My Little Family

The past few weeks with Chrysi have been good. She’s been nice to Puppet and I and we have been a lot of fun, going skating, playing Uno, and just hanging around. During that time, I also got invited for an interview. The interviewer was really interested in me, how much I love music, and how I saved Ponyville from the animatronics. I don’t remember all of his questions, but one he asked me was, “You seem to be really interested in music, so what would you say are your favorite songs?”

“Well, some of my favorite songs have a good meaning behind it, like “Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day, which talks about the lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong’s, father who died in September when he was ten years old, “Coming Clean” by Green Day, which talks about Billie coming out about his bisexuality, and “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life” by Green Day, which talks about Billie’s then-girlfriend leaving him to move to Ecuador. But then you have other songs that are really good not because of the meaning, but because of how good they sound, such as “21 Guns”, “She”, and “Viva La Gloria” by Green Day.”

Today I went to Twilight to talk to her about something somewhere around 10:00. I knocked on the castle doors and waited until Twilight opened the door.

“Hi Johnny.” She said.

“Hi Twilight. Can I talk to you in private? It’s really important.” I asked.

“Sure.”

We started walking in the castle when we started a conversation. When we got into a room, I closed the door and looked for a lock.

“You okay?” She asked.

“Yeah, I’m just worried about something.” I said.

“Look, whatever it is, you can trust me with.”

“Can you soundproof the room? I don’t want anyone else hearing this.”

“Sure.”

Her horn glowed, then there was a flash. After I gained my vision back after being blinded, I sat down on the bed next to her.

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yes, I am. Look, I need you to make me a promise- no, I need you to make a Pinkie Promise that you won’t tell anyone
what I say unless I say so. Can you do that?”

“Sure. Do you have a crush?! Is this why you’re making me do all this?” She asked, excitedly.

“Listen, you can’t tell anyone, not our friends, not the Princess, not even Spike.”

“You didn’t answer my question.”

“Will you tell anypony?!” I asked, a little bit of annoyance in my tone.

“No, I won’t.”

“Alright. Look, a few weeks ago, I went through the Everfree Forest and-”

“Why?! Do you know how many dangerous things are in there?”

“No, but listen. I was walking through the forest when…” I stopped and stood up.

“No, keep going. Remember, I Pinkie Promised that I wouldn’t tell anypony.”

“I went through the forest and I found Queen Chrysalis.” Twilight’s eyes opened wide and her jaw dropped.

“Johnny, I- Did she see you?”

“Yes.”

“What did she do?”

“...Knocked me out and tied me up.”

“Johnny, we need to get-”

“No, you Pinkie Promised, remember?! Listen, I was looking for her.”

“But, why?”

“I’ve heard stories about her, I just think she got off on the wrong hoof. I thought out of everyone and everypony, she would listen to me.”

“But, she-” Twilight was hyperventilating at this point.

“Listen, look at me.” She looked at me.

“Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth.” She did it a few times and she started to calm down.

“Listen, for the past few weeks, she’s been living at my house with Puppet and I, and she’s been doing good; she’s been nice to us.”

“So, she’s living with you and Puppet?”

“Yes. Alright, I’m going to break the news to everyone else over dinner. I’m going to tell them I’m inviting them over for dinner. You guys will meet Chrysi and realize how nice she is. Alright?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m going to make invitations, and give them to you guys at some point this afternoon. I just need you to act like you know nothing about this and act like this conversation didn’t happen, alright?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright, I’ll be back this afternoon.”