My Little...AXEL???

my little...AXEL???- part 3: Axel's new friends

Axel had been wandering around Ponyville for twenty five minutes. After a while, he decided to head to the bakery. It was an easy to spot place considering every pony was entering into its doors. “That must be the place.” He wandered up and every pony began to smile at him as they noticed his presence. As he went inside he saw the banner that marked who the party was for. It said welcome to Ponyville Axel! he smiled as he entered. The place was filled with streamers and balloons and confetti. Cupcakes, muffins, and an assortment of sweets could be found on any table you walked up to. Axel spotted Pinkie over by the punch bowl. Axel casually walked up to her and said hello.

“Hey Pinks.”

“Oh, Axel, there you are! So, what do you think? Isn’t it just great, I told you it would be great, didn’t I? Every pony here would like to welcome you to our amazing town!”

Twilight walked up with another friend that Axel hadn’t met yet.

“Hey Axel, this is Rainbow Dash! She’s a really good friend of mine, and she would like to say hello.”
Rainbow Dash decided to introduce herself in her own way.

“Hey, I’m Rainbow Dash! And I’m Equestria’s fastest flyer! But I’m not just a flyer, oh no! I can create a sonic rainboom!”

“Well, that sounds interesting; you’ll have to show me sometime. My name is Axel. Got it memorized?”

“What’s that, your catchphrase?

“You could say that. so... what kind of games are there to play?

Pinkie said “there’s pin the tail on the pony, and apple bobbing, and”

Axel interrupted and asked “any serious games?”

Twilight could tell that simple filly games weren’t going to impress Axel any time soon.

“Well, we could have a race!”

Axel’s eyes seemed to light up at the sound of that. He liked racing, and he had a bit of an urge to see just how fast Rainbow Dash really was.

“That sounds perfect! A race will definitely do the trick!” he said smiling at Rainbow Dash. She was smiling back at him to let him know who the better pony of the party was!

They all met outside. The contenders were Axel, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and an orange pony that Axel didn’t recognize. She took off her hat and looked at Axel with a smirk.

“Now don’t get too excited” the orange pony said “it’s just a game, and welcome to Ponyville!”

Axel said “thanks, and what your name is?”

“I’m Apple Jack, and you?

“My name is Axel.”

The race was fun. Axel was able to keep up with Rainbow Dash, which is until her stamina word down. It was just him and the finish line! He had it in the bag, until Apple Jack ran by him so fast that he didn’t know what happened until the race was over! Apple Jack came in first, then Axel, followed by Rainbow Dash, and finally Pinkie Pie who had taken her sweet time hopping her way through the race!

“Aw man, I lost” Rainbow Dash said with a pout.

A sweet and gentle voice was heard behind the contenders. “Aw, don’t be mad Rainbow, you still came in third.” A butter yellow Pegasus had walked up to where Rainbow Dash and Axel were standing.

“Hi, I’m Fluttershy, Nice to meet you.”

“nice to... wait. Flutter...shy? aren’t you scared?”

"Oh, no. I know your friends with Rainbow Dash, so I have nothing to be afraid of.”

“That’s cool, my names Axel.”

“It’s very nice to meet you.”

A fashionable pony came up to the group and explained about how she saw the whole race.

“I mean you were right there to, but I’m not surprised that Apple Jack won. She does have a knack for doing that sort of thing.”

Rainbow Dash introduced her as Rarity.

“It’s a Pleasure to meet you Mr. umm...”

“Oh, I’m Axel.”

“Well, Axel, you sure do have an interesting mane! But it could use some work you know.”

“And what do you propose, Madame?”

“Well, get a haircut, and let me design some clothing for you.”

“I think I’ll pass on that.”

They all had a good laugh. Apparently, the six ponies all knew each other and were very good friends. Later that night, they all went to a hill to sit and watch the moon rise. Axel didn’t understand why, and Twilight explained.

“You see, the sun and the moon are controlled by two princesses. Princess Celestia controls the sun, and Princess Luna controls the moon. About a year ago, Princess Luna arrived and was going to force the world into an eternity of darkness by keeping the moon up! At this time, she wasn’t herself. And we had to stop her using the elements of harmony. We had just met, but our friendship was strong. And now, were friends as well. All of us, and you, Axel; were all friends. Our hearts are connected, and no matter where we are, we know we can find each other someday. If there is one thing I’ve learned about friendship, it’s that it’s magic! Nothing can keep up apart!”

Axel thought a bit at this. “Our hearts are connected, but I don’t have a… heart. Does it have to matter that my heart isn’t with me for it to be connected to my friends?”

As the moon rose towards the sky, Axel’s new friends were all huddled around him. They all marveled at the miracle of Princess Luna. Then, Axel felt a presence coming rather quickly from behind him! He stood up and turned to face a shining unicorn Pegasus!

“Princess Celestia!” Twilight yelled. “What are you doing here?”

“Get back from that pony!” the princess commanded. “All of you get away from him now!”

They all did as they were told. Axel was confused. Had his cover been blown, and if it was, how did she know who he really was?

“I’d recognize your dark scent anywhere, Nobody!”

Pinkie Pie argued that he was their friend!

“This is not your friend! He has no heart!” the princess said.

Rainbow dash stepped up to complain! "He does to have a heart! He’s shown that time and time again!”

Axel shot down that theory himself.

“No, I don’t have a heart...”

Fluttershy asked what he meant.

“I’m sorry, but… I’m a Nobody.

“No you’re not” Apple Jack said “you’re not a Nobody, whatever that is. You’re our friend!”

The princess then explained what a Nobody truly was.

“When a being gives into the darkness within their heart, a heartless is made, but we have none of those here, because there is no darkness where we live. When a strong heart is stolen by the darkness the empty shell that is left behind then begins to act with a will of its own. I’m sorry, but Nobodies do no truly exist at all! They have no heart, and so they have no emotion. They cannot feel sorry or happy, and because of this they cannot truly have any friends either!”

They all asked Axel if this is all true.

“Yea, every last word is true. I’d like to say I’m sorry, but then… I don’t have a heart to feel sorry with.”

After he said that, a magical square prison created by the princess formed around Axel. He did not try to break free. All he could do was look sorry for him.

“I’m taking Axel to Canterlot for interrogations” the princess said.

The main six all pleated for her to let Axel go, but their cries fell on deaf ears. Axel and the princess vanished before the ponies eyes.