The Equestrian Monomyth - Book 1 - Be a Good Brony or Die Trying.
by GustaffInmortal

" FIGHT! "

I rushed toward my opponent, trying to surprise him and, therefore, break his fighting strategy. However, the man,
doing showmanship of why he was ranked so high, retaliated with a sudden combo of punchs and kicks, some of those
unfortunately landed on my body. I made then a quick turn and grabbed him from his gray gabardine, pushing and pulling
it, trying to make him to lose balance, which, I finally achieved.

Then, I put a leg between his, and projected his full body to the ground, and thus performing a flawless judo ippon.
There, I jumped over him and punched his face several times, until he kicked me in the back and forced me to roll over.

Without giving him time to recover, I quickly pushed against the ring's cords, and, taking advantage of the thrust,
gave him a devastator kick on his guts, followed by my killer 12 hits combo.

This finally do, as my opponent fell facedown, and couldn't stand up after the count of ten.

" Woooooow! " I exclaimed along with my friend Seymour, the typical fatso nerdy genious.

Both raised our arms and took out our Virtual Reality googles, as in the TV screen in front of us we had all the
information we needed.

" Awesome, Gus!! You took down Dr. TakeDown, the tenth in the world ranking list! I can't believe it! "

" But believe it! At this pace, I'll soon be Number One! "

" Yeaaaaah! " We both celebrated at once.

I put the VR googles on the table and stepped out from the VR rack.

" Are you leaving already, buddy? " Seymour grabbed my jacket.

" Yeah, pal. It's late and I'm hungry. "

" But you haven't seen my latest improvements in VR yet! "

I made an annoyed gesture. Seymour and his crazy inventions.

" Yes, like the one that almost fried my balls? "

" No, buddy, no! I promise this is safe, and you'll like it! Put the googles on! Come on, come on! "

I did so, and Seymour transformed into Darth Vader.

" Come and fight, Luke Skywalker! " He parodied, yielding his harmless lightsaber through my body. I took out the VR
googles and watched him again. Yes, he seems as idiot as he sounds. I put the googles again, and now he was Zangief from
Street Fighter.

" Watch this guns, you punk! " He stretched his virtual biceps. Even the voice changed.

" All right, all right. I must confess that's cool. " I approved.

" See? " He took out the googles, smiling. " And also, I know exactly how we can celebrate your victory. " Commented my
fatty friend, pulling out an USB Flash Drive.

" What? Are you going to celebrate my victory with a plastic suppository? " I smirked.

" Are you sure you don't wanna it? " He replied. " Of course not. Because, this, is the paradise, the nirvana, a dream
come true... " He made a solemn pause before keep talking.

" What, photos of your naked mom? "

" Ha! You wish. " He was so deep in his monologue that he didn't get the sarcarm, or ignored it: " This... is the adult
version of My Little Pony! Now in VR! Behold! " He raised the USB up, like he had took out the sword Excalibur from its
rock.

I slighty smiled. Adult MLP in VR? Well... it not was exactly a dream come true, maybe half a dream, or maybe one
third, or maybe...

" Hey! " Seymour took me out from my thoughts. " Wanna try it out? It's a beta version, and the AI algorithm sucks. But
it has all what really matters! Come on, man! " He shook me out.

" All right, all right! " I agreed reluctantly.

Seymour copied the USB content to the two VR googles and we stepped back to the VR rack.

" OK! Ready or not, here we go! " He announced, like some kind of sport commentator.

I then put the VR googles on, and a bunch of trees appeared in front of me.

" Heh. The Everfree Forest, I presume? " I smirked.

" Yep. Isn't cool, huh? "

" Yeah. Hey, buddy. Why almost all the MLP FiM fanfics starts in the Everfree? "

" Hell I know. Some kind of clichee, I suppose. "

I extended my hand, and I could touch the tree's bark. It was so incredibly real, like it was really there.

" Hey, Seymour! Your VR gloves are a kick on the head! " I couldn't do nothing but became astonished.

" Sure they are! Just wait when they'll get supported by the simulator! Come on, Ponyville is this way! "

" Right... " I smiled, but then... wait... did he mean that... the VR gloves aren't turned on?! Then, why I can touch the
tree...?

I slowly brought my hand near the googles, and put then off at the same speed: The tree was still there. I gulped and
shivered, almost fainting, putting the googles again on, and again out, two or three times more. The trees were still
there. Which means...

Author's Note

Starting Date: 1. 9. 2019

Finishing Date: 31. 9. 2019

I'm not a native English speaker, so I do apologize before hand if the flaws in the translation do affects the
narrative way too much.

This is my very first contribution to the blog, so, feel free to comment and/or add constructive/destructive
critics at will.