chapter 5: Best Taste Ever

The CDC were walking down the road that led to the edge of town. They avoided the short cut that cut through the everfree forest and took the long way. On the way there, they noticed bits of rocks scattered all over as they neared the border. They kept walking and noticed a few trees were unbalanced or leaning, then they saw trees either on the ground or ripped in half by a rock as they continued on. "Wonder what happened here?" said Applebloom, in the distance they could see a large dirt mound that spread wide. "Hey, what's that?" Asked Sweetie Bell pointing at the dirt mound. "Let's go check it out" said Scootalo, the other two agreed. When they reached the bottom of what now seemed like a dirt hill they heard giggling coming from behind the mound. They began climbing the mound. When they reached the top, their jaws dropped and their eyes widened at the sight of the enormous crater!

The crater was as huge as a mountain and deeper than the lakes. "This thing is huge!" Scootalo exclaimed and the other two were speechless at the sight of the giant crater. "Did a meteor crash here?!" exclaimed Applebloom as she was lowering herself down the crater followed by the others. " how come no pony else saw this!" exclaimed Applebloom as she neared the bottom "come on girls lets be the first ones ta reach the bottom." When they reach the bottom they heard the giggling again they wondered what it was though it sounded familiar.

As they walked anxiously they could hear it getting closer and closer. The crater was so large it was hard to point out any figures in the distance. When the giggling stopped the girls got really scared. They trembled at the silence and held on to each other. "I'm starting to think it was a bad idea coming here?" said Sweetie Bell as they clung to each other. Before any of them could say another word, they felt heavy breathing down the backs of their necks. When they turned around to meet whoever it was behind them, the moment went by faster than the speed of sound. The Cutie mark Crusaders screamed louder then they had ever screamed before and all three of them fainted.

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Tavo was walking up to the bakery when he realized something. He was broke. He was used to making his own food or scavenging for it in the old city's and rarely ever ate due to the machines replacing his damaged stomach, but for some reason he felt starved. Suddenly he heard the rustling of garbage cans in an alley way near him. when he walked through the alley he saw no one. He looked around but no one was insight. The only thing that stood out was a bland large sack with a note on it just laying on the floor. When he picked up the note it read: "use these for whatever purposes you need but know that's all you'll get until you find a job in this world. Also when you're done head over to the town library and have a look around, learn from them.-Tavo"

"Wait, I never wrote this note?" he wondered if someone else knew he was their? He felt around the bag than opened it. Inside were gold coins. whats this supposed to be? thought Tavo as he pondered who it belonged to or how anyone knew that he was poor. For now, he thought I might as well use it. He put the note in the sack, slung it over his back and made his way over to Sugar cube corner.

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Mr. and Mrs. Cake were in their bakery spending some time with their kids. The week had been filled with so much work that they didn't have time to be with their babies. But they had Pinkie Pie around to play with them so the cakes could fill out orders. Today however Pinkie Pie had left early in the morning, but business was slow and when the chores were done they finally had time to be together as a family.

In the middle of making dinner They heard the door bells ring and the door opening. "Be right there." answered Mrs. Cake putting down the kitchen utensils and heading for the counter. Before she could reach it however, she felt a  sudden feeling of terror. She froze, looked back at her family and she didn't know why but she smiled feeling mixed emotions of happiness and fear. She shook her head, and walked over to meet the costumer. When she got there she was dumbstruck at the pony that towered over her and creepily smiled at her.

Tavo was going to ask her for something to eat but was distracted by the look on her face that almost everyone else had. he stood still for a moment then she spoke "uhh can I help you dear?" she asked, her gaze still concentrated on his mouth. He didn't know what exactly to say so he thought about what Derpy said " uh I'd like a blue berry muffin?" he asked feeling a bit nervous. "Right away dearie." She said going back into the kitchen trembling all the way.

Now this time he was really confused. He knew that she was terrified yet she still was polite to him. In his world no one was ever this polite, as soon as they saw him they would usually throw things at him till he left. He was mixed up in this new world he didn't know how it worked or why the inhabitant's were so nice. he was just glad he finally caught a break from the same shit people threw at him.

"Who was it honey bun?"

"Oh it was a new Pony, he ordered a blueberry muffin." She said with a frightened tone which Mr. Cake noticed "is everything alright?" he said as he went for a muffin. She shook her head "oh it's nothing" she said, he didn't believe her, he could see something was bothering her. "are you sure everything's alright Cupcake?" he said with a worried expression. She frowned and told him everything that happened. The terror, the feeling and the smiling grayish blue giant waiting at the counter. "that's crazy" he said as he started walking over to the counter as his wife stared " I'll give him a welcoming-" before he could finish his sentence the terror that she described set in. Than the feeling. She was right along. he thought "I'm so sorry i doubted you." He said with an apologetic expression "it's alright Carrot." she replied, they smiled as they gazed into each other's eyes. Suddenly they both had a realization and gasped "where are the babies?"

Tavo was standing by the door and wondered how different this world was to his. There were major differences like how every ones nice, every ponies happy and at peace, and how lucky they were to never know what true violence is like. But among these differences, there were still some similarity's. His world was cruel and painful and the only ones with any actual heart were the psycho's and they were bred to be mindless killers, especially him. Yet when he thought all of this, one single thought emerged and it was the only difference between his world and this world…Fluttershy.

Ever since that short meeting he hasn't been able to stop thinking about her. In both of his lives he's seen the emotions of people. Whether it was the deep sadness of an orphan, the unending fear of his victims, the hatefulness of the military elite, the emptiness of the rich bigots, the joys' of his generals at battles, the happiness of 100,000 psychos cheering, or the new mixed emotions on these ponies it was all the same, except  for her. For the first time in his life he actually felt the emotions when he locked eyes with her,he felt a heat from inside, warmer than any fire he's ever been in but instead of burning he felt happiness, if only he could show it. He wasn't used to these new feelings and he didn't understand them either. But one thing came perfectly clear. She is the only thing he never knew.

As he was in deep thought, his silence was broken by light cooing coming from his feet. He looked down and saw to his surprise an infant. A light orange unicorn baby and she hugged his hoof. This was the first time for him seeing an actual baby because he'd never seen an actual infant before. In his world rescued children were kept in a hidden location far enough away from the fighting but close enough for food and supplies to get there. As he lifted his hoof with the small child still holding on and watched her coo and gurgle with glee, another popped out from his mane on top of his head. This one was a whitish brown Pegasus and apparently had strong hooves as it pounded Tavo head. They both giggled making Tavo want to smile. Suddenly someone called for them "Pound cake, Pumpkin cake!" And the two foals ran off to the back. Than came a dark yellowish pony who brought a muffin.

"Here you go sir, a nice warm blueberry muffin." Said the pony who gave him the muffin. Tavo stared at the muffin which looked a whole lot better than anything he'd ever eaten and decided to ask him something "Hey, whats your name?" he asked. "uh call me Mr. cake" he replied "Say, are you new here?" Tavo nodded "And you already met my wife right?" asked Mr. cake. Tavo nodded again. "thats great." said Mr. Cake with a gulp. "That'll be four bits." He said. Tavo turned his head felt inside the sack and pulled out four coins. "thank you sir, have a nice day" said Mr.Cake with a smile and with that Tavo turned and left with the muffin in his mouth.

As soon as the door closed, Mr.Cake let out a long sigh and rubbed the sweat off his brow.

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As he was walking down the street his tong licked the top of the muffin, it left an incredibly sweet taste in his mouth. He decided to take a bite out of it and in that moment froze  with his eyes wide open savoring the greatest thing he ever tasted and finished the whole thing. That was second best thing that could happen to me. he thought.

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Note: i changed my name because i thought people hated it at first because they thought it was a self-insert. the only thing that's self inserted was his ethnicity, that's it.