Holding on to the Stars

by Omega Wing

Chapter 7: Meh...

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Tyler Pov:

I really hope to god I ain't gonna be stuck here on this, different world. I had a nice schedule set up back home and I'd like to get back as soon as possible so I can start it. I swear though, if these Princesses can't find a way to send me back then...well, I'll fucking kill everything.

Right now I'm sitting on one of these little thrones in the main hall of Twilights castle. Never seen a castle like it. It's just like one big crystal tree castle.

I had an interesting walk through Ponyville though on our way here. Everyone was looking at me, some of the Ponies were whispering and some even ran into their houses. I don't know what their deal is, quite frankly I couldn't care less, if they wanna look, point, whisper, let them. As long as they don't slow me down or get in my way, I don't care what they do.

Seriously though, I'm starting to get a bit annoyed by the glares Rainbow Dash is giving me. If she keeps this up I swear I'm gonna bitch slap her.

On another note, Twilight was kind enough to offer me some books to look at while she and her friends wrote a letter to her Princesses. Maybe she's doing that because she thinks that I'll give her books of my own in return. Eh, she can have 'em, and any other books in the suitcases in the plane, most of 'em aren't even mine.

But, I guess it wouldn't hurt to keep myself occupied with something. Reading one of these books would be better than having to watch Rainbow Bitch glare at me the whole time.

Just as I open a book on Equestrian History, Twilight and the others return and tell me, "I've sent the letter to the Princesses. I'm sure once they receive it they will send a carriage to pick us up, so all we can do for now is wait."

I shrug. "Sure." Before turning my attention back to the book.

Rarity approached me with her usual friendly smile and poked my arm to get my attention. "Apologies if I'm interrupting your reading darling but given the damage done to your wonderful clothing, I was wondering if you would like to stop my Boutique later and get them fixed up. If you allow me to take your measurements I can even fix up some new clothes for you as well."

I raise a brow at her. Seriously? Is she offering to fix me up an extra pair of clothes just like that? "What's the catch?" I ask. There's no way in hell they can be this nice.

Rarity's smile widened however. "No catch darling, simply the thought of knowing I'm helping is enough."

...Right. "I'll think about it." I reply, granted I should get my suit fixed up and a new a pair of clothes, I don't want to take any chances until I'm sure this isn't some trick.

"Of course darling, take your time." Rarity said.

I glance over at Rainbow Dash for a second, she's still glaring at me. Ok, I'm sick of this. "You got a problem?" I ask her.

Rainbow frowns. "You're right I've got a problem! You!" She points a hoof at me.

I shrug. "I don't know what I did to offend you Rainbow Dash and quite frankly I don't care. I'm not interested in making any friends here so the sooner your Princesses reply and find me a way back home the sooner we'll be out of each others hair."

While Rainbow continued to frown at me, the others all looked at me in shock. "W-What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked. "Why would you...not want to make any friends? Why would anyone not want to make any friends?"

I just look at her with a blank expression. She's cute but I ain't gonna let that sway me. "Let's just say I have history of making the wrong friends. And it's often gotten me into the worst kind of situations." I lean back in the throne before I continue. "Don't take it personally, I just met all of you, and until I've actually gotten to know you all a bit more, unlikely, we are nothing more than mutual acquaintances."

While Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity looked at a loss for words, Applejack frowned at me and said, "An' just why is it unlikely that ya won't get ta know us better? This about ya tryin' ta find a way home as soon as possible?"

I shrug. "Pretty much."

She raised a brow at me after. "An' what if the Princesses can't find ya a way home? What then?"

...

...

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"...We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." I reply.

Silence followed afterwards and they all looked very upset, minus Rainbow who continued to glare at me. Maybe what I said to them may have been cruel or whatever, but I'm an honest guy and I don't hesitate to speak my mind.

What Applejack said is really bugging me however. If these Princesses really can't find a way back home for me, I'll be stuck here in this rainbow hell with that fucking lunatic still hunting me down. If that's gonna be the case, I'll need to make sure I'm fully prepared.

For now, I'll simply have to take things one step at a time and be cautious. These Ponies may seem cute and friendly, but looks can be deceiving. I'll have to be extremely vigilant, anything could happen at any moment, if magic is one thing these Ponies can do, there's no telling what else they're capable of.

Hmm, although, maybe I should rethink on Rarity's offer. If they're all willing to help me for that matter, perhaps I could use it to my advantage.


Ryan Pov:

Got my leather jacket back, I got everything back actually, except my knife, my gun, and the flash grenades I had hidden away.

They took them all and no doubt that Princess Night Bitch is probably checking them out right now.

You know what, I hope she pulls the flash grenades pin and is looking right at it when it explodes and gets a fucking seizure from it, that would really brighten my day.

Anyway, Sunbutt as I've decided to call her for shits and giggles is currently escorting me to where Joseph is, and she explained to me a few more things I needed to know about this Equestria. I have to admit, I'm actually surprised that there are dragons here, granted I don't fully believe her and I won't until I see one for myself.

She also told me that some student and her friends are looking for Tyler. Good. If they bring him here then it'll save me the trouble of looking for him myself. They just better not get in my fucking way, I've had enough fucking shit to deal with as it is.

"...And more importantly, please try and refrain from starting any unnecessary violence." Celestia said, supposedly finishing her explanation.

Oops, wasn't paying attention.

"Is that understood Ryan?" She asks.

Fuck, what did she say again? Forget it, just improvise. "Uh...sure."

She frowns slightly at me. "You weren't listening were you?"

"Naw."

She sighed. "I'll...just wait until all of you here before explaining. Ah, here we are." She says as we stop outside one of the guest rooms I'm guessing.

After lighting up her horn, she uses her magic to open the door and leads me into the room, where I see...

"Ryan!"

Joseph gets up from the bed and rushes over to me. "Thank god, I was worried you were gonna do something stupid."

I raise a brow at him. "If that's how much faith ye have in me then I'm ashamed to call you my bro." I walk by him and sit down on the bed. "Anyway, what happened?"

Joseph shrugged. "Last thing I remember was getting knocked out by some cyan Pegasus. Then-"

"PUSSYYY!" I shout at him with a shit eating grin.

He just glares at me. "Never mind. Should've kept my mouth shut. Anyway, what's gonna happen now?"

"I dunno." I shrug. "Maybe see who can get knocked out by a Pegasus first?" I continue to grin.

He glares at me again and sighs. "I'm never gonna hear the end of it now am I?" He looks over at Celestia and I just now notice she's reading a scroll that she's levitating in front of her.

"Pardon me for interrupting..." Celestia says as she looks up from the scoll. "But it would seem my student and her friends have found your other friend."

I share a look with Joseph. He shakes his head at me and mouths what I can only guess is 'don't do anything stupid'. No problem, it's a good thing taking that asshole down is a smart thing and not a stupid thing.

"I just sent a reply." Celestia said. "They will be escorted here as soon as possible. Once they arrive we can keep you all hidden away until this situation is dealt with. I apologise if it seems like I'm keeping you locked away in a cage, but please don't misunderstand, I am merely doing this for my Ponies."

Joseph nodded. "It's fine, I understand your highness."

Wow Joseph, when did you become a kiss ass? I just chuckle.

"Please be on your best behaviour while in the castle. I would be really grateful." Celestia says as she walks over to the door. "I must tend to my duties for now while we wait. Once Twilight and her friends arrive, I will send for you both, can I trust you to remain here until then?"

"Don't worry Princess, we're not going anywhere." Joseph replied. I just sigh. "Right Ryan?" He adds.

I look at him for a moment before turning to Celestia. "Sure whatever."

With a smile on her face, she leaves and closes the door behind her.

Now that she's gone, I glare at Joseph and let it out. "What the fuck man? 'Your highness, Princess', are you fucking kidding me?"

Joseph shakes his head. "What, I'm just showing some respect, at least I have the decency to do so rather than hit and spit in the face of one of the Kingdoms CO-FUCKING-RULERS!"

I shrug. "She was bein' a bitch, what'd you expect me to do?"

"I expected you to know better and approach the situation with a little more diplomacy!" He yelled.

I can't help but snicker. "Seriously? So let me get this straight, there's a bunch of armoured Ponies pointing spears at me, threatening me, demanding that I surrender. And you just expected me to, bend over and submit like a little bitch?"

He turns his back to me. That shut him up. "Then there's Celestia's sister, Princess Night Bitch or whatever her name is. She demanded the exact same thing, and even demanded that I BOW to her like some slave. And you...expected me to bend over and submit like a little bitch? Do you think I'm some kind of fucking doormat that just lets others walk all over me?"

Joseph sighed. "Look Ryan, I didn't mean it like that, I'm just saying, we could've approached this a lot better and got on the Ponies good side right away rather than their bad side."

"Who gives a shit if a bunch of Ponies like us or not?" I ask.

Joseph turned around and looked back at me. "I care. I care when it involves us and what happens to us depends on their view of us. So just listen to me, don't piss these Ponies off, just try and stay on their good side. Do that and we can make everything a lot easier, more so if they help us out."

"Meh, whatever man." I reply with a wave of my hand before lying down on the bed.

Joseph walks over to the window and looks outside as he asks, "You think they can find us a way back?"

"I dunno." I reply.

He sighs. "What if we're stuck here for the rest of our lives?"

"...Then we're fucked."


Author's Note

Took longer than I expected it to but at least it's done. Trying to make progress on other fics so that's why it took a while. Hopefully I can speed up progress now that the holidays are here.

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