The Adventures of Binks' The Human

It always begin at night. At night I feed my plans on darkness. If there is one thing I command in abundance, it is the darkness. Darkness is the ground that will nurture what desire I grow. I would always have chosen night over day and the basement over the garden, given the chance. It's only after the sunset that the disturbed creatures of mt mind dare to venture from their bunkers to breathe the icy air of death. They are waiting for me to gift their misshapen bodies, a grotesque beauty. After all, a lure must be attractive so they can feed on their prey only becomes aware of the hook when it sits deep in the flesh. My prey. I almost want to embrace it, without it. In a way, I will do that. He will be the one...YOU are the one.

I have no need to seek out the darkness...the death; it is always around me. I release like a breath. Like the transpiration of my body...my soul. Nowadays most shun me; that is fine. They all creep around me, whispering, uneasy,fearful..I can feel their *despair*; it is coming. They think the light keeps them at bay, but I know it's the darkness. But, now it's time for you to wake up...

Wake up...

Wake up...

Wake up...

Wake up!

"Wake up!"

The human's eyes snapped open to Poppy who was crunched over above him crying her eyes out. The little filly had seen better days, her previous blue and yellow mane was disheveled and dirty and her pristine white fur was matted with dirt and grim with a sad, guilty look in her tear-filled eyes. Next to her was Twitter, who wasn't faring much better as her blue coat was covered with ash, with an equally sad look in it's eyes.

"Ugh... " the human grunted out.

"YOU'RE AWAKE!" said Poppy as the excited filly jumped to give the human a hug only to be met by a shout of pain from the human.

"CHIRP!"

"Ahhhh! Dammit" yelled the human, clutching his chest in agonizing pain. Poppy quickly back away eyes widening with shock before quickly turning into regret.

"I-I'm s-sorry I j-just--"

"It's okay Poppy, It's just a ugh...few scratches I'll be fine just let me.." The human tried to stand up only to be met by an excruciating pain emanating from his whole body. "Fuck!" flapping back down onto the cold ground.

"Chirp. Chirp!" shouted Twitter in anger.

"I know..I know. I'm a idiot."

"You're not any idiot..." whispered the small filly.

"Huh well of course I am, I'm so stupid it's cool ..All humans are. He he.... ugh" clutching his rib cage in pain and wincing. "...Yeah, definitely broken." At this moment, Binks' got to take a look at his surroundings. He's was in a dark cave and a pretty small one at that probably only able to hold a dozen people or so. It had a few sizable stalactites hanging from the top of the ceiling, dripping with perspiration. It was dark outside with the exception of the the light of the moon, shining on part of the cave. He then took the time to examine himself, he touched his stomach and immediately felt a intense pain, his broken ribs were the least of his worries. He was positive that his internal injuries were far worse than that of his external and that was saying something considering his battered appearance. Wondering how he even survived he turned his attention back to Poppy, who was currently balling her huge eyes out.

"Hey, Poppy how did I-"

"I'M SORRY!!!" Poppy shouted suddenly with tear-stained cheeks. "Everything's my fault..If I hadn't been such a stupid pony know of this wouldn't have happened!'

"Um.."

She shouted "I'm a useless pony!" Jesus...

"Hey, Kid.."

"I can do nothing for myself!"

"Poppy..."

"I'm just a waste of space.."

He shouted "POPPY! That's enough...you're not a waste, you're not useless, okay so stop saying that you are."

"B-but.."

"Chirp. Chirp" chirped the bluebird.

"Exactly, my point Twitter." Turning to Poppy. "If it wasn't for you I'd be dead. You saved me, Poppy." The human explained smiling.

"B-but if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place.." She stammered.

"No, it was my decision to stay and fight not yours you don't have to blame yourself for a decision I made besides there was no way that Tony the Tiger rip-off could beat me anyway way...I'm a human after all."

"Y-yeah I suppose.." she trailed off. The humans eyes narrowed with suspicion briefly before returning to their natural state.

"Hey, Poppy.."

"Yes?"

"Don't you think it's bout time you tell me why you really ran away from home."

"What?"

"Why did you really run away from home." He repeated the question.

The filly began to fidget "I-I wanted to go on a-an adventure remember."

"Oh really, did you get those bruises on an adventure too ,hmm?"

The filly eyes widened drastically, then she started to get anxious.

"N-no, there just...

"Don't lie to me, Poppy" the human his eyes darkening then softened upon looking at the filly's expression. " You can tell me..we're friends right?"

"Y-yes"

He asked gently "Then tell me Poppy...Did your parents abuse you?"

"..Yes" the filly said lowering her head in shame, tears trailing down her cheeks. The human felt a searing rage course through his veins.

"I knew it.." said the human in a strained voice.

"How did you..."

"I had my suspicions at first" He said cutting her off "...But, as we traveled I began to notice some anomalies. Like how the way you acted, how you would fidget occasionally  and how you would wince every time you walked as if you we're in some kind of pain, the bruises on your fur, your hostility towards your parents...The signs were all there in plain view but, what how new for a fact was a your eyes." The shocked expression on the filly's face brought a small, bitter chuckle to the human.

"Yeah, your eyes told it all...a matter of fact, it was Twitter here that actually pointed it out to me. Whenever you laughed or smiled I could see was the pain in your eyes...what you had to go through, the rejection, the abuse, the complete and utter isolation of having to go through that hell alone with no one to help you or cherish you" he said comforting the small filly in his arms, tears running down both our cheeks "...and yet you still had the courage to put a smile on your face despite all that. To befriend a complete stranger...you must of been so lonely. Well, you don't have to be alone anymore because I'm here."

She sniffled "I-I d-don't have to b-be alone?"

The human cherished the young filly's face "Of course you don't kid...Because no one in this world is born to be alone" The human said with a wide grin on his face. The filly's eyes immediately became teary-eyed up as the both shared in a warm embrace.

"Hey, would you like to hear a song Poppy?"

"Yes please.."

"Hey, Twitter mind getting my flute please...I still can't move much at the moment" the bluebird hesitated before retrieving the human's flute from the bag and bringing it back to the human. The human gave a small, knowing nod to the bird before turning his attention back to the small filly.

"This is one of my favorite songs." putting his lips to the flute." It's called...Gloria."

The human began playing the soothing melody to the young filly as she listened and watched intently as the human fingers effortlessly worked the instrument. She could fell the melody beat in rhythm of her own beating heart , the rustling of the leaves, the silence of the surrounding forest, and each individual sound that it made became in tone with the human's song as the moon's light reached further into the cave giving it a otherworldly feel. The filly sat there and took it all in as she became hypnotized by the chorus of the forest. The filly felt her eyes grow heavier with each passing note until she feel asleep on the cave floor in a puddle of her own tears.

The human stopped playing as soon as he say that Poppy had fallen asleep, removing the flute from his lips. "Looks like that song did the trick.." he said as he slowly lifted his battered body off the ground, wincing in slight pain as he grabbed his banjo using it as leverage . Magic has it's perks... Noticing the bluebird giving him a disapproving look as if knowing what was about to go do. "Are you going to lecture me eh, Twitter? Cause I'm not up for your self-righteous bullshit at the moment...I did what I had to." Looking back down at the small filly, he smiled sadly.

Looking back towards the bird." Watch her I'll be back...I have a parent's meeting I have to attend.." said the human clutching his stomach as he walked out of the cave into the desolate forest. Behind him the bluebird sadly chirped as it lay next to the sleeping filly and closed it's eyes.

After about twenty minutes of traveling through the quiet forest, the human finally arrived at his destination. A small wooden cabin, surrounded by a garden with a wide variety of flowers giving it a rustic, peaceful feel. It looked rather peaceful but, the human knew better to judge things based off of appearance. This place may have looked nice but, it was hell for Poppy. The pain and suffering she had to go through, the beatings, and isolation she had to endure. And the two monsters inside of their were responsible for it. The rage he felt before surged forward again putting purpose back into his step as approached the door making especially sure to stick to the shadow. He knocked on the door a few times as he heard someone shout "I'm coming, I'm coming...who the hay could that be at this hour we don't usually get visitors around here." he heard a gruff male voice say before he heard a feminine sounding voice say "Maybe it's that useless daughter of ours" she said in a uncaring manner.

The male voice laughed and said "Yeah, right she couldn't find her way out of a paper bag!" the human clenched his fist as heard both parents laugh at the apparent stupidity of their daughter. Fuck this..The human raised his battered leg and kicked down the door in surprising both parents. His leg throbbed in pain but, he didn't care he just wanted these two to hurt, he wanted them to feel the pain and hurt that Poppy felt. He walked into the cabin and looked down at the two sorry excuse for parents.

"Holy Celestia!" shouted the father.

"W-what are you! Why are you in our house?" asked the mother as the father grabbed a broom to defend themselves from what they thought was a wild creature.

"Are you to Poppy's parents?" the human asked in a neutral tone surprising the couple.

"A-and if we are?" the father said sounding to sound strong but came out in a squeak instead.

"Then I have a question for you both of you...What does it mean to be a parent?" he simply asked leaving the couple confused. What is this thing and what it had to do with our daughter? They thought.

"Can't answer it can you.."

"What are you talking about? What the hay does our useless daughter have to do with-" he didn't get a chance to finish as Binks' drove his banjo into the side of the stallions head knocking him unconscious as blood seeped from the top of his head.

"Wrong answer." He looked toward mare as Poppy's mother froze with fear, terror flooding her senses as the strange bipedal creature clutched it's bloody banjo.

"What about you, hmm? Do you know?" he questioned the terrified mare. She only stood there frozen with fear too terrified to even speak. The human sighed.

"Since you both don't know I'll tell you what it means...A parent is supposed to listen to their child" knocking over the table "They're supposed the cherish them...support them." pushing the chairs aside, slowly walking closer to the mare as she backed away from the human. "Understand them." he stopped in front of her "And most of all..." he crouched down to eye level with the mare, looking her straight in the eye "...A parent is suppose to love their child unconditionally...not make them fell useless and alone, as if their worthless. You two aren't parents...you two are pathetic ." The human said in a solemn voice.

The mother dropped to her knees, tears in her eyes " P-please I'm sorry...just don't hurt me I-I'll do anything!" She pleaded reaching out her foreleg towards. Disgusted, the human as he quickly slapped it away. " Look at you begging and sniveling while your husband is over there injured and your daughter...you really are pathetic."

"Please have mercy!" squeaked the terrified mare.

"Did you have mercy on Poppy? Did you have mercy when you we're abusing her, tormenting her for just trying to live her life...she wanted to be loved by her parents like any child would but, she couldn't even have that so, instead you isolated her from her world, afraid to live her own life, that's why she ran away...because of you two ." glaring down at the mare. The mare remained silent as the human went on with his tirade.. " You know she almost died today but I suppose you don't even care don't you...only yourself." He said with as much venom as he could muster.

"I-I'm sorry...I-" she was cut off as the human gripped the mares throat and looked her in the eye. Her eyes bulged to a cartoonish degree as she was chocked. "If I ever see you near me or Poppy ever again...I'll fucking end you...DO YOU UNDERSTAND!? The mare quickly shook her head as he pushed onto the floor, causing her to go into a coughing fit. The human glared down at her one last time before exiting the cabin, leaving the mare in as she silently cried into her forelegs alone.

Poppy awoke to the sun's heat on face as she slowly opened her eyes. The drowsy filly rubbed her eyes with her hoof as she saw the battered human was up and about and arguing with the bluebird about something.

She yawned "Mr. Human? Is that you?."

The human stop arguing as he heard turned to the sleepy filly " The one and only, kid. I hope you had a nice rest cause we're going to heading out soon."

"But, how are you even up? You we're hurt so bad..."

"Oh, that I'll be fine. We humans are as tough as nails." He said banging his fist on his chest to show that he was fine. The filly simply lowered her head and averted her eyes causing the human to take on an serious expression.

"Hey Kid, what's wrong?" The human gently asked.

"I-I just thought it was a dream...That all of this was a dream...Going on a adventure, making a friend it's something that  I never imagined actually happening in real life...I was so scared. Scared that if I open my eyes that the dream would go away..." whispered the filly, her voice quaking. The human bent down on one knee in front of the filly. "Poppy...don't have to be alone anymore. It's ok to cry, to laugh, to be angry.." putting his hands on the filly's shoulders " because we'll be together as friends." said the human with a genuine smile on his face.

I don't have to be alone anymore...I have a friend..She thought.

She then embraced the human a warm hug in which the human gladly returned "Thank you, Mr. Binks..."

The human smiled "No problem, Kid."

"I'm a Pony"

"Whatever."

"Chirp. Chirp" squeaked Twitter.

"Yeah, Yeah we're coming...God you're a nag."

"Chirp."

The human flipped the bird to the bird as he grabbed his bag of the ground, hoisting it over his shoulder as Poppy stood there on moving.

The human frowned "You coming, kid?"

"W-what about my parents?...I should probably head back..." The humans eyes darkened for a moment before returning to normal. It was obvious the filly didn't want to go back to her abusive household.

"Oh them, well me and them and a little chat...and they agreed to let you come with me" said the human.

The filly's eyes widened in shock "Really they said I could go?"

"Well, it took some convincing but, I eventually got them to agree to it." The filly was shocked...and excited. Shocked that her parents would allow her to go and excited that she was finally free...free of her parents, free to see the world, free to live her life how she always wanted. Maybe they saw the error in their way or maybe just wanted to get rid of her either way she was finally free.

"But, just so you know you have to pull your own weight this is a team effort after all."

I'm free.. Poppy thought.

"And-"

I'm free...

"But then-"

I'm Free!

The filly was lost in her thoughts until who was already walking down the trail the human shouted  "Hey, Poppy you comin' or what? Daylight's a wastin'."

"Chirp" squeaked the bluebird.

"Yeah, what Twitter said."

"I-I'm coming!" As she galloped towards the human she had a large grin on her face as she thought to herself..

I'm finally free..