Ruferd

Time Turner groaned. It has been 5 hours, but he was still sore. Earlier Applejack questioned his motives and idea of lightning. He had explained that the electricity restarted the heart and got the organs working again. And he had to explain to everyone that it was science, not magic. Although, the child had a magical aura around him, charged with static electricity. Almost a mix of science and magic, actually! He pondered this as he sat in his chair in his lab. He had to hand it to that Lyra, sitting like a "Human" was actually quite comfortable. He pondered of how Lyra knew nothing about humans until someone asked why she was sitting like one. And thus started her thirst of knowledge of these strange creatures known as humans.

Time Turner turned to his right to pick up a book from a coffee table (retched stuff, that coffee) when a grey blur knocked him out of his chair. "Mail for ya, Doc! Ooh! Are ya working on something new here?" The grey pegasus trotted over to an odd orb with electricity moving through it. Small pieces of metal like paper clips and nails clung to it.

"DERPY! DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Time Turner screamed from the wall. He was almost standing on his head, his back against the wall from the force Derpy hit him. "Derpy Whooves! How many times must I tell you not to come barging in here like that?" He got up to his hooves. He noticed his fob watch on the ground. Time Turner picked it up, before putting it on the coffee table. He then picked up his mail and began to look through it. "What do you want, Ditsy Do? Or should I just call you Derpy Do? It is easier to say after all.. But Derpy is shortest."

Ditsy tilted her head. It was not the weirdest she's ever been called. Once, she even went by the name of Muffin! "Actually Doc, I was wondering. How's Ruferd? And you, of course."

Time Turner turned to his friend. As I said five hours ago, I am fine. And so is Ruferd. Though it is an odd name. Or at least not common. After all, I have heard Rarity once had a pet rock named Tom." Time Turner thought to himself. "I wonder if she's met Maud Pie... Hm. Eight thirty seven p m. I think you aught to be getting home, Derpy."

Ditsy nodded, grabbing the fob watch and putting it on a mantle next to a photo of Doc, Ditsy, Carrot Top and Rose. As she flew out of Doc's lab, she wondered what was going on with Ruferd.
*
At Sweet Apple Acres
*

Applebloom peeked into her room. She had to give up her bedroom and go sleep in the guest room. It still had a comfy bed. It just wasn't as comfy as her own. As Applebloom stared in her room, she felt as if somepony was watching her. "Oh pony feathers" Applebloom saw Ruferd in her bed. His eyes were wide open. But not like it was out of fear. Just... open. Like the way some crazy ponies have their eyes."Uhh... Howdy."

New. Feels familiar. Pony. Applejack's sister? Recalling memory. Mention of 'Applebloom. Big Mac is Big Red. Applejack: Comfort. Granny Smith: Green. Conclusion: Pony in room is Applebloom. Comfort sister. "Hello". Warning. Lack of emotion. Confused. What is: Emotion.

Applebloom waited for a response. She got an incredibly flat voiced 'Hello'. After an awkward silence, she walked back to the guest room. That was creepy. She heard a clopping and heard the door open. She turned and saw the colt standing in the door way. She stared at those eyes until she couldn't handle it. "Could ya not have your eyes like that?"

Eyes wrong? Warning, eyes producing too much water to keep up with constant eye viewing. Reminder: Blink. Changing facial expression.

Applebloom watched as Ruferd blinked and seemed to think. His face then looked somewhat scared, while also slightly annoyed. "Why'd ya make that face?".

Question asked. Processing. Response found. Responding : "You have that face." Error: Mistake. Retry: "You are looking at me with said face."

Applebloom thought for a second while tilting her head. "Y'all alright?" Ruferd tilted his head and mumbled something like 'Improper Grammar. Do not understand'. "Are you alright? Any head trouble or Memory lost?"

"Memory... Body beyond 5 years age. Error: No memory beyond 5 days. Error: Conflicting data. Conclusion: Profound Memory loss. Question: What is the best course of action to take?" Scanning 'Applebloom' facial expression. :Concern.

"Ya don't remember anything?" Applebloom shook her head as she tried to think. But despite the situation, she was just too tired from the reunion. Applebloom yawned deeply. "Tell ya what. Go to sleep and in the morning we'll figure this out. I'm too tired to think clearly."

Ruferd nodded and marched back to his sleep chamber. Error: Incorrect data. Area: Chamber/Incorrect. Area: Bedroom. Preparing recharge. Status: Sleeping. Error: No dreams. Dream Activated.
*
Dream Realm
*

"This is amazing!" Flim bounded through this dream of possibility. In response, Flam grumbled. "Oh come on! It's not everyday you get to travel to somepony's dreams! And this one seems to be entirely video game related! You're supposed to have fun here."

"Yeah, but what if we meet Luna? I think we don't have the right to break into somepony's dreams. Also, how the Tartarus does a unicorn enter the dream realm!? I mean, yes Susan has a cutie mark very similar to Luna's, but still! And no one is keeping watch! Guards are everywhere and now I see the dreamer."

Susan bounded over with Rule Heart, the doe. She shoved Flam's head down and ducked as a pixelated laser blast flew their way.

"Take that, evil boss!" A small brown colt with a beanie leaped forward as he stood on two hooves, a heavy blaster cannon held in his upper hooves.

"Whoa there, little warrior! Flim and I aren't evil bosses! We're side hero companions!" Flam quickly explained with a chuckle. The colt looked very familiar. Flam then noticed another set of him and his brother by an odd version of the Cider Sqeezer 6000.

Button Mash stared. He had reached the FlimFlam Boss level. Did he break the code? or... "Did I unlock you guys when I kicked Nightmare Moon to zero HP instead of using a blaster?"

The FlimFlam brothers laughed. They now remembered this child. "Yes Button Mash. You unlocked us. And now we shall help you defeat the evil us who are throwing really huge apples." An apple the size of a wagon landed near Flim as he dodged from it. "Okay, so we have special stats... Hm. Lets see here." Flim tested his magic and summoned a sword made from bits and bark. "I can cut away any apple they throw at us.

Flam laughed. He pulled out a tonic bottle. "Well I can restore us to full HP with a single swig!" Flam laughed as he bucked away an odd apple made to look like a hippo.

Susan laughed with her friends. She then shouted "Oh we're the Scamming Siblings!" in a musical tone. Flim and Flam stared at her for a moment, the sound of Button Mash blasting in the background.

"Alright then 'Sis', show us what you got!" Flim shouted. Susan grinned and started to sing a song about the night. It sounded like a lullaby. The words "Brown Unicorn used Lullaby" floated in the air. The evil Flim and Flam fell asleep, as Button Mash used a power up to finish them.

"Yay! We did it!" Button Mash shouted in joy. But there was no final Boss. He looked around. "Strange..." A darkness then grabbed his heart. His ears flattened as he saw the boss nopony can defeat. Tirek. Tirek rose from the ground and began to destroy everything in sight. "H-hey! Stop that!" Button Mash whimpered. Tirek turned to Button Mash and reached for him. Button froze. Why did he still have nightmares about him? "Why?" he asked. Tears began to form in his eyes as Tirek was thrown off his hooves. "Wait what?" Button Mash shook his head and stared. He checked The Brown Unicorn's Stats. They showed nothing special. Nothing but the move Lullaby. Yet she was fighting Tirek. And winning.

Susan saw a demon rise from the ground. It began to destroy the dream. "No." She whispered. A burning formed in her flank. "NO!" A voice so loud sprang from her lungs. She charged at the demon and leaped into his side. This caused it to lose it's balance. It turned to her. Tried to slay her. Instead, she slew it. But it was coming back. It was feeding off of the colt's fear. 'What would Luna do?' Susan shook her head. Who was Luna? "OOF!" The demon swung a fist and sent Susan flying. From the ground, Susan and The FlimFlam brothers stared as an army of guards attacked the demon.
*
Waking Realm
*

Lord Tyrant eye's snapped open. He had already snuck out to sell the gold necklace. Why was he awake again? He heard whimpering, but it wasn't coming from him. Was it? "No. Not from me... Button Mash?" Lord Tyrant turned in the bed to his friend. He was shaking, despite the thick blanket that covered them both. Lord Tyrant remembered a Lullaby that was sung to him. Sung by Iron Side. "Button Mash, I'm going to sing you a song, but you gotta promise you'll calm down. Okay? Lord Tyrant took a deep breath, and began to sing softly.

"Hup two three four. March-ing on to Bat-tle. Hup two three four. March-ing to war. Hup two three four. Forward to the field of gore. As we march. On-ward. To bat-tle. Hup two three four. We de-fend our land. From ev-ery evil band. We are the troops. We fight in loy-al groups. Hup two three four. We march on. To war. Hup, two, three, four. We march to war. We march to gore."

Lord Tyrant then began to pet Button Mash while singing the soft tune of "War". A smile began to grow on Button Mash's face. Lord Tyrant sighed in relief. In a few hours he would be gone. He would have to avoid school. For now... Lord Tyrant wiggled closer in the bed and hugged Button Mash. For now, he would comfort the first creature to ever show him kindness. Even if it meant bad dreams for himself.
*
Buffalo territory
*

Flam gasped as he and Flim woke up. An army had attacked the Tirek, utterly destroying him. They were all then forced out of the dream. Flam then glared at Flim. "'Sister!?' SISTER!? You're just gonna call her sister now?" Flim opened his mouth to reply when Susan stuck her head out the wagon. Flam snapped towards her and pushed her back in the wagon. "This isn't for your ears! Go read a book or something." He closed the door and turned back to Flim. "Well?" ha asked angrily.

Flim looked thoughtful for a moment, before replying. "Well... Well why the Tartarus not? She has no memory, and has been watching how we do business. If we have a new, powerful sibling, it will attract attention and gain us publicity!" He had a smile on his face.

Flam knew that wasn't the only reason. He was about to question his brother further when Susan poked her head out again. "Uhh..." she said slowly, holding a book a book with a dark red aura. "I don't seem to remember how to read." She gave a nervous chuckle. This quickly became a maniacal laugh. "By the stars, I don't know how to read! HAHAHAHA!"

Flim and Flam stared at each other. "Well, pony feathers. We'll deal with this in the morning." they said together.
*
Morning
*

Applebloom yawned as she jumped out of bed. It was a bit before sunrise, but that wasn't important. She trotted to the closet before remembering it wasn't her room. She yawned again as she walked to her room. "Rise and *yawn* shine, Ruferd. We gotta go to school! And I gotta feed the chickens. Don't worry about breakfast, we'll get something from Sugar Cube Corner."

Information processed. Breakfast: Important? Question: Chickens. "I am confused: What are chickens?"

Applebloom motioned for Ruferd to follow. He seemed to think for a second. He then tilted his head with a confused expression. He then straitened head and began to follow. They soon reached the chicken coop. "These are chickens! They're flightless birds!" As Applebloom began to spread feed for them, she noticed Ruferd was shorter than her. "Maybe learning stuff at school will cause ya to start remembering."

Chickens. Chickens: Flightless birds. Seem to move fast for size. Error: Is this true logic? Error: Stomach cramps. Speaking pain:Groan. Error: Why. "I am having stomach pains; I have not absorbed anything harmful. Translation of data?"

Applebloom thought for a moment. 'What the hay does that mean?' "Ya mean you're hungry, I think. I am just hoping you remember how to eat." Applebloom collected the eggs and brought them in. She and Ruferd then went on their way to school.

"Howdy Twilight!" Applebloom waved her hoof at the purple unicorn. She waved back and stared at the ground, where a lot of seemingly random objects lay scattered near a house.

"Hello Applebloom! Have fun at school!" Twilight said. Pinkie bounded over and pushed Twilight, her tail twitching. A piano landed on the ground where Twilight was standing.

"Oi! Shove it and get outa way!" A earth pony with simple short brown curly hair glared down. He was wearing a red fancy coat and dark blue pants. His fur was a light blue, almost cyan like Rainbow Dash's. And his eyes were a deep blue.

"Mr Neighton! What are you doing!?" Twilight asked.

"I told ya, CALL ME ISSAC! Issac Neighton! And I'm throwing things off my roof to further my research on gravity! NOW GET LOST OR HELP ME!" He glared down at Twilight. Pinkie gave Twilight, Issac, Applebloom and Ruferd cupcakes before bouncing off. Issac munched on the cupcake. "Actually, you know the princesses. I want your help to get to the moon so I can further my research."

Twilight tilted her head. "Why do you want to get to the moon?"

"Because I have a theory that there is no air on the moon. And air interferes with my research. From that look you think I'm crazy." Issac glared at Twilight again. "Fine then! Go away you're in the projectile zone."

Processing. Gravity interfered by air? Error: unusual and odd idea. Not probable. But possible. Proceeding journey. "Question: Applebloom. Did you inform Applejack I was commencing to 'School'?"

Applebloom nodded. "Yup! I left a note. Nice to see you know how to eat." Applebloom heard a familiar buzz. "Hiya Scoots! Ruferd, this is Scootaloo, one of my best friends! Hey Scoots, have ya seen Killjoy?"

Scootaloo almost fell off her scooter when seeing Applebloom had a smile while asking that question. "If I had seen him, he'd be beaten up! And when I see him... Grr... I'll get him for that not being able to fly remark."

Applebloom showed Ruferd how to enter the wagon. He tripped on his way in but didn't seemed embarrassed. "You can not fly? Processing. Does that mean you are a chicken?" Applebloom laughed while Scootaloo looked somewhat hurt.

"Hey! There's no need to be rude!" Scootaloo complained as Sweetie Belle hopped in the wagon. Applebloom saw that Ruferd was shorter that even Sweetie.

"Hiya girls! What you talking about?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Ruferd got confused from what I told him earlier and thinks Scoots is a chicken." Applebloom explained. "Ruferd, she ain't a chicken."

Processing... Processing... "Error: Confused. 'Scootaloo' is flightless bird; Is not chicken... Applebloom source stated: Chickens! They're flightless birds. Birds have wings. If Scootaloo is not chicken; what is Scootaloo? Awaiting response."

Applebloom groaned. This must be what Cheerilee felt like on a too busy day. "Scoots is a pegesus. Ya know, ya could ask Miss Cheerilee any question you got when we get to school. For know, please be quiet."

Order received. Action: Salute commanding officer. Officer: None. Error: No officer. Best course of action: None. Error. Salute.

Applebloom felt the wagon wobble as Ruferd saluted. She decided to not question why.
*
MEANWHILE
*

Lord Tyrant sprang out of the bed. He slept too late. He tried to leave through the window, only to find Cream Heart standing outside it. "Nice try, but I've snuck out while young before. You are going to school Mister, and I don't want to hear anything about me not being your mom. You go around saying you have hired tutors. We both know that's not true. And if Cheerilee has anything against you for trying to survive, I'll buck her face" Lord Tyrant's eyes went wide at that statement as Cream Heart took a breath. But she was stopped when Lord Tyrant started baling.

"B-but my reputation! Th-the students! They all hate me! I can't tell them! I can't face I can't I-" Lord Tyrant stopped. "I have an idea." He ran from the window and threw off his blanket. He grabbed his cloak, boots and crown. "I'll head to school but first I gotta visit some diamond dogs!"
*
School
*

"And THAT is gravity, children!" Issac proclaimed as Snails threw a flower pot off the school roof. Miss Cheerilee laughed nervously while praying under her breath that Issac Neighton would leave soon. "The ten pound weight falls faster then the pot because it's particles are more and more packed! HOWEVER, air interferes. I believe in an area without air, the objects would fall at the same speed. The ten pound weight however would have the greater impact!"

Snips and Snails nodded. The other students waited for school to begin. Diamond Tiara noticed a familiar black cloak to the side of the school house. She trotted over. "Lord Tyrant?" It was indeed. "Why are you here?" She watched as he scoffed.

"Because I have a present for your teacher." he said, hate thick in his voice. "And because mother said I should mingle with the common ponies in public school". He spat out the words as if they were spoiled food. "I am a pearl, and I have been cast before swine. And they believe they have reason to stomp me. But no. I improved Cheerilee's necklace with jewel stones."

"Oh!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed. "Don't worry about the others. They're easy to force into submission. Well, except for those blank flank crusaders. But you managed to befriend them so they shouldn't bother you. They may even stick up for you! Oh... as you're a new student for the school you'll have to introduce yourself to the class..." She heard the sound of something skidding to a stop. "Looks like the crusaders are-" *CLINK CRASH*

A flower pot almost landed on Diamond Tiara. She glared at Issac who was helping the students get off the roof by catching them. "Whoa! What happened here?" Scootaloo asked as she parked her scooter.

"Hi blank flanks!" Diamond Tiara taunted. "Who's your new friend?"

Authority figure voice heard. Response: None. Error. "Hello. I am Ruferd. Confused: what is the importance of: Blank Flank?"

Diamond was taken back by the flatness of the voice. But no matter, she would teach him to be ashamed of his blank flank. "Oh, there's nothing important about it what so ever" she sneered.

Processing... Processing... "If Blank Flank is not important, why does it need to be mentioned? Confused."

Diamond Tiara tried to think of an answer. "Because it shows how unimportant you blank flanks are! If you don't have a cutie mark, you're nothing."

"Processing information. Confused. Question: What is a Cutie Mark?"

The entire group, nearby students and adults dropped their jaw in shock. "You don't know what a cutie mark is!?" Sweetie asked, not believing what she heard. "It shows what your special talent is! How can you not know what a cutie mark is!?"

Processing Information... "It seems to be related to a badge. It displayed 'special talent'. Statement in invalid. One can have many special talents. Your statement seems invalid. Conclusion: Cutie Mark(s) are not important." Warning: Sweetie Belle heart beat major increase. Warning.

Sweetie got on her hind hooves, grabbed Ruferd by the shoulders, and screamed. "CUTIE. MARKS. MAKE. YOU. SPECIAL!" The bell rang and the students began to head inside the school house. Sweetie gave Ruferd a crazed stare before letting go and heading inside.

"Remember children, if you wish to further the study of gravity's interaction with magic, come see me at my house!" Issac said as he trotted away. He began to gather the clutter and put them in a trash bin.

Cheerilee stared at Killjoy as he trotted in. He put down a clothed object on her desk and stood by her desk. Applebloom had a colt, almost a foal, stand by the desk as well. She whispered something in his ear before going to her seat. "Hello you two! Why are you by my desk?"

Question received. Responding to 'Teacher': "I was informed by Applebloom to be here as I am a new student. I assume the other child is here to do the same, Miss Cheerilee."

Cheerilee smiled. The boy must be shy. Cheerilee turned to address her class. "Alright class! We have two new students." She then turned to the small brown boy. "Please introduce yourself and say something about yourself."

Processing... Recalling Applebloom tips. "My name is Ruferd. I have suffered something bad that has caused memory loss. I do not remember anything beyond five days ago. The first thing I do remember is waking from a bronze table. Someone hugged me. Some people seemed scary. I was grabbed. I was thrown. I fell into water. Someone then screamed 'your name is Ruferd'. I remember nothing but water for the next three days. It is now the fifth day. Any questions?"

The whole class was silent for a moment. Pipsqueak raised his hoof. "Why do ya have scars on ya?"

Processing. Error 5: Information Missing. Conclusion: "I do not know." Confused. Turn to Teacher for instructions.

Cheerilee saw Ruferd look at her with a confused face. "You can sit down in an open desk now." Ruferd nodded, and marched to a desk in the middle of the rows. She turned to look at Killjoy. She wasn't sure how to act. He motioned to the package he placed on her desk. Cheerilee sat in her chair and opened it. Inside was a gold and silver chained necklace with sapphires and rubies on it. The Equestian symbol of the two sisters was at the end of it. It seemed to be made from quartz and obsidian. Cheerilee gasped the the sight of it. As she held it up she heard the class gasp as well. She found a note on the wrapping. She began to read it. "Dear Cheerilee, by the time you get this you may think your necklace was stolen. It was not. It was borrowed so I could improve it. It is to thank you for putting up with..." Cheerilee stopped as she read the rest of the message, meant as an insult to the class.

"It is to thank you for putting up with the brats at the school, from whom you must get headaches from daily." Lord Tyrant finished. "Hello. I am Lord Tyrant Quilten Alastor Atticus Von Maimjoy. For some odd reason the Cutie Mark Crusaders call me Killjoy. I have been sent to this ridiculous school because mother thinks it would be good if I mingle with the common folk more often. You are all nothing but swine. I hate you all." With that, Lord Tyrant sniffed and headed to a desk to the left of the classroom. A wad on paper hit the back of his head. He gave a small smile. His act was still good.
*
MEANWHILE, IN CANTERLOT
*

A pony with a gray coat with a hint of blue sat in a wheel chair. He was wearing a blue bowler cap and a blue suit suit jacket with blue pants. He had a badge on his lapel of his coat that matched his cutie mark. A grey blue wrench on a white bolt. His eyes were pure deep blue. Twittermites hummed in the containers that were connected to his wheel chair. They powered the machine that let him live. His face was covered in wrinkles.

Blutarch Marre sighed. He was eating his breakfast in Canterlot. The Blue Eyed Life Team, aka BELT aka The Blue Eyed Cult, failed. They failed to make new life from old dead. "Tied once again, Redmond."

A familiar waiter with blue eyes approached him. "Sir. Message from the Blue Eyed Cult."

"I do not wish to deal with them. I need to know if BELT members are alright." Blutarch said. He powered his machine to leave the restaurant. He went went to a scenery spot on The Cliff, overlooking Ponyville. The waiter came back to him. "If it's BELT, I will listen. If its The Blue Eyed Cult loons of BELT, I don't want to hear it."

"Sir! He lives." The waiter exclaimed.

"What?" Blutarch turned his chair so he faced the waiter. "What did you say?"

"The experiment was a success. A man named him Ruferd. We have reports from Issac Neighton that he was seen alive and at school. He now has a doctor named Time Turner." The waiter watched as Blutarch broke into a grin.

"AHAHAHA! BY GRAVEL, I HAVE FINALLY DONE IT! I BEAT YOU REDMOND!" Blutarch cheered as he pointed in the direction of Manehatten. He laughed until he choked. He then died for two seconds before his twittermite system restarted his heart. "I have won." He sighed, content. "Wait a minute. If I know he's alive, that means Redmond will most likely know as well. And if he knows, he'll try to kill 'Ruferd'. We can not let that happen. I want you to-... Hello Celestia!"

Celestia glared down at Blutarch. "I am not here for small talk, Marre."

Blutarch laughed. "Well then, my old friend! What do you wish to talk about? Politics? Water works? Belts? Hayburgers?" He smiled as Celestia glared. She used magic for her immortality. Blutarch harnessed it with science over a thousand years ago. "Or should we talk about thing of Blu? Dreams mayb- Okay maybe not." At dreams, Celestia tackled Blutarch and held him by the throat.

"What did you do with her!?" Celestia grabbed the wires that connected Blutarch to his machine. Blutarch gulped. If those wires were disconnected, he would die. And if he died, Redmond would win.

"Celestia calm down! If you killed me Luna would not forgiv-" the grip on his throat tightened. "Okay I'll leave Luna out of this! Just calm down!"

Celestia glared. "What in Starswirl's name did you do to her?" She asked coldly. Blutarch sputtered out a sound of confusion. She lifted him over the cliff ledge. "Do not play games with me, Blutarch Marre. Where. Is. Luna?"

"ARE YOU MAD!? Set me down on the ground. I can NOT lose to my brother by dying. THAT would be shameful. And ponies are watching! You're embarrassing yourself!" Blutarch clung to Celestia's hoof.

Celestia looked at the ponies at the diner. She saw a reporter getting out a camera. Celestia quickly put Blutarch down. "Please forgive me for my actions, Mr. Marre."

"Yeah yeah. Hold up a moment will you?" Blutarch motored his wheel chair so he faced the nearby reporter. He flipped a switch on the left-hoof side of his chair control panel. The Twittermite canister flashed as a bolt of lightning flew from Blutarch to the reporter, destroying the camera and film. He then sent another bolt of lightning to a nearby bush, where an audio recorder was hidden. The bush was destroyed with the device. "Much better. Now, if we should chat, we should do so in the castle. Waiter, here's a tip." From his coat he hoofed over a check for five thousand bits. "Now leave. Return to you know where later." With that, he and Celestia walked towards the castle. "When we get there, you will tell me what the gravel happened to my favorite Princess."
*
After school
*

The students began to talk to each other as they shambled out of school. Lord Tyrant took Button Mash to the side. He began to speak in an ancient language. One known as Humgonian. "{Button Mash, you don't know what I am saying. But I am apologizing in advance. I recognize the scars on Ruferd. It's the doing of somecreature very bad. Somecreature I once called Father. I don't want the only creature to ever show me kindness to get hurt. I am sorry}." Lord Tyrant closed his eyes for a moment, to hold back his tears. He then opened them, showing a cold glare. "I have just insulted you, in case you are too thick to understand. You made the promise, so I have no need to fear as I do this." He then pulled his right hoof back and punched Button Mash. He hit so hard that a crack was heard as Button Mash flew back a meter from the punch. The whole class gasped.

Cheerilee stomped over. "Mr. Maimjoy! I am shocked. You are to stay here for detention, and tomorrow your parents will be contacted!" She saw Tyrant's ears flatten. A look of fear formed in his eyes before turning to a look of rage. He opened his mouth to speak when Button Mash leaped between Tyrant and Cheerilee. He said something that sounded foreign with a glare and growl at Cheerilee, before turning to look at Tyrant with a kind look. Tyrant looked just as shocked as Cheerilee felt.

"{Back off, She-Demon!}" Button Mash growled at Cherrilee in Humgonian. He then turned to Killjoy. "Killjoy. {I know how to speak the language. You don't need to push me away. If you needed me to keep my distance, you should have just asked}".

Lord Tyrant looked at Button Mash in shock. "How?... {How do you now the ancient language of Humgonian?}

Button Mash only replied with a smile, before hugging Tyrant. He whispered in his ear. "{You don't need to be afraid. This is a town that has the Elements of Harmony. I can help keep you safe. Me and Mom. You're safe}". He hugged Killjoy tighter, and finally felt the hug returned. "And now,..." Button Mash ended the hug and looked at the shocked Miss Cheerilee. "{We run}". He and Killjoy then began to run as fast as their hooves would carry them. They were soon out of sight from the school.

Diamond Tiara shook her head. She had no idea what she just saw. "Silver Spoon, come on. I have an idea. If Ruferd is too stupid to know he's being teased, he'll be too stupid to know he's being tricked."

Silver Spoon nodded. "Would the idea include the scariest place ever? The Everfree forest?" Her voice shook with at even mentioning that awful place.

Diamond Tiara nodded. "I made a fake map earlier. It was supposed to be a prank for Snails, but I think Ruferd is more stupid. Now we just gotta find him." Diamond stopped and looked around. "Where is he?"

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were in a panic. While they were watching Button Mash being kind to Killjoy despite being punched, Ruferd disappeared. Sweetie suggested that they tell Applejack. Applebloom argued that Applejack would kill her if she discovered Applebloom lost Ruferd at school. Scootaloo suggested that they split up to look.

Issac Neighton sighed. Why did no one think he was rational? "Without magic, Three Laws of Gravity exist. I think. But I need more research! Before I focus so much on the shape of an object, I need to further the study of Earth's pull... But how? And why are you five staring at me?" He looked at a pink filly with a crown and a grey filly with glasses. Behind them were three members of The Blue Eyed Cult. "You fillies first."

The one with a crown stepped forward. "Have you seen Ruferd? We wanna hang out with him but we can't find him." She gave Issac a sad look."Have you seen him, Mr. Neighton?"

Issac smiled and gave the filly a small kiss on the forehead. "Of course! He's gone to Sugar Cube Corner." He then put his mouth to her ear and whispered, "Now go. I gave you that kiss so my pals here know not to bother you, Diamond Tiara. Walk calmly away. For your own sake." He pulled his head away and spoke in a normal voice. "And those are The Three laws of Gravity. Now, I am not completely sure about the surety of them, so don't go telling ponies about them just yet."

Issac watched as the two fillies walked off. He then turned to the Cult members. "What can I do for you, brothers? Are you here to chat? Or to help further my research?"

The tallest of them, a white unicorn with yellow hair, stepped forward. "Issac Neighton. Ruferd is to be under your protection. So says the utmost Blu. If you fail to keep him safe, we are to kill you."

Issac stared. He then laughed. "I will do my best to protect the boy. But I will let him live a somewhat normal life. I know you didn't get orders from Blutarch to kill me if I failed. That bit you made up. And you are stupid. Ruferd seems to be staying with the Apple Family. An entire clan to watch over him. And I see strait pass your disguise. Standard Guard coloration. Now shove off. I am busy." Issac went inside his house and closed the door. He hated that Cult, but the helped fund his research. He groaned and began to make himself some tea.

Ruferd was learning much from Pinkamena Diane pie. How to bake was one. How to be silly was another. And the little guy wanted to keep learning from her! It was kinda cute. Pinkie giggled as Ruferd got flour on himself. She then saw Diamond Tiara. It seemed she wanted to hang out with Ruferd. Pinkie informed her that Ruferd was making a cake. She heard crying up stairs. Pound and Pumpkin were crying again. Pinkie bounded up the stairs to check on them.

Diamond Tiara smiled. "Hi Ruferd." she said as she entered the kitchen. She saw Ruferd with a bowl on his head. It almost seemed like he was wearing a helmet. He was marching about the kitchen, making frosting. He snapped at attention and almost saluted Diamond Tiara. Half way, however, he stopped. "Okay... Anyways I wanted to apologize for my actions earlier. To make it up to you I got a map that leads to a really great and fun place! You gotta go in the Everfree forest though."

Information received. Processing. Opportunity to learn more. "I accept your offer, but not your apology. What is done, is done. And can not be reversed." Mission: Take map and go.

Ruferd took the bowl off his head and took the map from Diamond Tiara and left. He then returned and marched up to Diamond Tiara. "Question. What is, the Everfree?" Diamond Tiara quickly explained what it was and pointed which way he had to go to get there. She also had to tell him where the path on the map began. Ruferd left as Silver Spoon and Pinkie came down the stairs.

Silver Spoon stomped over to Diamond Tiara. "I now have to babysit the Cake kids for Wednesday and Friday. This prank has better be worth it." she growled.
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Everfree Forest
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Ruferd marched along the path. His personality input was now improved. Yet he still was emotionless for the most part. Still the perfect weapon. Gona The Griffon of The Blue Eyed Cult licked his beak. A pink unicorn with brown hair, similar to Pinkie's, popped up beside him. He had a half peeled banana on his flank. He smiled as he stared at Gona. Gona face-palmed as he glared at his idiotic comrade.

They watched as Ruferd came to the castle of the Two Sisters. They followed him as he went into the library. Ruferd's head snapped in their direction. The two quickly moved out of sight. Ruferd began to read books. He seemed to gain emotion. "Of couz! He learn and be happy! Yez!" Banana Pie whispered to his comrade, brimming with excitement. And it seemed like Ruferd was as well.

Re-calibrating... Changing thought Format to: 'Book Style, second person'. Ruferd was happy with all he was learning. He memorized the alphabet. He learned about biology. He read a dictionary. He read so many books. Ruferd loved learning. Ruferd gained so much knowledge. Error: Warning: Error: Shock. Left arm status: Crushed.

Gona's jaw dropped as a huge stone, part of the castle, feel on Ruferd. He held Banana Pie back. They couldn't interact. And Gona wanted to see it it would work. If it didn't... He gulped.

Error: Shock protocol no longer active. Pain. Pain pain pain. "AHHHHHHHH!" PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PANIC! FLAIL.

Ruferd began to panic. He screamed a sound of pure pain. In his panic, he kicked the boulder that crushed his arm. It went flying and crashed through a wall below a grand window of Celestia. Banana Pie watched as the crushed remains of the left arm began to pull itself together.

PAIN PAIN PAIN Pain pain. CONFUSED. Confused. Healing Protocol taking place. Healing. Mending. Warning: Pain.

Ruferd stopped screaming and watched in fascination as his smashed arm began to pull itself together. He picked up his left arm with his right and brought it to his stump.

Mending. Repairing. Fixing. Fixed. Left arm status: Pained. Operational. Error. Programmed Logic Core is conflicted by 'My Emotions From Books'. Deleting for maximum efficiency. "NO! Don't you dare!" ERROR ERROR Logic Core power struggle. ERRo- Ruferd pushed those thoughts aside. He had read a book about ponies losing their mind from dark magic. Ruferd was sure this was something similar. It felt so... Empty. Ruferd was sure this was almost the same. Warning: Daylight. Ruferd looked at the hole he made in the wall, sunlight shining through it. Applebloom message: We should get back home before sunset.

Banana Pie and Gona watched as Ruferd got up, and headed out of the castle. He seemed to be thinking. They followed him and watched as a Timberwolf confronted him. Ruferd picked up the Timberwolf and threw it quite the distance. Banana Pie made note of this. The boy had his healing abilities, along with cell replication. He also had tremendous strength.

Ruferd made it to Ponyville. He saw Applejack glaring at Diamond Tiara for an unknown reason. Diamond Tiara. Friend. Helped Ruferd learn so much. Ruferd learned about something called a 'Hug'.

Diamond Tiara was scared. She just wanted to prank Ruferd. But now the Mane Six were running about looking for him. Diamond Tiara was too afraid to tell Applejack she sent him off into the Everfree. Diamond Tiara suddenly saw Ruferd running towards her. She gulped. She was done for. He would tell Applejack. Then Daddy would ground her. Then, she felt a hug?

Ruferd hugged Diamond Tiara, much to her's and Applejack's surprise. "Thank you for showing me that grand place!" He let go and looked at Diamond Tiara with a large grin. "It had so many book! I accepted your apology." Ruferd then hugged her again. "I'm really glad I made a best friend today."

Joy Joy Joy. Warning: Applejack seems surprised. Ruferd wondered why. Ruferd looked at the ponies running about, seeming like they were looking for something. "What in Starswirls beard happened here?". Ruferd received a hug From Applejack as an answer.

"Girls! He came back!" Applejack shouted. Rainbow Dash heard and zoomed off to tell the others to call off the search. "Lands sake! I was so worried. Where were ya?" Applejack asked in a caring voice.

Issac surveyed the scene with a smile. "Is it not obvious?". He received a glare from Applejack. Issac sighed. "Oh come on now. The boy had an adventure! Let him tell his tale." He watched as a smile formed on Ruferd's face."Wow, only a few days and you are bursting with life!" Issac said. He felt a banana poking his face. A message was written on it. Issac took the banana from Banana Pie and read it.

YEZ HELLO No SAY STORY K? THX HE GREW SOM NEW ARM AN HEALZ REST

Issac stared at the message. "Actually, its been a long day. I'm sure Ruferd should be getting home for some sleep. Don't you agree, Applejack?" Issac Neighton asked out loud. Applejack answered with a simple 'Eyup' and walked to Ruferd.

"Come on, Sugar Cube. You can hang out with ya friend more tomorrow." Applejack said.

Ruferd's face lit up. "Yay!" He hugged Applejack and began to trot in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack's friend arrived.

"Hold up, mister! If you're staying at Sweet Apple Acres, you can get grounded. But you won't if you say where you went missing." Twilight watched at Ruferd's face seemed to shine. An exclamation mark formed in his eyes. This surprised Twilight.

Ruferd answered Applejack. "I was in a library in the Everfree and there are so many books on magic and potions and history and journals and history and romance and mystery and" Error: Lack of Air. Stop speech and BREATH. Ruferd took a large breath. "And the books seem to date back centuries it is so amazing!" Warning: Accelerated heartbeat in Purple Unicorn.

Twilight was bursting with excitement. "Did you say books that date back centuries!?" She received an eager yes from Ruferd. "That, that, that is just amazing! What did you learn at this library?" Twilight summoned a scroll and quill to take notes. "Start with the most important information.

Ruferd smiled. The purple pony was a Scholar, eager to learn. "I learned so much! But a few things that did not register as normal happened." Ruferd stopped to breath and think of how to say the words. In the books his actions would be described as extraordinary. "I met a huge wolf of wood. It tried to attack me, But I ended up throwing him as if he weighed little more than..." Searching for word. Word found. "Than a book. A stone also crushed my left arm. Look, you can see it still healing."

Twilight, in her fit of wanting to learn, inspected Ruferd's left arm and saw many lines, along with exposed muscle. She gasped. "Oh my Celestia! How are you not screaming in pain!?" She then saw the wound has healing. The flesh was growing over the muscle. And fur was growing on the flesh. "Wha- how?"

"OKAY I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL GO HOME NOW!" Issac roared. He shoved Ruferd and Applejack towards Sweet Apple acres, and continued shoving until they began walking that way on their own. Issac continued this process with the rest of the Mane Six. He inspected Ruferd's leg and told Applejack he would be fine. Issac walked them home to Sweet Apple Acres. And found somepony he hated having tea with Granny Smith on the porch.

Time Turner got up from his chair. He quickly ran to Ruferd and began to inspect him. "It seems you have taken much injury!" He got out his Scanner Screwdriver. The blue light on it glowed as the read the full extent of injury. "It seems you are healing at an above average rate. While this is good, I'd recommend long hours of sleep, and plenty of protein. Maybe some fish." Time Turner then motioned for Granny Smith's other guest to approach. "Doctor Thomas, what would you suggest?" Time Turner tucked his scanner away in his mane.

Thomas limped as he got up from his chair. A mule had sat in it, so he was glad for an excuse to get up. "Hey! I just realized you could be related to Banana Pie!" Pinkie exclaimed. Thomas jumped back in shock.

"Where the ow!" Granny had hit Thomas of the head and pointed at Ruferd. "Fine. I'll hold my tongue when it comes to foul words and racism. Now, where did you come from?" Thomas asked Pinkie, rubbing his head. Pinkie only giggled before booping his nose and disappearing. Thomas gawked. "Was that Discord in pony form?"

A echoed chuckle rang through the air. "No. That was Pinkie. Element of Laughter." Discord appeared in mid-air. Only to be tackled by an incredibly happy little boy. "Hello! And who are whoa. I mean you." Discord was shocked. He could see so much life in this boy. Along with so much death. Yet the mind was a language he never knew of. "Aren't you a cute little feller?" Discord was suddenly dressed like an old woman as he pinched Ruferd's cheeks.

Error: Odd tail movement. Similar to 'happy dog tail wag'. Ruferd was quite happy. Ruferd read about the Spirit of Chaos. Ruferd was something almost unknown! Something exciting! Warning: Lack of Energy. Sleep Status is advised. Tired Simulation activated. Ruferd gave a big "YAWWN..." He smacked his lips, trotted a few paces from Discord, and fell asleep. Activating Dreams. Ruferd had a dream that Ruferd was in a huge library. It was quite nice. Ruferd reread the books from earlier. The dream was simple, but good.
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MEANWHILE, WITH FLIM AND FLAM
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Flam took a large swig of bitter juice to try and clear his head. Flim just banged his against the wall of the wagon. "I think I got it now! Seventeen times two is twenty-four!" Flim and Flam groaned.

"Lets call it quits for tonight. Okay?" they asked Susan. They had to teach her everything a filly could have known. And despite the whole day of teaching, they barely made any progress.
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