Matthew's adventures in equestria

“WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!” I winced as my ears were assailed by a voice so loud a fog horn would blush with shame.

“Now princess I can e-”

“YOU DIRECTLY DISOBEYED OUR ORDERS WHAT COULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN THINKING! ”

“We should have thou court martialed for this!”

“But princ-”

“DON’T BUT PRINCESS ME! WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS EXTREMELY OUT OF LINE!”

My tail was between my legs now “But I couldn’t let the trail go cold…”

“YOUR RASH ACTIONS COULD HAVE COST YOU YOUR LIFE!”

“If you just let me talk I can explain everyth-”

“AND EVEN WITH THAT YOU STILL LET THE CREATURE GET AWAY!!”

At this point I don’t think they will let me speak so i just let them continue on for a little while until they couldn’t think of anything else to say.

Celestia looks me right in the eyes and says “give me your badge.”

A look of pure horror washed over my face “Wait wha-”

“Your being suspended from duty. You will get this back in a month.”

“But princess I had-”

“Go home Mystic Night.”

“But-”

“Go. Home.”

“Yes ma’am.”

I wake up to the sound of a sizzling frying pan and the smell of bacon. I got up and rubbed at my eyes as I tried to remember what happened last night.

I felt the foreign sensation near my hindquarters and realised that is wasn't a dream.

I started to look around and noticed that I was in a nice looking living room with the exception of a TV.

I heard the sound of hooves to my left and turned to see the mare from last night step through a doorway.

“Good your awake. Come on, breakfast is ready.” she said walking back into what I was assuming was the kitchen.

So I threw the blanket off of me and got off the couch to follow after her.

“I didn’t know ponies ate meat.” I commented as I walked into the kitchen.

“They don’t. thestrals aren’t at all like ponies when it comes to our diet. Sure we can eat fruits and stuff but not really that offen. But that’s enough of that you have some explaining to do.”

‘Oh lord’

“Before we start I think you should sit down for this. But first names are in order.”

“Right I completely forgot to tell you. My name is Mystic Night.”

‘Why do these naming conventions sound so familiar?’

“Well It’s nice to meet you Mystic Night. My name is Matthew.”

So now she was sitting down and looked at me expectantly. I sighed and went on to the explanations.

“I think you already know this but I’m not from around here.”

“Gee I wonder what would have given that away…” the snark was rolling off her in waves.

“Yes...well. It started when I woke up in that damnable forest. I don’t know why I was even there in the first place. One minute I was somewhere else the next thing I knew I was waking up in a forest with no idea on how I got there. So what I decided what to do next was find the exit, the only problem was I had no idea where that was or where I was going. So after sometime of wandering around I ran into some wooden wolf things and they were getting ready to pounce. So I did the only thing I could think of and started fighting.”

“Right... but that doesn’t tell me how you made a crater in the ground”

“I was angry?”

She gave me a womanly look.

“What?”

The look intensified.

“Alright alright! Yeesh. It was made by Ki.”

Now she just looked confused.

“...Ki?”

“Yeah. It's Inside of every living being and anyone can use it. They just need to learn how.”

“So you use this...Ki to make a giant crater and cause an earthquake…”

“Pretty much yeah.”

“How strong are you with it?”

“I could crush mountains”

“And you are able to use it?”

I just shrugged. “I’m not able to use it because I don’t know how.”

“Then how did you make the crater!”

“I have it, But I don’t know how to use it. It responds to my emotions. Namely anger.”

“Ok so you blew a massive hole in the ground because you had a temper tantrum.”

“I was fighting for my life how could that possibly be a temper tantrum?”

“You said it responds to emotions not me.”

I just glared at her for a short while before I continued

“Anyways… as for the corpses I was hungry...very hungry.”

There was a long silence.

“What the fu-”

“I’m not a pony. my body works differently than yours when I say hungry I dont mean I want to have a small meal because it’s time to eat I mean my body needed fuel and it was going to get it one way or the other. I didn’t have control over myself when that happened, I just kinda lost it when I picked up a strange scent.”

“So what you're saying is...that you eat 10 ponies worth of food…”

“Everyday.”

“I can feel my coin purse hurting already…”

“Hey I never said I was staying… I thank you for your help and everything, but I should really go.”

“Go where? You have nowhere to go and even if you did your not going anywhere I can’t keep an eye on you.”

“No I can’t do that to you, you have helped me enough. You couldn’t even afford having me here anyways, financially or morally. I’m a danger to everyone around me!”

“All the better that I keep an eye on you then, and besides I can’t let you leave all on your own! Your just a child!”

“I’ve been all alone my whole life it’s nothing new...”

There was a long silence after that. She was just staring at me now in shock.

“Are you... an orphan?”

“I wish…”

“Why were yo-”

“Leave it…”

We just sat there in silence once more.

“Do you have anymore food?”

She groaned as her head slumped down to the table with a bang.

Twilight was wearing a hole in the ground waiting for Celestia’s response muttering to herself.

“Twilight calm down.”

“Calm down? CALM DOWN?! How can I calm down Applejack? There was an earthquake from the everfree, oh you know, the forest where weird things live, so how can I calm down when something that was a big enough deal for the princesses to come investigate personally is causing BUCKING EARTHQUAKES!!!”

“Twi you need to chill. If it’s something that dangerous then we can just kick its flank 6 ways to sunday!”

“No Rainbow Dash If it was strong enough to cause an earthquake then it's not something we can beat by ourselves!”

“Twilight. We have the elements of harmony we can just use them and blast that thing with them and be done with it.”

“I still don’t know…”

Just then spike burped out a scroll. And on this scroll there were only two words. It escaped

[ Earlier…]

“MATTHEW!!”

God fucking shit ass fuck! where did he go?

“God dammit... MATTHEW!!!”

“Peace, friend. If you might deem to calm yourself, I might be of assistance.”

Who the fuck?

A hooded figure was looking at me with a unusual intensity with eyes that didn't look quite right but that might have been the shadows of his cowl playing tricks on the eye.

“Have you seen a scrawny little kid with spiky red hair and a tail?”

His eyes flashed with recognition.

“Ahhh… you must be his guardian… I’ve seen him wondering around the con for quite awhile now… I’ve seen him pass several times at this point eyeing my wares...maybe if you stick around for a little while he might turn up.”

I didn’t like the feel this guy was giving me, but at this point what else could I do?

“Perhaps while your here you can look around and take your mind off of things for a little while…heheheheh...”

“...Alright” This guy was giving me some seriously bad vibes.

“What do you have?” I started looking around the table abit.

As I looked around the stall I noticed several well made props. On display in a glass case there was an ornate looking dagger. In the hilt there was a glass tube filled with sand surrounded by brass. On the wall of the stand there hung a blaster that would be at home in the hands of a soldier of the imperium of man. Then there was a display that seemed to call to me.

Sitting on a purple felt pillow were 7 orange orbs which upon closer inspection revealed themselves to be the dragonballs sitting in a circle around a replica of the dragon radar, next to this was a small cloth bag of similar material to the pillow.

“these dragonballs. How much are they?”

“Ahh, rather fitting for a majin such as yourself 20 dollars, 30 with the other pieces of the set.

“How often did you say he has been passing by again?”

“Quite often! If you stick around you are sure to be reunited with him soon, Stranger. Hehehe.”

“Alright, I shouldn't work myself into a panic lest I miss him. I'll take the dragonballs and the rest of their set. they will make a good preemptive apology gift for matt when I find him cause I don’t think I'll be able to let him out of my sight after this. The little dude is giving me a right good scare.”

“He is sure to appreciate the sentiment when you arrive.”

“Arrive? Arrive were?”

“At your destination. Safe travels.” and with that I fell.”

“So then what’s the next city’s name?”

“Las Pegasus”

“And the next one?”

“Vanhoover”

“Next one?”

“Canterlot.”

“Ughh...the next one?”

“Detrot.”

“Ugggghhhhh...” I could feel a headache coming on which I quickly remedied by applying my head firmly to the wall... repeatedly.

“Okay what’s wrong?” I heard my tormentor call from across the room.

“The puns that’s what!”

“What do you mean by puns?!”

“Las Vegas. Vancouver. Detroit. FUCKING CAMELOT! Leave it to ponies to rip off THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS!” Each word I spoke was punctuated by the slamming of my head.

“First of all Mr. Pottymouth. watch your language. Second of all. What is Camelot, and the Arthurian Legends for that matter?”

“You know what… Nevermind.” I said rubbing my temples.

“No. no you can’t just dro-”

“BY THE WAY, what’s with the tramp stamp on your ass.” She huffed a bit at that.

“But I’m not a donkey? anyway didn’t I just say to watch your mouth?”

“Yeah sure whatever. So the thing on your butt, what is it?”

“Why are you even looking at my butt. and what is a tramp stamp?”

“Because its nice. So what is that thing.”

“...Are you flirting with me?”

“Yes no Maybe”

I watched as she slowly facepalmed. (facehoofed?) and muttered something about children these days.

“Soooooo… The booty picture?”

With her face still in her hoof she said the one thing I never wanted to hear. “It’s called a cutie mark.”

“Hello ground my old friend.”

“Oh Celestia! Matthew are you okay?!?!”

In a weak raspy voice I gasped. “I...regret...EVERYTHING...”

“Matthew! Stay with me! Not like this! NOT LIKE THIS!!!” She was cradling me in her hooves at this point.

“bleh.”

“NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

Ground, my friend, we have been reunited at last!

“But in all seriousness. What’s wrong with cutie marks?”

“I found out were I am.”

“...and that’s a problem?”

“Kinda, yeah.”

“So why is it?

“Because i‘m a looooooooooonnng way from home.”

“Were from? I could help you get back there.”

“I don’t think you can.”

“I can get you anywhere on this planet.”

“That’s the problem.”

“What do you mean that’s the problem?”

“Nevermind.”

“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?

“Take from that what you will.”

It went silent for a long while after.

“So what other cities are there?”

“Checkmate.”

“AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!” I raged while Mystic Night just sat there with that smug little grin she seemed so fond of wearing.

“You think you’re just so great don’t you with your fancy chess playing and you’re winning streaks?”

Her smirk just doubled in size.

“I swear to God I will beat you!”

“You keep telling yourself that.”

“How are you so good at this game anyway?!?!”

“I’m a military commander, why wouldn’t I be good at this game?”

“...Point taken, something tells me i’m just not gonna win today.”

“Well if you don’t take your time before making a move like that you won’t ever win. It’s not about rushing forward and hitting your opponent fast and hard, it’s about looking ahead and seeing where your going and more importantly your opponent is going. When you rush forward you miss things and details are lost. As you should well know, the devil is in the details.”

“I don’t get it.”

“To be young…” She sighs.

“By the way… how old are you anyways?”

I think I saw her eye twitch as she started smiling.

“I’m sorry I don’t think I caught that,”

At that point the warning bells should have been going off in my head. But I ignored them against my better judgement, I regret every second of it.

“I said can you tell me how old you are?”

I will leave what happened next to the imagination, but just know that I will never mention her age again. Side note shes 228 years old.

It was the beginning of a new day down here in the hive. My brothers and sisters stirring around me as the rest period drew to a close. Much needed to be done and there was little time in which to do it. We began heading out to do our assigned tasks.

I am a forager & a scout securing food for the prisoners and patrolling the caves for unwelcome visitors, cave-ins, and any passages that might have been missed or opened by tremors and the like. The caves out here in the badlands are vast and ever-changing mapping them is a constant effort that even after hundreds of years is still far from complete.

I stumbled upon a previously undiscovered cavern with a lake filling the majority of the chamber. The water was feeding into the lake from tunnels that were above the water level resulting in vast waterfalls filling the air with a light fog. In the middle of the lake with a small island. The island was thick with subterranean vegetation, giant luminescent mushrooms, thick beds of moss and other such things; there were ever a few surface plants here and there!

The cavern was lit by a breach in the roof where a ray of light descended upon the island crystals jutting out of the ground on said island were scattering the light and filling the entire chamber with a soft glow. The view was breathtaking.

My state of revery was broken when a figure fell screaming from the skylight. The being fell in the middle of the island with a wet slap.

I rushed towards the impact site dreading what I might find as I drew near the center and what I saw left me dumbstruck. Instead of the bloody meat paste that I was sure awaited me, I found a pink figure lying face down in a bed of moss. It seemed to still be breathing so I sent out a ping through the hivemind with my location and an urgent request for a med team. I hope they aren't too late.