The Story of J

“I don’t want to die! I’m too young to die! I still haven’t married and had kids yet! It’s not fair!!!!” I overly dramatically shout to no one in particular. Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack were all dragging me. I clawed at the floor and walls futilely in a desperate attempt to escape their grasp.

“Come on ya varmint just get over there and stand still for Rarity.” Applejack tried to persuade me failing miserable.

“NO! I’ll turn to stone if I stand still for any longer. I’m too beautiful to be turned into rough stone. I can’t bare the pain any longer! I have to move!!!” I struggled against them in a vain attempt to escape the torture of having my measurements taken by Rarity.

“Darling I don’t know why you must be so difficult about this.” Rarity chimed in. she was too good to try to grab me along with the others, something about a hooficure, women. With one final push I was put back on a pedestal. I resigned myself to the terrible fate that awaited me.

“Well while you’re up there getting your measurements you can answer some questions about yourself.” Twilight said as if it was a question. She looked at me hopefully with those big eyes. I almost said no, but when I saw the others also starting at me expectantly, I caved in.

“Fine but I reserve the right to deny answering any question that I don’t want to.” I said with a sigh. Twilight all but jumped in the air like she was Pinkie Pie and to make it worst I heard her girlish squeal. It was kind of annoying and I prayed that I never had to hear that sound again.

“So what are you?” Twilight asked me expecting some sort of great answer from me.

“I’m the boogeyman.” I said trying to look intimidating and leaned forward a little bit towards Twilight. That earned me a playful snap of a measuring tape from Rarity, with her telling me to be still. I saw that Twilight was actually writing down what I said and all but facepalmed at the failure to get the joke. With a loud and audible sigh I corrected her. “I’m not the boogeyman I just said that to mess with you.”

“Ohh then what are you then?” she said looking at me crossly for messing with her.

“Hmmm, it depends who you are asking. People have different names for what my kind are. We are known as humans though. The technical term is homo sapian.” Twilight quickly wrote down what I said and I noticed that the little purple dinosaur wasn’t here, must still be scared of me.

“What do ya do fer a livin?” Applejack asked me

“Well, I am a man of many talents. I am an inventor and a scholar. An actor and a gentleman but above all I am always me.” I said with a bow which earned me a pick from a tack with Rarity again telling me to be still. She’s mean when it comes to clothes.

“What do you do for fun?” Rainbow asked me.

“Well there are many things I do to entertain myself. I like to read, act and write. I like writing poems and such, something about bearing your soul out with words on a paper without having to say a thing. I love music; I used to play the guitar all the time and I could sing pretty well. I’m an expert with the piano though. Mostly I would spend my time listening to music. “I say with a faraway look. I missed my music the most. I didn’t have my Ipod that I loved and treasured with me. Music always helped me vent out my frustration.

“You okay there sugarcube?” Applejack asked me.

“I am not a sugarcube.” I say with a little pout. They all giggled at my pout.

“You said you were a scholar what did you concentrate on mostly?” Twilight asks me.

“I am well versed in the art and teachings of intimate love making. It is a sought after subject that many are amateurs at which I teach them.” I said with a grin at my flat out lie but nonetheless it had the effect I wanted it. Twilight poked her quill through the page in surprise and all of them stared at me incredulously with deep blushes. “Hahahahahahaha, ohh you guys are too easy. I was kidding.” I laughed my ass off to which all of them glowered at me.

“Did you have a special somepony?” Rainbow asks me with a blush. From the looks of everyone faces I could see that this was on their minds as well. My mood quickly changed with that one question.

“I don’t see how that’s any of your business.” I say coldly. I could see her flinch at the cold remark along with the rest of them.

“J are you okay?” Twilight asks me concerned.

“Ohh I’m just dandy. Never been better.” I say with sarcasm and spite.

“And done, you’re free to go darling.” Rarity says to me as she grabs all her stuff looking at me with concern in her eyes.

“Good I hate standing still for too long.” I say.

“J we’re here for you if you need somepony to talk to.” Twilight says to me trying to get me to open up.

“Why would I need any of you to be there for me? I made it by myself just fine and I can continue doing so. I can only depend on myself at the end of the day and to trust anyone else is only asking to be betrayed.” I say with malice dripping at my words and the slightest hint of defeatism.

“We would never betray you J! You can always depend on me and I’m sure I speak for Everypony when I say that were your friends and care about you.” Twilight says trying to assure me that they could be trusted. Though I think it was more to affirm to herself and me that she was loyal to her friends. I wasn’t going to be swayed on the matter though.

“Why would I take your word? I don’t even know you. I just barely met you all two or three days ago. I take my friendship seriously and consider deeply who I consider my friends. I don’t consider any of you my friends, your all just weird ponies that I know.” When I said that It looked like I had hurt their feelings and Twilight looked like she was close to tears. I hate it when people cry it only reminds me of how much I want to cry. So I head to the door and yank it open ready to flee to the only place that ever made sense to me in this world, the Everfree

“Wait J!” I heard a voice call for me but I was already out the door trying to remain unseen by the ponies walking the streets in the middle of the day. I ran quickly into the forest and somehow remained unseen or so I thought. I quickly tracked my way back to my cave. When I arrived I decided to make a little pathway so that when the ponies came they would trip any of the traps I had set up. I gathered a bunch of logs and stones and made a pathway that stretched out halfway to Twilight’s tree house. It didn’t take long for me to finish that task and when I did I headed back to the cave to find something to occupy my time. When I arrived back at my cave it was barren of life except me. I picked up a large log and began to carve it into a crossbow. I was halfway through making it when I heard someone creeping up to the cave. It was definitely a pony and she smelled like cake so I knew it was Pinkie. I put down my knife and the incomplete crossbow. When she got closer to me I finally spoke up.

“Yes Pinkie is there something you need?” I asked coldly. I wasn’t quite ready to deal anyone yet and I was still a little pissed off at the naivety of the ponies. My back was still turned away from her.

“Twilight is crying she thinks she hurt you.” Pinkie said downcast at this information. She was quiet too and I could tell she was definitely sad.

“What do you want me to do about that? I don’t control how she feels and I don’t care either. It is not my problem.” I say coldly trying to send her away from me.

“Why do you try to be mean to Everypony? We all just want to be your friends.” She said

“I don’t need any damn friends! I never asked you to be my friend and I won’t. So just leave me alone!” I yell at her turning towards her with the full force of my anger. I noticed she was crying too and it made me uncomfortable.

“Why do you keep trying to push us away? I know you’re hurting inside so why won’t you let anypony help?” When she said this I flinched away from her. I knew that what she had said was true but I would never admit it. I backed away from her as she slowly advanced towards me.

“Leave me alone, I don’t need help I’m fine on my own.” I say shakily I could feel my emotions tearing at me as I tried to choke away the tears that were trying to fill my eyes. I noticed that Pinkie’s hair look deflated and she was still crying with every step towards me. I hit the end of the cave and tried to back away only succeeding on falling on my ass. Then Pinkie hugged my chest in an attempt to reassure me. I desperately tried to get her off of me to no avail.

“Just let me hug you, please. You need it I can tell. Your suffering and I want to be here for you J. Please just let me help you.” Pinkie asked me pleadingly. I could tell that she wasn’t going to drop it or let go of me unless I let her try. I sighed loudly.

“Fine, you can try but no guarantees that I’ll open up.” I just knew I was going to regret this.

“Really you mean it?” Pinkie asked looking up at me and sniffling.

“Yeah I guess so, but no more crying. Smile because your smile looks beautiful.” I say with a small smile. It was my first real smile since being here. Pinkie blushed at this a little and then gasped loudly. I looked at her weirdly before she said what was on her mind.

“You smiled! That was like the first time I’ve seen you smile like that. It looks kinda funny.” Pinkie says giggling, I noticed that her mane was now puffy again and she had stopped crying.

“I do not look funny while smiling you take that back!” I grappled her and gave her a nuggie while firmly putting her in chokehold.

“Ow, Owie, that hurts J.”

“Then take back what you said and I’ll stop.”

“No.” This went on for a while before I tired out and let her go. She rubbed her head while I laid on the ground. We talked for a while getting to know each other. It was mostly her telling me of her past and me evasively not telling her anything about my life before I came here. We had talked for a long time and it was pitch dark before she left to go home. I escorted her to the edge of the Everfree me being the gentleman I am. There we said out goodbyes and departed. I went back to my cave and decided to deal with Twilight and the others later. I sat down on the hard floor thinking to myself of my day. I was a little regretful that I snapped at Twilight and the girls. However I was glad that Pinkie was there to pull me out of my slump. Maybe I could trust these ponies. Only time will tell.

A/N: J's going soft on you guys. Naw he'll bounce back like he always does just have to let him cool off. So far J's made two mares cry. I felt a little bad writing this chapter. Hope you guys enjoy this.

Ca/n: Thank you for your patience, I hope you enjoy this one, this is so far my favorite there's more to come.