The Program

I sigh as I stare at the two foals trotting in front of me down the forest trail, “So, let me get this straight! You get into a fight with another pink filly!”

“A unicorn!” The pink filly on the right says.

I nod, “Right, and so the gray filly over here skedaddles? That’s just cowardice!” I stare over to the gray foal on the left, “Silver Spoon, you need to be braver!”

“I-I know, but it’s just that well… “

We continue marching through the dirty forest trail, as the green canopy over us moves and we trot between sunlit and shaded regions on the rocky brow soil… “Well, what Silver Spoon?”

We walk past a low hanging branch, and Trixie makes her hat glow and float over it as she and we both lower our necks to the side to dodge it, as we pass, after the two foals walk underneath and the gray filly begins to say, “My whole life, my mother has told me what I can and can’t say, and how to act, and well, I never really you know, THOUGHT about my life, and how I was living… “

“What does that have to do with cowardice?” The blue unicorn trotting on my right asks.

The gray foal stops trotting, which is soon followed by everypony else, and as she stands there, she gazes at us seriously from behind her blue glasses, underneath so many shady branches, and exclaims, “I just feel so POWERLESS! I feel like my whole life isn’t under ANY of my control, and my parents just keep SHIFTING and manipulating me, to be what they want me to be! I could NEVER stand up for myself to them!” as her body jitters in sheer frustration.

Diamond frowns, “I have never related to you more than right at this moment, Silver Spoon… “

Silver Spoon frowns and gauges the pink foal from behind her glasses, “So forgive me if I often feel like I could never make a difference, or that my actions don’t matter, because the truth is, I can’t and they don’t… “ and she sighs while staring at the ground…

Diamond takes two paces towards the gray foal, and embraces her in her forehooves… “I’m sorry Silver Spoon… “

“What are you doing?” The confused looking gray filly asks, with her hooves locked into the earth…

“I’m hugging you! It’s a display of affection, because I love you Silver Spoon!”

“You do?”

“Yes, Silver Spoon! It doesn’t matter what either of us did, just what we do from here on out, okay?”

I comment, “Suddenly, I understand both of you!”

Diamond lets go to turn her body, and stare at me with curious blue eyes and a frown on her muzzle, “What do you mean?”

I smile, “Lets just say that me and Trixie here have both done a couple of things we’re not exactly proud of!”

Suddenly, I see the zebra with the gold neck rings ahead of us, trot back to yell, “It is just around the next bend! So any indiscretions, you should soon mend!”

I turn to face her further down the trail, “Yes, Zecora! Just a minute!” before turning towards the fillies, “Do you little ponies need a hug?”

Diamond shakes her head, “N-no! That’s fine! So uh, Chrysalis adopted a foal? Any idea who it might be?”

I sigh, “No idea! But we should probably get moving?”

She smiles at me as the silver filly seems relieved, “Yeah, let's go check out Chrysalis!”

“You’re in no hurry to get back to your life of nothing at your mansion, right?”

Her smile begins to lower, “You wouldn’t be wrong!”

The blue pony frowns at me from the right, “Nothing?”

I shake my head, “Uh, never mind Trixie! I’m anxious to see what Chrysalis has been up to! Lets go!”

<*****>

I sat there, after dinner and a good hugging session with mom, and smile in contentment, when suddenly, I see a magenta pony with violet mane’s head pop through the membrane of the front door! “Hello? Is anypony there?”

I scream! “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!”

Her azure eyes enlarge, “Oh geez, filly! I didn’t mean to startle you!”

Adrenaline surges through my hooves and neck, as I lower it to fire a bluish-white magical blast at the new pony!

… I’ve never done anything like that before… Where did I learn it?

“HOLY CELESTIA!” I hear the magenta pony scream as I look up to see raw power dissipating off a clear blue magical shield she erected over her head!

I widen my eyes, “I am SO SORRY, strange pony!” How did THAT come out of me?

Her eyes stay locked on me from behind her forcefield, “I know you don’t know me, but that seems a little extreme, don’t you think?”

“Y-yeah! I’m sorry! I don’t know where that came from, or why I did it?” and giggle nervously to the side, before adjusting my gaze to her, “You’re not an enemy, are you?”

She frowns, “No, I don’t want to hurt you, filly… “and soon the rest of her body moves forward and materializes from behind the tissue layer… “I think you just might have more magical ability than you thought?”

I frown, “What?”

Suddenly, a white creature appears from the membrane to the far right, in the green bulbous cavernous walls of the hive, and says, “What happened Binky? I heard a blast!”

I stare at the creature, “Yeah, nothing mom! This magenta pony came out of nowhere and I tried to kill her!”

The magenta pony turns her gaze right towards me, with her body arranged towards my mother, “Well, we don’t know if it would kill me?”

I gaze at her, “It wouldn’t feel good!”

Mom frowns, “Starlight Glimmer! It’s uh, it’s been two years… “

The other unicorn turns to Chrysalis, “Yes, and I guess your the new Chrysalis?” and frowns nervously…

Suddenly, I see a blue unicorn head, with a white mane and big purple pointy hat move her face through the membrane to say, “Starlight! Are you still in here? Is it safe?”

I guess she didn’t hear the blast?

Starlight stares at her, “Yeah Trixie! It’s cool! This filly is a bad-ass, but she’s on our side now! Come on in!”

… Wait, bad-ass?

<*****>

I kept thinking about that pink filly I tried to harass earlier…

Well, I probably won’t see her for a long time? I thankfully think to myself, as I see the blue unicorn march into the membrane wall of the hive, to travel inside and check on her marefriend…

Silver Spoon on my right says, “So, we’re cool Diamond?”

I turn to her, “Do I need to hug you again?”

Her eyes widen to me, “What?”

“Cause I’ll do it! I’m crazy!” And I smile at her insanely!

She smiles and giggles! “Stop it, Diamond!”

I pounce on her, to embrace her in my hooves! “Gotcha!”

She squeals! “EEEEEEEE! Knock it off, Diamond!”

“I love you, Silver Spoon! You stupid idiot!”

She slowly returns the affection with her own hooves, while softly snickering, “You freaking goofball! What’s gotten into you?”

“I don’t know!” I exclaim, while continuing to giggle and jovially hold onto her.

She holds me back with more firmness, “It’s like all that stifling and holding back from your life, just made you pop, right?”

I release her, to stare at her from my hooves, “Uh, maybe? What makes you say that, Silver Spoon?”

She smiles and giggles! “Because I popped too, Diamond!” and places her right forehoof against my snout to say, “BOOP!”

I keep grinning at the silver foal, and wiggle my nose, “Are we gonna be stupid together, forever now?”

Her eyes widen behind her glasses, “I dunno? Probably” and places her forehoof against my nose again! “BOOP!”

I squint and keep smiling at her, “Oh, that’s it!” and press my own forehoof against her nose! “BOOP!”

Suddenly, I notice the head of a blue unicorn with a big pointy purple hat appear from the membrane! “Hey you two! It’s safe! We met Chrysalis and we’re all talking now!”

Silver Spoon turns her neck to me, “So uh, wanna see what this new hive looks like Diamond?”

“Sure thing, Silver Spoon! But I still owe you a boop, now!”

“We’re keeping score now?”

“No!” I say, before pressing my hoof to her nose, “BOOP!”

We both chuckle, and she goes into the membrane, and I soon follow…

<*****>

I step inside to see Starlight hugging a bluish-green spiny creature, with many horns on her head, and I soon notice the pink foal to the right of this…

“YOU!” She says, while keeping her green eyes fixed on me!

I recognize it as the foal who beat me up earlier, “I uh, what? You live here, too?”

“Chrysalis is my new mother!”

I blink and frown, “New mother? That was fast!”

She lowers her head, and furrows her brow, while her hooves grow tense and ready to pounce, “I think you should leave… “

Starlight lets the creature go to stare at us, “Now hold on! They taught me about this in counseling class, and we can move onto forgiveness and acceptance, now!”

I stare at her, while the other pink foal asks, “What?”

The magenta unicorn smiles, “We can all get along, here!”

“I think I’d rather just beat her up again?”

“BINKY!” The new creature authoritatively shouts! “You will assimilate and get along with other fillies, is that understood? Your actions will reflect this hive in Equestria!”

Binky turns back to me, and states, “My name is Binky Hooves! Who are you?”

My eyes stay wide, “I-I’m Diamond! Diamond Tiara!”

(To be continued… )