Author's Note
Just a random story that popped into my head. Wasn't planned to be a long elaborate piece
Insert name here
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Anon; short for Anonymous. I live in a two bedroom, one-and-a-half bath house with…(honestly; I doubt anyone cares about the rest of the house. Back to the meaningful stuff.)
While I don't claim to know much about My Little Pony; I do have a small collection of six Build-a-Bear plushies. Funny how multiple people here seem to have an interdimensional counterpart that became a stuffed animal. Nonetheless; the collection contains of Spike, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Sunset Shimmer, Tempest Shadow, Luna and Celestia. (I’ll be honest; I’ve never seen the real life inspirations; and I really don’t care about opinions.)
I decided to turn off the T.V. after its news report reminding viewers of the Super Blue Blood Moon that was happening tonight. According to reports; the moon is to rise into its full position around 1900hrs (7:00pm to everyone else not versed in the 24 hour clock) while the process of turning red was expected to last nearly an hour. Scientists also mentioned the possibility of a meteor shower happening at the same time.
“Well; I'm gonna take a nap,” I decided through a yawn
With that; I shut the T.V. off and trudged back to my bedroom and stopped short of face planting onto the mattress. Just a few hours of sleep wasn't good for anyone; especially when I was playing games early into the morning; so I figured some extra hours wouldn't hurt. Positioned; perhaps more accurately, tossed; next to me were my plushies with a wrapped up Celestia tucked in my headboard safety. I reached over and grabbed Twilight before positioning her on my chest as I fell asleep. After having a sandwich and chips for dinner, I decided to get dressed into some shorts and a t-shirt to head out into my backyard.
“Come on Luna; it's time to see your namesake.”
After finding a spot on the ground; I sat down with her positioned between my crossed legs. Looking upwards; I have a perfect view of a big red moon as I timed it perfectly.
“It's beautiful. I’ve always wanted to be an astronomer; or in this case, a ‘moon starer’.”
As I sat there gazing into the sky; a lone shooting star passes by as I decided to quickly make a wish.
“I may not be able to go to Equestria; but I wish Equestria could come to me.”
After making my wish; I lowered myself onto my back to soak in the sight as more meteors start coming down faster than I dared to count. Probably an hour later; the moon had officially returned to normal as the number of meteors also decreased. The weather was also starting get chillier than I cared for, so I grabbed Luna and returned inside to get to bed.
"Good night, girls.”
Some time after seven the next morning; I felt something nudge me. Normally; this wouldn’t be strange, except for the fact that I lived alone and didn’t have any pets to sleep in bed with me.
“Time to get up,” a voice whispered
“Eh? Quit it, damn spirit.”
“No spirits here,” a small voice answered
“The hell?”
After rubbing the morning gunk out of my eyes; I thought the plushies had moved from their previous positions. Each were originally on their side with the single-side cutie marks facing upwards. Now; they were standing upright on all four hooves looking back at me.
“About time you woke up,” Dash stated, standing next to my head
“I’m dreaming this,” I muttered
“It’s not a dream,” Luna offered reassuringly
“You’re right,” I retorted “I must have been drinking or doing some serious drugs. On second thought; that’s not right, either.”
“Why not,” Spike questioned
“I don’t drink or do drugs! That’s it! I’ve finally lost my friggin' mind! Talking to stuffed animals has to be a sign of madness,” I answered with a chuckle “Right about now would probably cue the turning head, crawling up the wall and talking in tongues.”
“Mnm me ow ‘ere,” a muffled voice stated
“What was that,” I asked dumbfounded
Spike and Twilight walked over to the side of the bed and helped pull off the plastic shopping bags I’d stuck onto Celestia. One was situated over her head and wings, while the other wrapped around the legs and body. Considering her purely white fur; my precautions would have been seen as reasonable to protect her without sticking her in a glass display case.
“I said ‘get me out of here',” Celestia retorted indignantly
“Why would you do a thing like that,” Twilight asked “What did we ever do to you? Why do some of us have clothes and the rest of don’t? Where’s my friends?”
As Twilight continued her line of questions; I simply lifted myself out of bed and started walking out.
“Where are you going,” Twilight demanded “There’s so much I don’t know!”
“I’m getting some damn coffee if I have to deal with madness.”
After heading into the kitchen to start the pot; I look over and see the six ponies and dragon walking from room into the living room, before stopping at the couch.
“Do you mind helping us up,” Dash asked indignantly
Reluctantly; I retrieved a skateboard I was given that lacked axels and set it against the floor as a ramp with a towel on top to prevent them from getting torn up due to the sandpaper. Finished with that; I set to pouring my cup and returned to the living room. To my surprise; all of them had made their way up and sat across from me with my coffee table separating us.
“Back to my questions earlier,” Twilight stated
“I put Sunbutt in the bags to keep her safe. White objects get dirtier far easily than anything else. I could have technically stored her behind glass. Now I have question of my own. How the hell did you get like this?”
“I’d guess it was something to do with your wish from last night,” Luna offered “You did ask to have Equestria brought to you.”
“Ah, shit,” I muttered “Didn’t think that would bite me in the ass.”
“Could you not swear too much,” Twilight chastised “There’s a youngling present."
“To be honest,” Spike started “the language is interesting.”
“That’s not how I’d describe it,” Twilight chastised “Foul language like that shouldn’t be spoken in your presence.”
“Meh. I can’t really apologize for something I could never know would transpire.”
“You still have no need for that,” Twilight argued
“I’m not beating a dead topic. I’d have chosen other words; but they aren’t proper in the chosen company. Now I have a question of my own that goes to each of you. What is your earliest memory?”
“I’ll start first, being the oldest,” Celestia stated
“Then you’ll wait your turn,” Dash countered “I’m the eldest here.”
“Why don’t you solve this,” Luna mused “You can tell us who is correct.”
“Give me a minute to get something.”
“Don’t keep us waiting,” Dash yelled
Not really caring about their answer; I headed back to my bedroom to retrieve a blue binder. Upon my return; I opened it to show that Rainbow Dash spoke the truth. She was in fact the first ‘born' plush in the bunch.
“I can’t be the youngest,” Celestia complained “That’s impossible.”
“It’s right there in front of you,” Spike pointed out
“Don’t rub it in,” Celestia muttered
“Do we have to introduce ourselves,” Spike asked
“That’s up to you.”
“I'm Rainbow Dash,” she said a sigh “Honestly; I remember being handed over to you by someone else before getting brushed. After that; I went from being stuffed in a box to an even worse confined space before coming home.”
“I'm Twilight Sparkle and this is Spike,” she said next “I concur with Dash’s version of events.”
“We stayed in the box,” Spike corrected
“You're right about that,” Twilight realized “I forgot.”
“Princess Luna. I remember having my head partially out of the box to see my surroundings,” she added “There were quite a lot of others like you out there. I didn't really see much.”
“Tempest Shadow,” she said simply “I went from having my mohawk caught in the box to almost being stuffed in a closed bag to returning to the box. Worst part was I never had my armor.”
“Well you have it now,” Spike pointed out
“Too long afterwards,” Tempest growled
“I'm Sunset Shimmer,” she finished “I remember being picking out with the black jacket having it put on me. He said it made me unique.”
“Since we did that; why don’t you answer my questions from earlier,” Twilight asked again “Especially when you neglected to answer them when we came out here.”
“Remind me again. What was so important?”
“Why do some of us have clothes and the rest don’t,” Luna asked
“Tempest has her armor because it’s synonymous with her as seen in the movie. Could anyone else wear it? They can but it’ll be harder for pegasi or alicorns. As for Sunset; the jacket technically belongs to another character, Songbird Serenade; but I didn’t want her. I’d read a story online that had Sunset return to Equestria as a pony still wearing her leather jacket.”
“And my friends? Why don’t you have them,” Twilight demanded
“My reasons. Dashie-"
“Hey! Don’t call me that,” Dash interjected
“As I was saying,” I continued, clearing my throat “Dash was bought because of my interest in sports; Twilight because I like to read, Luna since she’s my favorite princess, Tempest due to her being a badass, Sunset because I like the human version; but settled on having the pony, and finally; Celestia to have Sunbutt, herself.”
“And me,” Spike asked hopefully
“Well; I can’t get Twilight without getting you. As for the others; I never planned to get them, for one thing. Secondly; I doubt I’d have known my plushies would ever come to life to prepare. So; what happens now? Do you act like that movie trilogy, or am I the only one who can see you?”
“Actually; we don’t know ourselves,” Celestia answered
“At least the good thing about this, is you don’t require food and water. That’s one mess I’m not going to miss.”
“What exactly do we call you,” Tempest demanded
“I kind of like ‘dad’,” Spike offered
“Honestly; I’m open to anything.”
“You did give us life,” Sunset added “I felt someone else handing me over to you along with putting on my jacket.”
“Then he should be referred to as our creator,” Luna pointed out
“While it doesn’t sound too bad to be revered as a creator; that puts me too close to a title I don’t want.”
“What sort of title would you not want,” Luna asked curiously
“God. It’s not something most humans would want to be. I may have made a wish upon putting the heart into each of you; save for Spike; I’d see it more as a father watching during birth.”
“Well; dad,” Celestia started, albeit hesitantly “Could you at least be careful putting me backing the bags?”
“I will try. I’m sorry that I have no better way to protect you.”
“Don’t try drowning me again,” Dash demanded
“Washing you off, you mean? Your fur was; and still partially is; covered in dirt and I wanted you clean. Even Twilight had to get cleaned.”
“At least warn us if you have to go something,” she argued
“Since you’re partially alive for who knows how long; I’ll try to be courteous.”
