I'm just sitting on my bed with the laptop on my lap looking at some new PMVs. I then start to think to myself about the troubles which I went through from being a brony.
It all started in 2014 in March when I though that I should let all of my closest and best friends know that I'm a brony just to let them know. To do this I wrote on a piece of paper "I am a brony, I watch MLP FIM" and handed the paper to my friends. Some were a bit judgmental and some were a bit supportive. However when I handed the piece of paper to my friend Kurt who was kind of my BFF at the time he started giggling to himself and then he gave it to someone who I didn't trust at all. Then they both started laughing at me and started shouting lesson that I'm a brony. It felt miserable and wherever I go I always got criticized about the show I watch. Then later that year they both did it again however this time it was much worse. After they all including the teacher found out they started throwing stuff at me and started teasing me. After the lesson was over I ran out of the classroom and sprinted back home with a face full of tears.
I snapped out of the emotional past and closed the laptop down. I had school tomorrow so I started packing up my books and equipment and went straight to bed. I woke up, ate, washed myself up, got dressed in my school uniform and it was 7:45 am so as always I got my headphones on and started walking to school. When I got to school I went to the back of one of the buildings and went on my phone. I had a background image of Rainbow Dash since she was my favorite pony in the show. As always I got there early. I could hear the bus which my friends go on so I stood up, hid my phone and started waiting for them. I heard a group of footsteps going around the building, it couldn't have been my friends so I got on edge wondering who is coming near me. I turned my head around and I got my phone back out just to double check the time and I then saw the group of people. They were holding cigarettes and kicking a football around so seem tough when in reality I knew they aren't that hard.
"Hey, what are you doing here so early?" one of the people in the group said.
"Nothing really, just waiting on someone" I responded
"Who? Ponies? hahahaha" They started laughing for no reason.
"Sure, didn't hear that one before" I said sarcastically.
"Why are you getting rude?" He walk up towards me and grabbed my phone straight out of my hands. "Ha nice background picture brony!"
He then threw the phone onto the floor. The screen cracked and it was horribly scratched. I picked it back up, stood up and pushed him away.
"Can you go bother someone else for a change?" I shouted at him
"What did you just say to me?" He said in a harsh voice.
He dropped his cigarette and kicked their football right into my face. I blocked my face if they tried to do it again but instantly I ran for it. I looked behind me and they were following me. I reach a fence which was blocking my path so I jumped up and climbed right up it. I cut myself fin the process but at least I was shielded away from them.
"If we see you again here we will beat you up for real!" they shouted from across the gate.
They walked away and I carried in running. I had to go back home just so I can avoid them. The first lesson just started I reach the general area of where my house is located. However before I could get into it I noticed my parents going out of the house. I hid behind a car so they wouldn't see me skipping school. They were carrying a handful of bag with them and then they drove of. I was really confused so I went inside of my house and I saw a letter on the table in the kitchen.
It said
"To Marcin, we are out for the next two weeks to help out your grandparents. You have the money to buy stuff for yourself and we transferred some more onto your bank account so you should have enough. Sorry this was is such a short notice but we had to rush out so hopefully you will be able to take care of yourself. From your mom and dad"
I straight away had a huge grin on my face. Two full weeks home alone? I get to do whatever I want for 2 weeks! I was exited in what I could do. I ran up stairs, chucked my bag under the table and though to myself about what should my plan for this month be. I was aware that I had to go to school at some point but because of the incident today I'm just going to skip a few days of school. I wasn't afraid of the exams either since I am a hard working student and I am responsible enough to buy somethings from the shops for myself. I relaxed on my bed and I looked around my room. I had MLP posters, plushies and other merchandise. I opened up my laptop and as always I went on the social websites like Twitter and Devianart. I also switched on some music for me to enjoy and I just tried to spend this day as fast as possible. 6 hours have passed and so I switched on my Skype and I had to see if one of my friends was online. He only one who was online was my friend Peter. I called him, got my headset on and was planning to ask him for any new homework which has been set today so I could still learn something. He responded to the call.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked to him to start a conversation
"Yeah I'm good, just finishing off watching these couple Youtube poops. How come you weren't in school today?" asked Peter
"Ummm... because of personal reasons... anyway for the next two weeks I'm going to be home alone"
I wanted to keeps the main reason a secret from everyone so I tried to change the subject a bit.
"And what will you be doing in those few weeks? Just watching MLP?" he joked around.
"....No" I lied "But if you want can you come over after school so we can do the homeworks together"
"Alright, whats your address?" he asked me
I told him my address and we ended the call abruptly, must have been either his internet or just me disconnecting the call I'm not really sure. We scheduled that he would come over tomorrow at 5 p.m for about two hours or so. It's 5 p.m now and so I got off my laptop, got dressed, picked up some money and started walking to Mcdonalds for the first lunch of being actually alone. As always I ordered two burgers, large fries and a coke. I sat down and chowed down. The building was pretty empty so I was able to get my food and sit down straight away. After I was finished with my food I went back home when the moon began to raise into the sky. I decided to do some cleaning when I come back home since it's kind of my guilty pleasure because it's so relaxing to me and I feel so accomplished when I cleaned up just the kitchen alone. After the whole cleaning montage I laid flat on my bed and turned off the lights. I then looked out of my window, stared at the moon and as always reflected on the day.
"Lets see... I cleaned the entire house and I kind of went to school..."
At that point I remembered the whole reason I got a day off today, because of bulling. I had no idea why people find it so weird that we like this kind of show that they bully us to this extent. At that point I saw a shooting star. I didn't believe in those stories about making wishes when that happens but I wanted to at least make this kind of change.
"I wish that for these couple of weeks I have some companions who would defend me from all of the bulling and drama I go through daily" I made the wish, closed my eyes and cleared my mind.
I woke up and I checked my phone for the time, it was 9 a.m so I got up and went downstairs for some breakfast. I made myself some sandwiches with strawberry jam. I sat down and ate them, they were so good. I checked out of the window while finishing off the dishes and I saw something rather colorful. I figured it was just a bird or a squirrel so I didn't pay much attention to it. I went back upstairs and I heard something running behind me. I was dead scared. Are there burglars in the house? I went into my room and I grabbed my old hiking stick to defend myself. I stood on my bed like a fearless knight and payed close attention to the door. It wasn't moving... until I relaxed my arms, then it began to open up slowly. I perked my ears up and all I could hear is just mumbling and random giggling. Why would burglars be laughing? Do they see my Rainbow Dash poster? I squinted my eyes shut and I heard the door slam open. I jumped off the bed and charged forwards and then I reopened my eyes and... are my eyes playing tricks on me? I saw six multicolored.... ponies... and a dragon.
"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle... What's you're name?" Twilight asked me but I just couldn't respond.
All of the air in my lungs fully dried out. I didn't have any sort of words which I could spit out.
"Excuse me but why are you staring at me like that? I though you wanted some companionship..." Twilight including the whole gang looked at me confused. Then I remembered the wish I made last night. How did this happen though?
"Umm... hi? How did you all get into my house let alone into this universe?!" I was so confused and light headed from the reality being that the mane 6 are here in my house!
"Well Princess Luna got your message and we then got told by Princess Celestia that we should probably accompany you. So she then teleported us to your garden just outside" Twilight explained
I quickly realized that something was wrong. If they would have done that then they would be human instead of ponies. I decided to question them more about this subject later on.
"Well with you lot being here who is protecting Equestria?
"Well Discord the good friend that he is, lead us to believe that we should trust him to watch over Equestria with some guidance from Princess Celestia is needed" Fluttershy said cheerfully.
I could see that she was the only person... or pony who believed in Discord and to be honest I wouldn't believe in him either but I will still give him the benefit of the doubt. I tried to get my confidence to actually speak another word back up and got get the hold of the situation which I guess I brought upon myself.
"Well since you lot are technically guests lets go downstairs, have a seat and let's talk about certain things"
I tried to make this seem as normal as possible even though it really isn't. We walked and trotted downstairs and I could hear some bashing downstairs.
"Umm is that one of you seven? What's that noise?" I was afraid to ask
"No, it can't be us. Maybe there's someone else here?" Rarity gasped out
"Are we going to get hurt? I'll save you Rairty!" He said while wrapping his claws around Rarity's foreleg
I rolled my eyes at Spike's attempt to be the knight in shining armor. I was afraid to even peek through the door window but I got enough courage to do so. I saw nothing out of the ordinary so I opened the door wide open. All of us peaked inside and we quickly noticed that there were pots and pans all over the floor. I walked towards them while the mane six and Spike stayed back. As I got closer to the scattered dishes on the floor one large pot started to move around. I clenched my fist around the handle and lifted it up one bit at a time. I looked behind me and I could see Rainbow Dash staring at me and being inpatient. So in less than a second I lifted up the pot and there was a small orange body with purple hair being curled up into a ball under it. It slowly raised up it's head and I straight away recognized who it was.
"Scootaloo?" I said with a large confused smile on my face
I was then being pushed from all sides by the mane six and SPike to get a closer look at the young filly.
"Scootaloo? How did you get here? Didn't Applejack tell all of the CMC members to stay put back home?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed
"Sorry Rainbow Dash but after I just so happened to hear that you are all going into this new world I just had to tag along. So I watched and followed you lot from a distance. However when I got teleported here by Celestia's spell I got a bit dizzy since I never got teleported anywhere before. So I stumbled around and then I found a way inside this room and then I got a bit distracted. So can I please just accompany all of you, especially Rainbow Dash? I promise I won't get into any sort of trouble." Scootaloo explained herself.
"But I said that it would be too dangerous for y'all. Didn't y'all hear?" Applejack abruptly said
I didn't know what to think. Sure Scootaloo was being unrealistic with this situation but all she wants to do is just help out.
"I think she should stay and then all of you can question her when you go back to Equestria. I don't want any sort of drama in my house and I want to keep it what way." I said
We all agreed to that and we will sit down at the table to talk about certain things.
"Well first things first since you lot are staying here for the next two weeks I'm going to have to know all about your needs and what I have to help you lot with. Anyone has anything which they need?" I asked the whole group
"I don't think there is any sort of huge needs that we have but thanks for the concern anyways. We came prepared with food and other supplies" Twilight said
Of course she would have everything according to schedule.
"Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask this question for a while now but how come you are all ponies instead of human?" I asked curiously
"What are humans?" Scootaloo asked
"A human is my species. Like you are all ponies, I am human" I explained to Scootaloo
"I'm not totally sure on this but there could have been a problem with the teleportation spell with Celestia casted. The portal was made to get us ponies to your world and change our forms however Celestia even with all of her knowledge can't replicate the same effect which the portal does so she can only half of the job which is to teleport us here and not to change us into humans" Twilight explained
It made sense to me now. Since Celestia never even stepped hoof into my world how can she know the spell fully? Now that the question has been answered now I have to get on with the most serious topics.
"Well lets make this clear. If there are any problems which any of you have don't be intimidated of scared to talk to me about them. Just because I'm from a different world doesn't mean that I'm not capable of helping ponies" I told them like a leader
They all nodded their heads in agreement but this time Twilight Sparkle had something to ask me.
"So why did you need company? Sure your parents are out for the next two weeks but you look old enough to take care of yourself. Is there a problem which you want to get out of the way now?" Twilight asked me while staring me down with her confused eyes.
I didn't want to mention bronies to anypony because to them is would sound like they are fake... which they should and kind of are I guess. I just didn't want them to be concerned about me so I had to say the truth someway or another.
"Well the thing is... I get bullied for watching... I mean.... for being interested in... ponies"
"How can anyone be weirded out over that? It's perfectly normal" Applejack asked
"In your world it is however here if you are male... a.k.a a colt then it's not normal to talk or even like ponies because they think that it's weird and unnatural" I tried to explain.
"Who are they?" Rarity asked?
"Students... friends... anyone... They only question what you are doing on the outside instead of the inside" I explained
After saying the word friends and that I'm suggesting that even the people which I am the closest to bully me, makes me realize that anyone can be harsh over nothing... even your family and friends. A single tear drop fell from my eye. The gang looked at me with shock.
"Are you crying?" Fluttershy asked
I was trying to cover my tears up to not make the gang feel depressed also or to feel guilty.
"Yeah, but I'm fine... honest" I quickly recovered
The gang looked at me with supportive and cheerful face, trying to make me feel better. I really appreciated it but after these two weeks are over they will have to go and then no one will be able to support me. I tried to think about what else I should get over with straight away.
"I guess I should show you around the house then. Alright, follow me" I said while standing back up
I lead them firstly into the kitchen which was right next to the dining area which we were sitting in just now.
"Well this is my kitchen and dinning area. There is food and drinks in the shelves and just to warn you since you are all vegetarian, there is meats in the fridge and refrigerator so if you want something healthy and vegetarian then tell me and I'll try to find something for all of you" I said
Then after they all understood the whole concept of meat and how it's normal for human to eat it we moved on to the garden. I opened the door and I could already tell that Fluttershy will enjoy this place the most.
"Here's my garden where birds and squirrels often come over. Fluttershy if you want to communicate with them then go ahead but just stay ware of my neighbors, they can get quite noisy.
"I'll be careful as much as I can but this is the most amazing thing I've seen. I'll be here every single day" Fluttershy cheerfully stated
She was beaming with joy that even in my garden there is wild life. After we got done with going over the garden we came back inside my house and came into the living room.
"In here all of you are able to sit down, relax, listen to music or anything like that. Just make sure that you close the blinds before you come in because I don't want anyone finding out that there are ponies in the house"
"This place looks super fun! Wait what is that large thing?" Pinkie exclaimed
"Oh, that's called a TV. Don't worry about it, it's a machine which can show video or music" I explained
They all looked at me gasped. I could tell that none of them are going to even come close to the TV. Then we went upstairs were there were 3 bedrooms available.
"All of you will spend the nights in one of these rooms. OI hadn't decided whose going in which room but I'll tell all of you later" I explained
They all seemed to get the memo so I had nothing major to explain to them anymore. They all seemed pleased with the place but also a bit unsure of themselves if this is going to benefit them in some way so I had to come up with some kind of plan that will get us all comfortable about living together.
"Are you all sure that up want to stay here for the next two weeks? You seem a bit unsure about living here for that long..." I asked eagerly
"No, it's fine... it's just that we aren't used to these kinds of places so I think once we live here for a couple days then it should get better" Twilight said
I took their word for it and went back downstairs with them. I then looked up at the clock. It was almost 5.00 p.m! I then remembered!
"S*it!" I exclaimed
"Such language!" Fluttershy lectured
"There are kids reading this!" Pinkie Pie strangely stated
Everypony stared strangely at Pinkie's weird fourth wall breaking ways.
"What?" Pinkie Pie asked
"Well anyway, my friend Peter is coming over to my house and he could be here any second now! He can't see all of you lot! He'd be weirded out!" I freaked out
Even though Peter is only half of a brony he still could flip out. We tried to make him a brony but for some reason he couldn't show that he liked it. He enjoyed some episodes but he didn't show it. It was like he didn't want to be associated with the fandom He could tell everyone in school about me living with ponies! I could be a laughing stock of the school... again!
"This isn't good in any way! Alright, I need all of you to hide over here" I said while pointing to one of the bedrooms.
"No one ever goes there so it should be alright for all of you to just hide in there until he leaves" I said cautiously
They made their way into the room and I closed them up. I went into my room and got properly dressed. I was ready. There was knocking on the door so I went downstairs and answered it.
"Hey Marcin! How are you doing?" Peter asked
"Fine... do you want to come in?" I asked nervously
"Sure... are you alright? You seem a bit... cautious" Peter said
"No, I'm fine. It's just that... I got nervous about... my parents. I was never home alone for this long before so I'm feeling a bit nervous for both of them and myself" I lied
"Okay then? Do you want to go up to your room and do the homework like you said?" Peter asked
"Sure..." I whispered
We both walked up the stairs with Peter looking at me like I needed to go through therapy. I was on the edge of my sanity. I was so scared that my bad luck will kick in. I tend to always be unlucky so I hoped and wished and preyed that this time bad luck will leave me alone. We went to my room and sat down by my table. Peter opened his bag and pulled out some pieces of homework paper. At that point in time I heard some rather quiet but still hearable trotting.
"Do you hear that? It sound like tap dancing or something" He said while standing up
"Don't worry about it, it's just the neighbors...probably. They're into Irish dancing" I said sheepishly
Peter still seemed unsure with my explanation and my behavior but he carried on explaining the homework. My plan was that when I come back to school I can give in the homework and I won't get in trouble. It seemed legit to me. We carried on with finishing off the homework until he stood up.
"Sorry, I'm jut going to use the bathroom. Where is it?" Peter asked
"It's in that door over there next to the stairs" I said while pointing to the bathroom door
He went and while we was out I went over the room where I left everypony in. I opened the door and I've seen things which I never want to see again. The computer was on the floor, pen and pencils were scattered around everywhere and it was absolute chaos.
"What in the name if Celestia are you doing?!" I exclaimed
"Oh, sorry for the mess and all but we just wanted to see what...err this thingy is and what it does" Applejack explained
"That thingy is called a computer and it's super expensive! Please don't tell me that it's broken..." I said while looking at the screen
Thankfully it wasn't even cracked but the wires were still all tangled up.
"We can help with cleaning it up though" Scootaloo said
"No it's fine, I can handle it. Just please don't make a bigger mess for me to clean up" I said as nicely as possible
"That sound familiar to me..." Rarity said to herself
I then heard the door opening. I curled up in a ball and everypony was surrounded by me... it was all over.
"Wow Marcin, I didn't know that you had so much sham... ummm what are you doing?" Peter asked in a not so expected manor
"This isn't what is looks like! These ponies are nice! Please don't make fun of me!" i said while dropping onto my knees
I looked up and Peter was looking at me like he was about to burst out laughing
"What are you talking about? What ponies? Did the Season 5 episodes really get to you that much?" Peter asked
"Huh? You don't see anypony?" I asked
"Nope... why? Can you strangely see them?" Peter asked while picking me back up
"Umm nope... I don't see them aswell" I lied
It's weird though... how come he can't see them? Was I cursed or something? Or blessed even?
"Well let's finish off the remainder of the homework then..." I insisted
"Alright, but are you sure that you're OK? You seem really extreme... even more than usually" Peter asked
I didn't even feel like answering the question. I was still wondering why that happened.
"Actually I have something to say... I know that I did say that I want to become a brony and that I watched all of the episodes but in reality... I'm still not a brony and even though I do like it a bit I just want to become one properly so if you want... can we watch your favorite episode and we'll see if I want to become one?" Peter surprisingly said
I though my ears were playing tricks on me. Did Peter really just say that he wants to become a brony just like me?
"Yes! Let's do this. My favorite episode is "Tanks for the Memories" so let's watch that" I said while booting it up on my laptop
I was so surprised because I won't ever imagine him saying anything about watching MLP. However I hoped and knew that after these 30 minutes were over something was going to change for better or the worse.
After we finished the episode I closed down the credits and I put down the laptop. I looked over to Peter and just had a huge grin on his face
"Okay... I'm finally going to admit... I enjoyed that episode" Peter said truthfully
I had a large smile on my face.
"So does that mean that your finally OK with being a brony? I noticed that you were always trying to hide the fact that you enjoyed some of the episodes and that made me feel bad... so are you finally going to say what you feel or keep on lying to yourself and others?" I asked seriously
"Well... fine I'm a brony but can I still keep it from the other people?" He asked
"Yeah you can, but don't hide it from the people which you trust K?" I said
"Fine, but that was a good epis...WHAT ARE THOSE?!" Peter exclaimed
I looked over and saw everypony gathering around the door. The I realized...
"Can you finally see them?" I said excitingly
"What are these ponies doing in your house?! Are they what you were talking about earlier?! What's going on?!" Peter started flipping out
I then explained carefully the situation and Peter started to get more and more conferrable with the idea of ponies living at my house for the 2 weeks. In the mean time I also explained to everypony about the show and bronies so they won't be confused by it later on.
"So let me get this straight... you are going to be living with ponies for the few weeks that your parents are out" Peter said
"And we are from a show for girls but have been so successful that males a.k.a colts are watching it aswell and they are called bronies?" Rainbow Dash said
"Precisely" I stated
"That is awesome!" Both Rainbow Dash and Peter shouted
"Wait.. both of you lot are OK with this?" I questioned
"You're living with fictional character in real life!" Peter alliterated
"And we are so awesome that we have a lot of people loving us! Of course that's great" Rainbow Dash shouted out
I was pleased to hear that everyone is OK with the current situation in hand... or hoof. We all spent some time getting to know each-other and eventually Peter had to go home. We all gave a brohoof and we departed our ways. I made everypony something to eat and that gave me some time to figure out who's sleeping with who and where. After I made my mind up we made our way upstairs and I told everypony where they are sleeping and with who.
"After some thinking I think that Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo will be sleeping in this room right here" I stated
I could see Scootaloo's excitement straight away to be with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy is able to calm down Scootaloo down if anything goes down.
"Next up is Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Spike who are going to be sleeping in this room over there" I stated
I knew that Spike would be disappointed that he isn't with Rarity but I thought that would be for the best. Also Pinkie Pie and Applejack are pretty close as friends s I think that this group will work well together. Also Rarity wouldn't be able to spend every night with either Applejack or Rainbow Dash for what I've seen from the show.
"And Twilight and Rarity are sleeping with me in my room right over here" I said
I could have been with Rainbow Dash who is my favorite character Twilight is really caring and Rarity would be nice company.
"I hope you are all happy with the groups and rooms and I hope to see all of you tomorrow" I said while yawning loudly
"I'm super duper exited to be sharing room with Spike and Applejack" Pinkie said excitingly
"I am glad that I get to share a room with Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. We will have so much fun together" Fluttershy said
The beds were already neat and tidied up in every room.
"Alright then. Good night then every pony" I said while getting to bed
"Good night" Everypony said
"Sweet dreams" Fluttershy said quietly
Twilight closed the door and turned off the lights. I closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep. I could already hear ponies and a dragon snoring... I think these next two weeks will be just fine.
(Second day home alone)
I was fast asleep, my body was as stiff as a board and I was fully relaxed. I could still remember last morning when I got greeted with ponies... and a dragon. I felt amazing until I heard the alarm clock buzzing on my phone. I opened my eyes and turned off the alarm clock. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and I stood up.
"Good morning everypo..." I stuttered while opening my eyes
There was no response or anyone around me. I checked the walls and the My Little Pony posters and plushies were also gone. The room was completely empty looking. It also looked younger than I remembered even though I looked and felt the same. I knew something was wrong. I climbed out of my bed and hurried downstairs.
"Twilight? Rainbow Dash? Spike? Anyone?!" I shouted with confusion and panic
There was still silence and no sign of anyone around me. I ran downstairs and right next to the kitchen and I could see something sitting on a chair. I opened the door and to my surprise my mom was there drinking some coffee. I stared at her awkwardly and full of confusion.
"Morning son, had a nice sleep? What do you want for breakfast?" Mom asked
"How come you came back around 11 days early?" I said
"What are you talking about? I never went anywhere" Mom said curiously
"Another thing, what did you do with my MLP posters and plushies which you got me?" I awkwardly said
"What is My Little Pony? And I never got you any kind of posters and plushies before... you told me that you think that they are a huge waste of space" Mom answered
"Those thoughts were like a couple years ago" I said in panic
I knew something was wrong. I told her everything to know about My Little Pony and come to think of it... she was never this nice to me She would often start an argument right about now but for some reason she is being rather mature with everything... thankfully
"Where is dad?" I asked
"He's just outside. He's working on something in the garden. I think it's a fence" Mom said
I started to go outside until I saw a calendar which was hanging on the wall. It wrote 25th of July... 2013! Wait, that was before I told my parents all about My Little Pony! I didn't even know what My Little Pony was at that time. Maybe my mom just switched it it the wrong date? I ran out of the house and into the garden. I heard a lawnmower going off and I saw my dad using one to cut the grass.
"What are you doing dad?" I asked
"Just cutting the grass, wanna help?" Dad replied
"Me... help?" I replied while stepping away
My dad never asked me to assist him in something that could be dangerous. This got weirder and stranger every minute for me. I shook my head and ran back into the house. There was something wrong here. Both of my parents were never this nice and they certainly knew what My Little Pony was but if the calendar said that it's 2013 then I must magically be in the past. Suddenly I saw a large beam of light in front of me. I was apprehensive if I should go in it or not. I then realized that someone wants me to see something else so I went through the beaming portal. Once inside I was surrounded with things which are brighter than the sun but they didn't strain my eyes or my vision in any way.
When the constant encore of light stopped I found myself in my room again. What was this trickery? I sat on my bed and though this through.
"Why is this happening? Why did I just get transported back here? Why were my parents acting so strangely to me?" I asked myself out-loud
I kept on asking myself the confused questions I had until I heard someone storming upstairs. I didn't know what to expect. The door to my room opened with a bang and my dad was standing on it's place. He was holding a knife! I jumped with fright.
"This pony stuff has to stop right now! You need to get rid of the baby that's inside you! There is only one way to stop it..." Dad said
He gripped the knife in his clenched hand and walked towards my Rainbow Dash poster. It was at that time that I knew what he was trying to accomplish. I stood up and rushed towards him. I pushed him away.
"Dad! You're acting unreasonable! It's just a show that I like!" I shouted in his ear
I kept on pushing him away from my pony merch but to no avail. He pushed me off and stood one foot away from the poster. He raised his arm to the corner of it and place the knife against the tip. I was about to witness first hand someone destroying my first ever My Little Pony poster.
"Why aren't you listening to me?! Please stop!" I shouted against my tears
The room suddenly went dark. I didn't question it because I was all wrapped up in the moment in which my dad is going to cut my pony poster into little pieces. He pointed the knife onto the top left corner.... and he started to cut across the poster! He then did the same but to the top right to the bottom left! There was a large X imprint on the poster which I held close to my brony heart. At that time I didn't care if it was my parents or not! I grabbed the biggest book I had and attempted to smash it against his head. He turned around, picked me up and threw me onto the bed. He then looked around my room and started picking out random things and he slashed them apart.
"This has to end! You're to old for this! I don't have a daughter I have a son but from what I'm seeing you probably are my daughter! Get a life kid!" He continued throwing insults my way
I didn't know what to think, feel or hear. I felt like the world is collapsing on itself. The only thing which I could see is my dad ripping apart my pony merch in the dark with a knife!
"Why aren't you paying attention to me kid!? Not enough of a punishment for you?!" He said
He then saw my first ever plushie I ever had. It was my Twilight Sparkle plushie! I got it on Christmas and I didn't even want to think about what's going to happen to it any second now. I picked her up by the neck and placed the knife right up against it I could feel my eyes exploding with sad emotions. He then brushed the tip of the sharp object in a straight line around it's throat until I heard a ripping noise. I eyes widened after seeing my first and beloved plushie's head being separated from it's purple body. He then threw the separated pieces onto the floor. My head collapsed into my hands.
"Guys are suppose to only like guns, cars and sports! This sort of different behavior is unacceptable in our human world!" He carried on lecturing me with lies
The things which he continued saying reminded me of the things that everyone says. That men are ONLY allowed to like specific things and not come out of their comfort zone. I then also heard voice outside my window. I walked over and opened them up to hear the voices more clearly.
"Get a life! You want to sleep with ponies! You're gay! You're a man child!" The kid's outside were yelling
The voices came from everyone who used to bully me in school. I closed the curtains and fell onto the floor. I was just about done with everything now.
"For God's sake you're over 20 years old and you still watch it!" He shouted
I heard that sentence! Something felt wrong with it. I raised my head back up and asked him.
"Wait... how old?" I asked
"You're currently 23 years old! Did this gay pony stuff wipe out your manliness and your memory?!" He answered
It didn't make any sense... I'm 16 not 23... It was at that point in time in where I figured it out. Firstly I was in that past and now I'm in the future! So this isn't real! I still didn't know what was going on but I knew that this mustn't be real.
"All of this lecturing isn't real! Your complaints aren't real as well!" I shouted to my dad
HE stood there and didn't do anything else. I then moved onto the window. I could still hear them shouting lies.
"All of your complaints are not real as well! Everything in sight right now isn't real!" I mentally shouted across the area
"And right you are Marcin" A mysterious voice said
I froze in place. Everything around me went quiet and everyone stopped moving.
"Wait.. that voice. Is that you Luna?" I asked excitingly and curiously
Suddenly a large burst of light appeared from the moon. The large flash went away and Luna flew down from the sky onto the grass below me. I ran downstairs and opened the door wide open to see Luna waiting for me with a smile on her face.
"Is that really you Luna?" I asked
"Since I am the princess of the night, my duty is to come into your dreams. So I am real" Luna answered
Then it finally dawned on me.
"So this is a dream? Well if it is why did it feel so real?" I wondered
"You became so upset and sad over the fact that you get bullied and picked on so much that it must have turned into your nightmare" Luna said
"Well... since I get picked on frequently it did make me question my own opinions" I said
"If you are getting put down by those kinds of bullies then you must have a problem accepting yourself as a person. If you can't accept who you are then you will start doubting your own liking" Luna said
"In this dream what was the first thing that happened?" Luna asked
"In the first dream I was probably in the past before I knew what My Little Pony was and back then I remembered it being more peaceful and friendly around the house" I answered
"What if I told you that it was always the same. That it was only your imagination that told you that your family started to doubt you right after you started watching the show. You just let yourself down and didn't motivate yourself to keep going" Luna said.
The things which she was saying did sound possible. I always felt that my family was more peaceful and friendly before I became a brony.
"What about in this dream?" Luna asked again
"Everyone was out to get me and to ruin my pony merch. I was in the future I recon and everyone probably got to sick of me watching and buying more stuff related to My Little Pony that they started to try and stop it. My dad came in with a knife and cutted up everything and kept on repeating insults at me" I said
"Maybe because you act the same way..." Luna said
I faced her which a blank expression.
"...I don't understand, I'm sure that I like the show and everything surrounding it" I quickly jumped in
"Are you sure? You never question your own mind which was telling you to keep watching the show? Luna questioned
I looked away with shame being splattered onto my face.
"The truth is that since I started getting bullied daily I became ashamed with what I do" I answered with sweat dripping from my forehead
"Just because someone doesn't like what you do it doesn't mean that you should hate it too. Everyone is different and because of that everyone likes and dislikes different things form each other" Luna said
I looked up at her. I then became aware that I wasn't proud of being a brony. I let everyone's words and threats get to me and now I am starting to change myself into the wrong me.
"I think that you need to see something else before you wake up" Luna said
A large flash of light blasted the area and I found myself in a strangely familiar room. I kind of recognize it but not quite... until I hear a voice of someone.
"Well I guess I can check out this video which Marcin told me about called "Beat It" By AnimatedJames" Peter said
I turned my head and I could see my friend Peter's head watching fan-made PMVs. This surprised me even though I'm not physically there.
"Well this seems rather OK actually..." Peter commented
"See? Even Peter has his doubts about this brony business" I said
"Wait..." Luna said
"Well it's over... It was pretty great actually. Marcin is a real pal though..."Peter started talking
My eyes widened and my ears perked up. Did he really just say that?
"He would always help me, he would accompany me in school and since hes a brony it made me find this amazing community" Peter said
Did he just say that hes glad that I'm a brony? That I'm a good friend to him? Suddenly the area started to zoom through as if it was fast-forwarding and then I see my half brony friend sitting at his desk with a Pinkie Pie figurine right next to him. He also looked better and happier. Did me being a brony help someone? Help someone to stay happy?
"Is this real? Will this actually happen?" I asked Luna
"It will be real and will happen if you believe in yourself the same way as your own friends" Luna answered
The area then quickly changed back to a large open area with stars in a flash.
"The reason that he was happy is because you showed him your own opinions. He didn't hide what was inside of him, unlike you. You should hide your own opinions and you shouldn't be ashamed of them no matter what anyone says" Luna said
I was smiling widely. With this dream alone I got to learn so much and this will help me in many ways. By me being a brony it could help with keeping up other people's spirits and it could help them with certain situations.
"Thank you Luna. Without this dream I would still be bothered about meaningless things. I owe you one" I said with a proud and happy expression on my face
"I'm glad that you're happy and that I helped you with overcoming this difficult part of your life. Now it's time for you to awake and face the world in a new light" Luna said
I was ready to return to return home to my pony friends. They would't believe how much pain and emotion that I had to go through in this dream. Another burst of light appeared and two large portals opened up. However in each one I could see a image. In one was me standing in front of my Rainbow Dash poster while holding a Twilight Sparkle plushie and in the other portal I could see me with my old friends having a good time.
"Now you must make a choice. You can now either go back to your regular life with ponies and the fandom or you can go back to the way it was two years ago when you were still not getting bullied and didn't start watching the show. So... which one will it be?" Luna asked
This was at first a difficult choice. I had the power of going back to the old times where I wasn't picked on or my brony life where I had my best ever memories... however even though I do miss my old friends I will still pick the brony option.
"I choose the first option because in there I will be able to be myself and not having to hide my own personal interests and opinions" I said while pointing to the first portal
Luna smiled proudly and let me go through the portal.
"Take care of the group! Make sure they stay safe" Luna said
"Will do! And make sure that Discord is being reasonable with protecting Ponyville. After what happened last time I can't believe that he would do the best job in the world" I jokingly said
Luna rolled her eyes with a smile and lit up her horn. She then lifted herself up into the sky and then the world went blurry.
"I will see you whenever you need me again" Luna vainly said
Chapter 3: First Party On Earth
(Third day home alone)
I felt my head being shook by someone. I just came back to reality after having that deep dream with Princess Luna and this sort of torture to my head was unneeded.
"Wake up Marcin! There's a explosion going off" Twilight yelled
I quickly snapped out, opened my eyes and faced Twilight's stressed out face. She was sweating bullets and I could see Rarity at the corner of my eye starting to shake.
"What's wrong?!" I said under the influence that my house will become a bottomless hole
"That... thing is beeping! How do we stop it?!" Rarity said under the covered
She hoof-pointed at the beeping object on my table next to my bed. It was... my phone giving off the alarm for 6:20 in the morning. I closed it up and noticed that it's already 9am. I usually don't sleep for that long.
"This "thing" is called a phone. It's used to communicate with other people and to also do other things for bored people" I explained
Twilight looked at me embarrassed and her hooves were making circling motions on the floor.
"I tried waking you up for this entire morning after I heard that. Are you usually this much of a heavy-sleeper?" Twilight asked
"Not usually, it's just that today I had a very... interesting dream and so I couldn't be waken up as easily as before" I explained
I got up from my bed and me Twilight and Rarity went out from our rooms to check up on everypony else. We firstly checked up on Aj's, PInkie's and Spike's room. I knocked on the door.
"Yup, you can come in" Applejack said
I opened the door and I saw everypony up except for Spike. Pinkie Pie was reading some of the books which were located on the cupboard next to the door and Applejack was stretching out her hooves.
"How was the night girls?" Rarity asked
"It was super fun!" Pinkie exclaimed
Rarity nudged Spike's still sleeping body to wake him up but he carried on snoring.
"Oh... look at my little Spikey Wikey. Doesn't he look just so adorable when hes tucked in like that?" Rarity gasped
"... Sure... I guess" I said
"Well we're going to check up on Rainbow Dash's room. We'll see all of you downstairs when you're all ready to eat" Twilight said
They all nodded their heads and we closed the door. We walked towards the room where I put the rest of the group in and I opened the door.
"Good morning" I said
"Oh, hi Marcin, hi Rarity, hi Twilight. We were just waking up actually" Fluttershy greeted us
Scootaloo was sitting next to Rainbow Dash talking to each other and Fluttershy was writing a letter of some sort.
"Who are you writing the letter to Fluttershy?" Twilight asked
"To Discord of course. We write to each other everyday and I just wanted some way to communicate with him" Fluttershy explained
"And how are you planning to get the letter to him exactly? My postmen can't really deliver the letter through dimensions you know..." I questioned
"Oh, Spike can deliver it to him. He should still be able to do that right?" Fluttershy said
"I'm not sure... but always good to try" I said
"Ugh, is there a place where I can stretch out my wings? I feel like I'm being trapped in a box" Rainbow Dash asked
"Well, after breakfast we can work on that" I said
Rainbow Dash looked happy about that idea.
"Anyways when all of you get ready meet us downstairs so we can eat. I have a feeling that we should all do something together today" Twilight said
"Got it. We can do something really cool today right?" Scootaloo asked
"Definitely" I said
I tried to keep the mood cheerful since they still have to stay here for the next two weeks. We closed the door and walked into the kitchen to prepare something to eat. Since they were vegetation creatures I had to think of some kind of food which doesn't have meat in it at all. I am mainly a kind of person who only eats fatty and meaty foods so I had a feeling that we could't have much to eat right at this moment that could hit the spot for them. I looked around through the shelves and decided on serving just basic milk. I did know that I had to go to a shop eventually to get more types of foods from everyone to enjoy. I got out the milk and the cereals which I had laying around the kitchen and heated them up. I then heard the crew trotting downstairs and opening the door to the kitchen where I was laying down the spoons and the bowls of cereal. We all sat down and started eating. The unicorns and Spike handled the spoon the way which I expected but the others just decided to skip using the spoon and just dig in... except for Fluttershy who was a bit more graceful. After we finished our meals I wanted to think of something that we could do together as a celebration of their arrival.
"Hey, I got an idea of what we could do today! This is our first EVER proper morning in this strange new world and because of that I think we should do..." Pinkie said while building up the tension.
I already had a feeling where this was all leading up to.
"A PARTY!" Pinkie exclaimed excitingly
We all faced the flabbergasted pony. Twilight started to rub her chin while everyone else stared at her with open happy jaws.
"That sound like a great idea! We can throw a party about us arriving here to your world" Scootaloo said
"Well then let's get started then. We will need to decorate this whole entire house with cake, balloons and streamers. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Spike and Rarity can deal with decorating and Pinkie Pie, Applejack and I can also do the baking. However firstly we need to stop by at a shop to fetch the supplies" I explained
"But I never leave home with my party cannon!" Pinkie Pie said while taking out the cannon out of thin air
"But we will still need other supplies for the party and outside of the party. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and I can handle the shopping. I could use some help in picking out certain things for you lot to eat. But we'll need some kind of disguise so no one can see a bunch of ponies walking around the shopping mall"
I walked into the living room where my family tend to throw away old clothing and I looked through the dozen sheets of folded up clothing. However I realized that it would still look awkward for a four legged creature to be walking into the shop normally.
"I think we will need to come up with a totally different plan. Any ideas?" I asked the group
"How about we sneak into the shop and we'll try to hide if somepony... somebody comes close to us. Would that work?" Applejack said
I thought about it for a few seconds.
"Well since this is the weekday there shouldn't be many people in the shops... And there are a bunch of things which you can use to hide in... You know what? I think that plan could actually work!" I stated
A row of happy and glad faces appeared after me saying that sentence.
"I only said that it could work and not it will work so we must think of a perfect plan for this" I said while huddling everyone around me.
After we told eachother the final plan we walked straight into the shop which was closest to my house. It was only a ten minute walk and thankfully there weren't many people walking around. They were mainly in cars too busy to look around them. There was actually one lady who looked straight at me but didn't react at all to the ponies which I was walking with. She must have been listening to some Justin Timberlake songs so hard that she was too busy head-banging t notice the world around her... just like me sometimes. We finally made it to the car park surrounding the shop after a few awkward encounters with certain people. Me, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo all lined up in front of the shop and we decided to go through the plan again.
"Alright just as a quick reminder heres the plan. Me and Twilight will go through the front door and will do the shopping carefully and stealthily. While we are doing that Rainbow Dash and Scootaoo will..." I rambled on
Rainbow Dash understandably got bored of my lecturing and flew up next to the entrance way to have a quick peak of what the human shopping mall looks like.
