Cyndaquilby LiteratureChaptersWhat?Why can't I open my eyes?You Again?Nowhere else?Just a Tiny Tree?What?It was a perfectly normal day. I was sitting on my front porch, eating a Popsicle while playing on my Nintendo DS. It had been a while since I played Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, so I decided to just start a new game to remember the basics. I had just finished the test, me being quirky. A quirky person like you should be a... Cyndaquil! "Yay" I said quietly to myself, as my phone buzzed with a text message. I pulled it out of my pocket, putting the now finished Popsicle (or at least the stick) on the table. I opened my phone, reading the text. "Warhammer. My house. Now." I sighed. Leaving my stuff at his house was actually a really good idea. I put my head inside for a second, shouting to my parents, "I'm going to Alex's to Warhammer! Be back later, I'll text you!". After hearing their reply of consent, I ducked out of the house and ran to my bike, leaving my DS on the table outside. I was too busy running to my bike to see the man looking at the DS screen on the table. "Cyndaquil..." he said, stroking his chin. I rode my bike as fast as possible up the street. It took a good 10 minutes to get there, and I didn't want to be late, so I just went as fast as possible. I didn't even notice that all of the people I passed were the exact same man who was on my porch. I just had to get there fast. "Excuse me!" a man called, running up beside me. "Could you spare a moment?" "Just a little time" I replied quickly, "I have somewhere to be." "Oh, in that case you can go!" The man said, waving it off, "I didn't mean to bother you!" I turned around and started pedaling again. Looking forward, I didn't see the man next to me until it was too late. With a shove, he pushed me into the path of an oncoming car. The only thought going through my head was, 'Huh?' as I was run over. White. A blank white world. I was floating in whiteness. "What?" I said, looking around, "What happened?" "Sorry about that" a voice replied "But I lack the powers to bring your entire body here. So, I just brought your soul!" "Wait... You brought me here?" I cried, still confused as hell. "Take me back!" "Yeahno. Your head got run over by a car. You won't last long if you go back to your body." the voice replied. I heard a pair of... Something snapping. A vision appeared in the whiteness in front of my face. It showed a car, an old man, and a young man standing over a body. My body. I gasped. The contents of my head were spread across 4 feet of road next to me. I felt nauseous. But I couldn't throw up when I was just a spirit, could I? "Sorry about that. Like I said, too weak to just grab you up and plop you down in Equestria." the voice said. "What... How... What..." I stammered, before realizing something. "Did you say Equestria?" I asked turning around to see the being that brought me here for the first time. He (I say he lightly) was the strangest being I had ever laid my eyes on. His very existence seemed to break the laws of reality. He looked at my gaping jaw, then into my eyes. "I suppose you want to know who I am." he said, hardly batting an eye at my confusion. I nodded slowly. looking him up and down. "Very well." He replied. "I... Am... Pause for dramatic effect... Ungehorsam!" he shouted, fireworks coming out of tubes that appeared in his eyelids as he spoke. (Don't even ask) I did a double-take. "Isn't that German for disobedience?" I asked, now thoroughly confused. The fireworks stopped. "Nuts, you speak German." he said, still in his pose. "Yep" I said, proud of this, "I got a lot of money for my eleventh birthday from my Uncle, so I bought a Rosetta Stone for German. Then I spent countless hours learning German." "You learned a new language... In a little more than a year..." he said, silently amazed. "Yep. That's right!" I said, loving the feeling of him stroking my ego. "Huh." he said. "Well, if I keep you here any longer, your spirit will decay into nothingness, so let's transfer!" "Wait, what?" I said, now confused beyond belief. He took a deep breath, "You are going to be transferred into a different body than the one you have now, you are going to be my pawn in the chess game of the gods, so do be kind to the ponies you will meet, I am the god of disobedience, so making you into what I'm going to make you into is not allowed, but I don't care. You are going to land in Ponyville, but the GGG is taking place, so you will not see any of the Mane 6 until later. You will however-" He was cut off by a flash of light from above. "Or I could just let you go now" he said quickly, snapping his appendages together and disappearing, along with the whiteness. Now I was above a small lake, a pond really. Looking down, I could see the choppy water obscuring my reflection. I barely had time to wonder if I was a pony before I hit the water. As I hit the water, a draining feeling i had never know before came over me. I almost fell, instead choosing to not drown and make it out of the evil water. I crawled to the edge of the shallow pond. Infuriatingly slowly I might add. I fell to the ground, panting. Looking back, I must have looked weird, a strange creature that appeared a foot above the pond, only to fall down into it and slowly make it's way to the shore. The pond wasn't even head height, I could stand in it just fine, so why was I so tired? As I crawled out of the pond, I though I heard a voice say "It's super effective". I looked around spotting a familiar purple dragon gaping at me. I turned toward him, "The water is evil" I said before blacking out. "I'm telling you Twilight, it just appeared above the pond!" a voice cried from next to me. I assumed it was Spike. "That doesn't make any sense, Spike!" another voice cried, sounding a lot like Twilight. "You are both fools, it is obvious that he is a human turned into whatever creature this is. Do you not remember the prime examples that we have encountered so far? There are many of them. Oh look, it wakes." this voice I didn't recognize. It sounded vaguely familiar though. Surprisingly cultured for a small town such as Ponyville. "How else am I supposed to..." Spike cried. He turned towards me. "Oh look he's awake" he said calmly. I opened my eyes. Well My eyes weren't' open, I could tell that, but I could see. Strange. I saw a purple unicorn and a baby purple dragon standing over me, confused looks on their faces. I realized something. I sat up, startling the dragon. "Mirror, now." I said, groaning as I sat up. "O...Okay" Twilight said, bringing a mirror over to where I sat. She held it in front of me. I looked into it. A Cyndaquil stared back. End Chapter A/N: Well here we are then, the first chapter! I mulled over this idea for a full 10 minutes before putting it down on my computer, so this is not well thought out. But anyway, I hope you all enjoy my take of "Chess Game of the Gods" Why can't I open my eyes?I stared at the Cyndaquil. I couldn't really tell if the Cyndaquil stared back at me, it's eyes were closed. I don't think Cyndaquils actually can open their eyes. I'm pretty sure they are glued shut or something. Anyway, we held a staring contest. opened my mouth. The Cyndaquil opened it's. I turned my head to the left. The Cyndaquil did the mirror image. My final deduction? I was a Pokemon. I stared at the mirror a bit more. Oddly enough, the first though to come to my mind was, 'Pokemon can't talk'. Twilight cleared her throat, "Umm, I hate to interrupt whatever you're doing, but, what are you?" She asked curiously, tilting her head slightly. I stared for a few more seconds before turning around. I replied cautiously, "Via an extremely reliable Scientific deduction, I appear to be a Cyndaquil." She opened her mouth to voice a question, but I interrupted, "That was sarcasm. I looked in the mirror." She shut her mouth again. Spike spoke up, "Umm, What's a Cindy-quail?" I looked at him. "A Cyndaquil, SIN-da-QUILL, is a fire mouse Pokemon. I know that is not a very good explanation, but that is the best I can do because I have no idea what the heck just happened. I get plucked from my world by the god of disobedience, and suddenly I'm above a pond. The fact that I'm a Cyndaquil explains the energy draining effect I experienced when falling into said pond, but how did I get here? And how many days has it been? Where am I? Why am I a Pokemon? What the heck is happening?" I finished my rant, feeling a warmth on my back. I turned back to Twilight and Spike. Seeing them opened-mouthed, I turned back to the mirror. I saw exactly what I was expecting. There was a fire coming out of my back, slowly dying down, I watched as it was sucked back into my back, not even leaving a mark. I turned back to them. Their mouths still wide open. I sighed. "This... Is going to need some explaining, huh." Twilight nodded slowly. I sighed again. "This could take a while..." After explaining the concept of a Cyndaquil to Twilight and Spike to the best of my ability, I looked around again. Judging from the presence of Spike, Twilight, and thousands of books, I assumed I was in the Ponyville Books and Branches library. I also saw Owlicious perched on a nearby perch. I started exploring the library, looking at the peculiar way the books were arranged. Upon asking, I learned that they were sorted by the third letter of the Author's first name. She would have gotten along well with my sister. I stepped near the door, looking at the entire library at once. It looked almost exactly the same as in the show. I sighed. I was really in Equestria. And I was really a Pokemon. I turned around to ask another question, when the door broke down and Rainbow Dash flew in. To say the least, I jumped. And hit the ceiling. Really hard. Then somehow landed on top of Rainbow Dash. Who jumped. But she can fly, so she was better off. I fell off of her onto the ground, wincing when I put weight on my anything. "Owwwwww..." I said, dazed. I noticed Rainbow Dash staring at me. I sighed. Again. "I should write out what I'm going to say, shouldn't I." After explaining... AGAIN the concept of a Cyndaquil to Rainbow Dash, who wasn't listening the first time, I looked out the open door. Deciding there was only one way to really explore the town, I just walked outside. Humming. Loudly. Ignoring the confused stares from almost half of the population, I just walked along, seriously not giving a crap about anything. The Architecture is surprisingly human, despite the builders being ponies. I saw several ponies, who were obviously used to random creatures appearing in their midst, just raising an eyebrow. Twilight appeared behind me in a flash of light. She looked around. "Umm, I think it might be better if you introduced yourself a little more slowly." She said worriedly. I turned to look at her. "But this is fun. I liked seeing ponies confused." I said with a head tilt. Her left eye twitched. I quickly turned back toward the library, "Okaaay, leaving now!" I shot while running back. Spike looked from Peewee to me when I opened the door. He smirked, "Did Twilight scare you into coming back?" I just glared. But then a though came into my head. I smirked. I glared at him. But this time, "Leer." I said, continuing to glare, he jumped back, a small "eep!" emitting from his mouth. I smiled, I had used leer. "It's super effective." I said under my breath as Twilight came in. She looked from me to Spike, then back to me. "What happened?" She asked, sounding worried and confused at the same time. I replied "I used leer! It's super effective." With a genuine smile. She looked at me confusedly. I sighed "never mind, you wouldn't get it. She shook her head. "Anyway," She started, "I sent Rainbow Dash to get the other Elements. They should be here in about a half an hour." I chuckled. "A little less then chaf an hour." She turned away from me, going outside, saying "You stay in here, they can all meet you together." I attempted to salute, but ended up falling over. Spike chuckled. I glared at him. "Do you want me to use tackle next?" I snarled, chuckling as he "eeped" again. I went over to a bookshelf, looking for something good. I saw a Daring Do book on one of the top shelves. I really wanted to see if they were as good as Rainbow Dash says. Unfortunately, the book was on one of the top shelves, so I had to jump for it. I smiled to myself. "Challenge accepted." I jumped. Too high. I hit the ceiling again. "Ow." I said, shaking my head, "How is that even possible?" I tried again, got it just right, pulled the book off of the shelf, and fell on my back, rolling over and dodging the book that landed beside me. I turned toward it. Picking it up could be a problem. Naah, I'll just use my face to turn the page. I flip it over. "Daring Do and the Phoenix Feather." I read aloud, "By... What?" Spike looked up from the book he was reading. "What's the matter?" he asked. I turned to him. "I assumed Daring Do was a fictional character, is she a real pony?" "Yeah" he replied, "Everything in those books actually happened." "Cool." I said, turning back to the book, opening the book to the first page. I read for about 10 minutes before I heard voices outside the door. I looked up from my book to see Twilight open the door, followed by Rainbow Dash and the other Elements of Harmony. I stared at them. They stared at me. "Is it... Sleeping?" Rarity asked. "Ah'm not sure sugarcube, but, what is it?" Applejack asked Twilight. "He said he was a Cyndaquil." She replied. "Why are we whispering?" Pinkie asked from next to Applejack "Good question" I called from across the room, startling every one except Twilight. Twilight looked around. "Alright is everypony..." She sighed heavily. "Fluttershy, there's nothing to be afraid of." A small "eep" came from the doorway. I turned toward the source, finding an open door. Rainbow Dash sighed, walking out, returning seconds later pushing Fluttershy in front of her. She was resisting, her eyes closed. Rainbow deposited her next to Rarity. She opened her eyes, hiding under her mane. Twilight sighed. "Alright, everypony, let me introduce me to..." she paused. "I just realized I never asked your name, what's your name?" "Just call me Cinder." I said, debating telling them my real name later. Twilight continued "Okay, this is Cinder, he-" she was cut off by Fluttershy gasping. Fluttershy flew over to me, "Oh my gosh he is so adorable!" she said, picking me up off the ground and hugging me. Right now I'm glad I can hold my breath for 2 minutes and 2 seconds,because any other person would have suffocated long ago. She let go, most likely realizing she was killing me. She then sat down next to Rarity again, blushing and hiding behind her mane. I stood there for a couple seconds before sitting down next to Spike, who had joined the circle next to Twilight. Twilight looked around before pulling out a nearby scroll from the shelf. "Alright, if there are going to be no more interruptions... We can continue" she stated, unraveling the scroll. "As I was saying before, Cinder is a..." she paused. "Actually, I should let him tell you, he knows better." I sighed and prepared to explain the concept for the third time that day. I turned toward Twilight. "Please tell me you took notes, because they would be really helpful the next time I have to explain this." She shook her head. I sighed. "Hoo boy." I turned, then I had a thought and turned back. "Also, I want to ask, how was the Grand Galloping Galla?" I asked. She looked at me. "How did you know about the Grand Galloping Galla?" she said, sizing me up. I decided to take a stretch and gave the most reasonable answer possible. "Internet." She sighed. "Not another." "Another what?" I asked, wondering what she was talking about. She sighed again. "Another human. It started with Griffin and now they're popping up all over the place. It's getting frustrating." I perked up, "There are other humans here?" I said, excited. "Yes..." She replied cautiously. "Cool!" I was about to run out the door again when I remembered something else. I turned to her, "I can has outdoor privileges?" She nodded slowly. I walked outside. "Spike! Walk with me." He ran up next to me. "Umm, why?" he inquired. "Because you looked like you needed a break from work." I replied, watching as Rainbow Dash flew away into the distance. "..." "You don't care at all do you?" "Nope. Not really" "That's surprising really, I don't think anyone would willingly organize the books in a library 7 different ways a day. It doesn't sound fun to me." "I really do enjoy it though." "I seriously can't see how." "It's fun." "How is organizing fun?" "It just is." I sighed. "Whatever you say." I turned toward the library. I remember hearing a third voice before I woke up, I decided to investigate. I re-entered the library, looking around. The third voice I heard when I woke up spoke again. "Aaah, so it returns." "I have a name you know." I shot back. "And a gender." "You can comprehend my speech?" the voice replied, somewhere by Owlicious. "I guess so." I said. "Hmmm." The voice said. "This complicates things. My name is Owlicious. Pleased to meet you." "Huh." I said, honestly not all that surprised. "Nice to meet you, my name is Cinder." "Seconded" Owlicious replied. "I thought you said your name was Owlicious?" I said, trying to withhold my laughter. He paused. "Nice to meet you as well Cinder." "Seconded" I said, struggling to keep a straight face. And failing. I started giggling madly. Owlicious looked on, very confused by my antics. "Well, with that mystery solved, I should be on my way once again. I forgot to inquire Twilight about my lodgings." I said with a cultured accent. "Very well. Goodbye now." Owlicious replied cautiously. "Adios." I noticed Spike staring at us. "What?" I asked him. "You can understand Owlicious?" he said, silently amazed. "Yuppers." I replied, cool as vaporous Mercury on a hot summer day. "Huh." he said, turning back to his book. "Weird." "Do you know where Twilight went?" I asked, "I need to ask where I will be staying." "Oh she went to Sugarcube Corner with the other elements" Spike replied. "Oooh this should be fun." I said with a smirk, before running out the door to look for Sugarcube Corner. End Chapter A/N: I really enjoyed writing this chapter. That is all. You Again?I walked through the streets of Ponyville, hopefully heading towards Sugarcube Corner, pondering what I had heard from Twilight. There were other humans here. That means either Ungehorsam had brought them all, or they were brought by various other gods. I assumed it was the latter, because Ungehorsam didn't seem like one to be capable of handling more than one thing at once. "Hey!" someone... Excuse me, somepony, shouted from right beside me. I jumped. Not as high this time though. I turned to the pony that said that. He was a beige Pegasus pony. His eyes glowed with a strange power. "I can handle plenty of things at once!" He said. "Well you don't show it very well." I said back. His body was throwing up wisps of smoke. "You can't yell at me and maintain that disguise at the same time." He snorted. "Well I suppose I should go back into my normal form then." The pony's cutie mark detached from the rest of his body. I probably should have noticed that the cutie mark was Ungehorsam himself. The body of the pony dissolved into beige-colored mist that was sucked into Ungehorsam, whose size had been greatly reduced. That made him less visible. Of course, he was probably invisible to anybody except me. "Yep." He said, hitching a ride on my back. "So, can you tell me about this game?" I asked, hoping to get some answers. "Sure thing, bucko." He said. "It all started with Discord. Big suprise, right? Anyway, he brought a human to Equestria, changed him into a Diamond Dog, and then a bunch of other gods decided to follow suit, bringing humans to Equestria and changing them into native creatures. Except me. I'm the god of disobedience, so I can't just follow the rules. I brought your form from another universe, so you are now best Pokemon Cyndaquil. Now the god's 'pieces' are going out adventuring and doing stuff. You should too. It'll be fun!" I pondered the request for a bit. I kind of liked going out and doing stuff, but I was in Ponyville, of all places. How could I leave? "I don't know..." I said cautiously. "I'll think about it." "Good enough." He said, disappearing and reappearing right in front of me. "Now let's talk about you." "Me?" I asked, not sure what he was getting at. "Yes. Your new body to be specific. As a Pokemon, you will level up." I stared at him blankly. "Are you serious?" I deadpanned. He coughed. "Yes. The way I made it, when you fight battles, you will level up. When you level up, you will see a number flash in front of your face. Right now you are level 5. If you, say, beat up a manticore, you will level up to 6. The number 6 will flash across your field of vision, and you will... Well... You will feel a bit stronger." "Okay..." I said slowly. "So you made my life like a video game?" "Yes..." He said, mimicking my tone. "Cool!" I shouted. Who wouldn't be excited by their life being a video game? Then I realized something. "I'm a Pokemon, I only have Tackle and Leer now, how will I learn new moves?" "Ooh! Ooh!" He said excitedly, jumping up and down. "I LOVE this part!" "What is it?" I asked, confused by his antics. "Pretty much, you will remember how to do it." He said giddily. I stared at him. "Example time! Yay!" He shouted. "At level 6, you will learn Smokescreen, correct?" I nodded slowly. He continued, excited. "When you reach level 6, memories will flash through your head. Memories that aren't yours." "I'm trying desperately to not think about how weird that is. And failing. That's wierd!" I finished. "I know, I know." He said, waving it off. "But It'll make sense. Plus, you learn Smokescreen! Win Win Win Win situation, right?" "I don't know..." I said, feigning worry. Memories are scary things. "I can give you memories of Slenderman hunting you down for years before finding you and killing you if you don't stop pretending to do things right now. I can read your mind, you know." He deadpanned. I pause. "I knew I didn't say some of those things out loud!" I said, before realizing he was serious. "Ooooh that would be bad..." I said, unseen eyes open wide. He cackled. "If you need me, just think my glorious and wonderful name really loudly." "One does not simply think loudly." I replied, silently congratulating myself on using a meme correctly. "Yes you do." He argued. "Try it." I imagined myself screaming at him that it wasn't possible. I looked to see him on the ground, having assumed his pony form again, covering his ears. I poked him. He glared at me. "Ow." He said, his voice deep. And scary. Very scary. I shivered. "So... I guess it is possible?" I cautioned, backing away warily. He said nothing but continued glaring. "Uncle!" I shout, wishing I could close my eyes. "Stop glaring at me like that!" Then I realized. Two could play at that game. "Leer." I said, feeling the anger flash out of my system. Into him. He "eep"ed and jumped back. He changed into a purple Treeco. "That was a mistake. he said. "Screech!" Following that was an eardrum bursting scream that made me fall over backwards, wishing I could cover my ears. I lay there for what felt like a few minutes but was only really a few seconds. Then, I stood up. "Ow." I said. I looked around. Ungehorsam was gone. I slowly started to move towards what I hoped was the direction of Sugarcube Corner. Unbeknownst to be, the same beige Pegasus stallion watched me from the shadows. I saw Sugarcube corner in the distance, it's looking like a freaking gingerbread house made my mouth water uncontrollably. But of course that caused an unpleasant feeling in said mouth, so I thought of roadkill rotting on the side of the road to relax my... Uh... Spit muscles? Confusing. Anyway, I walked into the store to see Twilight and the other Elements sitting at an eight person... Pony table talking about something. Since there were two extra seats, I hopped into one. "Is this seat taken?" I said in my best English accent. Which, admittedly, wasn't that good. They just stared at me. "Am I interrupting something?" I asked, switching back to a normal tone of voice. "No..." Twilight said "We just weren't expecting you to just jump up on a chair like that." "Speak for yourself, Twi!" Rainbow said. "I was totally expecting that." I saw a great chance for trolling, and took it. "And I bet you’re expecting that whipped cream pie flying towards the back of your head as well, huh?" She sprang out of her chair, looking behind her while floating in the air. I fell on the ground laughing. It was actually pretty hilarious to see. I jumped back in my chair to see the Rainbow glaring at me and the others, save Fluttershy, who was smiling slightly, visibly holding back laughter. “Anywho” I began, “As for why I came here. I need a place to stay here.” Twilight was visibly surprised by this. “Stay?” She asked, looking at her friends. “None of the other humans we’ve met have stayed. Why are you?” I pondered this for a moment. Then, having decided a good accent to talk in, I looked her in the eyes. My amazing Australian accent amazed amassed ponies. “Listen, sunshine” I said in my A.A.A. “I’m twelve. I don’t want to go out and do anything that involves me… Doing… Things.” I finished lamely. They all stared at me. Finally Twilight spoke up, “That’s… Really young.” She said, looking shocked. I shrugged. “Hardly my fault. Hopefully my stay will consist of cotton candy filled wonders and fluffy sheep!" I narrowed my eyes in a serious and (hopefully) awesome way. "Extremely fluffy." They stared at me like I was insane. Which, admittedly, I probably was. I paused for a moment, realizing something that I saw in an episode. "Sheep are sentient aren't they." I said, with my amazingly beautiful poker face. Twilight nodded slowly, now looking slightly disturbed. I felt strangely like I had made a vague sexual innuendo. I shook my head. I didn't even know what innuendo means. "Anyway!" I said forcefully. "Back to the matter at hand. Where can I stay? Should I camp out in the forest? Should I buy a house? Should I sleep in a tree? That last one has two meaning actually. But where? Where shall I go? What should I do?" I made a weird face to finish it off. Twilight sighed. "Well, I do have a spare room in my library that you could use I guess." I raised an eyebrow. 'Do Cyndaquils have eyebrows?' I thought to myself. "I would rather sleep on a bookshelf. Bookshelves are cool." I heard some attempted stifled laughing coming from behind me. I didn't bother looking. Ungy had a very... Unique laugh, and I could tell it was him. I heard a faint "Don't call me Ungy" from behind me, but I ignored it. I had found a new nickname for my chess master. I saw Twilight staring at me with an 'Are you kidding me?' face, that was actually pretty funny to see. "Seriously" I said, shrugging (?) at her. "It would be fun to sleep on a bookshelf, and I am small enough! I could be... The Guardian of the Library!" I finished with a deep voice. Not as deep as I would like, but still pretty deep. Twilight sighed. I suspected she was used to antics like this from Spike. "I suppose it's fine, but there will be a bed ready for you when you decide it's uncomfortable." I glared at her. "If, my dear Twilight. If I decide it's uncomfortable." I said. Then with that sorted out, I took my leave, bowing out of the room. "I must now take my leave of this place. Thank you for your hospitality ahead of time." I walked out the door, hearing Pinkie Pie start up the conversation again. I could have sworn I heard the word "Party" but I knew the pink pony too well. She would never say that. A/N: Thank you SO much for being patient with me on this. I'm really sorry it took this long. I'll try to do a "Once every two weeks" Schedule, but I might not be able to keep that up with school starting and all. Again, sorry for the long wait! Nowhere else?I woke with a start. Sleeping on a bookshelf is apparently not good for one’s psyche. Being in a confined space that I barely remember my cat being able to fit into is not very comforting. I had several nightmares about the evil flying books from Harry Potter. Those things were scary! I don’t quite remember how it ended, but it involved copious amounts of fire. Heh, fire. I like fire. I wonder if it came with the body? Meh, I can ask Ungy later. Where was I? Ah yes! Waking up! Waking up was boring and uneventful, but breakfast was the exact opposite. Did you know Pokémon can eat hay? I didn’t. But seriously, they tasted like French fries. Not those crappy soggy McDonalds ones either, high quality, custom built, super delicious French fries like the ones at my favorite ski resort! I kept this to myself, however, because questions are annoying. Nothing eventful happened that morning, just me reading Daring Do. Later in the day I was almost done with the first Daring Do book. I can understand why Rainbow Dash loved these, they are amazing. Think… Nevermind, Earth’s books can’t compare to it. Unless there are Indiana Jones books, but I’m not sure if there are. Meh, asking Ungy that as well. I seem to be doing that a lot lately… Hmm. No matter, back on topic! As I finished the book, I stared at Spike, who was dusting the bookshelves. “That.” I began, catching his attention. “Was friggin’ awesome.” He smiled at me before turning to continue dusting the bookshelves. “Yeah, it’s a pretty good series. Some ponies say that the first one wasn’t even the best. I turned towards the book. “You have my attention.” I saw him shrug at the edge of my vision. “They just say that the first book is just introducing Daring Do and stuff, getting a feel for the series. The next books are them going out on awesome adventures and stuff. Pretty cool right?” he finished turning towards me. I felt the sudden urge to say ‘Wrong. REALLY cool. You just grew a fou-‘ WHOAHOHO. Not puttin’ that into words. Anyway, I shrugged off the feeling with a mental glare at Ungehorsam. “Yeah! I can’t wait!” I said gleefully. “But first, I have been thinking of something that I want to ask Twilight.” I finished as I exited the room. Spike dropped the duster. “Uh oh.” Twilight was in her bedroom with a book. As I walked in, she turned the page with her nose. If I had eyebrows, I would have lifted one. Only one. Not two. I decided now was a good time to interrupt. "Why don't you turn the page with magic?" I asked, starting Twilight, who let out an "eep!" and jumping about a foot in the air. She took a second to calm down, shooting me a glare. I was proudly unfazed like George Washington crossing the Antarctic Stream. Or something like that. Might have been an ocean actually... Nevermind, put that file into the Questions For the God folder and continue on. "Cinder!" she scolded. "You scared me." I grinned. "I know." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I don't turn the page with my magic because..." She trailed off, stopping for a minute to think. "Because it feels more natural that way." Having eyes really helps articulate many emotions. Having perpetually closed eyes makes it a teensy bit hard to squint. So I decided to just shrug. "Seems legit." I said. "But now for my real purpose for bothering you. I have a question." I swear I saw here left eye twitch. I continued, thinking nothing of it. "In my world, there is a saying, that 'Magic' is just science we don't yet understand. You know science, but do you kno-" I was rudely cut off by an angry unicorn. "IF YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE I SWEAR TO CELESTIA I AM GOING TO-" she stopped mid-sentence, burying her head in the book she was reading earlier. "I am never going to be able to hear the end of this." she moaned. "Nearly every human that has come here has asked me something like-" She imitated a man's voice, "'How does magic work?' or 'How do you pick up things with hooves?'" she picked up her book to demontrate. "How do you do that anyway?" I asked, not yet realizing I was digging my own grave. REALLY deep. Like, down past Tatarus. She screamed and started madly pacing around in circles, muttering to herself, forgetting about the guilty Pokemon in the room. I'll admit I high-tailed it outta there. Why do they call it high-tail anyway? If an animal is scared, it puts it's tail between it's legs, right? Isn't that low? Anyway, over-thinking things again. I "High-tailed" it outta there, almost slamming into Spike. Okay, fine, slamming into Spike, who had probably heard the Screeches of fury and rage and fury, trying to figure out what it was. We tumbled down the stairs, which seemed a bit longer than they should have been, landing in a heap of small flame spewing creatures. "Ooow." Spike said from his position on the far wall of the library, rubbing his head. "Copy paste." I replied, wishing my puny Cyndaquil legs could stretch to my face. Which, of course, they couldn't. Because they were puny. How did Spike even get there anyhow? Well, that's another god-question. "What does that mean?" Spike asked, standing up unsteadily. "Something involving advanced and complicated technology that I am neither able to nor willing to tell you. "Don't tell Twilight about that." Spike said, "She would never stop questioning you." "Yeah I probably could have guessed that." I said, groaning as I rolled off of my back. "What was that all about anyway? Spike asked."The only other time I've seen Twilight that upset was when Griffin..." He trailed off as he realized what had transpired. "OH." he said, making a face. "You are dead." "Meh." I said acting nonchalant. "I'll die later. But for now-" I said reaching for the bookshelf. "Book two!" I shouted in triumph before heading to the library table to read. According to Spike, Twilight came down for lunch after I had already eaten. Apples from Sweet Apple Acres taste like apples, only better. A lot better. Hay is still delicious. I wonder what hay fries taste like? Do they taste like french fries, with traces of FRENCH FRIES? Because that would be freaking awesome. I had almost finished the second book when it was time for dinner. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible to make so many things out of vegetables that taste good. Where did they even get tofu? Anyway, after Having Twilight glare at me for ten minutes while I ate half my body weight, I continued reading the second book, finishing it before going to bed. This time, I was going to try the mysteries section. Just a Tiny Tree?I woke up again. This time, I dreamed of a great mystery. Not surprising really. I DID sleep in the mysteries section. I guess they are magic. Hehe. Magic. As if... Wait a second... NO! Bad me! Back on topic. I woke up to the sound of... something frying. For a second I was thinking BACON! But then I remembered that I was in a land full of herbivores. So no bacon. Equestria suddenly seems not that great... But as I went into the kitchen, I smelled the air. It smelled like bacon. I saw Spike on a stool, frying something in a pan with a comically large chef's hat on his head. I cleared my throat to let him know of my presence, instead of scaring the crap out of him, because that had the potential to harm the bacon. I didn't want to harm the bacon. He turned around, surprised, luckily not losing his balance or cool. "Hey Cinder." he said, turning back to breakfast. "You're up earlier today." I looked out the window, realizing he was right, the sun was just peeking out over the horizon. "So I am." I said nonchalantly, shrugging. "It was the smell of... Whatever it is you're making." I paused for a second. "What are you making anyway?" Spike smiled. "I'm making hay strips. It's a new recipe I'm trying out. They're really-" I didn't hear the rest, I was too busy running around the library, doing my best not to yell and wake up Twilight. Don't look at me like that! I couldn't help myself. There was a bacon substitute in Equestria! Now I REALLY want to go there. Oh, wait a second... Anyway, back on topic. After I calmed down a bit (Emphasis on "a bit"), I bounced back into the kitchen, still quite excited, just in time to hear Spike finish his story. "And that's how I found this recipe and how Equestria was made!" He finished, turning back around to see me bouncing up and down with a smile on my face. I had a feeling I had missed an awesome story. Then I got the strangest sense of Deja Vu. There was something about a cat there... Anyway, Spike bowed after he climbed down, holding the plate of hay strips over his head. They looked like golden colored bacon. If I had saliva glands, I would have fainted. They smelled like a mix between bacon and fried tofu. Both of which are awesome smells. I couldn't wait to taste it. Luckily, it wasn't a present for Rarity. If it was, I probably would have exploded. Twice. Because when I tried a piece, I almost died. It tastes like bacon. How is that even possible? I had just eaten hay bacon. Hay. Bacon. Don't question it. Magic. After that breakfast worthy of a god (Ungehorsam approved of it!) I decided not to just sit around and read all day like I did on Earth, I was going to explore! After Twilight came down, that is. She IS my temporary guardian after all. I need to tell her where I was going. Until then, I decided to start book three. After Twilight came down the stairs, I went right up to her and asked I kept reading for a while before I realized she was up. By then it was almost 10 if my amazingly accurate internal clock was right. I walked up to her at one of the library tables. She had a serious bedhead. Or was it bedmane? Anyway, it was serious. It looked like crazy Twilight from the "Lesson Zero" episode times ten. Except without the crazy face. Twilight has the best crazy face. She sat at the table, looking into space, obviously thinking about something. I decided now would be as good a time as any to test out the scaring ability in this tiny body. ... Yeah I couldn't think of anything. So I just went up behind her and shouted the one thing that can scare a man in a missle silo surrounded by the greatest defensive technology in the world. "Fire!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, right into her ear. To say she jumped would be an understatement. I was glad we were inside, because I had a nagging suspicion that if we were outside, she would be on the moon. In a hundred foot deep hole. That she made. She groaned, rubbing her head, stars above her head. Yes, there were actually stars above her head. I could see them. Then, she jumped up, looking around. When she spotted me, she sent me a soul-freezing glare. I could feel my soul ice over. It was quite uncomfortable. "Umm..." I started, looking around, anywhere except Twilight's face. "Hi?" I finished with a hopeful look at her. "Cinder..." She growled menacingly. "Didn't you annoy me enough yesterday?" "No." I replied without thinking. She is really good at scaring the crap out of me with glares. "Er..." I quickly replied, saving myself with my wit. "Is there anything I can do that involves not being in the library when you explode?" "When? I explode? Cinder..." Twilight growled, her right eye starting to twitch a little bit. "Like, restock on apples?" I suggested, starting to back away. It was then that Spike saved my life. "Actually, we do need to restock on apples. If you want to, you can go and get them." he called from the kitchen. Twilight sighed and backed off. "Come on Spike! I was getting revenge on Cinder!" she said, playfully annoyed. I was shocked at her sudden change in attitude, but was still wary of her. So I just ran out the door. Of course I forgot money. So I had to go back and talk to Twilight again. Not at the top of the list, but it had to be done. After getting the money, I ran out the door again, taking in my surroundings. It was quite a beautiful day actually. The leaves on the trees were just starting to turn red, the two colors contrasting each other in a beautiful way. Then I realized something. I ran back into the library. "Twilight!" I shouted. She turned toward me, obviously trying to resist rolling her eyes. "What now Cinder?" she asked. I looked left. I looked right. I turned toward Twilight. "Where the heck did I put the money?" I said quickly, before running out the door, earning a frustrated- no, REALLY REALLY frustrated scream from Twilight. I was laughing my head off. I stopped running about a block away from the library. I assumed it was far enough away. Thought it probably wasn't. If Twilight exploded, then all of Equestria would burn. All of it... I viewed my surroundings. I was pretty close to the town square, judging from the constant sound of ponies chatting coming from the... Let's just say North-West. I pivoted in that direction and started walking. Hopefully, I would make it there without anything too bad happening. "Incoming!" I heard from behind me. 'Great,' I thought. '20 bits on it being Rainbow Dash about to crash into me'. "Nope," I heard Ungy say before I was hit from behind by a very fast moving object that felt suspiciously like a scooter. 'I NEVER MADE THE BET! IT WAS ALL A LIE!' I thought. Then I realized something. I hadn't sung anything yet. "I believe I can fl-" I began, but was cut off when I finally hit the ground. It hurt. Not as bad as I expected though. I looked up from the really deep hole I had just dug. How did that even happen? I was flying at an angle, the hole was straight down. Needless to say, I dismissed it as cartoon physics. I heard three recognizably adorable voices coming closer. Then I saw three familiar heads peek at three points on the edges of the hole. It looked quite comical actually. "How did you make a hole that big when we hit you going pretty slowly?" the familiar orange filly asked. "Slowly?" The familiar white filly said, "If you call that slow, I'd hate to see what you call fast!" "Fast is Rainbow Dash speed!" Scootaloo retorted, "Mach eleventeen!" "That's not a number!" "If it was it would be really fast okay!" "You could have just said ten! Or five or something!" "That would be too slow! Rainbow Dash flies at-" I cut Scootaloo off, "She can only reach Mach one if I remember correctly." "Oh yeah" Scootaloo said. "But that's still really fast!" "Yes" I said, bored. "It is very fast. Now can you get me out of this physics-defying hole please?" The three traded a look. "Oh yeah." After about twenty minutes of attempting to get out of the hole, Twilight came by and got me out with magic. Nifty stuff that. I wonder if she could cook marshmallows instantaneously. That would be awesome. After I escaped, Twilight took the money and went to get the apples herself. She was muttering something about "Carbonitium alloy of the third degree" if I heard correctly. Which I didn't. But anyway. After that brief encounter with the embodiment of magic, the CMC and I shared a glance. "So..." Sweetie Belle began slowly, "What exactly are you?" I stood there for a moment, silent. The I leaped up. "I am a Cyndaquil!" "What's a-" Scootaloo started to ask. "Nope!" I interrupted. "Nope! I already explained it thirty two thousand eight hundred and fifty times." I paused. "Minus thirty two thousand eight hundred and forty seven." The stared at me for a second. "That's three." Sweetie Belle said, quirking an eyebrow. "That's four too many." I retorted like a sir. They stared at me for another few moments. "Okay! I'll tell you." I said, exasperated. After explaining it for a whopping fourth time, we made a mutual agreement to go to Sweet Apple Acres. By mutual I mean the literally forced me into the wagon and drove me there. Although it was pretty fun, it was pretty scary as well. I mean, seriously! Scootaloo can make that scooter go very, very fast. I'm pretty sure I was screaming, but I couldn't hear much. We literally flew over the gate to Sweet Apple Acres and took a right into an apple field. I had about three seconds to admire the beautiful scenery before we reached our destination. We screeched to a halt in front of a very familiar clubhouse of awesome. I looked at it. It seemed a little more fixed up from when I had last seen it. On television. In a cartoon. But that's beside the point. It was pretty and it was shiny. Well it was pretty shiny at least. "This," Apple Bloom began proudly, "is the Cutie Mark Crusader clubhouse!" "It's where we plan all of our plans to get our cutie marks!" Scooaloo added. "Most of which end with us getting covered in tree sap..." Sweetie Belle finished, "Rarity always yells at me for getting sap in my mane." I quirked an eyelid, "How does that work?" I inquired, "I personally find it quite difficult to get covered in tree sap." Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other then at me. "Scootaloo" they said simultaneously. While said pegasus looked a little guilty. Only a little though. "So is she a tree sap magnet or something?" I asked, cocking my head to the left. "Pretty much," Apple Bloom said. I was silent for a moment. "That's actually pretty cool," I said, much to the disdain of Sweetie Belle. "No it's not!" she shouted, "It makes Rarity yell at me every time we go out to do something!" "I see your point." I replied, remembering when Rarity had made an entire diamond dog den work for her because she whined. "Back to the point!" Scootaloo yelled, jumping in between us. "We need a plan to get our cutie marks!" "Cutie mark crusader sap magnets?" I offered, gaining a glare from Scootaloo. "How about..." Apple Bloom said, thinking, "cutie mark crusader lumberjacks!" "I have no objections," Said Scootaloo. "I do," Sweetie Belle said grumpily. "It has the word 'tree' in it," "No it doesn't," I pointed out. "It has something to do with trees then!" she shouted. "Can't argue with that," I said, shrugging. "So since Cinder's vote doesn't count because it's his first time-" Scootaloo began. "Oi!" I objected, "I resent that!" "Quiet!" Scootaloo snapped. "We are going to do it, so let's go," We stood on the crest of a hill, overlooking a lonely tree in the center of an empty field. It would be standing tall and proud, but it was old and hunched over. "Okay," Apple Bloom began, "AJ has wanted to take this tree down for a while, but has never had the time to do it," "So we're doing it" Sweetie Belle said, giving the tree a critical eye. She was silent for a couple seconds. "What could possibly go wrong?" she said, shrugging. "We're doomed," I said, knowing that that phrase was pretty much the signal for the destruction of the universe surrounding anything that related to the object in question that the phrase was about. "I agree with Sweetie Belle on this one." Scootaloo said, shrugging. "There's not much that could go wrong with this," "Now there is." I deadpanned. "Can we just go earn our cutie marks now?" Apple Bloom asked, exasperated. "Sure!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo chorused. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS LUMBERJACKS!" They shouted simultaneously, reminding my ears of how they felt when a Pokemon used Screech. I went tumbling down the hill as the Cutie Mark Crusaders followed. In seconds we were at the tree. We all stood still for a second, wondering what to do. "We need something to chop this down with." Scootaloo said. "Eeyup." Apple Bloom said. "There's an old hatchet in the barn that I found a little while ago while looking through a bunch of stuff." "Let's go get it!" Scootaloo said, eager to get started. "Come on, you can show me where it is!" The two ran off, leaving me with Sweetie Belle near the tree. "Huh." I said, wondering how they could possibly have forgotten something that important. "Do you think that you could have done something to chop down the tree before they left?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Yep." I replied. "Can you do it now?" she asked again. "Try and stop me." I replied. I went up to the old tree, testing the strength of the tree with the little stub thing at the end of my leg. I should really ask Twilight what the proper terminology for that was. The tree felt pretty hard, but I was confident that I could take it down with a couple tackles. "Stand back" I said, trying to remember how to crack my neck. "This could get messy." Sweetie Belle backed away as the tree and I had an epic stare-down of epic proportions. Then I ran at it, shouting 'Tackle!' as I went. I unwittingly felt my body shoot forward as I collided with the tree at an impressive speed. Back first. And of course I had forgotten what happened whenever I felt aggression of any kind, and using tackle counted as aggression. So the tree caught fire. The fire quickly encompassed the entire tree, which let out a groan as it fell to the side, leaving nothing behind but a pile of ashes. All was silent for a few minutes. "... That was freaking awesome." I said, nodding my head, turning to look at Sweetie Belle, who was just staring at the ashes. "... I don't think that that counts as chopping it down." She said slowly. "I don't care!" I shouted, running around in a circle. "That was cool!" "Scootaloo is going to be-" she trailed off as I was hit by an orange and purple blur. "Mad..." she finished cautiously, watching as I got the tar beaten out of me by an angry pegasus. She sighed as Apple Bloom walked up next to her, sitting down beside her. "This is going to be a long day." she said, lying down on the dry field. I didn't want to be the one to tell Twilight that I had burned a tree down, but who else was? No one. So I didn't tell her and she would hopefully never find out. I let out a yawn as I sat down at the table in the kitchen. Casting a weary glance to Twilight and Spike. I was sore and tired. Running from Scootaloo had given me the workout of a lifetime. But I eventually had got away, thinking of how I was going to apologize. I eventually decided I didn't. We ate in silence. I was brooding, and Twilight was reading. Spike was happily crunching on a few gems. By the time it ended, I realized I had been eating hay for a quarter of an hour, followed by a "Bleh! Hay!" and an "are you kidding me" glance from Twilight. After that I sat down and read until it was about time for me to go to bed. I searched the library for a suitable spot, eventually deciding to sleep in a gap left by Twilight in the research section. As I drifted off to sleep I began to wonder what I was going to do if I had to leave. A/N Sorry this took so long, there was a lot of school stuff that was keeping me from working. High school is hard when you're just starting out! So anyway, thanks for the support and not yelling at me blah blah blah goodnight.
What?It was a perfectly normal day. I was sitting on my front porch, eating a Popsicle while playing on my Nintendo DS. It had been a while since I played Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, so I decided to just start a new game to remember the basics. I had just finished the test, me being quirky. A quirky person like you should be a... Cyndaquil! "Yay" I said quietly to myself, as my phone buzzed with a text message. I pulled it out of my pocket, putting the now finished Popsicle (or at least the stick) on the table. I opened my phone, reading the text. "Warhammer. My house. Now." I sighed. Leaving my stuff at his house was actually a really good idea. I put my head inside for a second, shouting to my parents, "I'm going to Alex's to Warhammer! Be back later, I'll text you!". After hearing their reply of consent, I ducked out of the house and ran to my bike, leaving my DS on the table outside. I was too busy running to my bike to see the man looking at the DS screen on the table. "Cyndaquil..." he said, stroking his chin. I rode my bike as fast as possible up the street. It took a good 10 minutes to get there, and I didn't want to be late, so I just went as fast as possible. I didn't even notice that all of the people I passed were the exact same man who was on my porch. I just had to get there fast. "Excuse me!" a man called, running up beside me. "Could you spare a moment?" "Just a little time" I replied quickly, "I have somewhere to be." "Oh, in that case you can go!" The man said, waving it off, "I didn't mean to bother you!" I turned around and started pedaling again. Looking forward, I didn't see the man next to me until it was too late. With a shove, he pushed me into the path of an oncoming car. The only thought going through my head was, 'Huh?' as I was run over. White. A blank white world. I was floating in whiteness. "What?" I said, looking around, "What happened?" "Sorry about that" a voice replied "But I lack the powers to bring your entire body here. So, I just brought your soul!" "Wait... You brought me here?" I cried, still confused as hell. "Take me back!" "Yeahno. Your head got run over by a car. You won't last long if you go back to your body." the voice replied. I heard a pair of... Something snapping. A vision appeared in the whiteness in front of my face. It showed a car, an old man, and a young man standing over a body. My body. I gasped. The contents of my head were spread across 4 feet of road next to me. I felt nauseous. But I couldn't throw up when I was just a spirit, could I? "Sorry about that. Like I said, too weak to just grab you up and plop you down in Equestria." the voice said. "What... How... What..." I stammered, before realizing something. "Did you say Equestria?" I asked turning around to see the being that brought me here for the first time. He (I say he lightly) was the strangest being I had ever laid my eyes on. His very existence seemed to break the laws of reality. He looked at my gaping jaw, then into my eyes. "I suppose you want to know who I am." he said, hardly batting an eye at my confusion. I nodded slowly. looking him up and down. "Very well." He replied. "I... Am... Pause for dramatic effect... Ungehorsam!" he shouted, fireworks coming out of tubes that appeared in his eyelids as he spoke. (Don't even ask) I did a double-take. "Isn't that German for disobedience?" I asked, now thoroughly confused. The fireworks stopped. "Nuts, you speak German." he said, still in his pose. "Yep" I said, proud of this, "I got a lot of money for my eleventh birthday from my Uncle, so I bought a Rosetta Stone for German. Then I spent countless hours learning German." "You learned a new language... In a little more than a year..." he said, silently amazed. "Yep. That's right!" I said, loving the feeling of him stroking my ego. "Huh." he said. "Well, if I keep you here any longer, your spirit will decay into nothingness, so let's transfer!" "Wait, what?" I said, now confused beyond belief. He took a deep breath, "You are going to be transferred into a different body than the one you have now, you are going to be my pawn in the chess game of the gods, so do be kind to the ponies you will meet, I am the god of disobedience, so making you into what I'm going to make you into is not allowed, but I don't care. You are going to land in Ponyville, but the GGG is taking place, so you will not see any of the Mane 6 until later. You will however-" He was cut off by a flash of light from above. "Or I could just let you go now" he said quickly, snapping his appendages together and disappearing, along with the whiteness. Now I was above a small lake, a pond really. Looking down, I could see the choppy water obscuring my reflection. I barely had time to wonder if I was a pony before I hit the water. As I hit the water, a draining feeling i had never know before came over me. I almost fell, instead choosing to not drown and make it out of the evil water. I crawled to the edge of the shallow pond. Infuriatingly slowly I might add. I fell to the ground, panting. Looking back, I must have looked weird, a strange creature that appeared a foot above the pond, only to fall down into it and slowly make it's way to the shore. The pond wasn't even head height, I could stand in it just fine, so why was I so tired? As I crawled out of the pond, I though I heard a voice say "It's super effective". I looked around spotting a familiar purple dragon gaping at me. I turned toward him, "The water is evil" I said before blacking out. "I'm telling you Twilight, it just appeared above the pond!" a voice cried from next to me. I assumed it was Spike. "That doesn't make any sense, Spike!" another voice cried, sounding a lot like Twilight. "You are both fools, it is obvious that he is a human turned into whatever creature this is. Do you not remember the prime examples that we have encountered so far? There are many of them. Oh look, it wakes." this voice I didn't recognize. It sounded vaguely familiar though. Surprisingly cultured for a small town such as Ponyville. "How else am I supposed to..." Spike cried. He turned towards me. "Oh look he's awake" he said calmly. I opened my eyes. Well My eyes weren't' open, I could tell that, but I could see. Strange. I saw a purple unicorn and a baby purple dragon standing over me, confused looks on their faces. I realized something. I sat up, startling the dragon. "Mirror, now." I said, groaning as I sat up. "O...Okay" Twilight said, bringing a mirror over to where I sat. She held it in front of me. I looked into it. A Cyndaquil stared back. End Chapter A/N: Well here we are then, the first chapter! I mulled over this idea for a full 10 minutes before putting it down on my computer, so this is not well thought out. But anyway, I hope you all enjoy my take of "Chess Game of the Gods"
Why can't I open my eyes?I stared at the Cyndaquil. I couldn't really tell if the Cyndaquil stared back at me, it's eyes were closed. I don't think Cyndaquils actually can open their eyes. I'm pretty sure they are glued shut or something. Anyway, we held a staring contest. opened my mouth. The Cyndaquil opened it's. I turned my head to the left. The Cyndaquil did the mirror image. My final deduction? I was a Pokemon. I stared at the mirror a bit more. Oddly enough, the first though to come to my mind was, 'Pokemon can't talk'. Twilight cleared her throat, "Umm, I hate to interrupt whatever you're doing, but, what are you?" She asked curiously, tilting her head slightly. I stared for a few more seconds before turning around. I replied cautiously, "Via an extremely reliable Scientific deduction, I appear to be a Cyndaquil." She opened her mouth to voice a question, but I interrupted, "That was sarcasm. I looked in the mirror." She shut her mouth again. Spike spoke up, "Umm, What's a Cindy-quail?" I looked at him. "A Cyndaquil, SIN-da-QUILL, is a fire mouse Pokemon. I know that is not a very good explanation, but that is the best I can do because I have no idea what the heck just happened. I get plucked from my world by the god of disobedience, and suddenly I'm above a pond. The fact that I'm a Cyndaquil explains the energy draining effect I experienced when falling into said pond, but how did I get here? And how many days has it been? Where am I? Why am I a Pokemon? What the heck is happening?" I finished my rant, feeling a warmth on my back. I turned back to Twilight and Spike. Seeing them opened-mouthed, I turned back to the mirror. I saw exactly what I was expecting. There was a fire coming out of my back, slowly dying down, I watched as it was sucked back into my back, not even leaving a mark. I turned back to them. Their mouths still wide open. I sighed. "This... Is going to need some explaining, huh." Twilight nodded slowly. I sighed again. "This could take a while..." After explaining the concept of a Cyndaquil to Twilight and Spike to the best of my ability, I looked around again. Judging from the presence of Spike, Twilight, and thousands of books, I assumed I was in the Ponyville Books and Branches library. I also saw Owlicious perched on a nearby perch. I started exploring the library, looking at the peculiar way the books were arranged. Upon asking, I learned that they were sorted by the third letter of the Author's first name. She would have gotten along well with my sister. I stepped near the door, looking at the entire library at once. It looked almost exactly the same as in the show. I sighed. I was really in Equestria. And I was really a Pokemon. I turned around to ask another question, when the door broke down and Rainbow Dash flew in. To say the least, I jumped. And hit the ceiling. Really hard. Then somehow landed on top of Rainbow Dash. Who jumped. But she can fly, so she was better off. I fell off of her onto the ground, wincing when I put weight on my anything. "Owwwwww..." I said, dazed. I noticed Rainbow Dash staring at me. I sighed. Again. "I should write out what I'm going to say, shouldn't I." After explaining... AGAIN the concept of a Cyndaquil to Rainbow Dash, who wasn't listening the first time, I looked out the open door. Deciding there was only one way to really explore the town, I just walked outside. Humming. Loudly. Ignoring the confused stares from almost half of the population, I just walked along, seriously not giving a crap about anything. The Architecture is surprisingly human, despite the builders being ponies. I saw several ponies, who were obviously used to random creatures appearing in their midst, just raising an eyebrow. Twilight appeared behind me in a flash of light. She looked around. "Umm, I think it might be better if you introduced yourself a little more slowly." She said worriedly. I turned to look at her. "But this is fun. I liked seeing ponies confused." I said with a head tilt. Her left eye twitched. I quickly turned back toward the library, "Okaaay, leaving now!" I shot while running back. Spike looked from Peewee to me when I opened the door. He smirked, "Did Twilight scare you into coming back?" I just glared. But then a though came into my head. I smirked. I glared at him. But this time, "Leer." I said, continuing to glare, he jumped back, a small "eep!" emitting from his mouth. I smiled, I had used leer. "It's super effective." I said under my breath as Twilight came in. She looked from me to Spike, then back to me. "What happened?" She asked, sounding worried and confused at the same time. I replied "I used leer! It's super effective." With a genuine smile. She looked at me confusedly. I sighed "never mind, you wouldn't get it. She shook her head. "Anyway," She started, "I sent Rainbow Dash to get the other Elements. They should be here in about a half an hour." I chuckled. "A little less then chaf an hour." She turned away from me, going outside, saying "You stay in here, they can all meet you together." I attempted to salute, but ended up falling over. Spike chuckled. I glared at him. "Do you want me to use tackle next?" I snarled, chuckling as he "eeped" again. I went over to a bookshelf, looking for something good. I saw a Daring Do book on one of the top shelves. I really wanted to see if they were as good as Rainbow Dash says. Unfortunately, the book was on one of the top shelves, so I had to jump for it. I smiled to myself. "Challenge accepted." I jumped. Too high. I hit the ceiling again. "Ow." I said, shaking my head, "How is that even possible?" I tried again, got it just right, pulled the book off of the shelf, and fell on my back, rolling over and dodging the book that landed beside me. I turned toward it. Picking it up could be a problem. Naah, I'll just use my face to turn the page. I flip it over. "Daring Do and the Phoenix Feather." I read aloud, "By... What?" Spike looked up from the book he was reading. "What's the matter?" he asked. I turned to him. "I assumed Daring Do was a fictional character, is she a real pony?" "Yeah" he replied, "Everything in those books actually happened." "Cool." I said, turning back to the book, opening the book to the first page. I read for about 10 minutes before I heard voices outside the door. I looked up from my book to see Twilight open the door, followed by Rainbow Dash and the other Elements of Harmony. I stared at them. They stared at me. "Is it... Sleeping?" Rarity asked. "Ah'm not sure sugarcube, but, what is it?" Applejack asked Twilight. "He said he was a Cyndaquil." She replied. "Why are we whispering?" Pinkie asked from next to Applejack "Good question" I called from across the room, startling every one except Twilight. Twilight looked around. "Alright is everypony..." She sighed heavily. "Fluttershy, there's nothing to be afraid of." A small "eep" came from the doorway. I turned toward the source, finding an open door. Rainbow Dash sighed, walking out, returning seconds later pushing Fluttershy in front of her. She was resisting, her eyes closed. Rainbow deposited her next to Rarity. She opened her eyes, hiding under her mane. Twilight sighed. "Alright, everypony, let me introduce me to..." she paused. "I just realized I never asked your name, what's your name?" "Just call me Cinder." I said, debating telling them my real name later. Twilight continued "Okay, this is Cinder, he-" she was cut off by Fluttershy gasping. Fluttershy flew over to me, "Oh my gosh he is so adorable!" she said, picking me up off the ground and hugging me. Right now I'm glad I can hold my breath for 2 minutes and 2 seconds,because any other person would have suffocated long ago. She let go, most likely realizing she was killing me. She then sat down next to Rarity again, blushing and hiding behind her mane. I stood there for a couple seconds before sitting down next to Spike, who had joined the circle next to Twilight. Twilight looked around before pulling out a nearby scroll from the shelf. "Alright, if there are going to be no more interruptions... We can continue" she stated, unraveling the scroll. "As I was saying before, Cinder is a..." she paused. "Actually, I should let him tell you, he knows better." I sighed and prepared to explain the concept for the third time that day. I turned toward Twilight. "Please tell me you took notes, because they would be really helpful the next time I have to explain this." She shook her head. I sighed. "Hoo boy." I turned, then I had a thought and turned back. "Also, I want to ask, how was the Grand Galloping Galla?" I asked. She looked at me. "How did you know about the Grand Galloping Galla?" she said, sizing me up. I decided to take a stretch and gave the most reasonable answer possible. "Internet." She sighed. "Not another." "Another what?" I asked, wondering what she was talking about. She sighed again. "Another human. It started with Griffin and now they're popping up all over the place. It's getting frustrating." I perked up, "There are other humans here?" I said, excited. "Yes..." She replied cautiously. "Cool!" I was about to run out the door again when I remembered something else. I turned to her, "I can has outdoor privileges?" She nodded slowly. I walked outside. "Spike! Walk with me." He ran up next to me. "Umm, why?" he inquired. "Because you looked like you needed a break from work." I replied, watching as Rainbow Dash flew away into the distance. "..." "You don't care at all do you?" "Nope. Not really" "That's surprising really, I don't think anyone would willingly organize the books in a library 7 different ways a day. It doesn't sound fun to me." "I really do enjoy it though." "I seriously can't see how." "It's fun." "How is organizing fun?" "It just is." I sighed. "Whatever you say." I turned toward the library. I remember hearing a third voice before I woke up, I decided to investigate. I re-entered the library, looking around. The third voice I heard when I woke up spoke again. "Aaah, so it returns." "I have a name you know." I shot back. "And a gender." "You can comprehend my speech?" the voice replied, somewhere by Owlicious. "I guess so." I said. "Hmmm." The voice said. "This complicates things. My name is Owlicious. Pleased to meet you." "Huh." I said, honestly not all that surprised. "Nice to meet you, my name is Cinder." "Seconded" Owlicious replied. "I thought you said your name was Owlicious?" I said, trying to withhold my laughter. He paused. "Nice to meet you as well Cinder." "Seconded" I said, struggling to keep a straight face. And failing. I started giggling madly. Owlicious looked on, very confused by my antics. "Well, with that mystery solved, I should be on my way once again. I forgot to inquire Twilight about my lodgings." I said with a cultured accent. "Very well. Goodbye now." Owlicious replied cautiously. "Adios." I noticed Spike staring at us. "What?" I asked him. "You can understand Owlicious?" he said, silently amazed. "Yuppers." I replied, cool as vaporous Mercury on a hot summer day. "Huh." he said, turning back to his book. "Weird." "Do you know where Twilight went?" I asked, "I need to ask where I will be staying." "Oh she went to Sugarcube Corner with the other elements" Spike replied. "Oooh this should be fun." I said with a smirk, before running out the door to look for Sugarcube Corner. End Chapter A/N: I really enjoyed writing this chapter. That is all.
You Again?I walked through the streets of Ponyville, hopefully heading towards Sugarcube Corner, pondering what I had heard from Twilight. There were other humans here. That means either Ungehorsam had brought them all, or they were brought by various other gods. I assumed it was the latter, because Ungehorsam didn't seem like one to be capable of handling more than one thing at once. "Hey!" someone... Excuse me, somepony, shouted from right beside me. I jumped. Not as high this time though. I turned to the pony that said that. He was a beige Pegasus pony. His eyes glowed with a strange power. "I can handle plenty of things at once!" He said. "Well you don't show it very well." I said back. His body was throwing up wisps of smoke. "You can't yell at me and maintain that disguise at the same time." He snorted. "Well I suppose I should go back into my normal form then." The pony's cutie mark detached from the rest of his body. I probably should have noticed that the cutie mark was Ungehorsam himself. The body of the pony dissolved into beige-colored mist that was sucked into Ungehorsam, whose size had been greatly reduced. That made him less visible. Of course, he was probably invisible to anybody except me. "Yep." He said, hitching a ride on my back. "So, can you tell me about this game?" I asked, hoping to get some answers. "Sure thing, bucko." He said. "It all started with Discord. Big suprise, right? Anyway, he brought a human to Equestria, changed him into a Diamond Dog, and then a bunch of other gods decided to follow suit, bringing humans to Equestria and changing them into native creatures. Except me. I'm the god of disobedience, so I can't just follow the rules. I brought your form from another universe, so you are now best Pokemon Cyndaquil. Now the god's 'pieces' are going out adventuring and doing stuff. You should too. It'll be fun!" I pondered the request for a bit. I kind of liked going out and doing stuff, but I was in Ponyville, of all places. How could I leave? "I don't know..." I said cautiously. "I'll think about it." "Good enough." He said, disappearing and reappearing right in front of me. "Now let's talk about you." "Me?" I asked, not sure what he was getting at. "Yes. Your new body to be specific. As a Pokemon, you will level up." I stared at him blankly. "Are you serious?" I deadpanned. He coughed. "Yes. The way I made it, when you fight battles, you will level up. When you level up, you will see a number flash in front of your face. Right now you are level 5. If you, say, beat up a manticore, you will level up to 6. The number 6 will flash across your field of vision, and you will... Well... You will feel a bit stronger." "Okay..." I said slowly. "So you made my life like a video game?" "Yes..." He said, mimicking my tone. "Cool!" I shouted. Who wouldn't be excited by their life being a video game? Then I realized something. "I'm a Pokemon, I only have Tackle and Leer now, how will I learn new moves?" "Ooh! Ooh!" He said excitedly, jumping up and down. "I LOVE this part!" "What is it?" I asked, confused by his antics. "Pretty much, you will remember how to do it." He said giddily. I stared at him. "Example time! Yay!" He shouted. "At level 6, you will learn Smokescreen, correct?" I nodded slowly. He continued, excited. "When you reach level 6, memories will flash through your head. Memories that aren't yours." "I'm trying desperately to not think about how weird that is. And failing. That's wierd!" I finished. "I know, I know." He said, waving it off. "But It'll make sense. Plus, you learn Smokescreen! Win Win Win Win situation, right?" "I don't know..." I said, feigning worry. Memories are scary things. "I can give you memories of Slenderman hunting you down for years before finding you and killing you if you don't stop pretending to do things right now. I can read your mind, you know." He deadpanned. I pause. "I knew I didn't say some of those things out loud!" I said, before realizing he was serious. "Ooooh that would be bad..." I said, unseen eyes open wide. He cackled. "If you need me, just think my glorious and wonderful name really loudly." "One does not simply think loudly." I replied, silently congratulating myself on using a meme correctly. "Yes you do." He argued. "Try it." I imagined myself screaming at him that it wasn't possible. I looked to see him on the ground, having assumed his pony form again, covering his ears. I poked him. He glared at me. "Ow." He said, his voice deep. And scary. Very scary. I shivered. "So... I guess it is possible?" I cautioned, backing away warily. He said nothing but continued glaring. "Uncle!" I shout, wishing I could close my eyes. "Stop glaring at me like that!" Then I realized. Two could play at that game. "Leer." I said, feeling the anger flash out of my system. Into him. He "eep"ed and jumped back. He changed into a purple Treeco. "That was a mistake. he said. "Screech!" Following that was an eardrum bursting scream that made me fall over backwards, wishing I could cover my ears. I lay there for what felt like a few minutes but was only really a few seconds. Then, I stood up. "Ow." I said. I looked around. Ungehorsam was gone. I slowly started to move towards what I hoped was the direction of Sugarcube Corner. Unbeknownst to be, the same beige Pegasus stallion watched me from the shadows. I saw Sugarcube corner in the distance, it's looking like a freaking gingerbread house made my mouth water uncontrollably. But of course that caused an unpleasant feeling in said mouth, so I thought of roadkill rotting on the side of the road to relax my... Uh... Spit muscles? Confusing. Anyway, I walked into the store to see Twilight and the other Elements sitting at an eight person... Pony table talking about something. Since there were two extra seats, I hopped into one. "Is this seat taken?" I said in my best English accent. Which, admittedly, wasn't that good. They just stared at me. "Am I interrupting something?" I asked, switching back to a normal tone of voice. "No..." Twilight said "We just weren't expecting you to just jump up on a chair like that." "Speak for yourself, Twi!" Rainbow said. "I was totally expecting that." I saw a great chance for trolling, and took it. "And I bet you’re expecting that whipped cream pie flying towards the back of your head as well, huh?" She sprang out of her chair, looking behind her while floating in the air. I fell on the ground laughing. It was actually pretty hilarious to see. I jumped back in my chair to see the Rainbow glaring at me and the others, save Fluttershy, who was smiling slightly, visibly holding back laughter. “Anywho” I began, “As for why I came here. I need a place to stay here.” Twilight was visibly surprised by this. “Stay?” She asked, looking at her friends. “None of the other humans we’ve met have stayed. Why are you?” I pondered this for a moment. Then, having decided a good accent to talk in, I looked her in the eyes. My amazing Australian accent amazed amassed ponies. “Listen, sunshine” I said in my A.A.A. “I’m twelve. I don’t want to go out and do anything that involves me… Doing… Things.” I finished lamely. They all stared at me. Finally Twilight spoke up, “That’s… Really young.” She said, looking shocked. I shrugged. “Hardly my fault. Hopefully my stay will consist of cotton candy filled wonders and fluffy sheep!" I narrowed my eyes in a serious and (hopefully) awesome way. "Extremely fluffy." They stared at me like I was insane. Which, admittedly, I probably was. I paused for a moment, realizing something that I saw in an episode. "Sheep are sentient aren't they." I said, with my amazingly beautiful poker face. Twilight nodded slowly, now looking slightly disturbed. I felt strangely like I had made a vague sexual innuendo. I shook my head. I didn't even know what innuendo means. "Anyway!" I said forcefully. "Back to the matter at hand. Where can I stay? Should I camp out in the forest? Should I buy a house? Should I sleep in a tree? That last one has two meaning actually. But where? Where shall I go? What should I do?" I made a weird face to finish it off. Twilight sighed. "Well, I do have a spare room in my library that you could use I guess." I raised an eyebrow. 'Do Cyndaquils have eyebrows?' I thought to myself. "I would rather sleep on a bookshelf. Bookshelves are cool." I heard some attempted stifled laughing coming from behind me. I didn't bother looking. Ungy had a very... Unique laugh, and I could tell it was him. I heard a faint "Don't call me Ungy" from behind me, but I ignored it. I had found a new nickname for my chess master. I saw Twilight staring at me with an 'Are you kidding me?' face, that was actually pretty funny to see. "Seriously" I said, shrugging (?) at her. "It would be fun to sleep on a bookshelf, and I am small enough! I could be... The Guardian of the Library!" I finished with a deep voice. Not as deep as I would like, but still pretty deep. Twilight sighed. I suspected she was used to antics like this from Spike. "I suppose it's fine, but there will be a bed ready for you when you decide it's uncomfortable." I glared at her. "If, my dear Twilight. If I decide it's uncomfortable." I said. Then with that sorted out, I took my leave, bowing out of the room. "I must now take my leave of this place. Thank you for your hospitality ahead of time." I walked out the door, hearing Pinkie Pie start up the conversation again. I could have sworn I heard the word "Party" but I knew the pink pony too well. She would never say that. A/N: Thank you SO much for being patient with me on this. I'm really sorry it took this long. I'll try to do a "Once every two weeks" Schedule, but I might not be able to keep that up with school starting and all. Again, sorry for the long wait!
Nowhere else?I woke with a start. Sleeping on a bookshelf is apparently not good for one’s psyche. Being in a confined space that I barely remember my cat being able to fit into is not very comforting. I had several nightmares about the evil flying books from Harry Potter. Those things were scary! I don’t quite remember how it ended, but it involved copious amounts of fire. Heh, fire. I like fire. I wonder if it came with the body? Meh, I can ask Ungy later. Where was I? Ah yes! Waking up! Waking up was boring and uneventful, but breakfast was the exact opposite. Did you know Pokémon can eat hay? I didn’t. But seriously, they tasted like French fries. Not those crappy soggy McDonalds ones either, high quality, custom built, super delicious French fries like the ones at my favorite ski resort! I kept this to myself, however, because questions are annoying. Nothing eventful happened that morning, just me reading Daring Do. Later in the day I was almost done with the first Daring Do book. I can understand why Rainbow Dash loved these, they are amazing. Think… Nevermind, Earth’s books can’t compare to it. Unless there are Indiana Jones books, but I’m not sure if there are. Meh, asking Ungy that as well. I seem to be doing that a lot lately… Hmm. No matter, back on topic! As I finished the book, I stared at Spike, who was dusting the bookshelves. “That.” I began, catching his attention. “Was friggin’ awesome.” He smiled at me before turning to continue dusting the bookshelves. “Yeah, it’s a pretty good series. Some ponies say that the first one wasn’t even the best. I turned towards the book. “You have my attention.” I saw him shrug at the edge of my vision. “They just say that the first book is just introducing Daring Do and stuff, getting a feel for the series. The next books are them going out on awesome adventures and stuff. Pretty cool right?” he finished turning towards me. I felt the sudden urge to say ‘Wrong. REALLY cool. You just grew a fou-‘ WHOAHOHO. Not puttin’ that into words. Anyway, I shrugged off the feeling with a mental glare at Ungehorsam. “Yeah! I can’t wait!” I said gleefully. “But first, I have been thinking of something that I want to ask Twilight.” I finished as I exited the room. Spike dropped the duster. “Uh oh.” Twilight was in her bedroom with a book. As I walked in, she turned the page with her nose. If I had eyebrows, I would have lifted one. Only one. Not two. I decided now was a good time to interrupt. "Why don't you turn the page with magic?" I asked, starting Twilight, who let out an "eep!" and jumping about a foot in the air. She took a second to calm down, shooting me a glare. I was proudly unfazed like George Washington crossing the Antarctic Stream. Or something like that. Might have been an ocean actually... Nevermind, put that file into the Questions For the God folder and continue on. "Cinder!" she scolded. "You scared me." I grinned. "I know." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I don't turn the page with my magic because..." She trailed off, stopping for a minute to think. "Because it feels more natural that way." Having eyes really helps articulate many emotions. Having perpetually closed eyes makes it a teensy bit hard to squint. So I decided to just shrug. "Seems legit." I said. "But now for my real purpose for bothering you. I have a question." I swear I saw here left eye twitch. I continued, thinking nothing of it. "In my world, there is a saying, that 'Magic' is just science we don't yet understand. You know science, but do you kno-" I was rudely cut off by an angry unicorn. "IF YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE I SWEAR TO CELESTIA I AM GOING TO-" she stopped mid-sentence, burying her head in the book she was reading earlier. "I am never going to be able to hear the end of this." she moaned. "Nearly every human that has come here has asked me something like-" She imitated a man's voice, "'How does magic work?' or 'How do you pick up things with hooves?'" she picked up her book to demontrate. "How do you do that anyway?" I asked, not yet realizing I was digging my own grave. REALLY deep. Like, down past Tatarus. She screamed and started madly pacing around in circles, muttering to herself, forgetting about the guilty Pokemon in the room. I'll admit I high-tailed it outta there. Why do they call it high-tail anyway? If an animal is scared, it puts it's tail between it's legs, right? Isn't that low? Anyway, over-thinking things again. I "High-tailed" it outta there, almost slamming into Spike. Okay, fine, slamming into Spike, who had probably heard the Screeches of fury and rage and fury, trying to figure out what it was. We tumbled down the stairs, which seemed a bit longer than they should have been, landing in a heap of small flame spewing creatures. "Ooow." Spike said from his position on the far wall of the library, rubbing his head. "Copy paste." I replied, wishing my puny Cyndaquil legs could stretch to my face. Which, of course, they couldn't. Because they were puny. How did Spike even get there anyhow? Well, that's another god-question. "What does that mean?" Spike asked, standing up unsteadily. "Something involving advanced and complicated technology that I am neither able to nor willing to tell you. "Don't tell Twilight about that." Spike said, "She would never stop questioning you." "Yeah I probably could have guessed that." I said, groaning as I rolled off of my back. "What was that all about anyway? Spike asked."The only other time I've seen Twilight that upset was when Griffin..." He trailed off as he realized what had transpired. "OH." he said, making a face. "You are dead." "Meh." I said acting nonchalant. "I'll die later. But for now-" I said reaching for the bookshelf. "Book two!" I shouted in triumph before heading to the library table to read. According to Spike, Twilight came down for lunch after I had already eaten. Apples from Sweet Apple Acres taste like apples, only better. A lot better. Hay is still delicious. I wonder what hay fries taste like? Do they taste like french fries, with traces of FRENCH FRIES? Because that would be freaking awesome. I had almost finished the second book when it was time for dinner. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible to make so many things out of vegetables that taste good. Where did they even get tofu? Anyway, after Having Twilight glare at me for ten minutes while I ate half my body weight, I continued reading the second book, finishing it before going to bed. This time, I was going to try the mysteries section.
Just a Tiny Tree?I woke up again. This time, I dreamed of a great mystery. Not surprising really. I DID sleep in the mysteries section. I guess they are magic. Hehe. Magic. As if... Wait a second... NO! Bad me! Back on topic. I woke up to the sound of... something frying. For a second I was thinking BACON! But then I remembered that I was in a land full of herbivores. So no bacon. Equestria suddenly seems not that great... But as I went into the kitchen, I smelled the air. It smelled like bacon. I saw Spike on a stool, frying something in a pan with a comically large chef's hat on his head. I cleared my throat to let him know of my presence, instead of scaring the crap out of him, because that had the potential to harm the bacon. I didn't want to harm the bacon. He turned around, surprised, luckily not losing his balance or cool. "Hey Cinder." he said, turning back to breakfast. "You're up earlier today." I looked out the window, realizing he was right, the sun was just peeking out over the horizon. "So I am." I said nonchalantly, shrugging. "It was the smell of... Whatever it is you're making." I paused for a second. "What are you making anyway?" Spike smiled. "I'm making hay strips. It's a new recipe I'm trying out. They're really-" I didn't hear the rest, I was too busy running around the library, doing my best not to yell and wake up Twilight. Don't look at me like that! I couldn't help myself. There was a bacon substitute in Equestria! Now I REALLY want to go there. Oh, wait a second... Anyway, back on topic. After I calmed down a bit (Emphasis on "a bit"), I bounced back into the kitchen, still quite excited, just in time to hear Spike finish his story. "And that's how I found this recipe and how Equestria was made!" He finished, turning back around to see me bouncing up and down with a smile on my face. I had a feeling I had missed an awesome story. Then I got the strangest sense of Deja Vu. There was something about a cat there... Anyway, Spike bowed after he climbed down, holding the plate of hay strips over his head. They looked like golden colored bacon. If I had saliva glands, I would have fainted. They smelled like a mix between bacon and fried tofu. Both of which are awesome smells. I couldn't wait to taste it. Luckily, it wasn't a present for Rarity. If it was, I probably would have exploded. Twice. Because when I tried a piece, I almost died. It tastes like bacon. How is that even possible? I had just eaten hay bacon. Hay. Bacon. Don't question it. Magic. After that breakfast worthy of a god (Ungehorsam approved of it!) I decided not to just sit around and read all day like I did on Earth, I was going to explore! After Twilight came down, that is. She IS my temporary guardian after all. I need to tell her where I was going. Until then, I decided to start book three. After Twilight came down the stairs, I went right up to her and asked I kept reading for a while before I realized she was up. By then it was almost 10 if my amazingly accurate internal clock was right. I walked up to her at one of the library tables. She had a serious bedhead. Or was it bedmane? Anyway, it was serious. It looked like crazy Twilight from the "Lesson Zero" episode times ten. Except without the crazy face. Twilight has the best crazy face. She sat at the table, looking into space, obviously thinking about something. I decided now would be as good a time as any to test out the scaring ability in this tiny body. ... Yeah I couldn't think of anything. So I just went up behind her and shouted the one thing that can scare a man in a missle silo surrounded by the greatest defensive technology in the world. "Fire!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, right into her ear. To say she jumped would be an understatement. I was glad we were inside, because I had a nagging suspicion that if we were outside, she would be on the moon. In a hundred foot deep hole. That she made. She groaned, rubbing her head, stars above her head. Yes, there were actually stars above her head. I could see them. Then, she jumped up, looking around. When she spotted me, she sent me a soul-freezing glare. I could feel my soul ice over. It was quite uncomfortable. "Umm..." I started, looking around, anywhere except Twilight's face. "Hi?" I finished with a hopeful look at her. "Cinder..." She growled menacingly. "Didn't you annoy me enough yesterday?" "No." I replied without thinking. She is really good at scaring the crap out of me with glares. "Er..." I quickly replied, saving myself with my wit. "Is there anything I can do that involves not being in the library when you explode?" "When? I explode? Cinder..." Twilight growled, her right eye starting to twitch a little bit. "Like, restock on apples?" I suggested, starting to back away. It was then that Spike saved my life. "Actually, we do need to restock on apples. If you want to, you can go and get them." he called from the kitchen. Twilight sighed and backed off. "Come on Spike! I was getting revenge on Cinder!" she said, playfully annoyed. I was shocked at her sudden change in attitude, but was still wary of her. So I just ran out the door. Of course I forgot money. So I had to go back and talk to Twilight again. Not at the top of the list, but it had to be done. After getting the money, I ran out the door again, taking in my surroundings. It was quite a beautiful day actually. The leaves on the trees were just starting to turn red, the two colors contrasting each other in a beautiful way. Then I realized something. I ran back into the library. "Twilight!" I shouted. She turned toward me, obviously trying to resist rolling her eyes. "What now Cinder?" she asked. I looked left. I looked right. I turned toward Twilight. "Where the heck did I put the money?" I said quickly, before running out the door, earning a frustrated- no, REALLY REALLY frustrated scream from Twilight. I was laughing my head off. I stopped running about a block away from the library. I assumed it was far enough away. Thought it probably wasn't. If Twilight exploded, then all of Equestria would burn. All of it... I viewed my surroundings. I was pretty close to the town square, judging from the constant sound of ponies chatting coming from the... Let's just say North-West. I pivoted in that direction and started walking. Hopefully, I would make it there without anything too bad happening. "Incoming!" I heard from behind me. 'Great,' I thought. '20 bits on it being Rainbow Dash about to crash into me'. "Nope," I heard Ungy say before I was hit from behind by a very fast moving object that felt suspiciously like a scooter. 'I NEVER MADE THE BET! IT WAS ALL A LIE!' I thought. Then I realized something. I hadn't sung anything yet. "I believe I can fl-" I began, but was cut off when I finally hit the ground. It hurt. Not as bad as I expected though. I looked up from the really deep hole I had just dug. How did that even happen? I was flying at an angle, the hole was straight down. Needless to say, I dismissed it as cartoon physics. I heard three recognizably adorable voices coming closer. Then I saw three familiar heads peek at three points on the edges of the hole. It looked quite comical actually. "How did you make a hole that big when we hit you going pretty slowly?" the familiar orange filly asked. "Slowly?" The familiar white filly said, "If you call that slow, I'd hate to see what you call fast!" "Fast is Rainbow Dash speed!" Scootaloo retorted, "Mach eleventeen!" "That's not a number!" "If it was it would be really fast okay!" "You could have just said ten! Or five or something!" "That would be too slow! Rainbow Dash flies at-" I cut Scootaloo off, "She can only reach Mach one if I remember correctly." "Oh yeah" Scootaloo said. "But that's still really fast!" "Yes" I said, bored. "It is very fast. Now can you get me out of this physics-defying hole please?" The three traded a look. "Oh yeah." After about twenty minutes of attempting to get out of the hole, Twilight came by and got me out with magic. Nifty stuff that. I wonder if she could cook marshmallows instantaneously. That would be awesome. After I escaped, Twilight took the money and went to get the apples herself. She was muttering something about "Carbonitium alloy of the third degree" if I heard correctly. Which I didn't. But anyway. After that brief encounter with the embodiment of magic, the CMC and I shared a glance. "So..." Sweetie Belle began slowly, "What exactly are you?" I stood there for a moment, silent. The I leaped up. "I am a Cyndaquil!" "What's a-" Scootaloo started to ask. "Nope!" I interrupted. "Nope! I already explained it thirty two thousand eight hundred and fifty times." I paused. "Minus thirty two thousand eight hundred and forty seven." The stared at me for a second. "That's three." Sweetie Belle said, quirking an eyebrow. "That's four too many." I retorted like a sir. They stared at me for another few moments. "Okay! I'll tell you." I said, exasperated. After explaining it for a whopping fourth time, we made a mutual agreement to go to Sweet Apple Acres. By mutual I mean the literally forced me into the wagon and drove me there. Although it was pretty fun, it was pretty scary as well. I mean, seriously! Scootaloo can make that scooter go very, very fast. I'm pretty sure I was screaming, but I couldn't hear much. We literally flew over the gate to Sweet Apple Acres and took a right into an apple field. I had about three seconds to admire the beautiful scenery before we reached our destination. We screeched to a halt in front of a very familiar clubhouse of awesome. I looked at it. It seemed a little more fixed up from when I had last seen it. On television. In a cartoon. But that's beside the point. It was pretty and it was shiny. Well it was pretty shiny at least. "This," Apple Bloom began proudly, "is the Cutie Mark Crusader clubhouse!" "It's where we plan all of our plans to get our cutie marks!" Scooaloo added. "Most of which end with us getting covered in tree sap..." Sweetie Belle finished, "Rarity always yells at me for getting sap in my mane." I quirked an eyelid, "How does that work?" I inquired, "I personally find it quite difficult to get covered in tree sap." Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other then at me. "Scootaloo" they said simultaneously. While said pegasus looked a little guilty. Only a little though. "So is she a tree sap magnet or something?" I asked, cocking my head to the left. "Pretty much," Apple Bloom said. I was silent for a moment. "That's actually pretty cool," I said, much to the disdain of Sweetie Belle. "No it's not!" she shouted, "It makes Rarity yell at me every time we go out to do something!" "I see your point." I replied, remembering when Rarity had made an entire diamond dog den work for her because she whined. "Back to the point!" Scootaloo yelled, jumping in between us. "We need a plan to get our cutie marks!" "Cutie mark crusader sap magnets?" I offered, gaining a glare from Scootaloo. "How about..." Apple Bloom said, thinking, "cutie mark crusader lumberjacks!" "I have no objections," Said Scootaloo. "I do," Sweetie Belle said grumpily. "It has the word 'tree' in it," "No it doesn't," I pointed out. "It has something to do with trees then!" she shouted. "Can't argue with that," I said, shrugging. "So since Cinder's vote doesn't count because it's his first time-" Scootaloo began. "Oi!" I objected, "I resent that!" "Quiet!" Scootaloo snapped. "We are going to do it, so let's go," We stood on the crest of a hill, overlooking a lonely tree in the center of an empty field. It would be standing tall and proud, but it was old and hunched over. "Okay," Apple Bloom began, "AJ has wanted to take this tree down for a while, but has never had the time to do it," "So we're doing it" Sweetie Belle said, giving the tree a critical eye. She was silent for a couple seconds. "What could possibly go wrong?" she said, shrugging. "We're doomed," I said, knowing that that phrase was pretty much the signal for the destruction of the universe surrounding anything that related to the object in question that the phrase was about. "I agree with Sweetie Belle on this one." Scootaloo said, shrugging. "There's not much that could go wrong with this," "Now there is." I deadpanned. "Can we just go earn our cutie marks now?" Apple Bloom asked, exasperated. "Sure!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo chorused. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS LUMBERJACKS!" They shouted simultaneously, reminding my ears of how they felt when a Pokemon used Screech. I went tumbling down the hill as the Cutie Mark Crusaders followed. In seconds we were at the tree. We all stood still for a second, wondering what to do. "We need something to chop this down with." Scootaloo said. "Eeyup." Apple Bloom said. "There's an old hatchet in the barn that I found a little while ago while looking through a bunch of stuff." "Let's go get it!" Scootaloo said, eager to get started. "Come on, you can show me where it is!" The two ran off, leaving me with Sweetie Belle near the tree. "Huh." I said, wondering how they could possibly have forgotten something that important. "Do you think that you could have done something to chop down the tree before they left?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Yep." I replied. "Can you do it now?" she asked again. "Try and stop me." I replied. I went up to the old tree, testing the strength of the tree with the little stub thing at the end of my leg. I should really ask Twilight what the proper terminology for that was. The tree felt pretty hard, but I was confident that I could take it down with a couple tackles. "Stand back" I said, trying to remember how to crack my neck. "This could get messy." Sweetie Belle backed away as the tree and I had an epic stare-down of epic proportions. Then I ran at it, shouting 'Tackle!' as I went. I unwittingly felt my body shoot forward as I collided with the tree at an impressive speed. Back first. And of course I had forgotten what happened whenever I felt aggression of any kind, and using tackle counted as aggression. So the tree caught fire. The fire quickly encompassed the entire tree, which let out a groan as it fell to the side, leaving nothing behind but a pile of ashes. All was silent for a few minutes. "... That was freaking awesome." I said, nodding my head, turning to look at Sweetie Belle, who was just staring at the ashes. "... I don't think that that counts as chopping it down." She said slowly. "I don't care!" I shouted, running around in a circle. "That was cool!" "Scootaloo is going to be-" she trailed off as I was hit by an orange and purple blur. "Mad..." she finished cautiously, watching as I got the tar beaten out of me by an angry pegasus. She sighed as Apple Bloom walked up next to her, sitting down beside her. "This is going to be a long day." she said, lying down on the dry field. I didn't want to be the one to tell Twilight that I had burned a tree down, but who else was? No one. So I didn't tell her and she would hopefully never find out. I let out a yawn as I sat down at the table in the kitchen. Casting a weary glance to Twilight and Spike. I was sore and tired. Running from Scootaloo had given me the workout of a lifetime. But I eventually had got away, thinking of how I was going to apologize. I eventually decided I didn't. We ate in silence. I was brooding, and Twilight was reading. Spike was happily crunching on a few gems. By the time it ended, I realized I had been eating hay for a quarter of an hour, followed by a "Bleh! Hay!" and an "are you kidding me" glance from Twilight. After that I sat down and read until it was about time for me to go to bed. I searched the library for a suitable spot, eventually deciding to sleep in a gap left by Twilight in the research section. As I drifted off to sleep I began to wonder what I was going to do if I had to leave. A/N Sorry this took so long, there was a lot of school stuff that was keeping me from working. High school is hard when you're just starting out! So anyway, thanks for the support and not yelling at me blah blah blah goodnight.
