Living the Good Life: Chapter 3

>You’ve spent the better part of an hour picking up the streamers and confetti from Discord’s little intro for Twilight.
>She helped clean up as well, but due to her nature she stopped a few minutes in, leaving you to finish. You grumble as you watch her sit in a chair next to one of her shelves, she’s done nothing but watch you clean and it’s getting irritating.
>As you threw away the last bits of confetti you walk up to her, giving her a fake smile, “Cleaning’s done, thanks for the help,” you hope she picks up on the sarcasm you’re portraying.
>She doesn’t. “Oh, I didn’t do much that was all you Anonymous…I just wish I wasn’t so…me,” she says looking away from you.
>Why does she make you so angry, this helplessness she’s showing is really pissing you off. “But I did think of a few things to do while you were cleaning, I hope you don’t mind,” she says while she gives you a hopeful grin.
>Well why not, at least it’ll be something productive to do with your time…you hope, “What did you have in mind?” you ask as you take a seat in the floor in front of Twilight.
>”Well…Discord didn’t tell me a single thing about you…so I figured I’d ask you a couple of questions,” says Twilight as she gets out of her chair.
>You watch as she trots over to a desk with ink and parchment ready to be used, well damn looks like you’re doing a good job distracting her from being a depressed, annoying p0ny.
>If this keeps her from being down on herself then you’ll happily tell her anything she wants to know. To an extent of course, no need to overload a new ‘friend’ with information.
>”Alright, what do you want to know about first Twilight,” you ask as you take a seat in a chair in front of Twilight’s desk. Oh man this thing is much too small; you hear it creak under your weight.
>Last thing you want to do is break a chair, she’d probably go off on a tangent about how she was unable to properly provide comfort for her guest or something.
>Suddenly the sun zooms across the sky and down the horizon. The moon is now in the sky, the library is encased in darkness aside from whatever light the moon provides.
>Twilight sighs, “That’s really annoying,” you nod, “Indeed, that’s going to make me sick,” that’s when you get an idea. It’s a shot in the dark but hey logic doesn’t work on this planet.
>”You know, how is anyone going to get to appreciate all this chaos when the sun and moon switch out every few minutes, if that went along a normal path the p0nies would get to appreciate it in both lights,” you say as you look up, you look around expecting to find Discord.
>You hear someone’s voice echo throughout the library, “You have a good point,” with a resonating snap the moon lowers and the sun rises. Fuck yeah it worked!
>You don’t question Discord’s decision; last thing you want to do is have day and night keep going on its irregular path. “Well, that was unexpected,” says Twilight as she casts you a glance of disbelief.
>”I wouldn’t dwell on it any further, we don’t need it going back to the way it was,” you say hoping Twilight doesn’t press the matter any further.
>”Indeed,” says Twilight, “Now where were we? Oh yes, question number one: What are you?” Hours seem to pass as you answer every question Twilight has for you.
>She asks what you are, then you go on to explain how many humans exist back on your planet, then she asks you if you have a monarchy.
>You explain that humans used that method in the past but it’s become outdated, then you give Twilight a brief explanation of republics and how they work.
>Unfortunately you can only give Twilight brief explanations for most of the things she asks, you aren’t one for politics, nor are you a scientist.
>Hell half the time you can’t even get your bills paid on time, let alone know how a car works, she seems a bit disappointed by your lack of specifics. Oh well, she’ll get over it.
>At least she won’t be able to recreate the weapons you’ve told her about, you don’t know a damn thing about guns, explosives, or anything of that sort.
>Then she starts asking about your personal life, you tell her about how you lived your life a few years prior to coming to Equestria.
>You tell Twilight about how you had to scrape by and that you starved yourself on occasion so you could keep that shitty apartment roof over your head.
>Then you told her about the forklift you operated for 12+ hours at your job, now that you could go in to detail about. Then you tell her about the people you were forced to interact with.
>When you tell her about the lack of friends you had back on your planet she seemed sympathetic, then she asked if you were autistic. You glare before giving Twilight the middle finger.
>Unfortunately she doesn’t understand the concept of being told to fuck off so the gesture goes over her head. Oh well it’s not important.
>Aside from the brief explanations you gave her she seemed at least somewhat satisfied. Then it was your turn to ask her whatever questions you had about Equestria.
>Turns out there are four different kinds of p0nies, Unicorns, Pegasus, Earth P0nies, and the very rare type of p0ny called the Alicorn.
>When you mention seeing two Alicorns on the moon on your way here, Twilight gasps, “Oh my goodness you saw Celestia?! Is she okay, is she trying to get back here to help us?!”
>She holds your cheeks in her fore hooves, pulling you close as she asks. The two of you are uncomfortably close, at least by your standards.
>“I…uh don’t know, I only got a brief glimpse of her and another alicorn,” you say as you try to pry yourself from Twilight’s grasp. How a p0ny can be this strong is beyond your understanding.
>Even though Twilight’s demeanor has changed completely after being told about Celestia’s fate she continues to answer your questions, even though they’ve become halfhearted.
>You learn that weather doesn’t operate normally here, that towns within Equestria use Pegasus P0nies to manipulate the weather, then she goes on to talk about the magic unicorns are capable of using.
>When she talks about the earth p0nies you can’t help but feel sympathetic towards them, you’d take magic or flight over sturdiness any day of the week.
>As you already seem to know, Alicorns possess all the traits of the three p0ny species. Well aren’t they the luckiest bunch in existence?
>Then she tells you about their monarchy, and that two Alicorns by the names of Celestia and Luna are the ones in charge. You ask if they’re queens, Twilight explains that they are in fact Princesses.
>You inquire as to where the King and Queen are if two princesses were left to rule. Turns out the King and Queen died over three thousand years ago…well Twilight put it a little differently.
>Something about heading out to Elysium and Tartarus in order to rule the two plains of life after death or something like that…then it dons on you…the Equestrians have an afterlife.
>You’re fascinated by the concept of having life after death on this planet. Too bad you couldn’t tell Twilight about life after death on your planet.
>You’re still not sure if there even is an afterlife back on your world…in fact if there is an afterlife here and if there isn’t back on earth then there’s a good chance you’re probably in another universe or dimension…just how powerful is Discord? Hell, what about those Alicorns?
> Those two alicorns have been in charge for a while. At least until Discord showed himself. You have to ask them about their immortality whenever they get off of the moon. Yeah like that day is ever going to come.
>Turns out Equestria is the name of the nation you’re in, there are other nations and other creatures other than p0nies and bulls.
>You figured as much, after all a single planet with only two species of animal made no sense to you. Though knowing Gryphons, Minotaurs, Manticores, Dragons, etc existed didn’t sit too well with you.
>When Twilight finishes giving you a brief history of P0nyville Pre-Discordance she asks, “Is there anything else you’d like to know about Anonymous?” she asks as she looks over her parchment.
>Before you could utter a response you hear something slamming in to the door, “Open up you waste of space!” some mare says from the outside. Twilight cringes before rolling up her parchment.
>She then puts it behind a random book on her shelf, was she hiding it? “Hey Twilight whose that?” you ask as you point to the door. Before Twilight responds the ‘knocking’ comes back.
>You hear the wood begin to splinter under the hooves pounding on the door, “Hurry, hide,” Twilight says as she points to the second floor of the library.
>”Why the hell am I hiding?” you ask as she starts to push you towards the ladder, “If Fluttershy finds you she’ll be…less than pleasant,” Twilight explains as she makes her way to the door.
>”J…just a minute…” Twilight says before pointing to the ladder again, you sigh; you might as well do what she says. Fluttershy sounds pretty pissed.
>And if by ‘less than pleasant’ Twilight means ‘will take out her frustrations on you’ then you don’t want to be that punching bag.
>You climb up the ladder, when Twilight can no longer see you she unlocks her door, that’s when a set of hooves gives the door one swift buck. The door swings open, nearly knocking Twilight in the face.
>Meanwhile you’ve come to realize that Twilight just had you hide in her room. You notice a purple lizard…thing sleeping in a basket next to the bed.
>How it managed to sleep through everything that’s happened makes no sense to you, world’s heaviest sleeper it seems.
>When you hear the door swing open the first thing that comes to mind is hiding under the bed. Unfortunately for you, you can’t fit under the tiny mattress.
>You opt for hiding as far back from the ladder as possible, if you can’t see down to them, they can’t look up to see you. Hopefully that logic won’t get you spotted by Fluttershy.
>That’s when you hear her loud and clear, “Hey Twilight, why’d you keep the door locked huh? Didn’t want P0nyville to see your stupid ugly face?” asks Fluttershy.
>”Hi, Fluttershy, what brings you here?” asks Twilight in a fit of nervousness, you can just feel the beta oozing off of Twilight right now.
>And this Fluttershy mare sounds like a total bitch. Fluttershy’s voice interrupts your train of thought, “Oh nothing, I just wanted to get a quick laugh at Equestria’s most useless unicorn.”
>Okay this is starting to piss you off, “And maybe I just wanted to ‘borrow’ a few of your stinky, smelly old books,” says Fluttershy. You hear her trot before stopping, probably at a book shelf.
>That’s when you hear the shelf itself start to creak…then you hear it slam against the floor. The entire tree house shakes from the impact, you hear Twilight gasp, “Oops? Did I make a mess? I’m so sorry, NOT! Besides it’s not like you’ll do anything anyway.” says Fluttershy.
>”W…w…why’d you do,” you can hear Twilight voice start to break, “Aww, is the filly gonna cry? Come on get those waterworks going Twilight it’s all your good for anyway,”
>Well, a man can only handle listening to so much, Twilight may be a new friend but no one deserves that kind of treatment. Hell, she wasn’t even given a choice when Discord had you stay with her.
>That means she’s going to be taking care of your sorry ass, you can’t in good conscience let this continue, “Hey, Flutterbitch!” you shout as you make your way to Twilight’s ladder.

>You look down to see Twilight looking up at you with her jaw hanging open, and then you see another gray on gray p0ny. Unlike Twilight, this one lacked a horn, but it had wings.
>Her mane seemed to cover one of her eyes; she blew it out of her face in order to get a good look at you. “Did that…thing just call me a dog?” asks Fluttershy as she looks over you.
>She seemed too focused on taking in your looks to insult you or Twilight. You take this time to survey the damage below. Yeah Fluttershy knocked over one of the shelves, books are scattered everywhere.
>Then you see Twilight and you see the pitiful state she’s in. You see her trying to hold back tears as she looks over the mess Fluttershy made. Then she looks to you and the tears start flowing.
>”See, I can’t do anything right,” Twilight says before looking away with a downtrodden expression. You have no idea why, but that abject look really tugs at your heartstrings.
>”Hey, stupid…alien thing I asked if you called me a dog,” Fluttershy says as she puts on an angry expression, you look to Fluttershy, god why don’t these p0nies properly understand your insults.
>Whatever you can work with this, “Damn right I did, but now that I got a good look at you I can’t call you a bitch,” you smirk after finishing your sentence.
>”Good, I thought you were ugly AND blind,” says Fluttershy, giving you smirk of her own, “Oh no, you misunderstand me, you look more like a horse than a dog,” you say before chuckling.
>Twilight gasps, and Fluttershy’s smirk instantly drops from her face, to be replaced with a scowl, “Oh what’s wrong HORSE, don’t like it when someone talks back to you,” you ask as you jump off of the second floor.
>It’s only a five foot drop, why waste time using a ladder that’s too small for you anyway. When you land you flash Fluttershy a smile, she growls before flaring her wings.
>Yeah she’s mad alright, “Take that back you giant eyesore or I’ll,” you cut her off, “Or you’ll what? Pick on Twilight some more? Yeah I’m putting a stop to that, I don’t care if you’re a mare I will sock the shit out of you,” you say as you ball your hands in to fists.
>Your fingers let out an audible crack, the sudden noise causes Fluttershy to flinch, “What’s wrong, scared of something you know nothing about?” you ask, your smile widening as you approach her.
>These p0nies only come up to your crotch so height provides proper intimidation. As you get closer Fluttershy starts backing away, you’re hoping she’ll just turn tail and run but she doesn’t.
>Too bad for you, you aren’t really watching where you’re going, you slip on a book. Fluttershy takes advantage of that, as you fall flat on your face she leaps on to your back.
>You yelp when you feel her hind hooves slam in to the center of your back. The impact causes you to jolt; when your legs come up she grabs hold of them by the ankles.
>While digging her hind hooves in to your back, she pulls on your legs with her front hooves. Soon your body is in the shape of a crescent. That doesn’t sit too well with your spine.
>You hear Fluttershy grunt before pulling on your legs, that’s when you hear a loud snap coming from your spine, then pain flares from the affected area, causing you to shout in anguish.
>”What was that you want me to pull harder,” asks Fluttershy before doing just that, you cry out in pain again, your hands start randomly grasping out at nothing.
>You’ve gotta think of something fast before Fluttershy snaps your spine, just how are p0nies this strong? She shouldn’t be doing this much damage to your body.
>You look behind you to see Fluttershy’s wings flaring out, they’re shaking…perfect. It’s an awkward angle but you manage to reach behind you and grab hold of her wings.
>You her hear yelp before she freezes in place, you tighten your grip on her wings, “Let my legs go…now,” you say through gritted teeth.
>When she doesn’t comply you twist your hands causing what you hope to be greater pain. Fluttershy lets out a pained cry before letting your legs go. Good, that’s one problem taken care of.
>You manage to pull her by her wings so she’s not on top of you anymore, you slowly rise to your feet making sure not to let go of Fluttershy.
>When you bring her face to face with you, you see that her eyes are as wide as saucers and she’s got an expression of shock and pain. She’s shaking like a leaf in your grip; finally she’s afraid of you.
>You wince from the pain in your back; this causes you to tighten your grip. She clenches her teeth, her eyes seem to be pleading with you.
>Not yet, there’s one thing she’s got to do first, you carry Fluttershy over to Twilight. You bring her to eye level with the unicorn before saying, “Apologize,” you say through gritted teeth.
>You ignore the look of shock on Twilight’s face; you shake Fluttershy a bit while she’s in your grip. So Pegasus p0ny wings are sensitive, good to know.
>”N..n..never,” Fluttershy stutters, you twist your hands along her wings, this makes her let out an audible shriek, “Okay okay! I’m sorry, Twilight,” says Fluttershy,
>“Not bad, now make it sound convincing,” you say, “Buck you!” Fluttershy shouts in response. You quickly put two and two together. Buck and Fuck rhyme, this is probably their version of that swear.
>She just said, ‘fuck you’ to you Anon, how do you respond to this? You respond by shaking Fluttershy violently by her wings. From your angle you can’t see the tears of pain streaming down Fluttershy’s face.
>”I’ll do it I’ll do it please stop!” she shouts in between pained cries, when you do you place Fluttershy at eye level with Twilight again.
>”I’m…I’m sorry about the books AH! And I’m sor…sorry for calling you those names,” says Fluttershy, oh man she sounds like she’s sobbing now. Your work here is done.
>You don’t care if Twilight didn’t acknowledge Fluttershy’s apology, you did what you felt needed to be done, that’s all that matters to you at the moment.
>”That’s better,” you say as you carry Fluttershy to the open door, you lift her up a little bit before tossing her out in to checkered road. You hear her grunt when she makes impact.
>She looks up to you with angry, teary eyes, “Get out of here before I rip those wings off of your bucking body!” you shout angrily before slamming the door shut.
>Good job Anon you just incorporated a curse word you’d heard not but a minute ago, way to go. You turn to look at a still shocked Twilight, you give her a smile.
>She doesn’t return it, “What?” you ask as you kneel down to Twilight’s level; your back doesn’t like that position in the slightest.
>You cringe before going down to your knees, Fluttershy didn’t break your back, but to say there wasn’t any nerve damage would be a lie. Your pained grunts seem to snap Twilight out of her stunned state.
>”Oh my goodness, Anon!” Twilight exclaims before looking over you, “Here let’s get you to my bed,” she says as she takes your hoodie sleeve in her maw.
>You’re in no position to argue with her, you know you’re too heavy for her to pull so you crawl to where she pulls so she doesn’t have to strain. You wince, cringe, and cry out as she moves you.
>Why isn’t your adrenaline taking care of the pain? When you reach the latter it dawns on Twilight that she’s going to have to somehow get you up the ladder.
>You look up, “Just use your magic,” you say as you grunt in anguish, “B..B but what if I mess it up you’ll be hurt worse!” Twilight exclaims as she looks to you with fear.
>That’s when you hear an audible yawn resound from the second floor, “Spike? You’re awake?” asks Twilight as she looks up the ladder.
>”Yeah,” comes a tired voice…the voice of a small child. That purple lizard…it can talk? Oh well, that’s not as weird as seeing Discord’s true body, in fact a talking lizard makes more sense.
>But the name, that seems more fitting for a dog than a lizard, you’d laugh if you weren’t in pain. You hear the pitter patter of Spike’s feet as he walks over the ladder.
>When he looks down he sees you, “Whoa what’s that thing?” he asks, “No time, help me pull him up there,” Twilight says as she points to you with a hoof.
>Spike seems reluctant to comply but when you let out another yelp he decides to trust Twilight. Twilight manages to help you get to your feet. You reach up to Spike, and that’s when you get a good look.
>That lizard is freaking bipedal, it’s walking like you. Lizards aren’t supposed to…you need to stop trying to make this world make sense. Nothing on this planet makes sense get that through your thick skull.
>His tiny hand grabs hold of yours and he pulls, your eyes widen in surprise when he lifts you off of your feet. You make a mental note to not mess with the lizards on this hunk of rock.
>”Whoa dude, you’re kinda heavy,” says Spike when he finally manages to pull you up to the second floor, “Alright, let’s get you on the bed,” he says as he looks over to Twilight’s cot.
>When Twilight gets to the second floor the two work together to get you on to her bed, you’re lying on your stomach and the pain hasn’t lessened a bit.
>Probably doesn’t help that this thing isn’t exactly comfortable. Your limbs are protruding off of the sides. You grunt when Twilight pulls your hoodie and undershirt up to reveal your back.
>”Anon…I think Fluttershy slipped a disk,” Twilight says before running a hoof along the bruised area of your back. You cry out in pain, “If that’s the case than don’t touch it!” you shout.
>You hear Twilight yelp before taking away her hoof, “Oh no…this is bad, what do I do?” Twilight asks as she looks over your pained form.
>”What about a hospital,” you ask as you turn your head to look at the frantic unicorn. She shakes her head furiously, “No, we can’t, if we keep moving you we’ll only make it worse…besides Discord…he messed with the hospital…it won’t help you…or anyp0ny else,” says Twilight as she avoids your gaze.
>”Well, if the hospital is out of the question than the only thing you can do is use magic,” you say as you point to your back, Twilight shakes her head again.
>“But I can’t! If I try healing magic I’ll only do more damage!” Twilight shouts as she looks over you. That’s when you’ve heard enough.
>“Damn it Twilight stop being so down on yourself! Come on, you’re a unicorn for crying out loud, and from what you told me you were a great magic user before Discord came in to the picture!” you shout in anger.
>Your voice causes Twilight to back away in surprise, she regains her composure before speaking, “Th…that time has come and past…I can’t do it anymore,” she says, looking away in defeat.
>You growl, “See that’s what I’m talking about, stop being so damned depressed and just try!” you visibly shake, when you see that your anger is scaring the poor unicorn you try another approach.
>You’re not going to help her get out of this slump by just being angry with her and telling her what she needs to do, you need to try something a little more constructive.
>Besides she just had a portion of her library ruined she doesn’t need your rage making it worse. You sigh and try to calm down, “Listen…Twilight…you’re my friend right,” you ask.
>Twilight nods, you can see tears pooling around her eyes, “And friends help each other out right?” Twilight nods again,
>“Okay…I really need your help right now Twilight. Even if I haven’t seen you use it, I know you can do it Twilight, I know you can fix me…so please, please fix my back,” you plead.
>Spike takes this time to put in his two cents, “Listen to the alien…thing Twi, I’ve been with you since the day I was born, you and I both know you can do something as simple as this. Come on this isn’t the Twilight I know,” Twilight looks over to Spike, hopefully his words of encouragement will get through to her.
>”The Twilight I know would have fixed him up by now and been on her merry way. You can’t let what happened with Discord stop you from being you, so hurry up and fix him up Twi, get him to stop whining already,” says Spike as he looks over you.
>You’ll say something about that later, right now getting Twilight some confidence is top priority. Twilight sits there for a moment, taking in what you and Spike had said to her.
>Your words break her train of thought, “If it helps Twilight…I trust you,” you say, though that was a bit of a lie, you’ve only known Twilight for a few hours. You just hope those last words help her out.
>It’s another minute of agonizing pain before Twilight says anything, “You…you two are right, I can’t let one failure get the best of me…” she looks you over with a gaze of determination.
>Then you see her horn begin to glow with a purple hue, you close your eyes and await the impending pain, or relief.
>With your eyes closed you don’t see Twilight start to strain as she focuses on the troubled area on your back. She grits her teeth before shutting her eyes in concentration.
>You feel a warm sensation on your pained area, but still no relief yet. Then for a split second Twilight lets out a pained grunt, and in that moment her entire coat turns purple, as do her eyes and mane.
>Then you hear a loud pop as you feel your back realign, then relief finally comes, you breathe a sigh of satisfaction. With the spell cast Twilight crumples to the floor in exhaustion and her color fades away.
>”Oh…oh man…thank you Twilight,” you say as you open your eyes, when you open them you find that Twilight is lying on the floor breathing heavily and sweating profusely.
>That must have taken more out of her than you thought. You quickly pull down your clothes and get to your feet, with your back no longer hurting you waste no time in walking over to Twilight.
>She did it…she actually managed to gain enough confidence to cast a spell. That deserves a reward, at you believe so. As you scoop Twilight in to your arms Spike opens his mouth to protest.
>But when you set her gently on the bed he stops himself, “We told ya so,” you say before flashing a tired Twilight a large grin, she offers you a small smile in return.
>”I guess…I guess I shouldn’t doubt myself so much huh?” Twilight says with a yawn. You nod before stepping back from Twilight, “Exactly, go ahead and get some…rest,” before you finished your sentence Twilight is already sound asleep.
>You chuckle before looking down at the purple lizard, “She always like this after a spell?” you ask as you walk up to him.
>He looks over you with curiosity before responding, “No…usually she’s fine, but it’s been a while. She’s gotta get back in to the swing of things,” He keeps eyeing you, “Just…what are you anyway?”
>Before you answer his question you look over to the mess of a library below, “Tell you what…Spike was it?” you ask. He nods,
>“How about this, I’ll tell you everything you want to know. In return you help me clean up this mess for Twilight, deal?” you ask as you look back to the lizard. He groans, not wanting to do anything.
>He still nods all the same, “Awesome, let’s get started,” you say before you descend the ladder to the ‘warzone’ below.

>”I still don’t understand how I could have slept through all of this,” Spike states as he helps you pick up the fallen bookshelf.
>”Neither can I little guy, just hope a fire doesn’t break out in this library,” you respond as you and Spike worth together to lift the bookshelf.
>When it’s put in to its proper place you’re relieved to see that nothing broke on the shelf itself. However some of the books weren’t so lucky, a few covers were warped and a few pages were torn.
>You and Spike spent the better part of an hour separating the damaged books from the others. Thankfully out of the two hundred books that fell, only twenty were damaged.
>But knowing Twilight, she’ll probably spend the better part of the evening finding something negative to say about the books. It takes another four hours to alphabetize and reshelf the books that fell.
>During the organization process you and Spike began to go through the same things you did with Twilight. You tell him a bit about humans and he in turn tells you what he knows about dragons.
>Turns out, Spike is a baby dragon. That makes him just a bit cooler in your books, when you watch him breathe fire you were in awe.
>Then he tells you about the link he has with Celestia, apparently his fire can send messages between himself and the princess. Too bad Celestia is nowhere to be seen.
>The sun is setting across the horizon when you finally finish your task. You hear a yawn from upstairs, indicating that Twilight is waking up.
>Spike volunteers to go check up on the tired mare while you wait downstairs. You hear whispers from above but can’t make out a single word from your distance.
>Oh well, if it’s something important they’ll probably tell you…yeah that’s a long shot in and of itself. Finally Twilight enters the library’s ground floor via teleportation.
>She manages to keep her balance this time, but she’s still breathing heavily from the exertion. “See…I…I told you I could…do it Spike,” says Twilight as she looks up to Spike with a triumphant grin.
>Spike grumbles as he descends the ladder, “Yeah, yeah I can see that Twilight, just don’t do too much at one time,” you chuckle, despite Spike being the baby he sounds more like an older brother from your point of view.
>You approach Twilight as she catches her breath, her legs seem to be wobbling, “Need a hand Twilight?” you ask as you extend a hand. She shakes her head in response.
>”No…no I’m okay, just give me a moment,” Twilight responds as she sits on her haunches. When she finally catches her breath she surveys the area.
>”Y…you guys did this…while I was asleep?” Twilight asks as she looks to you with a look of utter shock, you nod. You seem taken aback when her coat turns purple.
>Her mane and tail follow suit…minus a strand that seems to have been dyed maroon. Suddenly she leaps at your chest, you instinctively catch her.
>Upon impact you lose your balance and fall over backwards. Twilight doesn’t seem to notice, she’s too busy wrapping your neck in a vice grip of a hug.
>” Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou,” she repeats over and over again as she hugs your neck tighter. Oh god you’re losing air and fast, you try to speak but without any air no words come.
>”Uh…Twi,” Spike says as he looks over your blue face, “What is it Spike?” Twilight asks without looking up, “Anonymous can’t breathe,” says Spike as he points to you.
>”Huh,” Twilight notices you twitching from the lack of oxygen, “Oh Celestia sorry!” she shouts as she let’s go of your neck, you take in a deep gulp of glorious air before hacking and wheezing.
>My god this unicorn has a grip the likes of which you’ve never experienced before in your life, when you’re finally able to speak you turn to find Twilight sitting next to you, her face showing concern.
>Her grey coat, mane, and tail have returned, “You okay?” asks Twilight, “Y…Yeah, just…just don’t hug me around the neck like that,” you say as you get to your knees.
>”I can’t even hug right…I just knew I’d mess up somewhere,” and here we go again…great, you sigh before getting to your feet.
>You get to your feet, “Well…Twilight, I have a question,” she looks up to you, “Yes?” asks Twilight, “Do you have a place for me to sleep? I mean if you give me a blanket I’ll take the floor, but a bed would be amazing,” you say as you look down to Twilight.
>”Actually…Discord set up a place for you in my basement; he said he wanted you to be as comfortable as possible. Something to smooth your transition in to Equestria,” she explains as she points to a door.
>”Oh…well…that was nice of him,” you say, not believing a word Discord told Twilight, she nods in agreement, “I know, he never does anything nice for anyp0ny,” Twilight states as she makes her way over to the basement door.
>You follow Twilight with Spike following close behind. When Twilight opens the door and walks inside you follow her to find…a laboratory, and in the corner is what you’d consider to be a queen sized bed.
>The pillows, sheets, and blankets were all different colors and designs. Your blanket looked like it’d been stitched together with poker cards, the sheets looked like a checker board, and the pillow cases had rainbow swirls…seriously Discord needs to lay off the drugs. He has got to be lying about that.
>Still though, this bed is something you’d never be able to afford back on Earth, despite its odd design you’re thankful for this bed.
>After surveying the bed you turn to Twilight saying, “Thanks again for putting up with me, I know you didn’t have a choice…but you aren’t exactly being hostile towards me. I really appreciate that,” you say before giving Twilight a smile.
>Holy shit, you…friendly? Twilight offers you a small smile in return. “Have yourself a good night Anonymous, and thank you for taking care of Fluttershy…she used to be so nice,” says twilight as she turns around to head back upstairs.
>Spike offers a wave before following after her, when you’re alone you decide to give your bed a test run, sure it’s not night yet, but it’s not as if there’s a lot you can do today.
>As you remove your clothes and get in to bed you feel as if you’ve just taken refuge on a cloud. Seriously this thing could give that bed back you woke up in back at that castle a run for its money.
>And that’s when you feel something pulling your ankles, before you could react the pulling became forceful. Your shout of surprise is cut off when your head goes under your blanket.
>Darkness…you can’t see a thing but you feel yourself being pulled. Suddenly a blinding light floods your field of vision. You close your eyes for a moment, the bright light being too much of a shock for you.
>”Hey alien, stop being stupid and open your eyes already,” comes a familiar voice, Eris to be exact. You open them to find that you’re in a well lit…and wacky looking hallway.
>You turn your back to see that half of the hallway is shrouded in darkness. “What the hell?” you ask as you look back towards the source of Eris’ voice.
>The hallway, like your blanket, has a poker card pattern adjourning the walls, floor, and ceiling. Six closed red and blue striped doors, three per each side help off-set the hallway.
>You walk what feels like a good thirty feet before you finally arrive in what you assume to be a living room area; you see a large red and green polkadot couch on the right side of the living room.
>In front of the couch sits a zebra striped table…a second table and couch are on the ceiling…why is that even? Oh Eris is lounging on a black and blue polkadot ceiling couch.
>”Sup?” she greets as she looks down at you, with a snap of her fingers she teleports. She appears a few feet in front of you at eye level and thankfully right side up.
>”Hey….what’s with this place?” you ask as you look around the living room, “This is where you’ll be staying,” says Eris as she flashes you a toothy grin.
>”But I thought I was staying at Twilight’s,” you say as you point back towards the hallway, “You actually thought Discord was going to let you sleep in some crummy laboratory in some tree?”
>After Eris asks, she laughs, she wipes away a metaphorical tear before continuing, “Heavens no Anonymous you’re bunking with me and Screwball,” Eris says with a smile.
>”Well…this is fairly unexpected,” you say as you look around the room yet again. You can’t seem to get used to the color scheme…wait…there’s a striped bar, ping-ping table, and poker table.
>Eris notices you looking over the furniture, “Daddy has a thing for human games…I don’t see what he sees,” she says as she looks on with you.
>”Anyway, tour time,” Eris says as she drapes her lion arm over your shoulders, you’re forcibly pulled in to the hallway, “Screwball’s room, my room, your room. Personal bathrooms are across from the rooms,” you’re a rag doll in Eris’ grasp and she doesn’t seem to care.
>She pulls you over to the wall to the right of the couches, with a single knock on the wall a red and blue striped door appears. “Wait why is the door like that?” you ask.
>”Chaos, don’t have to explain shit,” Eris says as she opens the door, she drags you down another hallway. Within a few seconds the two of you arrive in another room.
>This one is at least four times the size of the living room; it also sticks to the same pattern. Though there are a few obvious differences. Eris points to a few obvious amenities, “Kitchen, hot tub, swimming pool, and….HA, library,” Eris says as she points to two bare shelves.
>You can’t seem to figure out why she finds the lack of books funny, but you say nothing. “Well…this is gonna take some getting used to, but…thanks,” you say as you look on at everything.
>Even if the patterns make you sick to your stomach you can’t complain, this is a hell of a lot better than what you were accustomed to. Finally Eris lets you out of her iron grip and you breathe a sigh of relief.
>”Took you long enough to get here didn’t it Anonymous,” comes a disembodied voice, well what do you know, it’s Discord.
>He materializes in the pool, complete with little water wings and an inflatable tube around his midsection. You stifle a laugh, Discord looks ridiculous.
>”So I trust your day went well,” says Discord as he starts floating around aimlessly in the pool. He doesn’t seem to be giving you his full attention, oh well.
>”Yes it did, we ran in to a bit of an issue, but I helped her work through it,” you say as you cross your arms. “Issue?” Discord says as he looks up at you, you nod.
>”Yeah, some Pegasus named Fluttershy came in and started wrecking the place. She’s a strong little sucker but I showed her whose boss. Tossed her out of the library,” you explain.
>”Ah, yes…I forgot to mention some of P0nyville’s inhabitants are a bit…violent,” Discord says with a nervous chuckle, “Yeah, Fluttershy did a number on my back,” you say as you take a seat next to the pool.
>”Really?” says Discord as he paddles over to you, again you nod. “Yeah, hurt like hell. Tried to get Twilight to fix it but she has some sort of confidence issue, but me and her little dragon finally got her to cast a spell, she fixed me right up,” you say with a smile.
>Discord offers you a smile in return, “Excellent, it seems as if your friendship with Twilight is progressing nicely,” says Discord as he starts spinning around in a circle within the water.
>”Got a friendship report for me?” asks Discord, not bothering to stop his little spin, you think about it for a moment.
>“Hmm…sometimes friends will have confidence issues that lead them to believe that they can’t accomplish anything. It takes the patience and understanding of a good friend in order to help them overcome their issues and push forward,” you say as you get to your feet.
>Discord stops his little spins and looks back over to you, giving you a solemn nod, “You’re adjusting to this a lot quicker than I expected, interesting…I’ll accept that report,” he says before snapping his fingers.
>Suddenly a tidal wave comes out of nowhere from within the pool, soaking you and Eris to the bone in the process. Discord can no longer contain his laughter
>Discord laughs hysterically, “Why the seriousness Anonymous, I’m letting you stay in this place for a reason! Loosen up, relax, have fun. That’s what Chaos is all about after all!”
>You are not amused in the slightest, you spit out the water you’ve collected in your mouth before sighing. You look over to Eris and see that she’s giving her father a glare that chills you to the bone.
>Well…that’s nice, you guess. With all of this happening at once you forget to ask, just how the hell do you get back to Twilight’s Basement?