershy. He got real confused, so he just decided to go to sleep.
The next morning, everypony was ready to take on the town. They made a plan. Gary would go to Rarity's and pretend he's back from Discord to get some details of their plan. They also kept in mind that Discord may pull tricks on them. Afterwards, Gary would visit Twilight for help on his magic. The others would stay behind cover, in case anything happened. Gary figured he should record everything that will happen, so he put his phone in his shirt pocket and started recording. He glanced at the quickly sewn on shirt pocket and thought about Rarity. He felt so bad about what had happened. And he didn't even know why. But he tried not to think about it. The four ponies got ready, and set out.
Chapter 8 - The Second Day
Gary awoke to find himself lighter than he usually was. Which was weird, but he got he got the plan done real quick. He was real depressed seeing Rarity again, but he had to do it. What he found when he got there was a real creepy pony. He went inside, seeing a ton of rocks lying around.
"Sorry about what happened, Gary. You understand that it had to be that way, right?" Rarity said.
"Yes, I do." Gary lied. There was no point talking to a Rarity that didn't even technically exist, so he just cared about the information he needed.
"Any reason you're keeping rocks around here, Rarity?"
"What rocks? These are fabulous diamonds." She said while trying to put one of the rocks in a dress.
"Don't tell me you're..." Gary doubted. She really seemed like she was, but she didn't look any different.
"What?" Rarity asked.
"Nevermind that. Since I'm back, I need to know what Discord was going to do with me. He told me that you have to tell me."
"He said that once he got you, he was going to teach you magic. I don't see how that's possible though. You are not a unicorn. Hahahahahah." Rarity said, laughing maniacally.
"A-are you feeling alright, Rarity?"
"Yes, yes, just fine." She said while shining a rock.
"Do you happen to know what he wants to do with me after teaching me magic?"
"No, I most certainly do not, hehehehehehe." Rarity said while giggling. Gary couldn't help but find this incredibly creepy.
"Ok, that's all. Thanks Rarity." He ran out before she could respond.
The other ponies came out from the bush they were behind.
"How'd it go?" Asked Rainbow Dash.
"She's gone completely crazy." Gary responded.
"But did ya get the information ya need?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, I got some. Not very much though. Turns out he's currently training me magic. So I gotta get going too."
The four went to Twilight's, where Gary would get his training. The ponies went behind another bush and Gary knocked on the door. Twilight opened it.
"Hi Gary. You were gone for over a day. What happened?"
"Some errands."
"Ok. What do you need?"
"Remember when I told you I can use magic? You need to help me learn it."
"Sure, but... Why?"
Gary struggled thinking of a lie. He looked at the bush. All the ponies were gestering something, but he couldn't tell what.
"Uh, for a... Magic competition." He said. He then looked back at the bush, the ponies let out a breath of relief.
"Really? Where? I'd love to go too." She said.
"I don't know where it is yet."
"Ah, ok. Come on in."
Gary went inside and started learning magic. It was very hard to start because the magic only worked when it felt like it. Twilight said that he had to focus harder, but it didn't help. After a few hours, he started getting the hang of it, doing some simple spells and all. Until, finally, they decided to call it a day. The ponies were probably starving or dying of boredom. He thanked Twilight and left.
"Hey, we're done." He said. The ponies came out of the bush, relieved. He turned off his phone video camera.
"Thank Celestia. Could you go any slower?" Rainbow Dash mocked.
"Yes I can. I'll be sure to go slower when we do this again tomorrow." He said.
"No, wait, I didn't mean it like that!" Rainbow Dash said. The others laughed.
Back at camp, Gary set up a fire. All the ponies but Applejack got some who-knows-what kind of flowers and ate them. "Not as good without bread, but, whatever." Rainbow Dash said. Gary wanted to kill an animal and cook it, but of course, he can't do that in Equestria. He settled for some apples along with Applejack.
"I still can't believe we have to do this. We were just at a party, then, we're here." Rainbow Dash said.
"Ya'll gotta lighten up. This is gonna be fun!" Applejack said. Gary couldn't help but look at Fluttershy. A bad thought crept into the front of his brain.
"Hey, guys, I really hate sleeping on hay. Do you think we can make a bed?"
"There's that word again, gies. What is that?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I don't think we can, Gary. You'll have to visit Rarity." Applejack said.
"Ugh, ok. Stay here, I'll be back." He said.
He walked to Rarity's house. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. A very dirty Rarity answered.
"Oh, hi Garry. It's real nice to see you again here, hahahah." Rarity said. Gary couldn't stand to see her like this, he didn't care if she existed or not.
"Listen, Rarity, I think something's wrong with you right now."
"Wrong? Wrong? Nothing's wrong. Heheheheh." She said. He could tell she was getting worse by the minute. There was no point, he gave up. He was just going to come what he came for, then leave.
"Hey, Rarity. Do you think you can make a bed for me in, let's say, 10 minutes?" He asked.
"I suppose it's possible. As long as it's real simple." For a second, she seemed normal. But then she resumed her crazy attitude and walking cycle. Gary noticed what was wrong with her. Her cutie mark would completely vanish when she was acting crazy. "Well, this is new." Gary thought.
In about 10 minutes, a good looking bed, in his opinion, was done. Gary thanked Rarity with a hug, which he had to force himself to do now that she was batshit insane 99% of the time. He picked up the bed with magic, one of the simple spells he learned that day, and took it with him to base. Rarity looked at him while he was doing this completely normally, as if nothing unusual was happening.
"See you later, Rarity." He said.
"Bye! See you soon! She said.
Gary walked home at a fairly steady pace. Using magic so long really weared him out. After a while, he was focused to hard on keeping the bed lifted, that he tripped. And that was when he noticed. When he tripped, he literally launched into the air, doing 2 mid-air flips before landing unharmed, his bed still intact, too. He thought to himself about how the hell that just happened. If Rarity could give him magic, then Fluttershy could make him... Fly? But he wasn't growing wings. He was fealing a tingling by his feet. So he looked at them, and he found a wing sprouted from each of his heels, tearing through his shoe. "Neeevermind." He thought.
He jumped his way back to base. It felt amazing, he had never been able to do this before. Having the best flyer in Ponyville right next to him 24/7 could be used to his advantage. He was going to be the first and best flying-magic-using-human ever. Kind of like spiderman, except he'd be... Unipeguman? Ponyman? Then the image of Discord popped back into his head. He had one thing he didn't, flight powers. Then the image of Discord vanished and he resumed asking himself stupid questions like "So Spiderman got his powers from a spider biting him, eh? If Fluttershy would have bit me, would I have gained wings through that?" But he realized he was already at base. He went inside the cabin silently, set the bed down in the private room, then went back out and sat down by the roaring fire.
"Hey, guys, turns out I can fly." Gary said.
"Gies? Would you tell me what that is alread-, wait, did you just say fly?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yeah, I did." He said.
"Really? Show me!" Dash actually looked excited. This was a first.
"Sure, well, I can't really fly yet. But I'm getting there." Gary said. He then jumped as high as he could, probably jumping over 10 feet. He slowly descended, his winged heels flapped.
"Woah, how'd ya do that?" Applejack asked.
"Let's just say a certain pony helped me." He winked at Fluttershy. She winked back. Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash, looking for her response. But Rainbow Dash just smirked. Applejack was completely confused at that point, and decided to go inside. "I'm tired. I'll be headin' inside." She said.
"I could give you some lessons, sometime." Dash volunteered.
"Sure. Tomorrow wouldn't be bad." He replied, smiling.
"It's a date." She said, flying off before Gary could react. She was just messing with him, she couldn't be serious... Could she? Like, seriously, god damn, why are all the ponies all over him now? Maybe they weren't, "Applejack doesn't really feel anything," he thought. Did she? The only one he cared for back was Fluttershy. And even then, he had doubts.
He looked at fluttershy, he all alone with her now. He sat down next to her. He wasn't going to make the first move, that'd seem real creepy. If she wanted to be with him, she'd have to say something. But then again... She was Fluttershy.
"So, how did today go?" Fluttershy asked him.
"Great. I feel real bad for Rarity, though. Even though this is all fake."
"I-I'm starting to question that. Is it a coincidence we haven't come even close to our clones?"
"Fluttershy, you're usually right about a lot of things, but I'm not so sure. We'll check this out more tomorrow."
"Yes, y-you're right. No need to jump to conclusions." She ended the conversation.
They stared at the fire. It was completely silent, they were all alone. Fluttershy scooted closer to Gary. Gary saw this and moved closer as well. They looked into each other's eyes again, much longer than last time.
"I love you." Fluttershy whispered.
"I love you too." Gary said.
Their lips met each other and their tongues collided. They made out, their arms around each other. They did it for a few minutes. Then they both got up, nodded to each other, making sure they both knew what they would do next. They both walked into the house, closing the door behind them.
Chapter 9 - Bow Chicka Wow Wow
Fluttershy went into full Sluttershy mode on Gary. With only the light of the cell phone Gary dropped on the floor, Fluttershy pushed him into the private room. She pinned him down on his bed and made out with him furiously. Gary took off his shirt, revealing a cartoony, but still very muscular torso. She felt him stiffen and unzipped his pants with an evil smile on her face. He'd never seen Fluttershy like this, and, quite frankly, it was really turning him on. She took off his boxers, and gave Gary an evil full-teeth smile as she put his hot, erect member in her mouth. Gary smirked, he was astounded. She was astounded as well, she wasn't used to it being so big, but she loved it. Fluttershy began blowing him, and Gary let out a satisfied moan. He began thrusting, holding on to Fluttershy's soft, pink mane. They went at it for a couple minutes until Gary ejaculated. Fluttershy swallowed. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh man, that was amazing, Fluttershy." Gary whispered. "Do you really think you can handle me?" She said at normal volume, somehow grinning even more. "Is that a challenge?" Gary laughed. "I guess it is!" Fluttershy began yelling.
Fluttershy stuck out her wet pussy. She looked at Gary, raising her eyebrows and smiling. He replied with a smile back. He then slid himself into her and began thrusting. Fluttershy moaned as he entered her pussy. She was in heaven, she'd never had something like this before. They both loved every second of it. "Ooooooh, YES!" Fluttershy said. "Keep going, keep going!". He kept thrusting, going a bit faster. Fluttershy's wings were flapping, matching the tempo of the thrusts. "I'm getting close, Fluttershy!" Gary said. "Just a bit more! "No, wait! Almos-ahhhhhhh...." Fluttershy climaxed. Gary allowed himself to let go, climaxing within seconds of Fluttershy. They fell on the bed, in each other's arms/hooves. They looked at each other, and shared one final deep kiss. The bed was single, but that only made things better. "I really enjoyed that." Gary said. "I did too." Fluttershy said in her usual whisper. They tucked themselves into the blanket, putting their arms/hooves around each other. They tried for another kiss, but instead, closed their eyes and drifted off into sleep.
Chapter 10 - Preperation
Gary awoke, feeling extremely weird. He glanced over at Fluttershy, she was waking up as well. "That was some night, Fluttershy." He said. Fluttershy blushed. "So does this make you my... G-g-girlfriend?" He asked. "I suppose it does." She said, thinking about it. Just then, Applejack rushed in. She took a look at the two and her face got bright red.
"Uh, sorry. I was just looking for ya'll, since you didn't show up in the other room...". Gary and Fluttershy redened up, staring at Applejack. Gary was still shirtless, which obviously told Applejack what they were doing.
"I'll best be leavin' now." Applejack said, slowly walking out. Fluttershy and Gary looked at each other for a few moments.
"Look, your feet!" She whispered. He looked down at his feet, the wings were literally more than twice their size. "So, in short..." Gary began. "Sex makes me stronger? That's, uh, cool." He never really thought about it, but if a kiss could give him the ability to do something, then sex could double the power of that ability. Or was it the making out that did it?
Him and Fluttershy got up. Gary put his dirty clothes back on. Gary was also starting to smell a tiny bit too. Gary and Fluttershy walked out of the cabin, Applejack and Rainbow Dash standing next to each other. Applejack was still blood-red. Rainbow Dash looked annoyed.
"What took you so long?" She said tauntingly.
"Nothing, Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said. Gary and Fluttershy looked at each other and giggled.
"Ohhh, Celsestia, you did THAT?" Rainbow Dash mocked, pretending not to know. Fluttershy and Gary giggled again and nodded.
"Let's try to stay on topic here. Let's go over our schedule." Applejack said, the red slowly receding from her face. The others snapped out of it and started planning. They decided that Gary would first do some training with Rainbow Dash, then some with Twilight. After a while, they decided that Applejack should also teach him about speed and strength. Fluttershy would help the others and be the assistant, basically. They took their positions and got ready for the rest of the day.
Before he would visit Rainbow Dash, he had some work to do on his phone. He took it out, studying the first tape with him and Rarity at the party. He kept trying to spot her cutie mark, but he couldn't find the spot. Or was it simply not there at all? Eventually, he paused at the right angle. No cutie mark, just as he had suspected. So it's true then. The entire time he knew Rarity was Discord acting as her. He had to say, he'd done a real good job, but... The truth devastated him. Then he glanced at the tape right as she admitted Discord's plan. Her cutie mark was there. "She broke free and almost killed herself... To save me..." He felt horrible. He just left her there, to be killed by Discord. Was she dead back in the real Ponyville? He really hoped not. A tear strolled down his cheek. And to think he just fucked Fluttershy last night. He wanted to punch himself in the face.
"Jeez, come on, Gary! I don't have all day!" Rainbow Dash said. Gary got up, wiped the tear, and sniffled a little. He tried to forget about what just happened. He walked over to Dash and said "Ok. I'm here. What are we doing now?".
"First, let's test how good you are at this. Fly as fast as you can to that tree." She said. Gary jumped up and was fully floating in the air. His winged heels were flapping, he was flying! He charged as fast as he could at the tree and ended up getting a face full of dirt.
"Looks like you'll need a LOT more practice." Rainbow Dash laughed. Gary got up, wiped the dirt off his face, and got ready to try again. He jumped up again and got ready. This time when he charged, he ended up going pretty far but spun out of control and fell again. He probably would've broke his neck if he didn't use magic to slow himself down.
"Keep going!" Rainbow Dash said, obviously enjoying watching him fail over and over again. Gary tried again, crash. Again, crash. Fluttershy came out from time to time to cheer him on, but it didn't help much. But on the third time, he was able to do it.
"There we go. Now, training session's over. I need to practice too, you know." Dash said, genuinely bored. "So much for the 'date'" Gary thought. He head over to Twilight's for his second session.
"Hey Twilight." He said to the Pony who opened the door. "Where's Spike?"
"Thing is... I don't know. He's been gone for a day. I've looked all over for him but couldn't find him anywhere." Twilight responded.
"I can help. After we're done, I'll go look for him."
"Really? That'd be great!"
He went inside. They had a fairly simple session, nothing serious happened except for when Twilight asked "What have you been doing these days?". "Oh, nothing, just training with a bunch of ponies so I can defeat an evil chaos lord thing and myself with 20x better magic than me." He wanted to say. But instead, he said "Usual stuff, nothing big." He learned a ton more spells than he did last time now that the magic would actually work. He finished and thanked Twilight again. Looking for Spike can wait, he had Applejack next.
He walked back over to camp, Applejack waiting for him. He was expecting something special, but nothing happened. It was a pretty normal training session. She made him carry apples around (even though he wondered why he couldn't just do push-ups) and run some laps. Then that was it, it was done.
"Wow, you're a great worker, Gary." Applejack said.
"It was just lifting some apples and running, no biggie." He replied.
"It's a biggie to me..." She said. Now things were looking serious.
"Well, uh... I gotta go, I promised Rainbow Dash.... A race! Right, a race." He panicked. What did he just get himself into?
"Ok... See ya'll later!" Applejack yelled as he ran in Rainbow Dash's direction.
When he got there, Rainbow Dash was flying around, doing, you know, Pegasus stuff. "Here we go..." He sighed.
"Hey! Dash!" She heard him and got an interested look on her face. She went down to the ground. "Yeeeeeeeeeeees?" She said, grinning.
"You and me have a race. No rules. To sweet apple acres." He said.
"I like the sound of that! You're on!" She said. This race was going to be a piece of cake. He had one thing Dash didn't, magic. "A novice like you can't beat somebody who's been training for years!" She said. "We'll see..." He replied.
Applejack started the race off at sunset, Fluttershy was watching off at the side. "Go Gary! Yay!" She whispered. Rainbow Dash looked at Gary and grinned. Gary pretended to look nervous and panicked.
"Reaady. Set. GO!" Applejack yelled. The two took off, Rainbow Dash getting a huge lead. Gary concentrated real hard on a tree and made a tree branch hit her. She fell to the ground.
"Hey! No fair!" She yelled. "No rules, Dash! No rules!" He yelled back. She let out an angry growl and got back up. "This guy is so cooool!" She said to herself.
Gary was surprised, he was going pretty fast. Not nearly as fast as Dash, but, fast. Then a rainbow got in his face. He tried to shake it away but couldn't, it was completely blocking his view. And whenever the old one faded, a new one would take it's place. "Dash! Stop tha-!" He yelled. He stopped because he crashed into a tree, head first. "Owwwwwwwwww!" He fell to the ground. Rainbow Dash let out a menacing laugh and flew ahead. He had learned the exact spell he used on his fingertips the first time he used magic because he had asked Twilight about it. Turns out it works for any part of your body as well. It can enhance how fast that part moves as well as how strong it is. He used the spell on his legs and feet which enhanced both his running and flying abilities. He ran to right below where Dash was, extremely tired. He had to stop the spell soon or he'd pass out. He jumped into the air, in front of Dash, panting real hard. He used the last of what he could do and shot a white beam out of his hands at Dash's eyes. "I can't see!" She yelled. Gary was surprised, he didn't expect to do that. His vision started to get fuzzy, he used up way too much magic. But then he saw it, Sweet Apple Acres only a little farther. Dash charged straight, crashing into a tree next to him. He could do this. Dash fell on the ground and rubbed her eyes real hard. Gary was slowly losing speed, but he was almost there, just a bit more. Rainbow Dash's eyes cleared. She noticed how close she was to Sweet Apple Acres and completely exploded into the air. She sprinted so fast she swore it would almost create a sonic rainboom. Gary saw Dash coming from behind and made one final attempt, he charged with his vision blacking. He crashed into a barnhouse, Dash right behind him. "I won." He said as he passed out.
He awoke about an hour later in the same spot he crashed. He was gonna get up when he noticed he was being cuddled by a certain blue pony. He jumped at the sight of her. "WOAH WOAH WOAH. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" He said. "What? You don't like it...?" Rainbow Dash said tenderly.
"No, I don't. You know I'm with Fluttershy."
"Lighten up, she won't know..."
"No, no, god no. No. NO." He tried to change the subject. "But I did win the race, right?"
Dash's expression changed from sweetness to annoyingness. "Yeah, you did." Just then, Applejack walked in.
"Hey Applejack, how awesome was that?" Gary asked.
"How awesome was what? And where were you before? Ya'll just vanished one day." She said.
"Huh? I never vanishe-" He stopped. That was when it occurred to him, he was talking to Applejack's clone. He looked at Rainbow Dash, who nodded to him.
"Listen, Applejack, it was nice seeing you again, but we got to go." He said.
"Yeah, we need to be somewhere." Rainbow Dash said.
"Where?" The clone asked.
"We're, uh... Looking for Spike. We promised Twilight we'd get him by today." He said.
"Oh. Well, I was just worried bout ya'll. See ya both later." She said as she walked off. They both let out a sigh of relief.
"Now, where were we?" Dash tried grabbing Gary.
"No, Dash. Bad Dash." He said.
"You know you want to." She said, raising her eyebrow.
"Ugh, let's just look for Spike then go home. I promised Twilight I'd do it." He said.
"He's probably with Rarity." She rolled her eyes.
"That's actually not a bad idea, let's check there."
They walked to Rarity's house. Dash kept trying to lean against him, Gary pushed her off. They knocked on the door. No answer. Gary knocked again. No answer.
"Come on, just force it open." Dash said, annoyed. Gary sighed and used his magic to open the door. Their jaws dropped. Dresses were scattered on the floor, there were cracks on the walls, rocks were hanging on stands. Spike lay on the ground. Gary rushed over to him. Rainbow Dash followed.
"Spike! What happened to you?" He asked.
"AH! Oh, wait, it's you. Well, I just had the best night of my life." Spike said.
"Everypony's worried about you! What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Rarity... She.... She's amazing." Spike said.
"Oh god, don't tell me she raped you. Hahah." Gary said jokingly and laughed. Spike nodded.
"I WAS JOKING! HOLY SHIT, YOU'RE SERIOUS?"
"Yes, I am. I can't believe it either, but I just visited her, and she did it with me. Can't really say it was rape, but still..." Spike added. Rainbow Dash and Gary stared at each other, astounded.
"Looks like Discord and myself aren't the only thing's we have to worry about." Gary said to Rainbow Dash.
"Anyway, you need to go home Spike, everyone's worried about you." Gary said to Spike. "Ok." He said. Spike got up with a big grin on his face and started walking home.
"I'll pretend that didn't just happen and we'll go home. Ok?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Agreed." Gary said. They ran for the open door and an extremely dirty Rarity blocked the door.
"Hi Gary! Hi Rainbow Dash! Hahahah, can I help you?" She asked. Gary looked at her, no cutie mark was to be found.
"No, we're fine. Now if you let us through..." Rainbow Dash began.
"No, stay! Do you want me to assist you, Gary? I'm feeling great right now!" Rarity asked Gary. "And you can join in, Rainbow Dash! Oh, this'll be fun!" She said.
Rainbow Dash grinned. "No, Dash." Gary said. She frowned and started panicking. "I was kidding. Now, let's get out of here!" He nodded. "No arguement there, let's go!"
"Listen, Rarity, we reeeeeeeaaally need to go! Now, if you excuse us..." Gary said.
"NO! STAY!" Rarity screamed. She constricted both Dash and Gary and sat them down. Rainbow Dash looked at Gary and raised her eyebrows, basically asking "DONT YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO GET US OUT OF HERE?".
"Now, let's get started..." Rarity said, smiling real hard.
Chapter 11 - Clones
The first thing Rarity had on her list was torturing us.... With her talking. I swear, she talked on and on for hours about gems, dresses, and her diamond collection. And all in her insane style. Whenever Rainbow Dash or Gary tried looking away, she would slap them. Gary kept trying to break free, but ended up getting real tired, even though he hadn't moved at all. They were completely stuck in the magic, there was no way out. She went at it for hours, maybe even the entire night. They couldn't even tell if it was morning or not because the windows were sealed. But that was only the beginning. She decided to use them as manikins for testing dresses. But then things started getting serious when a horribly-made dress she made wouldn't fit on Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, that body part's too big, where's a saw when you need one... Aha!" She said, taking out a saw from an overhead cabinet. Rainbow Dash started crying, the tears stuck to her face. As annoying as she was, Gary really felt sorry for her. Nobody deserved this. He had to her out of this. He struggled as hard as he could, trying every spell in his head. Nothing happened. Rainbow Dash was desperately trying to free herself. Rarity walked over, smiling.
"Oh, Rainbow Dash, no need to cry. The magic will make the pain feel even worse, doesn't that cheer you up? Hahahah." Gary got angry. He remembered how Rarity saved him from being controlled by Discord. He wasn't going to let this THING harm his friends. He worked so hard to get free his mucles felt like bursting. His eyes glowed white and magic surrounded his body. And... BOOM! Nothing happened, he was still stuck. He did manage to distract Rarity for a moment with his glowing eyes, but, uh, he was still stuck.
"Why those are marvolous eyes, Gary. After I'm done with Rainbow Dash, I may have to put them in my collection." She said before reaching out to Rainbow Dash again. Dash gave Gary a "Thanks for trying" look and braced herself for the worst. Rarity put the saw on Rainbow Dash and suddenly got punched by an orange hoof.
"Applejack?" Rainbow Dash wanted to say. But she couldn't because she was still constricted.
"What? Surprised a CLONE saved you?" She said. Now things were getting complicated... "How did the clone know she was a clone?" Gary thought. But he didn't care, Applejack just saved them!
"Oh, Applejack, you ruin all the fun. Why don't you join us?" She began her constricting spell on Applejack, but she did a roundhouse kick right at Rarity's face. Rarity lost consiousness and the constricting spell faded on Gary and Rainbow Dash.
"Applejack? How, wha-?" Gary began.
"I'll explain later, for naw, LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" Applejack yelled. Gary and Rainbow Dash nodded as they ran out of there as fast as they could. Gary sealed the entrance of Carousel Boutique with some logs then shot a sticky liquid out of his hands to keep them stuck to the door. They wanted to be sure Rarity never made it out of there again.
"Ok, first off, how do you know you're a clone? Wouldn't that mean we lost now?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I overheard Fluttershy and my real self talking about clones and how the world wasn't real. At first, I thought they were crazy. But I waited a bit and confronted Fluttershy bout it. She explained the whole story. Technically, ya didn't lose yet because they didn't tell me, I overheard dem talking about it." Applejack said.
"Hooray for loopholes!" Gary shouted sarcastically.
"Yeah, well, Fluttershy told meh that ya'll were on a race and she saw ya fall in the barnhouse. Since ya'll were looking for Spike, I checked the most logical place, Rarity's house. I knew that no-good Rarity was up to something. She's been actin' real weird these days." Applejack continued.
"Thanks Applejack, we owe you one." Rainbow Dash said.
"Yeah, thanks. We both would've literally been dead if it wasn't for you." Gary said.
"Ah, shucks. It was nothin'." She said.
"I'm just glad you didn't meet yourself, the world would've, like, exploded." Gary said to Applejack.
"Yeah, I figured that much." She replied.
"Ok, enough talk. We need to tell the others what just happened here." Rainbow Dash said. Gary and Applejack nodded. Gary and Rainbow Dash started flying, but got an "Ahem" from Applejack. "Heheh, sorry." They said at the same time, which led to an awkward stare between the two. But they walked to the base, Applejack making sure she wouldn't meet herself. Rainbow Dash kept trying lean against Gary, he pushed her off the first five times, but gave in the sixth.
"You like that, don't you?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"We almost got slaughtered by a psycho Rarity and you're still trying to get me to like you?" Gary sighed.
Rainbow Dash took a few seconds to process the thought. "Yeah, I guess I am." She said. Gary facepalmed. "Hi!" Pinkie Pie appeared in front of the three, making Rainbow Dash jump. Gary laughed.
"Where have you been Gary? I missed having the funny pony around!" She said.
"Oh Pinkie Pie's clone, you're so random!" Rainbow Dash said sarcastically. Pinkie got a confused look on her face.
Gary looked at Applejack, who looked nervous. "Oh, I was just doing some errands, that's all." He said.
"Well Okie-dokie-lokie! You should come over to Sugercube Corner sometime, I'd love to see you! How about tonight?" She asked.
"Sure!" He said. He really liked Pinkie Pie, she was funny, cute, and fun to be around.
"Great!" She said as she happily hopped off.
"Woah, woah, woah. Wait a second. Did I just get asked on a date by Pinkie's clone?" He said, looking over the situation more carefully.
"Ya kinda did." Applejack said.
"Urgh, Fluttershy won't like the sound of that." He said as they walked on. Eventually, they reached camp. Fluttershy was sobbing outside the house and Applejack sat next to her with a big frown on her face. Applejack's clone hid behind a bush as Dash and Gary went to greet their old friends.
"Hey Fluttershy!" He said to the crying pony. At the sound of his voice, Fluttershy erupted into happiness.
"Gary! You're alright." She hugged him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Me and Dash wouldn't have been if it weren't for a certain clone." He said.
"Huh? What are ya talkin' bout, Gary?" Applejack said, now smiling.
"Well..." Rainbow Dash started. Her and Gary took turns telling the story. Gary used his magic to set up the fire as they told it. Applejack looked surprised. Fluttershy was happy that she helped save the two.
"Now this is just gettin' confusing. My clone saved you two?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah. In fact, she's right behind that bush over there. But you can't meet her or we'd lose our game... Orrrr the world would explode." Gary said. After that, there was a long silence. Nobody knew what to say.
"What happens now?" Gary asked.
"Now? Let's go practice flying..." Rainbow Dash replied.
"Nah, I think we've had quite enough for one day. Let's just relax." He said. He walked over to behind the bush, thanked Applejack's clone one more time, and she left.
Gary's idea of "relaxing" consisted of making out with Fluttershy in front of the others. Applejack sighed.
"Do you really have to do that here?" Rainbow Dash asked, obviously dissatisfied with the display. Gary and Fluttershy looked at each other and giggled. They got up and went inside the house. Laughing on the way.
"That's not what I meant!" Rainbow Dash yelled to the two.
After Gary and Fluttershy finished up, Gary decided it was about time to visit Pinkie Pie. He hoped nothing serious would happen there. He liked her as a friend, not a girlfriend. He got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and tried to explain the situation to Fluttershy.
"Listen, Fluttershy, I promised Pinkie I'd meet her tonight." He said.
"Oh. Alright... But that isn't going to be a d-d-date, is it?" She asked.
"No, of course not. Just a friendly meeting, I'm sure." He hoped. He then got up, tried processing all the information that happened to him today, and left the house. Waving goodbye to Fluttershy.
"Where ya goin', Gary?" Applejack asked.
"Pinkie wanted to visit me. I'll see you both later!" He said to both Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
"Ugh, not another one..." Applejack said, sighing. Rainbow Dash got a confused look on her face.
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