Chapters I woke up on a cold, grey floor which was home to a dark room. A small blue light whirred behind me as I stood up, hearing the clang of my backpack's zipper and meeting face to face with 'The Great and Powerful' Trixie, who I knew was NOT there when I looked up. She simply stared into my eyes with a dark grin.
"Hello, my servant. I am The Great and Powerful Trixie, your master from now on." she said coldly, just as the whirring blue light faded behind me.
Despite how serious she looked, I smiled, because she barely made it up to my waist, and looked so adorable.
She flipped her silver mane back, it shining slightly as the moonlight brushed past it. She looked up at me once more and noticed my grin.
"What are you smiling at, you fool!?" she stomped her hoof angrily, while a lightning bolt from outside flashed for dramatic effect.
I opened my mouth to speak, then saw her eyes glow red, causing me to pause and close my mouth.
"I thought so." she snorted as she began pacing slowly around me.
"You know, I've been observing your species for quite some time now." she continued pacing, inspecting me as she did so.
"You beings obviously weren't the most superior, but from what I've seen, your kind seems easy to control, and quite intelligent for the most part. And surprisingly enough, we share the same language. Sure, you're twice my size and contain more strength than us ponies do, but you know what you DON'T have?" she stopped pacing and faced me. Her horn flickered a bit as she finished her sentence.
"Magic. And therefore, I expect you to do as I say, when I say it; unless you like being turned inside-out?"
The image hit my mind, causing me to clench my stomach with a disgusted look.
"Exactly." she nodded slowly as she began pacing around me once more.
"Now, you will be staying by my side until I say otherwise, got it?"
I nodded slowly as I stared at her pendant.
"Good, now follow me." she said, walking about in the darkness.
I followed her out into the cold night, crunching the soft snow below me until we came across a small shed. She creaked the door open to reveal a small pillow and blanket lying on a hay-covered ground.
"You, will be staying here." she pointed a hoof briefly at the floor before walking a few feet away.
"Oh, and just so you don't get any funny ideas," Her horn flickered a dark red color as a bubble formed around the shed.
She stared at me for a few seconds before leaving inside.
I sighed and took off my backpack and set it down as I fluffed the pillow I was given. I shivered a bit as I gazed at my backpack.
"So much for school..."
I set my hands behind my head as I inspected the shed. It rocked back and forth as a small gust of wind breezed by. Staring at the ceiling, I started to actually process what just happened. I knew I was in Equestria, that much was certain, but it's kind of hard for me to be happy knowing I'm a slave to one who just happens to be going through Episode 5 at the moment. I sighed again at the thought and turned to my right, trying to go to sleep.
This was not going to be a fun experience.
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I woke up to the sound of something being hit. I sat up quickly from my bed and crouched over to the shed's door. I creaked it open and saw two stallions wearing police gear by Trixie's door.
"We know you're in there, Ms. Trixie! Just come out slowly, so this won't get any worse than it needs to!"
After hearing that, a red flash appeared right behind me. It was Trixie again, and she was already planning her escape.
"And we'll go to Manehattan, change our names, work as local restaurant owners,-"
"Trixie." I said flatly.
She paused and looked at me.
"What? What do you want?!"
"What did you do?"
"That's none of your concern!" she snapped.
I rolled my eyes and opened the shed door a bit, seeing the ponies trotting towards our shed. I closed it quickly and grabbed my backpack.
"Trixie, unless you want to get arrested, I suggest you teleport. NOW." I rushed. I did NOT want to see what would happen to an extraterrestrial here.
And she did exactly that; without me.
"I mean't with me, too!" I growled.
I heard the galloping of the police getting closer every second. I spotted a small, crooked plank hanging on the side of the wall. I jumped over to it and started kicking.
"BREAK. YOU. STUPID. BOARD!"
*CRACK*
I smiled as I darted out through the wall, hearing the shed door burst open.
"Freeze! Wha? She's not here!"
I looked back and saw the other one staring at me as I ran.
"There's a runner here! It might be affiliated with Trixie's crimes!"
"Well quit staring at it and go!"
And so he did, and he was catching up pretty quickly, too. It wasn't like I was a huge track and field guy.
He kept getting closer and closer, and just as I thought I was going to get tackled, Trixie came back for a split second and immediately teleported with me in tow luckily. We landed in a forest by some rocks atop a hill. I was panting as I laid down.
"Thank-you, Trixie."
"That's Great and Powerful Trixie to you!" she snapped.
"Okay! Sorry." I was starting to get annoyed of her bad attitude.
There was a long string of silence, until I broke it.
"Do you know where we are?"
She sighed, "The Everfree Forest."
I heard a growl after her sentence.
"We should get out of here."
"Where?!"
I looked around and spotted a small cave in the distance.
"There." I pointed to it.
She looked at it and shook her head.
"Nononononno! The Great and Powerful Trixie will NOT be taking refuge inside of a stupid cave!"
Another growl.
She jumped a bit.
"Okay, fine! But just for today!"
We walked over to the cave and entered it. It was very dark, and you could hear the soft dripping noise of water from the ceiling. We barely walked in a few feet and sat down, both of us not wanting to see what was inside of the thing. It didn't take long before I heard another soft growl. I looked around and saw nothing, so I ignored it. I heard another soft growl and felt hot air hit my back.
I stood up and looked back while holding my neck.
"What the......."
My face grew pale as I looked up, seeing a GIANT. URSA. MAJOR.
"What are you staring a....." Trixie turned around aswell, matching the same expression I had and standing completely still.
Trixie fainted and plopped on the ground, causing the Ursa to break the silence with a blood curdling growl.
I yelled. Loudly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
I grabbed Trixie from the ground and darted out of the cave, screaming like a girl. I didn't look back, because I was already scared half to death as it is. That thing was so dang huge, I couldn't help it; I started crying.
"I DON'T WANNA DIIIIIIIIE!!!" I cried loudly.
I started Hyperventilating while I ran, and I stumbled a bit, forcing another screech from the Ursa Major. Every single step threw me almost ten feet into the air because of it being like half the size of the Moon.
I stared at Trixie as I thought of leaving her, but that would just be cruel, even with all that she's done. I ran and ran, trying to avoid all the roots and rocks in front of me in order to survive. I just. Ran. I couldn't tell how far I went, but a few minutes later I heard a loud whimper from behind me. I didn't look back or anything, I just continued to run until I stopped hearing the Earth shake. I ended up running out of the Everfree Forest, then looked back, seeing the huge galactic bear returning to its cave. I stared at the damage as I sat on the ground, Trixie still in tow. My legs ached as if I ran two marathons back to back. The adrenaline left my body as my breathing started slowing down. As the rush of energy left my body, I felt exhausted, and noticed it was already dark out. I picked Trixie up again and sat by a large rock.
I saw Trixie shiver a bit, so I reached into my backpack and took out a blanket that was part of my 'apocalypse pack' for 12/21/12. I gently laid the blanket on her, and she cuddled it, snuggling into it slowly. She smiled as she stopped shivering, which brought a smile to my face. I stared at the moon and set down my backpack next to me, closing my eyes slowly as the exhaustion hit me harder, and harder....
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I opened my eyes lazily and started swallowing to relieve my dry throat. I rubbed my eyes and thought about getting up, until I saw Trixie lying her head on my shoulder, snoring lightly. I sighed and sat down, picking up my backpack. I slowly unzipped it and found a yellow shirt, medkit, laser pointer, socks, screwdriver, my laptop, phone, ibuprofen, and.. two 10mm rounds? I seriously had no idea why I had bullets in my backpack, but I guessed it would come in handy.
Before I could explore further, I heard Trixie take in a large breath and sit up. I threw all my stuff back into my backpack and looked at her. She stretched and followed my movements, by swallowing multiple times and smacking her lips. After settling, she took off the blanket and looked at me, confused.
"What happened to the Ursa!?"
I pointed towards the huge line of toppled trees in the forest.
"Went back."
She just seemed more confused.
"How did we get here?"
"I, uh, carried you here while running from the Ursa."
She stood up and brushed herself off.
"Huh, well maybe you're not such a worthless being after all."
Well it was a start.
"Er...thanks?"
With that, Trixie pulled out a map out of thin air and began reading it. I zipped up my back pack and stood by her, inspecting the map as well. As soon as I peeked at the map, she rolled it up and, I don't know, blew it up or something. But it disappeared into thin air like a firework.
"I am uncertain of where we are." she said without any emotion.
I looked around and saw nothing familiar; no Canterlot, no Cloudsdale, no nothing. I stared off into the distance until-
"Railroad!" Trixie pointed.
I looked in the direction of her hoof and noticed the railroad also, along with the soft 'woo woo' of a train's whistle.
"Do you hear that train?" I asked.
Trixie shook her head.
"Follow me!" I started jogging towards the railroad. She followed and noticed the train coming by.
"I see it!" she said.
"Alright, get ready to jump on it!" I said.
"What?! Are you crazy?!"
"Would you rather walk forever?" I deadpanned. It's a good thing I like to plan ahead.
"True, but how would we survive jumping on a train moving at more than a hundred miles an hour?"
I didn't plan THAT far ahead.
Then I got it.
"With you being so powerful, wouldn't you have like a time spell or something?"
Trixie nodded and stared at the train.
It got closer and closer, the whistle blaring louder and louder until I was right in front of us.
Trixie took the opportunity and shot the train with a bolt of red colored magic, stopping it almost immediately. A red mist covered it as it slowly started regaining its speed. Trixie bolted first and jumped in the train. I followed and set my hand on the door for the boxcar. Immediately as I did so, I felt a sharp pain in my left wrist. I jumped on the train still holding my wrist and inspected it, wincing as the pain shot around my body. I moved my wrist slowly with my right hand and saw a BONE sticking out.
I've never broken a bone or gotten anything dislocated before, and I'm glad, because this hurt like HELL.
I started to see blood gushing from my wrist as I stared at the door responsible. Trixie followed my eyes towards the door.
"Wait, did you touch it!?" she asked.
I nodded, unable to speak.
"Why would you do that?! Are you an idiot?!"
I shook my head. I didn't know why holding a door handle was so stupid.
She sighed and walked over to me. Her horn illuminated and my wrist became engulfed in red magic. She talked as she did so.
"Whenever a time spell is set on something, the only thing that slows down is the object itself, not the force, so touching that door handle is the equivalent to trying the same thing while it's moving."
If only I was given a warning..
She finished her sentence and spell within the same time, and she walked over to the wall of the boxcar to sit down. I clenched my wrist again, moving it around to make sure there was no more pain left over.
"Thanks."
She looked up from her thoughts.
"You've been a good asset; it's the least I could do."
With that, I actually started thinking Trixie trusts me now. It felt good to be praised sort of, by someone like Trixie.
Trixie pulled out another map as I delve into my thoughts. I could hear the crumbling noise of the map as she spoke up.
"Okay, right now, we're on the train ride to Ponyville!"
I was going to ask why she was so excited, but her 'attire' jogged my memory.
This wasn't going to end well.
It didn't take long till I noticed familiar geographic structures from that of the show, but when I did, I told Trixie.
"How do you know what Ponyville looks like?" she tilted her head in confusion.
"Errr, hey look, we're here!" I pointed to the train station.
Trixie lit up as she noticed it as well, and jumped off the train. Instead of going through th station, we went through the side and into the bushes. She went through them and motioned me to stay here.
"If I get in trouble, I'll need your help." An evil grin was smeared on her face. "Doubt The Great and Powerful Trixie will need it, though."
I nodded uneasily and kneeled in the bush, trying to ignore all the branches stabbing me.
Trixie started babbling some stuff and a crowd gathered, the events of "The Magic Duel" playing out. I saw Trixie pretty much torment the other ponies with magic; I was just glad she didn't do that to me. I saw Spike crushed into a sphere and scored with, Pinkie's mouth 'recycled' and the magic duel. I felt bad for the Mane Six, but the last thing I wanted was to end up like them. In short, I was a coward. I saw as the enormous glass dome covered the town and left Twilight outside. I stared in awe as the whole scene was executed. After I saw the ponies disperse, Trixie paced over to me with a triumphant grin.
"Did you see how I showed that nasty Twilight Sparkle?" she asked with a giddy tone.
I nodded and forced a smile.
"I'm going to go conquer Ponyville. You can come if you want." she smiled.
"No thanks. I'm going to familiarize myself with the town, find some weak points or places worth conquering."
She nodded and walked away. Remembering how badly she treated everyone finally led me to realize she DOES respect me, even though it didn't seem like it. It was a certainly big difference, though.
With that, I slowly stepped out of the bushes, looking to my sides to make sure the coast was clear. Once it felt safe, I stepped out and was immediately tackled.
"I GOT IT!" my attacker yelled.
I looked up and got a better look as the attacker flipped its hair. And it was none other than Rainbow Dash. I heard galloping and sat up a bit to see the commotion, but was slammed to the ground by her hoof in my chest.
"You're not going anywhere!" she growled.
Soon after, the rest of the gang followed, excluding Twilight, obviously.
I didn't know whether to squee or feel afraid, so I just laid silently as they watched over me. Applejack immediately ripped of my backpack without a warning.
"HE-mmph!" Rainbow Dash covered my mouth with her hoof.
"What should we do with it?" Fluttershy squeaked.
"MPHN MM! MPHN MM!" Pinkie tried to say.
"What in the hay is THIS?" Applejack asked.
Everyone, including me, turned their heads to see Applejack holding the shirt. MY yellow shirt. WITH APPLEJACK ON THE BACK.
"What? T-that's you! How did it get a picture of YOU? And as a filly?" Rarity asked.
"....Ah don't know." Applejack began walking to me. "But it's got a lotta explainin' to do!"
"Mmmph mph?" Pinkie held up my phone, which immediately went off for no reason. WITH A FLUTTERSHY RINGTONE!!
I just kept digging myself a deeper grave.
"YOU'RE, GOING TO LOVE ME! YOU'RE, GOING TO LOVE ME!"
Fluttershy jumped back.
"Th-th-that's me!"
After a while, the ringtone died down, leaving an Applejack wallpaper.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
"RMPH? ARMPH FUMPHIN SRIUH?!" I tried yelling.
"THIS THING'S A CREEP!" Rainbow blurted out.
I heard more stuff being pushed around, till it stopped and heard a metal clack.
"Mpm mphm?" Pinkie shrugged and threw the bullets behind her, both landing on the concrete and popping loudly.
Everyone's ears twitched, and I covered mine.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Rarity yelled.
Rainbow looked at me and pressed harder on my chest, throwing out the air.
"MPH!"
Pinkie still searched through my backpack, pulling out the ibuprofen.
She threw it behind her without warning.
ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH.
I reached out and grabbed Rainbow's hoof, trying to push it off my chest. It was no use, she just started crushing my chest. I still kept at it, feeling the pressure intensify. It began to hurt, so I struggled more, before hearing a small crack, then a snap.
"MPHMMHMMM!" I cried. I started tearing up as Rainbow let her hoof up. I clutched my chest in shear agony as I turned to my side. I started yelling, tears everywhere as I spotted my pills in the distance. I began crawling to it using my right arm, paying no attention to the speechless ponies. I finished the last few feet and popped the bottle open, taking one of the tablets. The pain didn't let up, so I reached over and took another one. Nothing. My hand started shaking as I reached for another tablet. I popped it in my mouth, and sat on my back, still clutching my chest. I looked at the five, none sure of what to do. I stared at them as I continued crying, eventually turning to my side and vomiting up some blood.
"OH GOD!" I wheezed.
The pain, oh, the pain. So, horrible, so instense. So........
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I opened my eyes lazily, feeling a bit woozy with a bit of pain left over. I noticed the Moon was still out, and I was still outside.
I felt slightly numb in my chest, and I actually felt the broken ribs sticking out.
I whimpered, and heard a gasp. Later, the same five ponies followed. They looked over at me again with worried looks.
"We gotta take it to get help." Applejack spoke.
"NOT SO FAST!" Rainbow yelled.
The others backed up as Rainbow glared at me.
"WE WANT ANSWERS!" she spat.
"Rainbow Dash! It's injured! We can't-" Fluttershy was cut off.
"WE HAVE TO!" Rainbow yelled again, slamming her hoof into my ribcage again.
I yelled extremely loud, feeling a rib puncture an organ.
Not soon after, Trixie came running over to me, pretty much throwing the five as she knelt to me. Her horn glowed as she covered me with a red mist.
Time spell.
I started to feel nothing as I my body slowed. I saw Trixie about to use her magic again, when she was tackled by Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy ran over to me and inspected my body for a second, before running over to Rainbow. I couldn't see anything, but I heard Fluttershy yelling at Rainbow Dash.
"TRIXIE'S TRYING TO HELP IT! STOP IT! LET TRIXIE HELP I-"
Then it went silent, leaving Trixie to run over to me.
"It's gonna be okay! It's fine, don't worry!" she started sobbing.
She moved over to me and lit her horn up again. Every time she re-lit her horn, she got more and more frightened.
It took a while till she spoke up again.
"Please, please don't die!" she started crying.
She dug her hooves into the ground and took a deep breath. She closed her eyes, and a yellow swirl emitted from her horn and encased me. I felt a slight warmth as I levitated slightly from the ground. I could feel my bones returning to their original places. I felt a slight sizzling noise, and I fell back to the ground. I placed a hand on my chest and sighed with relief.
"Thank you, Deus Ex Machina." I whispered to myself.
I sat up and saw Trixie on the ground, panting heavily. I saw the five of the Mane Six enclosed in ice, which was melting rather quickly.
I ran to my backpack, took my phone, shirt and ibuprofen, then shoved it into my backpack and picked Trixie up. I ran away into the city.
It didn't take long to find City Hall, and I sighed a breath of relief. I entered and set her down on her 'throne', telling all the ponies inside to get out. I sat and saw Trixie fall asleep immediately.
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The next morning, I catered to her every need. I no longer saw Trixie as anything other than a friend in need as I helped her in any way I could. I was rewarded with a small conversation or a smile whenever she woke up, and I was glad she had been getting better. There was no sign of the five anywhere, and I wanted to keep it that way for Trixie's sake.
Two days later is when she started to start feeling back to good help, and it was a big relief for me. When she finally felt ready, we started walking around the outer edge of the town. The ponies looked like they had started to relive their normal lives, and the return of Trixie frightened them. We walked around the edge of the town multiple times until a certain purple mare returned. Upon seeing the mare in the distance, I got closer to Trixie.
Again, the scene played out.
"I guess you'll never see the totally awesome magic from beyond the Everfree Forest!"
"Trixie, it's a trap! Don't-" before I could finish my sentence, Trixie teleported outside and destroyed the barrier covering Ponyville.
"Okay, okay, you're on. A second duel.."
With that, Trixie and Twilight went their separate ways, and we made it back to City Hall. While there, all she did was prep herself for the duel, saying stuff like, 'You've got this, Trixie, you've got this!' and stuff along those lines.
Eventually the time came, and it was time for the duel. I followed her to meet Twilight, who was wearing an angry scowl alongside her friends.
Rainbow Dash growled at the sight of me.
"Let's start with a simple age spell, shall we?"
"Let's."
"Snips, Snails!"
The two fillies stood in front of Trixie, and without warning reduced them to fillies.
"An oldie but a goodie. Now let's see what your little charm can do."
I started spacing out as I watched the scene, noticing Rainbow Dash glaring at me every few seconds. I knew what was going to happen, but I was stuck on whether I should tell Trixie about Twilight's trick. Because even though Trixie saved my life and all, Twilight was considered a 'good guy', and I wouldn't want to betray Trixie or spin the world into dictatorship.
I never got to make my decision, though, because I spaced out once again through the whole scene.
"Dangit!"
Everyone stopped and stared at me. Except for Rainbow Dash's, whose eyes were already trying to destroy my soul.
Then, I saw Trixie back away slowly with her head down. She walked slowly through the streets, and I followed, being stopped by her almost immediately.
"Please. I need to be alone.." she said before walking away.
I didn't want to disturb her, so I sat by a wall and just tried to let my mind roam free, until it was stopped by Fluttershy.
She hid behind her mane as she spoke.
"A-are you alright?"
She was talking about the incident.
"Er, yeah, sort of. I mean, Trixie helped me out pretty good."
"Oh, well that's goo-"
"Why are you talking to THIS thing?" Rainbow Dash appeared.
"I'm not a 'thing', I'm a 'he', you bitch." I snapped. I couldn't take anymore of her.
Rainbow jumped back, but was a bit confused as to what my insult meant.
"I'm not a dog!" she snarled.
Twilight then joined the party.
"Princess Celestia's almost here, we should get going."
Rainbow's eyes never left me.
"Alright, then...." she turned around and began following Twilight.
After they left, Trixie came back, dressed up in her old stage clothes.
"I uh, need to settle something. You can come along if you want."
I nodded and followed her to the show.
It was already on by the time we got there, and Trixie began lighting up the sky with fireworks.
Twilight turned and looked at her.
"Trixie?"
"It's the least I could do. I treated you and your friends so horribly when I was wearing that Alicorn Amulet. I just couldn't control myself! You can forgive me, can't you?" she finished her sentence off with the most adorable face I've ever seen.
"Hmm...Sure."
"Oh, good. Don't you think The Great and APOLOGETIC Trixie is the most magnificent humble pony you've ever seen?"
Twilight shook her head with a smile.
Trixie looked back to me.
"So, what are YOU going to do? I could always use a good friend to travel with." she asked.
Twilight hopped off the stage and walked over to me as well.
"Yeah, what are you going to do? You could always stay here in Ponyville with me and my friends. Oo, and I would love to study you! I don't think I've ever seen a creature like you before!" Twilight cooed.
The two unicorns smiled at me, awaiting an answer.
"Uhh.."
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Since I don't know which side to choose, either, I'll have two comments posted up with either Trixie or Twilight. Just vote up on the comments, and obviously, the one with the most likes will be chosen.
"The Great and Apologetic" Trixie
It actually didn't take too long to come up with an answer, and when I did, it seemed like the most logical one, especially because of Rainbow Dash.
I turned to Twilight.
"So sorry Twilight, because even though I just LOVE being beaten half to death and nearly killed by a psychotic blue Pegasus, I think I belong here with Trixie, where it's safe, so GOOD DAY, MA'M." I knew I used too much sarcasm, but it felt right, even if it wasn't Twilight who tormented me.
Her ears drooped down as she stared at the floor, most likely from a loss of potential 'research'.
"O-okay. If that's what you want." she turned around and started walking away.
We mimicked her movements in the opposite direction as I started up a random conversation.
"So how'd you get the Alicorn Amulet?" I played stupid.
"I bought it at a market."
"Just like that? How much was it?"
"Two hundred forty-five Bits."
"You spent all that hard-earned money on that amulet, just for it to be taken away!?"
She lowered her head a bit.
"....Not all of it was 'hard-earned'."
"What? What do you mean?"
She sighed.
"I took a little more from a rock farm than I should of. That's why I was a fugitive."
"Was? You're not anymore?"
"Well, not n-"
"-Not in the slightest." A lower pitched voice sounded.
We looked around and saw police all around us, some holding riot shields. Me and Trixie backed up against each other slowly.
"Oooh, you two are in so much trouble."
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We both sat in an interrogation room as he paced around us, throwing files on the table as he listed our crimes.
"Disturbing the peace, assault, theft, resisting arrest, terrorism,-" he went on.
"I think we get the point." I snapped.
He paused, dropped the files and stared at me.
"Don't test me, you stupid alien."
"SCREW YOU!"
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!" he slammed his hooves onto the table.
Another pony entered and completely ignored us and the broken table.
"These uh, 'ponies' need to get to their cells." he said quickly before closing the door behind himself.
The angry one gave me a glare and took his hooves off of the table.
"Follow me...." he grumbled. We followed the grumpy police pony to a lonely cell in the corner, where he proceeded to literally throw us in there.
Trixie caught her balance before she hit the ground, but I was not so lucky. I face planted on the cold, concrete floor. I got up and brushed myself off, then walked over and clung to the iron bars. Before I could see anything, I heard another voice.
"LIGHTS OUT!" then suddenly, the lights went out, excluding the small window on the wall.
I stood there a bit in complete silence, then sighed.
"Out of the frying pan, and into the fire......." I whispered.
I walked over to the concrete corner of the cell and sat down, where I heard the noise of my backpack rubbing against the wall. I pulled it off and inspected it; everything was there. Well, aside from the two bullets Pinkie threw.
The one thing that caught my eye was my laser pointer. I didn't know why, but it just, DID. I picked it up and started playing with it, having it zoom around the cells, until I heard a whisper.
"Hey, do you see that? What's that?"
"I, I dunno."
Then I saw the two ponies slowly creeping towards the laser like cats. I shot it closer to them and made them jump back. They circled around it before one of them pounced it.
"Hey, it's on your head!" one whispered loudly.
The other stopped and stood still.
"Well get it off, get it off!"
The second nodded and crouched over again, where he tried to 'grab' the laser and hit the other guy on the head.
Trixie, who was actually watching the whole thing, snickered.
"The thing's laughing at us!"
"Get it!"
They stood up and started running after it, and I spun it around them, which got them dizzy and had them fall down, both hitting their heads against the iron bars of our cell. I waited a bit, then realized they didn't even move a bit. I hadn't thought of anything while I was having fun with the laser, but now, I realized this could be our means of escape!
I crouched and snuck over quickly towards one of the officers. I looked at their belt and took the keys.
"Good thinking." Trixie whispered as she moved up close to me.
I opened the door and got out quickly, mostly due to the station being so small. Trixie followed, and we ran into the night.
I felt like I was in a movie scene or something.
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I couldn't tell how long we had actually walked away from the station, but the sun was going up, so there was that. I didn't even think either of us knew where we were going, but we started passing snow. I didn't even know what season it was, because they seemed to contradict each other.
I couldn't help but stare at the snow as I walked. It was so, soothing, and I loved the noise of snow crunching under me as I walked. I remembered the holidays, and all the snow days when I was a kid. I used to throw snowballs at passing cars. Yeah, those days were fun, and that was the day I learned what the middle finger meant. I wondered if my life was still going on back on Earth, if I was copied, or if the world stopped while I'm here. My family, my friends, Christmas. All gone, all of it. No spiked egg nog, no christmas movies, pumpkin pie, or tamales. Just, nothing..
I couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness wash over me, as I thought of my parents, probably going through hell right now at the loss of a son. All alone... My thoughts got the better of me as I sniffed. I tried to fight back the urge of crying like a baby in front of Trixie. But it was no use. I felt a tear fall from my face and onto the snow, and could feel her staring at me. I kept back the sniffs as we walked, but the more I tried to regain my composure, the more I felt worse. I couldn't help it, I broke down emotionally and fell on the ground.
I felt Trixie putting her hooves on my shoulder as she asked what was wrong. I didn't care, I COULDN'T care, I just, the world didn't seem to matter. Nothing mattered. I just wanted to be back home, with my family, not stuck here, in this hellhole! I never wanted to be here, I never wanted to go through all this...
I never wanted to feel so lost and alone.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"I never wanted this life.."
"What do you mean?"
I pulled my hands from my head and looked at her.
"Why? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU BRING ME INTO THIS PLACE!?"
She stepped back a bit, and I felt a strong wind brush by me.
"What? I-I-"
"I HAD A LIFE! FAMILY, FRIENDS, A FUTURE! AND YOU PULLED ME AWAY FROM IT!" I stood up and started walking towards Trixie.
"DO YOU REALIZE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL SO LOST? SO ALONE, FROM KNOWING YOUR COMPLETELY HELPLESS IN A WORLD THAT YOU DON'T KNOW A FUCKING THING ABOUT?!" I completely lost it.
I saw a tear fall from her face as more wind surrounded us. It looked like the start of a blizzard.
"No, I don't know what it feels to be torn from family, but how about everyone you lay eyes on hating you?! SHUNNING YOU?! LEAVING YOU ALONE WITHOUT A SINGLE SHRED OF DECENCY OR REGRET? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE?! HUH?!"
She waited a bit before opening her mouth to speak again, but I was pushed back by a wind. I fell on my hands and looked around, unable to see anything in the now raging blizzard. I couldn't even hear my own voice under all the howling wind.
"TRIXIE? TRIXIE?!"
No answer. I started shivering uncontrollably, and I had to make the tough decision of leaving without her. Unable to see anything, I simply tried to run in the direction I was facing. I couldn't even tell if I was going anywhere, and the cold was unbearable. I quickly unzipped my backpack and took out my med kit. I pulled out two hand warmers and started rubbing them all over me. As soon as I felt a shred better, I continued running out into the snow, until I caught a trail of hoof marks on the ground. I started running in that direction until I surprisingly started to see less and less snow. I felt numb as I got out of the snow and into a forest, shivering uncontrollably. I was just damn glad frostbite didn't come my way. The further I ventured into the forest, the less consistent the prints on the ground looked, leaving me eventually lost in a completely random forest.
I hated how all this seemed like a movie, where nothing would go well for the protagonist after a certain period of time. I felt like I was actually in an episode of the show, or being controlled by something similar. Whatever the case might've been, it felt VERY weird, and I had a feeling I could've been doing better with the Mane Six. But this was the road I chose, and there was no way I was leaving this place without Trixie.
I walked around the forest, unsure of where to even begin looking for Trixie. The more I walked, the worse I felt for snapping at her like that. Sure, she took me away from my world, but it was mostly that Alicorn Amulet's fault. She said it herself that she had no control of what she was doing, and with THAT much power, the possibilities were endless...
Then it hit me. The way to go back home.
"THE ALICORN AMULET!" I said a little too loudly.
I saw a bunch of birds fly away as I said that.
I looked at the birds a quick second before I felt a brush or something hit my back.
"Git, you ugly creature!"
I turned and got a mouth full of broom. I held my hands in front of my face as I kept getting hit.
"AH SAID *WHAP* GIT!" an old pony yelled.
"Quit hitting me! I'm friendly, I'm friendly!"
The hitting stopped.
I looked up at him; he was a scraggly old pony with a grey mane and brown coat. He was an Earth Pony, and he had dark green eyes, with a Cutie Mark of a... chair?
"Ah don't care if you're friendly or not, just git off mah property!" he slurred.
His little cabin was nearby the hoof prints, so obviously, it was a good idea to ask about Trixie.
"I'll get off your property if you answer one question." I said calmly.
He moved his eyes curiously around me, before replying, "Shoot."
"Have you happened to see a light blue unicorn with a silver mane come by at any time?"
He looked up at the sky with a hoof on his chin a while before talking.
"Why, yes. The young lady came by, said she was lookin' for a friend or som'thin'. I offered to be her friend, but she didn't seem too approving of that idea."
"She still here?"
He stopped.
"You said ONE question."
"Please, it's important!"
".....Alright. No, she's not here."
"Did she say where she's going? Which way?"
"Naw, didn't say where, but she just started walkin' that-a-way." he pointed a hoof.
I nodded.
"Thanks!"
I ran off into that direction.
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It didn't take long to find out I was completely lost, and when I did, I knew I was, in fact, lost. I couldn't even tell which direction I came from. I was completely surrounded by trees. No water, no caves, no ANIMALS, just, trees. Worst part was, I started to hear crickets, meaning I needed to find some sort of shelter. I walked and walked, but found nothing. I walked miles ahead in one direction, but found absolutely nothing. Not soon after, I saw a bear nearby. I didn't know if it saw me or not, but I jumped on a tree and started climbing, 'cause there was no way I was ending up food for a bear in the middle of nowhere.
I climbed quickly, ignoring the discomfort of having tree sap all over you, and reached the top. Nothing but trees, spread across an open span of land that just seemed to never end. I sighed and felt sadness wash over me again, remembering how I yelled at Trixie. I'd die never telling her how sorry I was..
I came down from the tree and just continued walking after the coast was clear. I came across a river and sat by it, staring at the moon and being reminded of Ponyville.
I could've been in a town, meeting the Mane Six and most likely the princesses. I could've gotten a job, a house, a life... But instead, I was stuck here, stranded in a forest.
I sighed again, before lying down and feeling the all too familiar feeling of exhaustion engulfing me.
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I woke up to the sound of a loud, continuous roar and realized once again, I was most likely in trouble...
Great.
At this point, I really didn't care about what it possibly was, mostly due to the fact of already being met with killer snowstorms, giant space bears, a crazy killer rainbow maned pegasus with major issues, and whelp, this world. Hell, not even a live ticking atom bomb would've surprised me.
However, I did feel surprised as I saw five ponies in construction gear chopping down trees. I looked around and spotted the roar being the engine to an industrial sized wood chipper.
One looks up and sees me, his brown eyes obviously showing signs of confusion and curiosity. His mouth moved, but no audible sounds emitted. He walked up to me, eyes never leaving me. The other workers' eyes soon followed. The pony kept walking up to me until his chin was literally rested on my chest, just staring at me. Seconds later, his helmet fell off to reveal a HER. Oh, but not just any HER. No, it was HER.
It was Lyra.
My eyes widened as I began backing away, having Lyra almost literally glued to me the entire time.
"Err, can I have some help here?" I looked at the workers expectantly.
Lyra gasped.
"It talks..."
"Yes," I pushed Lyra back a bit. "I do."
She just glued to me again.
I sighed and pushed her again.
Glue.
I sighed very loudly and picked Lyra up.
It was like carrying a dog; just have the dog being really furry and gawking at you the entire time.
I didn't make eye contact with Lyra as I walked over to the workers.
"You're so strong..." she whispered.
"You're so heavy." I deadpanned.
I stopped in front of one of the stallions and gave Lyra to him, just to see 'he' also was not a stallion.
Bon Bon.. Of course.
"Geez, Lyra, you really ARE heavy.-"
"Hey, uh, thing?" another worker called.
"What?" I could only guess he was talking to me.
"A-are you going to eat us?"
I slouched a bit and gave him a "are you serious?" look.
I then felt something nudge me. I looked down to my right and saw Lyra smiling up at me.
"Can you pick me up again?" she asked cutely.
I raised an eyebrow, and she pulled off an adorable puppy dog look.
I sighed. "Fine." I picked her up again.
And as soon as I was about to answer the worker, Lyra nudged my chest.
"Now pet me."
I stopped and lowered my head slowly to meet her eyes.
".....WHAT."
"Oh, come on, please?"
I looked up at the workers and noticed their shrugs.
"Uh, okay?" I started petting her. I expected to hear a purr as I spoke.
"No, I'm not here to eat you. I just got lost and split apart from my friend."
The worker nodded,"Huh. How?"
"I dunno. Some blizzard came out of nowhere and separated us."
"A blizzard? Completely out of nowhere?" he asked.
"Yup, completely out of nowhere. We were just walking and the snowstorm started getting worse."
"Okay. And what does this 'friend' of yours look like?"
"Well, she's a light blue unicorn, with a silver mane and what looks like a communist Cutie Mark."
"Uuuuh....?"
Another worker spoke up.
"Yeah, we've seen her."
"Really? Where!?" I nearly shouted.
"Well, she came up to us and asked if we've seen a tall monkey looking thing... I'm guessing that's you, right?"
I nodded.
"Well, she said she was going to Manehattan for some help."
I nodded again.
"Thanks."
I started walking away before being stopped again.
"Wait!"
"What?"
"Ride with us?"
"What? Really? You mean it?"
"Yeah.-"
"You'd be doing us a favor; Lyra would be devastated to know you left so soon." Bon Bon interrupted.
I looked at her, curled up and snuggled into my arms. It was so adorable!
"D'awww! She's so cuute!" I cooed.
"Alright, so it's settled, then." The worker walked up to me and extended a hoof, "Welcome aboard."
"Alright, everyone, pack your stuff and we'll move on out for Manehattan! I'm pretty sure we've done a good enough job here."
They all nodded and began picking up tool boxes and machinery. I followed them when ordered to, and we actually piled up into some sort or car.
"You have cars?!"
"Well, yeah, of course. How else did you expect us to get here?"
'Well, I dunno. A cart or something?"
"A cart? You realize how LONG that would take us?!"
When I couldn't come up with a response, he just shook his head as if to tell me I was an idiot and jumped into the drivers' seat. We all piled up into the back and began our long journey.
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Eventually, all of us fell asleep after some small conversation, leaving only the driver awake. It was morning by the time we woke up.
"Alright! Everyone up! We gotta refuel right now, 'cause the next stop ain't gonna be for another three hundred miles!" He yawned.
All of us lazily woke up and sat up, staring blankly at one another. The back doors opened, and the pony yawned again.
"Com'on, com'on!"
We all got out of the van and walked into this retro looking diner. Lyra, still nestled in my arms, stretched her legs and hopped out of my grip. I opened the doors and heard the waitress greet us.
"Why, good mornin' to you all! What could I get for you fellas?"
The greeting caused the few ponies around us to curiously look at us, one of them being Trixie.
I gasped, "Trixie?!"
She dropped her cup and started running towards me; I did the same.
However, Trixie probably didn't have the same idea as I did, and she tackled me to the ground.
Then she hugged me super tightly.
"How'd you find me?!" she asked, having me still pinned.
I pointed to the workers.
"Those guys.-"
"Er, excuse me, but is that a talking alien?" a sitting pony asked.
I got up from Trixie's hold and brushed myself off.
"Yes, yes it i- OOF!" Lyra tackled me from behind.
"TOOUCHDOOWN!"
".....Lyra, pleeease, get off? I can't breathe."
"Fiiine." she pouted before getting up.
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"So, Trixie, I think I might've found a way to help me get back home. You know, that amulet? If you had the power to bring me here, you can put me back, right?"
She nodded nervously, "Yeah..." And I noticed it.
"What? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to go through all that again. With the evil and everything."
"You won't need to, because I'll hopefully be there the whole time."
"Yes, 'hopefully'."
"Alright, everyone ready for another three hundred?" a worker called.
"Yeah!" the four responded.
"Alright, then, toooo the caaar!" he smiled, doing a fake march through the doors. I followed along with Trixie as we piled into the car again, noticing her worried looks.
"Roadtrip!" Lyra smiled.
And we started moving on to Manehattan.
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Three hundred miles later, I could not WAIT to get out of that bus. I never had many good memories with road trips as it is, and being cramped up with five ponies in the back, one snoring uncontrollably every night.. It was hell.
Luckily, I spotted a train station nearby the entrance towards the city, so I knew where to go later on. Then we stopped by a local restaurant oh so cleverishly named 'Out-and-In Sandwiches'.
Unsure of what to get, Trixie ordered me a hay sandwich, saying it was 'heaven on a bun', and was what she would always get when she had the chance. I still needed to apologize to her correctly, and I was sure she had stuff to say to me as well, just somewhere less..populated. We all gathered around a table and waited.
One of the workers looked towards me.
"Y'know, Ah never did get your name, Mr..."
I never did like my name that much, so I figured I'd have my chance to change it now. I started to think up of names.
Hmm. Shepard, Lee, Alan, Chief, Andrew, Atlas, Frank, Chuck, Mason, Lasky, Steve, Kenny.....My god, too many names to choose from.
I sighed, "James."
"James, huh?"
"Yup."
Trixie spoke up, "I can't believe after all this time, I never knew your name."
"You never asked." I replied in a calm, friendly tone.
So after some silence later, another worker spoke up, looking at me.
"So what's the plan for you two?"
"Well, we're gonna go to Ponyville to get me back home."
"Which is?"
"Well, I'm sure you've already noticed I'm not from around here."
He chuckled, "Ya think?"
"Well I'm from a planet called Earth, probably billions of miles away from here."
He nodded, showing no signs of curiosity or shock like I thought he would.
"Huh, well ain't that nice. So how'd you get here?"
"Magic."
"...And that small little town has the power to take you back?"
Lyra tapped her hoof on the table.
"That small little town is where we were born, Hardy!"
"I know, Lyra. So anyways, that's the plan then, eh?"
"Best one I got."
He got up and extended a hoof.
"Whelp, I wish you two good luck, and I hope you get where you want to."
I stood and shook his hoof, seeing the others standing as well.
"Thanks, for all you've done for me. Your assistance is greatly appreciated." I responded.
He threw some bits on the table and walked out with his group, except for Lyra, who stood by the door way.
Once we got close to her, she began walking by my side and nudged my hand.
"Do you think I could go with you guys?"
I stopped and looked at her.
"Okay, first the petting, now THIS? Come on, now."
"Pleeeease? Look how adorable I am!"
She WAS adorable.
"But you have a job and everything here! Why would you just want to leave like that?"
"What? Me and Bon always job jump!"
"Job jump?"
"Yeeees. Now can we go?"
"What will Bon Bon say?"
"Oh, don't worry about her. You're not the only one who thinks I'm adorable."
I felt defeated in a very odd way. "Uhhh. Y-yeah, sure, I guess that's alright then?"
Lyra squeaked with a large smile and ran over to Bon Bon. Trixie slowed down and matched my speed.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"Lyra's coming with us to Ponyville."
"Err, why?"
I looked at her staring at Bon Bon with another adorable look.
"No idea."
Author's Note
Even though I've written stories, I don't know a lot of little things, so help me out here; how did this chapter get views while unpublished?
Also, If you can guess the games of where those names come from, you get to have something you want, happen in this story. You only get one shot to answer, and I'll give a few hints: There could be more than one name to a game, and some are from sequels of the same series.
RESTRICTIONS: No cloppy or gory scenes. It's listed under 'Everyone' for a reason.
P.S James is not part of this contest thingy.
Goooooood Luck!
P.S.S I believe the next chapter will be better than this one!
So eventually, we said all our goodbyes and left to our respective parties, Lyra now being part of ours. We took the train to Ponyville as planned, and the whole way there I tried to avoid eye contact with Lyra, because I knew that Bon Bon and Trixie were the only ones stopping her from doing whatever she wanted with me. The thought always made me shiver, and just that single look in her eye told me what she had in store...and it wasn't very pretty.
But finally, the journey ended once again, and we were in the hellhole called Ponyville once again.
The reason I now hated Ponyville was mostly because I seemed to be shunned from at least half of the Mane Six, whom of which I wanted to meet the most. It hurt the most how I was seen as a burden in their eyes. But nonetheless, I had an amulet to recover.
The four of us walked back into Ponyville, me and Trixie being shot glares every inch of the way. We began walking towards Twilight's home for whatever reason.
"So how are we going to do this?" I asked.
"Well, we can either get it stealthily and chance not getting caught, or befriend those six ponies and tell them our dilemma. Who knows, they might even have a better idea than ours." She pointed. "Either way, interaction, whether verbally or physically, will most likely occur."
"Ooh, look at you, acting all sophisticated!" Lyra chuckled.
"Not really. It's just talking. Unless that's sophisticated for you?"
The two started mouthing insults to each other, and I saw the six talking in Twilight's library, laughing and what not, until I saw Rainbow Dash look my way.
I started freaking out, and jumped into a bush. The other two remained in a heated argument while Bon Bon tried her best to break them up. I didn't bother to tell them anything, because I was sure Rainbow Dash could hear mice talk from miles away. I started breathing a bit heavier, remembering my near death experience from when we last met. I tried to keep calm, thinking she could smell fear. I assured myself everything would be alright.
"Don't worry, you're fine. She didn't see you, she didn't see you, she didn't-"
"Yeah I did."
I yelled as she poked her head in the bush, making me jump out. I landed sitting down with my hands behind me, slowly scooting away. She just crossed her arms as she flew, a frown across her face. The other five arrived shortly after, and the three were still arguing. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground and began walking towards me.
She continued until she was right above me, blocking the sunlight from hitting me.
"Why are YOU here?" she spat.
"It's none of your business!" I retorted with as much dignity as I could muster.
"If it involves me or my friends, then yeah, it is my business."
See. Mice.
"Fuck you." I spat out also, gaining more courage.
She seemed unmoved once again from most likely not understanding my insult.
She didn't respond.
"Now get off of me." I glared at her.
"...No."
"Fine then."
I pretended to try and push her with my hands, and when she believed she had the upper hand, I kicked her off. She landed on her back and got up immediately, charging a few feet before being caught by Twilight's magic. She snarled and struggled to break free.
"LET GO OF ME!! TWILIGHT, LET ME GO!!" She turned to me. "YOU STUPID THING! I'M GOING TO DRAG YOU DOWN TO THE LOWEST LEVELS OF TARTARUS ONCE I'M FREE!!" She yelled at me with nothing but pure fury.
With that remark, she just seemed to become worse. Screw glaring daggers, her eyes were like mini guns, each barrel aiming for my soul. We both stared at each other, the only noise being her heavy breathing and the three's argument which was STILL going on.
"Nu-uh, milk chocolate's the best! White chocolate is just stupid! All it does is sit around and say, 'Oh, look at me, I'm white! Buy me!'"
"Okay, you two, calm down! You're both not like this! Well, Rainbow Dash isn't like this, anyways. Are you usually like this?" Twilight spoke.
"Nnope, because I usually don't have a crazy damn pegasus trying to kill me!"
"OH I WON'T 'TRY' TO, I WILL!"
Twilight sighed and illuminated her horn, zapping us with something. Rainbow Dash fell asleep, and I walked a few feet towards the three. I felt a bit dizzy as I spoke.
"You guys suck."
Boom, out like a light.
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I opened my eyes lazily to a pinkish orb covering me, I was lying on a couch and ironically, Rainbow Dash was rested beside me.
"Hey! Mr. Sleepypants is awake! Pinkie said, causing the others to gather around. I stood up and put my hands on the orb. On the other side was Twilight.
"Seriously? A force field? Do you WANT me to die?" I questioned.
"You're going to stay in there until you two make out- er, I mean, make up!" She blushed slightly.
"Geez, what's going on in YOUR mind?" I asked.
Applejack snickered as Twilight walked away.
I heard Rainbow Dash toss and turn a bit until she woke up. She sat up and walked over to my side.
"Why we in here?" she yawned. She probably needed time to wake up.
"She wants us to make out, apparently." I said calmly.
Applejack started laughing louder as Twilight yelled, "DID NOT!"
Rainbow Dash looked at Applejack as she spoke.
"Oh, cool." she nodded. She stood like that until the gears in her head started turning.
She gasped and tackled me into a wall. I figured it would hurt, but it tickled, mostly. I started laughing.
"What!? What are you laughing at!?!" Rainbow snarled.
"I-i-it tickles!!"
She punched me in the face, which tickled even more.
"What?! How does that work!?!"
"Like this!" I punched her in the face.
She moved back a bit and smiled.
"What the hay?"
She ran over to me and tackled me again, punching me repeatedly as me and Applejack laughed. Pinkie was giggling, and Rarity was...unsure what was going on.
It lasted for about a minute, until Rainbow Dash realized this wasn't going anywhere. She huffed, crossed her arms and sat down. Even though I wasn't on very good terms with her, she was still adorable, like all ponies, and I couldn't just let her stay all mopey like that.
I sat by her, and she growled.
"Geez, why all the hostility?"
She opened her mouth, but I cut her off.
"Why don't we start over?" I asked calmly, despite how nervous I was.
"No. Not after what you did to my friends."
"And what exactly DID I do to your friends?"
"You sided with Trixie."
"But did I ever DO anything to either one of you? I didn't break your ribs now, did I?" I joked a bit.
"......"
"Y'know, I didn't ask for any of this. Do you really think I wanted to be dragged out of MY world against my own will? I had friends too, you know. Best friends. Ones I could count on and trust. And just to be ripped away from them and into here..it's just... it's stupid, feeling so helpless and lost like this." I sighed. "Look, I don't expect you to care how horrible my life has been so far or show any sympathy for me, because I know that's not going to happen, but all I want you to know is, I'm sorry for anything that I've done to you or your friends."
I turned away and scooted farther away from Rainbow.
"God, I hate emotional moments.." I mumbled.
We sat a bit in silence, Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack now waiting anxiously for something to happen. I looked up and saw Twilight walking down the stairs, wearing an exaggerated serious look.
"Did they-?"
"No, we still haven't made out yet." I smirked.
Rarity giggled a bit and Twilight huffed.
"Enough with that, okay! It was a simple mistake!"
"Uhhhh-huuuuuh." I chuckled.
Twilight growled, and I heard a soft laugh from Rainbow Dash.
I spoke, "So anyways, can we get out of here now?"
"No."
"What? What about food?"
"I'll give it to you in the morning."
I groaned and sat on the couch. I looked at Rainbow Dash, who was still hanging her head in thought.
I sighed again, "Nice.."
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So after about an hour, everyone disbanded, besides me and RD, obviously, and left Twilight to read books over by her fireplace. Another two hours left by, and Twilight had just finished a Harry Potter-sized book from beginning to end. She waved her goodbyes and good nights, and made her way up the stairs, leaving RD still sitting in the same spot with me.
All the lights turned off and I laid back on the couch, crossing my arms for comfort as I closed my eyes, then immediately felt something soft wrapped around me. I opened my eyes and saw Rainbow hugging me. This led me to wonder if I was dreaming already. I felt my shoulder getting wet as she started sniffing.
*WHAT THE HELL.* I mouthed to myself.
"I'm so sorry, too."
I couldn't respond because she was pretty much crushing me with her legs.
"I actually thought what it would be like in your position, with losing everypony you knew and loved. I-I wouldn't know what to do..."
"Can't, breathe.." I wheezed.
"Sorry." she squeaked and removed her four legs quickly.
She sat back down on the couch and waited.
"Wh-why? Why now?" I asked, confused.
"I don't want anypony else to see me like this." she said simply.
Confusion was flying all around me.
"I couldn't forgive myself if I hadn't apologized correctly, and I don't want to seem weak around my friends." she explained.
"Weak? That's the last word I'd use to describe you."
Rainbow Dash smiled, and she laid down on the couch. I did the same, but on the floor. She closed her eyes, and I followed, but not before I could realize what the hell just happened.
And I fell asleep.
I woke up a bit later to a light tap. There, in front of the orb was Trixie, Bon Bon and Lyra.
"Ya miss us?" Lyra smirked.
I walked over to the walls and looked back to make sure RD was asleep.
"Where were you guys yesterday!? Did you not see how much trouble I was in?!"
"Oh, I did, but that wouldn't be good for our plan! It was to be on good terms with those six, remember? And even through we actually didn't pick the plan, it sorta happened on its own. Well anyways, with those six occupied with you, we were able to get directions as to where the amulet is stored, and our plan is to strike tonight!" Trixie whispered.
"Oh, and she also got us up to date on your situation as of right now, and I'm here to say, I'm with you one hundred percent!" Lyra cheered.
"Alright! Good! So let's go!" I smiled.
"Oooh, right.. That. Well, we haven't really figured out how to get you out. Magic ain't that simple, y'know?"
I groaned and hit my head on the orb.
"Don't worry, though, we'll get that amulet soon enough, okay?" Trixie assured.
I nodded and saw them teleport out. With that, I laid back down and closed my eyes again.
"Stupid orb."
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I woke up once again without a good sleep to the loud noise of snoring and the smell of burnt grass in the air.
Wait...burnt grass?
I opened my eyes and felt something on top of me. It was Rainbow Dash, of course. She had a hoof over my shoulder and a loud snore to accompany it. I looked around and found the grass to be pony food....of course. Cooking it was Spike, who was dressed up in a frilly apron and dancing around.
I placed Rainbow Dash gently on the couch and got up. I walked over to the end of the orb.
"Hey, Spike." I called.
He turned around.
"Huh? Who are you?"
"That's not the point; anyways, why are you cooking plants?"
He snorted and took the pan from the stove and tilted it a bit so I could see what he was cooking.
"Grasscakes!"
"....Seriously? Aren't you a dragon? Where's the meat?"
He looked at me with a shocked look.
"Are you insane?!"
I figured I'd get that response.
"No, I'm not insane, I'm hungry! And if I don't get some meat soon..." I pointed towards Rainbow Dash, "I'ma have a pony sandwich.
The look he gave me was priceless; he was so shocked, he just stood there, trembling slightly and wanting to say something.
I waved a hand dismissively. "Ah'm just kidding! I don't even eat pony meat. Only uh, let's see, chicken, turkey, beef, pork, pretty much any type of fish, never tried alligator or crocodile before....pretty much, a lot."
He stared at me a bit before laughing nervously.
"Heheh, good one! You really got me there, heheh.-"
"I'm serious."
Another priceless look. I snickered a bit before speaking up again.
"Naw, but seriously, any meaty stuff around? I gotsta get my protein!"
He shook his head nervously.
"Aw, come on! At least I don't eat ponies! Or dragons, for that matter."
He still just stared at me, then I realized he wasn't staring AT me. I turned around and saw Fluttershy with the scariest fucking look I've ever seen in my entire fucking life. I turned to look away as if it were Slenderman behind me.
"Holy....shit."
That look scared me so bad I didn't even dare to move, but I had to find some way to avoid having my soul smashed up into tiny pieces and sent to hell.
Then I settled for my favorite tactic: confusion.
I didn't really know why I did, but I just, did.
And thank god when I thought of that idea, my phone alarm went off, featuring none other than, Fluttershy.
"YOU'RE, GOING TO LOVE ME! YOU'RE, GOING TO LOVE ME!"
"Huh-er?!" Rainbow Dash sat up quickly. She turned and stared at me.
With that excellent distraction, I turned around and saw Fluttershy holding a derpy look. I used my best poker face as she went through a complete mindfuck session.
"Is that, Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash cocked her head slightly.
"Uhhh."
Then thankfully, Twilight started walking down the stairs just as my phone stopped. As soon as she stepped off the stairs, the doors burst open.
It was Lyra, Bon Bon and Trixie.
"Hey! We stole that uh, amulet thingy from that crazy zebra!" Lyra yelled.
Everyone stopped and stared at Lyra in silence, the only noise being the sizzling noise of extra crispy 'Grasscakes'.
"Uh....I shouldn't have er...said that, huh?" Lyra grinned innocently.
And before you knew it, the three were stuck in this orb too.
I groaned and facepalmed.
"Great. Just...great."
Lyra noticed my obvious dissapointment and whimpered a bit.
I just sat down as the five, now including RD, who got out, glared at us.
"I can't believe I accepted your apology, Trixie!" Twilight said loudly.
Trixie's ears fell.
I stood up and got as close as I could to her eyes.
"She did it with good intentions! If anything, YOU should be the one apologizing!"
Twilight shook up with rage and levitated the Alicorn Amulet...
Before throwing it at a wall.
I saw it glide through the air slowly, each inch it moved having me think that I'm screwed more and more.
Then just when it was going to hit the wall, a bubble of light blue magic encased it and stopped it in its tracks.
Trixie pulled it to her and whipped it on in an instant. Everything still seemed to move in slow motion as she lit her horn and opened a blue Portal-looking portal. After she did so, Applejack tackled her, and I ran slowly towards the portal as Twilight tried to pull me back with her magic. I saw inside the portal and saw my neighborhood inside it. I ran faster and dolphin-dived for it, just to be pushed by Lyra, who jumped in with a grin. I flew feet away from the portal and smashed into the wall. I tried to breathe after having the wind knocked out of me. Bon Bon looked at me wearily, then jumped in also.
"LYRA!"
I pushed myself up and felt a bit dizzy. I held a hand to my head and felt my legs buckle. I stumbled back and fell back against the wall. Still feeling dizzy, I pushed myself up once more, before falling on my knees. I tried climbing furniture to help me up, but couldn't. Out of options, I crawled slowly to Trixie, who was still struggling under Applejack's rope.
I didn't make it far before I fell on my stomach. I continued crawling as I felt extremely sleepy.
I knew what that mean't.
You'd figure after all that I'd gone through, being killed by a human-crazed unicorn would be the least likely way to go.
Yeah. You'd figure.
I continued inching closer until Trixie spotted me.
My vision seemed blurry, and a small ring was heard in my ears. Fluttershy ran over to me and started freaking out.
Trixie started struggling wildly, kicking and yelling like I've never seen before.
The others had no idea what was going on apparently, and Applejack kept an iron grip on Trixie. Guess I wasn't getting out of this one. Trixie kept trying to use her magic, but Applejack kept stopping her. I stopped crawling and stopped. I looked up again and saw all the commotion at its peak, unable to hear anything.
I felt calm and warm. Odd feelings in a predicament like this, but for some reason, I felt so at peace. Perfect resting conditions. It was rather late as well.
Just. A perfect time, to just,
go to sleep.
The end.
Author's Note
Sorry 'bout the long wait, but Black Ops 2 is so damn addicting!
BTW, I own with the MTAR and the TAC 45.
GOLD COMBAT KNIFE CAMO FOR THE WIN!
This is it! After half-assing many chapters and growing bored of my own story, I finally had inspiration to continue! THANKS COMMENTERS!
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"GAAH!" I woke up breathing heavily.
I looked around at my surroundings. Trixie popped her head out and ran to me.
"What happened?"
"I-I had a bad dream, is all. Please, tell me, what's happening now?"
In short, you got hit in the head, and now the Alicorn Amulet is in Canterlot.
I groaned.
"Where are we?!"
"Pink force field."
I sat up and felt a soreness in my head. We were still in Twilight's library. I face palmed.
"How? What happened?"
"Well, I had gotten free from Applejack's grip and was able to heal you, and I ripped the amulet off so the six would leave me alone to make sure you were alright. When I fixed you up, the portal closed and Twilight trapped us here."
"Oh. How wonderful."
"Yep." Trixie agreed sarcastically.
"Ahh! You two are awake! Good!" I heard Twilight say. She appeared before us seconds later.
"Now." She pulled up a chair. "You two have some EXPLAINING to do."
"I'm not explaining ANYTHING to you!" Trixie snapped.
So much for befriending them.
"Oh, so THAT'S how it's gonna be, huh?" Twilight glared at us and flung the chair. "That's fine. I got all day."
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It actually didn't take long for Twilight to fall asleep, and when she did, she was out cold. So was Trixie. I seemed to be the only one awake at that time.
Or so I thought.
The door creaked open slightly and a yellow figure moved in. It got closer to me and took it's necklace off, then shoved it into the force field and broke it.
It was Fluttershy, wearing her element.
"Fluttershy?"
"The Alicorn Amulet is locked up somewhere in the castle's gardens and is heavily guarded. I would go along, but Twilight and the others need me." She handed me two slips of paper. Train tickets. "Your train to Canterlot is going to disembark in about an hour or so. Go catch it."
"Why are you helping me?"
"I know about your dilemma, but the others are too stubborn to accept it. I would only hope if something like this happened to me someone would be there to help."
"Wow. Thanks Fluttershy. You have all my gratitude."
"It's fine." She flashed me a smile and left. I slipped the tickets into my pocket and nudged Trixie awake.
"Huzuh-whuh-?"
I covered her mouth and looked at Twilight. She turned a bit and snored.
I moved my hand and got her up.
"Come on, we gotta get out of here!"
Trixie nodded lazily, too tired to ask questions. We walked out and towards the train station, where the questions finally started.
"How'd you break the force field?"
"I didn't. Fluttershy walked in and broke it with her Element of Harmony. She told me the amulet was stored in the castle gardens and was heavily guarded. She also gave us two train tickets to Canterlot, which we're walking to the train station for. She said she was helping us because she knew our dilemma and what we were going through."
Trixie smiled at the thought.
"Wow. Remind me to thank her in person when we're done with this."
I nodded, and we continued to the train station. It was completely empty. We boarded the train after going up to the half-asleep mare handling the tickets.
"Thank you for boarding....-whatever.."
We got on board and took seats next to each other in the back. It was kinda cool that nobody was there on the trains. I checked my phone: 3AM. I was only awake these times during the summer. So we rode up until 7AM and made it to Canterlot. But missed our stop.
I opened my eyes and woke Trixie up as the train stopped. Just in time, right?
So we thanked the conductor for the ride and got off.
It wasn't Canterlot. It was the CRYSTAL KINGDOM.
Trixie just stared at the giant palace in awe, and I cursed myself. It wasn't until we started walking to the ticket booth did we get stopped.
By the Elements of Harmony.
Fluttershy hid in the back, and Rainbow Dash tackled me.
"NOW NOTHING'S STOPPING ME FROM TAKING YOU OUT! AFTER EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT-"
"NOTHING'S STOPPING YOU BUT ME, YOU BRUTE!" Trixie cried, pushing her off.
I ran to go help her, but was pulled back by Twilight.
"Oh no you don't! Not this time!"
She picked both of us up and cuffed us with her magic.
I struggled, then just accepted my defeat. A traveling show pony and a human didn't stand a chance against the Elements of Harmony.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIT!" Fluttershy yelled.
Twilight jumped and let us go with a thud on the ground. Fluttershy walked in front of us and stood her ground. The other five were baffled.
"IF YOU WOULD JUST LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS!"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Rainbow Dash snarled, breathing heavily.
We were attracting a crowd.
Fluttershy then growled and gave Rainbow Dash THE STARE.
I couldn't actually see it, but the way Rainbow Dash started backing away told it all. After Fluttershy made her stance clear as the alpha pony, she helped us up.
"I can't believe you, Fluttershy! How could you side with...them?! " Twilight said.
"Because I KNOW what something they're going through! But you two are too incompetent to SEE that something!"
Ouch.
Rainbow Dash and Twilight just glared at her, while Pinkie Pie and Rarity just sat in the back, unsure who's side to choose. Applejack seemed neutral... for the most part.
"Okay okay! What's going on here!?" A few guards broke through the crowd, followed by Shining Armor.
Dammit.
"Twilight? What's going on here? What is this thing?" Shining asked.
"Hey! I'm a GUY, not a thing!" I said.
"These two want to steal the Alicorn Amulet! And Fluttershy's HELPING them!" Twilight blurted.
"These two have a good purpose!" Fluttershy defended.
"We two have no idea what's going on!?" Pinkie Pie yelled.
Shining Armor turned to us.
"Stealing the Alicorn Amulet huh? For what?!"
Of course he sided with Twilight.
"Shining, I assure you these two have good intentions!"
"Good intentions? With an evil amulet?!"
"Y-"
"How is could anything GOOD come from that?!"
"Because-"
"And WHY should I trust you?!-"
"SHUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUP!!!!" a random pony yelled.
Everyone grew silent.
Shining nodded finally.
"Fine."
I took in a deep breath.
"I live in this world called Earth, most likely part of a different universe. Well this universe, is filled with my species and I had actually had a family there. I had friends. I had brothers. And I had parents. Well-"
Trixie cut me off. "-during that time, I had obtained the Alicorn Amulet and pulled him away from his family via portal with intentions of him becoming my servant, but-"
Fluttershy continued. "-the more time the two spent together, they became friends, and after Twilight got ahold of the amulet again,-"
"-I had figured the amulet would have the power to send me back home if it brought me here, so,-"
"-with the help of Lyra and Bon Bon, I got hold of the amulet again and opened a portal to Earth, which the two jumped through, leaving me and James here to try and get it back to retry sending him back." Trixis finished.
There was a long string of silence.
"Oooooh! So THAT'S what's going on!" Pinkie yelled.
Shining Armor gave us an odd look.
"....I believe you guys."
The crowd cheered.
Twilight snarled.
"THAT WASN'T EVEN HALF OF IT! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH!"
Her big brother turned to her.
"Sis, calm down."
"DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! THESE TWO ARE EVIL!"
I flipped her off. She didn't even know what that meant.
"HEY! F**K YOU TOO!" She cried.
Okay, maybe she did.
Shining muttered to himself.
"Celestia I can't believe I'm saying this- GUARDS! Escort Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash off the premises!"
"Right away sir!"
Some crystal guards showed up and moved Twilight and Rainbow Dash away.
"HEY! GET OFF ME! I CAN WALK MYSELF!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
After the two were escorted, the crowd cheered again.
This story came to a weird twist. You usually don't see the 'heroes' become the bad guys. hopefully though, this story was almost over. Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack, unsure of where to go, just joined us.
Shining walked up to us.
"Sorry about that. I don't know what's gotten into Twilight; I'm sure you two are good though. Winning the Element of Kindness proves that."
Fluttershy smiled, and we were sent back on a train to Canterlot, Shining by us the whole time.
We got many looks the way there, and the guards thought Shining was turning us in.
Eventually, we appeared before the Princesses, whom of which I figured I would have seen earlier. Nonetheless, we were there, and Shining Armor presented our dilemma to the princesses. Once they proved out story to be true, they actually gave us the go ahead to use the Amulet.
So we made our way to the gardens and Trixie gave the amulet a look. She then turned to me and hugged me. I hugged back, knowing this was it.
"Y'know, even after the way I treated you, I thought it was odd how you still stood by my side. I had insulted you, pulled you from your world and treated you like dirt. Yet you stayed by me. You helped me in more ways than one, and became my one and only true friend. I used to think power was the only thing I desired, but after I met you, after you saved me, I realized a good friend was the only thing bringing me down, and what you gave to me, was something only a true friend such as yourself could give me." Trixie was tearing up.
I hugged her tightly.
"I don't know what to say.-"
"You don't need to. Just know that you showed a lonely show pony what friendship actually feels like, and that you created a big impact on her life."
I smiled, tearing up as well.
Eventually, we broke the hug, and Trixie took the amulet out of it's glass casing. She looked at it and took a deep breath. From there, she put it on and immediately focused her energy on a portal. The blue oval finally appeared in it's fullest form, and I walked by it. Before I entered it, I looked back at Fluttershy.
"Thank you, Fluttershy, for all that you've done. We would have never made it here if it weren't for you."
She smiled and I turned back. I saw my room. I waved back, then slowly descended into the portal.
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A bright and blue light flashed my eyes for about a quick second, then I ended up on my bedroom floor. I looked back and noticed nothing behind me but my curtains. I sighed. After all that, I was finally back home. I laid on my bed and stared at the ceiling. Then I noticed something in the corner of my eye. I looked to my right and saw two blobs. They froze, and I turned on the light.
Then a certain mint colored unicorn smiled at me.
"..Sup?"
The End.
