Lunch couldn’t be over fast enough as I quickly ate my sandwich. I tried feeding Applebloom a ham and egg sandwich for breakfast this morning but she refused eating or drinking anything I gave her so I just ate it in front of her. She just turned away looking at the wall opposite trying to ignore me completely even through her sniffling and her stomach growling.

That was little over ten hours ago. While I was in the kitchen, I could still faintly hear her crying as it comes and goes now. Wanting to pay her a visit, I brought a packet of skittles I bought on impulse while I walked to the drug store, if she eats them; I think she’ll like them.
As I went down the creaky wooden steps she quieted, not wanting me to see her cry. How cute.

Once I flipped the lights on, I noticed she was shivering badly as her teeth chattered audibly. There were freezing temperatures outside since the cold front last night and it was almost as cold in the basement as it was out there. There is no way she got any sleep in this cold. I was wearing a jacket and sat down in front of the cage.

“Hello Applebloom, how did you sleep last night?” She opened her eyes and I saw the dark lines under them. She didn’t speak and looked away and turned on her side trying to sleep still shivering.

“I got something for you while I was at the store. You can eat it if you come out, and if you don’t then you will go another day without food or water.” I opened the cage and pulled out the candy bag and held it up. She turned just to see the items and looked confused. I knew she was damn well starving and thirsty so I brought down a bowl and a bottle of water.

She still didn’t obey me and so I twisted the cap off the water bottle and started drinking it. She licked her lips and gestured like she was planning on listening but she put her head back down while shivering like she was having a minor seizure. I could clearly see the smoke coming from her breath.

“Just leave me alone.” I stopped drinking the water and I thought of a particularly nasty thought. I closed the cage and then poured it on her instead. Applebloom gasped and got up trying to get away. She kept tripping since her legs were probably completely numb from the frosty air.

She attempted to escape the stream but I followed her with the stream as its contents poured onto her while she ran in circles in the cage. She still limped from the fall she took yesterday and I noticed it was a little less swollen as well. She was now shivering very violently and looked at me.

“L-l-l-leave me alone you b-b-bully!” She screamed at me through tears, I could care less how much she yells or cries. The water made her sensitive to the cold air. She curled up on the floor and shook off the water like a dog which I thought was odd. I planned on being nice as long as she listened but she wanted to play hardball instead. I then took off my jacket and laid it on the floor. I was wearing a sweater and didn’t mind the cold all too much. She looked at me miserably.

“I’m c-c-c-c-cold and I can’t feel my hooves! How can you do this to any pony!?” I ignored her question and watched her breathe into her hoofs in an attempt to get warmer.

“You’re going to get sick if you don’t get warm Applebloom. I’ll just refill this bottle with that sink over there if you don’t come out” She shivered looking at me but slowly made her way out of the cage toward the entrance knowing that I wasn’t bluffing. I opened the cage and made sure there was no room to get pass me and run.

I picked her up and she wiggled around like a spastic child not wanting to make any kind of contact with me. It was making it hard to get a handle on her while walking so I bopped her on the head with my left hand.

“Ouch!” She put her hooves on her head trying to rub the hit spot and stopped moving.

“Stop struggling, you’re not going anywhere. If you kept defying me I will punish you.” I said sternly and made a point of gripping her even harder. Her eyes watered even more as she held back a cry. She wasn’t saddened by me hitting her as much as she was just sad at being my captive I grabbed a towel that was under the sink and dried her off. I could feel her shivering like a dog I once owned when I was a small child would after giving him a bath… and no I didn’t hurt him.

I took each hoof and dried it by rubbing the towel against her fur and then dried her mane. She was almost no different from any small animal I gave a bath. She never looked up to make eye contact she just sat there and made no move in fear of what I might do.

Once she was dry, I put her on the table and reached into my pocket and took out the skittles. I opened the bag and took out a red piece. She was still shivering so I grabbed my jacket off the floor and placed it on the table.

Applebloom immediately jumped into it and wrapped herself up. Last night was the worst night of her life not to mention the worst night of non-sleep she ever had. I placed the red piece in front of her and she looked at it.

I watched as her face turned into anger. I could tell she was still angry at me hitting her on the head but I didn’t give a shit. She kicked the skittle away with her good leg.

“I don’t want anything from you!” She jumped out of the jacket and off the table in an attempt to run but I grabbed her tail while she was in mid air. It pulled taut and she yelled in pain trying to escape my grip but she couldn’t reach my hand.

“Ahhhh! Let go of me ya monster!” I then hoisted her up and over the table and let go of her tail. She fell nose first into the table. She was on her back with both of her front hooves around her nose.

“My nose!” She then tried to kick me as if she was bucking a tree. It sort of hurt but it literally felt no different than someone pushing me.

“I warned you.” I then turned her around and quickly punched her just below her left eye before she could react. She only screamed louder and sobbed as I brought down a second. I noticed blood was dripping from her nostril; It must have been from the nose dive into the table. She placed her left front hoof on her struck cheek.

“Enough, I’m just a filly!! Just please… stop!” I stood back and watched her rub her leg, face and her newly hurt nose. After she stopped crying, she looked up at me still shivering.

“You promise you’ll be good? If you do as I say, when I say, then everything will be alright for the most part.

“Yes…I’ll be good.” She hurt all over; she was hungry, thirsty and tired. I threw the skittles on the table and few skittle came out.

“Good. Then eat!” She looked at the nearest piece and slowly walked over to it. She sniffed it and then poked at it with her tongue, unsure of how it tasted. I then saw her pick it up with her teeth and chew it and walk to another one.

Once she started eating, I grabbed the bowl and started filling it up in the sink with water. Once it was filled, I brought it over to her and laid it own next to the spot she was at.

She looked at it with disgust.

“Can’t you give me a glass or a cup?” I looked at her with contempt and she back down, drooping her ears while taking slow steps towards the bowl.

“No… this is fine. Thank you mister.” I then smiled and patted her mane. She drank like fish out of water. I stroked her from her head to her tail. She felt really soft, her fur almost felt like silk. Her mane felt sort of like human hair but still softer. She didn’t like it and started shaking in fear of my hand. Once she finished I thought of something.

She was going to need a blanket to keep her warm if she were to sleep so that she could have the energy to play.

Five minutes later I came back with a small blanket big enough for her. I noticed she was lying on the floor trying to sleep inside my jacket since she had not gotten any last night. She heard me coming and immediately stood up.

She saw what I had in my hand and wanted to walk over from the table to get to the floor but her leg hurt too much for a painless landing.

“Why did you get that?” I threw the blanket in the cage and saw her peeking over the ledge of the table I then picked her and observed her bad leg.

“If you spend another night like last night, you’ll either get sick or freeze to death, we wouldn’t want that now would we?” She looked down.

“N-no.” she said barely even audible. I took the wrapping off to much to her disdain, and saw a nasty looking bruise through her yellow fur and it was still swollen a bit. She just looked away and didn’t fight me about picking her up. I felt the sadistic urge coming on. There was something about holding an injured tiny little thing like her that made the worst come out of me. I slightly bent the knee. She winced.

“Owww. Ow.” She whimpered and looked at my hand bending her knee. I bent it further and she cried out a little louder.

“Stop it! That really hurts! Owwww!” she started screaming and tearing up again. She couldn’t handle the abuse she’s received and definitely couldn’t handle me smiling at her misery. She tried to bite but I was too fast this time for her and flicked her bruise. Hearing her scream was all I needed and stopped. I put her down in front of the entrance and she ran as fast as she could with a bad leg into the cage. She ran all the way to the back of the cage and from me as far as she could.

“Why did you do that!?” I was closed the cage and locked it with the key.

“Because I had to make sure your leg is healing.” She shook her head in disbelief.

“No! You were smiling like the monster you are!” She held her leg again.

“I wouldn’t take that tone Applebloom. I am a strict person and will not tolerate back talk.” She threw her head under the blanket and started crying. I kicked the cage just to rattle her and she ran to the other side still sobbing under the blanket.

“I wanna go home! I wanna go hoooome!” I smiled as I took out a tarp from the closet area.

“Too bad, you’re going to stay here for the rest of your pony life bitch.” She kept crying and I threw the tarp over the cage and turned off the lights. She started screaming to try and get the attention of anyone nearby. Not happening my neighbor would have to be superman to hear from the distance between our houses.

“I then logged on to my computer and looked up all of Applebloom’s information. Apparently she is trying to get her cutie mark and is a part of some group called “The cutie mark crusaders” she founded along with two other members, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. Taking a glance at Scootaloo and I instantly became a little partial to her. The fact that she had wings would open possibilities for different kinds if “play”. Briefly remembering the silver butterfly,

I grabbed it from the drawer. It was on the same day I discovered this thing thrown through the car window, that I found Applebloom. I suddenly thirsted for sweet tea and got up to check the fridge to see if any was left. The door opened and I saw what most bachelor pad fridges looked like… empty. Not completely, I had a few eggs and milk but not much else and the tea was gone so I headed back to my desk Once I saw the desk through the door way, I spotted can sitting on the table.

I picked it up…Cold! It felt like I just picked it up out of the drug store. I turned it over to view the label. It was a sweet tea beverage and it was my favorite brand. I instantly cracked it open and downed it. I burped and threw the can in the garbage.

I was stunned, I took the silver butterfly out of my pocket and stared at it again. Did this item just give what I wanted? I had to be sure. I gripped and spoke aloud.

“I wish that the chair was blue.” I turned and saw what was an originally a grey was now a baby blue chair. My favorite color of blue too. I was elated but I put it on the table. I should only use this when I really want something that is not as trivial as tea. I knew the temptation was immense but it would be worth all the fun I was going to have with Applebloom and now… her fellow ponies.

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