My Terrible Nightmare

I woke up, seeing animals surrounding me. Right. I spent a night at FlutterShy’s. It was nice though, after she showed me around and let me pet some animals and even help her around her cottage, we had some tea and dinner, Twilight ending up coming over to see if I was going to stay or not. She just stayed for dinner and then left after I said I was gonna stay a night here, just to get some more time with animals.

To be honest, I love animals. Surprised that the world didn’t give me a cutie mark, and just said fuck you and gave me nothing. Am I supposed to earn it? I did go through a portal after all, and just coming in here willynilly with a cool cutie mark would be too easy. It would suck if this was the purpose to come into this world to see what my special mark would be.

I do have a birthmark, not really a cutie mark, but still a mark. I need to stop rambling.

FlutterShy asked if I needed any assistance to Twilight’s castle, but I think I knew the way since you can’t really miss a castle almost the size of the Eiffel Tower in a small village.

We waved goodbye and I made my way. I was able to start walking on all my hooves, and I guess it felt easier, more balance of course.

”I wonder what else to do today. Maybe meet one of the other Mane 6 ponies? Maybe Rarity is making more dresses. I don’t think SweetieBelle met me yet, she seems like a nice kid-“

My self-talking ended in some pain in the back of my head, and I jumped, looking around. There were 3 ponies looking at me, all of them as the 3 races, Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasus ponies.

”Whoops! Didn’t see you there, like the lack of a cutie mark ya have, hah!”

Oh great. Bullies.

The one that spoke first was of course the leader who was an earth pony. Most leaders usually speak first, and then the other one or two do as well.

”Look if you’re here to bully me then your here to give me a lot of attention. Just leave me alone”.

I turned away and started walking towards Twilight’s castle. I feel more pain on my head and I whip my head around giving them a death stare.

”Why aren’t you blocking huh? Can’t you not use your magic?”

”I.. I don’t know how.”

”Really?! HAH! Pezly! Throw another!”

The unicorn out of the group was throwing them, but they didn’t really have an angry expression on themselves. Kind of like they didn’t care. Like that one pony.. uh Pinkie’s sister, Maud. Expressionless.

I just ignored them and continued on my way, hopefully going to Twilight’s place had some redemption. I felt a huge shove on my side and slammed right into the ground.

”Don’t walk away when somepony is taking to you! Didn’t your parents teach you any manners?”

Damn, this was a whole other level of bullying. I’ve been bullied when I was younger, like in middle school. But never like this, being thrown on the ground.
I tried to pick myself up off the ground, but the pegasus pony pinned me down. I started to feel a panic creep up on me.

”Look at me when I speak to you. Ponies like you need to learn better manners.

He smiled as him and Pezly approached in front of me. I felt the cold and warm feeling at my mouth as I see an aura bounce off the ground. They were holding my mouth open. The earth pony shoved some rocks in front of Pezly, me seeing one float up and towards my mouth. They we’re almost as big as golf balls.

My claustrophobic started to creep up on me fully, seeing them surround me and shoving rocks into my mouth. I started to squirm, but the pegasus put down more force on my limbs. I closed my eyes, tears flowing out of my eyes, hopefully I could zone this out, even though I don’t think that’s possible.

Suddenly, the weight lifted off my back instantly, as I heard a sickening crunch sound above me. Pezly and the earth pony gasped, and I felt the aura on me fade, as I spat out the rocks and jumped up. I had a weird feeling deep inside to where I turned around and kicked, kicking the earth pony directly in the jaw, tossing him to the ground.

”AH! WHAT THE-!”

Pezly jumped in front of the earth pony and their horn started to glow bright, I guess about to shoot something at me. I squinted my eyes and put a hoof above my head facing down, but then seeing a shadow and a black and slight green hoof appear in front. It was Shadow Ace.

”Back of assholes! This one’s mine!”

Mine?

”Well we saw them first!”

The earth pony spitted out.

”Well I saw them yesterday going to that scared yellow Pegasus’ cottage and got them there! You don’t take things from me on my turf, Mud Buck!”

”Don’t you dare call me that! It’s Mud Rock you pathetic barf pegasus! Come on guys, we’re leaving this gross place.”

Him and the other 2 ponies galloped away, Shadow Ace still standing ground in front of me. He then quickly turned around and put his hooves on me.

”Dude are you alright?! Oh celestia I saw the drama happening from the sky! How badly are you hurt? Do you need to go to the hospital again?”

He saw some blood from my mouth falll down my chin. I guess one of the rocks cut me. I didn’t know what to do. All I did was look down, and some more tears formed in my eyes. He saw this, and quickly picked me up and flew me away, probably towards his house since I saw a glimps of the Sugar Cube Corner.

He bursted into the door of his home and gently placed me on his couch. I turned to the side facing away from him as he dashed around his place to find supplies for me if I needed them. He placed a med kit on the coffee table in front of me and then ran around again to fetch other things.

”What’s hurting you the most? I saw that they were shoving rocks in your mouth. How bad is it? Do you need water? Dude?.. ..ZJ?”

His tone quieted down as he asked me. I have a hard time telling people the problem and just end up crying. I don’t know why, but I know I’m weak, and I hate myself for it.

”I.. I don’t.. *sniff* I don’t know, I’m sorry.”

”Sorry? Sorry for what? They’re the ones that were bullying you!”

He placed down the water he had ready for me and gently placed his hoof around my back. I flinched a bit.

”You’re safe now man. Here, do you want some water? Anything to eat?”

I just stared down at the floor. I didn’t really know what to say.

”Water. Please.”

I was a bit quiet, but he heard me clear as he reached for the water and gave it to me in my hands. Hooves. It was balancing on my right hoof, sadly it was a bottle with the cap on tight. I stared at it.
He looked at me and then the water bottle, and then back at me. I saw from the corner of my eye.

”I can’t open it.”

I sniffed a bit. He looked at me a little confused and then steadied his hoof and brought his other hoof over and twisted it off. How did that work, I have no idea. I held it gently in between my hooves and slowly drank from it, then after pulled it away.

”Why didn’t you use your magic to do like a force field or somethin’? Maybe throw something back? Teleport away?”

”I don’t know how! I don’t know how to do magic!”

I felt myself get a little mad, the bottle starting to crinkle, and I placed it down on the table, then just stared back at the floor.

”Oh. I’m.. I’m sorry.”

He looked at the spot where I was looking at, then picked his own spot.

”Hey! I have a friend that’s really good with magic if you want them to help you! They’re really nice and are willing to help anyone, unicorn or not!”

”Is it Twilight.”

”No no! I don’t really know her that much anyways, but my friend actually lives near Twilight’s castle! He’ll help ya any time!”

”Ok.”

I sniffed a bit and he got up from the couch and help me up as well. Before he reached for the door I remembered something he said.

”Hey, uh, Ace?”

He turned his head.

”Yeah?”

”What did you mean about me earlier. Me being yours or something.

I saw him think about it, but then his cheeks blushed a bit.

”Oh! Right, uh, sorry about that! I kind of have beef with them too and I guess I claim this town sort of. I don’t know they’re from all over Equestria, and I think Pezly is from Manehattan. Mud Rock is from western equestria.. Rockville I’m guessing, and Feather Crown is from Cloudsdale. The Pegasus, but I guess that’s obvious heh.

I nodded in agreement. We both exit his house and he locked the door behind us.

”Aslo beware, he might freak out when he realizes you don’t know how to do magic, cuz he kind of teaches filly’s how to use their magic, and control it, ya dig? He also hasn’t helped a grown pony too, mostly filly’s, but some teenagers if their a bit late with the magic stuff.

I nodded again. Hopefully they won’t be too crazy. I might just freak out myself from getting overwhelmed hah.

We reached the pony’s house 10 minutes later, and Ace knocked on the door.

”Comiiiiing!”

Sounded slightly feminine, maybe a gay pony? Damn I’d love to meet a gay pony. Would seem so cool.

”Hello Shadow! And oh! Who might this fine fellow be?

I saw him look up and down on me. But yeah probably a little gay side on him. I felt myself smile a bit. Oops.

”Hey Marble Moon! I have a friend here that needs help with something!”

”Why of course! Come in, come in!”

We both entered Marble’s house and he closed the door behind.

”What can I help you dears with today?”

It looked like he was shelving one of his bookcases when we arrived as he went back to reshelving.

”Me and ZJ were wondering if you could help with uh, magic?”

Marble looked back at us, mostly at Ace, but then remembering I was here. He smiled and turned back around.

”Does ZJ need some books about magic? I have some that’ll help with makeovers, making food on it’s own, maybe even some hovering!”

”Well.. no.”

”Then what do you need?”

He was continuing to reshelve as he floated more books over. Ace looks over at me.

”I uhm.. I don’t know how to do magic.”

Marble dropped the 5 books he was holding on the ground. He darted his gaze towards me and gasped a huge gasp like me and Ace just tracked in a bunch of mud.

”HAHA! N-no magic?! Haha! Your lying dear, you must be lying! What kind of unicorn doesn’t know magic, and one such as you in your age! Young adult I assume?”

I nodded. I could tell he was going crazy, mostly because he was a teacher of magic.
Marble quickly went behind me and brought me into a room, I guess his office, and placed me down in the chair in front of the desk, him eventually sitting down in his own seat in front of me, Ace quickly making his entrance.

He quickly looked behind him as the blinds were open, and he quickly closed them with some quick magic.

”I only specialize with fillys, not uh, adults. I do have some books that might help you get your magic back, or just boost it up a bit so you’ll be able to control some of it. Some unicorns really want the books from me, that’s why I have them in a secret place, mostly because there’s a lot of other books there as well. Of course I put a spell on them so that only my aura and magic grants access.”

He seemed proud and looked over at the wall. He used his magic on the whole wall and a somewhat big drawer came out and he floated a book over to me. I then saw him grab what looked like a book cover for a title and placed it on the book.

”So that no one will see the cover and try to steal it.”

He smiled and placed it on the table in front of me. I tried using my hooves to open the book which worked, and I saw a few pages with tips and tricks on magic stuff, stances and times, and the amount of magic to use.

This all looked so complicated. Mostly with everything in life, but I guess that’s just me. I have a hard time to learn things anyways and it’ll take me ages to remember if I do.

”Thanks uh Marble! I’ll try to learn later today.”

He nodded as he got up and opened the door, stepping over the books as we headed out. I placed the book in the hood part of my hoodie and it fit perfectly. Hopeful it won’t fall.

”If you have any more questions or need anymore help in anyway, please don’t hesitate to come back over!”

I agreed and waved goodbye and closed the door to Marble’s place.

”I better get back to Twilight. I think she expected me like almost an hour ago.””

”Oh really? Do you have to do things for her? Like her body guard or assistant?”

”No, I actually have residence there for a bit I guess until I find my own place. Pretty neat actually. You could come meet her if you want to.”

“Oh no no no! Uhm, at least not yet! I’m still a little skiddish talking to hire ups, even though I took on those douches back there. But later for sure!”

”Hah, alright man.”

We both waved goodbye and I headed on my way to Twilight, and thankfully it was close to her castle, and hopefully those idiots aren’t stalking me.
It was nice that Ace saw me or else I would have been in terrible shape.
He’s cool. Hopefully I can see him more later on, as well as uhm, Marble. They both seem really nice, and I guess it’s enough friends for me, guess so that I’d have them to go to if I’m dealing with something.

It would be nice to have a few more friends.