The things I put up with...

Chapter 5
The party goes on

You wake opening your eyes slowly. They soon bolt open. You were up in the bed with no Fluttershy! Panicing you glance around the room desperatly trying to find her. Moving the shades aside from the window you sigh in relief as you spot her tending to the animals. They moved very rythmically. You then heard why. The sound coming through the windows almost made you cry agian. Her voice was as if angels had been sucked into one body to sing for the world. You smiled throwing the covers aside and racing downstairs. You couldn't stop yourself from slamming into the door at full speed. You get back on your hooves and shake off the little 'incedient' luckily no pony saw what happened. 'I got away with that one!' Opening the door you hear the sweet melody of her voice calling to your ears. You stop and amire her singing until she stops abruptly by a loud yell.

"Fluttershy!" You look up to see a rainbow racing towards the cottage. Then as you look closer your eye catch the blue peagasus creating the streak. 'Rainbow dash?' Upset that your little oprah was ruined you hang back to see what the matter was. You spot a bush and hop in it hoping to hide from the blue peagasus. "Fluttershy! There you are. I have been looking for you for a while now." she spoke as she hovered just above the yellow mare's head.

"Well i've been here tending for the animals, as always." The blue peagasus glared at Fluttershy making her back away slowly. "Wha... What's wrong Rainbow?" She spoke softly but still audible from your hiding spot.

"Well a strange pony came by looking for the stallion we met last night. I was wondering if he came by here." She said in a mellow tone. She crossed her hooves and glanced around briefly her gaze landed back on Fluttershy.

"Well, yes. He has come by, and gone as well." She stood up and moved over to the chicken coop. The peagasus not moving an inch of her body, but her wings, hovered over to the coop. "Why are you so worried about this pony?" she asked as she picked up a bag of bird feed.

"Well, he was seen earlier running like a bad out of the moon from this direction. No pony caught him to ask why. I know you better, so I thought to ask if you seen him before he ran, or after." With those words you felt a bit of yourself cringe. You didn't mean to hurt or scare him. 'My family still haunts me.' Was a thought that crossed your mind as you think back. Your older brother had always told you that, ''Your getting to be more and more like dad.'' You growl at that statement. 'I am not like my father nor will I ever be!' You hop out of the bushes and walk towards the two peagasus ponies. As you approach the chickens all race out at the first sign of feed on the ground. Pecking wildly the two mares didn't hear you approach.

"Ahmmm... Rainbow?" You say calmly to the blue mare. She turns and jumps back in suprise. Taking a double take then rubbing her eyes she stares you down. She spoke quickly after making sure it was you she was seeing.

"What's he doing here!" She yelled at Fluttershy who backed away even further than she had before.

"Well... Uhm... We kinda... " She trailed off as Rainbow focused her attention back to you. She flew down and extended her arms out. Hitting you with a brunt that the bear would have been scared of, you slide on your back. Rainbow held you down. You didn't try to struggle or even raise a hoof to defend as you notice she lifted a hoof to strike you. You close your eyes and take a deep breath.

"I swear if you hurt a single hair on her precious head i will knock you into the next Summer Solstice!" She yelled at you with rage. 'Where is the cool and collective pony I met yesterday?' You felt the weight lift as you open your eyes to find Rainbow back to the skys. Fluttershy was talking to her but you didn't pay much attention.

'Why did she tackle me?' As the thought rang around in your mind you felt a trickle on your arm. Twisting your arm you notice a large gash with a rock lodged into the cut keeping it open and oozing with the crismon substance. You smile pulling the rock from the cut with ease. More blood began to ooze and just a bit faster as well. Your grin widens as you feel the numbing affects of the cut going to work across your body. Pain had stopped being an issue long ago when you were a colt. You had stop feeling the pain and just laughed at it. It felt good to be hurt now, so much pain turned out to be a great thing. You smile real pain was inflicted, that was something your father taught you real quick, this was nothing. Leaning back on your hooves you watch as the two argue over what to do with you.

"He can't stay here! He needs to leave before we have a major issue on our hands!" Rainbow yelled at her friend. You look down at the puddle forming, gazing back up at the gash it had slowed down just to a small seep.

"He can't leave! Not anymore..." Her voice quieted and she trailed off. Rainbow looked for a second the hostility vanished.

"Why? What's wrong?" She asked grounding herself and walking up to the yellow mare. She put hooves on Fluttershy's shoulders and shook her. "What happened?"

"His family is dead, hes homeless, and... and..." She stopped again.

"Well, out with it Fluttershy..."

Fluttershy's voice was very soft when the words broke from her lips. You smile and close your eyes for a split second.

As the party grew late into the night you down more beers hoping to erase a few bad memories of the past, make new friends and for the most part have a little fun for once. The dance floor cleared up a bit as a few early birds left to hit the hay. The rest were either to drunk to realize what time it was or were waiting for some dumb drunk to do something memerable for the night. You couldn't feel the affects of the beer but you knew something would happen eventually. You notice pinkie run up to you.

"Hey! Wanna use the party canon? (purposeful spelling)" 'Wait what?' But before you could answer she shoves you behind a large cannon. "Go on pull it!" 'What the fuck?' Again before you could move a muscle she grabs you. This time just your hoof placing the string in it and making a tugging motion. 'Uhm...' With one hard yank the cannon lets off with a loud BANG. The DJ set a jam at that moment sending the crowd into a frenzy. You watched as pure chaos wrecked the party. Ponies jumping, peagasus twirling in mid air, unicorn's horns lighting all around the room. 'So this is a rave? Huh...' "Pull it again!!!" With out question you yank it again. another BANG and this time a shower of confetti.

"Pinkie leave the poor soul alone." You heard Twilight behind you. You listen to the beat feeling the rythem in your hooves. 'Wait for it... Wait for it...' a familiar chorus rung up. One tug accented a certain beat. The crowd ate it all up. You turn to face Twilight. "Come on back to the table." You follow without question.

Back at the table you stare at Tilight with a dumb expression. Full of booze and no will to pay attention. You grudingly listen to Twilight's tale of Nightmare Moon. Some parts were ok but the way she told it. It could peal paint off of a house given the time. "Hey how bout some more brewskies?" You ask just wanting to get away for a little.

"No thanks, I don't drink." You gagged a bit after you turned around. 'Kiss-ass!' You walked back to the keg for just one more beer.

"Twi boring ya huh?" You turn to see Applejack. 'There is no end to these ponies.' Even if you got a lot of attention tonight, growing up on the farm where there was alomst no attention given to you, it was hard to adjust to so much in a short amount of time.

"Yeah, how does somepony live through that?" You ask. This was a bad idea and you knew it.

"HA! No pony does. I've seen her put fillies to sleep fast than warm milk." You broke out laughing.

"I don't doubt it. Hey, What do you do besides listen to Twilight ramble?" There had to be somepony who knew there way around the fields.

"Well, I'm apple farmer." You ears perk at the word farmer. "We harvest mostly in the spring but we have been luckly these last few months. The apples have been blooming all round the orchard."

"Oh ya? Well it takes about two seasons just to grow a small patch of carrots for us... Not the best of soil out near Buckingham. Trouble finds a way to get us in the end, wether it be animals stealing our crops or a drought that lasts all season." You frown remembering the last drought which left your family hungry. Amy wasn't born yet but she wouldn't have survived.

"I'm sorry if you need ill send ya back with a couple buschels of apples. Hows that sound?" You perk up again. The generosity of these ponies was incredible to you.

"You ain't gonna double cross me now are you?" Most ponies in Buckingham know twenty diffrent was to scam ya and avoid the cops long enough to fool your ass again.

"No, I don't ever double cross anyone. I can't stand a pony in need. I tell you what tell me when you're gonna leave and ill set you up a cart for the trip home. No need to carry, just take the cart and be on your way back to your family."

"Sound fair enough. What do you want in return?" She laughed harder than back at the stand.

"You still don't get it do you? Listen you get the apples and i get nothing. I got all i ever wanted here. A good job, good friends, and a backbone stronger than a sidewinder." You glance back to the table and frown. "Oh, poor Ditzy not again!" You turn back to see Applejack race off into the crowd. Looking over to where she raced off you notice the gray pony tangled up in the wires of the DJ's setreo system. shaking you head you chuckle just a bit. 'She may be the stupidest pony ever!' Lookig bacj you notice she was untangled before Applejack even got to her. 'Wait what?' The wires seemed to be neater than they started out to be. 'I take that back... It must take some real skill to get tangled in that mess, and make it cleaner!' You begin your short trek back to the table where Twilight sat.

"I hope its not another Nightmare story." You mumble under your breath. A thought hits you. 'If i make a scene maybe I could just leave and nurse this hangover.'

"Oh! Your back faster than I thought!" You smile hopping up on the table Twilight sat at you began to dance trying not to spill your presious beer. It was pretty hard to shake you hips and make it look like a drunkard dance. After a while your body just took over.

There was a loud "Hrrmmp..." And you see Pinkie get on the table with you. You bust out laughing still partying as hard as you could. After a while on the table you hop down exausted. You plopped down in a chair to close your eyes. Pinkie was still trying to out do you but it didn't matter. The dark void surrounded you quickly. You felt yourself lift off as if in space. The feeling left you numb and wanting more of the gravityless space.

"I love him." Your smile widens, nothing more than those words could stop Rainbow as they did.

Author's note:

Please leave your reaction to the ending!

Chapter 6 will be posted later tonight or early tomorrow depending on when I feel like I have left you hanging long enough... ;)