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Chapters

Why do I have such a simple password...
Super Man to the rescue!
Just like Nathan Drake.
Merponies are stupid
Tia and Who?
Infamous
Who cares! We have boxes!
Camping with relatives
The Chase
Crystals
It all begun with a particular pink party mare...

Why do I have such a simple password...

"It's cold!" I said my teeth chattering together.

"I think my teeth are going to freeze together!" Pinkie said wonkily walking along. I held out my hand to her. She looked at the hand and

then at me and smiled grabbing it.

"Up you go!" I said. I lifted her up and swung her over my back landing on my bag.

"Phew, your backs warm." Pinkie said putting her legs around my neck.

"Well I have this jacket on to keep me warm." I said.

Pinkie looked to the front of me and frowned. "say Tyler... do you wan't to go to school?" Pinkie said.

I looked at her weirdly. "Well it isn't a matter of whether or not I want to go to school or not. It's a matter of I have to go to school." I said.

"Yeah but if you don't want to go maybe we should just go somewhere else. I mean what am I suppose to do?" Pinkie said.

I grabbed my forehead and tried to think hard. "Ugh, please Pinkie don't put me in positions where I can't continue on this dream." I said.

Pinkie rolled her eyes. "Fiiiinnnnneeeee." Pinkie said.

There was a long bit of silence between us. It made the cold air feel colder. The world a little bit smaller. "What if we went to the mall?" Pinkie said.

"Why?" I said in return.

"You know because it's the mall! All the fun things we can do there! We could go and eat junk food, or go in a photo booth together or or maybe use one of those forklift thingy's that get us those little toys when we can pull them out of the machine with the claw like the one from Toy Story. EEEEKKKKK can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we!" Pinkie said practically screaming in excitement.

I let out a little sigh and looked back to see Pinkie's giant smile screaming "please! because I love you and stuff" I looked back at the

pathway and could see my school in the distance. "I'd say no, but..." I looked back to see Pinkie furiously nodding her head still with that

ridiculous smile. "But I think your idea sounds way better than going to that hell hole." I said.

Pinkie let out a little squeal and jumped up on my shoulders and sung. "Were going to the ma-ll!"

I stumbled around trying to keep balance with Pinkie on my shoulders. "P-Pinkie! You can hurt yourself if you fall over so can you please get down.

Pinkie sat back down and put her legs around my neck. "Thank you" Pinkie whispered into my ear giving me a kiss on the neck.

I felt my toes curl up with excitement as the all the heat went to my cheek-

A book slammed down on my table "DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?!" My teacher screamed.

I lost balance in the chair I was sitting in and begun to fall backwards. "WHOA!" I shouted catching myself by placing my hands on the back wall.

"I said did you hear me?" My teacher asked again calming down.

"I wish I hadn't." I said earning a few giggles from around the classroom.

"Mr Mitchell I assure you that while you hate this class and wish you couldn't take any part in it, please understand that math is very

useful in your life and your going to need it." My teacher said (I don't know her name. I wasn't paying attention when she told us)

"Look i'm sorry it's not that I don't disrespect math as a subject, or people who want to learn it, but I just... I just don't want to pursue it." I said.

"Well then what do you want to pursue in life." My teacher asked.

"Ugh..." I said leaning forward on my chair.

"Exactly what I thought. Back to it." My teacher said tapping my books and turning around.

I took it that she won that one and now because I lost I had to do my work. I put my head down and opened up my book. "Huh"? I said. There was a weird bit of loose paper sticking out my work book. I pulled it out and opened it up looking inside.

"Good morning horse fucker." That's what it said. Charming I know. I looked around the room to see who might of done it. Just as I landed my eyes on three guys they started laughing. These 3 boys were nothing more than the 3 bullies of the school. Cliche I know but it's the only story I've got to tell.

Apart from them being so dumb they couldn't find their own ass with two hands and a map they like to look for what they would call flaws in others, exploit them and then make those people feel horrible about themselves so they don't have to look at the flaws in themselves.

Not that I've ever let them get to me. I like myself and wouldn't change it to be anything else. OK I lied there. I would love for nothing

more than to become a pony and live in Equestria with Pinkie Pie but i'm short on magic mirrors so I gotta make do on that however I can.

I scrunched up the note and threw it in a bin I had next to me. I looked around the room to see if anyone else had anything to say about me.

No one even noticed what had happened so I just started on my math work.

"Finally it's, ugh, It's lunch." I said stretching next to my locker.

"Well it's not lunch yet it's only recess." Pinkie said sitting on top of my locker.

I held my forehead in frustration "Wh-why does everyone always have to correct me on that whether it's lunch or not. I mean does it really matter, besides it's like 10:43 now. And 'lunch' isn't even at lunch so why is it so important to all these people?" I said.

Pinkie looked up into the corner of her eye thinking. "I guess you have a point... but why does it matter to you so much?" Pinkie asked.

"Well look, it's not that it matters to me it's just that when someone corrects me on something so minuscule it makes me... I don't know, i'm sorry." I said giving up.

I opened my locked and unzipped my bag grabbing out a bag of potato chips. "Do you want these?" I asked Pinkie.

Pinkie rolled onto her back. "Not really i'm fine." She said.

Suddenly I got pushed into my locker by someone. I stumbled around trying stand up straight. I watched as the three stooges that left me that note had just deliberately bumped into me.

"Hey, are you going to take that from him!" Pinkie shouted from on top of my locker.

"No way." I said standing up straight. I reached into my locker and pulled out two silenced AMT Hardballer's. "Hey" I shouted. Only Chris,

the punk 'leader' with short greasy brown hair and enough pimples on his face to call it a disease turned around and looked at me.

I raised my two pistols and felt everything go into slow motion. Slowly I squeezed on the pistols triggers and watched as the bullets went

zooming out of the pistols. Both bullets went flying towards his face. He hand't even realized what was happening by the time the first one had struck him the throat. Shortly after that one the next bullet went into his right eye.

Brad, the second guy who was pretty much a spitting image of Chris minus the brown hair and replace that with black hair got a bullet to the skull.

Then there was Zack poor kid. He's been doing there dirty work for these clowns since the 1st grade. Not that I feel sympathy or anything though because I shot him twice in the face.

I opened my eyes and everything was normal. Pinkie Pie wasn't sitting on top of my lockers and I never shot anyone in the face with Hitman's signature weapon. I watched as the three assholes continued to walk down the hallway. I closed my locker door and slowly banged my head against it.

A few hours later I was walking home. Alone without creating conversation with my mind. I walked to my front door and pulled the house key out of my pocket and entered my home with it.

"Dad i'm home!" I said walking inside. I saw my Dad sitting on the couch, he didn't even bother looking at me.

"Tyler do you hide things from me?" My Dad asked.

I stood there confused, on one hand annoyed because I really didn't want this as soon as I get home and on the other hand curious about what he... Oh god what has he found on my laptop.

"Uh, what do you mean hide? You mean like hiding chocolate's under my pillow or-" My Dad cut me off.

"Your not working your way around this Tyler now answer the question." My Dad said.

Oh fuck, fuck, fuck, what am I going to do, the only thing I have to hide on my laptop is my search history and that fucking Word Document.

"Y-y" I couldn't say it.

"Go on" My Dad said.

I felt scared. Like legit scared, like this is it, this is the end. This Man can shut down and make my life miserable if he really wanted too. I didn't want him to know, I don't want anyone to know about my secrets. That's why it's called a secret because it's not suppose to be known by other people.

"I HIDE PONY PORN AND MY MOST DEEP AND INTIMATE THOUGHTS WITH THEM!" I yelled.

"Thank you." My Dad said turning around my laptop. I looked at the screen and saw a word document open with a list of different dates and... uh, illusions I had with Pinkie Pie.

"Uhh... th-this is bad isn't it?" I said. My Dad just slowly nodded.

Super Man to the rescue!

"Dad I can explain." I said.

"Please do." My Dad said calmly crossing his legs.

I blinked in confusion. "Wow OK, um... I wasn't expecting that response How do I put this. I..." I tried to speak but I couldn't. How am I suppose to sit here and explain to my father that his son is crazily in love with a fake pony.

"How about I start then." My Dad said. I nodded furiously in reply . "Do you love her?" My Dad said.

"Who?" I said.

"Don't test me!" Dad said leaning forward pointing at me.

"Yes!" I said making like a tree and standing up straight.

"Why do you love her?" My Dad said.

"I-i, I just do." I said.

"Well what do you like about her" My Dad said.

I gulped. "... I don't want to tell you." I said.

"Look for Christ sakes Tyler have I ever hit you, or punished you?" Dad said.

"Well... no." I said still frozen.

"Then come over here and sit down next to me. We'll work this out together." Dad said.

I did as he said. Less out of his 'comforting words' and more out of fear.

"What do you like about her?" Dad said calmly.

"... I think she's pretty." I said nervously

"OK you think shes pretty. Look I don't have a problem if you think shes pretty or you look at pony porn, I can look past that. I can't change what you like so it's something I have to accept. Now go on."

I started to shake. Tremble more like. I could feel my heart turning to stone. "She- she gets me." I said.

"What?" My Dad said.

"She- she gets what... she..." I started to cry. I couldn't hold it back the water works just turned on. I was scared. I was scared my Dad was going to take her away from me. I know it's not normal, I know he wouldn't approve of this, what parent would?

"I can't explain it. Not to you. Not like this."

"That's what I thought..." My Dad said looking away.

"You can come in now." My Dad said. Not to me but to someone else.

I lifted my head from my hands and saw... "who the fuck is he!" I shouted standing up.

"Tyler!" My Dad shouted back.

"No, no it's alright, he can be upset. I'd say it's say it would be bad if he wasn't. Hello Tyler, my names Stephen. Your Dad has asked me if I can give you counciling and I said yes." This Stephen said.

This guy looks like he's just about as sharp a bowling ball.

"Thanks I though you were the cleaing lady. Now can you kindly go away." I said.

Stephen let out a huff of laughter sitting down in his ugly green arm chair. Jesus this guy looked like something out of a book. He wore a smart suit and had thick black glasses along with nicely combed, greasy black hair like the style from Super Man Returns.

"Tyler from what your Dad has told me you sound like a pretty remarkable boy. He tells me your kind, witty, smart, well in certain areas. And pretty different from the rest of the crowd. I think we could have a lot to learn from each other" Stephen said

Bowling ball i'm calling it.

"So let me guess you've just been going through my files on my laptop looking at my personal crap have you?!" I said.

"No that stuffs private and is yours. If you want me to look at it i'll look at it. Your Dad here only gave me a brief run down of things."

"OK, well thank you for being a decent human being, and i'm sure your a lovely man and I hate to of wasted your time, but it seems like you've driven all the way out here for nothing." I said clapping my hands together.

"Look Tyler were not here to hurt you. Were here because we love you." My Dad said getting up and putting his hands on my shoulders.

"He loves me?" I said pointing to Stephen.

"Don't do that to me Tyler. Look I only want whats best for you. I mean from what you wrote in there you didn't sound very happy about yourself or just who you are at all. I'm your Dad, I only want you to be happy, and healthy. Just do this. Go to counseling and I won't bring this up at home alright, do this and I won't even punish you. Please." My Dad said.

I wiped my eyes of tears stomping my foot. I started pulling on my fingers from the stress. "Do you promise?" I said. My Dad nodded with a smile. "Alright fine. But that's not saying that i'm going to cooperate either." I said walking over to the couch and sitting down with a huff.

My Dad started to scratch behind his head and looked at Stephen. "Would you like to have a session now?" Stephen said.

I took a look around in confusion. "Why not! how could my day get any worse." I said in disbelief.

"Well come on." Stephen said walking over to the door.

"Where are you going?" I said confused.

"To my car lets go."

OK i'm going to his car now. I mean it's not like I only met this guy like a minute ago but you know what fuck it! I'm a man of adventure who needs precautions.

"Goodbye Dad." I said angrily as I left the door, Stephen closing it behind me.

"Do you need a tissue?" Stephen said pulling a tissue out of his pocket.

"Thanks." I said wiping my eyes with the tissue.

We walked across the road to a black Audi. "Wow." I said standing next to the passenger door.

"Are you are car fan?" Stephen said unlocking the car with a push of a button.

"Not really." I said opening the door and getting in the car

"But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate a man who has style."

I looked around. The inside of the car was just as clean as it was slick on the outside.

"So." Stephen said starting up the car.

"Where would you like to go?" Stephen said looking at me.

"What do you mean?" I said in confusion.

"Well I mean do you want to go anywhere in particular. We could go to the park, restaurant, go to my office or maybe just drive around the block and talk for a bit." Stephen said

I thought about my options for a bit. "Well... I don't really know if I trust you enough to do any of those things yet so ... I'll take the drive." I said.

"drive around the block it is." Stephen said driving out of the car park.

"So uh... I guess I am suppose to be in counseling right now and... well while I don't know how comfortable I feel talking about myself to you, you need something to go home and work on. So let's play one of those games where I ask you a question and you have to answer it. And then you can do the same back to me when i'm done." I said.

Stephen let out a small nod. "That's actually what I was going to suggest. Well since you said it first you can ask the first question." Stephen said.

I was starting to feel a lot more comfortable around Stephen. This was abrupt and abnormal but i'm use abnormal situations so I've adjusted pretty well right now.

"Uh, How old are you." I said.

"Oh" Stephen said hitting his heart. "That's the worst question you can ask a 40 year old." We both laughed at what Stephen just said as it was pretty funny. "But yeah i'm 40 turning 41 in 2 months. I'll ask you something now." Stephen said.

I groaned in agony. "Do you think your very popular?" Stephen said.

"OK well i'll give you this quick run down on what happened to me this morning. I was sitting in math class starring into oblivion when the teacher abused me and almost gave me a concussion. I then found a note that was placed in my book with only two words written on. Horse Fucker. I then had the same kids who wrote the now bump into me in the lockers where I imagined I shot them all till they died. Not that I would actually do that, but it looked pretty awesome in my imagination. Does that answer you question?

"Any answer would of been fine, but yeah it does. OK your turn." Stephen said.

I took a look out the window. I saw all the nice autumn trees as the leafs dwindled along a barb wired fence. "Do you have dreams? And I'm not talking about when you sleep or ambitions and stuff, but don't you ever just feel like there's more out there for you then... then what you were given?" I said.

Stephen looked at me. "Well... I think I get what you mean. I would like a daughter. S-sometimes I think about what she could be like if she were real or how I could... be a good Dad and help her and love her." Stephen said.

"Yeah exactly we all do it. Maybe to an extent, but me I just... I don't like me. I don't want to be who I am. I have this amazing personal image of myself... wait aren't we suppose to sign a sheet of confidentiality or something?" I said.

"I promise I won't talk about anything you don't want me to speak about." Stephen said with his arm on the window.

I let out a sigh. "I wish that I could be with Pinkie Pie. I wish that I could hold her... love her, care for her. You see in the show shes a baker and bakers have to get up early in the morning, like 5 am and cook. I play out this little story where I wake up before she does and I start baking. That is in the dream I can cook as good as her. Anyway so then she wakes up and walks down stairs and i'm working away with a rolling pin spreading out sheets of doe. She comes up behind me and I don't know she's there and kisses me on the cheek and tells me i'm too good to her. And then hours go by, we bake the food and sell it... That's it. I just wish I could have this amazingly different life and just be with her. It's a stupid short story, but the way she makes me feel when I look at her makes me so... I wanna say filled with joy, but I think it's more hope. And then the illusion stops and I feel like I stop. Then I zone out and I realize that i'm nothing more than a 15 year old boy who goes to school and has a video game habit. The only thing that's real about me, that I can sit there and say i'm proud of is my trophy count on my PSN... So then I think to myself I'm gonna change and become this pony that I so want to be, But then something else tells me, and I don't know whether it's my ego or me being rational, but it tells me your never going to be that. You will never get there because it never existed. And she doesn't exist, and neither does he. And that makes me so angry... no it makes me sad. S-so I look out at the stars and I think don't listen to that voice because with all those stars out there and things we don't know your telling me I can't be that? Really, I will never get what i'm looking for. So then I go back and I'm happy again, But sometimes it doesn't work and... I just think about how much easier it would be to give up the dream. But I will never give up, and this will never go away... There called dreams for reasons. It may be a dreamers dream, but it's my dream... It's My dream dammit" I said holding my head trying to not cry.

"Tyler... that's... that's extraordinary. I really don't know what to say to that." Stephen said pulling over.

I blocked my eyes from anyone that could see me as I catched the tears falling out my eyes. "Do you think i'm crazy?" I asked.

"No, Tyler that's normal. Believe me it is." Stephen said.

"Is it?!" I said sarcastically. "it's normal to fall in love with a pony from a-a from a little girls show. I mean just say it even though no one else knows me everyone else says it!" I yelled

"Tyler look at me." Stephen said. I didn't listen and kept crying.

"I said look at me." Stephen said with a bit more flare in his voice. I turned around still crying with my head down. Stephen lifted my head up and looked me in the eye. "From everything you just told me I learnt that you are a very passionate, loving, proud, amazing, boy who has nothing! Nothing to be ashamed of. You have goals, you have ambitions, things you wanna do and see. From a personal stand point I can tell you that I thought this was going to be an easy job. I misjudged you thinking you were going to be some fat, strange kid with no morals and was just a general slob, but I misjudged you and I'm sorry. I used to do the same things when I was a little bit younger than you. I thought comic books were the most amazing thing on the planet. I used to love Super Man, I read all his comics, I acted like him, I had birthdays themed on him. I even still have my Super Man costume packed up in my closet. Now i'm not just going to help you, but were going to help each other. I was told to hang up the cape and become a man years ago. So I did that and you know what I hated my father for telling me that. But I still did it and now... now you have opened my mind back up to years of lost imagination that I shouldn't of let go of." Stephen let go of me and slowly turned around to the front of his seat and looked out the window.

"My father was a bastard for telling me that." Stephen said looking down at himself. "You know I dress after Clark Kent because he told me I couldn't be Super Man. So I said to myself I'll settle for second best. No longer will I settle for second best. No things are different." Stephen had this icy glare about him as he looked out the front window. A mixture of determination and anger.

"Are you alright?" I said concerned and scared at the same time.

"To be completely honest... I have never been better." Stephen said starting up the car. "I'm taking you home. I think today has been a good session for both of us." Stephen said

"Oh, OK. I think it has too." I said.

The drive home was... weird to say the least. It was all in complete silence. No talking, hardly any breathing just silence. I was sort of expecting Stephen to break out and scream boo in my face. I mean some times I would look over at him hunched over on the steering wheel and see his right eye twitch. I was afraid he was going too crash the car!

Finally I had gotten home and was completely unharmed. As soon as Stephen parked the car he broke out of his weird persona and started acting normal again. I guess.

"I'll walk you in." Stephen said reaching over and opening the door. I don't know why, but he did.

"Uh, Thanks really." I said holding out my hand.

Rather than just Stephen giving a simple shake he grabbed my hand and slapped the other one on shaking my hand furiously. "Thank-you." Stephen said slowly.

"OK" I said unsure of myself getting out of the car.

We walked over to my front door and I knocked on the door. I could hear my Dad get up and walk over to the door. I heard the lock on the door being unlocked and my Dad opened the door. "Hey your back already." My Dad said sounding happy.

"Yes, uh I just want to tell you that I will no longer be offering counseling for your son." Stephen said.

"What?" Me and my Dad said both at the same time.

"Yes, there's nothing wrong with him, Really. It's all a normal part of growing up. You see it helps him mature and find out who and what he wants to be. You had dreams as a child didn't you Adam?"

"Yeah?" My Dad said.

"Exactly, and don't give him too much flak. You got a real winner on your hands here I hope you know that." Stephen said shaking my Dad's (Adam) hand.

"Good bye Tyler. I hope we meet again on better terms." Stephen said. Stephen walked away back to his car and my Dad shut the door.

"Did I miss something?" Dad said.

"So did I." I said looking confused still starring at the door.

"Oh well um, your cured!" My Dad shouted giving me a hug lifting me off the floor.

"Um, Dad?" I said.

"Yeah?" My Dad said putting me down.

"Were alright. Like you and me right?" I asked.

"Son, were always alright. Come on I got Pulp Fiction in your PS3 and a bowl of Pop corn." My Dad said walking over to the couch.

"Serious! Dad your awesome!" I said running over to the couch.

A few hours later me and my Dad had raided everything out of the cupboard and were mindlessly watching Pulp Fiction. "They fucking shot him in the face!" My Dad yelled laughing pointing at the TV. I was rolling around on the ground my sides hurting from eating so much and laughing.

"Every time we watch it it doesn't get less funny!" I said climbing back onto the couch. "OK shut up the Jimmy Situation's coming on. Turn it up!" I said calming myself down.

My Dad reached for the remote and pressed a button on the remote changing the channel to some shitty news station.

"Dad what the fuck!" I shouted.

"Fuck, I didn't mean it" Dad shouted back.

"Were missing the Jimmy Situation!" I shouted.

"I know!" Dad shouted trying to look for the input button.

"Wait what are they talking about?" I said watching the news.

"Huh?" my Dad said raising his head from the remote.

"This just in, a well respected councilor by the name of Stephen Anderson has had been beaten up dressed as Super Man after trying to stop a man stealing a woman's purse. We have Abigail Graycen at the scene for more." The reporter said.

"Holly shit." My Dad said putting his hands behind his head and falling back into the couch. I just sat there gaping.

"Abigail Graycen here. I'm standing in front of the Commonwealth bank where a woman who was at the teller machine getting money out when a man came out and mugged her. Only the Mugger wasn't alone. Super Man came out from behind a car and attempted to stop the mugger with an opening line of 'stop thief!'. After the mugger refused to stop, Super Man stepped in only to have the mugger step back on him. The mugger beat up Super Man until he passed out, but left the wallet at the scene of the crime. The Woman called 000 asking for police and an ambulance. The ambulance came and picked up Super Man taking him back to the hospital. When channel 7 arrived to talk to Super Man he had this to say" Abigail Graycen said.

"I wanna say thank you to a 15 year old boy today who's name is Tyler Mitchell!" Stephen said with a black eye and a missing tooth in a torn super Man suit.

"Fuck off." I said leaning forward.

"He opened my mind when he told me how he was romantically involved with a pony who's name is Pinkie Pie. He taught me that it's OK to want to be someone different and that you shouldn't let anyone tell you anything different! Today I quit my job, sold my house and divorced my wife. I'm losing it all but who cares I'm Super Man now!" Stephen said cheering throwing his arms in the air.

My Dad turned the TV off and slowly turned his head towards me. "I swear to god I didn't tell him that." I said with my hands over my mouth.

"What did you tell him?" Dad said.

"I told him... I can't really remember, but... I just said I love Pinkie Pie and I don't care what others think." I said still in shock

"OK, I tell you what. As long as you don't get like that I won't call anyone else. Deal." Dad said.

I couldn't believe what had just happened and didn't respond. "He said my name." I whispered.

My Dad slowly turned back to the TV. "FUCK!" He shouted.

Just like Nathan Drake.

I lay in my bed, eyes wide open with bags under them from being tired, from the stress of what I saw on TV. I looked over at my Digital clock on the bedside table as it flicked from 0:00 to 0:01. "GAH!" I shouted rolling over on my front. "Sleeping has never been this hard before?" I asked myself.

"Well why don't you snuggle up next to me?" Pinkie Pie said.

I turned my head and saw Pinkie sitting up straight holding her for hooves to her mouth blushing. "I'm sorry Pinkie, but i'm too tired to

think of you right now." I said wearily.

Pinkie frowned. "Ugh, fiinnneeee." She droned laying down with her back towards me.

I turned around and looked on the ground. I saw my laptop lying there with it's lid open from when I was using it before. Because I couldn't sleep... I rolled my eyes and reached down grabbing the laptop lifting it up to me. I sat up and turned the computer on. After waiting a few minutes and entering my password I was finally in.

I tapped my fingers on the keyboard. A,S,D,F,A,S,D,F,A,S,D,F I typed into Google. I figured why not and pressed enter "Seriously Google? You have 207,000 results of asdfasdfasdfasdf and even an Urban Dictionary definition!" I said shocked. I placed my palm on top of my head and dragged it down my face.

I'd done just about everything I could think of tonight and it's still not enough for me to go to sleep! WHY! OK I know why. Everyone knows

who I am. At least more than a few people would of seen that on the news last night. And if they didn't who else will? A title like that won't be just reported by one News Media. It's gonna be on the internet with my name in stupid Stephen's quote!

I closed the laptop lid and chucked it to the end of the bed. I didn't even care about turning it off. "I'm sorry I did this too you Pinkie." I said. I was too tired too imagine her so I just said it out loud. "I'm gonna have real fun tomorrow at school." I said.

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! My alarm clock went. I opened my eyes and actually wasn't feeling that bad or tired. I got out of bed stopping my alarm clock from ringing. "Oh wow, that's cold." I said frozen in place in shock from just cold it was compared to my bed.

My Dad knocked on the door. "C-come in." I said my teeth chattering together.

My Dad opened the door wearing about three layers of jackets. "I think winters here." My Dad said.

"Oh is that what it is?" I said breaking out of my frozen stance.

After getting dressed in what ever school clothes I can wear and combing my thick brown hair I was finally ready. I walked out into the kitchen rubbing my hands together. "Apparently last night there was a freak storm brewing and was going to hit us this morning." My Dad said

I looked out the kitchen window. It wasn't snowing but it was windy and pouring rain outside. Thick grey clouds rolled across the sky as all the Autumn leaves flew around the sky. "And we didn't know about it?" I replied.

My Dad shrugged and walked over to the couch. "I'll give you the day off." My Dad said.

I sighed. "It's fine I'll just... I'll just go to school." I said.

My Dad whipped around and looked at me weirdly.

"Are you sick?" Dad said.

"No I just know that people would of seen what was on the news last night and I want to get it all over with. The sooner people point at me the sooner they'll all turn back around and stop noticing me." I said backing away from the window.

"Or we could wait till it all... blows over. BADUM CHA!" My Dad said with a wink at the end.

"OK that was good." I said rubbing my forhead

"No it wasn't." My Dad said walking back to the couch.

I held my arms up in the air. "Are you kidding me I'm regretting I didn't come up with it!" I yelled.

After eating breakfast, getting my Umbrella and saying goodbye to my Dad in case I never see him again. I stepped out into this dark new world. "FUCK IT'S FREEZING!" I yelled. The rain all hit me like a ton of bricks and I became soaked instantly. I turned around and saw my Dad laughing threw the window. I stuck the finger up at him and walked on. Dad couldn't drive me since his car is in service.

"What did I do to deserve this." I said to myself crossing the road holding my arms. I would imagine Pinkie being here, but I think it would

actually be cruel to her if I did.

"Umbrella, come on Umbrella." I said trying to put up my Umbrella. I was so cold that at this point I was just speaking gibberish. I put the

strap of the Umbrella around my wrist and pressed the button on the Umbrella.

SWOOSH The umbrella went. As soon as it unfolded it actually took me with it. I turned around tugging on it so it wouldn't fly away. I started sprinting to school with the Umbrella facing the direction of the rain. "I hate being this wet..." I muttered to myself.

After a short sprint of almost two minutes and having a leaf stuck to my face I made it into the school grounds. I was almost to the school. I just have to get across the yard to the school... Oh what the fuck is this. I could see the three fuck wits that were bullying me yesterday standing around in nothing but there T-shirts. Are they stupid or trying to impress girls or something?

All of a sudden people started around who recognized me. Some turned back around and giggled while others just pointed and

had a good laugh to themselves.

"WHOA!" I shouted holding onto my umbrella. A giant, and I mean like a full bin fell over, gust of wind came and knocked everyone about, Including me. My Umbrella went invert and flew the opposite direction dragging me with it. More people laughed and I tried tugging the Umbrella back now under even more pressure.

I lost grip of it and my wrist strap snapped off. Combining the force of the wind and me losing my balance I went face first into the cold wet concrete. It seemed people couldn't get enough of the show and started taking photos. I turned away from all of them standing back up. I felt my face with my fingers and flinched. "Ow." I said in pain. I looked at my fingers and saw blood. I put my head down and started sprinting again.

My tormentors couldn't seem to get enough of it as they all laughed slapping each other on the back and stuff. "You've really out done

yourself this time." Chris said holding out his hand for me to High five.

I had to run past him to go to sick bay so I couldn't go anywhere else. I sprinted faster and without even realizing it I stepped in a giant

puddle of mud getting Chris and the others wet apart from me. They stopped laughing and stood there frozen looking at all the mud and crap

they just got on them.

I ran into the main building closing the door behind me letting out a sigh of relief. "I'm just grateful." I said huffing and puffing. I started walking down the hallway taking off my bag and jacket letting the well preserved hot air sink into me. I let another sigh of relief out walking down to the sick bay. The building it self was old. The building had two stories and all the paint which would of been a nice white has faded to an orangery tint.

I walked past the teachers lounge, main office, principals office, looking as even some of teachers were even looking at me funny. Maybe it was the cut or maybe the news last night. Probably both.

Finally I made it to the other end of the building where the sick bay was. I walked up to it knocked on the door. A woman opened the door. She looked about 30, my height (5 foot 7) she had fizzy brown hair wearing a purple top and black skirt.

"Can I help you?" She said. I pointed to my cut smiling. She let out a sigh. "Come on in." I walked into the sick bay and saw the desk she must of been sitting at. Is that a playgirl magazine?

"Here." She said.

"Huh?" I said looking at her.

"Here, take a band aid." She said.

I looked down at her hand and saw her holding a band aid to my chest. "Oh! Sorry." I said taking the band aid from her.

"Take a seat over there." She said pointing too her desk. I walked over and sat down next to it on a chair. "So how'd it happen?" She said sitting down at her desk throwing the magazine on the ground without so much as even a blush.

"Uh, I was trying to stop my Umbrella from flying off, but it got away and I fell over" I said.

Strangely she didn't respond to my question but instead reached to clean the cut out.

"Hey I know you?!" She said smiling at me.

I looked around nervously "I think your mistaking me for someone else." I said.

"No, on Facebook this morning. My daughter sent me a picture of this kid on the news and your-" I cut her off.

"Tell me now are you paid to talk or help sick kids?" I said.

She gave me a pissed off glare. She mustn't like being interrupted. Well then maybe then she shouldn't talk about people in front of her face how about that?

After I got my cut clean I was on my way to class, well my lockers first. Thank god the way there has a veranda. I entered another building,

this one with my locker in it, and walked down the hall full of teenagers. Some looked, some couldn't care less but it seemed the further and further I got in there the more and more started to look away. Why?

I reached my locker and there was a thick crowd in the way. I pushed past the people squeezing threw and people begun to giggle and laugh. I pushed threw out of the crowd and saw the lock on my locker gone. I turned around and saw a big semi-circle surrounding me. I turned around and looked at everyone.

"Do any of you have anything to say? Please say it now." I said unimpressed Looking around. No one said anything but starred. A few started to record me on there phone. I thought about saying something but I figured anything I said now would just go on the internet later. I turned back around to my locker and everything inside me said don't open that locker. But still I can't go to class without books and I gotta put my soaking jacket and bag somewhere.

I sucked up my pride and walked over to my locker opening it. Suddenly a large amount of my school books and photo's of last night news story poured out into corridor. I looked inside my locker and saw pictures of Pinkie Pie with my face on her for some reason.

Everyone begun to laugh. Everyone just laughed and laughed and laughed. I've been the joke before now, but I've always had somewhere else to turn. Some where to run and forget, but Now I was trapped. Trapped in among everyone one of these lunatics who like nothing more than just to see me suffer threw this. My breathing became heavy. It begun to speed up and I could feel my blood pump faster and faster. I looked at the poster's and papers. Every single one of them were suppose to mock me, hurt me and make Pinkie and make us look bad. I felt... alive...

"I think he's gonna cry!" I heard someone say. Slowly I just turned around and walked away. I picked up my bag and jacket walked away. I opened the door outside and people were still laughing and pointing. I turned around holding a detonator with a big red button on it. Everyone stopped laughing and looked at me seriously there eyes slowly widening realizing whats about to happen. Slowly I pressed my finger

down on the button. KA-BO-

"Tyler!" My english teacher snapped slamming his book down on the table. I shot up opening my eyes.

"Yes sir!" I said saluting.

"Don't give that crap to me, where's your books?" He said.

I looked at my teacher. He had a big thick mustache and grey hair. Thin fella he was as well.

"Sorry it's just... I had my locker tipped this morning and my books were vandalized.

"Oh... Well uh at least it's the last two periods of the day. I'll get you a pen and paper." He said giving me a genuine smile.

"Thank you." I said returning the smile.

"It's been a rough day hasn't it?" Pinkie said her head slumped over on the table.

"For us both... I'm sorry this happened to you." I said turning to Pinkie.

"You don't have to be sorry like you said it happened to us both." Pinkie said turning her head giving me a nice smile. I smiled back making my heart feel all warm and fuzzy.

"Here you go." The teacher said returning with a pen and some paper.

"Thank's." I said taking them from him. I let out a sigh and leaned back on the chair resting against the wall. Pinkie copied me leaning back.

"I wish we did what you said the other day." I said.

"You mean the mall?" Pinkie said.

"Yeah I wish we were both there right now you know, doing things..." I said putting my head down.

"What sort of things?" Pinkie said.

"Oh well you know you thought of them." I said.

Pinkie rolled her eyes. "Well maybe, but I hear want to hear it from you!" Pinkie said. Pinkie leaned forward scooting over towards me and

leaning back again on the chair holding my hand. I begun to blush.

"Well... first I would buy you something to eat." I said.

"Like?" Pinkie said.

"Um... A salad? I don't know your a horse. Horses don't eat meat." I said.

"I'm a pony and pony's can digest meat." Pinkie said crossing her front legs.

"No they- wait are actually serious." I said. Pinkie nodded feeling smart. "Huh... well in that case I would buy you all the hamburgers and

hot dogs you could eat!" I said pouncing on her tickling her.

"EEEEEHHHH!" Pinkie squealed holding her sides as I tickled her. "I'm gonna- Tyler I'm gonna fall!" Pinkie said squirming about in her chair. I let go of her and we both recovered from laughing and Pinkie being tickled. We leaned back and Pinkie threw a big abrupt hug around my waist.

"What else would you do for me?" Pinkie said closing her eyes in harmony.

"Um..." I said feeling shy. "I would win you the biggest, fluffiest, cutest toy I could find you. And I do mean win it for you. I could always

buy you something, but winning you something is way more manly. Isn't that what you want Pinkie a manly man?" I said.

"Your charmingly pathetic, and that's all I need." Pinkie said moving further onto my lap.

"Well then i'm honored and offended." I said earning a laugh from Pinkie Pie.

"After your now stuffed on hot dogs and hamburgers and you now have the biggest fluffiest toy I could win you, you can't actually hold it yourself so I had to hold it for you. But then for our next stop I would... take you to a... a barber... where I would get all your hair shaved off."

"HAW!" Pinkie said springing upwards holding her hair.

I laughed at Pinkie's reaction. "I was almost asleep!" Pinkie said in shock.

"I'm sorry Pinkie you know I love your hair I could never shave it off. Come back, you can go back to sleep I promise." I said holding

out my hand.

"No thank you I think I'd have nightmares." Pinkie said leaning forward. I let out another little laugh as Pinkie starred forward probably thinking about what she would look like having a hairless head.

"How is your hair so curly? I said grabbing a lock of it.

"It's a secret." Pinkie said.

"Pinkie it's not a secret. Come on tell me." I waited for a response, but instead Pinkie starred off into the distance smiling knowing what she was doing.

"Oh well it's probably not even a secret at all."

Pinkie's eye's popped open. "No there is a secret!" Pinkie said turning around in her chair.

"Then prove it to me." I said.

"OK fine but you gotta come closer though." Pinkie said waving her hoof towards her face. I leaned my head in. "Closer." Pinkie said. I leaned my head in further smiling. "Little closer." Pinkie said. Pinkie looked around nervously and then put her arms around my neck putting her mouth to my ear. "It's because of all the noodles I eat." Pinkie said.

"OHHHH No it isn't Pinkie." I said bringing my head out of Pinkie's mouth.

"It's true!" Pinkie said laughing.

"No it isn't." I said folding my arms and shaking my head.

"It is! You know how when you get the noodles and how there all curly!" Pinkie said.

"Yeah, but then you cook them and there not curly!" I said holding out my hands.

"Oh well don't believe then." Pinkie said crossing her front legs together turning away.

"Whether I believe you or not it clearly doesn't matter" I said

"Why doesn't it matter?" Pinkie said sounding interested turning back around.

I grabbed a large chunk of Pinkie's hair in both hands "Because you my dear are too beautiful to have your hair anything but curly. Curly hair is the best hair." I said kissing her on the nose. Pinkie tried to hold down the blush but couldn't.

"Tyler I-" Pinkie was interrupted by the school bell.

I opened my eyes and kids were getting up leaving handing there papers to the teachers. I looked down at my work and grabbed it and my bag walking over to the teacher.

"Here you go." I said to the teacher.

"Hold on." The teacher said examining my work. I turned around and looked at him. "Never mind, it's all there." He said. I nodded and walked off.

I walked out the room and out into the hallway. This building was furthest away from any other part of the school so it mean't an extra long walk home. I walked out the building down the steps. I stopped and looked around for a bit. "Something doesn't feel right." I said cautiously. I waited a bit more and shrugged walking off.

Suddenly someone put there arm around my neck and started dragging me. I begun choking from shock. "What the fuck!" I shouted sounding all wheezy.

I tried punching who ever was holding on to me, but I couldn't reach them. Suddenly Zach walked in front of me and picked up my legs. "What the fuck are you guys doing!" I said losing air.

I was dragged behind the building I just left and the two dropped me. I let out a breath for air and stood up. "What are you crazy!? What is this?!" I shouted.

"Can it." I heard Chris say. I looked around and looked over at a crate with some barrels and saw Chris sitting down on the crate still covered in mud and crap. Actually they were all still covered in mud and crap.

"Why are you guys still covered in mud?" I said.

"I said can it!" Chris said raising his voice hoping off the crates. I did as he said and backed up against the wall in fear as Chris came closer

towards me.

"You got me wet!" Chris said.

"Oh I bet I did." I said.

Chris went to open his mouth but then just shook his head. "Shut up! Your getting what you deserve." He shouted.

"What do I deserve?" I said sort of scared.

"You got us wet and muddy making us look fools in front of everybody! Now your getting what your owe'd." Brad said taking a step forward. I was surrounded by all 3 of them all wet and cold looking like a bunch of drugged up dip shits and it couldn't of been funnier.

I let out a howl of laughter holding my stomach. "OH MY GOD ARE YOU THREE FUCKING IDIOTS FOR REAL!" I said laughing so hard I fell to the ground.

"Oh yeah look at us were big and tough aren't we for dragging the kid on the news behind this building and beating him up because... BECAUSE WE GOT WET BECAUSE OF HIM!? Why didn't you just go the office and get you clothing changed?" I said recovering from just how stupid this is.

"W-were not pussy's who need help from teachers just because we got wet!" Chris said getting in my face.

"OK, but beating up the guy who got you wet doesn't make you look like Pussy's? Besides going to the office for a change of clothes doesn't make you look like a Pussy it makes you look like a human being with at least 2 working brain cells. At best." I said.

"Yeah well you still embarrassed us in front of everyone out there. You know what it's like to have everyone look at you and laugh?" Zach said.

"I dunno Zach do I? Maybe I felt the same way when I came walking in and had the whole school point and laugh at me. I've had nothing but crap because of what happened last night and you don't see me bitching and moaning do you? I got it the worst you three got wet and could of changed your clothes and gone home! Seriously Zach why did you become friends with these 2 losers? We've known each other since the first grade. What made you think it would be a good idea to have these two guys as your friends? Zach your better than this. Zach looked away rubbing his arm.

"You think your so smart horse fucker don't you? Because your good with words and think your smarter than the rest of us. What makes you think your gonna talk your way out of this!" Chris said.

"Of course I'm smarter than you you thought that the letter I was spelt e-y-e till the third grade! I don't now how you guys haven't suffocated on your own tongues yet? And how would you plan to get away with this? I mean so your plan is to beat me up, leave me here and get away with it?" I said.

"Uh..." Chris drawled.

"Then I wake back up and remember what happened and tell the teachers." I said.

"And what will they do?" Chris said thinking he's so smart.

"... call the police." I said flatly.

"Well what are they going to do? I can't go to jail i'm under 18." Chris said scoffing to himself.

"You'll got to Juvie! Not to mention you'll have that against you for the rest of your life." I said.

"Well then I'll beat you so you don't tell anyone! How bout that!" Chris said putting his finger in my face.

"So let me get this straight. Your idea to stop me from telling anyone you beat me up is by beating me up? I don't really think it

matters you beat me up for I'm still going to tell someone." I said pushing Chris's finger out of my face.

"That's it! I've had enough!" Brad said pushing past Chris. Brad lunged his fist back and went to go punch me in the face. I screamed and ducked Brad punching the hard metal wall.

"FUCK! That hurt!" Brad practically screamed sounding like a dying lion or something.

"Hey whats going on here?" A teacher said leaning out a window. This was it, my chance to get away. I grabbed Zach pushing him into Chris and sprinted off in the direction home.

"No!" Chris yelled pushing Zach away sprinting after me. I looked behind me and could only see Chris following me. Zach ran a different

direction and Brad fell to the ground crying in agony. "I'm not letting you get away!" Chris yelled.

"Then you'll die trying!" I yelled back. I sprinted as fast as I could running in among other buildings. The storm had passed but there were

plenty of puddles and leaves and crap around me.

I ran into the middle Chris no less than half a meter away. I took a sharp left and ran past a group of people just about to pass me. I

looked behind me and saw Chris run into them.

"Move!" He shouted pushing a girl out of the way. I kept running between two building side by side. I had to make a choice. Left or right. I

swerved to the right and just missed a guy carrying a stack of boxes.

"Watch it!" The guy shouted looking behind him at me. I stopped and watched Chris fall into that guy. Chris fell and rolled into a fern while

the other guy didn't fall over but all his boxes spilled along the floor. I stood frozen and watched Chris get up out of the fern.

Chris's breathing was heavy as he got up holding his left shoulder that had blood pouring down it. "Your mine!" He shouted running again. I got scared and turned around bumping into an open door. It must of been the one that boxes guy came from. I went in the door and closed it behind me.

"Hey you can't be in here!" One of the canteen lady's shouted. I turned around and realized I was in the canteen with about 4 different women. It was a nice shiny kitchen with lot's of oven's fridges and and packed up boxes.

Suddenly Chris burst in threw the door huffing and wheezing. One of the lady's screamed. He looked around and saw me and slowly limped towards me. "There... is... nowhere... for you now!" Chris yelled winding up a punch. I was backing up in the kitchen when I happened to look to my right and saw a fridge. I grabbed the freezer door and swung it open smacking Chris in the face.

Chris stood there with a shocked look on his face and a big red mark in the middle of it. Slowly Chris fell back on the floor with a thump. I stood there shocked, happy, scared, worried and more importantly feeling like Nathan Drake in a pub brawl.

Merponies are stupid

I sat up in my bed late at night pondering the actions I took this afternoon. I never told my Dad and I don't think I ever will. Something about hitting him in the face was so satisfying it felt like as if I was doing the right thing. I did it out of pure reaction nothing else but that doesn't stop the fact that I hit him in the face and I liked it.

This wasn't the sort of good feel you get like as if justice had just been served, but it felt... fucking good. I had never done anything like it before, ever. My days are so uneventful and worthless, but the past 2 days have been full of action and emotions for some reason. I don't just day dream about Pinkie you know. I feel as if I have this 'evil' in me that just needs to... belt the shit out of things.

I'm talking about jumping out of three story buildings, crashing head on with other cars and leaving a pool of blood below my feat as I walk away. So I started to think that maybe the reason I like it isn't because it was wrong but because it was right.

From birth we are dictated to believe what we see and have that be as far as you can go. Governments and politicians will keep you controlled and limit the things we see and think so they remain in power. If governments lose or don't have control of something they will send you out and fight for it in the name of justice and kill you in the process.

Maybe I should give another example. If governments have the power to make everything and everyone equal and stop fighting altogether, don't you think they would do that? That's because they don't. The point I'm trying to make is Chris is a low life, poor, angry son of a bitch who will do nothing or provide anything to the contribution of the world. We look at the world as the human species living under the one roof. Like as if the human race is perfect. But what I wonder is... why not let the select few live while the others die.

I dunno. Maybe I'm just getting upset and should accept the fact I hit someone in the face with a freezer door a few hours ago.

I got up and walked over to my door looking for my Dad. "Why isn't he home yet?" I said. I shrugged and closed the door.

An hour later...

"He's gonna get you!" Pinkie shouted squeezing my arm.

"Pinkie he will find me if you don't let go." I said almost dropping the controller.

Pinkie and I were both laying on our belly's starring at the small flat screen at the end of my bed watching me play Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

"HE'S GONNA FIND YOU!" Pinkie shouted jumping up and down on my bed.

"Pinkie I'm lying in the grass and am blending in with it at 85% I think I'll be fine." I said lining up my shot at the normal soldier.

"What if you miss your shot?" Pinkie said laying back down on the bed.

The tensions were high. Pinkie hadn't complained about any of the other guards until now. I actually started to feel a little stressed. I looked over at Pinkie and she was biting onto a pillow she had grabbed.

Slowly I pressed my finger down on the tr- "DON'T MISS!" Pinkie shouted. I jerked my thumb to the right and missed the shot because of Pinkie.

"Huh? What's That!?" The soldier Yelled detecting me.

I paused the game and sighed. "Your not very good at this game are you?" Pinkie said flatly.

I looked to my left and right. "Pinkie you made me miss! I hadn't stuffed up until then!" I said.

"Uh-huh." Pinkie said standing up.

I sighed again planted my face into the bed. For some reason Pinkie picked up my hand and slowly examined each finger.

"What are you doing?" I said lifting up my head to her. Pinkie didn't respond but instead looked closer at my thumb. "Pinkie what are you doing?" I said sitting up.

"Do these have names?" Pinkie said almost immediately after me.

"Uh you mean my fingers?" I said wriggling my fingers.

"Yeah I mean your hands have a name why shouldn't your fingers?" Pinkie said.

"Well yeah, but they do have names." I said.

Pinkie gasped. "Really? What are they?!" Pinkie said putting her nose to mine. I don't mind Pinkie getting closer to me in fact I prefer it.

"Well if you must know this one is a thumb." I said wriggling my thumb.

"Cool" Pinkie said looking closer at my thumb still holding my hand.

"The next one is my index finger. It's called that because well it's usually the finger you point to stuff, like how you would in an index."

"Handy." Pinkie said. Pinkie let out a little giggle turning away blushing.

"What's so funny?" I said.

Pinkie turned back round with her head down smiling. "...handy..." She said trying not to crack up.

At first I didn't know what she was on about but then I realized and I let out a quick laugh. "Your so corny. I love it. Any way this is the middle finger." I said pointing the middle finger up at Pinkie.

"Ha, ha. Next finger dummy." Pinkie said.

"Well this is a ring finger. It's where you put the ring when you get married. Where do ponies put the rings?" I said. Pinkie shruged.

"I dunno ask a real pony." She said plainly, my imagination running out of room for fake answers.

"Well OK then how about this last finger." I said.

"What about it?" Pinkie said inspecting it from different angles.

"Well this finger is a very special finger." I said.

"What's it called?" Pinkie said raising her eyebrow.

"Do you wanna know it's called." I said slyly.

"Yes." Pinkie said politely.

"Do you really wanna know what it's called?" I said.

"Yes!" Pinkie said her anticipation growing.

"Are you really sure you wanna know?" I said.

"Yes!" Pinkie said leaning in.

"Do you really, really, really, want to know what this last finger is called." I said.

"YES!!!" Pinkie shouted holding onto my shoulders.

"OK then... the name..." I said.

"Yes" Pinkie said leaning in.

"For this finger..." I said.

"Yes!" Pinkie said leaning in even closer.

"This one... very special finger!" I announced.

"YES!" Pinkie said her eyes locked with mine.

"IS!" I said dramatically.

"WHAT IS IT!" Pinkie screamed holding onto my collar.

"Can I have a drum role please?" I said.

Pinkie dropped her head and sighed. Pinkie sat back down on the bed and made a fake drum noise with the proper actions.

"OK Like I was saying. The name for my last finger on my left and right hand is!" I said reaching the hilt as well as Pinkie's drumming.

"A Pinkie finger." I said plainly.

Pinkie froze and stopped drumming. Her eyes were still, not even her legs moved or twitched, nothing.

"Pinkie?" I said cautiously. Pinkie still didn't move. I waved my hand in front of her face but nothing. "Pinkie was the tension that unbearable that it killed you?" I said.

Once again Pinkie did or said nothing but sit there in the frozen motion of drumming. "Pinkie I'm speaking to you." I said worried. Pinkie's ear twitched. "Pinkie are you OK?" I said. Pinkie let out a cute little sigh and fell backwards. "Pinkie!" I called out grabbing her by her front legs so she didn't fall off the edge of the bed.

I pulled her up her limp body resting into my chest. Pinkie slowly batted her eye lids open and looked up at me. "Pinkie are you alright? You scared me..." I said relived.

Pinkie smiled and snuggled into my chest putting her legs around my waist. "Pinkie finger..." She said calmly joking. I blinked and sighed.

"Your too dopey for words you know that?" I said.

Half a good night sleep later...

"Tyler... psst wake up." My Dad said shaking me.

"Uh... Dad? Wait where have you been. You didn't come home." I said sitting up. I looked over at the clock. "And it's two in the morning!" I said whispering a shout.

"I know and I'm sorry, really. Were you worried." Dad said

"No it was awesome why did you have to come back?" I said.

Dad rolled his eyes. "Figures. Well none of that's important now. Come on I got something to show you." My Dad said dragging the covers off of me.

"Wh-why? Dad I was asleep. Can it wait till morning?" I asked.

"No! Now get with it. Up!" Dad said.

I sighed and did as Dad said putting a shirt on and some pants.

"This way." My Dad said guiding me threw the house.

"I live here." I said rubbing my eyes. My Dad turned the living room light on almost blinding me. "Aw, jeez. Any brighter!?" I said.

"Sorry. Here in the garage." Dad said opening the garage door threw the kitchen.

I walked into the garage and my Dad turned the light on. Slowly the light heated up and revealed my Dad's 4WD.

"Hey you got it back for service!" I said excited. I looked around the car and noticed it was all packed? Like bags of clothes and tents and stuff all tied to the roof. "Are we going camping or something?" I said scratching the back of my head.

"Yep, get in." My Dad said getting in the drivers seat.

I starred at the car and looked around. "OK." I said getting in the passenger seat. My Dad started up the car and I opened the garage door with the remote on the dash board. "So where are we camping and why now?" I said.

"Well let's see, I was getting our car back from service and I watched another family roll out of the shop who looked like they were going camping, so I thought to myself 'you know it's been ages since I've taken Tyler camping. Why not do that with him?' I thought." Dad said.

"So that's why your so late? Buying camping gear and stuff." I asked.

"You guessed it. I thought we could be out there for a while. I bought a new tent, generator, fishing poles, marshmallows-" I interrupted my Dad.

"Ding, ding, ding we have a winner at Marshmallows. But still none of this answer where were going?" I said. Dad looked in the side door and pulled out a map.

"X marks the spot." Dad said handing me the map.

I opened up the map and we were going where my bet would of been placed. It's about an hour drive from our house. It's deep in the bush were hardly anyone ever goes. There's no resort, or camping spots just a small clearing by a lake we happened to find. Rumor is up there people go missing all the time.

"Cool, I love it when we go down there." I said.

"Yeah well let's just hope it's how we remember it." My Dad said.

I mostly starred out the window for the drive. I was watching the way the neon lights would reflect off the watery pavement or the way the clouds rolled in the dark night sky. When we got out of the town and onto the highway Dad and I started to talk more.

We mostly made stupid pun jokes to each other like 'you wanna hear a dirty joke? Two kids played in the mud. You wanna hear a clean joke? Two kids took a shower.' Stupid stuff like that. For some reason my Dad couldn't stop farting on the way down. I've never found the whole fart thing amazingly funny but when some one (pardon the pun) close to you does it I think it's another way of creating a good memory. Like really could you imagine 2 years later and I say 'hey remember that fart you did at 2 am when we driving into the middle of nowhere?' I think it makes for good memories.

Apart from me and my fathers terrible humor things took a turn for... the weird side. "I love you Tyler." My Dad said. Turning off into the bush from the highway. Before I could make a reply my Dad spoke again. "Really son I mean it... I love you more than anything." Dad said.

"Dad I know you do. I love you too you know that." I said.

My Dad started to wipe his eyes. "I know it's just. Son I look at you and I think I couldn't of gotten any luckier with you. I mean you don't... you don't do anything stupid like drink or talk about that stuff, you stay away from stupid people, and I know I made fun of you before for this, but I'm happy that you don't just bring home some bimbo of a girlfriend because you feel like that's what your worth is. I mean it's a different world out there today and there's so much evil I feel that could suck you in and change the way your beautiful mind works. I just... I can't believe you've turned out this great..." My Dad said wiping his eyes with a tissue from the dashboard.

"Dad I mean... I'm flattered, but really I'm not... I'm not that great." I said.

My Dad slammed his foot on the brake and turned to look at me. I grabbed onto the dashboard and prevented myself from hitting my head face first.

"Don't you ever say that you hear me! Tyler you don't realize how good you are. When I was your age I had stupid mates who I called my friend. We did nothing but drink and talk about cars. I had no ambitions or goals and I was heading down a road I was bound to crash into. But then I met your mother... now I know that you've never met or had a mother before but believe me when I say that woman made me realize just what potential I had to live for. I swore black and blue that I was going to change my life around because I saw now that I have more to live for than a good night with a hang over in the morning. Suddenly I had your mother to live for and I fell so deeply in love with her..." My Dad dipped his head at memories he must of been thinking of.

I never met my mother. She died giving birth to me. I don't feel like I know much about her other than she was an inspiring artist who was never selling a lot of her paintings. I mean OK I know more than that, but it's weird to think that I have another parent out there besides my Dad. I mean although I've seen other kids hang out with there Mum's it never really affected me. I had my Dad there to look at.

"I wanted to be a good man for her. Someone that could show her and the world that I was worth more than that. Your Mother and I got married at 17... I can't tell you how good she made me feel every time I got to wake up next to her and see those bright green eyes and her... straight flowing brown hair... s-she was funny and so much smarter than I ever was and she deserves to be here today and not me!" My Dad said punching the steering wheel.

The cars horn went off for a moment and I jumped back holding onto my seat belt. I mean what am I suppose to say 'yeah Dad it should of been you instead of her?' It's not even physically possible.

My Dad turned back to me and sighed holding his wrist. "I'm sorry I don't mean that. I wouldn't change anything even if I could, I just" My Dad took in a long breath and exhaled. "I can't help but think sometimes she should of been the one to raise you since she could of... I don't wanna say better job but..." Dad said.

"I get what you mean." I said nodding.

"Yeah you do, like your mother your so much better with words then I ever could be. Anyway she gave birth to you at 19. You were a happy accident but as you know... well your Mum never was very strong. We were always getting check ups on her since she doesn't- I mean didn't have a very good immune system. I held you in one arm and your mothers hand in the other as she died. She only got to see a glimpse of you before she passed. I actually had her parents take care of you for a whole month since I was so devastated by her death. After everything I felt as if she died because of me and It sent me into a spiral of depression that no one could of brought me back from but your mother. So that's exactly what she did. After driving back home from somewhere, I don't even remember where, I ran over some train tracks without noticing a train coming. After I crossed the line the train just missed me. I slammed on the brakes and fell out of the car crying. I was so tired and drunk I couldn't believe what I had just done, I didn't see the train at all. I climbed up my car balling and knew then as I watched the train zoom by in the night that that was your mother telling me I had to look after our son. I was saved because I was men't to be here, nothing else. After driving home as slow as I could I threw out any and all rubbish and in my house and became a good father picking you up the next day." Dad said.

I sat there a giant lump in my throat and a single tear roll down my cheek. "Dad-" I whispered.

"When you say your not that great you should know that's bullshit. I had my first hangover at 14, but you, you are so precious I can't believe half of me is in you. If your mother could see you now I know she would love you and you two would be the best of friends. Son I don't care if you love Pinkie Pie I love that you love her. We shouldn't judge love for what they are but for who they are, and I see that now. After reading everything you wrote and thinking about it I can't be more proud that you know what love is and what to find in it. Your are above and beyond the best possible son I could of ever asked for. I only want you to be what you want to be and if that means you have to find Pinkie Pie in a girl than I will love you forever for that." My Dad said grabbing my hands.

"Don't ever... Don't ever listen to how other people tell you to be. This is our world to own not there's. Just do what you think is right." My Dad said squeezing my hand.

Now a whole flurry of tears came running down my cheek. My Dad grabbed some tissues and started to wipe my cheek. I pushed him away but he just came back to wiping my cheek so I let him. "I-i don't know what to say." I said sniffing.

"Then just don't say anything at all... Your face says it all." My Dad said moving back to the steering wheel. I wiped my eyes with my sleeves and nodded. My Dad put his foot on the accelerator and moved the clutch. "Then let's go camping." Dad said.

I turned back to the front slowly and saw all the bits of dust particles fly by the high beams from the car. The outside was scary with tall thin trees that stretched pretty high. The only light getting in was that of the high beams creating a very unsettling atmosphere.

A short drive later

"Where here!" My Dad shouted stepping out of the car.

I got out the passenger door closing it. "Jesus Dad you want to wake everything up?!" I hissed.

"What the Kangaroos? Pfft there always up this early." My Dad said stretching.

"Let's just get the stuff out of the car." I said unimpressed.

We both walked over to the back of the 4 wheel drive and my Dad unlocked the back of the car opening it up in two.

"Take this." My Dad said grunting passing me a foot locker bag. My Dad put it in my arms and I almost dropped it.

"AH! Jesus Dad I almost put my back out!" I yelled.

"Well be careful." Dad said rummaging threw the boot.

"Uh huh" I said walking over to the middle between us and the lake. I put the bag down on the ground. I opened up the bag and looked at what was inside. "Dad what's with all the tools?" I said taking out a short pickax looking at it strangely

"Were gold mining! You loved it last time remember." Dad said pulling out the tent from the boot.

"Yeah it was an adventure. I found 50$ worth of gold last time!" I said remembering the fun memories.

"Well this time were going to score big." Dad said walking over dropping the tent at my feet. "Brr, it's cold isn't it?" Dad said rubbing his shoulders.

"Morning breeze." I said feeling the cold wind.

"I tell you what, I'll go find fire wood and you set up the tent. That way we can save time." Dad said walking away.

I looked around nervously. "Are you sure that's a good idea? What if you get hurt." I said.

"You've been watching too much of The Walking Dead." Dad called back, not even turning around.

I watched as my Dad walked off into the forest. I stood up and took in a bit of that forest air. I stuck my head up at the night sky twirling around watching the stars. There's so many of them. I begun to laugh as this was all so new and interesting.

I looked back in the bag and grabbed out a torch. I turned it on and it almost blinded me. I quickly shun the light around revealing all the little details you couldn't see in the dark. "Spooky..." I said.

It wasn't enough fun to walk so I begun to sprint over to the lake. The torch's light shun in all directions as I ran. I stopped right in front of the water skidding kicking up dirt and rocks. I knelled down and shun the light on the water looking at all the tiny bugs skiing across the top. I l smile a little at just how different they are from me. I reached into the water pulling out a stone "Oh, it's cold, way too cold." I said quickly wiping my wet hand on my pants.

I took a few steps back winding up my arm and tried to skim the rock across the lake. 'plop!' The rock went kicking up some water sinking to the bottom of the lake. "Figures" I said disappointed

I looked across the lake and saw some pretty big rocks to the left of me not to far. I begun sprinting over. "It's... ugh, further than it looks." I huffed. I reached the rock and put my feet and hands into little grooves hoping up on top of it. I shun the light across the water

"...huh? Whats that?" I said. I heard a sound, like splashing. I looked around the lake shining the light and saw a pier over the other side of the lake. I squinted my eyes keeping the light steady. I saw someone, no something? They were skinny, white with blonde hair trying to get out of the water. It was stuck, they needed my help!

I jumped off the rock panicking and begun sprinting towards the pier faster than I've ever moved before. Even faster than when I was being chased earlier. I've never had anything like this happen before what do I do?!. I jumped over fallen trees and got my feet stuck in dense mud, this side of the lake was like a battlefield.

I reached the pier sprinting along the old wooden boards. Suddenly my mind just put on the brakes when I shun my light on them and I fell to the ground on all fours. "no..." is all I said. I moved closer to... it, at a pace of interest but also being terrified. I took a longer, closer look about a meter away. "Hello?" I said feeling freaked out. I leaned over to... her? To put my hand on her shoulder. She had her cheek resting on the board walk with her... hooves trying to keep her up. It was a pony, I'm not fucking with you or maybe I've finally gone insane and am start to see ponies but I was looking at a, a real life... mother fucking My Little Pony.

Her straight blonde hair laid over her head like a veil. She had some cuts on her body I, I was amazed at her beauty but my mind was trying process it all. I leaned forwards anyway. I put my hand on her shoulder shaking her slightly "hello?" I asked puzzled on what else to say. I lifted up her head "hello?" I asked again the only word in my vocabulary at the time. The pony batted her eyes open at me, they were a deep shade of crimson that scared me at first but held some beauty in them. She continued to look dazed at me but then she saw me and she smiled. I felt happiness flood into me from that smile. But then she opened her mouth. blood dripping from her teeth, her tongue played with her her teeth one by one. I was stuck I couldn't move fear had paralyzed me. The pony's smile only grew wider as she wrapped her legs around my neck dragging me into the water.

I let out muffled screams under the water as she dragged me in. Swallowing what felt like a gallon of water it filled up my lungs. She continued to drag me down further and further until she brought me into what was probably the middle of the lake. Before I knew it she swam off. . My mind quickly put it back together and I begun to swim up my animal instincts kicking in. I felt teeth digging into my legs. I let out more screams but this time covering my mouth. She dragged me down again pinning me to the ocean floor then swimming off again. I caught where she swam off, she has a mermaid tail! What the fuck!

I could feel myself turning blue. Between me swallowing water and my tiny air span I had to move. I begun to swim up again I could see where the water stopped, luckily it wasn't that deep. I turned around seeing the crazy horse bitch swim at me again. Her mouth opening wider than ever looked possible. Just before she would of bit me I grabbed her by the neck squeezing my thumbs into her throat. The creature wailed and let out screams only putting more fear in me.

The creature swam away. I tried to swim up but I couldn't, all my energy was drained. I could feel every bit of my body screaming for air as what felt like my blood come to a stand still. This couldn't be it for me. I Didn't want to die, I'm scared of dying. I tried moving again but I couldn't. I felt my mind go blank. I lost control of my body as my eyes slowly begun to flicker shut. This was it I'm dying, but there was so much I wanted to do...

Tia and Who?

slowly I opened my eyes. I let out a little groan. I felt heavy, like there was little energy in me to do anything. I looked around the room I was in.

Where was I? The room was oddly Spanish looking with olive colored walls and varnished furniture all around me. Things like bedside tables, drawers and dressers with candles scattered all around the room being the only source of light.

Between what I remember and where I am now I'm betting heaven isn't very subtle or some hillbilly's picked me up in there canoe and took me down to their cabin.

I tried to get up faster than I should off "oh fuck... oh my god..." that was the most painful thing I've ever done. "Noted..." I groaned.

I put my hand to my che- wait what? I flexed my hand infront of me only there wasnt any fingers. I looked down my arm and felt it with my other arm. There was fur. Fur all the way down. I slowly moved my arms to my face. My face wasn't my face, it was differently shaped and I could no longer feel my nose. I then slowly moved my arms up to the sides of my head my anxiety rapidly increasing.. I couldn't feel my ears, where are my ears! But I could hear things so that means. I moved my arms further up my head and then I felt it. Two floppy little ears.

"I need a mirror" I said rapidly.

I ever so slowly moved my back up against the bed head. I looked into a mirror on top of a dresser directly in front of me. I was silent, I sat there for about a minute starring at myself turning my head side to side looking at myself. I'd done it. I don't know how but I don't care. I've turned myself into a pony.

I took the time to relax not thinking about how strange or creepy this was, but the fact that... well I've turned into a completely different species.

"Does that mean I can be with Pinkie Pie. Either I'm dead or this is really happening! I'm probably dead!" I said in a rather excited whisper. I took a look under the sheets. "Oh my god" I then put the sheets back down. "It's so much bigger" I said in shock.

As soon as I said that A giant mare the size of princess Celestia entered the room . She was ginormous. She had a long white horn, long beautiful wings and red hair and when I say red I mean like on fire red. Her roots are a shade of deep red but leading down it became a shade of stunning yellow and her coat was a bright white. But she didn't bare a cutie mark?

"oh my your awake" she said taking a hoof step back. I didn't say a thing. "how are you feeling?" she said.

"...good..." I said slowly nodding.

"well I'm glad your feeling better. When we found you you were half dead." The mare said. She walked over to a window and drew open the curtains revealing a giant beam of light shining threw. I covered my eyes with my hooves from my retinas burning out. "your very lucky we found you in time to get that poison out of you." she said.

"p-poison? *cough*" I said feeling light headed.

"That mermaid that attacked you. A mermaids bite kills in anywhere between a minute and an hour unless it is treated properly. The poison in her teeth that's how she poison's you" She said. I stared at her with a blank expression.

"Oh i'm sorry you must be so confused. How rude of me. My name is Sunny. I'm not hear to rob you or expect anything in return." Sunny said letting out a small laugh. Right now your safe nothing bad will get you here" Sunny said.

Slowly I nodded again "uh, thanks... Sunny" I said.

Reality was now beginning to kick in. Questions like, why I was here?, why am I like this, who am I, hows my Dad? and to spite how nice this lady was I think her presence was making me feel less at ease. Sunny picked up on this and took a seat next to me on the bed.

"don't worry yourself. Take as much time as you need. My family is about to have dinner. If your interested you can come down stairs to eat as much as you like with us." She said smiling. Sunny got off the bed and walked to the door

"Oh I almost forgot" Sunny said. She turned around and walked back to me. "Drink this. It should help with the little bit of poison still in you" She said. Her horn than sparked alive and somehow magically she made a jug and a cup appear. The two objects levitating Sunny poured whatever was in the jug into cup filling it up perfectly to the brim. "There you go. Make sure to drink it all" Sunny said levitating the cup towards me.

"Oh uh, thank you. Ill drink this right away" I said feeling scared and amazed at the same time.

"That's OK" Sunny said. She then walked out the door and then down some stairs

I looked at the drink in my lap. I took another feel of my face to make sure this was really happening. I looked at the drink for 10 or so seconds not knowing what to think of the brown... disgusting looking... medicine. I decided I should drink it so I picked up the cup gulping it down and putting it back in my lap quicker than I thought I could move.

My... hooves were trembling. The feeling of not feeling my fingers was starting to get to me. I tried to stretch out my fingers that weren't there. I took a deep breath to calm me down.

I begun to cough feeling the effects of that drink beginning to kick in. "Ugh, what is that?!" I said gagging on my own tongue. Suddenly I felt a little better. The pain that was sitting in my chest suddenly left.

I paused for a bit trying to take it all in and then begun to move out of bed. I took one look at my legs under the covers and it creeped me out and I let out a little squeak inside. Sighing I put my back hooves on the ground. It wasn't just like normally putting your legs on the ground. My body was different now. I could already feel how different all my bones moved, that there not suppose to work like how a person would use them.

I lunged myself forward and landed on all four hooves. "oh..." was all I said. I lifted up my back right leg. I looked behind me and gasped. I had a short black tail! I shook it just to make sure I could move it.

"snap out of it! If she can walk then so can you!" I said reassuring myself, but it didn't last long. I put my left leg forward and then my back right leg, front right, back left, front left, back right, front right. Wow I was doing it! Walking on four legs! It was equally amazing as scary.

I took a look in the mirror I looked in the mirror I looked at before. I didn't recognize myself. Everything was so much different. My coat was a dark grey and the slight sideburns I had have now taken a full shade of black so that was weird. The only thing that was still sort of the same about me was my hair. It was long and thick and led down my neck. I'm pretty sure my hair even went a darker shade like charcoal.

I turned my head to the left. This is going to sound stupid but my face was no longer... flat. I opened my mouth running my tongue along my teeth I mean I could fit a whole apple in my mouth!

After a few more minutes of Poking at myself and doing something very unlike me by raiding the cupboards and draws looking for my clothes.

After finding no evidence that I was even human once I walked out of the room leaving my confidence behind with it. I walked down the massive daunting hallway with several painted pictures on the wall and made my way to the stairs.

I put my left leg over the first step and moved it back. This was so daunting. I mean what I fell and broke my neck! I sat down on my but and moved down the stairs holding on to the top one and sliding down to the next one like a 2 year old. Repeat that about 20 times and I had reached the bottom.

I poked my head around the corner I was leaning up against. "oh my god" I said. This place was amazing! the walls were a suiting shade of brown like scooby doo with 100% wood furniture. They didn't have screws in them or anything completely hand- erm hoof made. The floor was a... well I guess it depends on what angle you look at it as. A diamond shaped marble slab all across the floor.

"hello?" I spoke.

"hello!" I heard a small voice say excitedly. I walked around the corner and there I saw them. Four different ponies all sitting together eating at a table but they all looked related. "You decided to come down then. Take a seat." Sunny said Swallowing food.

Unsure of myself I did as she said anyway and sat next to a purpley blue filly.

I sat next to two little fillies the one to my left was a bright white like Sunny with a horn and two little wings. She wore a small golden head band and had a big smile on her face. The Filly to my right sitting next to had hair that... waved... like the ocean. She had blue hair and- wait is that Luna? I took a closer look at the filly. "holly shit it is. It can't not be." I thought.

"go on help yourself" Sunny said.

"Huh?" I said drawing my attention away from the girls.

"The food silly. Go on take as much as you want we don't mind." Sunny said scrapping some mashed potato on my plate.

"honestly dear he's probably wondering who we are and why he's here. You did tell him didn't you?" A ginormous stallion said who looked much like who may be princess Luna.

"I did tell him, well I tried my best anyway." Sunny said lowering her head.

The stallion groaned "I always did have to give the speeches didn't I?" The stallion said.

"Your just grumpy because I had to wake you up" Sunny said turning away from the stallion flicking her hair.

"I do not get grumpy." The stallion said gritting his teeth.

They continued continued to bicker and I turned to who might me Princess Luna.

"so do they usually do this?" I asked the filly. The little fillies eyes widened and she developed a very heavy blush on her cheeks.

Someone tapped me on the back. I turned around and saw it was the other girl. "Ignore her she's shy. You won't get much out of her. I'm Celestia. Princess celestia, but you can call me Tia and there is Luna who we call Lulu. Shes 5 and I'm 8, oh but to answer your question they fight because they love each other. They fight sometimes you know because Mummy's the sun and Dad's the moon. That kind of thing" Tia said with a giant smile revealing her pearly whites.

"I love you." The Stallion said rubbing noses with Sunny.

"no, I love you more" Sunny said all gooey.

"see what I mean" Tia said blandly pointing her hoof at them.

"hmm? oh right you. I'm Cosmos. I found you a few hours ago and brought you back here. You were passed out next to a lake. Don't think about it to much though. We gave

you a treatment that cures the poison in your body." The big stallion said.

Taking another look at Lulu and then Cosmos you could plainly see the resemblance. Cosmos had a darker shade of Purple along with deep purple eyes and wavy dreamy like hair. heh heh, dreamy, get it. I'm such a moron. But seriously he didn't look like a push over. He looked like he could kill you in an instance if he wanted too.

"Oh well, thanks. I don't know what I would of done if you didn't find me. So you two are married?" I said.

"3456 years" Cosmos said proudly leaning back. I remained silent but that still wasn't the weirdest thing I've heard all day.

"shouldn't you be dead then?" I said confused.

"HA! I like you, but no. Royal ponies live for up to 10,000 years." Cosmos said.

I feel like marlin from that scene in Finding Nemo when he talks to the turtles. "So how old are you?!" I said astonished.

"3470" Cosmos said proudly. I quickly did the math in my head.

"You got married when you were 14!" I said.

"mmhm. I knew it in my heart when I saw her that she was the one" Cosmos said putting his hoof on Sunny's.

"Aw you make it sound more romantic then what you actually were. Maybe you can go show him your rock collection later" Sunny laughed.

"hey! Rock collecting is nothing to laugh at! You know how hard it is to get moon rock now that Discord took my powers. do you!" Cosmos said standing over the table.

"Aww, you miss your powers don't you." sunny said adorably stroking Cosmos's mane.

"I do" Cosmos said weakly sitting back down in his chair.

"Dis-cord?" I said confused. Everyone looked at me strangely which only made me feel small.

"you do know who Discord is? don't you? Celestia said.

"uh" I drawled out. "Discord? You know the guy that rules chaos now. Makes weird things happen, took Mummy and Daddy's powers and use them for evil? Actually the moons about to come up any moment now" Tia said.

"But, its day?" I said turning around looking outside the window.

I said my words too soon as the sun I was just looking at fell out of the sky as the moon rised from the ground.

"AAHHH!" I screamed falling out of my chair.

I looked up at everyone. They were all staring at me.

"I think he might of also hit his head Cosmos." Sunny said.

"yeah maybe. hey, do you remember your name?" Cosmos said.

I blinked still laying on my back "my... my name?" oh god my name. Can I say Tyler! I need some new name that would suit a pony.

I stood up on the chair and looked in another mirror hanging on the wall to my right. Now that I think of it I kinda look like King Sombra. Like as if he had a little non-evil brother or something. "S-sombra. My names Sombra!" I smiled. Oh great now I named myself after a tyrant. I wonder what they'll say.

"Sombra. Cute" Sunny said smiling.

"yeah great name kid, I mean Sombra" Cosmos said.

Well that wasn't the response I expected?

Infamous

Eating dinner was harder than it looks. Trying to eat naturally and polielty as a horse is like holding a pencil for your first time. You can't do it.

Besides the ponies giving me strange looks for my eating habits, The sun and moon would change about every 5 minutes. It doesn't become less weird I'll tell ya that. One moment your sitting in complete darkness with the candels burning bright and then suddenlt brightness and happiness would shine threw the windows

livening up the place.

"ok... im done" Cosmos said yawning. Im going back to sleep." Cosmos said leaving the table.

"good night everyone" Cosmos said.

"goodnight" everyone but me said. Even Lulu spoke.

"why don't you two go play in the living room. I have to talk with Sombra." Sunny said. Her mentioning my name only made me nervous.

"OK Mum. See ya later Sombra." said Tia said climbing down from her chair.

"Bye." I said as the two little fillies ran out the room, Luna trailing behind.

"Now Sombra I have to ask." Sunny said.

I turned back around. "Yes?..." I said unsure of myself.

"Is there anyone that you know? Someone nearby maybe. To take care of you?" Sunny asked. I knew what she men't. I can't be expected to just live here... but then... where do I live. My mind went to Dad... my Dad... Dad... What do I even say to that?...

"Were you out there all alone?" Sunny said.

"...No, I mean... no there was no one else" I said shaking my head. What have I done?! What have I done!... ugh, looks like I made my decision. I guess...

"Well how have you been surviving all this time? We both know whats out there. Surely someone? a-a friend even." Sunny said.

What was she talking about? Have I entered the wrong Equestria? or something... I couldn't of. I just saw the two royal princesses. Is this an alternative dimension or... or is this simply back in time. Or am I over thinking this?

"No, no one. OK well there was one pony, but there gone now. If you... know what I mean" I said lying trying to seem sad.

"Oh... I'm sorry." Sunny said.

There was a pause between us. At this point I'm just going with the flow. Should I tell her the truth? Would she believe the truth. Why

havn't I even considered the truth as an option?

"I tell you what. You can stay with us for as long as you like. You've been threw a lot and we don't get a lot of company here. You seem like a good pony and I couldn't send you back out there on your own." She said.

"So... I guess i'll stay." I said.

"Good." Sunny said sounding relieved. Uh well there isn't a lot more to say here other than the room you woke up in is all yours." Sunny said. "If you want I can give you a tour of house?" Sunny said.

House? This place is more like Wayne Manor. I looked over at the living room with Tia and Lulu in it.

"Can I take a rain check? I think I would like to get to know them better." I said.

"Sure. Just hollower when you want me." Sunny said getting up from the table smiling at me.

"OK, thanks then." I said. Sunny smiled and stood up from the table walking away.

I got down from my chair and I walked into the living room. I saw Tia playing with some kind of Lego and Lulu with her head in a book leaning up against a wall. I took a walk over to Tia awkwardly trying to sit down.

Tia looked up at me and smiled. "So uh... your a princess. Wow, that's gotta be pretty exciting" I said. Looking at the little crown on her head

Tia sighed. "It would be if the world wasn't the way it is." Tia said knocking over the Lego tower she was building.

"Maybe the problem isn't the world but your attitude towards the world. I mean whats wrong with world?" I said laughing.

Tia looked at me strangely. "I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer." She said turning back to the Lego. OK well must of missed the memo on that one I think?

"OK Tia, well I think I'd like to get to know you a bit better. Um, what'd you do for fun around here?" I said. Tia looked up to the roof humming.

"we could go outside!" Tia chimed.

"To stand there or to do something?" I said.

Tia giggled. "No. To run around and play silly." Tia said her face lighting up. "Lets go." she said leading me along with her hoof. While she had some muscle on her I wasn't going much faster than my normal walking speed.

"Wait what about your sister?" I said looking behind me watching Lulu get out of sight.

"Oh she's boring you don't want her around" Tia said dragging me towards the door outside.

As the two of us walked out into the beautiful sunshine. The sun felt so good against my face. After having all that medicine and being in bed for so long left me longing for some good old sunlight without me even knowing it. In front of me for at least a good 10 meters was just grass.

No lawn no nothing. Just grass and a single standing tree. It wasn't even a big tree. A small skinny one with a few leaves on it. Beyond the grass was a rather scary looking dark dense forest. It had a consistent theme of black and dark green. Actually now that I look at it I think it goes around the entire house. Yeah it does.

I looked up at the house that was at least 4 stories tall. It was made out of thick slabs of stone. It looked like the entrance to a library? Tia without me noticing bolted ahead of me laughing.

"Hey, wait up!" I shouted. I begun to race after her being mindful of my... footing? what do I say here? Where I ran I guess.

I ran after Tia. "I'm gonna get you!" I yelled in an over the top monster voice. Tia let out a scream followed by giggles as I chased her in circles around the yard.

I caught up with her grabbing her standing up on my back legs squeezing her. Tia squealed and laughed as I wrestled her to the ground roaring like a Lion.

A small flash happened and suddenly she was gone out of my legs. At first confusion hit me but then I heard "bet you cant catch me again" From Tia. I looked to the sky and saw her flying above me no higher than a meter.

"wanna bet!" I said. I got back onto my hooves and begun to chase her again as she flew threw the air. This time she was really trying and was actually a pretty fast flyer. I kept running after her as she flew threw the air doing aileron rolls and things.

"You better go faster than that!" Tia yelled.

"HA! I'm just getting warmed -" Suddenly with a big smack I had run into an invisible object.

In pain and shock I slowly removed my face from what ever I just crashed into and fell on my back "fuuuuuuuu" I drawled holding my eye.

"you're not hurt are you?" Tia said hovering above me

"...ow..." was all I managed.

"I'm sorry" she said laughing above me.

"Its fine" I wheezed. I blinked remembering what had just happened "Wait, why are you sorry? What just happened!?" I said.

Tia landed on the ground and walked over to where I bumped into "See." she said leaning her back up against nothing. "Its a force field that protects us from things coming in and hurting us. It keeps us invisible." Tia said giving the force field a big heart smack.

I walked over to the force field and put my front hooves on it leaning up against it. There was nothing. No wave whenever you touch it, no distortion. Nothing. Not like in the movies.

"That's amazing." I said.

"It goes right around the house" Tia said.

"I see. Or more like I don't see" I said. Tia giggled at my stupid comment

When I got off the force field the sun switched to night and not a moment later I heard one of the most adorable little voices in the world

"can I come out to play now!" Luna yelled sticking her head out the window.

"Yeah sure. The more the merrier." I yelled back

It made your heart melt watching Lulu try and close the door that's too big for her.

Tia let out a huff. "Why did you have to invite her over here. She's just going to steal you away." Tia said looking off to the side.

Suddenly my mind went blank and I scrunched up my nose. "... wait... why do you have a force field?" I asked.

Suddenly Lulu stopped frozen when she turned around from the door. Lulu's eyes grew larger and larger and she fell on her back saying nothing. Before I could say anything. A massive shadow from the moonlight came over all of us. Tia and I were both confused by the darkness and then suddenly the ground shook.

We both went a few inches off the ground and came back down on our stomachs.

Tia and I turned around still on our backs looking at the forest to see what had done this. When we saw it everything stopped, our blood our muscles, no one moved... It was a dragon that landed in front of us.

The dragon's back was arched on all fours. It had to be at least 3 story's tall, it was ginormous. It was a jet black with burnt looking scales. It was reminiscent of tiles on a roof. He had to of been at least 20 meters long. 4 meters wide. It had a thick long tail with several spike out the tip of it's tail. The dragon also had thick black wings that were curled up on his body.

All of a sudden Tia broke out of her trance and she begun to scream. The swung it's head around and came nose to nose with force field.

I squeezed my hoof around her mouth and held her close to my chest. His eyes were at least twice the size of my head with a dark and mysterious blood red color. It's mouth was opening and closing constantly. I could hear it's breath, I could it's body working. The inside of his mouth was disgusting, nothing different about it besides from the razor like teeth.

The dragon turned his head. "Must of been in the distance..." The dragon said in a deep voice. At that point I let go of Tia and felt my body freeze. It was so sudden. I think it scared me so much was because it wasn't just another animal. It can speak.

I slowly stood up and my head was spinning. Cosmos ran out and picked up Tia. Tia was crying latching on to her father. I didn't even hear him come over. "Come on!" He yelled at me.

I looked back at the dragon as it flew off over the treetops. What is this place? What have I don't

After a few hours in the living room talking about what happened and a one hour bath letting all the warm water soak all the stress out of me, I was going to bed. Sunny had actually rearranged the room with magic making it more comfortable for someone my age. A.K.A I have a bigger bed a desk and some books. Novels and things. No TV or anything like that. I'm pretty sure they don't exist. Like I'm going to ask and look stupid.

I was under my Donner and I was thinking of what my future will be. I mean it's not like how I thought it would be. I didn't get off the train to Ponyville and was welcomed by friendly faces and a party being thrown by you know who. No instead I was poisoned and almost drowned by a Merpony thing and had the most terrifying dragon hunting me.

I wrestled my pillow rolling around trying to get to sleep. I was wide awake with thoughts doing laps around my head. Like a marathon that even if I did run I wouldn't sleep.

Suddenly I heard the creaking of my door. I leaned up in my bed and saw my door wide open. Quickly I leaned over grabbing an empty cup and readying it as a weapon.

"help me up" I heard a voice say.

Slowly I leaned over the side of my bed raising an eyebrow saw Luna standing there with a book literally strapped to her back.

"Hey? what are you doing out of bed." I said.

Luna looked behind her at the book and then back at me.

"Do you want me to read it to you?" Luna nodded erratically. I wonder if I get caught will I get in trouble... I mean kids aren't really suppose to be out of bed.

I sighed as I gave in to her little cute face. "Fine. But only one." I said.

I lifted Luna up into my bed. I UN-did the string that was holding the book to Lulu. To my surprise she got under my blankets and wrapped her front legs around me. Unsure of how to respond to someone I barely knew I returned the gesture and put my front leg around her and held the book in front of our faces.

"Monsters are like you and I." I said reading out the title.

"Mummy says that when I grow older I'm going to meet lots of different and maybe scary ponies. She tells me to be nice and too respect everyone. Treat them the way I would want to be treated." Lulu said.

Wow. For a 4 year old that's some real powerful things to say. "That's true you should be nice to everyone you meet. We shouldn't just judge everyone based on their looks or even how they act."

Lulu looked off to the side.

"Something wrong?" I said tilting my head.

"If that's true why did Tia call me ugly..." Lulu said.

I sighed. "Well sometimes we say things when were scared that we don't really mean. We do and say things to protect ourselves because maybe we couldn't deal with it. Do you understand?" I said.

Lulu looked into the corner of her eye. "Everything but the last part." Lulu said.

"Well Tia was probably looking for someone to blame about the dragon. Even though it was no one's fault she feels as though if she were to shift the blame on to you it makes dealing with the problem for her easier. Not that I'm saying what she's doing is a good thing. I'm sure if you

tell her how you feel she'll understand and apologize." I said.

"And if she doesn't?" Lulu said.

"Well then you tell your parents." I said back.

Lulu let go of me and starred off at the door furrowing her eyebrows. She seemed to be concentrating hard or in a trance. "OK." Lulu said in a pumped up voice. Lulu stood up on both her back legs and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I felt my hair raise and my cheeks go hot instantly. Lulu jumped down off the bed reaching back up and grabbing her book. Lulu walked out dragging the book behind her with her mouth closing the door slowly with magic behind her.

I sat there in the same position still in shock from what just happened. "Ugh ah!" I said fidgeting around in the bed. Slowly I put my head back down on the pillow. "I got kissed by a girl... a 4 year old girl... She's a little weird. I'm sure she does that to her Dad or something and did it to me." I said closing my eyes shaking the kiss off as nothing but a kind gesture.

A good nights sleep later.

Slowly I batted my eye lids open. I took a look around to see if I'm still in my room. Everything was the same, nothing different. I yawned and got out the side of my bed.

*THUD* I turned my head around to see I had kicked something off of my bed when I woke up. I walked over to see what had fell. Something was wrapped up in tin foil. I opened it up to see a note and a... block of chocolate.

I read out the note. "Hi Sombra, I saw you didn't exactly eat a lot at the dinner yesterday so I got you this in case your hungry. Love Sunny." I put the note down and smiled. "Thanks Sunny" I said out loud taking a bite of the chocolate.

I opened my door poking my head around. No one was about. No noise either... I decided I'd take a look around. Yesterday I heard Cosmos say something about a library? Maybe I could get some answers about this place there.

The hallway was long and grand filled with lots of little mementos and family portraits. Some ponies (or species) I haven't ever seen before. I came across a door. Two really big doors. They kinda look like two unwrapped chocolate bars side by side. Dammit now I'm hungry for more chocolate.

I peeked threw to see if any one was in there but luckily there wasn't. Then again why is that lucky?

I walked in and gasped. It was a giant library! Just rows and rows of books and knowledge, granted I don't read oh to much, but I think this might be an exception. I walked threw the giant library. It was all nicely lit with candles and even a next level of books. All the walls were varnished dark wood. I'll tell you these ponies have style. It looks like the library at the beginning of Ghost Busters actually.

I guess I had a brief Idea of what to look for. I mean if this is a whole new world its probably best know a little bit about it history. "h-h-h-h where in the world is h" I said walking past isles looking for the H section. "Oh there it is" I said trotting over to a big sign with 'H' on it. "dum de dum de duh, History... of Equestira... Hey, This will do!" I said pulling out a book with my mouth.

I walked over to a nice brown leather couch next to the front entrance. When I opened the book and begun reading there was nothing to be happy about. Equestria wasn't as beautiful as I once thought. Apparently Equestria was in the midst of wars... there were different ponies who had different ideas about how and who should rule Equestria.

Apparently what sparked this was a... a bombing on a hospital housing a notorious gang leader. Something like the Mafia. They were doing things like selling Ponies to highest bidder. Letting out diseases into the public. Rampaging threw smaller towns blowing up buildings and killing women and children. Only women and children. This only scrapes the barrel of what they were doing I mean that, they even held some political power!

Either way someone somewhere didn't like this and wanted it to stop so they started up there own private Militia. The Militia's goal was to take out this gang and any other criminal, well not so much one off criminal but uh how do I say... repeating offenders. None the less they did as they were doing as they said they would and actually took out 90% of this gang.

However this new Militia was looked at as a threat against Equestria by none other than Sunny and Cosmos. The streets all over Equestria had turned into a battlefield, opponents from both sides had lost far too many. After 5 years of fighting the death toll was up to 243,060. And Sunny and Cosmos were losing power.

The way they controlled the masses wasn't with brute force but with language. However when all this fighting took over ponies were split between three groups. While only a few were going to fight with the gangs and majority stayed with the royals a large chunk were starting to turn over to the Militia.

The royals knew they had to do something so they sent out troops to fight a long side the private Militia to take out the gangs. Equestria was put on lock down and the public was told to come to Canterlot. Or if you ask me, more like flea to canterlot. And take refuge there while the final few days of fighting was left.

After the gang was destroyed they found it's leader sitting in an armchair in his office with his hooves on the table and head down. The leader surrendered and it was against the rules for the royals to kill anyone who surrenders. This only caused more conflict. The Militia wanted to finish what they started but the royals wanted to hold him for a trial.

This only caused more killing and wars. The Militia slit the gang leaders the throat right there and then and it was at that moment they were known as an enemy to the royals. The royals rushed the gang leader to a hospital in Canterlot were they revived the gang leader. The Militia fought hard to kill the gang leader but the royals were quicker.

The following a spy had infiltrated Canterlot and planted a bomb inside the hospital housing patients, the gang leader and about 100 royal army soldiers. The bomb went off and killed almost every one in the hospital including the gang leader.

That night in Canterlot the public that had had to sit threw so much abuse finally took a stand. Sides were taken. Ponies left Canterlot to join the Militia believing the royals should of acted sooner and that the Militia was the only true leader who could protect them. There laws such as the death penalty and a low tolerance to violence inside there domain would be Equestria's saviors. They thought that if they were to save out laws and criminals from death and allow them into the public were they would sleep at night how are the royals protecting them?

But even ponies from the Militia didn't agree with the actions they took. Some believed that the Militia had turned there back on what they originally fought for. Planting a bomb inside a civilian hospital killing near thousands was over dramatic and evil. They had become aggresive and were now just killing even those who oppose them. Ponies were now thinking that they were becoming like the gang everyone once feared.

... thats it... I flicked to the next page. Nothing. "W-what the? That's not the end? What the hell happened?!

"horrible isnt it" I heard a deep voice say.

"Ahh!" I screamed thorwing the book up into the air. I looked up and saw Cosmos standing on the Next the book I had just thorwn was Cosmos standing there. He must of come in the door without me noticing.

"Sorry I startled you" Cosmos said.

"I'm sorry I threw your book" I said holding my hoof to my heart.

Cosmos knelled down and grabbed book handing me... hoofing? This is so confusing. He gave me the book anyway.

"Um, I'm sorry I came in here. I woke up and just you know..." I trailed off.

"Wanted to snoop?" Cosmos said.

"Snoop!? No I would never snoop th-thats wrong and-" I yelled completely caught off guard.

"It's fine I don't care if you come here to read." Cosmos chuckled. "This is only a library not like it's my rock collection room" Cosmos said

OK apparently rock collection room is a no go zone compared to the library...

"besides, I like a kid who reads. Even more amazing is that you can actually read. "So what part were you reading anyway.

I took a look back at the book. "I was reading about your downfall I guess but it ended..." I said. Cosmos mouth slightly opened at that and he let out a sigh.

"It's been a long time since I thought about that... Well if your going to read about it you might as well hear about it from someone who experienced it first hoof" Cosmos said.

Cosmos took a seat next to me on the couch and thought. "Well If I remember it was the night after the hospital bombings. Equestria were fed up with all the wars and killing and just wanted someone who they could trust. They rallied against each other saying that we needed to step down from power and give it someone else who could use it wisely. Others said that they believed in us to do what was right and we could bring Equestria back to it's peaceful state of mind." Cosmos said.

"... why didn't you. Could you?" I said.

"That was the question I've asked myself for so long. Could I? Couldn't I? I had ruled pony kind for more than 3000 years making decisions I thought would be best for everyone. But sometimes your put into a corner were you can't do what you want to do because you have to obey the rules you made that are defying you. Sunny and I decided we didn't want any more blood to be shed and that we would give the Militia half of Equestria and we would just live side by side and end this once and for all... but that wasn't going to work either. Ponies needed to know that they would be safe. Bombings and terrorism was a new threat Equestria hadn't ever faced before. Ponies wanted us to stop the Militia meaning kill them all. I can't just kill them all. They were just scared of what could happen I understood what they were feeling. There were good ponies in there and it would be a blood bath. All the blood would be on my hooves and so much already was... is." Cosmos said.

The fact that Cosmos said 'is' told me he felt guilty. You could see the heaviness in Cosmos's eyes. His face was stoic. He was hurting on the inside. I did what I thought was right and put my hoof on his back and started rubbing.

Cosmos let out a huff of laughter. "Sombra if you think this is bad wait till you hear what else comes up..." I took my hoof of Cosmos's back. "Anyway... I couldn't kill them, but I couldn't give in to them. Couldn't unite with them. Ponies were scared of them wanted nothing to do with them. Ponies thought we should adopt some aspects of their lifestyle saying our system is partially broken as well as there's. I could see that. I could work with that. I organised a private meeting with there leader, we talked for hours. It didn't work out. No blood was spilt but war was coming. Well let's just say a week later, an exact week later several hundred bombs went off in Canterlot at midnight. As usual I was taking watch from the top of Canerlot. I watched the explosions happen, the chaos and destruction. Some went off simultaneously others went off hours after everything had started. Some didn't even go off. There probably still there now." Cosmos sighed.

"I uh... I couldn't do anything, we had no eyes on an enemy there was no one there just normal frightened ponies greaving over there dead families. I was on a radio we kept in my room. Sunny was sitting on the end of our bed crying. I kept yelling over the microphone trying different frequencies. No response from any of them, all towns and city's weren't responding. Out of desperation I called the Militia. I needed something to speak to someone. I tuned into there frequency and they were actually there. It was the leader of the Militia. I begun abusing him over the mic yelling how could he do this to us! The mic was crackly and I could barely hear him. But right before we lost connection... He said this sentence it was as clear as day... 'it's happening here too' right after he said that I heard yelling, the type of yelling when your scared not when your angry, I heard a roar, and then an explosion. The roar came from that very dragon you saw yesterday. It had flung open the roof of that building and blew fire into the room. The room was also filled with explosives at the time so they went off from the fire. You see I had no idea what to think when I heard him say that. I thought that maybe the gangs had come back, I didn't know how or why but it was either that or a new group of ponies had surfaced. I mean a dragon attacking ponies is rare but it's happened, but still that doesn't explain the bombs. There was no incentive no motivation. I mean why not place a bomb under my bed and then when I sleep he's won! No reason to keep fighting. Well it turns out that not only was it a dragon was attacking but... a... I can't find a word for them... they weren't... a militia, not a army... they fought for no cause... absolutely nothing... Sombra after they had killed everyone in the Militia in no more than 7 hours they came to Canterlot and wiped us out in too. I won't give you the details on what they did to Canterlot... but lets just say that anyone who didn't get out... is still there now. And the same goes for the Militia... I have no control over Equestria today. Everyday that goes by it gets rarer and rarer to see a pony. They do nothing... nothing but kill... and I don't know why." Cosmos said.

"Um... who are we talking about again?" I said.

Cosmos looked at me strangely. "The Changelings... black ponies with holes in them, green mane, dead eyes, only kill and feast off of your corpses. Ring a bell." Cosmos said.

"Oh yeah, yeah, I remember now!" I said lying threw my teeth.

"Well I still have no idea where they came from. Never saw one of them before that day. Don't ever underestimate them though. There leader is smart, smarter than me. They only do what it tells them to do" Cosmos stood up from me "your welcome to come in here whenever you like and read. Oh and if you ever have any questions about rocks just ask me." Cosmos said with a wink. It's weird. A moment ago he look like he was going to burst into tears, but now. Now he's back to... well him.

I nodded "I'm sure I will." Just as Cosmos walked off I remembered about last night. "Oh uh Cosmos!" I yelled.

Cosmos turned around. "hmm?"

"last night, um Lulu came into my room. She told me Tia had been picking on her" Cosmos put his head down and sighed. "Those two love each other but can hate each other when want. LULU!, TIA!" Cosmos yelled in a barbaric voice.

With a flash of his horn the two girls appeared infront of Cosmos only this time I was more prepared (but still kinda freaked out)

"DAD, I told you to stop doing that! I could of been on the toilet!" Tia yelled.

"Pfft, dont give me that. I have a tracking spell on you, I always know what your doing. Now, Sombra here told me that you said something to Lulu that wasn't very nice last night. What did you say to Lulu last night." Cosmos said furrowing his eyebrows.

Uh, why did Cosmos have to drag me into this.

Tia bit her lip and looked off to the side. "uh... good night?" She said.

"Dont play dumb with me." Cosmos growled.

"I, uh" Tia stuttered. Cosmos eyes deepened on her. "I might of called her... ugly?" Tia said gradually getting smaller. "and why would

you call her ugly" Cosmos said getting straight to the point.

"B-because... SHE ALWAYS GETS THE ATTENTION! LAST NIGHT YOU PAYED MORE ATTENTION TO LULU BECAUSE OF THE DRAGON INSTEAD OF ME!" Tia cried out.

Cosmos slammed both front hooves on the ground causing the ground to shake. "Tia I have heard this excuse too many times from you and you've used it for the last time" I felt the room get colder the candles started to go out. "Me and you mother spread our time amongst you equally, so now I only have one last option but to-"

Cosmos was cut off when the Library door swung right open slamming into Cosmos face and Sunny came threw. She slammed the door shut and was nose to nose with Cosmos. The room regained temperature and the candles came back

"COSMOS! What have I told you about talking to our children like that!" Sunny's voice was stern, wild like i'd never seen it. She was so carm and normal it was scary to see her like this.

"I-i, I wasn't going to do anything I-i" Cosmos stuttered being backed into a wall.

"you were going to smack her, wernt you!" Sunny yelled.

"yes! I mean No. No, no, no, no, no, no" A staredown between her and Cosmos begun. "I, I, I, I, I fine! I admit it! I was going to smack her!" Cosmos yelled.

Sunny turned around slapping him in the face with her tail. "you lied to me Cosmos, but more importantly you lied to Tia, our eldest daughter. Now what do you have to say about yourself?" Sunny said holding her head high and her eyes closed with her back to Cosmos.

Cosmos dropped on his back and started crying wailing around "I'M SORRY, Oh please i'm so-rry" He pleaded tugging around her back right leg.

"Aww there, there. Now why don't you go to your room and play with your rock collection." Sunny said patting him on the head.

Cosmos got off his back and stood up "O-OK" He said wiping tears as he exited the room.

Sunny's frown turned into smile as she turned toward Tia.

"now honey, what was it that Daddy was getting all upset about?" Tia looked off to the side "oh that it was uh... nothing." Lulu looked up at Tia and punched her in the leg.

"Ow! ugh, I called Lulu ugly and that her ugly is what made the dragon come here..." Tia said gritting her teeth.

"Tia is this the attention thing again." Tia looked down and nodded her ears flopped to the side.

"Tia the other week you and Dad went on your first camping-" Sunny was interrupted by Tia.

"But!?" Tia argued.

"and then you and I made bracelets together not last night." Sunny said.

"...but" Tia said trying not to admit defeat

"Tia I know what its like to have a sister, I had three of them. But you cant just call your sister names. I mean what if you ruined the friendship between you and your sister? How would you feel then?" Sunny said.

Tia started drawing a circle with her hoof "Bad."

"mhhmm. Now what do you have to say to your sister."

"...but even while I was still scared you payed more attention to Lulu." Tia said a tear coming out of her eye.

"Tia... where you still scared of the dragon even after you said you wernt?" Sunny said.

Tia begun to cry trying not to let the tears seep out by covering them up with her hoof. "I said I wasn't scared because... because you or Dad arnt scared of anything! And if I'm scared what would you think-" Tia was cut off as Lulu wrapped her tiny legs around Tia's neck snuggling into her.

"Aw great now I feel even worse." Tia said lowering her head.

"You don't have too. Return the gesture." I said.

"Exactly" Sunny said smiling at me in delight.

Tia looked behind herself and at me with a weak smile. Tia snuggled into Lulu's mane and whispered. "I'm sorry little sis..." A few more seconds past and Lulu wasn't giving in. "OK we get the point." Tia said working her way out of Lulu's grip.

"Are you still scared of the dragon?" Sunny said to Tia.

Tia nodded rubbing her shoulder with her hoof. "Go into the lounge room and we can talk about that some more OK?" Sunny said. Tia did as she said and walked out the giant chocolate doors.

"Lulu your not off the hook either." Lulu gulped and started to shake.

"I heard you walking around the hallways last night. What were you doing?" Sunny said.

"... I went into Sombra's room." Lulu said quietly.

"And you woke him up. Now how do you think Sombra feels?" Sunny said.

Rather startled by name popping up as I had just been on auto pilot this whole time. I intervened. "Its no bother, really, I was awake anyway besides I love children." I said.

"I know what your saying but Lulu always does this. Get out of her bed and wonder around at night, maybe go read somewhere else and get us worried." Sunny turned back to Lulu. "Lulu Sombra's a growing boy, he needs his sleep. How about I get up in the middle of

the night and get you to read me a book?" Lulu looked down. "I'm sorry." She whimpered.

"don't say sorry to me say it to Sombra" Sunny said. Lulu walked over to me looking up at me with a tiny tear rolling down her chubby cheek.

"I'm sorry" lulu said. If this wasn't heaven already I've gone there now.

"It's fine. I mean what is a friend if were not there for each other." I said.

Lulu had this great big smile grow across her face. "W-well if were f-friends could you read me the book I was going to read last night? I'm not a very good reader" Lulu said.

"sure, what is it" I said. "a picture book about two best friends, ones a pony and the others a minatour. I don't remember where I left it but its somewhere in there." Lulu said pointing. I looked where Lulu was pointing and sighed as I saw several thousand books starring my way.

It took Lulu 5 hours to find the book and it turns out it was under her bed.

Who cares! We have boxes!

Two weeks had passed and I guess I'd been accepted into these ponies family. I was pretty much unofficially given the roll as baby sitter for

Tia and Lulu's. I'm always there for them, talking to them, reading to them, playing with them. However Sunny and Cosmos keep randomly leaving the house for some reason. I have no idea why and sometimes it leaves me to take care of Tia and Lulu doing things like making dinner. Oh well, I secretly love it.

"Sombra?" I heard Sunny call.

I turned around to see Sunny walk into the kitchen where I was eating a salad sandwich (tastes surprising better as a horse.) I swallowed a mouthful of sandwich and turned around

"Oh, hey. Something wrong?" I said.

"Nothings wrong, its just you know how your birthday is coming up tomorrow? And well I was wondering what would you like for your birthday?" Sunny said.

"Me? Oh, pfft you don't need to get me anything. Your hospitality's enough." I said. Sunny leaned over the counter and smirked.

"Darling your like family to us, you've been doing so much for us these past two weeks. Look at it as a reward if you don't want a present.

Besides we have magic. There pretty much isn't anything we cant get you." Sunny said.

"well..." I said looking up at the roof. What do I want? The only thing I ever got for my birthdays were games and movies, but now I don't

know what to get.

"um I would like... I don't know." I said shrugging.

Sunny's jaw dropped open. "well don't say that if I don't get you anything for your birthday what kind of pony would I be?" She said.

"well I'll have food or something then" I said.

"Oh please I'm not just going to let someone have something trivial as food." Sunny said.

"You know some ponies starve so I don't really think it's right to call food trivial." I said.

Sunny rolled her eyes. "Tia and Lulu get spoiled way beyond what any other kids there age would get. I wan't you to be part of the fun too." Sunny said.

"What are we talking about?" Cosmos said walking in. He looked tired with bags under his eyes.

"What to get Sombra for his birthday" Sunny replied still looking at me puzzled.

"Well just get him what every boy wants. A day of peace away from you." Cosmos said.

I blurted out a laugh covering it up with my hoof. Sunny punched Cosmos in the shoulder.

"You of all ponies should remember that I had boys lining up from the block." Sunny said.

"Yeah well, me too!" Cosmos blurted out.

"You had boys lining up for you?" I said.

"Yes!" Cosmos said sounding insulted. "...Wait? No I mean no dammit! Who's side are you on!" Cosmos said pulling out a knife from a knife holder and pointing it at me.

"OK! I think someone just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Sunny said calmly lowering Cosmos's leg.

Cosmos sighed. "Yes dear." Cosmos said.

Cosmos looked strangely at the knife looking at the gleam on the blade. "I know what to get you!" Cosmos said slamming the knife into the cutting board he was leaning on. I jumped back from reaction. Suddenly a small flash came from Cosmos's horn and he was gone.

Sunny looked around frantically. "Cosmo-! Grrr, what are you planning!" Sunny yelled running out of the kitchen and up the stairs.

This family's crazy. Pure and simple. I like that. I turned back around and got back to eating my sandwich the thought of what Cosmos was going to get me looming threw my mind.

Nothing besides a usual day happened later on. Played with the sisters, ate some food, read a book, did some cleaning. Nothing new or different happened.

The next morning...

I quickly woke up today compared to the usual slow yawn for half an hour then got up. It felt weird being 16... not because of what turning 16 men't in the eyes of everyone else but because... well I'm a pony. I didn't have my Dad walk in with a whole bunch of presents and a lit sizzler like he usually would... instead I'm here. I wonder if this is going to pick up soon.

I shrugged and tried not to think much about it after that. After I had a shower and got combed my hair I headed down stairs into the living room. As I kicked off the last step and moved past the kitchen I walked over to the living room.

Suddenly not more then a meter I heard loud moans from around the corner, and the sound of... humping? Going against my better judgement I peeked around the corner.

There ginormous... " I whispered as I watched... eh... Cosmos grind on top of

"what are you doing?" A voice said behind me.

I jumped. Trying to keep as quiet as possible I refrained myself from yelping. I turned around to see who it was.

It was Tia with a confused look on her face.

"Tia!" I said in a hushed voice. "What are you doing?" I said.

"I could ask you the same thing... Whats that noise?" Tia said leaning her head around the corner.

"Nothing lets go" I said dragging Tia across the kitchen floor.

"What are you doing? I want to see!" She wined.

"No you don't. Not for a long time years at least."

"Fine." Tia said.

I stopped dragging Tia and quickly she jumped on my back riding me like a cowboy. "Giddy up!" Tia said happily giving me a little kick in the side.

"Why am I the horse it's my birthday." I said walking up the stairs with Tia.

Tia was silent. "...Oh! Uh, Happy birthday!" Tia spat out quickly.

I let out a little huff. "You forgot didn't you?" I said slouching over.

"Well, uh, I mean I!... yeah. But I would of remembered!" Tia exclaimed.

"Uh-huh is Lulu awake?" I said.

"No she's still sleeping." Tia replied. "Hey, well are you excited for your birthday?" Tia said.

"Well I guess I am. I don't really know, I'm sorta... I feel a little off I think." I said.

"Maybe it's because you've never had a birthday with us? Like your more use to spending time with other ponies." Tia said.

"Yeah that must be it." I said looking off to the side.

"Well don't worry I'm sure my parents have something great planned for you." Tia said.

"Well yesterday your Dad seemed pretty excited about something. I mean one moment he was just threatening me with a knife and next thing you know he's talking about my perfect birthday present." I said.

"That does sound like him doesn't it?." Tia said.

Tia and I reached her room where we found Lulu under about 5 sheets of blankets. We woke Lulu up (with a lot of effort) and were all huddled under a shabby tent we made using a thin sheet and a pole. We were eating chocolate biscuits and other unhealthy foods Tia had hidden in a box. I had to promise not to tell. We were also making up stories and sharing them with each other.

With a blink of the eye we were all teleported into the living room

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" Sunny and Cosmos yelled.

The other two started laughing and cheering and I layed on my back wheezing trying to prevent a heart attack.

"happy birthday kid." Cosmos said standing me up giving me a whack on the back.

"I-i told you warn me next time you do that." I panted.

"And this time it was Sunny who did it." Cosmos said smugly.

"Funny" I said.

"Come on your party's awaiting. Oh uh and if you don't mind" Cosmos said leaning into my ear "were also celebrating Tia and Lulu's birthday today." Cosmos whispered.

"Huh? Why?" Well there birthdays are only in a few weeks and it's just a whole lot of running around we don't have to do." Cosmos said.

I took a look around the room. It was covered with banners with my name and the sisters. An everlasting amount of food was spread across the table that must of took ages of preparing. Confetti and things were falling from the ceiling with magic. On the floor next to the window there were presents strewn across the floor for the girls.

"This couldn't of been a last minute decision?" I said raising my eyebrow.

"Well it wasn't." Cosmos said looking off admiring his children playing together.

"Then shouldn't I of known about this? I mean I could of helped." I said.

"Yeah... Oh well that's the past now." Cosmos said.

"So your just going to tell them there celebrating there birthday early? Just like that?" I asked.

"No they already knew. They've known for about a week know." Cosmos said.

"And I wasn't told!" I said raising my voice.

Suddenly my voice couldn't be overheard when Tia shouted at the top of her lungs "come on lets open the presents" Tia cheered

"now hold on it is Sombra's birthday today. I think he should go first and leave you two later." Sunny said. A collective awe came from the two filly's.

"nah its fine. We could go from youngest to oldest." I said rubbing my ear.

"you sure? OK then. Lulu your first up." Sunny said.

Watching the little fillies tear open there presents really was something special. They got normal girl things like dolls and clothes. Lulu hugged and kissed her parents laughing from joy. Watching them being so happy made me wonder if I wanted kids... pfft im 16. Like I'd want kids now.

Tia tore open her last present and her smile was gone when she pulled out her present.

"Tia whats wrong?" Cosmos said.

Tia sighed. "its just that... well I didnt get what I wanted..." Tia said.

Cosmos rolled his eyes. "Tia your 8 years old. I'm sure one day you'll have your own castle. look I didnt get my Castle until I was 30." Cosmos said.

I let out a giant laugh and fell off the couch I was sitting on laughing. "What? You wanted a castle?!" I said.

"Well yeah I know it sounds stupid but I think it would be really cool to own one." Tia said getting very defensive.

"I'm sorry Tia it's not that I think it's stupid but, well your 8 years old. I've never heard of any 8 year old getting a castle for there birthday. Or anyone in general getting a castle for there birthday." Tia said.

Tia sighed. "Then I'll never get one." Tia said sounding hurt.

A part of me felt like it died inside. To see a friend sad on there birthday. I know it might sound like it should be different because I'm in a pony world were everyone is just happy but that's not the case. It's not perfect which is the sad fact and well even ponies get sad on there birthday.

"well I'd say you already have a castle" I said putting on a brave face. Everyone turned towards me only making me feel a little nervous.

"what do you mean" Tia said.

"well look" I said. I walked over to a cardboard box that had little bits of wrapping paper still sticky taped on. "This is your castle!" I said pointing to the box.

"That's a box" Tia said plainly.

"Ugh, well I know it's a box but it can be more than just a box. I mean if we got this box and put that there and get this even bigger box (believe me it was huge)" I said pushing it over to the 2nd box. "and then we put this on here and get this here and... does any one have any sticky tape?" I said.

"Theirs some in the kitchen. Ill go get it" Sunny said.

"and we can use crayons!" Lulu said holding up her new crayon set to me." Lulu said.

"Perfect! It's just what we needed." I said

"Ill go find some more boxes" Cosmos said. "OK Tia see. Were are all going to make you the best darn cardboard fort you ever did darn see!" I said to Tia.

"C-cool!" Tia stuttered stuck for words..

"and vuala!" I said sticking the last piece of tape on.

We all took a step back to admire what we had made.

"wow" was all Tia said.

It wasn't anything super amazing it was just one big cardboard room with two cardboard doors but it was big enough to fit Sunny and Cosmos in it.

"...Dibs!" Lulu called.

"hey, you cant call dibs on my castle!" Tia yelled.

The two ponies ran into the cardboard box wrestling each other over it.

"you really are great with kids Sombra" Sunny said.

"I'm not as great as you though." I said blushing.

"No I mean it you have a knack for it. Luna has never been this social before. Not even with us. And Tia well you've improved her attitude" Sunny said.

"Hey stop that you'll put a tear in it" Lulu shouted.

"you sure about that?" I said to Sunny sarcastically. Sunny giggled a bit. "believe me you have.

"WAIT! I almost forgot your present" Right before my eyes Cosmos made a big bright rectangular red box appear in his hoof.

"here" Cosmos said passing it to me.

I was really excited now, apparently even Sunny doesn't know what it is. I sat down on my haunches and took off the top of what looked like a super long shoe box.

"Whoa" I said in disbelief. "your not seriously giving this to me are you?" I said.

"It's yours. I welded it last night." Cosmos said.

I looked back in the box a little scared of the power inside it. I wrapped my hoof around the grip and pulled it out lifting it above my head. It had to have been the finest Katana in the world. Well it was the only Katana I had seen in the world.

Everything about it was amazing. It looked like it had never been used, it probably hasn't! It was so sleek and shiny it made this ringing sound when it went past my ear.

"th-this is amazing thank yo-" I was cut off by Sunny taking the Katana from my hooves.

"Cosmos what were you thinking!?" She said in an annoyed tone.

"Oh please the boy's 16! Besides everyone needs one of those nowadays." Cosmos said.

"No they don't, not in this house at least. I mean what if he hurt himself?" Sunny said.

"Oh please its completely harmless. Let me show you" Cosmos took the blade from her hoof and tried to pull some ninja pose. In a blink of an eye he was pulling off the some weird sword swings slicing up bits of left over boxes. And then he cut himself.

"Ah! mother fucker" He said out loud.

Sunny stomped over to Cosmos smacking him on the back of the head and taking the sword from him. "see what you've done now? Stupid man." Sunny said.

"Sombra I'm sorry but I can not allow you have this. I have no doubt that you would take better care of this then my husband ever can who's 3456. But still its much too dangerous. You can have it when you know how to properly use one." Sunny said with a nod walking off.

Cosmos sucked some of the blood coming from his leg and tried to stop her. "honey, wait! Ugh, ill get it back for you don't worry." Cosmos said to me. With that Cosmos ran off calling Sunny some more pet names begging for the sword back.

Camping with relatives

I stood on my hind legs holding a blunt wooden sword readying it for a swing. I was out the front of the house standing on a wooden stage of kind that me and Cosmos was using for practice with weapons.

"Get ready" Cosmos said in the same pose as me.

Tia and Lulu begun cheering and laughing there front legs just dangling over the stadium like a dog trying to run up your leg.

"Go Sombra"! Tia cheered.

"WOOHOO" Tia shouted towards me.

Cosmos threw his sword to the ground "Hey why are you rooting for him and not your old man!" Cosmos yelled in frustration.

"Because Sombra's cool!" Lulu shouted throwing her legs above her head falling backwards on the grass.

A bead of sweat trailed down Cosmos's head as his eye twitched. "Yeah well, if you start cheering for me I'll give you 1 minute of access to take whatever you like if you start cheering for me!" Cosmos said proudly.

Tia and Lulu looked at each other and there eye's grew in excitement. "Go Dad you can do it!" Tia shouted.

"Win Dad win!" Lulu shouted falling backwards onto the grass again.

"Hey that's not fair or funny!" I shouted pointing my sword at Cosmos.

"Your just being a poor sport. Besides how good you are isn't determined by who's cheering for you, it's how your mind is set." Cosmos said feeling pretty proud of himself.

"...So what the hell are you doing!" I said.

"Don't counter my logic with logic, I'm there father and I need there approval to feel like a real man! Now less chatting and more fighting. GO!" Cosmos boomed.

With that I swung my wooden sword at Cosmos. He countered it with his sword and went for a kick. I spun to my right and went for him with my sword.

"YOU CAN DO IT DAD" Tia and Lulu called out in sync.

Cosmos ducked and grabbed my hoof holding the sword and twisted it

"Gah, OK I give, I GIVE!" I shouted letting my sword fall out of my hoof.

Cosmos let go of my hoof and stood back up. "not bad" was all Cosmos said.

"NOT BAD! I've been training for 6 months and I can't get more then a 20 second match with you" I barked. "When fighting it isn't about how long you can make the fight go for but how quickly and clean you can do it. However you are right. Not once have you beaten me. That's not because you can't fight well but because your too scared of pain. You gave in and dropped your sword at the first sign of any real trouble." Cosmos said.

I sighed. I wasn't going to fight he was right. I chickened out at the first sign of me getting hurt. "Your right and I'm sorry Cosmos. But geez did you have to twist so hard? I said rubbing my hoof.

"Your enemies wont be so easy on you. They would of broken your hoof and then worse." Cosmos said.

F-fine... lets just try again." I said. We got back into our ready stances eyeing each other for weaknesses.

"Ready..." Cosmos said.

"Everyone!" Sunny called. We both turned around when we heard her call out. "Dinners ready!" She said. As soon as she said that the sun switched to night.

After dinner I headed upstairs to my room. "ugh" I said getting in my desk chair. I looked around wiping the sleep from my eyes and opened my new diary.

Diary entry #32. Day 185.

Over the past few months I've been in Equestria I feel like I've learnt more about life then what I ever had. No more roaring cars or speeding trains to confuse whatever your thinking. Or

billboards and men in suits on TV to dictate what you want and how you should live. To spite how bleak this time I live in is I live with the best ponies (more like only ponies) I've ever known. Tia

and Lulu treat my like I'm there brother and I treat them like as if they were my sister. In a strange way they are... maybe because I consider them family and they consider me family. A weird type of family.

But I still feel like something bad is going to happen... like luck is going to run out. Where would I go or what would I do if I didn't have them? I would starve, die maybe. Possibly

something worse. So much I don't know out there beyond what I can see. It really makes me want to know what the rest of the world is like but as the saying goes curiosity killed the cat.

And then there's Pinkie Pie... oh Pinkie... being in this world has only made me even more sick for you... the countless hours I've woken up paced around the castle thinking of you. I cant

even describe it. I'm so close to you and so far I'm starting to think that i'll never see you. I don't think your even born yet... and what if you are dead, and you were with someone else. I don't know anymore. All I know is that no matter how long it takes, no matter what I have to do, I will eat from a chocolate fountain with you. MARK MY WORDS!

I closed the book and planted my face into it. "I think to much" I mumbled.

Not even bothering to get up and walk over to the bed I just closed my eyes and went to sleep where I was.

My tired body begun to wake up as felt something was moving me. I opened my eye up slowly waking up.

"Sombra are you awake?" I heard Sunny say.

"Pinkie?" I said still in that dream like tired stage.

"who? Sombra it's sunny-" Sunny was cut off.

"And Cosmos!" Cosmos stated proudly.

My eyes shot open when I realized it was then. "I'M UP! Fire? Is there fire" I said sitting up straight rubbing my eye.

"No, there isn't a fire." Sunny said.

"Time is waiting. The point is we want to talk to you in the living room. Privately." Cosmos said.

The conversation at hoof we were having was much more serious then I ever could of guessed. For the most part what they were saying I couldn't make out. My ears felt like they were ringing the whole time my only answer answer to there questions was either a nod or standard yes. The talk went on for at least 20 minutes, always switching between day and night, now being day.

"So do you understand what were trying to tell you." Sunny said with Cosmos front right leg around her. Suddenly my ears came back and I could hear again.

"Y-yes I do... You want to adopt me. And by doing that I would be apart of the royal family. But even if you did adopt me it wouldn't make me a prince because both your royal abilities have been stripped of you so you wouldn't be able to transform me, but only call me your son. That also means that unless you can get your powers back it's more then likely I will die before you two or Tia and Lulu would die." I said.

"We know its a lot to take in, but truth is we just love you. You've given so much to this family that now you are our family and I think you feel the same way. Were not forcing you, if you don't wan't to do this then just say it's not going to change how we feel. Were just giving you the opti-" I cut sunny off.

"yes. I'd love too... I mean these past 6 months have been the happiest time of my life. You guys are my family and I would be honored to be your son." I said.

Sunny begun to let out tears "oh honey... were so happy to here that." Sunny said.

Truth is while I would of said yes to their request no matter the circumstances. A part of me was more or less using them. The idea of being that powerful. Living for that long. The possibility of being able to see Pinkie Pie. I know it's stupid and even a little twisted, but don't tell me you wouldn't feel the same if you had your way.

I was back in bed asleep. Cosmos made the joke that since I'm now his son I have to go to bed when he tells me to.

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!" I jumped out of bed almost having my ear drums burst out from Tia and Lulu screaming in my ear.

"What is it with you ponies and not letting me sleep!" I yelled rubbing my ears. The two fillys ignored me and simply started jumping atop of me.

"YOUR OUR BROTHER, YOUR OUR BROTHER" They kept repeating.

"and your brother wants sleep so shoo" I said laying back under the covers with a huff .

They didn't stop.

"FINE I'M UP!" I yelled.

I walked down the stairs, Tia and Lulu so excited I might as well tripped over them down the stairs.

"good morning" I heard Cosmos say flipping some pancakes.

"You did this to me" was all I said with to excited little girls hanging off me trying to fight for who gets to stay on my back.

"I tried to stop them" Cosmos said.

"You could of tried harder." I said Cosmos chuckling to himself.

"OK girls get off Sombra before you break something or him" Sunny said sitting at the table.

"Yes listen to your mother, or our mother. Whoa that's weird to say" I said.

"You don't have to call me Mum if you don't want to. Sunny is just fine." Sunny said with a smile.

"Oh its not that its just you know. I've never called anyone mother." I said.

"Oh right. Well now you have one" Sunny said.

"uh yeah I guess I do Sun- uh Mum..." I said. Sunny smiled at me.

We all sat around the table eating to our hearts content.

"These pancakes never get old" Tia said.

"Thanks Tia" Cosmos replied.

"Ow, what?" Cosmos said out of context.

Sunny let out a sigh "Tell him" Sunny said.

Cosmos looked confused for a moment. "Oh right. Were having pasta tonight" Cosmos said to me.

"no you daft man about the trip." Sunny said knocking Cosmos over the back of his head with her hoof. Cosmos blinked

"oh uh yes, yes um Sombra you and me are going on a little father to son camping trip for the day. Call it whatever you like I don't really care." Cosmos said super nonchalantly.

Before I could speak Tia stood up on the table.

"WHAT? Why do you get to hog him?" Tia yelled.

"Tia get down from the table!" Sunny said. Tia did as she commanded.

"look you get to spend every other moment with him and guess what? After this we as in me and your father are planing to go out on a date and with Sombra in charge of you two." Sunny said.

"I feel like i"m the last one to know about everything here" I said.

"This could of gone so much smoother" Cosmos groaned. "Look "m taking Sombra out camping for one night because its something I've wanted to do for a long time and today's the first chance I get. And after that I was going to let Sombra stay home with you two for a night alone. Does everyone got that."

Everyone nodded including me.

"good. Sombra, we leave after breakfast" Cosmos said.

We all went back to our meals and this one thought kept looming over me. "uh one last thing." I said.

"yes" Cosmos replied. "Is this safe? I mean I haven't even been out the vicinity." I said. "pfft, it'll be fine. Were in like a bowel. No one comes down here... most the time" Cosmos

mumbled. "You ready to go or what?!" Cosmos shouted.

"I told you to stop shouting!" Sunny barked.

"Now your shouting" Cosmos shouted.

"I am not shouting!" Sunny shouted.

"yes you are"

"no I'm not"

"yes you are"

"no I'm not"

"I'm ready if you two stop shouting" I said standing atop the stair case with my saddle bags. The two both had a bit of shock on there face when I said that.

"OK whatever. Get ready to roll out" Cosmos said. I ran down the stairs after him but the Sunny stooped us both.

"You can not go with out your kisses." Sunny said.

"what are we 6?" Cosmos said.

"Too bad" Sunny said jumping into Cosmos planting various kisses over his face.

"ugh get off. koodies" Cosmos said wiping the kisses away looking like he wasn't trying to enjoy it..

"And you" Sunny said planting a big kiss on my face. I couldn't hold back the blush.

"OK can we go, any objections... good lets go." Cosmos said.

"Wait what about our kisses" Lulu said pulling on my leg

"Ugh, Come on were burning daylight we got like 2 minutes till the sun goes down!" Cosmos said.

"aren't you two too old for kisses?" the two seemed startled by what I said.

"no" They both said in sync.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine" First I kissed Lulu on her chubby little cheek and Tia on hers.

"The two girls started to snicker after they received them.

"Good were going. GOODBYE!" Cosmos shouted teleporting us into the yard.

"Bye!" the others shouted from the door. "quickly, before something else" I said. ME and Cosmos started letting out small laughs as we sprinted off.

"Aw boy you have no idea how long I've wanted to do this with a son of mine." Cosmos said lifting up a branch for me.

"I mean don't get me wrong having two daughters is better than I thought That's why I had two but man, there's only so many times they can put make up on my face in the morning before you start thinking about decisions you made." Cosmos said.

"Well what sorta things will we do?" I said hopping over a few rocks on a stream.

"What will we do!? well were gonna roast marshmallows, make fire, Big fire, im going to teach you how to live in the wild. Basically we'll be manly men." Cosmos said.

"Says the guy with the flower collection." Cosmos stopped behind me and then mumbled something under his breath.

The hike went on for another like 10 minutes getting and the forest got denser and denser and denser as we went on. The rocks started to get bigger, tree's thicker, you look up and the higher the green got with more mulch on the ground. Moss almost everywhere you look, I was seeing new kinds of animals I had never seen before it was amazing! And there were little streams popping up all around the place. Some flowed out of rocks and others just passed by the trees.

"so... where are we going exactly." I said letting out a huff climbing over a rock.

If I remember properly theirs this little nearby clearing me and Sunny use to make out at all the time before we had kids. Oh memories" Cosmos said trailing off.

Not the weirdest thing I've heard anyone say I thought. A few more minutes went on and then mist started to roll in. Weird weather.

"So is this it?" I said. "Cosmos took a look around and then walked over to a tree examining it. "Yep" Cosmos said.

"How could you tell? The tree?" I said.

"I etched Sunny and I's name into it" Cosmos said giving the tree a hearty smack. "see" Cosmos said

I walked over to the tree and there it was. It said "Sunny + Cosmos forever" inside a heart shape with an arrow threw it. "romantic" I said.

"yeah girls dig that stuff" I felt like saying you got lucky but decided not too.

We lay out sleeping bags and got some sticks and wood and made a little spot for the fire. While Cosmos set up a invisibility spell I cleared the are of any sticks and leaves.

"it must be awesome to be a unicorn" I said.

"I'd say Earth pony's have there advantages as well but lets face it. They don't." Cosmos said.

"I mean you can move stuff and make stuff disappear then reappear without even touching it. Oh, and then you can make spells and go back in time and stuff." I said. Cosmos looked up at the

air in glee. "yeah, it is pretty good. OK there is one downside to it." Cosmos said.

"Whats that?" I replied.

I poked someones eye out with my horn once." I stopped what I was doing when I heard that.

"what?! OW that would hurt. Like the eye came out with the horn?" Cosmos slowly nodded.

"Uh huh, I was just walking around the corner with my head down and bam, clean out. This was a pretty big problem at one point, but there was a spell to heal it but this poor girls eye came

straight out. Never saw it coming poor thing." Cosmos said.

"That's a really sick story to tell you know? right" I said.

Cosmos shrugged "you get over it."

"...Hey Cosmos..." I said.

"Yeah." Cosmos said.

"Have you ever killed someone." I said.

"Yep, but I'd take em all back." Cosmos said picking at his teeth with a tooth pick.

"How do you say that? Like I was expecting a I don't want to talk about it response but you just flat out admitted it and said you regret it. Why?" I said leaning upwards.

"Because no matter what you are you don't deserve death as a punishment there's a solution for everything outside death." Cosmos said.

"I think your wrong. I think your telling yourself that because you can't live with the guilt. That's why you pace around the castle at night. Isn't it." I said.

Cosmos starred me down with a deep look on his face"

"Why are you saying all this." Cosmos said

The other night I was thinking about what it would be like to be a king. To have power, change the way ponies see and do things. The respect you earn from everyone else. To be the pony everyone wants to invite I thought that would be a nice change. But then I remembered when you and I were in the library together. I don't want to be rude but if I were you I would of killed all of those gang members. That way the Militia wouldn't of been a thing, good ponies wouldn't of died. You can't change those types of ponies they are who they are. Your job is to protect your ponies. Well they chose who to be and were no longer your ponies. And even if they were still your ponies you shouldn't save them just so you don't have to get your hooves dirty. Because even though it mightn't say it in the contract it's your job to get your hands dirty." I said.

Slowly Cosmos stood up tall. I didn't move only glared at him still laying on my back.

"I like you kid your smart. You see what not even my real kids could see. But don't think your talking about a subject you know anything on, just because you live in this world." Cosmos said sitting back down.

A few hours later.

"It'll be fine try it" Cosmos said.

"Hey if you were to fall at least you would have magic to help you." I said looking up the giant tree.

"And if you fall ill use my magic to help you." Cosmos said.

"...good point" I said.

So basically me and Cosmos were doing a dare or dare since we ran out of other things to do and now I have to climb one of the biggest trees I've seen ever. Climbing ropes and polls for me was something I could easily do but climbing a tree with hooves. That was something else entirely.

"gah this is painful" I said reaching the first branch.

"your fine Cosmos said."

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th just don't look down was all I kept saying.

"your doing great" Cosmos called.

"screw you" I shouted back.

6th, 7th 8th. "Holly shit I did it".

I took a look from over tree tops. It was beautiful, Green trees, vines, vast mountains in the distance and this was all from the top of the hill. "so this is what feels like to be an Assassin" I said.

"you can come down now" Cosmos called.

My massive smile was wiped off when I looked down. "NO!" I shouted.

"well how else are you going to get down?" Cosmos said. "I wont ill start an entirely new colony of Ponies from up here in the trees" I said.

"C'mon climb back down" Cosmos said.

"it's tall" I said.

"C'mon" I'm hungry we gotta start dinner." I let out a little whimper then everything turned dark. I looked around the canopy's some more admiring its beauty in the night.

"...huh" I said.

"I'm not going to get you" Cosmos called.

"Shh!" I said. I leaned in closer, it was faint but I swear I could hear calls for help.

"Someones calling for help" I said.

"what?" Cosmos said.

"someones calling for help." I said

"help!" This time I heard it better it was getting closer.

"I heard it. OK I'm getting you" once again I was teleported out of the tree and onto my hooves. With Cosmos magic he turned out the fire and rendered us invisible.

"Stay near me" he said passing me my Katana.

We went on carefully threw forest sliding down mountains and hiding behind trees every so often.

"oh my god" I said covering my mouth

"wait" was all Cosmos said. There was a small clearing and a cliff with a ponies back legs torn off. There was blood everywhere smeared across the ground like he had been dragged here. The pony was male, brown with blue and white hair.

"please" The pony said but not looking in the direction of Cosmos.

Cosmos lowered the invisible spell he had on him walking towards him

"shh, there, there your gonna be ok" BOOM! I almost screamed. Cosmos looked above him in fear. I took a step back. It was the dragon. It took a step towards them. Cosmos didn't move. How did we not see it, it was giant. The dragon lowered its head, the moonlight reflected off its scales revealing the red in its eyes. Moving into Cosmos only inches away. Cosmos shook in fear, his lip begun to quiver. The other pony bleed out his eyes looking still at the sky. The dragon let out a huff of smoke from nostrils surrounding Cosmos. I didn't know what to do but Cosmos gave me his answer.

"RUN!" Cosmos shouted.

Without hesitation I ran the other way kicking up dust and leaves. The dragon grabbed Cosmos with his claws squeezing him tightly. I only got about 3 bounds before my leg got caught in a trap. A rope tightened around my leg and strung me up above the ground making me lose grip of my Katana. "Oh shit, oh shit" I repeated tears of fear leaking from my eyes. Trying to reach for my Katana. I looked helplessly at Cosmos still in the dragons bind. The dragon held Cosmos above his head. Cosmos couldn't teleport. A unicorn needs a certain amount of space to use that spell, he couldn't do anything.

"You think that if you kill me you've won! You'll never find where we live. Equestria will never be defeated. You won't hear the pleasure of me begging." Cosmos said.

The dragon opened his mouth wide open a bright light coming from the dragons mouth. And just like that the dragon puffed up his chest... and... scorched him alive. The fire went high above the tree tops leaving a cloud of smoke. The dragons claws were glowing bright red like heated up metal. I almost screamed but refrained myself from so. Cosmos body was held limp in the dragons clutches, completley burnt and black. The only thing recognizable was his size.

I couldn't take it I needed to get out of here now!. I tried to reach for the Katana trying to shift my weight to grab it, moving up and down but I couldn't reach it. I was mere inches away. The dragon took Cosmos body and threw him off the cliff edge. I kept trying and trying but I made more noise then I should of. The dragons ears perked up, his head turning my way. I

froze with fear. It knelt down moving forwards. Each step with less impact than the last. The dragon was nose to nose, brushing up against me. The dragons claw lean't on the tree moving it downwards letting me grab my weapon.

"HAHAHAAA" The dragon laughed in a deep voice. "Just because you are invisible doesn't mean I can't see your sword" The dragon laughed. My eyes were glued onto the dragon not able to move, fear running threw me as fast as lighting.

"This is the end for you" The dragon said. He opened his mouth revealing the fire in his throat.

I yelled swinging the Katana into his right eye. The dragon roared in pain jerking backwards swinging me around from the sword, breaking the trap. "AAHHHHHHHHhhh" I screamed as the dragon threw me off me landing in the dirt. The dragon flew up into

the air holding his eye letting out a giant roar with fire and flying off. I didn't hesitate. I picked myself up and my weapon running off into the forest.

The Chase

I ran directly downhill slipping and sliding trying to keep my balance while trying to get away. I didn't look back just kept running. There was mud and dirt stuck to me all over. I'm pretty sure I have a few open cuts from when I fell, but my mind was racing so fast I wouldn't of felt the pain anyway.

I didn't recognize anything. My mind had barely processed what just happened but I was used to it by now. I ran further down the hill coming to a stretch of flat land where I was surrounded by ferns and no trees at all. I ran for about another minute before I heard the dragons cry again.

"oh fuck" I said.

Hide. Gotta hide. I dived under a large fern as I watched threw the fern fly overhead. It was searching for me. It landed down on the ground ages away causing the earth to shake. it let out a breath of fire lighting up the trees in front of me.

"Had he found me?" I whispered.

Wait I know, he's trying to flush me out! So I cant run away. The dragon turned around lifting off into the air lighting up the ground below him as he flew off. I begun to run again this time even faster then I thought possible. The fire spread fast little ashes kicking up around me. I jumped over a log falling down a hill into a boulder.

"ah fucking, FUCK!" I said in pain holding my head. I limped off trying to kick up speed again only going half as fast as before. The trees I were in were tall covering me of exposure to the dragon. At least I thought that. A giant ball of fire came hurling at me causing a long line fire I couldn't cross. I looked above to see if the dragon had seen me but he just flew over top. I ran along the line of fire looking for a break in the line. The fire was Slowly spreading further and further outwards making the line of fire even thicker. The intense heat was enough to kill you.

While I was running along I found a rock I could use to jump over the fire. I climbed up the rock and looked at the line of fire and then back at my leg.

"screw it!" I said jumping over it. I landed with a roll limping away trying to run away from the fire that was starting to go as fast as me.

After what was probably 10 minutes I fell out of the edge of the forest seeing the house! OK I didn't see it but I know its there. Without hesitation I ran towards faster and faster. I ran

threw the force field (I have a spell on me so I can enter and leave at my will)

"OPEN UP!" I screamed at the front door and pounding on it. "OPEN IT, OPEN IT, I'M GONNA DIE!!!" I cried.

Sunny opened the door and I fell threw landing on my side.

"OH MY GOD, Sombra whats happened to you." Sunny said

"HE'S DEAD" I cried tears falling down my face.

Sunny shook her head "what? who" Sunny said taking a step back.

I lunged into Sunny grabbing her shoulders. "Cosmos is dead, the dragon killed him and now he's coming for me if we dont do something were gonna die. WE GOTTA GO!" I screamed crying into Sunny's chest.

Sunny didn't do anything for a few seconds. "No" Sunny said letting go of me. "no I don't believe you" Sunny said looking at me holding her head high.

"Well you better believe it because if you look above the trees your gonna see what I mean!" I yelled. Without hesitation Sunny ran outside and flew up high.

"SOMBRA!?" I heard Tia excitedly say. "your back but what's all the- Sombra whats wrong with you!" Tia cried.

"Tia come here" I said. Unsure of herself Tia walked over to me. "OK Tia" I said kneeling down to her.

"Sombra your burnt" She said pointing out a burn on my thigh I didn't even see. She was scared. I could tell in her voice. Maybe it was of me.

"look some bad things are going on, But I need you to stay brave. Can you do that for me?" I said trying to be the best brother I could.

"Your scaring me... where's Dad?" Tia asked. "Look Dad's not here, but I am" I said wiping some tears from my eyes.

Sunny entered back in the door closing it behind her.

"Mum whats going on?" Tia said. Sunny ignored her and looked off into space.

"Tia where's your sister." I said.

"She's asleep in her room I wanna know whats happening?!" Tia said becoming rowdy.

Before I could open my mouth Sunny did. "Tia go to your room, Sombra go there's to." Without hesitation I picked up Tia and took her to her room.

I closed the door behind me and Tia was getting upset. tears rolling down her cheek "OK I wanna know where my Dad is and whats wrong with him." Tia said

What do I say? Do I just tell her and be honest or wait and not tell her. I walked over to Lulu shaking her.

"Lulu wake up" I said. Lulu rolled over and opened her eyes. her initial reaction was happiness but then she was scared and confused.

"Sombra you have blood on your cheek" She said pointing to my face. I lifted her up and put her on my back.

"I know just come with me." I walked over to the door grabbing Tia's hoof and taking her with me.

We went out into the hall and I saw Sunny walking towards us a good 20 feet away.

"Sunny what are we doing?" I asked.

"Go to the lounge to the lounge now-" Before Sunny could continue a giant boulder came crashing threw between us. The stair case blew into thousands of tiny pieces, the roof falling in between us. Paintings and vases on pedastools were no more. Tia and Lulu screamed clinging to me.

Not 5 seconds later I heard the roar of the dragon crashing threw the building landing on top of her. "MUM!" Tia and Lulu screamed. Once again paralyzed with fear I did what I initially thought was best. Lifting Tia on to my back I ran away going up a different flight of stairs I heard the dragon taunt me from behind "I've waited longer than you know for this moment."

I ran up threw the third floor the dragon crashed threw in front of me blowing fire. I turned around trying to keep both the screaming fillies on my back. I went up the stair case looking below me as I saw the dragon burst threw the third floor. "Oh shit" I yelled. Everything begun to fall. The staircase begun to collapse falling over diagonally. I clinged onto Tia and Lulu as the house begun to topple over. The house landed on its side shattering everything around causing me to pass out.

My eyelids opened slowly all I saw burning rocks and shattered bricks . Lulu was shaking me moving her lips but I couldn't understand what she was saying with a ringing sound in my ear. I saw Tia in the distance lying down blood coming from her stomach. With a mighty boom the dragon landed down in front of me. My mind wasn't fazed but Lulu took a few steps back leaving my sight. I rolled onto my front trying to get up as the dragon moved in closer towards me. I felt my bod begin to shut down again as I toppled over passing out.

I didn't open my eyes, I felt to weak too. I felt cold, freezing. I could feel the wind in my face and my cheeks numb. Something was holding me. I opened my eyes my vision coming too. All I saw was snow on the ground at least 100 feet from the grou- Wait where am I! My eyes sprung all delirious from passing out. I looked up above me. I saw the dragon, flying! With me in its claws!

"HELP!" I screamed.

"Shut up" I heard Lulu say. I looked to my right and saw Lulu there right next to me. I didn't even feel her my shoulders were that cold.

"he'll hear you. He thinks were asleep." She said. I didn't say a thing but looked back up at him. He didn't looked fazed, upset or happy he just flew onward.

"What happened?" I said tears coming to my eyes. Lulu begun to form tears too

"I dunno. I tried to shake Mummy but she wouldn't listen. She had blood all over and a, a..." Lulu broke down in tears. She was in a even worse state than me.

"Lulu listen to me" I said. Lulu looked up at me.

"yes, I'm pretty sure Sunny is dead, Cosmos is too but we cant cry now. We can cry all we want later but now we have to think about us and getting out of here. Your parents would want us to

do that they want us to get out of here." I said.

Lulu choked on some tears. "I-i dunno if I can" Lulu sobbed.

"you can! Don't ever say you can't because when you say that, that means you'll never give yourself the chance to do it." I said.

Lulu tried to swallow her fears taking in everything I said.

"OK" She said.

"OK! Now wheres our sister" I said. "she's in his other claw." She said. "are you sure?" I said. "no- I mean yes, but she hasnt said anything. Shes asleep."

Asleep from a 6 year old would mean passed out. Great.

"OK um... do you know where we are. Lulu looked down at the ground looking hard.

"The frozen north. There's nothing out here. Well that's what my books say. He must be taking us to his cave. Dragons live in caves right?" Lulu said.

The flight went on for another 30 minutes. everything got colder the blizzards so harsh I could barely see in front of me. I kept trying to reassure Lulu we would be alright reminding her of

how I was here to protect her but I'm starting to think it's a lost cause.

I looked around some more thinking deeply.

"Hey, do you wanna hear a joke." I said. There was no response

"Lulu?" I said looking over to her She was out, or asleep. Little bits of ice on her face causing her to turn a lighter shade of blue.

"Lulu?" I said softly. "Lulu wake up" There was no response I couldn't feel the breath of her breathing. "Lulu wake up... WAKE UP!" I shouted. Lulu opened one eye slowly.

"I-i'm sorry... I-i-i-i-i was trying to s-sleep" Lulu said her eyes half open.

"Its fine. Try and stay warm OK." I said. Lulu did a small nod before closing her eyes again.

"whoa!" I shouted. The dragon shifted its course. He spread his wings out gliding, we were making a descent! As the dragon made its way down I started to see big rocks covered in snow. A

mountain? . A mountain were headed straight into! The dragon turned its course again going into a nose dive before pulling up again and flying into a hole in the mountain.

Inside the cave was massive. The best way I could describe it was like a giant cylinder. The ground was covered with what had to be millions of dollars in gold, jewelry, ornaments, money, everything.

"Oh shit" I said as the dragon begun to land. Is he gonna squash us? The dragon let go us.

"AHHHHHHhhhhh!" I yelled as I fell into the giant pool of money. I tumbled down it hundreds of coins spraying up in the air as I hit the bottom. I rubbed the back of my head and then

remembered the others.

"Lulu! Tia" I shouted.

I looked around nervously and saw Tia facing the other way lying on her side. I ran over to her the giant amounts of money limiting my speed. I skidded over to her holding her. She was a wreck, Blood all down her stomach. A bit of wood was stuck in her. Several scratches and grazes. "Tia" I said shaking her a little. I put her back down deciding on what to do.

A giant gush of fire came over the hill of money, I just fell down and went limp holding Tia. The dragon walked over it down on the ground ready to pounce. Do I run and I leave her? Or do I stay?! Neither option mattered now because the dragons tail circled around us closing us in like trapped rats.

"Why did you bring us here" I shouted. The dragon continued to circle letting out a puff of smoke from his nose.

"feeding" was all he said.

I heard a giant crash behind me. Two, two dragons! This one was much, much smaller like a child. He had golden scales and teeth as sharp blades. I presumed this was his son. His eyes were red and his tail bared three giant spikes at the end of it.

"FEAST!" The bigger dragon roared taking off into the air flying up threw the cylinder into a smaller hole.

The dragon crouched down, coming towards us. Each step made a splash of money. I looked back down at Tia and saw her innocent battered face. I looked back up at the dragon walking even faster towards us. Without hesitation I got up put Tia on my back and ran. The dragon roared now running after us. I veered to the right sliding down the hill of money. The dragon skidded changing it's direction, more money and ornaments flicking up into the air as it ran after us. I tried to keep a steady balance as I ran down the slope so I didn't hurt Tia. Some flat land not covered in money! I ran fast as I could trying to find someway out.

"HERE!" I heard Lulu shout out. I looked around and saw her hiding in a small hole in the wall. I ran over to her as fast as I could and placed Tia down gently in front of her. "Stay here

and look after her!" I said turning around.

"Wait!" Lulu said tugging on me.

"Lulu I cant-!" I was shocked to see Lulu pull out a giant sword. It had a green handle and was long, almost as long as me.

"Take this!" Lulu said. I grabbed it with my mouth and nodded.

I Heard the dragons roar behind me. I turned around to see trying to slow down to turn around the corner. It looked me dead in the eyes and roared again. I took off to the right without hesitation. The dragon sprinted after me. I saw what looked like a stair case in front of me. I sprinted towards it. However the dragon was bigger than me, faster than me. I looked behind me and saw it gaining very fast on me. Just in time I ran into the staircase the dragon halted shoving his claw in the walkway trying to get me.

"Fuck" I shouted as I looked behind me tripping over.

I got back up to my hooves and continued to run up the staircase an actual staircase of rock. This was insane I thought. dragons, magic, ponies so much death and destruction I couldn't take it anymore. This isn't me, this isn't who I wanted to be. I just wanted to see Pinkie Pie. For her to be in love with me, I still do, but... that's because I'm not Tyler.... Hang on. I skidded to a halt and looked to my right. Covered in jewels was a mirror I looked in the reflection of the mirror. My grey coat, Black wavy hair, black stubble. I cant be the actual king-

I heard the sound of something igniting. I looked behind me and saw a shit ton of fire coming up the stairs. I ran faster up the stairs still with the sword in my mouth. The stair case twisted around the room. I looked out the side and saw the dragon breathing fire in threw the entrance. I looked behind me and saw the fire almost up with my tail. Without a choice I ran to the left and did the stupidest yet bravest thing in my whole life. I jumped out the side. I fell still with the sword in my mouth screaming on the inside.

As I was still falling I saw the dragon tail twist upwards right in front of me. "Oh shit!" yelled. I grabbed onto one of the dragons spikes on his tail. The dragon looked behind me and roared. He kept his tail in the same position up high above the ground. I stumbled to get the sword out of my mouth. I looked back at the dragon with my hoof wrapped round my sword. I saw the dragon running straight towards me . I looked away extending my hoof out with the sword closing my eyes....

Nothing happened. I opened my eyes. My sword... it had gone up threw his jaw. The dragon let out some awful moan and begun to topple over. "wo-whoa!" I said falling off the dragons tail landing in a pile of money. I watched as the dragon swayed around eventually falling over causing the ground to shake. Without hesitation I ran over to him grabbing my sword. With a big tug I pulled the sword down slitting his throat.

The dragon spasmed uncontrollably but I didn't let up. Eventually I couldn't pull any further and the dragon had stopped moving. Blood leaked out of the dragons throat. I was covered in it head to hoof. I sat down on my haunches watching the beast before me lay silent... nothing. I put my hooves up to my head and rubbed my temples. I took a look at my hooves drenched in thick red blood. I looked behind me and saw Lulu holding Tia starring at me. I picked myself up and walked towards them. No running, just walking.

I rest my head up against the wall where Lulu was. She just looked at me.

"you killed it" Lulu said. I looked back at it, it just laid there limp. I heard the roar of the other dragon from afar. I shook my head coming back to reality. My shocked face and heavy breathing coming back. "Come on we gotta go" I said.

Crystals

We all ran over the piles of money, panting as blood and sweat fell off me. I could feel Tia's heavy breathing on my back as she struggled to stay alive. Lulu trailed just behind me as sprinted closer and closer to the exit. Just as I got to the caves exit I looked behind me as Lulu ran out. I saw the dragon land on the ground splashes of money landing all around it. I couldnt see the other dragon from the mountains of money but I could see the dragon looking at him, looking upset. I didnt bother to stick around though and ran off out the cave entrance.

"Come on move, move" I said ushiring Lulu down the rocks. We hit the snow, it was deeper than it looked almost completly covering Lulu so only her eyes could see and the snow was just below my back. We ran through the thick snow, Lulu could bearly keep up and I wasnt faring much better as copius amounts of dragon blood trailed behind me.

After about a minute of running we gained a fair distance between us and the cave. I heard the dragon roar and saw him run out the cave they way we came. It lifted up into the air and luckily took off the other way. Undoubtdly looking for us.

Our strugle threw the snow was starting to become hopeless. This wasnt just a little bit of snow the night before when you would shovel it out the driveway the next morning, No. This was a proper storm. The worst I had ever been in. Ice hit your face battering you as the wind alternated between left and right. Ice slowly krept up you as it froze your hair and your joints start to jar up. Lulu couldnt take it anymore and she had to get on my back.

10 minutes became 20, 20 became 30, at around the 40 mark I had lost all hope.

"Lulu" I said my teeth chattering.

"Check on y-your s-sister" There was no response. I stoped and looked at Lulu, passed out died I didnt know. I layed them both down in the snow curling around them. I checked to see if they were breathing and how there heart was. I alternated between the two in rubing there chest to keep them warm. This was it. I know ive said it before but how could I get out of this one. There was no back up coming, there was no Sunny no Cosmos no nothing, just us. I didnt even have any warm clothes for them. I should of stopped the camping trip. If I had done that than none of this would of happened. How could Cosmos be so ignorant to let me come out here. Sunny and Cosmos both!... But who am I kidding, wether it was dumb luck or just plain stupidity I've lost. Ive lost everything. Ive lost the dream, Ive lost my family, Ive lost love, And now ive lost my life. Maybe I should of just let us all die back in that cave. That way we wouldnt have to suffer to the torture of waiting. Waiting to die....

I looked down at Tia stroking her mane. how had Tia held out this long? The girl is 8... her body is better built from birth to handle situations like this. Any other 8 year old would of died back at th house... I wonder if she wants to live. Like is she just exsisting because she her body hasn't given out yet or... or is it something more. She wants to stay alive, she is fighting to stay alive, she has too. Tia wouldn't give up. I can't just quit and roll over. No, no im not ready to die. Im still here, Im still here and im still fighting. Im not giving up you wana know why!?! Because im not done! Im not done with life! I will keep fighting till my last breath! Cause there's something left worth fighting for! Nothing is putting me down!

I stood back up purely running on adrenaline. I put them both back on my back and started walking again. I didnt look at the snow as an endless abyss anymore, I looked it as a test. A test of my will. And believe me my will had never been this strong.

Another 10, 20 minutes went on. Maybe it was a lost cause but I dont care. My sisters havnt given up on me and I havnt given up on them. I will get these two too safety home even if it means at my exspense. I will do it god dammit, I will make it out of this alive.

Another 5 minutes went past and there was no change of sceneray. Just snow. But then something changed. Something that changed everything forever

"warmth?" I said.

Had my body gone so numb that I was imagining warmth? No it was warmth, legit heat! B-but how? I trekked on further and faster the snow got thinner but around me everything was still dark from snow. The same ice kept hitting me in the face but now it didnt hurt. I didn't feel the pain.

I kept moving forward always looking behind me to see if someone was following me. But then there was grass. I looked to my left and right. It was like a dome. All the snow ran round some sort of dome keeping this grass on the inside and the weather out from the top. I walked further in and I saw something

"a stone" I said. "Maybe I am in heaven"

I walked towards the stone It was so enticing. I stood over it some crystaly blue aura came out of it, infact it was a crystal, a crystal in the shape of a heart

"a crystal heart" I said.

The ground begun to shake again. At first I thought the dragon had found us, but then I realised it wasnt him. The grass below me started to wave in the opposite direction of where the heart is. Then some low frequency humming sound started to play. It begun to get louder. I heard a cracking noise. I looked to my left and saw a giant crystal slowly begin to emerge from the ground. I heard another cracking sound and another and then another, and another. Tens of crystals started emerging coming out from the ground. And then the same blue aura coming from the heart came from me. It begun to lift me up into the air. I grabbed Tia and Lulu and held them tightly to my chest as they had the same aura coming from them. The sound get even louder picking up faster and going higher and higher! More and more crystals came up from around me all growing faster forming shapes. The area of where the grass was grew at an alarming rate. I could no longer see any snow all the bad weather was gone and I saw the clear night sky. A giant beam of blue with and yellow white shot up from the crystal heart growing larger and larger enveloping me. I wanted to scream but whats the point. I just hugged Tia Lulu as everything around me grew whiter and whiter and adventurely again.

I passed out.

It all begun with a particular pink party mare...

I stood alone... in a room of black. I could feel my jaw quiver, my stomach wanted to hurl... Do you ever feel like you're alone standing in a crowd of people compared to standing in a room alone. Some people can just walk by to their next job, others just look away from a friendly smile. I'm tired of trying to impress everyone else. Tired of smiling at the faces that just don't care. Now I just close my eyes and go to a different world.

Isn't it better there? To be who you want to be. See the things you wanna see... Love the ones that want to love you. But then I open my eyes I come back to who I am and am no longer what I want to be. And then you realize that you're not living anymore. Because the ones you want to be surrounded with were never there in the first place. The destination never existed.

And so I stand alone... in a room of black, my jaw quivers... and it makes me wanna hurl...

"Tyler, Tyler!... are you having a nightmare?" Pinkie Pie said.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked to see Pinkie Pie looking at me biting her bottom lip. "Not anymore." I said leaning up. I pecked Pinkie Pie on the cheek and she childishly giggled holding her cheek.

Pinkie Pie continued to giggle looking at me. "What is it? Do I look funny?" I said. Pinkie giggled harder letting out a snort. Pinkie nodded ridiculously fast. "Is there something in my teeth?" I said picking at my front teeth.

"No there's nothing in you teeth..." Pinkie said holding her mouth.

"Then what is it?" I asked.

"IT'S YOUR HAIR!" Pinkie Pie said bursting out into more laughter.

I tried looking up at my hair and, well duh you can't see the top of your head. I turned around and looked at my sliding wardrobe (it has a built in mirror) I looked at the top of my head and saw maybe 5 or 6 strands of hair making a clump standing up proud and tall. I frowned as it did make me look pretty silly.

"See!" Pinkie said hanging over my shoulders. "It's too funny!" Pinkie said. I don't know why but for some reason most mornings there's just this one curl of hair that's always sticking up. And no matter what I do to it it always stands up.

"Yeah well it's not as funny as what you look like." Instantly that stopped Pinkie's laughter.

"Why whats wrong with me?" Pinkie said in an adorable high pitch tone.

"Well whats that?" I said putting my finger to her small amount of chest fluff.

"What?" Pinkie said trying to look down at her chest.

"Boop" I said bringing my finger up from her chest and flicking her in the nose. I sat there with a big smile on my face as Pinkie froze and her nose began to twitch.

"... AAHH-CHOO!" Pinkie said sneezing. All her hair went flying to the front of her face and she fell on her back on the bed.

I let out a howl of laughter and fell on the floor rolling around in nothing but boxers. Pinkie leaned over the side of the bed and looked at me raising an eyebrow. "You just... you just sneezed and went flying back onto the bed. I'm sorry I don't know why that's so funny!" I said.

"It's funny because I did it" Pinkie said.

"yeah you really are a one of a kind." I said.

"OK well i'm going to get breakfast started. You just stay here and hold down the fort." Pinkie said hopping down onto the floor.

"I can help you." I said watching Pinkie put on one of my shirts. (There a little too big for a pony)

"Pfft, you burnt eggs on our last valentines day." Pinkie said. I turned over on my belly and held my head up with my arms.

"The smoke alarm sort of ruined the surprise didn't it?" I said.

"Not really, it just created a new surprise!" Pinkie said smiling at me. I laughed and let go of my head letting it hit the carpet.

"How do I look?" Pinkie said standing on her back legs holding her front legs out in a T shape.

"You look like your wearing my shirt." I said.

Pinkie dropped her legs and fell back on all 4's giving me an unimpressed look.

"That's not what I meant silly, how about this." Pinkie said. Pinkie Pie got into a new pose where she held up her right leg and tilted her head to the side.

"I think you look too small for that shirt... Oh well i'm sure you you'll grow into it." I said

I could practically see the little flames burn in Pinkie's eyes as she reached up onto the bed grabbing one of the pillows throwing them at me. I laughed as I blocked the pillow with my hands. "I'm making breakfast." Pinkie said acting all nice and posh turning around with a little tail flick.

"Pinkie no, i'm sorry. You know I love your curves." I said laughing.

"I hate you." Pinkie called back.

Just as I got up I walked over to my wardrobe and opened the sliding door. I grabbed out the clothes I needed for my day at school. "Lets see... hmm, shirt, pants, socks, tie, blah, blah, blah" I said throwing them all out the closet. I stopped a moment and heard Pinkie Pie moving about in the kitchen, knocking about pots and pans humming to herself. I rolled my eyes in pleasure and went back to getting dressed.

After getting dressed in my uniform I tried to look cool in the mirror putting my middle finger and index finger in the shape of V smiling. After a few seconds of posing I realized just how stupid I looked and put my arms to the side of me. "Why would any love you..." I said out loud to myself. I huffed and poked my blue shirt into my grey pants doing up my belt and straightening my green tie.

I reached down into my closet and grabbed out my school bag. I walked over to the door and closed it behind me. I walked out into the kitchen and saw my dad there buttering toast.

"Were late!" Dad said frantically with a bit of toast in his mouth.

"The best possible situation." I said sitting down at the dinner table putting my bag next to me.

"Ha Ha, now eat." My dad said putting a plate of 3 English muffins with ham in front of me. I grabbed one of them and took a big bite out of it for my hungry belly.

"What are you doing today?" Dad said biting off a bit of his toast.

"Well I guess i'm going to go to school... I have math first thing on a Monday so i'd like to get my hands on who ever put that together." I said swallowing my muffin.

My Dad laughed "Oh well not a lot we can change there. Are you going to try and make some friends today?" Dad said.

"No." I said flatly.

"Friends can get you a long way you know. Inst that like the motto of the show you watch? Friendship is magic." Dad said.

I dropped my head without any effort. "Uh Dad could you please not tease me about that sort of stuff today." I said.

"Teasing you, I'm not teasing you. I mean ok, I think it's a little weird that a guy of your age is watching a show about little ponies and friendship but hey!" My Dad said shrugging.

"Uhh, see you doing it right now!" I said throwing up my arms.

"If your gay just tell me, I don't care if I have a gay son you don't have to feel afraid to tell me." Dad said.

I sat there twitching my eye. "I'm not gay! I like girls! I like Vagina! So what if I watch a show about ponies and there adventures I don't sit there and say you must be gay that you watch the football because there all out there touching each other and rubbing up against one another do I?! Not to mention the main characters are all female so I don't know how I could be gay for th-" My dad cut me off

"OK you make a good point on modern society, but the thing is not once, and I mean not once have I ever heard you come and say Dad there's this girl at school that I really like. You've never even mentioned girls. Pfft for all I know you could be in love with that pink pony you have as your screen saver." My dad said laughing to himself.

I felt myself clench my fists under the table. It hit me right in the heart what he said. "Well... what if I was in love with this pony. I mean i'm not saying I am or anything but you know." I said taking a final bite of my muffin. "What would you do then?" I said.

"Honestly. I think i'd call someone. But you know that's not whats happening is it." Dad said laughing punching me in the shoulder from across the table.

I felt anger boil in my blood as I yanked my hair a little. I looked over at the clock on the wall. "I gotta go." I said flatly.

My Dad spilt the orange juice on himself he was drinking trying to speak. "Shit. I'll drive you. You only have 15 minutes after all.

"I'll be fine it's a 5 minute walk." I said flatly standing up with my bag.

"You sure?" Dad said. I continued walking to the door and didn't respond. My Dad shrugged. "See ya at 3:30" Dad said.

"Yeah, bye Dad." I said trying to be a sound a bit more cheery.

I closed the door behind me and exhaled. I could see my breath from it being this cold. I watched as my icy breath traveled up into the air. "Pretty" I said.

"Yeah it is" Pinkie said smiling. I looked down at Pinkie who was wrapped up in a scarf and a beanie. I keeled down and gave her a big peck on the cheek.

"Let's go" I said walking off with Pinkie Pie.

Now at this point I think I know what your thinking. This isn't King Sombra what the hell is this. I've been lied to, it's all a scam. No. This is very much the true story of King Sombra. Were going far back, back to where it all begins. Back before the mane 6 had the elements of harmony and could thwart of evil. Back to before Equestria was a safe happy place to live in and to when it was an angry, cold hearted, unforgiving, nightmare to live in. But before we can even go there we need to know about what drove King Sombra to be the man in which he grew into be. This is... the true story of King Sombra.