Second Chances

Second Chances
By Hero541
Chapter 5: What Do I Do Now?

A long silence followed Twilight’s words. Rarity, Twilight, and Spike all looked towards Josh, awaiting his reaction that promised to be unhappy. Josh simply stared at the purple unicorn, allowing her words to sink in slowly.

“I was told that you could help me.” he slowly said, glaring daggers at the pony before him.

“W-w-well,” stammered Twilight, he ears flattening against her skull again and crouching down in fear, “I-I’m afraid I j-j-just don’t know how. Something like that takes a lot of magic power and a specific spell. I don’t know the spell though.”

“Can you learn it?” asked Josh, trying and failing to keep his voice in check.

“I don’t know…” she said, crouching even lower and closing her eyes as she saw the large human begin to become more enraged, “I don’t even know where you came from. If I could use the spell, I wouldn’t know where to send you. You could easily end up somewhere besides home, maybe even somewhere else in Equestria.”

Josh could hold in his rage no longer.

“YOU’VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!” he shouted, causing both Rarity and Spike to jump in surprise and Twilight to cover her eyes with her hooves.

“I’m s-s-sorry.” she stammered, fear enveloping her words.

“Sorry doesn’t send me home!” he yelled, glaring at Twilight once more, “Sorry doesn’t fix this fucking mess I’m in! Your sorry doesn’t mean a goddamn thing to me! It’s of no fucking use, and neither are you!”

Josh strode towards the door and threw it open, ducking out and slamming it behind him, leaving Rarity and Spike to console Twilight, who had begun to cry.

“I s-s-said I’m s-sorry.” she wailed, her tears falling freely as Rarity rubbed her back and looked towards the door.

Josh stormed through the town, his rage at an all-time high. How the fuck am I gonna get home now! he thought, failing to notice the ponies all around continuing to stare as he walked by. He figured it was now safe to say he was well and truly fucked. Stuck in a pony-filled world, no way to get home. These ponies didn’t even know about electronic music!

“Josh!” he heard a voice behind him, but refused to turn around and acknowledge who it could be.

After a few seconds, Rarity galloped up and stood in front of him, blocking his path.

“I suggest you get the fuck out of my way, Rarity.” he snarled, glaring at the white unicorn before him.

“How can you be so rude to somepony!” she shouted, pointing a hoof towards him, “Twilight said she was sorry, and all you did was yell at her! You are a complete ass, you know that?”

“Applejack told me Twilight could help me!” he yelled back, pointing in the direction of the farm he came from, “Do you have any idea how important it is that I get home?!”

“I understand you’re frustrated,” said Rarity, her voice becoming calm as she allowed her own anger to dissipate, “but that’s no reason to yell at somepony. Applejack should know that there’s magic even Twilight doesn’t know. If there was any way I could help you, I’d be glad to do so.”

Josh felt his own anger start to recede a little. Did she really just say that she wanted to help him out? After what he just did? Who was she to be so forgiving? Why was she so forgiving?

“That’s nice of you, Rarity,” he said, calming down more and more gradually, “but I just wanna go home, and if you can’t help me do that, then I’m afraid there’s not much more you can do.”

“How about some lodging?” she asked, pointing to a tall, carousel themed building about one hundred feet away, “If you’re going to be here longer than you thought, you’ll need a place to stay.”

Josh looked towards the building. Very little surrounded it, besides a tree to the right and a few vendor’s tents behind. Thought it was two stories tall, it still seemed rather small.

“Thanks,” he said, continuing his walk down the street, “but you wouldn’t want me around your house. I just need a way home, not a place to stay.”

“I can’t stand the thought of you wandering around the streets all alone.” she said, making a pouty face in his direction, “Please? I promise you the utmost privacy. I just want you to be safe, as long as you’re here.”

Josh turned back to look at the unicorn mare. He could see she was serious, and was trying to make the same face Apple Bloom had made that morning when he was at the farmhouse. It wasn’t as cute as the filly’s try, but it was enough.

“Fine.” he finally said after a minute of staring at those watery blue eyes, “But it isn’t permanent. As soon as I can find a way home, I’m out of here.”

Rarity smiled again, and the squeaky noise sounded. As she grabbed his hand in her magic once more, he thought silently to himself One of these days, I’m gonna find out what that noise is.