Full Metal Pony: The Re-Write

Celestia looked at me. “So, Stephen, what was the first thing that made you noticed about Star.” Celestia asked him.

“The hair. It is a faded blue and the black highlights in it were just like Damian’s OC, Shooting Star.” I said.

“I see so what else was there be specific like the green eyes what was his first reaction when you called him Damian” Celestia asked me digging deeper.

“He had no idea why I called him that.”

“Well as you know why, I also heard he hit you. I am sorry for but where did he hit you” Celestia said.

“The one place that I would forgive only him for hitting me. My, private areas.” I said.

“You forgave him for hitting you  there!?” Twilight exclaimed

“Yes. One, he is a little colt now, and colts will be colts. Two, he was my friend back home, and his life was bad enough there, so I’m not gonna make his life bad here by holding a grudge.” I replied flatly.

“Ya Twilight, after what you made Star do.” Spike said

“And just what was that Spike?” Celestia asked looking at the baby dragon, ignoring Twilight’s horrified gaze.

“She made Star wet himself.” Spike said.

“Twily how could you do that to a little colt.” Cadance said jumping out of her chair

“He apparently set the kitchen on fire trying to make breakfast. Twilight overreacted.” I said, stepping between Twilight and everypony else, though I wasn’t sure why.

“Well I can understand her being mad at him, Stephen.” Celestia said

“Yeah, but she went too far. She probably scarred him for life!” Spike retorted, earning a glare from Twilight.

“Dude, enough. What’s done is done. We just have to focus on the here and now.”

“Now has there been any other problems with him?,And where did you find him when he came here?” Celestia asked, trying to dig deeper.

“No, but considering he’s with the CMC, there are going to be some problems most likely involving tree sap in a couple of minutes. And I found him in the kitchen.” I said.

“That will be a bit harder to get out of his coat I bet.” Cadance said while giggling at the thought

“Yeah, probably. So, anything else you wanna talk about?” I asked.

“Well, I’d like to talk to you in private, if I may, Stephen.” Cadance said.

With a nod and a knowing smile from Celestia, Cadance and I were left alone in the library. She turned to me with a small grin.

“Um, what’s this about, Princess Cadance?” I asked.

“Just Cadance please, and I think you know.” She said, still smiling.

“Sorry, I have no idea...” I trailed off, my eyes widened and my urge to facehoof rising as I realised what she was talking about.

Duh, she’s the princess of love, of course she’d see it!

“You know what I am talking about. You have a crush on Twilight, even Star could tell.” Cadance said teasingly

“Uh, I’d probably deny it, but I know better than to try and lie about emotions to somepony whose special talent is love. So yes, I like Twilight. Happy?” I said.

“Yes, I am.” Cadance said poking my nose, and after a little bit of gentle ribbing and dating/relationship advice she too took the leave of the library.

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A couple of hours later the Princesses, Cadance and Shining Armor left  for Canterlot, leaving just me, Twilight and Spike waiting for Star while dinner was cooking.

“So Twilight any ideas on when we are going to train Star to use magic?” I asked, breaking the silence.

“I was thinking about sometime tomorrow.” Twilight said, finishing up cooking dinner. She levitated all of the dishes with food on the table and just like I thought a few seconds later Star came in, covered in tree sap, which earned a laugh from me.

“Hey Star, did you have fun with your friends?” I asked when i noticed a bit of pink and purple on his forehead.

“Ya I did, it was the best day EVER.” Star exclaimed as he tried to open his wings but they were stuck by the tree sap which made me laugh even more.

“Ok Star. Let’s get you cleaned up for dinner or Twi’ll have a fit.” I said.

“Awwww, do i have to?” Star asked.

“Yes. Do you want Twi to get angry, cause I don’t!” I said, shaking a little.

“No sir.” Star said, remembering.

“You don’t need to call me sir, Star. Just call me Stephen.” I said.

“Sorry, I am used to doing that from the castle.” Star said

“No worries good buddy.” I replied, ruffling his mane and being rewarded with a hoof getting covered in tree sap.

“Wait how hard is tree sap to even get out of somepony’s coat?” Star asked, shuddering.

“Don’t worry, when I was a colt I got much harder stuff stuck in it. I know just what to do, but you’ve gotta trust me, and we’re gonna need Rainbow Dash’s help. You in?” I asked with a mischievous grin.

“No way, if it includes her i am out.” Star said trying to run, but getting caught in my magical grip.

Ha, practicing paid off. Thank you Twilight.

“Sorry Star, but this is the only way.” I said. “Twi, we’re going out to get cleaned up for dinner. We’ll be back in a few minutes!” I yelled as I started dragging Star towards Rainbow’s house.

“No way don’t make her do anything to me please” Star begged.

“Star, I promise, you’ll be fine. Besides, do you want me to tease you about your little crush.” I said, smirking.

“Wh-what crush” Star said, his eyes almost popping out of his head

“I know about Sweetie.” I replied simply.

“What are you talking about?” Star asked, nervously

“I saw some of her mane attached to you. So, how was your first kiss?”

“It was great.” Star said dreamily, forgetting about his fears for a moment.

“That’s great. Do you like her alot?”

“Yes I do.” Star said zoning out from the world, thinking about Sweetie Belle while I smiled at my now young friend remembering the zoo prank, and how we released all those penguins. The look on that zookeeper’s face when he got knocked down like a bowling pin was priceless.

“Are we almost to Rainbow Dash’s house”  Star asked

“Actually, we’ve been there for a few minutes, I just didn’t have the heart to snap you out of your daydream.” I said. “RAINBOW! I NEED SOME HELP GETTING STAR CLEAN!”

“Not so loud.” Star said covering his ears.

“GIVE ME A SECOND YOU JACKFLANK!” Rainbow Dash shouted back.

“I DON’T HAVE A SECOND!” I yelled.

“Ok, I’m here, what is it?” Rainbow said, trying to stifle her laughter as she caught sight of Star. “Oh hey Star, how did you get tree sap on yourself?” She asked.

“Not important RD, what is important is that we get him cleaned up before Twilight kills us for being late to dinner. You got any spare rainclouds?” I asked hopefully.

“WAIT, RAIN CLOUDS FOR WHAT!” Star shouted attempting to run again. Once again, I caught him before he could succeed.

“Ah ah ah, Star, I told you, this will get us clean. So, Rainbow, you got any?” I asked.

“Ya, I have a few.” Rainbow said bringing down a spare cloud and preparing to kick it.

“Ok Star, this will be cold for a few seconds.” I said, bracing myself.

“What do you mean by...COLD!” Star shouted as the water hit us, making him jump.

“See...cold.” I said, shivering. “Thanks Rainbow. So, can you get us dry too? I don’t want Star here catching a cold.”

“Don’t worry about it, and sure.” Rainbow said, going around in circles around Star and myself, creating a miniature tornado that sucked the moisture right off of us. It also puffed up our coats, making us both look like big fuzzballs, much to the amusement of Rainbow.

“What the heck Rainbow!?” Star said, while he looked like a talking fuzzball and I fixed my coat.

“Dude, chill. Thanks Rainbow.”

“I am but what the heck! Look at my coat.” Star said, waving his hooves around

“No worries little Star, I’ve got this.” I said, using a spell Twilight showed me to forcibly smooth down his coat. “There, better?”

“Ya, a little.” Star said while trying to fly to Rainbow’s house to do something

“Dude, what’re you doing?” I asked.

“Trying to fly up here to make her house into a rain cloud.” Star said.

“That sounds like something a friend of mine would’ve done.” I said with a laugh.

“Oh, who is it?” Star asked while his wings gave out.”Oof” He said landing on his rump

“His name was Damian. He actually looked a lot like you.” I said, ruffling his mane.

“Wait he was a alicorn?” Star asked

“No, there’s actually a difference between alicorns and what he was, a pegacorn. See, alicorns are pure magical beings with the abilities of all three races. Damian was a pegacorn, which is a cross between a unicorn and a pegasus.” I lied.

“Creepy then, and don’t explain alicorn anatomy to me.” Star said with a huff

“Oh, you scared I might know more than you?” I smirked.

“No, just don’t do it.” Star said

“Fine. You are definitely just like Damian used to be.”

“Why do you keep saying that I am nothing like him” Star said

“Sorry. But I miss him a lot, and you do too happen to look and act like him. I don’t mean to offend you Star. Damian was one of my closest friends.”

“I can tell.” Star said

“Oh? How so?”

“You just talk about him SO much!” Star exclaimed.

“Well sorry.” I huffed.

“It’s cool.” Star said while his stomach was telling us something too

“So, should we get to Twi’s before she kills us?”

“Yes, I am hungry.” Star said

“Alright then, hang on tight. I haven’t gotten this down perfectly, so you may suffer some hair loss!” I said jokingly.

“Wait, what!?” Star asked right before I teleported us back, making him go flying, hitting his head on a table.

“Ouch, you ok Star?”

“Ouch my head.” Star said

“Oh man, that is a bad bump. We may need to get it checked out.”

“What happened Stephen?” Twilight asked glaring at me as she came in from the kitchen.

“I may have teleported us here, and during it, Star may have flown forward and banged his head.” I said. “Don’t worry, I’ll take him to the hospital.”

“That really hurts.” Star said standing up while his left wing went limp. “WAIT, HOSPITAL!? NO WAY!” He yelled in what sounded like a mini royal canterlot voice

“Dude, watch the ears!” I said, “And yes, you are going to the hospital if I have to drag you there myself.”

“No, I am going to be fine don’t worry.” Star said

“Star, alicorns may be immortal, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna sit by and let you suffer brain damage because you were too stubborn to let someone make sure you were alright after suffering a head injury!”

“Fine, I will, just to let the hospital tell you something and make you feel stupid.” Star said.

“Oh, what exactly will they tell me?”

“For somepony who knows a lot about alicorns you don’t know one thing that applies to most of them like my aunt luna and my mom and me.” Star said

“Star, right now, I don’t give a damn. I want to make sure your head doesn’t split open. So can we save the argument for later!?”

“It won’t so i am not going.” Star said sitting down

Same old Damian still stubborn as hell

“Oh, after you wanted the hospital to make me feel stupid? What happened to the colt who kicked me in the balls? Did he turn into a sissy?”

“I won’t go and you can’t make me.” Star said

“Stephen, stop teasing him now.” Twilight said giving me a stare to rival Fluttershy

“I am not going.” Star said once again

“Fine, I will just get nurse redheart here.” I said walking out the door

“You two I swear” Spike exclaimed, shaking his head...

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(A few minutes later)

“For the last time, stop struggling and let me examine you!” RedHeart almost yelled.

“NEVER! RELEASE ME!” Star yelled, breaking free from my grip and making a mad dash for the door, only to crash into a barrier constructed by Twilight.

“Star, I’ve had it. Sorry, but I’m gonna have to knock you out.” I said, shooting a stun spell at him.

“That was a little much.” RedHeart said

“Sorry, but he wasn’t going to go quietly. Anyway, you can proceed with his examination.” I said calmly.

“Yes, sure thing, but wow.” RedHeart said, continuing.

“What?” I asked. “Is something wrong, other than his head injury I mean?”

“No, nothing really, just one thing.” RedHeart said with slightly widened eyes.

“Ok, well what is it?”

“Oh just a little pink on him how did that even get in his..oh my” RedHeart said with a blush

“Oh, that was from his little make-out session with Sw-mmmph” I found myself cut off when a zipper appeared over my mouth, effectively silencing me.

“With who now?” Asked Redheart

“Mmmph.”

“Nopony it was nopony Stephen is just being dumb” Twilight said

I glared at her and removed the zipper myself. “Twi, I still can’t believe I have a crush on you.” I said, before my eyes widened in realization at what I had done.

“zzzzz-Hey, wha-LET ME GO!” Star said as he jolted away.

“Star, get back here!” I yelled as I went after him, only for him to slam the door in my face as he escaped. Twilight walked up to me with a small smirk on her face, accompanied by a blush.

“So you have a crush on me” Twilight smirked

“Owww....Yes. No point denying it. I, Stephen Cleary, have  a crush on you, Twilight Sparkle. Happy?”

“A little.”

“Ok then. So, wait, do you, y’know, feel the same way?” I asked nervously.

“In a way.” Twilight said.

After a few seconds of awkward silence the intercom came on “Security there is a alicorn colt running for the door please get him”

“The hell, when did you get an intercom system? Or security?”

“I don’t even know, I think it’s Spike messing around.” Twilight said

“Ok. Kinda late though, since Star’s already out of the library, huh?”

“No, he cant get out, remember i put the barrier up” Twilight stated

“Ok. Soooo, why are we still in the basement?” I asked. “Unless you’re planning something. And if you are, save it for the third date.” I chuckled.

“Woah now, I don’t do that.” Twilight said with a furious blush covering her face.

“Pffft, gotcha. The look on your face.” I said, rolling on the floor and holding my sides as I laughed..

“Ok just for that, STAR COME AND BUCK STEPHEN IN THE NUTS FOR ME” Twilight shouted.

“Sorry Twi, gotta go.” I said, teleporting out.

“Hi Stephen” Star said standing in front of me

“The buck. How’d you get outside the barrier?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.

“It was gone so ya” Star said bucking me somewhere.

“Owwww....oh, also, just so you know...substitution spells are awesome.” I said, as a log appeared where I’d been standing, a massive dent in the exact spot where Star had bucked.

“What? how?”

“That’s what we call, ‘ninja spells’.” I said with a laugh, staying hidden and using an echo spell to make it sound like my voice was coming from everywhere.

“That is so not fair” Star said

“Neither was refusing to let RedHeart examine you. I mean, did you have to threaten to buck her into next week?”

“Shut up she had a needle”

“That was for Spike!” I retorted. “He needed his shot today.”

“So what, I hate needles...dammit.” Star mumbled

“Trypanophobia?”

“What a what now” Star asked

“It’s the medical term for the fear of needles. Just like Claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces.”

“Who cares, I want food.” Star said bouncing inside “Wait a second, there is somepony missing. I can’t remember who but he is missing, it feels like.”

“It’s probably Spike you’re thinking of.” I said, teleporting beside him.

“No, not Spike, it’s somepony else. Oh well, it will come back to me.” Star said

“Ok then. So, you gonna hang out with Sweetie Belle again tomorrow?” I asked.

“Maybe I will, I don’t know.” Star said

“Well, I already know the foals will be adorable when you two get married.”

“Like with you and Twilight” Star snickered

“Yeah, like with me and Twi. I just wonder how her brother will take it if we start dating.”

“I dunno, I never talked to him.” Star said

“Well, here’s hoping he doesn’t try to kick my flank, I’d hate to have to hurt him.” I said with a chuckle.

“Ya with that freaky metal leg” Star said looking at it

“What? You wanna know how I got it or something?” I asked.

“Sure why not”

“Ok, first thing I remember is waking up in Ponyville hospital and all I have left of my leg is a bloody stu-”

“Uhh Stephen, maybe another time.” Twilight said

“I haven’t even gotten to the funny part yet where Celestia showed up and I jumped out the window.”

“Yes well I think maybe Star might want to make it through dinner without getting sick.”

“Ugh, fine. Y’know, we’re already acting like a married couple.” I said with a smile.

“Wait, acting? I thought you were married.” Spike said

“The buck Spike? How could Twilight and I be married if I’ve only been here a few weeks at most?”

“A drunk marriage” Star spoke up

“Or maybe a shotgun wedding?” I joked.

“Or maybe shut up all of you.” Twilight said, “And what’s a shotgun?”

“Uhhhh....hey look, a distraction!” I said, pointing my leg in a random direction.

“That won’t work on me.” Twilight said while Star and Spike were looking that way

“Didn’t have to work on you, bye!” I said, teleporting to a random location.

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(Later That Night)

“Ok...gotta be quiet. Just gonna grab my sword, and head out for training...” I muttered to myself as I snuck into the library.

“Darkness everywhere.” I heard a voice mumble

“Who’s there?” I asked, looking around for the source of the voice.

“The darkness is all around us...everywhere...can’t escape....no please...dont send me away.” the voice mumbled again

“Enough, show yourself.” I said, grabbing my sword from the nearby shelf and drawing the blade.

“AHHHH, WHAT!? DARKNESS IS ENGULFING US ALL?!?” Star yelled shooting up to the ceiling

“DAMIAN!” I yelled, pulling him down and wrapping my forelegs around him.

“What I’m awake now, I did not fall asleep.” Star said

“Well it sure sounded like you did. I think you were having a nightmare.”

“What does that even mean, I was not having a nightmare” Star asked

“Star, you were screaming about being engulfed in darkness. If that’s not a nightmare, I don’t know what is.” I said, still holding him close.

“What, no I was not! Geeze what is wrong with you?” Star said

“What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong is that you were screaming in your sleep and I had no idea what was going on.” I replied.

“I’m going back to my room now.” Star grumbled as he slammed his bedroom door shut

“Night Damian. Stay safe.” I said quietly, walking towards the door.

“And just where have you been” Twilight said

“Nowhere in particular Twi. Now, I’m going out to train.” I declared.

“Ok, but the darkness he was talking about was his old world”

“I know. That’s why I’m training. Whatever took his world is coming for ours. I have to be stronger to fight it.”

“How do you know that and one thing Stephen: What if his world comes back and his  real mother wanted him back?”

“You read the letter. His world can’t come back. But if it ever did, I don’t know. I wouldn’t want to leave my friend again, but I wouldn’t want to leave everypony here either. And she’s his mother, I wouldn’t deny her the right to bring her son home.”

“Thought so, and trust me, crazier things tend to happen. I mean look he was reborn by who knows what.” Twilight stated

“Multiverse theory. I have my own belief regarding it.” I said, opening the door.

“What if it was something else though, then what if it wants to take him back?” Asked Twilight

“If whatever brought him to his world tries to send him back to the hell that his old life was, I’ll fight tooth and nail to protect him.” I replied as I left and headed for the Everfree Forest.

“Are you sure about that one” A voice asked.

“More sure than I’ve ever been about anything in my entire life.” I answered, not both

“What if I was coming to take him somewhere else now “

“It depends on where you were coming to take him.”

“I cannot be sure. Oh, and one more thing; take this, you might like it.“ The voice said throwing a locket my way