Why Not to Touch a Dog When You Can Predict the Future.
Chapter 1
Why Not to Touch a Dog When You Can Predict the Future
It was a beautiful sunny day. I woke up to the sleeping sun coming from my window. I got up and looked at my clock, reading 8:00 A.M. The sky looked beautiful and clear, I guessed that the Pegasi just have done some heavy duty. I walked to the bathroom and turned on the sink water and it exploded in my face. I heard a laughter from behind.
"You should've seen the look on your little face," said Discord appearing behind me. "Priceless."
"Oh hardy har har," I said. "Real funny Discord. Real funny."
"What can you blame me?," he asked making a halo appear in between us horns. I rolled my eyes but couldn't help but give a small giggle. Somepony else may find his pranks annoying, but I found them funny.
"So you get any of your future predictions lately?," asked Discord.
"No, not any," I said. Well when I first came here I kinda did have some visions, but Discord was always there to help me. We sometimes tried to stop them but sometimes, they happened anyways.
"Made you breakfast," Discord said with a smile, magically contouring pancakes to the table.
"We're they manually made?," I asked.
"You know baking is the only manual thing I do," said Discord smiling. "Except for cotton candy."
I giggled. If Discord were to have a cutie mark, I bet it would have something to do with baking.
"The ponies back at school were wrong," I told him. "You do have magic and don't always use your powers for everything."
"Thanks," he said. "And they were wrong on calling you crazy and phsyco." He hugged me and I hugged back.
"Well better get to work," he said. "Sparks is not a barrel of laughs when a worker arrives late. Just ask Skye." I giggled as I finished my breakfast grabbed my keys, iPony, and wallet and put them on my saddle bag. Then i fed Angel and we both parted ways.
I arrived a few minutes early to work so I tidied things up around the shop plus fed some of the fish. Later I heard the bell ring and was surprised to find Applejack at the counter along with her dog Winona.
"Oh hi Applejack," I said. "What brings you to the city?"
"Well my sister Apple Bloom wanted to see the big city," said Applejack. "So we two decided to come and brought Winona along so she won't feel lonely."
"Yeah but what about Big Mac and Granny Smith?," I asked.
"Well I thought since I was going to be away for a week bringing Winona along took off some work from Granny's and Big Mac's hooves."
"Oh I see," said Fluttershy. "I thought on bringing Angel with me for work but, Mr. Shine is still pretty angry on the incident last time."
"You know ya should call him Devil instead of Angel am I right?," asked Applejack.
I giggled. "That's what Discord said."
"By the way, he ain't hurting ya is he," asked Applejack her face tough serious.
"Why do you always say that?!," I kind of yelled. "Why do you always think the worse of him?"
"Well he did cause plenty mischief back in school," said Applejack. "Not to mention how he almost gets us killed sometimes."
My face got red. Why were ponies always picking on him. Just because he looks different doesn't mean they should treat him like a monster. Well, I know a thing or two about how he might feel.
"Well what brings you to the shop?," I asked eager to change the subject.
"Winona here ran out of dog food," said Applejack. "Just here for that also treats."
I grabbed one of the bags of dog food and handed it to her. "That'll be $3.15." She hands me the money as Winona barks happily. I reach down to pet her when, it happens.
I'm on the streets and ponies are crowded around me. I look at the street signs reading "Filly Ave. and 71st." I then see Applejack talking to the food marketer when Winona sees a cat and her leash goes loose. She came after it and it isn't till later that Applejack realizes she's gone. By then Winona is a block away and the cat crosses the road. Winona goes after it as a truck drives towards her. Winona keeps running and then, the truck ran over her. I gasp as I see Applejack nearing her. I see her crying and putting a hoof on Winona. Blood is sprawling on the street. Then, the vision is done.
"Hey Fluttershy," said Applejack. "You okay there? You look like you saw a ghost."
Still recovering from my fright I tell her, "Keep a good eye on Winona." Applejack looks at me strangely then shrugs and walks out of the store
Oh no it happened again. nother vision. My first thought goes to calling Discord and tell him about it. But then I think differently and knowing Applejack seeing Discord would only cause an argument between them two. So I decide to go alone. I go talk to Mr. Shine asking him if I could have a break. He looked at me strangely as well but told me I had twenty minutes. Grabbing my saddlebag I walk out of the store, and gallop to Filly Ave.
The scene was just like what I saw. Ponies were crowded around me. I made my way to Applejack just before she entered the fruit shop.
"Um Applejack," I called.
"Fluttershy?," she asked turning to face me. "What in tarnation are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to tell you that, if by any chance you feel Winona tugging one her leash," I start telling her. "Make sure to check that the leash isn't breaking. I, I mean you wouldn't want her running away and getting, run, I mean hurt would you?"
She looked at me strangely again. "Fluttershy just tell me what's going on. Why would you leave work and tell me just to take care of my dog? That's not very bright of you. Is it Discord? You know you can tell me."
"No it's. What?," I said my face getting red. "Not it's not Discord."
"Sure it is," said Applejack. "That creep is nothing but trouble around ponies. Don't know why Princess Celestia trusts his kind to protect Equestria. Or in other words him."
"Applejack can you stop being so mean?," I said. "Why are you so opinionated on what someone looks like?"
"Because Discord is nothing but trouble," said Applejack. "And you should know that he's trying to hurt you."
"Applejack stop it!," I yell. "Why can't you stop it. You don't know Discord like I do. You only care on what he looks like. He's the only one who understands how I feel!"
"Oh if you love him so much why don't you marry him then?," said Applejack. "I'm sure he's way more important than your friends. Don't we understand how you feel."
"No you don't!," I yelled. "No he understands me. You may think but you don't know everything about me."
"What are ya talking about Fluttershy?," Applejack asked.
"I'm saying that-," I started. But then I glanced at the leash, which was swaying from side to side, with no Winona. Oh no I thought. I wasted no second pushing past Applejack.
"Fluttershy what the hay is going on?," Applejack asked. She then glanced at the leash I guessed and started running behind me. She then later was in front of me, being faster than me. We approached Filly Ave. and 71str. But it was too late. The truck already ran over Winona before either of us could make it.
"No," I heard Applejack sob. I saw the blood, the reality of my vision. I didn't want to believe it but, it was real. "I tried to warn you," I told Applejack .
"Oh you tried to warn me?," Applejack asked. "Al ya did is protect your boyfriend."
"SHUT UP!," I yelled. Then Applejack went hurling to a wall. Oh no, I used my powers. I could feel everypony's eyes on me, closing in on me.
"What are you?," Applejack asked. Frightened I just flew and bolted out of there. The clear skies turned dark and gray, the colors of my emotions right now. The rain fell just like my tears. I didn't go back to work. I didn't go to Discord. I didn't go home. I just sat there, in Central Park, on one of the trees, crying and sobbing. Why was I like this? Why couldn't I be like everypony else? Why were ponies so mean to Discord? All these thoughts just made me want to scream. Scream at my used to be BFF. Scream at the ponies. Scream at everything. Just make me want to destroy a tree. At this, the tree I was sitting on blew up. I came out, unharmed. Once again ponies' eyes fell on me. I just stepped back and, something, someone, pulled me.
Author's Note
Please don't kill me because I killed Winona. Also in this fanfic the Elements of Harmony do not exist because this is an entire different MLP Universe .
Chapter 2: If A Pony Who Read Your Thoughts and Says She Has the Same Powers as You You Should Believe Her for She Could Help You.
I don't know what had happened next. All I remembered was the sensation of someone pulling me away. Then lights out. I woke up with a start. Wherever I was it was dark. I desperately looked for my iPony, wanting to call Discord or someone to get me out of here. But the room, being pitch black, I couldn't see anything.
"Okay whoever you are," I said trying to sound certain. "You're going to have to let me go or else-."
"Discord is going to come and get me and things won't end so well," said a female voice.
"How did you-," I started, but the voice once again interrupted me.
"Guess what you were thinking," said the voice. "I'll tell you if you do what I ask." The lights went on and a mare with a shawl approached me. "Read my mind," she said.
"What?," I asked. "Why would you want me to read your mind? I mean, I can't read your mind. That's impossible."
"Don't play dumb with me Fluttershy," said the mare. "Read my mind or you will never see the light of day again." Her voice sounded menacing, as if there was no way around. If I didn't do it, I would never walk out of here again, Discord would never figure out what happened to me, and my friends will go out on a wild goose chase. So I took a deep breath, concentrated, then read her mind.
"You're thinking about the time you saw me at Filly Ave. 71str," I said. "You remember seeing an orange mare being whirled in the air when I screamed at her. You think I have the same abilities as you so you brought me here to test your hypothesis." Silence followed as I finished. After what appeared to be five minutes, the mare finally spoke.
"Guess I was wrong," she said. "After all these years, I thought I was the only one. Now I'm standing in front of another pony like me."
"Could i just ask," I started. "Who might you be?"
At this, the mare threw off her shawl. She was a purple earth pony with magenta eyes. She had a short mane that was a darker shade of magenta and blue. Her cutie mark appeared to be a bright purple spear that shine with a blue ribbon surrounding it. "Name's Sensila," she said, holding out her hoof.
"Oh, I'm Fluttershy," I said, taking her hoof and feeling stupid about the statement. "Can I ask, why did you bring me here? Besides what I read from your mind if you have another explanation."
"Well," started Sensila. "You see after I saw you earlier today, I thought that you might need help controlling your powers. Learning more about them."
"Well you're right about that," I said.
"Tell me," started Sensila. "When you get a vision do you tell someone? And do they believe you?"
"Well I tell most of my visions to my roommate Discord," I said. "He's the only one who truly believes me. Back at school, ponies always bullied me for being, different. They called me crazy and a freak. Not Discord. He stood up for me at times."
"What made him believe you?," asked Sensila. "I mean, what made him see the truth that other ponies couldn't see?"
"Well a bunch of times when I told him of my visions," I started. "It sometimes saved him from harm or he actually saw it happen. Ever since then he sometimes helped me to avoid some visions I get."
"Oh," said Sensila, as an apple levitated towards her. "I used to have someone who believed in me. But he used my powers to make himself rich with the lottery. He goes by Filthy Rich now. Though his real name, was Brown Leaf. He used to be such a great guy. The only one who truly believed in me. We once, I remembered, had a thing going on. I remember, falling in love with him. He told me he loved me back when I told him I loved him." She munched a piece of the apple gulped it then continued. "It was, one day, after winning the lottery for the fiftyth time, I saw him with a mare, a rich one. She was one ugly prune if you asked me, but the fact that she was rich drove him. Her name was Spoiled Rich and believe me her name was no coincidence. My heart ached when I saw and knew he had used me. I couldn't believe he had used me for money. The laughs we shared, the memories we made, was all just a pile of garbage. Nothing but a bunch of lies. That's why I shut myself from everyone. That's why I now lurk in the shadows."
"But Discord is nothing like that," I said. "He would never use me for my powers. I mean, why would he when he could bend reality with a snap of his fingers. The point is he has helped me and, saved my life here and then just like I did."
"Let's just hope he's not like every bastard here," said Sensila.
"Listen I'm sorry for what that stallion did to you," I said. "That was so cruel, so evil."
"Don't feel sorry," said Sensila. "It's my fault. I should've known better than to trust someone. Especially a stallion."
My thoughts lingered back to what she had said earlier. "You told me you could help me control my powers? Well, can you do that."
"Sure why not," said Sensila eating the last bit of the apple before levitating it to a garbage can dropping it there. "You see, our powers are based on what we feel. What are emotions are. Control your emotions, and that's the first step towards controlling your powers."
That must be how I had flung Applejack to a wall and the tree nearby me exploded. That's when I heard my iPony ring. And I knew it could only be one certain draconequus.
"Um Sensila?," I began. "Could I just, I think Discord is calling me. I think if I don't answer he'll be worried about me. I won't tell about you to him. I'll just say I'm at a friend's house." I hated the idea of lying to him, but considering Discord, I knew he wouldn't quite approve the idea of staying at a stranger's house, especially if I'd been forced to come here.
"Sure, I don't see why not," said Sensila as she levitated my cell phone to me. Just as I suspected, the caller marked Discord.
"Hey Discord," I answered.
"Fluttershy where in Equestria are you?," he asked a bit worried. "Are you trying to stop another one of your visions? Are you okay?"
See what I mean, worried sick. "No I'm alright," I said. "I'm at my friend Applejack's hotel room. I met her at work and she was staying with her little sister Apple Bloom for some time here."
I could hear Discord taking a breath in relief. "Phew. I thought something bad had happened to you. Next time, call me okay?"
"Okay," I said smiling. At least someone truly cared for me.
"Okay then," Discord said. "I'll just leave you to it. Catch ya later."
"Bye then," I said. I then ended the call and placed my iPony on a nearby table.
"Guess he really does care for you," said Sensila. "I mean, over from what I heard he sounds really protective about you."
"Wait you were listening to our conversation?," I asked my head going red.
"Well sometimes I just can't handle it," she said with a wink. "Now we should probably 'get to it' you know."
I nodded, as my red faded away. Hearing her say how Discord truly cared about me, not mentioning how he looked or other negative thoughts, made me feel a bit more secured about her. Well considering the fact that she never met him could change after she did. But who knows?
"I want you to break this glass," said Sensila holding a tall glass cup in front of me. "Channel your emotions using anger. Channel your anger here."
"But how can I do that," I asked. "I mean, how can I be mad for no apparent reason?"
"Think of a time you were mad," said Sensila. "How about when someone ruined you science fair project? Or destroyed your scrapbook with the best moments of your life stored inside? How about when someone bullies your friend Discord?"
She needed not to say anymore as I immediately closed my eyes and did what she told me. I thought of the anger I felt back at school when they bullied Discord. How he hid his pain in front of everyone but then when they were gone and we two were alone he would cry, letting all the hurt out. I remembered how angry I was at Applejack, how she said he was nothing but trouble and just, nothing. I thought on how much I wanted to slam her to that wall, only harder. How much I meant to do that for what she said. I felt the anger. It was like a steaming batch of vegetables burning against me, making me hot. The anger fueled and the glass shattered. I opened my eyes and took a deep breath.
"Not bad for a rookie," said Sensila. "Now use the emotion of happiness to bring the glass together again. Think happy thoughts. Happy memories at best."
Once again I closed my eyes and concentrated hard but not too hard. I thought of the birthday parties Pinkie Pie always threw for me, how she would make them super extra fun and how she was always super active and always trying to make me smile. I thought on how generous Rarity was with me, how she always lends a hoof whenever I need it. I thought about Discord, how he's always there for me through thick and thin. Always there to make me smile and make sure I'm safe. I smiled and felt the glass come together. I opened my eyes and saw the glass in its perfect state. No cracks, looking good as new. I had to say I was kind of impressed.
"Good for a start," said Sensila. "For that all I can do right now is teach you how to control and channel your emotions. But meet me in Ponyville at the Everfree Forest, there I could teach you more."
I nodded, but felt a twinge of doubt hit me. Ponyville was near Applejack's home Sweet Apple Acres. The last thing I wanted now was to be anywhere near her. But I simply nodded because, I really wanted to get to know more about these powers.
"Well that's that," said Sensila. "You really should get going. If you want I'll walk with you home."
"No thanks, I'll be just fine," I said. I didn't want Discord to get all worried of seeing me with another unknown pony. Sensila showed me the way out and out I went, out of the abandoned run down house.
Author's Note
Finally it came out! Special thanks to LiterarySerenity for editing and helping me with my writing.
