New Ponyvillian Desktop Adventures
Day 1: Familiar Faces
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New Ponyvillian Desktop Adventures
Written by: Camo Flash
Edited by: Tyreese-le-Tyler43 and wtfboom88
Day 1: Familiar Faces
Hi. My name is Calvin Mico. I'm a chat moderator on Bronystorm. That's a chatroom for bronies. A moderator, for those who don't know, is somebody who goes through and makes sure the comments stay within the rules, and ban hackers. On another note, I live in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. One faithful night, while this was happening, something else decided to happen. Again, I'm Calvin Mico, and this is my story.
It is a normal evening on Bronystorm, a chat room made especially for bronies, as one could guess by the site’s name. Like almost every session nowadays, my friends Genny, Stripey, Shady, and Lily, some various idle guests and I are left in the chat. Shady is silent, as usual, most of the time. Tonight, Lily posts cute selfmade pics of her own character and Stripey tells her how good she is. And me? I am too busy reading fan-fictions and writing, in another chat, while Skyping with a friend of mine with whom I play a certain game with. But, again, my game freezes and I get the dreaded popup message
[Shadowworld2.exe has stopped working]
"What the...?” I stare at my screen in disbelief. “My game crashed! Again! What in the fuck is wrong with it? Every, time, I, start, it… It runs perfectly fine, and, like 20 minutes later, BOOM! Crashes for no reason!" I yell.
“Yeah. I know what you mean. I have the same problem.” Nobody, the friend I am Skyping with, says.
“That’s it! I have had enough for today!" I almost yell, at no one in particular, and look back at Bronystorm to see if anyone wanted to talk to me. "Okay. I’mma play some ‘Tank: Revolution’ then." As if on cue, I get a message from Genny.
G[Hey Camo what`s up bro?:D]
C[Heyoo~ not much genny just rageing cause i can`t play a game^^.How about you?]
G[Busy as always you know xD but i wanted to ask you something.]
C[Yeah i remember xD what do you want to know?]
G[2 minutes ago a new one joined into the chat and is permanently switching between Foal (guest), Subject (member), Royal Guard(moderator) and Princess(Owner) since he or she came. The strangest thing is: i dont know and cant contact that person and I already tried to talk to "it", but it seems that this one does not want to speak with me. Can you try it one more time?]
I stare at the last message.
C[Maybe its a hacker or something ill check it out k?^^]
G[Please do^^]
A little uncomfortable with the situation, I click on the newcomer. That’s going to be interesting. I have never had to deal with a hacker before.
Hmm… No name, no number... And no... I begin to yell at the disturbing realization I make. “What the fuck? Where did all the buttons go?”
“Hey, what are you yelling about?” Nobody asks.
“Sorry but...Y’know the chat I am in every day, right?”
“Yeah? And?”
“The buttons of the menu that appear if you click someone are gone. Not just... through a bug or something.”
"Well you are fucked!” he laughed "What did you want to do anyway?"
"Nothing. Just talk to a hacker, or whatever. He/she seems to be one, maybe. It can be just a virus too. You never know."
"Fail. Hacked menu! BWAHAHA..." he taunts, and evilly laughs out loud.
I just mute him to look at the menu once more. There, I see that that all the buttons are gone but the private chat. I click it, and the screen goes green for a second. I ignore it for now. Must be the after effects of the game crash or something.
C[Heyoo~]
No answer.
C[Are you a brony or pegasis?]
Again, no answer.
C[Come on talk to me!]
My screen was filled by the hacker’s spammed message: [ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER! ELEMENTS GATHER!]
C[Ehh...O K ?°~°]
I see that someone talked to in the main chat. I forget the problem at hand to go look who it is. I don’t believe my eyes.
Genny’s avatar is blinking, and somewhat moving, although it is not a .gif at all. Other than that, I can’t see any changes. Suddenly, I see my own avatar window empty.
“What the fuck?”
I get closer to the screen to look if I can see better.
"What the fu-" I shout, as I feel something invisible cut me off and drag me into the screen. Suddenly, I go unconscious. Somehow.
I hear muffled voices...
"Look! He’s waking up!" A, somewhat high-pitched, voice shouts. Everything is blurry, so I can’t really see where I am but the ground feels soft, and I am covered with, what can only be, a blanket. So, upon these facts, I assume that I am in a bed.
"Ow! My head." I rub my forehead, eyes closed. Just to find it hard to do so without… Feeling, my fingers? I open my eyes slowly "What?" I can see my arm now, just one thing is different. It becomes obvious why I can’t feel my fingers. "That`s not my arm. This is a leg or..." I turn it around. "...hoof?"
"Wow, you must’ve hit your head pretty hard, huh?" I hear someone say from my left with a chuckle. I look in the direction of the speech just to see a cyan pony with a rainbow-coloured mane. My eyes go wide as I stare at her, very much to her confusion.
"What?” she rubbed her cheek. “Do I have something on my face?"
"Nope! But he seems to know you!" another voice sang from the other side. The same high-pitched voice as before. I turn my head again to see another, pink pony with a heliconia mane.
"Huh?" is all I can manage to say, throwing my forelegs in the air out of confusion.
"You’re funny!" she giggles. Suddenly, she let out a sharp gasp. Under her breath, she added: "I just realized that i have to -"
"-throw me a party?" I finish.
"Aw! You already know that? What a pity! Now it`s not a secret anymore!" she looks a bit sad as she says this.
"How do you already know about Pinkie’s parties?" Rainbow asks.
"The same way I know that you, are a lazy worker," I say with a grin, and pause for a beat. She looks a bit confused. And a bit offended. "...and a caring friend who’s loyalty is unmatched in the whole of Equestria?" She looks more confused but mixed with a smile. I remember to check on me again.
I look at my hands. Or, what were my hands. Great! Hooves. And in orange, too. Same goes for my back. What the hell?! Okay. I should have seen this coming.” A golden ponytail. Accompanied by a pair of wings, the same colour, with golden tip. Worried, I feel for my head. Okay. Large, pointy ears… and a short snout. I almost wonder if a short snout is bad.
"Oops! Almost forgot!" Rainbow remembers, pointing to a nightstand. "This is the only thing you had with you when we found you." I look back at the nightstand she points to, and see a hat. Partly coloured in camouflage. I pick it up and adjust it on my head. Following this, I look for a mirror, find one, and take a good look at myself.
"Okay. First off: What is your name? Second off, where do you come from?" Pinkie asks, eerily.
"..seems like I am…” I mumble into the mirror, touching my face gently with my newly found hooves, exploring my new features. I shake myself back to reality. “I mean, my name is ‘Camo Flash’..."
"Camo Flash? What kind of name is that?" Rainbow laughs.
"Better be quiet, Rainbow Dash!" I growl, aggravated. Not even five minutes in a new world, still in shock, and Rainbow Dash is taunting me.
"How do you know my name? I never introduced myself!" she points at me, almost scared.
"I know you better than you might think!” I argue. “And, on that note, my name is at least 20% cooler than yours."
"Pff!” she scoffed. “As if."
"Oh. So you mean a flash is lame, but dashing is cool? Or what?" she is silent now, trying to think of a retort.
"Where are you from?" Pinkie yells, interrupting us both. She looks really aggravated herself, due to her question not getting answered.
"Not from here," I sing, taunting their ignorance.
"Well, DUH!” she grabs me by the shoulders and begins to talk very fast. “We figured that much since I don`t know you and I know everypony in Ponyville ‘cause everypony in Ponyville or everypony in general is my friend and if you aren’t it means…” Deep breath. “…you are not from here by the way are we friends now?" She ends with a big smile, and a deep sigh.
"Right, sure!" She beams with a smile so wide, it makes me smile as well.
"Whoa. Wait a second, you understood that?" Rainbow asks, in awe.
"Well, yeah… I am used to it," I shrug. Rainbow shakes her head.
"Used to Pinkie? Nice try, I’m not fully used to her, and I’ve known her way longer than you have," she points out. I shrug again.
"Whatever. Are we going to do something fun? Or do you want to keep asking me questions all day long? I want to try these babies out!" I spread my wings and point to them as I walk out of the white room.
"Try them out? You’re a Pegasus. You should’ve flown at least once in your life!" she yells, obviously annoyed.
"Believe it or not, this is my first time!" I disagree. She looks at me in shock, stopping right beside the counter Pinkie hopping past her, humming the Parasite Polka.
"You’re a flight-virgin? I didn`t think there were any," she laughs.
"I said ‘It’s my first time’, not that I am bad at it!" I yell back with a grin and walk out of the hospital completely. That’s what it is, a hospital.
Rainbow chases after me. "Pff! The first time means that you will be bad!" she laughs out loud, now close behind me.
"Yeah? Okay. I bet with you that i will be better than ‘bad’ at my first flight. If I fail? You...” I thought of something I could give her. “I… hmm… get my cap ...or anything you want. I don’t know I don’t have anything else right now."
"Yeah? And what do you want from me if you are better than expected? Although I highly doubt it?" she asks.
"Hmm... You know, I could use some place to stay. How about I keep you company ‘til i get my own cloud house?" I bargain. Her smugness wavers and she looks a bit unsure for a second, but regains confidence immediately.
"Sure! Why not? You can’t be that good," she says and sits down on the ground.
"Okay, deal! Just let me get… warmed up." I agree, stretching myself. I give my wings a few test flaps to get the hang of it. Wow! That`s pretty easy. I don’t know what should be so difficult about it!
"Are you ready?" Rainbow asks hovering a bit above the ground with a smirk.
"I am ready!" I imitate her voice.
"Okay, go!" she makes a gunshot noise, and Pinkie waves a checkered flag. I give my wings one very strong flap, lifting up from the ground higher than I expected and going faster than I want to be going.
"Whoa!" I scream. Okay, you can do this, just focus! I barely avoid crashing into a roof “I said focus, damnit!” I shout aloud. I feel Rainbows eyes on me, expecting me to fall down any second, crashing into something. But, as hoped, I fly like I’ve been doing it my whole life! Almost, if not better, than she had done years after her first flight. She goes wide eyed as she realizes this and facehoofs.
"Wow look, Dashie! He’s about as good as you!" Pinkie says in awe. I fly past her with a smug grin plastered on my face in a relaxing pose.
"I’d say i just won this bet, don’t you think?" I laugh as I come to a stop. Pinkie pulls out a chalkboard and holds it up with 9/10 written on it. "Why just 9?"
"You can’t do a Sonic Rainboom!" she protested.
"Do I look like I could do a rainbow with this mane?" I sputter and lift my cap to point at my mane. “Maybe a Sonic Blondeboom.”
"Oopsie! You’re right!” she correct. She thought about my second statement. “But you could try it!"
"Maybe another time." I turn around to Rainbow, who is still in facehoof mode. "Hey roommate!"
She sighs. "Yeah?"
"Can you show me the way home now?" I smile innocently.
"Yeeeaaah, I just have to go see Twilight, one of my friends… you know," she excuses.
"Twilight, huh? Are you going to ask her for another Daring Doo book?" I ask with a smirk "Egghead?"
She is about to dash right into my face as I say "Nah, just kidding."
"You better be," she growls and mumbles something about our bet. I ignore it for now because I think it is too funny to annoy her with knowledge I got from the show. The best thing? I am just getting started. I turn around to face Pinkie again to say my goodbye for now, but find her vanished. I just write it off as Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.
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