“And that it! Your throwing me to the wolfs!” The doctor shouted inside her boss office. He didn’t look angry but bored and tired staring at the mounting of paperwork on his desk.

“All I said was that the princess will be passing by and she want to have a word with you” Mr. Steel responded calmly.

“But I can’t leave the base and I notice one of the new recruit watching my every move. Also, you shouldn’t trust the nurse with secrets, she keeps repeating that she not spaying on me every five minutes”. Steel took a deep breath to ease his trouble with little success.

“Order from above”

“And just like that your handing me over to them”. He keeps his stoic expression while the doctor was on the brink of cracking. “I swear I’ll take you down with me, what will the princess say when they hear that you hire me with a fake I.D and you had knowledge of my previews identity, Is all on my file ” Fauna presented a real threat to the stallion and she was proud of it but something was wrong. the boss keeps his cool and lean back on his chair.

“Oh, I forget to tell you. You no longer work here and that means we can legally do anything we want with your files” he said while taking a trashcan with burn paper and putting it on the desk for the doctor to see. “You can have them back”

“I supported you on the new weapon, as a doctor I said it was safe when we both know that if that spear canon hit someone there going to die” Fauna said in a low monotone voice while her face show dread. Steel Hooves smile at the doctor before responding.

“And we appreciated anything you done for us” at that moment a stallion wearing a guard uniform in training step inside the office. “Just in time, will you be so kind and escort Fauna to the office”. The doctor without restrain exit the office and slowly made her way to the office while she sees the hallway spinning. When she reaches the office, Tenderheart saw the foreboding expression on her mentor face but didn’t know how to react. The doctor when straight to the table where here bag was search through and most of her file where taking except for one book that look old and more of a dairy than work related. Fauna pick it up and sigh in relieve. I took this chance to talk to the doctor “Fauna, are you ok?”. I don’t know if she was ignoring me because she doesn’t react when I call for her. When I put my hoof on her shoulder, she jumps a in surprise.

“Get your dirty hoof off m-. Tenderheart?” the doctor felt into realization that she wasn’t alone and turn to the nurse. “I’m sorry, please watch your hoofs before physical contact, you know how I get”

“Oh, yeah, I’m sor-“ Before she finish her sentence the doctor put her hoof up as to silent the mare.

“You don’t need to apologized. What do you want nurse?” ask Fauna in a impatience tone hurting the nurse feelings.

“Doctor I’m not supposed to say this but… when I said that I wasn’t spaying on you, I lie because I was actually spaying on you”. The doctor patience was thin and all she wanted was to be left alone. “But all I want it to say is that I’m proud to call you my boss”. The bitter reminder that I was just fire from my job after years of hard work went down the drain. I had hatred stored up inside for a while and some of that was directed to the pony standing in front of me. I stood tall preparing myself to verbally abuse Tenderheart but before I spoke she interrupted me by talking first “Not everyone treats me as nice as you because I know that sometimes I’m not as smart as I pretend to be, and I just wanted to say… thanks”. Fauna pause confused that someone would expresses admiration. Kind words I don’t deserve because I never did anything special, I just treat her nice for the most part.

“Umm, thank you nurse but I really need a moment” I spoke more softly. Tenderheart smile and nodded when knocking noise came from the open doors.

“Knock, knock” Jetstream said humorously. “I have paper for Dr. Fauna”. I wave my hoof for her to approach me and she gave me the document. It only had the words ‘I need to talk to you in private’ writing on it. Fauna look at the nurse and spoke in a more friendly tone.

“Tenderheart, can you be so kind and look for the wrench again”. Jetstream seem confused from the doctor request toward the nurse.

“Ugh I hate the wretch, I can never find it” she said while leaving the room.

“What was that about?” The guard question the doctor.

“When I want a moment for myself, I tell her to look for things around the base, but I hate doing that to her”. Jets laugh laughs finding the humor in the little prank. “Look, we can’t be seen together. someone is keeping an eye on me”

“I hear rumors that the boss call you in to his office and people keep talking about how you got yourself in deep water”

“Forget about that for now, I need to know if you were serious when you said it was us against the world”

“Of course… when we talk you had so much passion your words that I have to believe in you”. Fauna stare for any wavering action but she decided to put her trust in a pony she may not see as a friend, yet. The doctor took her paper and started to write information. After a couple minute she handed back to Jetstream.

“Go to my apartment, under the sofa there a loose floorboard that should come off in it you’ll find a black bag. Take it and go where it said here to meet up with a friend. He’s can easily find dirt on anyone. Give him this paper and the bag, he should understand the rest”. Jets was bombarded with instruction, but she gave a confident nod and walk toward the door just to be stop by the doctor again. “Before you got, I forgot to mention that he’s… different from you or me, or anyone else”

“What do you mean?” Jetstream ask mystified from across the room and was hear by a passing guard who stood by the door. Dr fauna saw the stallion eavesdropping on her conversation and change the topic.

“that what I said, I no longer work here so please leave me alone”. Jetstream seem confused by the response until she turns back to see the stranger listening.

“Of course ma’am, I apologies for the misunderstanding”

“Good, leave me be” Jets saluted and took off, the guard didn’t suspect a thing leaving me alone as well. I still had my book with me. I think they search through it but only found picture and information on the different type of human I checkup. The fact that they pry into my privacy fill me with rage and I slam the book on the table. It opens on the first page on the very first human I own and… love. I grew up in Manehattan in the wealthy parts of the city where my parent would often travel across equestrian. The distant memory hit me like a ton of bricks. All of them including the unwanted ones.

The doctor picture herself in her teenage years when she was running down the halls to welcome her parents and alongside her was her human. “Hurry up Lucky!” she cries out for her friend. Lucky was a slender young male human with short black hair, and he was wearing a long aline blue dress with sandals. Her hoof smacks the polish wooden floor while the human had more delicate stump.

Crossing countless painting of humans being tortured or fighting one another. She grabs hold of the rail from the second floor where she could see her father in the first floor. Rough Diamond was a stallion with a cream coat and silver mane with a white jewel for a cutie mark and he wore a white and black suit.

She ran down the stare and almost jump on her father who stood still like a statue “Dad, where mom! Did you go far away! What did you find! Did you bring me anything!” the teenager asks excitedly while Rough pay no mind to her daughter childish antics. He look at the human who came up behind her teenager and notice his style of cloth.

“Why is he wearing female cloth?” he said in a deep voice.

“Cuz I was bored”

“Change his cloth” he demanded. The door opens again to see my mother Nettlekiss show up with an enclosed metal box that pique my interest. I ran toward the mare and gave her a tight hug and so did Lucky. Nettlekiss is a pink pony with dirty blonde mane and a cutie mark of a microphone.

“I didn’t know we had two girls in the family” the mare joke but this did not sit well with her husband.

“Don’t encourage her” her father spoke and started to walk up the stairs.

“Mom did you bring me something?” I said directly looking at the metal box but when I when to touch it, I was scared stiff.

“Don’t touch that!” her father rises his voice alarming the pony. “Nettlekiss put the box in my office and you change his cloth before someone sees him like that”

“Ok… father” the young pony answers Rough while he walks to the second floor. My mother put her hoof on my back in conform from my nervous state.

“Ignore him honey, change Lucky cloth before your dad has a fit” and she follow my dad upstairs but stop to ask me something “Oh, where’s the maid?”

“She in the kitchen cleaning after Lucky, mom you have to hear this funny story”

“That nice honey” she gave a dismissive response and walk up the step leaving the young mare and the boy by themselves. I grab the boy hand and gently pull him. I walk up the stare and saw my dad and mom locking themselves in the study room, I pass by with my head held down. I when in my bedroom and Lucky follow, closing behind him and telling the human to sit on my bed. He walks over the magazine throw in the ground before sitting in my bed.

“You know Lucky, is not fair that mom and dad get to travel all over equestrian and I can’t even go outside. All I do is stand by the window and stare at the other ponies hanging out with their friends” the girl complains while taking off his dress exposing his stomach. He wore blue short pants and I usually leave him with sandal because the floor gets cold. He quickly leans forward to lick my cheek like a dog when he’s happy. “No Lucky, you can’t do that to a lady” I told him, but he keeps his happy grin like every other human does. I swear is like they can’t show any sign of anger. “If I wasn’t home-taught, I would take you with me to school and I would have lots of girl friends and meet lots of boys” she put emphasis on the word boys and her gaze felt on the male in front of her.

She put the dress next to him on the bed and I put my two hoofs on his lap to stand up. I was able to reach his height while he’s sitting, and we look at each other’s face. I love the way his eyes follow mine with his gentle touch whenever he plays with my hair and how obedient he is. I put my hoofs on his eyes to keep them shut and I look at the door one last time with anxious thought. She turns to her human and pull her lips out to touch his.

Planting a taboo but innocent kiss. When I pull out and took my hoof off his eyes his smiles widen again “You bad boy, you can’t do that”. She took steps back with devilish thought plaguing her mind. “Your right Lucky” the lonely teenager pretend that her human could talk “We should sneak out tonight and hit the city, check out the cool kids like this one” she pick up a magazine from the ground and pointed at the pony with thrash cloths but my hoof was on the mare piercing. “luckily enough, whenever they get back from a long trip, they always head to bed early and we can roam around freely but we need a plan”

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When I hear the subtle steps of someone walking to up to my room. I quickly turn the lights off and jump in my bed and Lucky preceded to do the same. I gave him the commands “Lucky, play dead” and he threw his arm around and open his mouth. We waited for a while until I saw a light from the hallways illuminated my room. Hearing the light creaking sounds of the door opening and halting.

“Ugh, thanks Celestia she asleep” the voice from my mother bounce through the walls. “Where Diamond?” she asks someone who I can only guess was the maid.

“He when to bed already” the voice of an older pony responded. My mother sigh and close the door but I could still hear the conversation.

“Good, I shall join him. This trip was exhausting and worst of all, not worth it”

“Why not ma’am”

“We manage to get our hands on a crystal to sell it back in the city but when we got our hoofs on it we found out that is was depleted”. They both talk until there voice disappeared and I never got up until I hear doors shutting. I quickly jump to put a white shirt on my human and look outside my bedroom. When the cost was clear, and the light were turn off I sneakily move around the second floor with my human walking nonchalantly, but I stop at my dad study room. His door was slightly open showing the metal box my mom carry home. I couldn’t help my curiosity and I move with more determination. I gently open the door and set foots on the small library room. Against her father wishes and better judgement she lifts the lid off the box to find…

“A transparent crystal?” she questions while grabbing the item, it small but it looks beautiful, almost like a piece of jewelry. Noticing Lucky intensely gawk at it. I started to wave it in front of him and his eyes never broke contact. He started to get dizzy and his legs wobble for bit scaring me but he when back to normal. “Lucky, stop acting strange” I quietly told him while I put the crystal back and close the box. We silently when down to the first floor and successfully open the door for the main entrance. I stood by the entryway and just stare at the empty streets.

I tenderly took my first step on the payment and felt a rush through my body while Lucky look animus for some reason, but I ignore him because for the first time ever, I was free. I walk to the street and before crossing I look sideways and ran all the way down the streets until I reach the city full of ponies.

The first car time I saw a car ride so close to me was exciting and everyone would wear strange cloths, store with names I never hear of blew my mind away. There were a lot of stores that caught my eye, but one specifically calls to me. It was a small convenience store that sell colorful drinks with crunch ice inside.

When I got to the counter, I found two ponies my age drinking the icy drinks. They both wear the same red hoody with a black jacket inside. The tall one had pearly white coat and orange mane with red dots and her cutie mark was a gold brick. The shorter one had a purple coat with mix and mash of color on her hair almost like a rainbow, with multiple piercing on her ear and her cutie mark was a can of paint with a paintbrush.

I meet the stallion behind the counter and I pleasantly ask “Two drinks please”. He had a tired expression with bags under his eyes.

“Eight bits for both drinks”

“Bits? Can’t I get my drink now and pay later?” I ask the stallion but he laugh and quickly turn serious.

“You best be walking away miss, I don’t serve freeloader” when I was going to argue with the worker I hear the two ponies next to me cry out a fit of anger.

“What the hell! This human spill my drink!” the taller one yell and I saw my human wobble a bit and a drink under his foot.

“Oh no, I’m really sorry, I don’t understand what wrong with Lucky” I responded taking responsibility for the accident. The shorter pony eyes widen when she saw me, but she looks generally confused.

“I don’t care, all I know is that you mess with the wrong gan-“

“Wait” she was interrupted by her friend who came up next to her and whisper in her ear. She stares at her friend for a bit and turn her attention on me.

“Oh, sorry about that, what your name friend” her demeanor turns gentle on a whim.

“My name… is Goodall and my humans name is Lucky”

“Cool, my name is bob and this here is bob two” pointing at the rainbow color hair pony.

“Strange names for ponies” I awkwardly laugh at the strange tension I felt.

“Yeah, funny” she said with no humor on her tone. she waves for me to follow her and I did. They both walk a little bit further than me and I took this chance to talk to my human.

“Lucky, don’t embarrass me ok, this is our first chance to meet cool ponies like us” I told him, but he was acting a bit sluggish. On the way I try not to stare at the two girls in front of me, but I was hopeless I had to speak my mind. “You guys look like the ponies on the magazine, like really cool”

“Umm thanks” she said without putting much thought into her reply kind of like mom. I follow the stranger into an empty part of the streets where we meet a stallion. Oh, dear Celestia, I’m meeting my first boy!

“Hey, did you bring me something to eat” the teenage stallion asks. He was wearing the same red hood and he had a light green coat with pure white mane and red water splashes for a cutie mark.

“Yeah we did but first, meet our new friend Goodall” the tall pony said while putting her hoof around my neck playfully. I couldn’t help to shy away under bob forearm. “She shy, isn’t that cute”

“Totally” he said while bobbing his head to the alleyway with a wall at the end.

“Yeah, don’t hurry up” she responded. At this point I was a little scared but exited to meet so many ponies. I was drag inside the alleyway and suddenly shove to the ground. “Ok, give me all the bit you have”

“Why is everyone asking for money” I reply while getting up

“Don’t give me that bs, your loaded right?”

“No, I don’t have a gun”

“See, she the freak that live in the mansion and spend all day staring out the window” the shorter pony said.

“bob two, Why would you say hurtful thing like that?”

“My name isn’t bob you idiot”

“Cool it Misty, we can probably get some money from her dad or something” the taller pony spoke with a serious tone sending chill down my spine.

“No! my dad can’t-“ Goodall was shove back and she lose her footing falling flat on the floor.

“Because of your incompetence your about to lose your human. Drew you know what to do”

“Got it boss” the stallion answer and put his weight on the human torso bring him down. Lucky stay in the floor with harsh breath. “Wow that was easy but he’s still awake boss”

“You can hit him a couple time until he passes out”. He nodded lifting it his hoof and looking at the human head. I hear the repeated stump and Lucky body twitch with every blow.

“Stop you’re going to hurt him!”

“If you want to help him you have to fight us”. Goodall got up but was push down and this time misty hit me with her foreleg almost knocking me out. Drew finish the repeated stumps leaving his hoof cover in blood. I saw a little puddle of blood forming on Lucky head and the tear spill out.

“I love fighting humans, no matter how much you hit them they never fight back” Drew said.

“He has a point princess, you should probably get a dog” Misty said.

“Please help, somebody, anybody” Goodall cry out in veins.

“Yeah, you should probably pray because this is going to hurt” the boss spoke with a cold hard voice. I shiver and put my hoofs on my eyes to shield myself. When the boss step close to me we hear Misty complain.

“You idiot, the human got up again” she said while taking notice of the rare scowl expression on the human cover in blood.

“Damn, don’t worry I’ll take care of him” he calmly walks to Lucky and put his two hoofs on his waist hoping for him to fall again but he stood his ground. Drew try to push him, but the human put his hand on the stallion hair picking up with no trouble “Hey, let me go you stupid mut”. Lucky brought the stallion over his head and with all his Strength threw him to the grown where his body stop moving. The human look at his next target and the closes pony was Misty.

When she tries to run, he briskly grabs her tail to pull her close. His hand reaches her ear where he took hold of the piercings. Her body when still almost hoping he would leave her alone, but he aggressively yanks the accessories and split the pony skin. She keeps her mouth close and made herself look small on the floor. Covering the wound with her hoof.

He walk over her and stop a few steps away from the tall pony and me. I watch the event unfold with my own eyes and yet I didn’t believe what I was seen. A sticky drool ooze from his mouth and he rubs his lips with his tongue. “Dear Celestia, his infected!” the boss yell and ran for the other side of the alleyway. Lucky took his eyes off me and move for the escapee. His move where more brutish but calculated and jumping on top of the pony bringing her down. The human pin the boss by her neck making it difficult for her to breath, his mouth widens with the excessive drool slip landing on the pony face. Her voice was low from the pressure apply on her neck “No please, someone help me” she said with gape eyes directly looking at me.

I simple stood still gazing at Lucky slowly leaning on the pony while she tries to scream for help until his mouth landed on her left eye. Chomping down her fur taking a firm grip with his jaw. His teeth split the skin and blood course through his mouth. The wound spill blood and exposed the raw skin inside the pony. I couldn’t see well but I believe her left eye was missing and the pony once again ask for help by raising her hoof my way. Lucky show no sign of stopping and with little restriction he started to eat the pony right in front of me.

I had a million-thought running through head, so I didn’t know what I was thinking but I did know how I was felt, because at that moment I knew I fell in love with a human. “Oh, the irony” I joke, and giggle escaped my lips, slowly the laugh turns louder and louder until the pony stop moving.

Author's Note

(Updated)

I'll start writing author note again. I did a couple, but I got rid of them because most of them where me giving excuses on my tardiness. I wanted something interesting for you to read and I think I know what I’ll write about.

I can discuss the difference between the original story that will never come to be and this one and explain thing from the chapter.

before discussing the changes, I don't know if I did a good job on the transition from Fauna to Goodall, to clarify it was a flashback to her younger self.

There three big changes in the story. the story was 20 chapters short and because of the story length Fauna/Goodall had to show more personality and that why I have this chapter giving a little backstory for her mental state. the third change is a secret for now.

I'll write A/N in the previous chapter detailing the changes. this week i'll keep updating and posted the update on the same day of the next chapter.