Too young to die

~~~~ (Celestia POV)

I watched as the Justin began walking away, I felt a tug on my fur, I looked down into the eyes of my student, lowering my head I asked, "Yes, Twilight?" She seemed a bit worried, "Don't you think it's a bad idea for a yearling to be wandering around with dangerous weapons?" I giggled, did she not see it? "Twilight, I put a spell on Justin's weapons, it's a very complicated spell but I pulled it off. What it does is, he can fire the weapon at any inanimate object, but, he can't fire at other living things that don't want to cause harm to him." She made an 'o' with her muzzle, emitting another giggle from me...

~~~~ (Justin POV)

Me, being as young and naive as I am, I didn't notice when Celestia put a spell on my gun, not that I would fire at another pony anyways. As I walked through town towards Sugarcube corner, the ponies either, gave me a curious look before going back to what they were doing, or they, simply ignored me, like I was another thing in the background. Now you may be wondering, how do I know where Sugarcube corner is? Wwwweeeelllllll, if you look towards the center of town, it's the giant building with a cupcake on top, it is also the only gingerbread house in Ponyville.

I passed by an alleyway, which there were a lot of, but this one was different, it had an eerie feel to it. Me of course being street smart, knew never to go in alleyways. Baddies always in there, I continued onwards, but I just couldn't shake the feeling of being followed. I paused for a mere second, and took a quick look around, spotting nothing out of the ordinary I continued before someone would question why I suddenly stopped in the middle of the street. Who would want or be the most interested in a human? Lyra is one I know, but that can't be true, probably just an internet rumor.

I continued my journey towards Sugarcube, still unable to shake the feeling of being watched. As I neared the front door, I reached out to open it, only to go flying backwards by an angry looking pony in a suit. I groaned and got up, rubbing my head. The pony stomped off, jeez, who pissed in his cereal? Wait, oops, I meant her cereal. I watched as the mare tromped off, and shook my head. Ponies surely were the true definition of crazy, no matter what you say, you can't deny it. Especially after you've lived with them for a week or two I guess.

Finally going inside the place, I could see why ponies liked this place so much. Not only fast serving by Pinkie, but the wide variety of different sweets you could get. It basically was just a sign near the reception desk where Mrs. Cake was standing taking orders from several different ponies. After they cleared, I could tell she wasn't in her brightest mood, "Hey, Mrs. Cake, what's up?" I asked in a cheery mood, trying to cheer her up. She gave a fake smile, "Nothing much, Pinkie said you'd be over, guess you busted your wing?" I confirmed her suspicious with a nod, not wanting to go into detail that it was Princess Celestia who did it.

Mrs. Cake was about to tell me something else when Pinkie Pie sped out of the backroom, accompanied with flour, and landed on my chest, not only taking my breath away, but also causing my wing and arm much, MUCH pain. I grunted, "Pinkie, can't breathe!" She giggled nervously before getting off, I rubbed my sore wing and stood back up, "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! Followmetoyourroom! Yourgoingtoloveit!" She sped off up the stairs, I shook my head at the headache that sprung up and followed her.

I followed the trail of flour that her hooves left behind, the hallway was simple, just like in the episode where Pinkie foal-sitted Pumpkin and Pound. I walked all the way down the hall still following the hoof prints all the way into what I assumed was my room. I opened the door to be greeted by streamers, and balloons. Pinkie was laying on the purple bed that adorned the pink room. But she didn't stay there for long, she jumped and floated in mid-air before coming back down to Earth.

"Do you like it?" She asked, what took me by surprise was how she said it, she said it like any regular person would, and not her hyper-active self. "Yeah, I like it, just I would change the pink to a different color, however I like the bed color. This much pink makes my eyes hurt." I emphasized the point by rubbing my eyes, it really did hurt to look at. "Okie dokie lokie!" It seemed as if I was playing the Sims and I changed the wall color. It was literally that fast! Pinkie grabbed some purple wall something, and turned everything from pink to purple. I was liking this more and more!

Once the entire room was purple I finally got a good look at everything, from the doorway, I could see a window on the left wall, a closet next to the bed, with a nightstand, a drawer sat on the wall opposite of the bed, along with a package on the bed. As I walked over to the box with a ribbon on it, I noticed Pinkie wasn't in the room, I picked it up and read the paper attached to it...

Dear Justin

It's me Pinkie Pie! I got you this cool gift, as a welcome to Sugarcube corner! Also, Mr. Cake wants to speak to you once you get settled in!

Sincerely,

Pinkie Pie!

I didn't really have anything on my person, besides my MP3 and weapons, but these babies, I wasn't about to part with. I looked out the window to see a nice view of Ponyville square, in the center was a fountain depicting an Alicorn, possibly Celestia... eugh, Molestia much? I chuckled and walked downstairs, finding Mr. Cake in the backroom with Pinkie. What I saw wasn't what I was expecting, well, I don't really know what I was expecting, but it was still almost shocking. The entire room looked... exactly like the cartoon version!

Well, okay, maybe I was expecting that, but the size of the room is so much bigger than they depicted. Mr. Cake spotted me, "Ah! Justin, just in time. Heh, heh, get it? Just-in time?" Not like I hadn't heard this one before, "So, since we're kinda running low on money, we can't really pay you to work, is that okay?" Well, I was kinda expecting him to say that... "Sure, in fact, your pretty much are paying me to work." He looked confused, "You've given me a room, bed, and food, that's enough. Once this wings fixed up, I'll be living up on my cloud."

Joy seemed to cross his features like a wildfire, "Okay, than you'll help Pinkie with baking, and cleaning. I need to go do some bit re-counting." With that he left, leaving Pinkie and I in the kitchen. I opened my mouth to speak, only to get interrupted by Mrs. Cake, "Two zap-apple jam filled donuts!" I quickly got to work, grabbing the cooking manual, while Pinkie kept on speaking about something I probably should be listening to...

~~~~

By the time the shop was going to close, I was exhausted, sweaty, tired, and really needed a good night's rest. Somehow, Pinkie was unaffected, almost as if she did this every-... she did do this everyday, no wonder. Especially with all those parties, I'm amazed she isn't like, super buff or anything. I wearily climbed the stairs, it was then my stomach had to grumble, reminding me I had nothing to eat at all today. Okay, almost nothing. I walked back down the stairs, only to get a headache, I really needed some protein and Iron, otherwise something bad was gonna happen to me.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Pinkie holding a cupcake in her hand, "Hey, Justin! I got this really yummy cupcake for you! I heard you needed protein and vitamins and all that other stuff, that you can't get from plants! So, I made you a cupcake with all that in it!" She handed me  the cupcake, it had the regular pink swirl of icing at the top, with sprinkles in it, the bread, looked like banana bread. I began to eat the giant cupcake, it took me about 4 minutes to polish it off, usually it would take me 30 seconds to finish off a cupcake, but this one was that large.

I turned to thank Pinkie, only to find her gone, I shrugged and walked up the stairs again, feeling much better after the cupcake. I turned the knob on my door, and was greeted by the same room. This was really weird, where was Pinkie? Oh my god, not that game! I shook my head, and spotted the gift in it's same spot, I never bothered to open it earlier. I untied the ribbon, causing the wrapping paper to fall off on the four sides. What is revealed was a simple white box, I opened the top to be greeted by a-dozen cupcakes, I picked up the note inside the box...

Dear, Justin

It's me Pinkie again! I made these cupcakes for you! They contain, the stuff you can't get from fruits and plants and such, hope you like vanilla!

Sincerely,

Pinkie Pie

I took a bite of one, quite good I do say so myself, closing the box I put it on my nightstand, and turned off the electrical powered light. Sleep soon found me...

~~~~

I awoke to a bright sunny day. Apparently it was Hearts and Hooves day, because, I was greeted by Pinkie, who just happened to be jumping on my chest, trying to get me to wake up. I shot up, of course scared out of my wits at the rude awakening. When I could finally think straight I saw a hysterical Pinkie Pie, was that so funny? I'll never know, I grumbled and got up out of bed, realizing I slept in my clothes. Ew. "Pinkie, you don't happen to have the clothes Rarity sent?" She nodded, and pulled a box out of no-where.

Looking inside I could see an array of clothing, I don't remember giving her measurements, she must've just gone out on a whim with these. Hope to god they fi-... wait I couldn't just change with Pinkie in the room! "Pinkie, do you have a shower?" I quickly picked out a long sleeve t-shirt, and a pair of blue jeans which looked like mine. She even made boxers! Grabbing a pair I followed her out into the hallway, "It's right over there!" She pointed with her hoof, walking over I could see the word bathroom on it.

Walking in, I could see it was a spacious bathroom, only problem is, well, I'm a bit taller than ponies, this tub is wider than it is tall. So that means a bit of crouching will be needed. I undressed and left my clothes on the counter, where the sink was, I stood outside of the tub, and turned the warm nozzle. The water didn't feel hard at all, like regular shower water, it felt like, well, rain or something. I instantly welcomed the change.

I sunk down into the tub, letting the water cascade over me for a few minutes, before applying shampoo, and scrubbing vigorously, trying to get the stink of sweat, dirt, filth, blood and piss from my skin and hair. After my vigorous cleaning I laid in the tub for awhile, smiling as the warm water loosened my muscles. My eyes closed as if they had a will of their own, which I payed no mind to. After a few minutes of laying there, I felt regret well inside myself, it was time to get out of the shower. As good as it is, other peo- ponies have gotta use it to.

After drying myself and putting on my clothes, I walked downstairs, I met Mrs. Cake on the way down. "Justin, today you and Pinkie have the day off, as it is Hearts and Hooves day." She winked at me, and I felt a blush growing. What did Pinkie say to her? Goddamnit! I don't want to have a relationship with a pony! I'm only 13! I'm not ready for this kind of stuff! Maybe I could defuse the metaphorical bomb, by talking to Pinkie? I don't know, but what I do know, is I'm too young to be worrying about that kind of stuff!

I found Pinkie downstairs eating a cupcake alone, I sat down next to her, "Pinkie, did you tell Mrs. Cake anything about us having a relationship?" She blushed and looked away, "I don't know..." I groaned and slammed my face against the table. This was not gonna turn out well, "Pinkie do you 'like' me?" Her blush deepened, and I could almost feel the heat radiating off of her, well this was awkward, I'm not to keen on dating a different species, but Pinkie is on my list of favorite ponies, so could it be possible? "Pinkie, if you want to spend the day toget-..." The rest was cut off by her tackling me, and saying thank you over and over again, when she finally got off she pecked my cheek with a kiss, which made me turn crimson.

I rubbed the back of my head, as Pinkie began to turn from pink to red. Well this was sudden, and whatever I did in this world, I would never, and I pinkie promise (cross my heart and I hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye) never, make her go into Pinkamena Diana Pie. That was not the Pinkie I wanted to know. We walked out of Sugarcube together, our blushes beginning to dissipate. "So, where do you want to go?" I asked, as I saw the courtyard I saw pink streamers and hearts everywhere, along with couples walking around with each other.

She jumped up into the air and shouted, "Oooh! I know! How about Fresh Eats with the mushroom tables?" I nodded, I remembered it from the episode Ticket Master. We walked towards the restaurant, well, more like I followed Pinkie, cause I didn't know my way around yet. The building soon came into view, as we walked towards a table, a waiter came to greet us, "Hello, ma'am and sir." He led us to a table, and handed us menus from under his wing. After sifting through it for a bit, I settled on a simple, banana cream shake, and an apple sandwich.

When he delivered the food, I took the apples out of the bread, and set it aside, intent on just eating the apple slices. These apples really did taste sweeter than Earth's apples, and some of them were a deep sour. You know, I'm pretty sure I've got diabetes type one ATLEAST. After our meal, I asked Pinkie, "We have a long day ahead of us, any idea on what we should do for the rest of the day?" This caused a grin to break across her face, along with a look of evil, pure evil. She had something either amazing, funny, or terrible in store for me later on...