My new life... HAS PONIES?!

Chapters

chapter 1
chapter 2
chapter 3
chapter 4
chapter 5
chapter 6
chapter 7
chapter 8
chapter 9 (slight gore)
chapter 10
chapter 11
chapter 12
chapter 13
chapter 14
chapter 16
chapter 17
chapter 18
chapter 19
chapter 20
chapter 15

chapter 1

Hello, my name is Troy Newcomer. My day starts off as any other, but one thing is wrong. To explain what’s wrong let me start from the beginning. I woke up had breakfast same as usual; eggs, bacon, and toast you know the good stuff. After that I got dressed for school.

I slipped into a navy blue tee, blue jeans, and a black jacket. After that I walked to the bathroom grabbed a toothbrush and started scrubbing. Feeling a little drowsy I stepped into the kitchen and poured a cup of coffee. Being rejuvenated I saw the clock. It said 6:53 A.M.“Oh crap” I said with an annoyed expression on my face.

I grabbed my bags and headed out to my car. As I placed my bags in the back seat I noticed that I was standing in a puddle of some dark liquid. “Please don’t be what I think it is” I thought. As I raised my head I saw that the car had no more oil.

“Damn you god” I said aloud slamming my right fist down on the roof of my car.

Being very pissed I placed my bags on my back and started walking. Only half way there I decided to take a detour. This “detour” of mine leads to a forest that no one has ever taken. After walking for about twenty min I found what looked like a ruin of a once great castle. As my curiosity gets the best of me at times I stepped into the castle only to see a room with four windows and a large door.

“Well never thought I would see this before” I said while hearing my voice echo through the room. Because of my damned curiosity I walked toward the door, opened it and what I saw on the other side was strange to me. Why would anyone make two rooms that are alike next each other” I said. I entered the room but for some reason the door closed behind me.

I ran to it, turned the knob, and pulled, but nothing.

So I tried again and again but it would not open. After multiple fails I gave up and looked around. “Man how old can this thing be” I said looking over every corner of the building. After a while of looking I found the same door that I came in from the first place. I walked to the hunk of wood, opened it, and ran out.

As I reached the outside of the castle I saw something strange. Everything was so colorful that it hurt my eyes. “AH!” I screamed while covering my eyes from the sun’s harmful rays of light. “Uh… what time is it” I said aloud lifting my watch eye level “8:33, crap what else could go wrong.” Not wanting to be anymore late than I already am, I ran through the forest only to make it out with a few branches smacking me in the nose.

I made it out of the forest to only a dirt road, small cottage with about twenty – thirty animals, and a sign in front of me that said Everfree Forest. Thinking that someone could help me I walked to the small animal infested cottage. I knocked on the door and heard a warm calming feminine voice say “just a minute.” I waited then saw the door open revealing a yellow coated, pink mean Pegasus.“AHHHH! Stay back, don’t hurt me” the creature said in the same calming voice as earlier.

“Holy shit a talking horse” I thought to myself. Granted I didn't seem like it but I was scared, but I did have to calm her down. “Whoa, whoa calm down I don’t want to hurt you” I said somehow actually calming her. “Well if you don’t want to hurt me than who are you?” she asked.“I’m Troy Newcomer, who are you?” I asked keeping a distance between the two of us.

“I’m Fluttershy” she said starting to warm up to me.“Well that’s a cute name” I said seeing her blush a little.“Oh thank you” she said.“You’re welcome but do you know where the nearest town is” I asked before thinking 'why would talking horses have a town.“Yes, Ponyville is right this way just follow me… if you don’t mind that is” Fluttershy said.

Ten minutes of walking and I can hear Fluttershy’s stomach growl. Remembering that I had an apple in my lunch bag I pulled it out. “Here you need it more than I do” I said placing the apple in her hooves.“Thank you” she said taking a bite out of the apple. I could see the apple’s juices run down her chin. The sight of it made me chuckle on how cute that was.

Fifteen minutes later we reached Ponyville and knowing Fluttershy’s reaction to me I knew what everyone else's will be.

“M-m-m monster!” Three scared to death small ponies screamed alerting the rest of the town. Soon there was nothing but locked doors, sealed windows, and screaming ponies.

“Well that went better than I expected” I said to Fluttershy who was hiding behind me, scared of the screams that were given. At the center of the town a tan coated, gray maned pony knocked on a door attached to a tree house.

The door opened and a lavender unicorn with purple mane that had a strip of pink in it said “oh, hello Mayor Mare what seems to be the problem.” She asked with a hint of concern.

“Twilight you and your friends have to help, there’s a monster in town and it seems to have Fluttershy” said Mayor Mare. The information she just heard frightened her.Knowing Fluttershy for just the past hour I could tell she was an individual who didn't like to be seen outside of her home. There was a burning question that kept bothering me so I said “uh, Fluttershy, not to sound rude but, why there are three butterflies on your bot-AHHHH!”

I was interrupted by some force pushing me to the ground. I looked up to see five different ponies standing in between me and Fluttershy. “Hey what was that for?” I asked seeing surprised faces on their faces.

I guess they didn't expect a creature like me to talk.

chapter 2

“Wait, it can talk?” a rainbow mane, cyan blue Pegasus asked with her hoof centimeters away from my right eye. “Yes I can talk and can you please move your hoof” I said brushing the limb away from my face. “Please excuse rainbow dash; she can get over exited at times by the way my name is twilight sparkle “the lavender pony said. “It’s alright; I know that you were just scared to see a strange creature” I said. “Scared? I never get scared and why would I be I’m the fastest flier in equestria” rainbow dash said proudly.

“And a boaster “I thought then said “well, let me introduce myself. I am troy newcomer and how are you” I asked. “I am twilight sparkle this is rarity, applejack but where is Pinky” she said introducing a white coated, light purple mane, unicorn, and an orange coated, blond pony tailed pony. After the introduction I walked to pick up my bag. When I reached it I looked inside to see if anything was broken.

Thankfully nothing was but there was a pink pony shot out and said “hi my names Pinky pie and new here so I’m going to through you a big party.” All I could do was stare while practically holding my heart as she bounced up and down. “Oh, don’t mind her she’s just being Pinky” said twilight. As I gathered my Bearings I noticed my algebra book to the right of twilight. “Oh goddamn it, I forgot I had a quiz today” I said with an angry tone in my voice.

Instantly twilight jumped at the word “quiz” as the others just sat there. “Not to be rude, darling, but what is that you are wearing” rarity asked slightly terrified. “What this, it’s something I picked out for the day” I said. “Well you are very brave creature walking around looking like that” she said trying not to insult me. “I’m just going to let that slide for now” I thought to myself.

Suddenly pinkies tail started twitching. With a few gasps everyone was gone. “I wonder what that was all abo-“I was interrupted by a strong force bashing against my skull. Barley being conscious I heard a gray, blond pony yell “my bad!” Being able to yell back I said “it’s alright, I should have moved.”

“Oh my goodness. You’re not hurt are you?” fluttershy said. “Yeah, I’m alright. Thanks for asking though” I said placing my hand on my head. The sun was setting and it was time for me to find a place to spend the night. “Hey uh, can I stay with one of you for the night” I said and pink stopped bouncing and said “Oh, oh you can stay with me will have so much fun. As I was completely freaked out by her I denied by saying “no thanks, I think I’ll camp out in the forest by fluttershy’s house.”

With that everyone looked confused by what I had said. “But it’s not normal in there” said twilight trying to prevent me from going. “How so?” I said. “The animals take care of themselves” said fluttershy. “Wow scary” I said in a sarcastic tone.

“The plants grow on its own” applejack said. “The more food for eat” I said clenching my stomach. “And the clouds move all on their own” said rainbow dash. “To me all of that is normal” I said grabbing my belongings to head off. “Well if your so determined, I’ll go to keep you company” said fluttershy.

“WHAT! But fluttershy you’re scared of the Everfree forest” said twilight. “Don’t worry twilight I’ll keep my eye on her” I said calming the lavender unicorn down. After the “conversation”, fluttershy and I left the other five. For ten minutes of walk I said “Before I was interrupted earlier, what is with the three butterflies on your bot-AHHHH.” Again I was interrupted by falling off a ledge and into a puddle of mud.

“Can I ever finish my question?” I thought to myself. “Oh my gosh, are you alright” said a worried to death fluttershy. “Yeah, I just need to wash up a bit” I said noticing that the mud soaked through my clothes and onto my body. Luckily there was a lake by us. I could barely see the sun so that would have to wait until tomorrow.

“O.k. it’s getting late so let’s make a camp fire” I said while picking up pine straw, twigs, and sticks. I placed the flammable objects in a pile, and asked fluttershy “could you hand me those two rocks over there?” As I asked she did so, I grabbed the two stones and slammed the together. “Uh what are you doing?” fluttershy asked. I responded with “making sparks fly” as I trying not to hit my fingers.

Finally after several attempts I was able to light the fire. As the cold wind of the night rolled in I could see the dim light of the moon. I sat down with fluttershy, feeling the cool wind I could see her shivering. “Here you need this more than I do” I said wrapping my jacket around her. After a few minutes fluttershy fell asleep, nuzzled up against my side.

It looked like she was having a good dream, soon I was the same but for some reason it felt like we were being watched.

Day came and I awoke, seeing that fluttershy was still sleeping I walked to the lake to clean up. Taking my shirt, pants, underwear, socks and shoes I placed them on a stump. As I stepped into the warm water I scoped some water in my hands, raised them above my head and let the water fall cleansing me of the mud from last night.

I finished up my bath and proceeded wash my clothes starting with my pants. I cleaned my clothes and walked back to the camp to wake up fluttershy. But to my surprise she was gone.

chapter 3

I searched high and low but nothing, and then I heard a loud “AHHHHHHH” from a distance. “Oh shit, that’s fluttershy” I said while running towered the cry. I entered a clearing and saw fluttershy surrounded by a pack of wolfs. But they were different; there fur was replaced with what seemed like bark. I was scared, but soon that was replaced with anger as I saw one getting ready to pounce on fluttershy.

As I saw the creature jump, I ran and punched it in the temple. Doing that, two other wolfs jumped on me and started biting. “AH, you little assholes” I said grabbing them by the neck and slamming them together. On impact I could hear and feel there twig like bones snap, killing them instantly. With that done the others backed away, not wanting the same done to them.

With the time given I picked up fluttershy, who passed out from shock, and walked back to ponyvile and get her to a hospital. As I entered ponyvile I encountered a very pissed off rainbow dash. “HAY, WHAT DID YOU DO TO FLUTTERSHY!” rainbow yelled floating in place. Not wanting to deal with her right now, I ignored her and kept walking with fluttershy still in my arms. Approaching a very tall building, I could see twilight at the front door with a tall, White, winged unicorn.

“What Happened?” Twilight asked as she ran to us. “A pack of wooden wolfs jumped us, but I took care of them” I said placing fluttershy on a couch next to the entrance. I sat next to her and saw the tall White pony walk towered me. “Hello, I am princess celestia, twilight sent me a letter telling me about you and I wanted to see you for myself” she said. “Nice to meet you, but right now I’m in a hurry let’s talk later” I said while approaching the front desk.

I asked a nurse if she could call a doctor, surprisingly she did. I could hear hoof steps coming from a nearby hall way. “Yes, how may I help…you” he said frightened at the sight of me. “My friend was attacked by some wolves in the Everfree forest; I think her wing is broken. “O.k. let’s go take an x-ray to make sure” he said walking out of the room.

I picked up fluttershy and followed. As I walked into the room the doctor told me to place her on the table. The doctor started up his computer, pushed a few buttons, then he scanned her body with a green light. A sheet of paper came out of what looked like a printer, it was fluttershy’s x-ray. “Oh my, that is not good” said the doctor levitating the x-ray with his horn.

“What, is she alright” I asked with slight concern. “It seems both of her wings are broken to a point that they can only be fixed with surgery” he said. “Alright, how much will it be” I said feeling guilty for letting her come with me into the forest. “It costs two-thousand bits” the doctor said. “WHAT!” I thought, and then said “I don’t have that, but can she stay here until I do.”

Willingly the doctor did. I left him and fluttershy, so I could go talk to twilight who was still waiting, but this time with the rest of her friends. “Well, how is she” twilight said. “She needs surgery to fix both her wings, but it costs two-thousand bits” I said walking out of the lobby to the outside world. “Wait, were do ya’ll think you’re going?” asked applejack.

“I’m going to find a job” I said. I entered the nearest store to only be kicked out on my back. I tried the next one and the next and the next, but the same thing happened every time. “Hay, pal, come here” a pony said in a dark alleyway. I walked to the pony to find him dressed in a tuxedo.

“I need you to do me a favor” he said. “O.k. what do you need” I said. He pulled out a plastic bag full of White powder and said “take this “flour” to pinkie pie at sugar cube corner, when you’re done come back here and I’ll give you your bits.” Hearing the word bits, I agreed and headed off. I was in the middle of town, saw a house made out of gingerbread and candy, and thought “either this is sugar cube corner or Hansel and Gretel are nearby.”

Knocking on the door I was answered by a blue coated, pink mane pony wearing an apron. “Y-yes…wha-what do you want?” she asked nervously. “I’m here to see pinky” I said. She walked to the steps and said “pinky there’s somepony here for you” then left the room. After about three second’s pinky said “coming!”

She walked down the steps and said “troy, what are you doing here; I thought you were looking for a job.” “Someone is paying me to deliver this “flour” to you” I said tossing the bag to Pinky. Pinky, with wide eyes, was scared that someone knew about her secret. “By the way, lay off, that shit isn't good for you” I said walking out the door. After completing my objective I returned to were the pony in the tuxedo wanted to meet.

“You do the job?” he asked. “Yeah, you got the bits?” I asked. “One-thousand bits” he said giving me a heavy pouch. “So what’s your name” he said. “Troy newcomer, you” I said.

“Crack pot” he said. With that we shook hands/hooves and I left to find a way to get the rest of the bits. After an hour of job hunting I stumbled upon an audience of ponies. Noticing twilight, rainbow, and applejack I said “what’s going on here.” Before anyone could answer me fireworks shout out of the side of the stage and a puff of smoke appeared.

The smoke disappeared only to reveal a light blue coated, gray mane unicorn in a wizards outfit. “Behold the great and powerful Trixie” said the unicorn. After multiple tricks she said “As you can see anything you can do, I can do better.” Apparently that made rainbow dash mad because she flew up to Trixie and started doing some moves to prove her wrong. Trixie zapped rainbow in the ass with a lightning bolt.

“Ow” she said lighting a spark of anger in my chest. Trixie started laughing. “You think that’s funny?!” I yelled scaring her a little. “Who dares yell at Trixie” she said. “I did” I said while walking up the steps to the stage.

“And who are you” she said. “That’s none of your concern” I said. “Then what do you want” she said. “I want to make a bet with you” I said. “And what is this bet?” she asked.

chapter 4

“Since you said that anything we can do you can do better, for one thousand bits let’s see if you can sing better than me” I said. “This won’t be a challenge for Trixie” she said. Then somehow, she made a microphone appear in between us. “You first” I said kicking the microphone over to her. “Very well” she said levitating the mic in front of her.

And out of nowhere pinky popped out behind me with a White coat and blue mane unicorn, pinky placed the unicorn at a dj’s both and started playing music. She took a deep breath and sang.

“Oh, Oh, Oh It's Magic! You know.

Never believe its not so!

It's Magic!

You know.

Never believe its not so!

Never been awake

Never seen a day break

Leaning on my pillow in the morning

Lazy in bed, Music in my head

Crazy music playing in the morning,

Light. “

The crowd clapped there hooves together in amazement. I almost did myself. The crowd quieted down, Trixie handed me the mic and said “make it quick, Trixie doesn't have all day.” The DJ played her next track surprisingly its one I actually know. I lifted the mic took a deep breath and sang lose yourself. lose yourself

“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity

to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment

would you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,

But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down,

The whole crowd goes so loud

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

He's choking how, everybody's joking now

The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!

Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity

Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked

He's so mad, but he won't give up that

Easy, no

He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes

It don't matter, he's dope

He knows that but he's broke

He's so stagnant, he knows

When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's

Back to the lab again, Yo

This whole rhapsody

He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment

You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime Yo

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment

You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime Yo

(You better)

The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping

This world is mine for the taking

Make me king, as we move toward a new world order

A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem

It only grows harder, only grows hotter

He blows us all over these hoes is all on him

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotter

Lonely roads, God only knows

He's grown farther from home, he's no father

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter

But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water

His hoes don't want him no more, he's cold product

They moved on to the next schmo who flows

He knows dove and sold nada

So the soap opera is told and unfolds

I suppose it's old partner but the beat goes on.

The whole crowd cheered louder than they did last time. Trixie, with her jaw handing down, was shocked. “The audience says I win, pay up” I said dropping the microphone. She reached into her robe pocket and pulled out all the bits she had. She gave me twenty bits.

“Here, take it” she said tossing the coins to the ground. At that moment I realized what I did. I grabbed the tossed coins from the ground, walked over to Trixie, placed my hand on her back, and said “I’m sorry for taking your glory away and yelling at you, please take your bits back.” “Thank you” she said hugging me with teary eyes. Trixie released me and went to pack up for the next town.

Not knowing any other way of making money, I walked over to applejack and asked “do you have any thing I could do for you to earn some bits?” “Sure do, follow me to ma’ families’ farm” she said. We walked on a narrow dirt road for what seemed like twelve minutes. “Welcome to sweat apple acres” applejack said pushing a White gate, which surrounded the whole farm, door open. “Nice place, but what’s the job you want me to do?” I asked noticing that the sun was setting.

“First ya’ll need to get some rest; ya’ll will sleep in the barn” Applejack said trotting to the red building. She opened the doors to the barn. The inside looked like any other barn, except there weren't any animals to be found. “Get comfy, haler if ya’ll need anything” she said leaving me to myself. Seeing as there were nothing, but hay and sheets.

I grabbed a pile of hay and stuffed it into a pillow case. “I think it’s time for some well-deserved rest” I thought as I laid my head on the makeshift pillow. I drifted into slumber, after a minute I dreamed that I was in the Everfree forest. I walked and walked, suddenly I heard a growl. I turned and saw six yellow glowing eyes poking through the bushes.

“Who’s the-” I said ending mid-sentence seeing that the creatures were the wooden wolves that attacked me and fluttershy. Not being able to see in the dark forest enough to fight, I ran. I could hear them behind me, god I could feel their warm breath on my neck. I stumbled on what felt like a lose stone. My body fell to the ground.

I couldn't get up; one of the wolves had pinned me down. I felt its drool fall from its mouth to my cheeks. The wolf raised its head, let me go, and barked at its companions telling them to leave. I lifted myself up off the ground and saw what scared the wolves away. It was a tall, dark blue, winged, unicorn.

“Who are you?” I asked the pony. “I AM LUNA” she yelled, practically shattering my ear drums. I covered my ears and asked “can you please lower your voice?” “We are sorry, if thou wishes to learn more about us wait until nightmare night, good bye” she said using her horn to create a bright flash. I couldn't see for a few seconds.

The light vanished and I could see that I was back at the barn. I sat up and saw a dog looking at me. I saw she was wearing a caller that said “Winona.” Soon Winona jumped on me and started licking me. “Whoa, whoa down girl” I said wile laughing at the same time.

“Hay, apple bloom, what was that noise” said somepony on the outside of the barn. “Ah don’t know, ah think it came from the barn” another pony said. I stood up with Winona by my side and walked over to the door. I was only half way to it before three little ponies walked in. All three of them had the same terrified expression on their face. It looked like they thought I was going to kill them or something.

“Uh… hi” I said waving my right hand. “AHHHHHHHHHH!” they screamed running out the door. “Well that’s something you don’t see every day” I thought “might as well ask applejack what she wants me to do for the day.” I left the barn Winona walking behind me. I reached her family’s house and saw through the window three, scared to death, fillies talking to applejack and a red stallion.

“Applejack, big mac there’s a monster in the barn” said a yellow cote, red mane pony. “Last time ah checked there wasn't any monster in the barn” applejack said patting her on the head. “But we saw it with our own eyes” an orange cote, purple mane Pegasus said. I stood by the window; Winona barked alerting the five ponies to my presence. “There it is!” a Wight cote, light pink and purple mane pony screeched.

I opened the front door and said “applejack, would you like to straighten this out.” “Sure, sugar cube” she said. “Now girls, this here creature is no monster” she said.“Then what is it?” scootalo asked. “He’s our new farm hand” applejack said.

“Now that’s all clear, what do you want me to do?” I asked hoping the job wouldn't be too hard. “Follow me and ah’ll show you” applejack said walking out the door. We approached an apple tree, which had three baskets under it, on top of a hill.

“Were here” said applejack. “So, why are we here” I asked. “To show ya’ll what to do” applejack said.

She stood in front of the tree, turned, lifted her hind legs up, and kicked the tree with great force. Then all the apples fell into the baskets about thirty in each. “If I do that I’ll break all the bones in my leg, but I can do this” I said walking towered another tree. “What are ya doing?” applejack asked.

I climbed the tree, grabbed a branch, and started shaking. The apples fell into the baskets and applejack said “wow, never seen that before.” I jumped out of the tree and said “what next.”“Nothing right now, but could ya take apple bloom and her friends to school?” she asked. I agreed and left the farm with apple bloom, sweetie belle, and scootalo.

“So, how are you three doing?” I asked walking behind the trio. None of them answered me, there was only silence. After twenty-five minutes of walking we reached the school.“See you later” I said. “Bye” sweetie belle yelled. As I turned and walked away, I heard a girl say “still haven’t found you special talent, blank flanks.”

“I’m sorry to say diamond tiara, but I doubt they will ever find there special talents” said another voice in a sarcastic tone. Hearing that, I walked to the pink cote, dark pink/silver mane filly and asked “why are you bullying these three?”

“Because their blank flanks” she said in a ‘are you stupid or something’ tone. “And what exactly is a “blank flank?” I asked. “It’s a pony that doesn't have his or her cutie mark” said the silver mane, gray cote pony.

“What’s a cutie mark?” I ask. “A cutie mark is a symbol that shows what you’re special talent is, on your flank” diamond tiara said in an annoyed tone.“So you’re insulting them because they don’t have a tramp stamp?” I asked thinking “How childish are these two?” “But they haven’t found there special talent” said the gray pony. “So what, they could be something special. Like a scientist, a doctor, or a musician” I said hearing the bell ring “now get to class."

With the five fillies leaving for class, two of witch hanging there down looking at the ground, I walked back to sweet apple acres seeing applejack and big mac kicking apple trees. “Is there anything else you need me to do, applejack!” I yelled across the orchard of trees.“Na, ya earned your bits for today!” she said tossing a bag of bits. I searched the bag to find only one-hundred bits. I left the farm to ask pinky if I could help with her.

“Hi, pinky” I said entering the bakery. “Hello” she said behind the counter. “Do you have I job I could do for you?” I asked walking up to her. “No, but I have a present for you” she said searching the counter “there it is.” She pulled out a small box.

I opened it and I could feel my heart skip a beat. What I saw was about nine-hundred gold pieces. “Thank, but how did you know?” I asked leaning against a table. “I read the chapter” she said confusing me more and more. “O.k. well thanks any way, pinky” I said walking out the door.

“What did she mean by the chapter” I thought “probably nothing.” I now have two-thousand bit so I can pay the doctor for fluttershy’s surgery.

chapter 5

I entered the hospital, walked up the front desk and asked “hi, can I talk to the doctor that is looking over a Miss Fluttershy?” “You may” she said “he is in the cafeteria down the hall to the left.” “Thank you Mrs.…” I said. “Redheart” she said stacking documents on top of each other. I walked down the hall, opened the, and spotted him.

He was sitting at a table eating what looked like a hay sandwich. I sat down across from him and said “hello doc, I have the bits for fluttershy’s surgery.” “That’s good to hear, but there is something I need to tell you” he said standing up from his seat. “What is it?” I asked. “Fluttershy is…” he said, my heart sank when I heard that final word “pregnant.”

“WHAT?!” I screamed in my mind. “Well who is the father?” I asked still in shock to the “fantastic” news. “She wouldn't tell me, maybe you should ask her” he suggested “the room is two thirty-six.” I walked out the room and up the stairs. I stood outside her room and knocked.

Like two days ago a sweet, calming voice said “come in.” I slowly opened the door; I saw fluttershy just lying in her bed looking out the window. I sat in the chair next to her bed and said “your surgeries tomorrow and the doctor told me that you are with child.” She didn't respond, but only sobbed. “I was raped” she whispered.

“What was that?” I asked. “I was raped” she said a little louder. Still not able to hear her I said “can you speak up.” “I was RAPED!” she yelled tears dripping down her chin. My body froze at those three words.

“Who did this to you?” I asked felling the urge to kill somepony. “It was hoops and his friends” she said literally crying a river. “Where would they be right now?” I asked sitting up from my chair. “They should be at the gymnasium” she said calming down a little. “One more question” I said standing next to the door “why didn't you tell anypony else about this?”

“They said that my friends and I would die if I did” she said. I walked out the hospital thinking “You guys are SO fucked!” knowing I wouldn't be able to take on three ponies at once, so I decided to look for crack pot. I saw him walking by a house. “Hey, crack pot, come here!” I yelled grasping his attention.

“Oh hi, troy, what’s up” he said walking towards me. “I need your help real quick” I said hooping he would. “Sure, what is it?” he asked. “Let’s just say a friend of mine was “abused” and some assholes need to suffer” I said feeling that same urge more and more every passing minute. “Well let’s go deal with them” he said pulling out a knife.

We walked to the gym and saw about twelve ponies working out. “So who are we here for?” he asked staring at a body builder with a Wight cote, darkish mane, and very small wings. “A pony named hoops” I said searching the room. “Wait, hoops? That prick?” he said looking like he was glad to come along. “Yup” I said.

“Well he’s over there with his pals” crack pot said pointing at three stallions by the bench presses. “Let’s go have a little “chat” with them” I said rubbing my hands together. We walked over to them and I said “hey, are you hoops?” “Yeah what’s it to you” he said lifting. “I wanted to know if you needed a spotter." I said walking behind him.

“Sure” he said. I helped him lift the bar wile crack pot showed the other two his “merchandise” in the other room. “So, you’re new here?” he asked lifting the bar up and down. “Yeah, but can I tell you something?” I asked lifting the bar to let him rest. “Shoot” he said laying back down.

I forced the bar down on his neck, suffocating him. Seeing him barley being able to breathe, I leaned down to his right ear and whispered “if you and your friends abuse another girl again I will kill your friends, family, and leave you to suffer!” Seeing the sight of fear in hoops eyes I figured he didn't want to piss me off again. “Come on, crack, were leaving” I said opining the front door. Crack pot was sealing his goods to the two ponies.

We left the gym and he said “did you set him straight?” “I’ll just say he won’t hurt anypony else for a while” I said with a slight laugh. Suddenly my stomach growled and an empty feeling entered. “Hey, do you know a good place to eat at?” I asked clenching my belly “don’t mind paying do ya?” “Nah, I need to repay you for the fun day anyway” he said leading me to a populated building.

We sat at a table outside and chose what we wanted. “I wish I could order a burger” I thought. “May I take your order” said the waiter. “I’ll have a plate of hay fries and a glass of water” crack said. “And for you, ugh, sir” he said.

“I’ll have a salad and some tea. Oh, can you put that in a box to go as well?” I said thinking that fluttershy might not have had anything to eat today. The waiter nodded his head and left. Fifteen minutes later the same waiter came back with our food and a white box. We finished up, crack paid the waiter, and left. “Thanks again for lunch. See you later.” I said holding a white box in one hand and shaking crack’s hoof with the.

I walked back to the hospital. I saw the girls with fluttershy sitting in her room talking. I knocked on the door, an over exited pinky pie answered. She bounced in place in front of me with a smile stretched from ear to ear. “what are you doing here?” rainbow dash asked.

“I wanted to bring fluttershy some food; I thought she would be hungry.” I said gesturing the white box. “T-thank you” fluttershy said still lying in bed. “So, do you guys now?” I asked siting in a chair next to the bed. “Do we know what?” twilight said with a confused look. “I-I-I’m pregnant” fluttershy said scared of what her friends would think.

Everyponies, except for pinky's, jaw dropped to the floor. “My only question is how long have you been pregnant?” I asked leaning back in the chair. “About ten months” she said. “Ten months?!” I thought wondering how she isn't showing. I was about to speak before the doctor entered the room and interrupted me.

“It is time for the wing surgery, fluttershy” he said as calmly as possible. We walked to the lobby; I sat in a seat near the emergency room as they lead fluttershy to the operating table. Several hours passed by. I looked around to see twilight reading a book, rarity and pinky playing tic tac toe, applejack walking in in a circle, and rainbow sleeping in a chair, drool coming down her mouth. The doors open and the doctor stood there. “Is she o.k. doc?” I asked standing away from my previous spot. “Yes she is, but she will be needing help getting home” he said taking bloody gloves off.

Fluttershy, who was in a wheel chair, rolled into the room with bandaged wings. “C-can we go now?” she asked in a low tone. We made it to the center of town and said our good byes. I pushed fluttershy back to her house, opened the door and noticed that she was asleep. I carried her to her room, placed her in the bed, and tucked her in.

Seeing that it was night time I climbed on the couch and closed my eyes. Morning came and I opened my eyes to see a small rabbit standing on my stomach. He was stomping his foot as if he was slightly impatient. “Hi, buddy, you hungry?” I asked grasping my stomach, feeling like it has a giant hole in the middle. I sat up from the couch, walked to the kitchen, and opened the fridge.

There was cabbage, carrots, squash, pees, etc. I grabbed a carrot and handed it the white, cotton tailed creature. “Here you go” I said turning around to open a cabinet for a frying pan. I placed the frying pan on the stove. An object hit the back off my head.

I turned to see the bunny, who had an irritated look, holding a cook book showing a page with a salad that has various types of vegetables. “Sorry, I don’t have the ingredients for that” I said rubbing the area that was hit by what I believe was his carrot. I went back to making my breakfast, pancakes, eggs, and toast. As the eggs were simmering I heard hoof steps coming from the bottom of the steps. “Oh, uh, good morning” fluttershy said stopping in the doorway.

chapter 6

“Good morning. Would you like some breakfast?” I asked placing a stack of pancakes in the middle of the table. “Yes, thank you” she said taking a seat at the table. I served us three pancakes, two eggs, and four slices of toast. We sat there and ate, all there was is silence. I broke that silence by saying “so, what are your plans for today?”

“Hide in my house until nightmare night is over” she said. The words “nightmare night” rang a bell. “What’s “nightmare night?” I asked. She explained and I thought “so it’s like Halloween.” We finished and I washed the plates.

“Do you want to come with me to the market?” she asked opining the front door. I agreed to and walked out the door. We approached a crowd of ponies going to different shops. “I need to buy bags of animal food” she said walking towered a stand owned by a blue mane, yellow coat unicorn. “Hello, can I get twelve pounds of animal food?” fluttershy asked.

The unicorn placed the bags on the counter and said “that will be thirty bits.” “Thirty bits? That’s twice as much as last time” fluttershy said pulling out only fifteen bits. “The price went up. So are you going to pay or not?” she said grabbing the bags. “But I only have fifteen…” fluttershy said before the unicorn interrupted. “Then I guess you aren't getting anything” the unicorn said.

*sigh*”let’s go” fluttershy said walking past me. I grabbed her shoulder and said “hold on a second.” “What?” she asked. “You want to buy food for your animal friend right?” I said releasing her. “Yes, but I can’t afford it.” She said. “Just let me handled that.” I said walking to the stand.

I banged on the counter catching the attention of the now shocked unicorn. “Y-yes… how may I help you?” she asked shaking like a leaf being blown by a slight breeze. “My friend over there wanted to buy twelve pounds of animal food…” I said. “Yeah and I told her its thirty bits, nothing less.” She said with an annoyed expression. “Right, but either you cut the price in half or I‘ll do the same to everything else in this shop.” I said placing both my palms flat on the table.

“Are you threating me?” she asked. “No. I’m just giving a little advice.” I said hearing her sigh in defeat. “Fine, fifteen bits” she said in a rough voice. Fluttershy placed the bits on the counter and I picked up the bags. We headed back to fluttershy’s house.

I entered the living room and placed the bags in the chair next to the kitchen. “So, anything else you need to do that I can help with?” I asked cupping my hands together. “No, not really, but you can ask the girls if they need your help.” She said pouring bird feed in a cage hanging by a chain connected to the ceiling. I left the house to go see if twilight needed any help. “Excuse me, do you know were twilight sparkle lives?” I asked a nearby Pegasus.

“Over there” he said pointed to a large tree that looked like it had a house fused with it. I knocked on the door of the tree house. The door opened, I couldn't see who answered. I looked around until I heard somepony ask “who are you?” “Who said that?” I asked.

“Down here.” I looked down to see a short purple scaled, green spike dragon. “Ugh, who are you? “ I asked trying not to hug the adorable creature. “I’m spike, twilight’s assistant. Who are you?” I crouched down to his level and said “I’m troy newcomer, a friend of twilight. Is she here?”

“Yeah, just sit in the chair while I get her.” Spike said walking up the steps. I sat down and saw that there were book shelves on every wall. I got up off my seat and looked at a few books. “Daring doo, pony anatomy, advance magic, etc.” I thought looking at the covers. “Hello troy. What brings you here?” twilight asked standing behind me.

“I wanted to know if there was anything I could do for you” I said turning to her. “Well, you could help me with a spell.” she said. “O.k. what is it?” I asked crossing my arms together. “Just stay right there” she said moving back a few steps. Before I could say another word a bright flash filled the room.

I opened my eyes to see that everything around me was forty feet tall. I looked up to see twilight and spike facing down at me. “Oh sweet celestia! Are you alright?” She said her voice booming in my ears. “Yeah I’m good” I said covering my ears. There was a knock at the door and spike went to answer it.

“Hello the most gorgeous creature in equestria.” Spike said his irises changed to hearts. The visitor was rarity; behind her was a white feline hissing at spike. “Hello darling.” She said to twilight overlooking spike. “Hello rarity” both twilight and I said. Rarity just stared at me, probably thinking “what in god’s name happened?”

“Pardon me for asking dearies. What happened?” she said. “Twilight wanted to test a spell, since I was the one willing to do so she cast it, and now I’m the size of a mouse.” I said climbing up the leg of a table. “Don’t worry; the spell should wear off in ten minutes.” She said sending spike off to make tea. As spike left I saw the girls looking at me. They looked like they saw a ghost.

“Troy. Don’t move” twilight said. My body stiffened as I felt a warm, fish scented, breeze. I turned to see rarity’s cat eyeing me down. “Ugh… good girl” I said stepping back only to trip on fall. My heart was pounding as fast as a lion chasing it’s pray.

It walked over to me, the table shaking with each step. The beast raises its palm, sharp claws appearing out of its ungula crest. The cat forced down the limb. I rolled to the left avoiding a painful end. I got up to my feet running to the other side of the table.

I jumped off, the cat followed close behind. I ran straight for the book case. Twilight and rarity were trying to catch the feline. “Opal, stop this instant!” rarity demanded, but the cat refused to listen. I hid behind the books; opal reached its hand behind the books, searching for me.

Opal’s hand still extended I saw a ready mouse trap. I gently pushed the trap to the palm. A *snap* followed by a loud “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” The cat held its palm tightly. Seeing the window of opportunity to escape, I ran to the kitchen.

I saw spike wearing an apron, holding a tray of tea. Hearing opal running towered me, I sprinted underneath the purple dragon. Opal attempted to do the same, but trips spike, and causes him to drop the tray. Hot tea splashed everywhere; I managed to dodge it by hiding behind the leg of a chair. Opal was soon glowing in a blue aura, levitating in the air.

chapter 7

“OPAL!” rarity shouted scaring both me and the cat. Rarity grinned her teeth as she held back her anger. “This is not how to act towered our host!” she said levitating opal to her face. “I am so sorry, darling, we’ll be going now” she said walking out the door. I felt a warm sensation coursing through my body.

A purple Ora rapped around me. Within seconds I started growing. I was back to my normal size. Twilight ran in the kitchen seeing the mess. Her eyes widened, looking at spike, he grabbed a mop and said “I’m on it.”

Spike dunked the mop into a bucket of water, soaking it. Hearing the slashing of the wet mop rubbing against the sticky floor, twilight pulled me into the living room and said “I just remembered that pinkie wants to see you at sugar cube corner.” “See you later” she said pushing me out the door, locking it behind. I left the tree to head for the bakery. I walked up the pink steps and knocked on the gingerbread door.

The door slowly opened, but nobody was there. I walked into the room, there was only darkness. I moved my hand around the wall, feeling for a light switch. Feeling the switch I flipped it. The lights turned on, suddenly streamers and balloons shot through the air as multiple ponies cheered “SURPRISE!”

The room was set up as if it was for a five year old birth day party. Food, punch, and cake on one side of the room, games and ponies on the other. “What’s with the party, pinky?” I asked walking up to the pink cotton candy looking pony. She pointed to a blue banner with read words that said “ WELCOME TO PONYVILE.” “I know everypony in ponyvile and since your new here I decided to through you a welcome party so I can get to know you more” she said taking a deep breath.

Before I could reply back she stuffed a slice of creamy chocolate cake in my mouth. My taste buds felt like they were dancing on clouds that were held by god’s angles. “Owe mah gawd” I said chewing the sweet treat “this is magnificent.” I my throat became dry so I walked over to the punch bowl. I grabbed a plastic cup dipped it into the bowl, and sipped it, It was tangy and discussing.The first word to pop into my head was “alcohol?”

“Um… pinky, what did you put in this?” I asked placing the cup next to the punch. “Just sugar, lemonade, hard cider, and ice.” She said. An intoxicated berry colored pony wobbled over to us and said “you never had a pinky party before, have ya? Names berry punch.” She lifted her foreleg to shake hands/hooves, but fell over passed out on the ground. “Is she alright?” I asked turning to pinky pie.

“Don’t worry this happens at every one of my parties” she said hopping away. I became bored quite easily, so I walked over to the games to see what there was to play. I saw ponies play bobbing for apples, pin the tail on the donkey, and spin the bottle. “This will not due.” I thought, and then an idea struck “that’s it!”I went to a group of ponies and asked “hay, do you guys want to play a game of drink?”

They agreed to and followed me to a tabled. I went to the snack table and saw rainbow dash; I asked her if she would like to join in. “Sure” she said as I grabbed the bowl. I placed the bowl in the center of the table and had a seat. “What’re we waiting for, let’s play.” One of the players said.

I poured each of us a drink. The taste was still discussing, but after a few more drinks I think my taste buds were too drunk to notice. Twelve drinks later two of the players passed out; just me rainbow, and the other guy. Four more drinks came and went, taking the other guy. Just me and rainbow left.

“Yha knows yer pretly goods Ats thish” I said in a drunken stupor. “Ya ain't tow terribles yerselfs” rainbow said slightly less intoxicated. After six more cups I said “rahbadamlasha? (Are you ready to give up yet?)” leaning back in my chair. “Ghteul-Zzz. (Not in your li-Zzz)” she said falling out of her seat drifting off to sleep. Ponies all around the room cheered.

To celebrate my victory I grabbed a half empty punch bowl, one out of the seven we used, and started pouring the punch down my throat. I blacked out, only to wake up in a bush with my shirt off. “Ugh…where am I-AAH!” a painful headache came around. I felt nauseous, my stomach killing me; I ran to a nearby trash can and vomited.The substance that came out was pink and brown.

I stumbled back, clearing the vomit off my lips. I looked around to see night has come and everypony was dressed in costumes. “What the… oh, right, nightmare night” I thought walking to the center of town. There were ponies dressed as vampires, mummies, and a familiar gray Pegasus dressed in paper bags. I saw twilight sparkle, dressed as a wizard with a long white beard.

And spike, for some reason he was dressed as a dragon. I wanted to talk to them, but everypony gasped. I turned to see a black and dark blue alicorn come down from the skies. Everypony around me bowed down, terrified by her. I walked up to her and asked “Are you Luna?”

“Why yes we are. We are surprised that tho still remembers us” she said giggling. “Well, even if it was a dream, you did save me” I said seeing twilight walking up to us. “Wait you two know each other?” twilight asked. “Yup. It was about two nights ago” I said. “Oh. But princess why are you here?” she asked taking the white beard off.

“We have come for assistance…” Luna said. “Don’t worry princess the girls and I will help with anything you need” twilight said proudly. “Thank you, but we desire the assistance from troy” Luna said interesting me and confusing twilight. “What do you need me to do?” I asked. "Follow us" she said walking away.

chapter 8

I followed close behind until we stopped in the middle of a field. “What are we doing here your majesty?” I asked the moon was high in the sky directly above us. “We cannot go any further until we give tho this gift.” She said her horn glowing in the cool night air. A ray of light, coming from the moon, reached her horn. The horns grow blinded me.

She shot the light at my chest, the center glowing a bright red color. The beam stopped leaving a burn mark on my chest. “Luna, what did you do to me?” I asked taking deep breaths. “We shall tell tho tomorrow” she said flying away towered a castle being held up by a mountain top. I walked back to ponyvile, feeling drowsy I went back to fluttershy’s cottage.

I approached the home and saw that all the doors and windows were bordered up. I knocked on the door and heard fluttershy yell “GO AWAY, NOPONY IS WELCOME HERE ON NIGHTMARE NIGHT!” “Fluttershy it’s me, can I come in” I said knocking a second time. I heard a quiet “sorry” before sounds of locks turning. The door opened showing fluttershy holding

it.

“I’m sorry for yelling at you” she said as I walked inside. “Oh, my celestia! What happened to you?” she cried pointing at my burnt skin. “It’s just a gift from princess Luna” I said feeling the heat that the area still gives off. “But why would she do something like that? I thought she loved her ponyvilians” she said reaching for a med kit that was hanging from the wall. “I don’t know, she said that she would explain tomorrow” I said fluttershy gesturing me to lie down.

She grabbed a rag and ran cold water on it. “Here this should ease the burning” she said squeezing the wet rag over my burnt red skin. The cool liquid dripping from the pink rag felt like gods frozen tears piercing my partly broken skin. She laid the rag flat on my chest and said “keep this here until morning.” Fluttershy turned the lights off leaving me in the living room to sleep.

I shut my eyes entering my dream world. I looked around to see that I was strapped to a surgical table, locked in a laboratory. “Seems like something out of Frankenstein” I thought seeing multiple computers hooked into a wall to my left. “Let’s get started shall we.” Said a mad scientist, stepping up to my right. “W-who a-are you, what do you want?” I asked fear trembling down my spine as I saw him pull a second table to my side.

The table carried a strange object covered by a white blanket. “I am Dr. fickle worth. I’m only here to accomplish orders for my princesses” he said placing a metallic contraption on my head “now hold still while I august this.” Dr. fickle connected the other end of his invention to the covered object. “Now let’s see what you will soon look like” he said pulling the covers off of the figure. It was a passed out dark blue Pegasus with green stripes, the mane and tail matched the coat.

Dr. fickle pulled a switch electrifying the contraption, me, and the Pegasus. I felt my energy drain into the pony beside me as I passed out. I awoke seeing that I was in a different room. I was in a bright throne room with guards all around. Lifting my head I saw two tall alicorns, celestia and Luna, who were sitting across the room in two thrones.

My head hurt and I lifted it to hold it, but to my surprise it was a blue hoof with a green tip. “Good morning troy” celestia said. “What happened to me? Why am I a pony?!” I yelled the guards lifted their spears at me to prevent any trouble. “Last night my sister and I sent a doctor to your dreams to switch your former body to this pegasi” celestia said “the reason this could happen was from the gift my sister gave you last night.” “Well did this pony have a name?” I asked my legs wobbling, trying to stand on all fours.

“No, this body was made just for you” she said. I reputedly fell on my stomach from my legs giving out. I tried once more and finally made it. “Why am I a pony?” I asked struggling to walk to the princesses. “We have reason to believe that tho shall lead us to victory with the fight against the changeling army” Luna said standing from her seat.

“What’s a changeling?” I asked. “A changeling is a pony with the body structure of a bug and the ability to change its form to anypony it wants” celestia stated. “So, what now?” I asked as a white unicorn with dark blue mane walked up to me. “Now we show you how to fight for the princesses” he said handing me a spear. His body was covered in armor; he must have been the captain.

“Wait. Fight?!” I said dropping the projectile. “Yes, if you are going to be any aid to us in the battle field, you need to learn how to fight. Now follow shining armor” said celestia sipping her tea. “C’mon, let’s get you ready for training” shining armor said patting me on the back. I followed him to a large room sectioned off to three parts. One was, for the normal ponies, combat training.

The second was wing training. The third was using magic. “We’ll start with wing training. Now just relax and open them” a Pegasus trainer said. I did as he said thinking “might as well learn how this body works.” They opened; they apparently are very sensitive, causing my knees to wobble.

“O.k. don’t get excited. Now imagine that your moving your wings up and down” the trainer said. I did as he said and my wings flapped in the air blowing wind through my coat and main. They flapped faster and faster, soon I was levitating in the air. “Now angle them forward” he said tilting his. I tilted them and the speed they were going sent me face first into the wall.

chapter 9 (slight gore)

*Chuckling* “alright that was good, but slow down this time” he said helping me off the ground. I flapped them once more. I was in the air. I slowed them down and proceeded to angle them. My body moved forward.

“Good. If you want to go backwards just do the opposite” he said. “Try moving your wings up and down faster to go up” he said flapping his wings. My limbs sped up to where I was touching the roof. “Now slow down and get back here” he said looking up at me. I lowered to the floor and he said “one more thing you need to know. Pegasi can walk on clouds.”

“Now you know the basics. Meet captain shining armor over at combat training!” he ordered. I walked over to the captain and asked “what makes the princesses think I can be any help in your fight?” He responded with “I don’t know, but I do know that you almost killed a pony at a local gym.” “How do you know about that?” I asked raising an eyebrow. “I have my sources” he said drawing two swords from their holsters.

“Here, let’s see what you've got” shining said placing the handle in my hoof. “Sorry pal, but I don’t fight” I said tossing the sword. “You don’t or you can’t?” he asked taunting me. “Let me put it this way. I won’t fight you no matter what you say” I said trying to put on a smile. “Oh well. More fun for me” shining said charging at me.

He slung his blade at me. I ducked from the cold steal that had sliced the tip of my mane off. “Hey what the hell are you doing!” I yelled feeling my new “haircut.” “What? I missed out on practice this morning” he said gesturing his sword. “This psycho is going to kill me” I thought.

At the corner of my eye I saw a sparkle. I turned to see it was the sword. I ran over to it and picked it up. Shining armor swung his sword at me; I lifted mine up and blocked his attack. We pushed the two weapons together.

Sparks flew off the steal onto our coats; it darkened the areas that had been hit. “This is getting me nowhere and fast” I thought figuring a way to get out of this predicament “oh now this’ll hurt.” “What? Are you getting tired alre-” he was interrupted. His face was plastered with widened eyes, tears running down and a wide open mouth. Shining fell to the ground as I lowered my front left leg.

He twitched as he held the area around his back legs. I kneeled down to his head and said “if you ever try to pull some shit like that again…” grabbed his horn “I’ll do a lot more than this.” I twisted the limb; his head followed along trying to gain less pain. I bent the horn; it wouldn't budge. I tried again; it cracked and a loud plea for help hurled past the captain’s lips.

Blood appeared out of the crack dripping down his muzzle. With all my power I pulled and tour the white cone shaped limb from his forehead. There wasn't anything to be heard. I looked down at his blood covered face to see that he was unconscious from pain. “Try that again, but next time if you’re planning to kill me be sure not to let your guard down” I stated spiting in his bloody eye.

I left the room to talk to princess celestia. I walked down a long hallway; the windows were made out of stain glass. The same you would find at church, but there weren't any pictures of Jesus just six vary familiar ponies. “I see you have an eye of art” a voice said behind me. I turned to see that it was princess celestia looking down at me.

“You could say that” I replied with a mumbled raspy tone. “Is there something wrong?” she asked raising an eyebrow. “No, but you might want to find a new captain and preferably one that doesn't try to kill somepony for no reason” I said staring at the white horn in my hand. “I see. Well I came to tell you that you will be staying here for the night” she said as a Pegasus maid stood behind her “follow her to your room.” The maid wore a short skirt French maid outfit.

Her coat was blue as the evening sky, a beautiful turquoise mane and tail tied up in light purple bands, and glistening purple irises. Celestia left the hall and I followed behind the mare. “So what’s your name?” I asked struggling to not stair at her short skirt. “Its sky” she said looking straight ahead “what is yours?” her voice was sweet, warm, and welcoming. “Troy newcomer” I said.

We stopped in front of a door. She unlocked it. “Thank you, sweet heart” I said nodding my head. “You are welcome” she said her cheeks turning a bright crimson. “Now if there is anything you need just call me” she said closing the door.

I lied down on the bed covering myself with the silk blanket. I couldn't sleep. I could only think about sky. I decided to get up and walk around the castle. I wondered down a hallway and heard humming coming from around the corner.

I saw sky dusting the tables and vases while she hummed a luring tone. She turned around and jumped, I guess I scared her. “Oh, troy, it’s you. Please don’t sneak up on me like that” she said gathering her bearings. “Sorry sky. What was that malady you were singing?” I asked.

“Just something my mother sang to me as a foal” she said continuing to dust. “Well, it sounds like you were born with the vocals of ten angles” I complemented. Her face turned red as she giggled. “I bet you say that to all the mares” she said walking up to me. “But you’re the first” I said doing the same.

chapter 10

“Thank you, but can you help me clean this room” she said walking past me to a partly open door. I entered behind her seeing the room. It was like a disaster struck; the curtains were hanging off the window, bed sheets on the ground, mattress blocked the closet door, armor plates scattered on the floor, and the bathroom was flooded with toilet water and vomit. “The royal gourds must’ve had a few too many last night… again” she said with a depressed laugh. “You clean this every time by yourself?” I asked in a surprised tone.

“Yes, no pony else is assigned to this wing” she stated grabbing a mop from the corner. She proceeded to dip the mop in the bucket and wiped the bathroom floor. I grabbed the mop and said “I’ll clean this up. You can clean the other room.” She let go of the mop and started picking up around the bed; God the smell of the toilet was toxic.

I almost added my own puke to the concoction. An hour has passed and we finished up around the room. My stomach rumbled from the lack of food today. “Would you like to join me to lunch?” I asked hearing her do the same thing. “Sure, how about we go to a place I know in ponyvile” she said taking off her maid dress.

We walked out to the castle court yard. Our wings flapped as she held my hoof. We flew through the air; the clouds hitting my face as we flew through them, the wind blowing my main back, and the occasional bug hitting my head. Thirty minutes passed, we fluttered down to ponyvile. “C’mon this way” she said walking near a small building.

I followed seeing that she sat at a table outside; next to a window saying “Doughnut Joe’s.” I sat across from sky. See scanned the menu and asked “where are you from?” “A place faraway” I said staring off into space. “So, like lospegisus” she said placing the menu down.

“Let’s just say it’s a place I don’t want to go back to” I said looking back at her. Before she could say another word a unicorn walked up and asked “what doughnut would you like this evening?” “I’ll have one with sprinkles” sky said closing the menu. “And for you sir” he said turning towered me. “I’ll have a glazed, jelly filled doughnut” I said handing him the menu.

As we waited sky wanted to know more about me. “So, how old are you?” she asked sitting up straight. “Twenty-one years” I said looking into her eyes “how about you?” “Thirty- two years” she said. “Thirty- two years? You don’t look a day over twenty- five” I said.

She chuckled and said “you’re pretty cute yourself.” I blushed hearing that she thinks I’m cute. The unicorn brought our doughnuts. We both took a bight of our treats. The jelly tasted like strawberry, the dough was sweet with a pinch of sugar, and the sprinkles were chewy jelly beans.

We finished and the same unicorn brought us the check; the price was four bits. I placed the bits on the table and help sky out of her seat as gentlecolts should. “Are you ready to go home?” I asked holding the door. She nodded and walked out the door. We flew back to a city that was connected to the castle named canterlot.

There were stores on every block filled with ponies. The ponies wore suits, monocles; anything expensive. It looked like something you would see a ball. I walked by sky’s side as we approached her house. “Thank you for everything, I enjoyed it” sky said unlocking the front door.

“You’re welcome, I hope we can do it again sometime” I said noticing that she had gotten closer. She leaned in with a seducing stair. I moved forward; both our lips connected. My heart raced thinking “how can a sweet and beautiful mare like sky kiss a colt like me.” After ten seconds she broke the kiss saying “see you later.”

She closed the door behind her leaving me standing there. I could feel my heart speed up as I flew up into the sky cheering. I flew in loops, twirls, and backwards. I was hit by a fast blue flash knocking me out of the air. “Hay watch where you’re going!” the blue Pegasus yelled in a recognizable tom boy accent flying away to the castle.

“Was that rainbow dash?” I thought trying to catch my balance “but why is she going to the castle?” I landed in front of the castle and entered the throne room. I saw Luna sitting there doing paper work. “Oh, good evening troy. Our sister celestia is waiting to see you in the adjacent room” she said pointing at a nearby door. I opened the door it was a nursery.

I walked around scanning my surroundings. There were beds filled with gourds attached to casts and I.V. poles. I heard crying coming from the last bed of the room. I pulled the curtain to and saw it was the girls and shining armor lying in bed. Twilight was crying heavy over the sheets as the others with teary eyes.

“Sad isn't it?” celestia said from behind me startling the hell out of me. “You should have been there. I kind of wish I didn't do it. And please stop doing that” I said staring shining. “Oh… um… hello. Do I know you? You look familiar” fluttershy said holding back a tear. “Don’t you remember it’s me t-” “NO! I mean you wouldn't. This is cloud chaser. Our bringer of victory to the changeling war” celestia interrupted.

“Him? He doesn't look like he could move a cloud little lone lead an army” rainbow said waking shining. He shook in fear as his vision moved to me. I chuckled while saying “apparently shining armor disagrees.” “Wait. YOU DID THIS!” twilight yelled in my face. “Twilight just calm down” applejack said holding her back.

“NO! THIS FLANKHOLE NEARLY KILLED MY BROTHER AND YOU’RE TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN?!” she screamed shoving applejack aside. “Look, twilight, I’m sorry for that, but it was self-defense” I said moving away from the very pissed unicorn. “Self-defense?! How is ripping my brothers horn off considered self-defiance?!” she screeched pinning me to the wall. “It is when you’re about to be decapitated!” I said somehow managing her to release me. “W-what?” she said backing away.

chapter 11

“Yeah, during training he tried to kill me. Even after I said I wouldn't fight him” I said seeing rarity staring at me. “Is that true?” twilight asked turning to shining armor. He nodded his head as pain came from the shaking. “You bastard” twilight mumbled before punching shining in the chest.

As her hoof made contact the sound of ribs breaking could be heard as shining whimpered; tears running down his cheek.

“Darling, please stop it! He is hurt bad enough as it is” rarity said jumping in front of twilight. “I’m sorry” twilight said falling to her hunches. I walked up to twilight and said “I’m the one how should be sorry. There was no right for me to do something like that.” She got up saying nothing, only to hug me tightly. Celestia walked behind her placing a hoof on her shoulder.

She released me whipping her eyes. “Now before any more excitement happens let’s get down to business” celestia said. “Since shining armor is in his aperient state, we will need you, troy, not to only to lead us to victory but also to battle” she said boldly. “Yeah, but you still haven’t told me how I’m supposed to be any help” I said getting aggravated.

She handed me a small box and said “use this when you have finished the queen.” A guard walked in the room saying “we will be ready for battle first thing tomorrow, your majesty.” Celestia nodded and left the room with the guard. I felt a tap on my shoulder, “um… excuse me, cloud chaser.” I turned to see fluttershy “sorry to bother you, but here.”

She groped my hoof, placing an object in my palm. She let go revealing a dog tag. The letters engraved was, Dr. Healer S. Shy, born May 28, 1972. “Why are you giving me this?” I asked turning back to her. “It’s my father’s. He gave it to me when he left to sattlearabea when I was a little foal, but he never came back. I don’t need it anymore I have a new one” She said rubbing her underbelly.

I wrap the chains around my neck and said “thank you. I’ll take good care of it.” Rainbow dash taped her on the shoulder and nodded to the others leaving the room. They left as I stepped towards shining. “If I die in battle, I want you to have this to remember me by” I said placing his blood stained horn. He sighed deeply saying “you are such a dick.”

Chuckling I walked out the door. I traveled through hallway to my room. I entered closing the door behind me. I crawled in the bed laying my head on the pillow and drifted off to my dream land. Morning came and I heard banging coming from the door.

I answered to see a gourd holding a bag of supplies. “You’re late. Follow me!” he ordered shoving the bag into my forearms. He directed me to a round steel door. He opened it and said “go down this tunnel to meet up with the others.” I walked in through the door way see the tunnel was dim from the light of lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

As I got deeper the tunnel became darker and colder. I could barely see before a light appeared. All I could do was walk to it. I got closer until I was outside; my eyes burned from the suns light. I looked around to see I was in a camp site, but there was nopony here.

I scavenged the camp to see what might have happened. After six minutes of looking I heard noises coming from the bushes. I peeked over to see a wounded creature; it had wings, a horn, and its coat was black and hard. As I stared something hit the back of my head; knocking me out cold. In my state I could hear somepony talk.

“What do we do now?” the pony asked. “We take him to the queen. See what she wants to do” another pony answered grabbing my back legs. They dragged me for twenty-two minutes before I woke up. Still thinking I’m knocked out, I flew up to the sky shaking them off. It was too little help; ponies had wings like my own, but there’s were like flies and had holes.

Before they could realize what had happened I flew to them, grabbed their heads, and slammed them together. Only howls of pain could be heard as they crashed into the ground. I glided to them and saw that they had fangs, holes in their legs, and bright blue eyes. “These must be two of the changelings the princesses were talking about” I thought walking the direction they were taking me “this could lead to their fortress.”

Ten minutes passed until I saw a small, sad, looking town. I entered noticing absences of life. “Where the hell is everypony?” I thought seeing doors hanging from their hinges, broken windows, and furniture scattered around the yards. I heard hoof steps around the corner. Not wanting to be caught by another changeling, I ran into a nearby abandon home.

I crouched down under a window to see four changelings walking down the street scanning the area. One of them sniffed the air letting out a slight growl. Another turned to him saying something before they left for the next street. I sat next to the window, closed my eyes, and sighed in relief. I opened my lids to see a family of ponies staring at me.

They looked scared; they shivered in fear while holding each other. “Wha- what do you want from us?” the mother asked. “Can I ask you a question?” I said standing up away from the window. “Yes” the daughter said letting go of her brother. “Do you know where the changeling fortress is?” I asked seeing their eyes widen and their pupils shrink.

“Why do you want to know?” the father said trying to stay in a safe distance. “The princess sent me to end this war” I said. “The princesses? I thought she had given up on us” he said walking up to me. “Apparently not” I said. The mother told me that the way to the fortress is through the dark forest, past the hydras cave, and over the cavern of hell. “And thought lord of the rings had weird location names” I mumbled.

chapter 12

I stepped out the door way to be stopped by the brother “wait” he said grabbing my back right leg “please, the changelings rounded up the citizens of this town and are using them as slaves at their camps in the woods, you must save them.” “I’ll do my best” I said patting his head. He closed the door behind me. I pulled a map out of the bag and saw that my destination was North West. After three hours of traveling I felt weary, my eyes grew heavy, legs kept moving forward, and my mind wandered aimlessly.

I started wondering how this world would be like if the changelings will win; probably a living hell on earth. Suddenly I walked into an object and fell to the ground. I opened my eyes, looked up, and saw huge thick trees surrounding the area. As I stood, rubbing my cranium, I heard a raspy female voice behind me say “good evening young colt, what are you doing on the ground.” “I’m sorry, my mind must have wondered off” I said turning to see an old mare.

She had a dark brown coat, wight mane, and black robe wrapped around her, and her right eye was clouded; she must be partly blind. “Who are you ma’am?” I asked trying not to stare at her eye. “I am the keeper of the forest my dear troy” she said surprising me. “How did you know my name?” I asked raising a brow. “I know many things, boy. Like how the reason you’re here is to reach the changing fortress to win the war for the princesses” she said walking to the left of me.

“Well if you’re the keeper of the forest can you show me the way to the changeling’s camps?” I said staring at the eerie sight of the forest. “Yes, but you have to do something for me” she said with a grin. “What?” I asked actually interested. “I am making a portion of growth and I am missing one ingredient. I need you to get the carrot seed” she said. “Well where are they?” I said.

“The center of the woods, but be careful thing are not all ways as they seem” she warned before disappearing into the darkness. “Might as well get this over with” I thought walking past the first few trees. As I roamed deeper it felt like someone or something was watching me. I just shrugged at the idea and kept going. Soon I heard rustling coming from the branches.

I looked up seeing nothing until a squire jumped out on my head. “Get off you prick!” I yelled grabbing it and throwing it back to the trees. It stood on a branch, swung its tiny fist in the air, and yelled what sounded like tiny screaming. I was about to flip the rodent off until I remembered “oh right… hooves. Damn it.” I continued my journey leaving the squirrel on the tree branch.

I felt tired again more so with every step I took. After thirteen steps a strange blue gas formed around me. My legs stiffened and I could hardly breathe. “Ugh *gag* what in god’s name is *cough* is that awful stench” I said trying to hold in my vomit from what smells like a mixture of cheetah sweat, moldy cheese, expired milk, and a body that has been out in the sun that was inside a dumpster for three weeks. I cough once more; small amounts of blood flew out onto a nearby rock that was sunk in the ground.

My eyes grew heavy, my head swimming, and my knees wobbled. My legs gave way and I fell to my chin hitting what I call the knockout button. I woke up lying on leather like sheet inside a large tent that looked like something out of Tarzan. I sat up holding my head hearing somepony coming in and saying “hello, good to see that you’re awake. It was good to find you when I did.” “Who are you?” I asked looking at the black mane, light green, female unicorn.

“I could ask you the same thing. I’m leaf year and by the looks of your dog tag you must be Dr. Healer” she said leaning against a book case. “What?” I looked down “oh, no this is my friends dad’s. She gave this to me before I left” I said standing up. “If that’s so then why are you here?” she asked walking up to me. “I’m looking for carrot seeds for the keeper of the forest” I said seeing that her cutie mark was a magnifying glass over a leaf. “Now that’s a long ways away” she said opining a large map; pointing at the center.

“Do you know a way to get there?” I said examining the paper. “Yeah, just follow me” she said rolling up the map and heading out the tent flap. We walked for hours; usually get scratched by thorns, bit by misquotes, or get stuck in a hole. She also explained that the gas was one of her traps around the camp; I would hate to find more.

“Shush!” she whispered to me crouching down behind a bush. “What is it?” I asked following her actions. “You might want to have a plan for this one. Look” she said pointing at a lion; the thing was it had bat wings and a scorpion tail the size of its own body. “What is that thing?” I whispered staring at the sharp poisons limb. “It’s a manticore” she said pointing at the ground next to it “and apparently she likes carrots.”

I traced her hoof to a half patch of carrots being devoured by the manticore. “Shit now what?” I said. “I’ll grab the carrots while you distract the beast” she said standing up. “Are you crazy?! That thing will kill me!” I said jumping in front of her. “You’re a Pegasus aren't you? Think of something.” She said shoving me out in the open.

I was going to yell at her before a warm wind blew across my neck. I slowly turned to see the manticore towering over me swinging its tail around. “N-nice kitty” I said backing away. Before I could make a run for it she swung her tail hitting me in the side. The power behind it sent me two yards away.

“AH FUCK!” I screamed slamming into the dirt. I lied there breathing heavily feeling the earth shake as the manticore slowly moved to me. “What the hell? She didn't hit me that hard, but why do I feel like my ribs penetrated my lungs?” I asked myself struggling to roll over on my back. She sniffed the air and turned to leaf year; she was crawling to the patch of carrots. She froze in fear as the manticore charged.

As the beast reached her she moved to the right letting the manticore slam into a tree. I tried to lift myself up as the manticore rubbed its head, but my body was in too much pain to do anything. After my failed attempts to help leaf year I heard familiar old voice next to me say “it’s a shame really. She is a nice mare.” “Please you have to help her. She can’t win on her own” I pleated watching as leaf ran away only to be stopped by a bolder logged in between two trees.

“I will, but only if you finish our little agreement” she said continually watching as the manticore slowly walks to leaf. “What?! You’re going to let an innocent mare die if I don’t help you!” I yelled putting pressure on my painful lungs. She smirked as I grunted “fine.” I rolled to my stomach crawling, scraping my chest on rigged rocks and twigs. “How can this pain be so excruciating” I thought; couldn't believe how a swing to the side could cause such pain.

After clawing across the ground for five minutes I had to stop to ease the ‘I want to commit suicide’ pain. While tears ran down my face a voice, which reminded me of my dad, in my head kept telling me “get up you lazy fuck! Go and save her!” *chuckle* yeah, my dad was an asshole. Leaf screamed as the manticore stepped closer. Hearing her plea I took a deep breath and stood up from the forest floor. My legs wobbling, a sharp pain shot throughout my body as I stumbled to the carrot patch.

I reached for the tip of the remaining four carrots. I pulled a scream and a faint snapping noise could be heard as the vegetables flew out of the dirt resting place. I turned back to the old mare and tumbled back to her. “Here are your damn carrots!” I said tossing the bunch to the ground in front of her. She didn't say a word just pointed behind me; grinning devilishly.

I looked over to see the manticore’s muzzle was covered in a red substance. I was confused at first before I noticed it chewing something. Out of the corner of my eye there was a large red object lying still. It was the disemboweled corpse of my new, late, friend leaf year. I fell to my hunches; tired, sad, and extremely pissed.

“Even though it’s too late to save her you can still stop it from harming anypony else” the old mare said. “How? I’m in no shape to fight a creature like that” I said hearing the manticore belch, cleaning its teeth with one of leaf’s bones like some tooth pick. She mumbled something causing an aura to form around me, but how; she wasn't a unicorn. The aura fated away left a warm tingling in my torso. “How did you do that? I thought unicorns were the only ones to use magic” I said feeling my newly healed chest.

“It was just an ordinary healing incantation” she said lifting me up. “Now drink this and take your revenge” she said pulling a vile out of her robe pocket. I grabbed the vile and chugged the serum; tasted like rum, lighter fluid, and it had a strange fruity after taste. Nothing happened at first until I heard a loud growl from behind. My body’s core filled with rage as I remembered what had happened.

I approached the beast; teeth grinding against each other. “So you think you can kill a mare and get away with it. If that’s true then you are WRONG!” I said bucking the manticore’s back. It dropped to the ground screaming in pain. She rose from the dirt and charged. Her paw swung at me.

I sidestepped out of the way letting the manticore attack the air. “You’ll have to be faster than that pussy” I taunted climbing the monsters back. I punched hitting a pressure point causing her to tense up. She stood on her back legs clawing at me with the front. I rolled along the torso dodging the claws as they scrape and pierce the creature’s skin; my coat soaked in blood from rolling on the wounds.

She roared in an ear bleeding screech. “Why are you screaming? I haven’t even broken a bone yet” I said jumping off and licking the squishy, crimson, liquid off my hooves. “Tasty. I would like some more please” I said kicking her in the right front knee, punching her multiple times in the face as she collapsed to the ground finishing with an uppercut; dislocating her jaw. The manticore landed on its back crushing her wings and squishing her stinger. I stepped on her chest, making it more difficult for her to breath, and whispered in its ear “I’m going to have fun with y-. Huh?”

I was interrupted by something nibbling on my back left ankle. I looked under myself to see a manticore cub. The bighting didn’t hurt from the fact that the cub didn’t have any teeth. I took a second glance and saw it was crying. Looking back up I saw the adult manticore’s face was bruised, black eyed, and had a gash coming from the forehead.

I could feel the heartbeat of the animal getting slower and slower. After several seconds there was nothing but the sound of a cub crying and sniffling. My rage died down and was quickly replaced with guilt, disappointment, and shame. I got off the corps, walking away, leaving the cub to be with her. I stopped next to the old mare and asked “where are the camps?”

“Follow me” she said. We traveled for two hours before she stopped and her ears perked up. “What now?” I asked irritated that I most likely have a new obstacle to overcome. “I cannot go any further. The camps are behind these bushes, but be careful the changelings are professional trap makers” she warned. I nodded and walked through the plants hearing chattering not too far away.

I hid behind a tree and saw four ponies pulling a wagon, full of other ponies, being driven by two changelings. “MOVE SLACKER!” The passenger yelled wiping the front right pony. An idea struck; “if I could somehow look hurt then they might stop to put me in the cage with the others” I thought spying some mud. I rubbed a small amount of mud on my coat seeing that the dried manticore blood would help a lot. I spotted a puddle next to me.

I looked in it to see my reflection. I looked like I was shot up, stabbed, and beaten to high hell. To make my act look real I limped out from the woods and fell to the ground of the trail in front of the wagon. They stopped and hoped out to investigate. One picked up a stick and pocked me.

To amuse them and myself I pretended to winced in pain; twitching. “A new slave,” the driver said throwing the stick back to the woods “better add him to the collection.” The passenger picked me up and threw me into the cage; my body hit a few others. They got back to their positions. I felt the wagon moving and got up to see everypony staring at me.

“Ugh… hello” I said standing to see about ten ponies; not including me. Nopony said a thing. “Well this is going to be a fun trip” I thought sliding down the cold steel bars. The silence mixed with the occasional pebble flying in the cage from a wheel rolling over it drove me to boredom. I closed my eyes the quickly opened them from the wagon stopping shaking everypony inside.

The passenger changeling walked up to the cage door; spear in hand. Not wanting to meet the end of the projectile I laid back down continuing my act. “Where here. Get out!” the passenger ordered opining the door. As everypony exited to wagon he grabbed my leg and pulled me to the ground. He called for someone to take me to the camp doctor.

A changeling walked up and lifted me on his back. He carried me to a large tent with several other injured ponies were being prepped for slavery. He dropped me to a bed and injected an I.V. needle into my vain. An actual sense of pain moaned out of my mouth. “Get some rest pall. I have plans for you later” he said leaving the room.

I couldn't determine what kind of plans he had, but they were going to end real fast. I opened one eye scanning the room. There were no changelings in sight. I grabbed the needle and yanked it out causing a small amount of blood to cover the area; didn’t matter much to me since I smelled of processed copper already. I jumped out of the bed and slowly walked up to the tent flap.

Peeking through the separated flaps I saw male ponies being wiped, serving food and drinks, and carrying crates and boxes. The females where used to clean clothes, wash dishes, and make beds. By the sound of it, in an adjacent tent, they were used for unsightly activities as well. Pulling my eye away from the flap, I saw an outfit the colts wore. I put on the clothes and walked out the back way not wanting to arouse suspicion.

As I exited the nurse station I moved behind two other tents before appearing out in the open. “Hey stop right there!” a changeling ordered. “Yes master” I said turning to him. He handed me a crate and said “Take this to the kitchen. It’s tonight’s dinner.” Just to keep my act up I did as I was told and left with the crate.

Noticing that nopony or changeling was watching me I threw the crate into a pile marked trash. Feeling a little parched, I walked into the kitchen and sat on a stool in front of the counter. “Can I get a beer?” I asked the unicorn bartender. He passed a mug down to me. I grabbed it and took a sip; tasted like shit, but I didn’t care at the time.

I finished up and placed some bits on the counter and left. I looked around and saw the sky became dark and everypony was being rounded up. I walked up to one of the ponies and asked “what’s going on here?” “They are picking a pony to entertain their commander” she whispered. A changeling walked passed me, stopped, and pointed at me saying “you. You look like you could lighten the commander’s spirit. Follow me.”

He led me to a tent that was bigger than all the others; it was black, two changelings guarded the front and back as two others patrol around. The changeling that brought me to the tent walked up to one of the guards and said “hay bob. I have our entertainer for tonight.” Bob pulled a flap too and chuckled. Bob grabbed my shoulder and shoved me in. I stumbled but caught my balance before falling to the dirt ground.

“Asshole” I mumbled walking up to a table filled with changelings and their commander. Everyone stared at me as some ponies served them drinks. “Well, what are you waiting for? Entertain us!” the changeling in the middle said taking a sip of his beverage. “Yes of course, but may I have an audience member to help with this. You will do” I said walking over to one of the servants. “Now on my order make sure you and your friends take out a few changelings. I want the commander to myself” I whispered in his ear.

He nodded and whispered the same to his friends and they did the same. “Now if the servants could please stand behind our ‘glorious’ masters I can start the show” I said walking back in front of the crowd. They did and I stated “for this to work the lanterns and other light sources need to be off!” the commander agreed to this and ordered his men to do so. The light vanished and I yelled “NOW!”

Several cracking and popping noises were heard before a loud ‘thump’ was released by an object that fell to the floor. The lights turned back on and I ran to the middle changeling; I saw that everyone else was laying their head on the table, paralyzed from death. The commander was being held to the ground by two ponies as everypony else was fighting the guards and recruiting other ponies. “So you believe that owning ponies is a good thing correct?” he didn’t answer, but only struggled to break free and screamed only to be muffled by a ponies hoof. “I’m going to make sure that’s never going to happen again” I said standing over him.

I raised my hoof over his chest and forced it down with all my power. A muffled cry shot out of his mouth. I did it again and again unit I aimed for his nose. After several punches I broke his nose and blood started to run down. “One more procedure left” I said grabbing a knife.

I held the knife over his sternum and plunged it into his right lung then the left. Leaving the blade in the organ I stood up from him and walked away as the blood filled his throat completely drowning him. I grabbed a pony’s shoulder and said “go. Go with your fellow ponies and fight. Fight for your freedom.” Unexpectedly he hugged me with teary eyes and said “thank you. Praise celestia thank you.” He let go and ran out of the tent.

I approached the tent flat as the screams of pain and misery overcome the ones of delight and revenge. As I exited the tent I saw blood splattered on the ground ponies and changelings killing each other as others set fire to their old retched homes. After several long hours of murder, carnage, and chaos thirty-seven ponies and seventy changelings were killed. And yet we won I still feel like we losing. “Maybe when this is all over I can find a nice place in ponyvile to live at” I thought while being thanked by everypony that was still alive.

After gathering food, water, and a dagger (in case I run into something on the way to the hydras cave) I left the remaining ponies to travel back and rebuild their homes. Traveling through the woods it seemed I was being followed. Ten minutes passed and I’m on the edge of my seat to wanting to run like hell, but my damn stubbornness wanted me do figure out what is stalking me. I turned when I heard the bushes behind me rustle. Having enough of the torture I walked up to the bush with the dagger in hoof.

As I approached the plant a chicken’s head popped out and stared at me. I couldn't help but stair back at its round red eyes. It moved from the bushes and revealed that it had the body of a lizard. My eyes widened and I tried to move away from the strange creature, but my hooves wouldn’t listen to what my brain was telling them. I looked down to see that my hooves and ankles were turned to stone.

I struggled to break free, but to no avail. My flesh and coat on my legs became stone. Then soon did my torso. I could feel the petrified areas turn cold and lifeless. After a few seconds my entire body was replaced with stone and I don’t know what happened after that until I awoken in a moist cave.

chapter 13

I lied against a stalagmite; water droplets hit the tip and splashing on my mane. “Ugh… where am I?” I thought grabbing my head. I looked around to see that the structure around me contained four nests each with a deferent amount of large eggs. “Too bad I don’t have a stove and a frying pan” I chuckled feeling something lean against me shoulder. I tuned and my eyes widened by the sight of the figure.

It was a decomposed carcass of a female Pegasus. Sickness passed through my stomach, fear shivered down my spine, and the only thing that I could think of is “Whatever did this might be back soon. I have got to find a way out of here.” I walked away from the body and stepped in a large scaly substance that was lying on the stone floor. I slipped and bumped into a gigantic cold statue. I took a closer look and realized that the substance was the same height and length as the statue.

“Oh shit” I thought remembering the chicken headed creature. The stone figure was a large dragon with three to six heads. I soon heard the pitter patter of talons roaming across the cave towered the nests. I hid behind the statue and poked my head out to see there were three chicken head creatures caring a stone pig. They place the pig in-between the nests.

They started to peck at the chest of the pig breaking off pieces of rock. Soon they penetrated the stone and started bighting at the pink, porky, flesh as blood splattered on their beaks and feathered heads. “At least there distracted, but wait. There are three of them. Where is the fourth?” I thought sneaking around the dragon statue. I tripped over an object that screeched an ear bleeding cry as I kneed it in the face. Falling to the ground I looked back to see it was the fourth chicken lizard.

I turned over to my backside and saw the creature stand up with a fiery rage in its small red eyes. Its screech alerted the other three chicken lizards from their feast. They soon stepped toward me and I slowly clawed away. The faster the moved the sooner I got on my hooves and started running. I could hear them clucking; it gets louder and louder by the second.

As one of them jumped on my back it scratched and pealed the skin off causing blood to drip to the ground. I slipped on the crimson substance and twisted my front right leg spraining my ankle. “SHIT!” I yelled tumbling to the ground grasping the area to relieve some pain. Before the chicken lizard could jump off my spine I squished it against the stone pushing its talons deeper into my flesh.

“AHHHH!” I screamed hearing the chicken like neck break on impact. Feeling all the pain run through my mind only one idea was there. “If these creatures work like medusa then I could use that ageist them” I thought searching for my dagger. But sadly it wasn't on me. Out the corner of my right eye I saw a small sparkle shine off a chunk of some sort of metal.

There it was lying by the stalagmite I woke from. I got up to three of my still good hooves, grabbed the chicken lizard, and limped over to the dagger. Limping over to it wasn't a problem trying not to get attacked by the last three creatures was the hard part. I grabbed the miniature blade with my left hoof and chopped off the head of the chicken lizard. Blood sprayed over the dagger and my face with each chop.

Having the two parts separated, I grabbed the head and pointed it at the nearest threat. My idea was a success as one of the creatures came in contact with the heads lifeless eyes and began turning to stone. Grinning from the expected effect I pointed my new weapon at the last two and watched at their godforsaken souls turn into nothing, but a substance for stone soup. Remembering the objects I awoken to earlier I limped back to the nests and reached for an egg. As I held the large oval shape shell my stomach started talking to me “unless you want to eat lizard I suggest you find a fire pit.”

I grabbed another egg and headed out through a bright white light that surrounded the exit. I took a deep breath smelling the fresh air while hearing birds sing. My stomach rumbled once more reminding me of my primary objective. I looked around seeing rocks, sticks, pine straws, and leaves. I placed the eggs next to a tree and started picking up rocks.

I drew a circle in the dirt and placed each rock on the cylinder line. I picked up fifteen sticks and twigs and piled them into a tepee shape tying the tip with a little bit of pine straw to keep it from falling over. I stuffed the remaining pile of pine straws in the tepee. I took a hoof full of leaves, crushed them, and sprinkled the remains over the wood. I picked up two stones, held them next to the pine straw, and slammed the two together causing a small spark to jump on the crushed leaves.

The spark soon turned to a cloud of smoke. As the smoke got darker the fire grew bigger and engorged the material turning it to charcoal. I took the two eggs and laid them next to the fire; should be ready in the next thirty minutes. To pass the time I got up and went for a walk. Five minutes passed and I heard the sound of running water.

“Oh thank god. Now I can get this crap off me” I thought walking towards the sound. I approached what appeared to be a river. Anxiously wanting to get the scent of iron off my person I stepped in the cool liquid. I sat down and scrubbed my back legs with the water; my ankle was still sprained so it hurt when I twisted it. With each scrub the water became darker, but at least my coat was returning to its natural colors.

chapter 14

Having the entire bottom half of me stain free I leaned back into the water and scrubbed my sides, chest, and back. Having that finished I took a deep breath and dunked my head into the liquid; having less trouble to remove the red substance. Feeling refreshed I stepped out of the river and wiggled my body dry; somewhat how a dog does it. I made it back to my breakfast. Hearing the shells start to crack I pulled them away from the fire and broke them in two.

Both half shells contained a yellow yolk flouting on a clear substance. “Well, here goes nothing” I said plugging my nostrils. I lifted the shell to my mouth and downed the warm and slimy “treat”. The taste was horrible; like someone took rotten milk, spinach, and burnt popcorn blended them together and injected it into an egg. Not feeling hungry anymore I tossed the second egg shell back in the cave.

Ready to continue my quest I put out the fire and headed out not completely sure of were to go. Two and a half hours of aimlessly wandering passed and I stopped in front a wooden rickety bridge. Under the bridge was a cavern. To my estimation it was thirty miles down. At the bottom I could see a lake of molten magma flowing east of the cavern.

“Shit. Is this really the only w-” I was cut off by the bridge collapse as I stepped my right hoof on it. “Unsecond thought. I’ll just fly over.” I took ten steps backwards, arched my back, expanded my wings, and ran. As I approached the edge I jumped. Losing the momentum, I fell down the cavern feeling the heat touch my nerves. A quarter of the way down I commanded my body to point straight down.

The position given caused the wind to blow through my coat and most importantly my wings. Just before hitting the side of the cavern I motioned my wings upward. Barely grazing the side I flapped my limbs and aimed straight up to the dark blue sky. Exiting the “death pit” I moved to the other side and continued on to my journey. “Man, I hope I don’t have to do that again” I thought looking back to the demolished landmark.

Walking for thirty yards I became board. So to keep me entertained I started thinking of my full situation. “First: I was late for school because somehow my car started leaking oil. Second: I found a strange castle ruin in the middle of the forest. Third: I was trapped inside the ruin until I found a door leading to a world populated by talking ponies. Fourth: I had to find a job and raise money for fluttershy’s wing surgery after finding out that she was pregnant for over the normal amount. Fifth: I got drunk at a ‘pinkie party’ and woke up outside on a bush. Sixth: Princess Luna dragged me to an open field and shot at me with her wight beam. Now I’m in a Pegasus body, princess celestia ‘recruited’ me to serve in this war, I fought a manticore, killed it, saved a whole town of slaves from some changelings, woke up in a cave, killed a chicken lizard, turned the rest too stone, cleaned up, stepped on the bridge and fell down a cavern full of lava, barley made it out, And now I’m here. Talking to myself like a mad man” I said to myself not paying attention to anything, but my thoughts. After a wile of walking and thinking a faint sound of yelling could be heard followed by the scent of sweat. I got closer to the noise until I could see a giant wall surrounding the base a tower; the wall was guarded by at least ten changelings on each side as two hundred others guarded the insides.

On all four corners of the wall anti-areal guns; each connected to a line of barbed wire siting on the top part of the wall. “I guess flying in is out of the question” I thought ducking down trying to stay out of sight of the changeling passing by. As she passed I got back up and looked around some more to see that the wall was not entirely finished. There were several cracks in the structure but only two that could get me in. one was close to the top and the second was behind some bushes.

Since I didn’t want my organs penetrated by the changeling’s swords and spears because they would detect me if I took the one out in the open I took the one behind the partly dead bushes. I squeezed through the hole only to get my back left leg stuck in between three rocks. “God damn it!” I whispered realizing the danger of my predicament. I sat down and grabbed my leg. I struggled to break free, but to no avail.

I hoped that it didn’t have to come to it, but there was no other way without alerting the entire fortress. I motioned my body to a standing position. Taking a deep breath I closed my eyes. “Ok on three. One… two… three!” I thought forcing the trapped limb out. The damn thing was stuck in there good; it took about six pulls to get it out four to stretch the muscle, break some of the skin, and twist the bone.

I place a hoof over my mouth as the other one held the limb. I couldn't hold it any more. I screamed into my hoof causing the sound of pain to be muffled. A gourd looked in my direction and shrugged with a “eh.” Luckily there were bushes to cover me and my entrance.

After losing some of the pain in my leg I crouched down causing a small amount of the pain to come back. Ignoring it I looked around and saw the only way in the tower was through the front door. Unfortunately in between me and the metal door were about thirty yards of armed guards, eight mounted machine guns, and three tanks. “Jesus Christ!” I thought “No wonder the princesses wanted my help. These guys have more fire power then japan has natural resources.” I began pacing back and forth thinking of a way to approach this.

An idea hit me like a ton of bricks. I clutched the handle of my dagger and walked up behind a guard that was in full body armor except one area; her through. Grabbing her I covered her mouth. She kicked and screamed into my hoof as I dragged her back to the bushes. Behind the bushes I jabbed the dagger into her neck.

Blood squirted out of several vanes as I proceeded to motion the blade to the other side. The sticky crimson substance ran down her chest plate and continued to drip on the dirt. I slipped her deceased body out of the strange, blood stained, armor and placed it onto my person. “Oh, man. Is that the smell of apple cinnamon pie” I said to myself sniffing the helmet as I put it on my head. She might not be an ally, but she knew how to pick out some damn good perfume.

chapter 16

All I could see was white. Soon the color faded away and was replaced with a hospital room. A stimulant of pain shot through my left shoulder. I cupped it with my right hand… wait… HAND?! I pulled the covers off of my body and revealed the old flesh.

My eyes shot open as I sat up. I reached down to feel my right leg to determine if this is real or just a sick joke. I tried to do the same with my left hand, but remembered what had happened. A nocking came from the door on the far left side of the room. “Come in!” I said loud enough so that whoever it was could hear.

The door opened as I stood out of bed. A smile stretched across my face as I saw a group of ponies walk in. before I could do anything I was talked to the ground by fluttershy who was now crying into my chest. “It’s good to see you too” I said raping my arm around her. I looked towered the others and caught rainbow dash gawking at my missing arm.

“Hey, didn’t your mother ever tell you it isn't nice to stair” I said with a light chuckle. “Sorry, but how did you lose it?” she asked fixing her eyesight to my face. I explained my “magnificent” adventure to the six and how I was cloud chaser. Rarity passed out, twilight for some reason took notes, fluttershy ran to the restroom to what I assume puke, applejack had a look of discussed, rainbow dash just sat there not wanting the story to end, and pinky pie finished off a bag of popcorn that she pulled out of nowhere. I left the five to check on fluttershy.

“Are you alright?” I asked as she walked out the door cleaning her lips. She nodded and by the looks of it her stomach size had been reduced. “Yeah, I’m to it since the pregnancy symptoms are over” she said sitting next to me. “So, does that mean you went through labor?” I asked. “Yup. He’s at home sleeping in his crib” she said staring off into space.

“What’s his name?” She replied with “I haven’t decided yet.” We got up and regrouped with the others. “What do you plan on doing now, darling?” rarity asked. “First: find some clothes.” I said noticing that I was dressed in a hospital robe.

We walked out the room, into the hallway, and to the front desk. I grabbed a pen and written my name in the checkout column. “Thank you” was what I hear from the nurse as I walked out the door with the six. “Where is the nearest clothing shop?” I asked making sure nopony sees my exposed buttocks. “Just follow me, dearie” rarity said.

I followed her to a large building with the roof of a parasail. “Welcome to my home ‘the carousal boutique where every dress is magnificent’” she said proudly like she had been doing this her whole life. “Wait. I don’t want a ‘dress’ I wand shoes, pants, and a shirt. You now nothing fancy” I said entering the building behind her. “I’m sorry, but I have never made anything like that before. I’ll do my best” she said walking up the stairs and into the first door on the right. Wanting to pass the time I sat on a nearby chair and started humming a song I hold dear to my heart as I stared at the mannequins that filled the room.

It was get low by lil Jon. I was half way done when I heard a squeak come from across the room. It was a familiar filly. One of applejack’s sister’s friends I believe. “Um… excuse me for asking, but what are you humming and what happen to you?” she asked with interest.

“Sorry you’re too young to know” I said patting her on the head. With a loud grunt she said “I hate it when ponies say that! My sister, rarity, says it to me all the time!” “She probably should. Where I come from some of these songs can really mess your life up. If you want I could tell you sometime later” I said hearing a door open. I stood from my chair and saw rarity walk down the steps and using her magic she carried a set of blue jeans, white tea shirt, and a pair of black sneakers. “Thank you. Now do you have a restroom that I can change in?” I asked holding the clothes in one arm and the shoes in my hand.

She pointed up the stairs saying “third door on the left.” I entered the bathroom and was shocked at how clean everything was. The tiled floors were spotless; no cracks, mold, nothing; same with the shower. clean as a whistle. I sat the clothes on the sink as I took off the robe.

I threw it into the hamper thinking that rarity could do something with it. I picked up the shirt and struggled to put it on. Successfully doing so, I continued with the jeans. Having less trouble I finished off with the sneakers. I looked into the mirror and said to myself “great, now I look a jersey shore douche.”

Feeling relieved to finally have clothes on I left the bathroom and asked rarity if there was anything I could do to repay her. “No need. It is on the house for a friend” she said opening the door for me. I planned out my next destination and that was to see flutter shy and the baby. On my walk there were some ponies who were somewhat discussed by my new handicap. I knocked on the wooden door and it opened with fluttershy behind it.

“Hello troy. What are you doing here?” she asked sitting down in a chair next to kitchen. “I just wanted to see how you and the baby were doing” I said sitting on the couch. “Oh, we’re fine thank you. Would you like to meet him?” she gestured up the stairs. “Sure” I said getting off the couch and followed her up the steps. She slowly opened the second door on the right.

There he was; A beautiful blue coated, green mane, unicorn. “Wait, how is he a unicorn? I mean you’re a Pegasus and the ponies that… violated you weren't either” I asked puzzled by the illogicalness. My father, the colt who wore the dog tags you are wearing, was a unicorn. He studied medicine. A lot.” She said not taking her eyes off of him. Before I could say anything she said “he reminds me of you.” “Yeah I can see the resemblance” I replied.

“Hey, fluttershy” I said grasping her attention. “Yes?” I she said. “Back at the hospital, I woke up to find myself back to normal. How did that happen?” I asked. “Princess Celestia told us that she enchanted the box to bring you back here and transform you back” she answered. “Well, that was nice of her” I thought then asked “do you still not know what to name him?”

chapter 17

“I decided royal charmer” she said moving her hoof along his mane as he sleeps. I nodded my head, smirked, and said “perfect.” We walked out of the baby’s room and back to the living room to talk about what’s been going on. She has been doing fine; some of the animals haven’t been cooperating, but she said that she could handle it. “It was nice catching up with you, but I have some business to attend to” I said opening the front door.

She waved good bye as I closed the door. I walked into town square and started looking for an old friend. “Hay crackpot where are ya!” I yelled cupping my hand around my mouth. Nopony answered. I tried again. “What!” he yelled stumbling drunk out of a dark ally.

He fell to the ground. I ran to him and helped lift him up. “Thanks, man” he said catching whatever balance he had left. “No problem, but I need your help with something” I said stuffing my hand into my front pocket. “What is it?” he asked leaning against a wall.

“Have you ever heard of a gun?” I questioned. “Oh, you’re looking for that rare shit. No I haven’t got it, but I know somepony that can help you” he stated making this more and more complicated. “Who?” I asked. “Come with me, my friend” he said in a Russian accent. I followed him to a small bar named “berry punches’ booze house.”

We walked down the back stairs to a door saying “basement.” We entered and there were ponies carrying barrels full a feather beer, booze, wine, or scotch. Without any warning crackpot yelled “hey boss man!” A faint voice came from around the corner that said “I’m over here, crackpot.” We approached the cause of the voice.

It was an earth pony eating what appeared to be hay fries and a sandwich. He dipped a fry into a packet of ketchup and shoved it into the gaping hole that was his mouth causing a drop of ketchup to fall onto his tan coat. “Now what is it that you want?” he asked taking a bite from his sandwich having crumbs to pile onto the greasy black come over called a mane. “My friend here was wondering if he could have a…” the rest of it crackpot whispered into the stallions left ear. He raised an eye brow and nodded his head.

“I believed that can be arranged” the earth pony said clapping his hooves “gorgy, get boxes AB and BD!” Gorgy the unicorn used his magic to lift two large boxes on to the table separating me and the earth pony. I opened the boxes to find a Thompson sub-machine gun, Caliber .45 (I prefer to call it the Tommy gun) and a pile of ammunition. “Thank you, sir. What do you want me to do for you?” I asked laying the band of the gun along my neck to keep me from holding it with one hand. “Not now, but a favor will be asked of you at a later date” he stated continuing his meal.

As I wrapped my hand around the door handle crackpot’s boss yelled “Wait I almost forgot!” he tossed three pouches too us. Crackpot looked into them and showed me that they were filled with gold bits. Appreciating the gifts I opened the door and walked up the stairs. “Now what?” crackpot asked as we crossed the wide, dirt, trail. “Now I want you to go to six ponies; rarity, applejack, fluttershy, pinky pie, and twilight sparkle and tell them to meet me at the canterlot castle” I said shoving the gold bits and ammunition into my pockets.

He agreed to do it by giving me a brofist. Well, I guess it should be considered a brohoof. Before he left I asked “what is the best way to canterlot?” He said to take the train south off ponyvile. I walked for an hour until I saw the train stop in front of the station.

I walked up to the ticket keeper and asked for one ticket. She pushed a button and a golden ticket popped out of a dispenser in front of me. Taking it I walked to the back side door and handed the pony conductor the ticket. I took a seat I the back right chair. I watched as the ponies’ stair at me and try to keep their distance from the one armed freak.

The train started up with white smoke coming from the engine. An hour and thirty minutes passed and I watched as the green grass turned to a white sheet of frozen crystals. The train passed through a giant purple bubble as it entered the city. The train came to a stop and I stepped off. I looked around and saw no pony in the streets.

I walked around the city, still seeing no pony, until I reached the castle. There I saw guards surrounding the castle edges. I came to a halt as the guards pointed their spears in my direction. As a guard, in more colorful armor, yelled “STOP!” the guards lowered their weapons. The colorful guard walked down the steps in front of me and took off his helmet revealing that it was that bastard shining armor.

Holding his hoof out he asked “how have you been doing?” I grabbed his hoof, shook it, and said “ I've been better” gesturing to my dismemberment. “Yeah, twily told us what happened and the princesses were wondering how you were.” He said motioning his head telling me to follow him. “I bet they were” I mumbled following him to a giant door. He took me to the throne room and there the princesses sat on their chairs.

“Hello, troy, it is nice to see you again” celestia said placing her cup of tea down. “Don’t bullshit me princess. I know what your plan was when you sent me out to the changelings!” I yelled with fire in my voice and rage in my eyes. “What do you mean?” she asked standing from her seat. “You know. Why else would you transform me into a pony, were I had the slightest idea how to operate it. And I could have been killed before I would have a chance to get in a thousand miles of the fortress” I stated. “TIS A LIE!” Luna shouted “OUR SISTER WOULD NEVER ONPURPESLY HARM SOMEPONY!”

“Well, whatever she had in mind it cost me my arm. And now I want revenge” I said staring into the eyes of the white bitch. “You expect to cut off my leg?” celestia asked. “No. I expect to get help from you” I said hearing the door open. I turned to see a pink alicorn with a purple, violate, and gold striped mane. “Hello honey” she said kissing shining on the cheek and was for some reason shocked to see me.

chapter 18

“Hello. Who are you?” she asked extending her right forearm. “Sorry, but I am not in the mood to answer that question. Although I am interested to know who you are” I said shaking her hoof. “I am princess mi amore cadenza” she said walking over to the princesses “if you two, gentlecolts, would excuse us we will make preparations.” I looked at shining and chuckled. “What?” he asked.

“Is she your marefriend, wife, or what?” I asked siting down in a chair next to me. “Try fiancée” he said with a sly smirk. “Damn. When’s the wedding?” I asked looking down the sights of my gun. “What’s today? Monday… Ugh… it’s Wednesday” he said sitting next to me. “Well, you know what happens now right?” I asked leaning in on him.

“What?” he asked a little worried. “It is time for your bachelor party” I said jumping out of my seat. He raised an eyebrow totally confused by the concept. *Sigh* “come with me” I said opening the door I previously entered. We walked out of the castle grounds and started looking around.

“Where are you taking me?” he wined. I pointed up to a sign that said “XXX LIVE MARES XXX.” “I knew a town like this would have one” I laughed. He looked down and shook his saying “I love you, man.” We entered and all around were some mares in bikinis and some with nothing.

Mares dance in front of stallions. Mares spin and slide on poles. And they pass out food and drinks with the tightest bit of clothing on. Of course being human and all it felt weird looking at them in sexy clothes, but hey it wasn’t my party. We sat down at one of the dance poles and the lights dimmed.

A female voice spoke from the speakers saying “guys we have me and the girls have a special treat for you…” I stood from my seat and headed to the bar. “… You love her, she is the best around. Butter-pink!” at this point I was sitting at the

counter and ordered a jack denial. The mare slid the mug down to me and I caught it. I raised it up to my lips, tuned around the drink still pouring on my Tung. I could hear multiple colts scream and shout as my guess was that butter-pink started to do her job.

I lowered the mug to see the mother of a newborn colt shaking her flank in shining armors face as others tossed their money at her. After spiting the alcohol out of my mouth I yelled “FLUTTERSHY!?” She stopped and shot her eyesight towered me. Her eyes widened and she leaped pack up to the pole stand and ran back behind the curtains. I leaped up from my seat and ran up the stairs.

I was stopped by the bouncer before I could reach the curtains “where do you think you’re going?” I pointed the barrel of the gun at him and threatened “move it or I’ll fire this off on your sternum!” With a nervous smile he backed away and I passed behind the stage. I entered a room that occupied mares applying makeup and slipping into, what I thought of, slutty dresses. They all stared at me for several seconds before running out of the room screaming.

The room was quiet until a silent cry’s came from the very back. It became louder as I walked towered it. I turned the corner to see fluttershy on a couch wiping the running mascara off her damp face. I sat next to her only to have her move scoot away. *Sigh* “what are you doing here?” I asked resting my weapon next to me.

“I- it- it’s my pa-*sniff* part time j- job” she said facing me. “How long have you been doing this?” I asked resting my arm behind her. “Two days after my baby’s birth” she answered blowing her nose into a tissue. “Why?” I asked as she threw the tissue into the trash can next to us. “The hours are good, I get paid very well, and it was the only place that was hiring” she stated resting her head on my chest.

We were interrupted by a light purple stallion. “WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!” he screamed in my face. Wiping his spit of my cheek I stood up, grabbed him by his coat, and said “fluttershy will not be preforming any more shows.” I let him lose and he said “oh yeah, says who?” I grabbed my gun and shoved it in his mouth “me and Tommy.”

The look on his face said that he didn’t want to piss me off any further. “Err fay, err fay!” he screamed. “What?” I asked removing the barrel from his mouth. “Ok, ok! *huff* She can leave” he said falling backwards. “C’mon” I said to fluttershy wrapping the gun around me.

On the way out I grabbed shining and pushed him out the door. “Hey, what gives?” he asked. “Go back to the castle. I need to have a talk with butter-pink” I said shoeing him off. He did so and I faced fluttershy and said “why didn’t you tell me you needed money?” “I didn’t want to be a burden” she said looking at the ground.

“Fluttershy, to me, you would never be a burden. Here take these” I said hugging her and placing two, of the three, pouches of gold bits in her hoof. “R-really?” she said staring at them. I nodded my head. She began to tear up again before hugging and what she did next made my eyes pop out of their sockets. We were eye level and she leaned in on me.

I tried to stop her before it was too late, but my heart wouldn’t let me. I followed her movements and my lips made contact with hers. My heart pumped like a bat out of hell until she broke the connection. For several seconds we stared into each other’s eyes. My mind was telling me that what I did was wrong, but my heart told me that it wanted more.

chapter 19

“Ugh… we should probably get back to the castle I think the others are waiting for us” I said feeling a shade of red cover my cheeks. With a smile she giggled and fallowed me. We reached the castle door and I was stopped by fluttershy saying “if it is alright with you, could we not tell anypony about my previous… occupation?” “Don’t worry your secrete is safe with me, sweat pea” I said giving her a wink. As we entered the throne room I heard chattering coming from the next room.

I opened the door and saw everypony besides pinky pie. Before I could say hello twilight, who was bouncing up and down in a circle, stopped, bind over, and shook her flank “… and give it a little shake.” “Yeah… right. Honey can I see you for a moment in the next room?” princess mi amore cadenza said pulling him out the door I just entered. “What was that all about?” I asked walking up to the four. Twilight looked shocked.

I waved my hand in her face and came up with no response. “Is she alright?” I asked hitching my thumb at her. “She doesn't remember me” twilight said quietly in a depressed tone. “Don’t be sad, twilight. She probably has a lot of food on her plate” applejack said placing her hand on twilight’s shoulder. “It was like she thought I didn’t exist” twilight said “just leave me alone.”

“So what did you call us here for?” rainbow asked in an impatient manner. “At first I wanted to make preparations for a full scale attack on the changelings, but now that will have to wait because we need to make this wedding one that nopony will ever forget” I said. “Too bad pinky pie isn't here. She would turn this place upside down” applejack said sitting down on her haunches. Out of nowhere a high pitched “Did somepony say my name!” came from behind fluttershy and me. A loud “eek!” came from fluttershy as she jumped into my arm.

I smirked seeing her cheeks turn a rosy red as I let her down. “Pinky where the hell did you come from?” I asked turning to her. “And if you’re here then where is my baby? I left him in your care” fluttershy said. “Don’t worry, fluttershy, I left him with Mr. and Mrs. Cake” pinky said. “Well, since you’re here I guess we should get the wedding organized…” I said noticing that the sun was setting “…in the morning.”

Celestia walked in and said that the trains to ponyvile are closed for the evening and that we are welcome to stay for the night. She showed us to our rooms. Pinky and rainbow dash stayed in one room, applejack and rarity in another, twilight and fluttershy, and me, myself and I. I stepped into the bathroom and turned the shower nozzle to hot. I got undressed and sat my clothes on the counter top.

I pulled the curtain out of my way, stepped in the shower, and released it back to its previous location. Feeling the water burn my skin I grabbed the bar of soap and scrubbed my chest, stomach, back, buttocks, and… um… private area. I stood under the water to clear the white cleaning product off of my body. I then squeezed a bottle of shampoo onto my moist head and scratched until my hair was covered with white. I then rinsed my hair until it tuned back to all brown.

I turned the nozzle back to off and used the towels that were hanging from the hack to dry off. I was clean as a whistle as I slipped back into my underwear. I opened the bathroom door and was surprised to see fluttershy sitting at the end of my bed. “What are you doing here?” I asked closing the door. “Twilight’s snoring kept waking me up. So I thought I could sleep here with you. Is that alright?” she said.

“Sure” I said walking to her. “Can we talk first?” she asked still sitting on the bed. I nodded. “For all the times we spent together you risked your well being for my own. I want to know why?” she asked looking into my eyes. “I guess you could say I hate to see the ponies I love get hurt” I said holding her hoof in my hand.

“You… love me?” she asked surprised by my statement. “More than life itself” I said leaning towered her. Our eyes closed as our lips touched. I opened my mouth to let her tong in. both our muscles met and swirled around each other as our saliva mixed and switched bodies.

I gently pulled us down on the bed. A look of discomfort took over her face. “Please stop. I’m not ready. Could we just cuddle?” she asked as I hovered above her. “Whatever you want” I said lying on my side next to her. She rolled over facing me and rapped herself around my body as I did the same.

She laid her head on my forearm and we drifted off to a deep peaceful sleep. Morning came and I awoke to see fluttershy still sleeping. I kissed her cheek and got up from the bed. I walked into the bathroom and saw a brand new tooth brush and tooth paste tube. I turned the cold handle, squeezed out a little bit of tooth paste on the brush and held it under the running water.

I stuck the brush into my mouth and scrubbed for five minutes. I spat the now liquefied paste into the sink. I exited the bathroom to see that fluttershy was waking from her slumber. “Good morning, sleeping beauty” I teased putting on my pants. “Good morning, handsome” she said getting out of bed.

As I slipped into my shirt my stomach started growling. “Do you want to go get breakfast? My treat” I said walking to her. She clutched her belly and said “where to?” “Let’s see what the kitchen has to offer” I suggested putting my feet into a pair of socks. I shoved my feet into my shoes and held the door for her.

“Thank you” she said brushing her tail across my face. “You’re welcome” I said flicking her flank. “Oh, you’re a bad boy. Mama will have to punish you later” she said hitting my bottom. We laugh and entered the stairwell. After several short minutes of walking down a hallway we entered a door that said “staff only!”

“This might be it” I thought pushing the door. Every table in the area had either dirty dishes filled to the brim with left over chunks of food or an entire meal ready to be served. “Wow” I said looking around trying to find the breakfast section. “Over here” fluttershy yelled pointing at a table that carried biscuits, hash browns, toast, caviar, and eggs. I grabbed a plate and placed four slices of toast, scrambled eggs, and two scoops of hash browns.

Fluttershy had the same but a little less. I took two forks from a container and handed one to her. We exited the room and entered the dining room were we found the girls, the princesses, and shining armor and his wife to be. Fluttershy and I sat across from the girls as twilight asked “fluttershy, where were you earlier? I thought you were supposed to bunk with me?” “Sorry, twilight, I couldn’t sleep so I thought me and troy could… talk… for a while” fluttershy said taking a bite of her toast.

I turned my head to see rainbow dash with an erotic grin plastered on her face. Still looking at her I shook my head to symbolize that nothing major happened. She went back to eating her hash browns. Me and everypony, in the room, finished eating and exited to the parlor. The princesses and shining armor left the area to discuss other matters, as we talked about who should do what.

“I’ll make the food” applejack said. “I will design the clothing” rarity said in her oh so charming voice. “I’ll do a sonic rainboom when they kiss” rainbow said flying upwards to the roof. “Shining said he wanted me to be his bestmare” twilight spoke. “Me and troy will acquire the music” fluttershy said happy to spend more time together. “DECARATIONS!” pinky shouted.

chapter 20

I followed fluttershy to the garden as the others went to the stations. “So what do you have in mind for the music?” I asked seeing all the trees, plants, and animals that inhabited the garden. “I was thinking a sad song” she said sitting next to me. “I think I have one” I said cupping my hand over her ear and whispered the name of a song to her. “I never heard a song like that” she said facing towered me.

I stood in front of her, took a deep breath and sang. I stopped and looked at her to see tears coming from her eyes stopping and the brim of her chin. “Wow. That is a sad song” she said with a giggle. I sat next to her and said “we have the lyrics now we just need the music.” “I now somepony who can help us with that,” she said “I’ll go call her.”

She entered the castle and picked up a phone that was by the door. I stared at the light blue sky as a pink blur started to bounce on me. It was pinky and she looked extremely scared. “What is it?” I asked attempting to calm her down. “It’s twilight she’s gone!” she said.

“Wait what do you mean gone?” I asked hoping she was wrong. “We were rehearsing how the wedding was going to happen. All of a sudden twilight ran through the door yelling something about how cadence, signing armor’s wife to be, was an impostor and should be thrown into the dungeon. We all thought that she was stressed so we ignored her until she made cadence cry” pinky said getting off of me. “I’ll go have a talk with cadence then, in the mean time you and the girls start a search party and look for twilight” I commanded standing up from the ground. Pinky saluted me and ran to fluttershy. I walked to the stairs that led to princesses’ quarters.

I stopped in front of cadence’s door and heard her say something despicable. “Finally my plan is working. Since I got rid of twilight I now have only that troy pest to deal with” she said as I peeked through the key hole to see her standing in front of a mirror. Her reflection wasn’t the same as her. It was the same creature that put me in this situation in the first place. Anger filled my being as I slowly entered the room gently closing the door and locking it behind me.

I walked up behind her and grabbed the base her neck. Still holding on I slammed her into the wall saying “remember me bitch?” “Don’t worry this won’t take long” I said squeezing her through. Before I could completely choke her to death a great force slammed into my head causing me to black out. I woke up to find myself alone in an abandoned mine shaft leaning against the stone wall.

I rubbed my head and felt a damp spot. I pulled my hand back down and saw blood. “Shit” I thought surveying the area. I wondered around until I heard two voices coming from around the corner. I turned to see twilight walking with that impostor.

“Get away from her!” I yelled pushing twilight behind me. I was going to kill that bitch for showing her face around me until twilight stopped me by saying “No don’t, this isn't chrysalis, this is the real cadence.” “Ok. Well, where are we?” I asked lowering my guard. “I think it is the old mine shafts under canterlot” cadence said. “So, how do we get out?” I asked leaning on the stone wall.

“That part we haven’t figured out yet” twilight said. “We could try the mine carts” I suggested thinking that if they weren't severely damaged they might lead outside. “This might work. Hop in” cadence said following her orders. Twilight did the same as I pushed the cart down the tracks. I jumped in as we reached the edge of a steep hill.

The speed we were going made me feel like I was flying again. After several minutes we stopped outside the mine entrance and ran back to the castle. “You two go on ahead. I need to get something from my room!” I yelled running to the guest rooms. I busted threw the door, walked over and picked up Tommy. “Time to get to work” I said cocking the smg.

As I ran outside I looked up to see an army of bug like creatures smashing against the bubble force field that surrounded canterlot. Knowing I didn’t have a lot of time left I sprinted to the castle. I opened the castle door to see chrysalis standing over the unconscious body of celestia and the cocooned prisoners that were my friends, but somepony was missing. I looked over to see that the bitch was slowly creeping up on the pony I loved. I aimed my gun to the ground in front of the queen and fired scaring everypony in the room.

The sound of glass breaking filled the room as her changelings stormed the castle. With her open opportunity chrysalis ran at fluttershy and grabbed her placing her in a chock hold. “Let her go god damn it!” I yelled pointing the smg at her. She laughed and said “you honestly think you can win this. Don’t you realize that I have won, that I defeated your princess?” “I don’t care. As long as I am still alive you will never win!” I screamed aiming the gun at her leg.

I fired and she fell to the ground releasing fluttershy. I ran over to fluttershy and said “you have to free the girls. I’ll protect you” “b-b-but…” I stopped her by kissing her lips. She ran over to the girls and started peeling away the cocoons as I shot at and killed the oncoming changelings. The room was filled with dead changelings as she freed the girls from their imprisonment.

I walked over to the queen and aimed my gun at her. “You will pay for this!” she threatened. I scuffed my shoes on the blood stained floor and said “I've been paying bitch. Now shut the fuck up” I pulled the trigger and unloaded a whole clip into her leg dismembering it. The same treatment with the other limbs had been placed. She was just a torso by that time, until I shot off the neck disconnecting the head.

Finally she was dead. My vengeance had been accomplished. I spat into her lifeless eyes and walked over to the girls. “Are you guys alright?” I asked crouching down to eye level. “Yeah, thanks for saving us” applejack said. Many hours passed as the mess was cleaned and all the damaged were fixed.

The wedding was back on, as shining armor stood next to celesta. The door opened and apple bloom and her friends skipped down the red carpet spreading rose pedals down the aisle. Cadence soon followed as she strolled down in her wedding dress to stand next to shining. The two kissed to propose matrimony between the two. As a thank you gift from celestia for saving her kingdom and its subjects she cast a spell that materialized my left arm back.

chapter 15

Not being able to smell the perfume after the fifth sniff I walked out of the bushes seeing that nothing has changed. Praying that none of the changelings would see me I walked into the restroom. It was unexpectedly dirty; I thought an organized group would at least care about hygiene. Grabbing a dry rag off of an old, grimy, moldy rack I turned the “c” nozzle connected to a sink and placed the rag under the running faucet letting the cloth absorb the moisture. I squeezed the rag water dripped from it as I twisted it.

I held it to my new chest plate and scrubbed the blood away from the metal. Having succeeded I heard the door open and two changelings walked in. I casually walked into the stalls and heard one off them say “so, you don’t like making your bed huh” he seemed prety steamed. I peeked through the door and saw him give the other changeling a small toothbrush. “Now start scrubbing!” he yelled.

“And when you’re done take this letter to our leader” he tossed an envelope and left the room; the other changeling placed the brush on the grimy, piss stained, urinal. I stepped out of the stall and walked passed him. He grabbed my leg sleeve. Thinking the jig was up I heard him say “hey, pal; I need you to do me a favor. I’m stuck hear cleaning these nasty old pissers. Can you take this note to the top floor.” I accepted and took the letter from his hoof.

I walked out the door and left him cursing under his breath and to get back to work. I walked to the tower door. Opening the door I felt a cool breeze brush against my face. The interior was all cinder blocks, the lighting was torches hanging from handles that were bolted to the wall, the floor had black tiles covered by a long, red, carpet that stretched from the door to the end of the hall. I walked down the hallway, but I stopped half way their feeling a chill run down my spine. I became more frightened by the minute until I found a wooden door that read “stairs.”

“Well, at least I can skip the bullshit and get straight to the point of the matter” I thought dropping my hoof on the second step. I reached floor ten. “Wait this isn't right. Outside there were supposedly forty-three levels. Guess I’ll just look around for another staircase or an elevator” I thought entering the adjacent room. The room was empty besides the fact that there were two guards blocking an elevator door. I attempted to push the elevator button, but was interrupted by the guard saying “STOP! What is your reason for being here?!”

“I was instructed to give a note to our leader” I confirmed. A few seconds of him staring at my sole passed until he pushed the button and said “fine, go on up.” I walked in the metal box and pressed button forty-three. The doors closed and my curiosity grew stronger and stronger about what the letter says. I opened the note.

It read:

“Dear Queen Chrysalis,

It appears that our camp in the dark forest has been demolished by the slaves. The cause of this was from a pony that encouraged the slaves to do so. I have reason to believe that he is on route to the tower. I await your response to how you wish witch action should be taken.

-Justin Sutherland”

“They do know about me. Better make this quick then” I thought crumbling the paper up and tossing it in the corner. The door opened. I stepped through to see that the room was exactly the same back in canterlot; only if it was in an evil parallel universe. I looked around gazing at the artwork hanging from the wall. I was startled by a loud voice saying “What is it my child?”

I looked up to see a bug like alicorn. Her horn, wings, and legs were filled with holes. “My queen, I have a message for you” I said walking up to her. She asked what it was. I whispered in her ear “time to step down from the thrown.”

I reached for my dagger so I could stab her back. Unfortunately my weapon was absorbed in a green aura as I held it over her head. “I agree, but not to day” she said hovering the dagger in front of my nose. The blade glided down my neck. “Now this won’t hurt a little bit,” she said angling the dagger’s side to my left leg “it’ll hurt a lot.”

With an evil grin plastered on her face she used her magic to swipe the dagger into my arm cutting only a quarter of the way through. “AHHHHHH!” I screamed. She took another swing cutting to the middle followed by another slicing the whole limb off. I grasped my shoulder and attempted to stand. She picked up my dismembered limb and said “this would make a nice trophy don’t you think, troy?”

“How do you know my name?” I asked losing blood every second. She said nothing. A door behind her opened and showed a being that made my heart drop and my anger burst. “Y-you, but why?” I said struggling to back away. “I’m sorry troy. I was assigned to spy on the princesses, but the love you gave for ‘sky’ was too much for me to pass up” she said.

I couldn't take it anymore. My leg was hacked off, the pony I loved tuned out to be a heartless spy, and now I’m bleeding to death. I ran out of the room. I stopped and outside the hall and slid down the wall. My eyes started to water up.

I remembered what celestia said about a box. I pulled it out if my bag and stared at it. I quickly opened it. There was nothing at first. Fifteen seconds passed until a flash of white light filled the corridor.