Chapters Chapter 1- Guardian Angel
It was an early morning in Ponyville. A day that began just like it always did. The sun was peeking up from behind the mountain tops, slowly pushing away the dark night sky to send it's nourishing rays of light upon all living beings worshiping it's life giving wealth.
The day had begun, just like the daily life cycle of all the creatures living in and around Ponyville. However, for a specific orange unicorn stallion, his day had begun way before his neighbors.
He was getting ready to walk over to the Sweet Apple Acres where he had gotten himself a job as an assistant to the apple family owning the massive orchard.
As he walked up to the front door, ready to venture out in the early morning, he stopped as he saw a letter lying on the floor just inside of the massive door sealing him inside the small house he called home.
He used his magic to lift up the envelope which he then opened up and began reading the letter found inside of it;
''Dear Shine Yellowsoul
I appreciate your hard work here on our farm. But you seriously need to get yourself some rest.
This is around the tenth time this month Big Macintosh had to carry you home after you've worked yourself to the bone.
Therefore, we, the apple family, has decided to give you the weekend off. Take care and get some rest, sugar cube
Sincerely, Applejack''
Shine tucked the letter back into the envelope and stashed it in a small box he put all of the letters he had received and read. Feeling a slight relief of not having to work for the rest of the weekend, he decided to follow Applejack's written order detailed in the letter to relax and get rested up.
He walked out from his house, feeling the warmth of the sun lighting up his face as he peered his eyes all around him until his eyes had adjusted to the strength of the sun.
To him, the sun felt unusually warm for the season. This sensation did not bother him however as he would appreciate any day the sun blessed the earth with it's presence. It did not matter if it was just the day after Winter Wrap Up day or just before the annual snow storm. No, Shine YellowSoul was happy to feel the warm sun on his face any day. This autumn morning was no different.
A few other ponies shared his idea and was just outside their houses, pottering about. In the distant he saw the grey mailmare zigzagging between the houses, handing out envelopes to the ponies who already was out or just slipped them into the mailbox stationed in front of each house.
Shine sat down next to his own mailbox, waiting for the grey mare. He basked in the sun, every now and then taking a peek to look how far away the mailmare was. She now was only one stop away from his house.
She took a peek inside her mailbag and pulled out a bunch of envelopes, putting most of them into the mailbox in front of her. The rest of the envelopes were stuffed back into her bag.
As she turned to face Shine sitting in front of his house, looking straight back at her, a bulky blue earth pony stallion came rushing out of his house and almost tore off the little hatch to his mailbox as he hastily checked his mail. He quickly turned to the grey mailmare and yelled at her. It was not hard for Shine to clearly hear the blue stallion's side of the conversation as it was obvious he was majorly upset about something. Seeing how things developed, Shine got up and approached the scene to hear the entire conversation.- You stupid filly! You did it again! I don't know how many times I've told you to make sure you only deliver MY mail to MY mailbox. - I-I am sorry mister, it's just that... - Quit your stupid excuses, I've had enough of this. I'll tell you once and for all; Get a new job or get a doctor to fix your stupid eyes.
That was it, not even a calm and collected pony such as Shine could just stand by and watch this any longer. Shine levitated a rock next to his head which he sent flying, hitting the blue stallion in the back of his head.- Hey! Jerk-face! Are you really such a chicken that you have to pick on mares to feel like a proper stallion? - What did you call me, shrimp? - You heard me! But with that white mane of yours, I think I'll call you albino instead. - Say that again and I'll rearrange your face, shrimp! - Heh... mweheh. Mwahahaha! Humor me, albino!
Smoke rose from Shine's human form as he rose to his full length, well taller than the blue stallion that was standing in front of Shine and just stared with his mouth gaping wide open.
Shine quickly looked at himself before he resumed the staring contest between him and the bulky blue stallion.- Normally, actions like yours just a minute ago would make my stomach rumble for a nice juicy steak. But during the circumstances I'd probably only get a bad stomach-ache. - Who- who are you? WHAT are you?
Shine ignored the stallion in front of him and took a step forward.- Heed this warning thou cowardly weakling; Repeat the deed you did today and I shall hunt you down, skin you alive and wear your white mane as a wig.
Shine was surrounded by yet another yellow light, this time welling out of his eyes when his bones once again changed shape, back into his pony form.
As the light evaporated he took a quick look around himself, seeing a few mares just standing still and staring at him.- Mornin' everypony. - Are you OK? He gave you quite a nasty push there.
She was lying there, covered in rose thorns stuck all around her body, tears showering her cheeks. The crying grey mailmare didn't notice Shine up until he had muscled his way into the bushes and put his hoof on top of hers.- I repeat, are you OK? Those thorns looks like they hurt a lot. - No, please, just go. I don't want you to make fun of me. Please, just leave me alone. - Oh, I'm not here to make fun of you. I'm here to help. I am happy to report that the mean stallion won't be bothering you anymore. You have my promise. - Look, this thorn resembles that jerk. Poof, now he's gone. - Thank you... i-it feels a lot better now. Uhm.. c-could you please help me get rid of the rest of the thorns? - Sure thing. However, the rest of them looks to have gone quite deep. I need to use forceps or something to coax them out. I suggest we get to my house where I as well can clean any wounds left behind from the thorns that went the deepest.
Shine used his magic to gently bend a path in the rosebushes for the mare that slowly got up to her hooves and slightly limped out from the bushes. Shine shortly followed and plucked another loose thorn that was stuck in her left hind leg in the hollow of the knee.
Both of them walked steadily towards Shines house. The mailmare was gently leaning against Shine walking next to her left side. She didn't really need any support to walk, but she felt that having someone this close to her was rather pleasant.
Chapter 2- Sooth the guilt
Their short walk ended as they entered the center of Shine's house where he left the mare to sit down on a pillow he quickly had fetched from his bed since he had no spare ones.- Wait right here while I go get everything I need.
He sat down on the mare's left side and began plucking all thorns he saw and every now and then putting a bandage on the spots he had to dig in a bit with the forceps to get the thorn out.
There were multiple clinking sounds when he put the plucked thorn in the bowl. He quickly had plucked a fair dozen of thorns when he asked the mare to stand up so that he could coax the last one out that was stuck on the mare's right flank.- Hoo-we, there's the last one I think. But I need you to stand up so that I can more easily work on it. - Please be gentle.
Shine had to dig the forceps deeper into the flesh than before to get a grip on the slightly slippery thorn. It looked like the mare's body finally had begun reacting to the many punctuations the thorns had made as this final thorn was surrounded by pus.
He purposely shoved the tips of the forceps into the mare's flesh to get a grip of the thorn and quickly yanked the thorn out which was tagged along with a pained whimper from the mare. Shine quickly put the forceps and the last of the thorns in the little bowl and gently put on a bandage where the thorn was and walked up to the face of the mare.- There we go, wasn't so bad, right? - Oh, sorry. I guess I was too rough after all. Hm... what to do about that...?
He walked back to the mare and placed the plate in front of her. The sound the porcelain plate made to the wooden floor caught her attention as she slowly wiped her tears and just stared at the muffin before she looked up at Shine.
Shine sat down in front of her and smiled, pushing the plate closer to her.- Here. The bandages might be able to patch up wounds but there's no better cure to sad feelings than a tasty treat. Go on, take it. I baked it yesterday with Pinkie Pie over at the Sugar Cube corner. This is the only pastry I really can do really well. I hope you like chocolate.
The grey mare bent down and smelled the brown muffin sitting on a white porcelain plate in front of her. It smelled really sweet. It looked very well made too, she could tell, from all the muffins she had made herself.
She nibbled a little on it and gave it a fair taste. She was amazed at the explosion of overwhelming flavor. She had never tasted something so rich in flavor. Nothing she had ever baked could match this sensation.
The mare sat there, silently staring blankly straight ahead of her for a moment. She came to her senses from the sound of Shine beginning to laugh loudly.- Hahah, was it really THAT good, huh?
Seeing his pastry bring such happiness, Shine couldn't help it either but joined with a smiling face of his own.- I take it my so-so muffin was to at least SOME delight, am I right? - Yes, it was good, really good. Thank you, Shine Yellowsoul. - You're welcome, you can just call me Shine, all my friends do. That reminds me, I don't think I know your name. May I ask what it could be? - Oh... my name... I-i'm... eh... - My name is Ditzy Doo. But you can call me, uhm... D-derpy... all my... f-f-friends do...
Shine flinched when hearing the name of the earlier, to him, nameless mare.- Ditzy Doo? YOU'RE Ditz- Oh, I'm sorry. So, YOU'RE Derpy? - What? You have heard of me? - Yeah, some things. None pretty though. Remind me later that I gotta have a talk to a few ponies about spreading rumors. - Will do. - Good, now then. What happened back there that made that stallion behave like that? It's alright if you don't wanna tell, I'm just curious. - I... I really don't know. I was just doing what I was hired to do, deliver mail each and every day. But one day he kept meeting me as I delivered his mail every morning, asking for some kind of package.
It lasted for about two weeks, same thing every day. I approached his mailbox, put his mail in it and just as I was about to leave, he always came out and checked his mail without emptying the mailbox. As he realized whatever he was waiting for hadn't come, he always yelled my way if he had any bigger mail he had to pick up. But the answer was always ''No''.
Then... then... then... the package finally arrived... a-and... - There, there. Take a deep breath, gather your thoughts. Continue when you feel that you are ready.
Derpy wiped her tears with her left front hoof and peeked with her right eye at Shine. When she realized he actually was looking back she quickly shut her eyelid and bent her head downwards and continued her story.- The package arrived to the post office and it was on my to-do list to deliver it to him, but I... I... - What happened? - I DELIVERED THE PACKAGE TO THE WRONG HOUSE!
As Shine recovered from the shock of being hugged so suddenly, he began feeling tears sliding along his back. One slowly sunk into his coat, tagged along by a second tear, keeping a third one in close company. All of a sudden there were too many tears to keep track of.
He hugged her back and slowly began rocking back and forth, left to right, gently humming a melody for a while before he quietly began singing in Derpy's ear, almost whispering;
''När trollmor har lagt de elva små trollen
och bundit fast dem i svansen
Då sjunger hon sakta för elva små trollen
de vackraste ord hon känner:
Ho aj aj aj aj buff
Ho aj aj aj aj buff
Ho aj aj aj aj buff buff
Ho aj aj aj aj buff''
Derpy quieted down upon hearing the calming melody ring in her ears as she slowly looked into Shine's eyes with her own disoriented eyes.- Once more... please.. just one more time.
Upon finishing the song for the second time, Shine gently stroke the grey mare on her back a few times and slowly pushed her so that she sat upright on her own. He reached a hoof and wiped away a tear that had stopped halfway down her left cheek.- The song I just sang, it's a lullaby my mother used to sing for me when I was a baby. Sorry if you didn't understand it, I just felt that it would sound better if I sang it in it's original language, my first language. - It was beautiful, I don't know how long it was since the last time somepony sang for me, let alone a lullaby, thank you Shine. I really needed that.
He returned to the mare sitting in the center of his house with a tray with two glasses of orange juice which he put down on top of the white porcelain plate next to Derpy.
Shine used his magic to levitate one of the glasses in front of his face as he took a sip of the juice.- I'm glad you liked the lullaby. It's one of the few good memories I have from back home.
Another period of complete silence passed without much happening except the two ponies every now and then taking a sip from their drinks. Eventually, Shine emptied his glass, bottoms up, and put it down next to him.- Sorry if I'm a bit stubborn Derpy, but, uhm... do you mind... continue telling me what happened when you accidentally delivered the package to the wrong house? Perhaps I can shed some light on the situation? - Oh uh, OK then, it is the least I can do for all you have done for me. - Let's see... yeah, so, I accidentally delivered his package to the wrong house. When he found out, he said some very mean things about me. - What did he call you? - A lot of stuff. Names, accusations of me purposely delivering wrong mail and a lot of different insults, some I've never heard of and some I just downright didn't understand, maybe they were in a different language, I don't know. - WHAT!? How dare he? If he's so sure that it's such an easy job then he can do it himself! When I get my hands on him, I'll rip him to pieces. - No, Shine! Please don't! I-I don't want to be accused of causing trouble to anypony. Please don't do anything rash. - As you wish. - Just, excuse me while I go nuts for a while.
Chapter 3- The Revelation
Enveloped in yellow energy, Shine's bones began making loud cracking noises as they changed his appearance to his human self.
With a mighty roar, he began punching the wall next to the door. Shortly after, he ran up to a bookcase with many items in it and just threw them onto the floor, creating one big mess of his house. He settled his anger with a few more punches on the same spot as earlier.
Panting heavily, Shine collapsed to the floor, blood slowly dripping from his busted knuckles. Derpy stood in the middle of the one giant room that was Shine's house and watched in terror at the senseless actions of Shine Yellowsoul.
She ran up to Shine and sat down next to him trying to tend to his wounds on his right hand.- You are crazy, why did you do that for? How can you hurt yourself like that? - Thanks Derpy, I'll take that. - Ow! That hurt! Hey, why did you mess up your home like that? It makes no sense. - So, the fact that I now look like an entirely different creature doesn't bother you? - Hm... OK that it is a little freaky. But I don't think any differently about you just because of that. - That's mighty fine to hear, Derpy. I really like the kind that don't worry too much of your looks. - I am wondering... what... do you think of me? - Hmm... - Hmm... good question, I haven't really though about it. You're kind, I guess. You also seem to always have good intentions no matter what you do. - Really? - Yeah, you're really nice and thoughtful. At times, perhaps a little clumsy... - ...but hey, everyone can, or should I say, everyPONY can foul up every now and then. - Seeing how you react tells me a lot. - There's nothing wrong in making a mistake, as long as you don't let it weight you down. - But what should I do when it happens? - Laugh it away. - Huh? - Laugh, giggle, make a joke out of it. Or the very least, just smile and try again. Remember; No one should be faulted for trying. - I-I don't know if I can. - 'Course you can! Perhaps not the first time, but give it a chance, try it. If that fails, just keep on trying. Sometime you gotta succeed. You haven't lost until you give up.
A while passed after which Shine cleared his throat.- Ahem, so uh... it's getting a little awkward here. - Oh, I'm sorry Shine. - You actually, now that I think of it, seem very nice. I feel I'd like to know more about you. - Really? Seriously? - Yeah, for sure, why don't you come to my birthday party tomorrow? It may not me as swanky or lively as you might be used to, but I don't think you will be bored to death. Even if you would, you are free to leave if you wish.
Derpy talked to herself for while.- Hmm... I don't think I have anything planned for tomorrow after work. And it's Saturday, so I don't think there will be that many deliveries. I don't think it would hurt to get to know a new friend every now and then. - Then you'll come? - Hm... Yeah, I think so. What time? - Let's see... - ...as I don't have any work for tomorrow either, I'll probably sleep in a bit and wake up around 9, perhaps 10. So, let's say... come by at 3 'o clock, I should have everything ready by then. - 3 'o clock it is then. See you then, Shine. - What? You don't have to leave yet? Do you? - Sorry Shine, but I still got mail to deliver. By the way, do you know where my mailbag went? - I don't remember picking up any bag when I picked you up. So I'd say it's still somewhere in the bushes. If it isn't, I can come help looking. - It's fine Shine, thanks for everything. I think I can hold my own from now on.
With that, Derpy and Shine said their goodbyes and parted ways. As Shine watched Derpy happily trot out from his house, he felt a lump in his throat, feeling all warm and fuzzy inside of him.- ''She seems nice, really nice in fact.'' - ''If anything, she got quite a nice looking butt on her.'' - ''I SO did not think like that right now.'' - Oh, I quite think you did, Shine. - ''Can we please pretend I DIDN'T think about it, k?'' - Fine, fine, whatever floats your Floatzel. You gotta confess though, you liked what you saw, right? - ''Will you shut up?'' - CUPCAKES!
After Shine's obscure little conversation, he went on with the preparation for his little get-together. He went out to Sugar Cube Corner and ordered his birthday cake, a giant, green single-tier marzipan cake.
Chapter 4- The heart of the inferno
The next day, Shine was very anxious, pacing back and forth while waiting for his one and only guest.- What's the clock? 2:48, good. All set? Let's see, cake? Check. Punch? Check. - ''Unnecessary anxiety and worry over meeting a new friend?'' - Absolutely, check! - ''Easy now! You've met her countless times in the morning. Why so nervous NOW all of a sudden?'' - I'd say it's because now it's OFFICIAL and PLANNED. You know I want it casual. Why aren't YOU nervous about it? - ''Pffth! Why should I? I'm not the one having to face her.'' - You DO know that I am you and you are me, right? So whatever I have to do, SO, DO, YOU. - ''Well thanks for that! Now I'm just as nervous as an anxious hedgehog in a balloon factory'' - You're welc- - Well, here goes, tough guy? You ready? - ''NO! I'm not!'' - Me neither...
Shine opened the door with a big smile to greet the grey mare.- Hello Derpy! Nice to see you! Come in, come in! - Thank you, Shine. It's nice to see you again, too. - Where are all the guests? - They are, or should I say, she is, standing right in front of me. Please, do come inside. - How come you have only invited me Shine? I remember clearly you have talked about numerous friends every now and then when I deliver your mail. - Well to put it simple, if I would invite them, which would include Pinkie Pie, things would have become rather noisy, and I like to enjoy peace and quiet. - Besides, Pinkie Pie insisted on hosting my birthday party which I convinced her was NEXT Saturday and... - Oh no, this is bad! - What is bad?
They barged into Shine's house, tackling them both to the center of the large room. Despite being knocked to the floor, Shine was surprisingly quick at getting up again, positioning him between the three ruffians and Derpy.
- GET OUT! - Well, well, well. Having a little celebration are we? What's the occasion and why didn't we get invited. - I don't tend to invite the likes I pair together with a slow, agonizing death. Now, get out of my house! - What makes you think you're such a hot-shot that you can boss US around? - This makes me think that!
The black stallion collapsed and as his horn slipped out of Shine's grip, the red energy previously enveloping the horn now seemed to have stuck to Shine's palm instead.
Shine looked at his own hand and seemed to play around with the magical substance, shaping it into a small red ball.- What the heck did you do to him? You freak!
Without turning to the red stallion, Shine responded as he toyed with the red little ball.- Magic leech, very effective against other magical abilities. Who would have known I would have use for such a spell? THINK FAST! - SHINE! HELP!
All of a sudden, Shine appears behind the blue stallion and hooks his right arm around the blue stallion's neck, squeezing tightly which caught the blue stallion by surprise as he began struggling and making choked gurgling.- Give me ONE good reason I shouldn't snap your neck right this instant. - Aaargh... let... me go... shrimp... - Bully me all you want, but if you EVER even dare look Derpy's ways and I hear about it, I'll hunt you all down to the deepest reaches of hell, even if it kills me.
- Shine! Are you OK? You are trembling! - Y-yeah... i-it's just from all the adrenaline... ugh... I had forgotten... h-how it felt... - I-I’ll be fine... just lemme... rest a little.
Derpy tilted her head, looking at the strange creature that for the second time now helped her without her ever asking.
Even though it felt strange to be so close to a creature she knew nothing of, it didn't feel wrong. Thoughts like these swarmed her mind as she approached Shine and sat down to huddle up along with him. She sat down on his left side, leaning her head towards him and stretching her wing out and gently rubbing him on his back, just as if she was trying to keep him warm. She leaned closer to his ear and whispered.- Thank you. - Hm? - Thank you. - Thank you for helping me.
After almost a full minute Shine broke the silence.- Wanna know something awesome? - Yeah sure, what is it? - Look into my eyes again. - What is it Shine? I can't see anything- OH SWEET CELESTIA! - H-h-how can you do that? How can you move your eye like that? - Easy now. I can do that with my eye because... well... I was born with it. - What? You were born with that ability? - Ability? Nah. Ailment? Yes. If it wasn't for the magic lenses I have around my eyes, I would be wearing glasses. When I was a little kid, it was a great disability since I couldn't control my eyes with or without glasses. But eventually I learned to control it so that it looked normal, provided I wanted it too, as I just showed. - Oh, Shine, I feel so happy I just want to... I just want to... mmh!
The short moment the kiss lasted felt like forever. Eventually, Derpy stepped back as she realized what she was doing. Her face was a burning red color when she began looking down, poking the wooden floor with her hoof.- I just wanted to... show... uhm... h-how happy I felt. - Point taken! - So, now that we've taken care of that, uhm... how about we get on with the partying? I mean, that was why I invited you in the first place, right? - Oh, yeah, yeah! I-i would like to have a slice of that delicious looking cake. - Dibs on the first slice, I AM the birthday boy after all.
The afternoon went on with Shine and Derpy partying together. Doing all sorts of things ranging from silly guessing games to singing songs all the way to Shine reading a few poems he had written himself.
As the afternoon turned into night and then into late night, both Shine and Derpy were starting to look very fatigued, despite them sharing such a cheerful moment together. Derpy was getting ready to leave as Shine held up the door with an equitable pose.- Thank you Miss Derpy for joining us at such a magnificent occasion. We certainly hope that you had a great time and that you shall join us the year to come. - My, oh my, we certainly had an explicit wonderful time here great Sir Shine. We shall return for more the next time you make the excellent decision of hosting yet another of these, ''parties''.
But when Derpy was to take the step outside the threshold, she froze, blankly staring out in the pitch-black night. Shine could see at Derpy's terrified face that something was heavily bothering her.- What's the matter Derpy? - I am scared. - Of darkness? - No, of THEM, those meanies. - They have been following me every now and then. They never did anything to me back then. But now from what has happened, I am very scared they WILL do something horrible to me if I ever show myself outside alone again.
Shine looked around his house for a solution. After scanning his house with his eyes, he locked focus on the couch standing in front of the fireplace.- Hm... It isn't much but, perhaps you can stay the night here? You can sleep on the couch, it's not all that super comfy, but it should suffice. I think I have a spare blanket somewhere in case of cold winter. - Really? I can stay here? Oh, thank you Shine, I feel so relieved. - Shine... could you please... sing that lullaby again for me? It was so beautiful and soothing. - As you wish.
With almost perfect timing as Shine finished the song, soft snoring could be heard from Derpy, indicating her successful journey to the land of dreams. Shine smiled at how effective his lullaby was and quietly walked up to his own bed and soundly fell asleep in it with a thud.
A few hours passed of the calm night only to be interrupted by a blood-curling scream of terror.- THEY ARE COMING FOR ME! - Huh? Who? Hey! I'm right at it!
Shine rubbed his eyes as he slowly rose to look at Derpy from behind the couch.- Oh! Shine! I had the worst of nightmares! It was horrible! - There, there, Derpies. It was just a dream. Dreams can't hurt you. Just relax and take a deep breath. - Dream or no dream, I was so scared those meanies would get me. - Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh... just take it easy... they're gone now. I drove them away, remember? Now, take a deep breath and relax. - Yeah, I remember, Shine. I-it was just a bad dream... just... a bad dream. - Nighty, nighty, Derpy, hopefully you'll have a better dream this time. - Good night, Shine. Sorry for waking you up.
As Shine had gotten all cozy under his giant quilt, he heard the clopping of hooves slowly coming towards him.
He forced his tired eyes open to see Derpy standing in front of him with an awkward expression.- Uhm... s-sorry if I woke you up, again. B-but I can't really sleep. I just can't stop thinking of the nightmare I had. - Y-your bed also seems well big enough for you and I was wondering.... if I... perhaps... could... sleep next to you? - I think I would feel much more, erm... safe... please?
Shine grumbled a little while to himself with closed eyes, which made Derpy unsure if Shine even was awake. But eventually, Shine moved to the far end of the bed with a huge yawn. He turned to lie on his right side, facing away from the mare that carefully crawled under the huge marine blue quilt that could cover a lot more than the size of the bed and easily both of the ponies huddling beneath its warm threads.- Uhm, Shine, please don't fall asleep yet. - Hm? Need to talk about your nightmare? Was it that bad? - Oh, uhm. No, not that. I only wanted to talk to you... a-about everything that has happened lately. - Anything in particular that you need to get off your chest? - Well... I-i was just... wondering... what made you stand up for me that day? I've checked around a little and found out that you wouldn't stand up for somepony you hardly know unless there is something going on. - Bullies! - Bullies? - Bullies. That stallion was nothing more than a bully. A bully, feasting upon the suffering he caused to innocent creatures just because of his own insecurity. - I'll let you in on a little something about myself no other pony knows of. Spread it if you wish, I really could care less. Your choice. - Oh, I wouldn't dream of telling anypony of your secrets, Shine. - Very well then. It all began the very first day of school when I was just a little guy. I was oblivious to the bullies back then. But as I grew, I became aware of the horrible deeds they were doing to me.
They weren't laughing with me, they were laughing AT me. By that realization, things grew worse. I began telling them to stop. But I only fueled the already out-of-control inferno that was the foundation for my future in the shape of education.
- Oh my! Why didn't the teachers to anything about it? - Pfft! It'd be a miracle if they ever did anything that was outside their job description. I had the ''great'' luck of getting teachers that only cared for the star students, students that were far better than everybody else.
I never was good at anything, studying the least. Therefore I was bundled together with the rest of the boys in my class. So I was stuck with jerks, bullies and the likes that were both. I was forced to associate myself with those that I hated. People I desperately tried to get away from. Separated from the few girls that were my only friends. - Hush! I know what you are thinking. We were nothing more than friends, got it? - At that time, the intensity of the bullying kept at a regular pace. It wasn't until the later years of elementary school that my life went from bad to worse.
I was enjoying my lunch with my friends during a day that had been abnormally calm and overall good. Like a lightning from clear sky, a guy that was a few years older than me that I had a bit of history with came up to our table from behind my back. Unprovoked, he knocked my plate down on the floor without any reason. Pent up with anger from years of bullying, I lost all that was self control.
- What happened? Please tell me what happened? - I hit him. I hit him as hard as I could. I think I managed to hit his lower jaw and bust a tooth. I don't really remember. I was lost inside myself. Imprisoned by anger and hatred.
I remember him stomping me on my back and spitting blood down my neck as he yelled at me, asking me if I ''enjoyed picking a fight''.
- How horrible! Didn't anypony do anything? - No. Nobody dared to do anything. That good-for-noting-ass-hole only backed away when the old ladies serving the food yelled at us for messing up the dining hall.
Once they got close enough to us they saw what was going on and called out to the teachers that was eating their lunch just around the corner a short distance away from the scene.
After I've gotten a new plate of food and discussed with my friends what happened, which I to this day still have hard to believe happened, we were waiting the last minutes of our recess just outside the classroom when that same idiot walks straight up to me.
He forced me up to the wall, continuing to threaten me. Accusing me of what he started. Then... ''IT'' happened.
- ''It''? Don't be so secretive, tell me what happened! Did he hurt you? - No, he did not hurt me. What happened was that someone FINALLY stood up for me. After years of being alone, forced to make everything by myself, someone finally stood up for me. Someone that meant, and still do mean a lot to me. But since I don't see a way of going back to the life I used to live, I've realized that I might as well forget about her.
Thought it hasn't gone too well as my dreams remind me every time I think I have managed to move on. It hurts, it hurts so much to be reminded... reminded of that horrible day. - There, there. I'm so sorry if I opened up an old wound. - Thank you Derpy, I feel a lot better now that I've gotten a chance to talk about it. - Anytime, Shiny. You helped me out, now I help you out. - Besides, you make me feel like I've never felt before. - And how, if I may ask, do I make you feel? - Whu-well... h-happy, I guess... You also make me feel special. There's also this new feeling I've never felt before the incident yesterday. - Oh ho ho, lemme guess. You feel excited, but still calm? Energized yet tired? Tense but relaxed at the same time? On top of everything, you feel this strange ticklish feeling? - That's it! How did you know? - The feeling is mutual, my dear Derpies.
The strange ticklish feeling traveled so incredibly slowly from her back down to her hind legs, jumping between the inside of her thighs, left to right, right to left, every now and then taking a slow delay in-between them, teasing her.
Her breathing had intensified as her legs tended to twitch unwillingly with very long delays between each. She felt that she wanted more of this strange, almost forbidden feeling.- Oh sweet Celestia! Whatever you're doing I beg you, please do not stop.
She moved up a little so that she could position her mouth to the base of Shine's horn which she then began kissing, licking and eventually sucking on, keeping her tongue wrapped around it as much as she could. She gave it a gentle tug every time she felt a twitch of her own.
After a while they stopped. A thin string of saliva still connected Derpy's tongue with Shine's horn for a few seconds longer until it dripped down on his forehead. Derpy was panting lightly as she crawled back under the quilt to face Shine's sparkling eyes.- What now? I thought you liked my little massage. I was starting to think you'd want to step things up a bit. - Oh, but didn't you mind me doing what I did to your horn? - Not at all. It actually felt quite good. You can resume your work, if you want to, that is. - Oh, I never thought you would ask.
As she was lying there with a stallion's horn deep down her throat, she felt a hoof being placed on her diaphragm. It slowly began zigzagging it's way down her stomach. The ticklish feeling grew larger than ever before. She didn't know why and she didn't want to know why but she instinctively began sucking the horn while starting a slow rhythmic up and down motion on Shine's horn.
She was soon rewarded for unwittingly delivering pleasure as the hoof she felt began making tight circles around her left teat. The ticklish feeling was too overwhelming, she couldn't help but moan as she continued her devouring of the now drool-soaked orange horn.
Derpy could now feel that the ticklish feeling had brought an intense wet feeling between her legs, even more than from all the sweat that her body had excreted. She tried to sneak a hoof down her body but it was quickly swatted away by Shine who had other thoughts.- No, no, no! I can take care of this part for you. You just keep on doing what you did and you'll be in for a surprise or two.
Shine used his hoof to swiftly circle Derpy's teats once more before he ventured with his hoof even further down her body. He slowly began circling her marehood counter-clockwise, making sure he didn't touch too close to her anus as he passed. He quickly realized his actions were highly appreciated as Derpy took his horn as far down her throat she could, even though it made her cough a little.
Shine had throughout the act been feeling the very same ticklish feeling as his partner but for him it had exploded from the top of his head, all the way down to his own precious genital. For every time Derpy deep-throated his horn it became harder and harder for him to focus. Sweat from himself mixed with drool from the mare treating his magical horn like a lollipop stung in his eyes. He clenched his eyes shut and just focused on what his hooves were doing.
His left hoof was fiddling around in his own nether regions, jerking off his third hind leg while his right hoof was intruding in the nether regions of a pony he, up until yesterday, only knew of as the mare that delivers any mail sent to him. Shine tried not to think too much about it for now and just enjoyed the sensation he shared with the mare of his life.
After he had circled Derpy's labia a few times he mustered enough courage to attempt a direct approach. He carefully slid his hoof upwards from the lowest part of her. He barely pressed anything but he could tell it was enough for a reaction as Derpy moaned slightly and stroke his mane a few times.
He circled his hoof back bellow her labia and went for another approach, applying a bit more pressure than last time. Her labia opened up slightly for his hoof and a thin layer of liquid covered the underside of Shine's hoof.
Shine was starting to feel light-headed, almost dizzy, as he could feel his horn on his head throb hard into his skull in rhythm with his heartbeats. He knew he wouldn't last long now and hurried up his own work by readying for a third approach.
Halfway past Derpy's marehood, Shine froze and couldn't do anything else than just lie there and enjoy the orgasm erupting from the horn on his head. It felt hot as an inferno when his horn uncontrollably let out multiple small spurts of concentrated magic.
Derpy tried to drink as much of the strange liquid that surprised her good. But every time she tried to swallow, the liquid evaporated and left nothing in her mouth but a strong taste of orange juice.
Both of the ponies crept back under quilt they seemed to have thrown of themselves to relieve them of the some of the sweaty heat they had created. Derpy slowly but passionately kissed Shine which tried doing the same in return but ended up just repeatedly stroking Derpy's mane.- I am sorry for not bringing any birthday gift to you, but I hope this will suffice. - It sure does. - Well, how 'bout I return some of the gratitude you've been showing me lately? - What do you mean? - Well, how should I put it? Consider what we've been doing for quite a while now and tell me; Is there anything, I mean it, ANYTHING, that you've always dreamed of doing. Not just since I stood up for you, but that special dark secret you've never told anypony of. Now's your chance to make that dream come true. - Oh my, such an opportunity... uhm.. l-let me think for a bit.
Moments of silence passed. When Derpy accidentally pressed her hoof down on herself too hard she felt an unexpected twitch through her body. The twitch made her nudge Shine's still throbbing member since he as well tried to keep up this delicate mood.
The nudge was barely noticeable for either of the ponies but it was enough for Derpy to make up her mind when she suddenly locked lips with Shine and just exchanged saliva with the stallion for a brief moment.- I take it you've made a decision, right? - Y-yes, I guess so. - I-i'd like you to, well... to... - I'm sorry Shine, I just can't say it. I mean, this is not the most normal thing to talk about, and... - Calm down, Derpies. - You don't have to say it out directly. Just, gimme a hint and I'll see what I can do. - Well... to tell the truth... ehm...
A tear had managed to form and was marching down from the corner of her left eye. It was halted by Shine who used his hoof to wiped it away. This caught her attention as she opened up her eyes to face the most heartfelt, understanding eyes she had ever seen. He slowly kissed her on her muzzle and leaned in closer than he already was and whispered yet again.- It's OK if this feels weird, take your time. I'm not going anywhere. - There we go, feeling better yet? - Yes, Shiny. I feel much better now, thank you. - You know... I've always sorta dreamed of how... how it would feel to get... uhm.. t-to get... - I've always wondered how it would feel like when a stallion... you know...wh-when a s-s-stallion is.. - Riding you? Humping you? Or just downright rudely banging you? ''Yes''.
She gasped loudly as she raised her head to catch her breath. She gently put her head down on the pillow again and looked at Shine with her eyes glittering like never before.- Yes... all of the above. You must have been with countless mares before me to be able to tell that easily. - Heh... truth is, this is my first time. I'm just well read. How 'bout you? - Eh... same here. I am just so surprised I haven't messed up anything like I always do. I'm such a klutz and... - Hush now... your not a klutz. - But, uhm... there is one thing however that I'm feeling major concern about if I fulfill this whole thing. - What? Have I done something wrong after all? Please tell me what it is, I promise I will make up for it. - It's nothing you've done, rest assured. But what we are about to do has it's risks and... well... - Ugh... fine, I'll just say it out loud, I want to do this, I really do, but I don't wanna take the risk of making you pregnant. I'm not stallion, or man, enough for that massive amount of responsibility. I mean, I can hardly take care of... - Don't worry your handsome head about that, Shiny. I won't get pregnant, trust me. - Are you absolutely sure? - I AM sure, trust me on this.
Shine slowly sat up while looking at the mare lying before him as if he was examining her.- Well then. There's multiple ways we can do this; Either you can lie still as you are. Or you can turn around and lie on your back OR we could... - I-I think this is perfect. - OK then, uhm, c-could you please stand on your hind legs, it'd be a lot easier for me to, uhm... aim.
As Shine quickly made a little jump behind Derpy, he froze, staring at Derpy's exposed genital. His brain ordered him to move but his body wouldn't budge. Seeing anatomical pictures in a book was one thing, seeing it in real life was an experience of its own.
Feeling the embarrassment of looking at another's precious parts made Shine feel like his brain shut down, haltering all movement, silencing all speech, swatting all his thoughts.- Well, Shine, are you gonna start anytime soon? - Huh? What? Oh! Yeah, right away, my bad.
He gently placed his front hooves on Derpy's flanks, slowly moving closer, aiming for Derpy's crotch with his own. As his body slammed against Derpy's back without the desired sensation, Shine realized he missed his target.- Oops!
Spot on! He managed to hit the tip of his member right in-between Derpy's private parts causing both him and Derpy to moan in concert.
Wiping the sweat from his eyes, he looked down at the blonde tail wagging back and forth, tickling him on his chest.- A-alright then, all set. Are you now sure this is what you want. I-i doubt I'll be able to stop myself once I start. - Yes, please! Go for it, Mr.Hero.
Shine tried pushing his hips forward, but with little result. With all the conflicting feelings blurring his mind, he began leaning forward, seeing the only way to continue what he started without ruining it.
His limb slowly slid inside Derpy with a slick sound. Desire like no other began building up inside of him. He knew the basics of the desire. The primitive desire for the opposite gender's genital. This time, however, it was so much stronger, skyrocketing through the roof of all possible measuring charts.
He began feeling the purest form of greed tickling his brain as he shoved in the last inch of his length into the mare gasping beneath him. Coming to a standstill with his third hind leg inside a mare, Shine felt a pinch of panic as the greed within him wanted more of the lust-empowered emotions he felt.
Ignoring the pleads for him to continue from Derpy, Shine only sought to satisfy his own selfish appeals. He withdrew his length from her, humming loudly from all the friction on his stiff limb. He instinctively aimed back at her and thrust his limb into her again, this time as hard as he could.
The two ponies moaned and gasped almost in perfect sync with each other as the act progressed. Shine was no longer standing behind Derpy, more like lying on top her, still standing on his own legs. He continued thrusting with a rhythmic motion with his hips as seemingly limitless pleasure and desire flooded his mind.
He felt his throbbing limb soften up slightly, still being stiff at the core as a massive orgasm soon would see it's dawn. Shine gently nibbled Derpy in the skin of the neck before he tried whispering in her right ear.- Hnnngh... Derp... Derpy... it's time... time for... gah... heh... for the finale... b-brace youself! - Ngaaah! Aah! Mmmhh... What...? Oh!
Shine gathered all his strength to give it all in this final push, causing them both to simultaneously reached their climax. They screamed at the top of their lungs at the same time when their fluids welled out of their bodies, creating one big nasty mess on the bed sheets.
Derpy collapsed as her body was drained of both liquids and energy. Shine, still inside of her, leaned to the left, causing them both to tip over to their side.
Shine, being drained of energy as well, didn't bother to withdraw his limb but instead hugged Derpy tightly and buried his face in the blonde ocean that was Derpy's mane as they both drifted off to the land of dreams where they spent the rest of the few remaining hours of this almost magical night.
''Oh, thy mare wielding blonde and grey
Tell me if you would agree to say
That ponies complain about your eyes
but that is what our hearts together ties''
THE END
