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What if suicide stopped by pone

a guest Dec 19th, 2015 65 Never
  1. >wake up
  2. >the local noblehorse is standing over you, her mouth a smile but her eyes all a-panic
  3. >fucking hell
  4. >stupid fucking horses
  5. >you manage to live in your shitty yurt without any form of contact with any of these horses for nearly a year straight
  6. >and right when you desperately need to be left alone the new fucking wing unicorn in town decides to drop by
  7. >"Hi there, uh,…"
  8. >the purple one pauses
  9. >"ANON"
  10. >you look over to notice five other ponies, the one who spoke likely being the pink bouncing one
  11. >you stare at her, unsure of how exactly she knows your name
  12. >"I never forget a name! I learned yours about a year ago when I thew you that welcome-to-Ponyville-my-condolences-for-losing-everything-you've-ever-known-or-loved party when you first got to Equestria!"
  13. >goodness fucking gracious
  14. >you remember the party vaguely
  15. >you got your yurt there as a present
  16. >but you had to step out pretty early in; big crowds and parties always made your chest feel all tight
  17. >after about a week or two of limited interactions with the horses you simply set up your yurt near the forest and shut yourself away in it
  18. >and nobody came to visit you ever again
  19. >until yesterday anyways
  20. >the purple horse looks at her companions
  21. >"Thank you, Pinkie. Why don't you girls clear out? Anon probably needs some space."
  22. >they do so, an orange hoof dragging Pinkie out with the others
  23. >"Now Anon…"
  24. >uh oh
  25. >you know what this phrase means
  26. >some self-righteous normie is going to lecture you about how you need a social life and you need to go out more and it's just not healthy to blah fucking blah blah blah
  27. >"I happen to be very well-read on the topic of psychology."
  28. >"And I happen to know that, well…"
  29. >she pauses, clearly uncomfortable
  30. >"…attempts at what you attempted"
  31. >fucking pasy
  32. >"are a symptom of very severe depression."
  33. >not this shit again
  34. >"Now I know how rough it must have been to lose your home, your family, friends… significant other…"
  35. >she'd be right if you'd ever had any of that
  36. >"and I imagine that your way of coping with this, locking yourself away in that giant tent, didn't exactly help things."
  37. >as if it was all that different from what you'd be doing on Earth right now
  38. >"And I think we can both agree that your way wasn't the best way to healing now."
  39. >"Equestrian psychology proposes that talking about traumatic incidents can help speed up the healing process. Would you like to talk about it?"
  40. >you lie there silently
  41. >"Ah, I figured as much."
  42. >"So I've got another way to set you straight."
  43. >"I've been zipping around all Equestria solving friendship problems as of late, but I've been ignoring this very serious - life threatening, even - friendship problem right here under my own nose, and for that I am truly sorry and I hope that some day you'll be able to forgive me for not reaching out before all this unpleasantness."
  44. >"But I'll start now, Anon. My friends and I are going to work to make you feel valued and wanted around Ponyville."
  45. >this can't be good
  46. >"Now I can't leave you alone, it's very basic suicide prevention to never allow a suicidal pon- er, uh, person to be alone."
  47. >why.jpg
  48. >"So…"
  49. >she lays her horn on your shoulder
  50. >"I do hereby appoint you my vassal. You shall accompany and assist me in my daily princess tasks until such time as I release you from servitude."
  51. >>servitude
  52. >fucking what nigger
  53. >now you're pissed
  54. >and you finally get up
  55. >with mock courtesy and an exaggerated bow, you ask
  56. "And may I have the pleasure of knowing my mistress's name?"
  57. >she's apparently too surprised to be pissed
  58. >"You don't know who I am?"
  59. >your glare answers her question
  60. >"I am Twilight Sparkle, princess of friendship."
  61. >goodness fucking gracious that's way too cheesey to be an actual title
  62. >whatever
  63. "And what if I don't want to be your servant, princess?"
  64. >she smirks
  65. >"Too bad, we already moved all your stuff into Spike's room; you'll be bunking with him."
  66. >JUST
  67. >her smirk turns devilish
  68. >"And if you try to run away then I've got a lovely dungeon downstairs where you can spend a week with a lovely zebra named Rapestripe."
  69. >FUCK MY SHIT UP
  70. >surely she's not serious about that, but you can't tell by looking at her snarky countenance
  71. >"So again, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and I'm going to teach you about friendship for however long it takes."
  72. >she extends a hoof
  73. "And how long is that?"
  74. >now her eyes are throwing daggers
  75. >"Until you don't wanna kill yourself anymore!"
  76. >scowling, you take the squishy pony hoof in your hand
  77. >"Very good. Now let's show you around your home."
  78. And that's how Anon failed to an hero.
  79.  
  80. >you got approximately no sleep last night
  81. >apparently, this Spike that you're bunking with is a little dragon
  82. >that's not a fucking figure of speech
  83. >he spent four hours ranting and raving about "number one assistant" and "being replaced" and oh fuck why please shut the fuck up kid
  84. >with no warning whatsoever, he passed out and spent the next four hours snoring like a fucking rock grinder
  85. >you'd have made another attempt if the little reptile hadn't killed your ability to think
  86. >it was only just as, against all odds, you finally found yourself drifting toward sleep that your new fucking mistress burst through the door and pulled back the curtains on the windows
  87. >a horrible, blinding sensation emanated from the glass
  88. "AHH FUCK SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT"
  89. >"It's… the Sun, Anon."
  90. >"And watch your language around Spike! He's just a baby you know."
  91. >upon a more careful inspection of the window, you can now see that the Sun does, in fact, still exist
  92. >you mumble something, roll over, and pull the blanket over your head
  93. >the blanket glows purple for an instant and is whisked off of you
  94. >"No more time for sleep, Anon! There's lots to do. Come on!"
  95. "Why doesn't Spike have to get up?"
  96. >"Well he is just a baby dragon, you know. He needs his rest."
  97. >you can't even argue at this point
  98. >so you get up for a fresh day of fresh hell
  99. >"Excellent. Now if you'll put some clothes on you can follow me to the table for breakfast."
  100. >your ugly ass is in tighty-fucking-whiteys, because you just don't give a shit
  101. "You ponies go around naked all day. What makes you so sure that humans wear clothes on a regular basis?"
  102. >she grins a grin that seems to know too much
  103. >"Oh, you'll see how I know soon enough."
  104. >FUCK
  105. >you reckon she must have recorded you fapping all day in that yurt somehow
  106. >without a word, you head over to your trunk to grab some pants
  107. "What the fuck is this?"
  108. >you hold up a shirt that seems to belong more at a renaissance fair than in daily wear
  109. "Where are my clothes?"
  110. >"Oh, those were all ragged and ruined. Don't worry, I had a good friend make you some new ones yesterday while you were, uh"
  111. >"unconscious."
  112. >whatever
  113. >so you head down to breakfast dressed up like a fucking merry man of King Fagsalot's court
  114. >upon entering the dining room, you see a round, glass table surrounded by seven chairs, six with pastel symbols on them
  115. >five of these are already filled
  116. >Twilight greets her guests and sits down in the chair with the purple star on it
  117. >and all the ponies stare at you
  118. >oh fuck
  119. >you have to sit down to eat
  120. >but the only seat left is a little chair right next to Twilight
  121. >autism locks you in place and keeps you from moving
  122. >Twilight coughs
  123. >"Uhh, are you going to sit down, Anon?"
  124. "Y-y-yeah"
  125. >you shuffle awkwardly to the open chair
  126. >but things only get more awkward as the chair seems to push you out of it and you end up face down on the floor
  127. >Twilight giggles nervously
  128. >"Well, uh, that's never happened before. I guess that throne is for Spike only."
  129. >fucking Spike
  130. >a moment of silence passes
  131. >"Uh that should be all right. Just let me get you your own chair here."
  132. >her horn glows purple and a rickety, wooden chair also glowing purple floats into the room and lands right next to Twilight's chair
  133. >"There we go. That should do it."
  134. >you plop down unceremoniously into your chair, too far gone to feel shame
  135. >purple glowing plates of pancakes come streaming into the room
  136. >nobody says a word as the meal commences
  137. >but eventually the white pony speaks up
  138. >"So, Anon, darling"
  139. >she pauses when your dull gaze meets her glassy stare
  140. >"How do you like the clothes I made you?"
  141. >your dull gaze becomes an apparently annoyed one
  142. >"Uuh, I mean, how do they fit, and, stuff…?"
  143. >you pull your arms across your chest and the white unicorn cringes violently as the sound of stretching and slight tearing fills the air
  144. >"Uh right. Too tight then. Be sure to stop by my boutique later for a refitting."
  145. >she breaks eye contact and becomes very interested in the arrangement of fruit on top of her pancakes
  146. >the meal ends without another word
  147. >Pinkie the pink pony grinned a shiteating grin and inhaled loudly as if to say something stupid at one point, but the orange pony put a stop to that by shoving her hoof into Pinkie's mouth
  148. >when the pancakes are no longer being eaten, the five ponies get up and leave without a word
  149. >are the symbols on those chairs duller than they were before?
  150. >Twilight purples your shirt and drags you away
  151. >"Come on, Anon. Why can't you have been a little more outgoing? Those are my closest friends, and they want to be your friend too!"
  152. >>they want to be your friend too
  153. >>implying
  154. >she groans
  155. >"All right, that's fine. This next exercise is sure to do you some good."
  156. >she takes you into an empty room, save for a mirror and a fuck-ugly contraption attached to it
  157. Part 3: Anon Fucking Hates EqG tomorrow
  158.  
  159. >fuckcuntering shitdicking jewniggers on a lavacock
  160. >you have never felt so much physical agony in all your life
  161. >you find yourself lying on a surprisingly familiar surface
  162. >a cement sidewalk
  163. >a dull thud to your right informs you that your damned slavedriver has a arrived
  164. >"Oh dear…"
  165. >you snap your head around to see a purple girl with massive eyes and a tacky skirt towering over you
  166. >is that Twilight?
  167. >HOW THE FUCK IS SHE TOWERING OVER YOU?
  168. >you scramble to your feet to find that your hands are still touching the ground
  169. >you're afraid to look down but you have to, damnit
  170. >your arms are covered in shaggy, red fur
  171. >your jaw is so long that you can see your lips
  172. >your feet have thumbs
  173. >you let loose with a string of curse words that would make even the most hardcore shitposter cringe, attracting the attention of other colorful, bug-eyed people
  174. >Twilight just looks disappointed
  175. >"Well, come on Anon. We've still got business here."
  176. >she gives you the cuntiest grin she can muster
  177. >"And no monkey business."
  178. >wishing unmentionable things on Twilight Sparkle, you follow her into a venerable brick building
  179. >to be greeted by another Twilight Sparkle
  180. >oh fucking balls the world does not need two
  181. >"Twilight, I'm glad you made it. And I see you brought a friend?"
  182. >"I'm always glad to meet a good friend, Twilight. And this is Anon."
  183. >"Fascinating. What was he in Equestria?"
  184. >"Well, that's just the thing. He looked almost exactly like the people here."
  185. >"A human?"
  186. >"Exactly!"
  187. >"Incredible. I see no reason for why he should be an ape in this universe."
  188. >fortunately these two fucking nerds are too deeply engrossed in their conversation to address you
  189. >"So, Anon"
  190. >shit fucking fucksticks
  191. >"Do you have any idea why this may have happened to you?"
  192. >fucking dumb cunt asking obvious questions
  193. "Probably because humans are closely related to chimps, dumbass."
  194. >otherTwilight is either too autistic or too shocked to take offense
  195. >"What? No, humans have no particularly close relatives, but we are descended from Eohippus, an ancient ancestor of horses."
  196. >before you can angrily tell her that that's fucking wrong, your Twilight buts in
  197. >"Really? That's fascinating! Ponies are also descended from a creature called Eohippus!"
  198. >you're given the privilege of listening to a discussion about magic horse evolution for the next eight hours
  199. >noticing that Twilight doesn't have a horn here, you wonder if she can still purple you, and this thought leads you to entertain yourself with elaborate mental experiments of suicide
  200. >you think you're about dead set on sticking your chimpdick in Twilight's mouth, ripping off her head with ape strength, allowing the biting down reflex to rip off your penis, and bleeding to death
  201. >but before you can come up with another plan, Twilight grabs your hand and leads you out of the building
  202. >"Well, I'm sorry, Anon. I'm sure you're very disappointed about not being able to live here as a human."
  203. >yeah, right
  204. >"Are you sure you don't want to stay anyway?"
  205. >she seems way too hopeful
  206. >so all you do is glare
  207. >Twilight sighs and leads you through the mirror
  208. >you're fucking stuck with me now, bitch
  209. Part 4: Anon Fucking Hates Fun tomorrow probably
  210.  
  211. "Wait, you're telling me that that mirror was magic?"
  212. >"Of course. How else do you explain the universe-jumping and the transformations?"
  213. >you make your face as near a perfect costanza.jpg as you can get
  214. "You're telling me… magic?"
  215. >Twilight purples her horn and you feel a slap across your face
  216. >"Magic."
  217. >oh
  218. >so that's what that purple shit is
  219. >reflecting on the conversation you've just had, you marvel at the fact that you just had a conversation
  220. >was that even a good thing?
  221. >you eat the rest of your breakfast in silence
  222. >you rapidly lose sight of the outside world, retreating into your thoughts
  223. >"Anon"
  224. >"Anon"
  225. >"Anon"
  226. >shaking your head, you look over to your host
  227. >"Is there anything else you'd like to talk about?"
  228. >her smile gives it away
  229. >fucking sneaky cunt was trying to therapy you the whole time
  230. >you mutter something, even you don't know what you meant to say
  231. >"Well all right then. Say, I'm visiting a good friend after breakfast. Care to join me?"
  232. >you really don't care to join her
  233. "S-s-s-sure…"
  234. >fucking shitfucks on a niggerdick why did you say that?
  235. >you've gotta be an alpha and stand up for yourself for once in your life, you fucking cuckold
  236. >"Great! Why don't we head out right now?"
  237. "O-okay…"
  238. >y-you'll stand up for yourself later probably
  239. >you meekly go out after your ruler
  240. >the sun is too bright
  241. >this walking makes your feet hurt
  242. >you wish you were at home doing nothing of value
  243. >this building you're coming up to looks like an ugly cupcake or something
  244. >Pinkie the pink horse is waiting outside for you
  245. >"HI TWILIGHT! HI NONNY!"
  246. >you cringe a little bit
  247. >Twilight, in a flash, leans over to Pinkie's ear
  248. >"Pinkie, you're making him uncomfortable."
  249. >oh my fucking why
  250. >"Oh, I'm sorry Anonymous, I'm just so excited to be here with you and Twilight and Gummy and-"
  251. >a purple hoof plugs her mouth
  252. >it occurs to you that you've never told anyone in magic horse land that Anon is short for Anonymous
  253. >Twilight makes a suggestion
  254. >"Why don't we go inside?"
  255. >Pinkie leaps into the air
  256. >"OOH! THAT'S A GOOD IDEA! LET'S GO!"
  257. >she dashes inside so fast she leaves a pink contrail in her wake
  258. >Twilight smiles at you like a teacher encouraging her downy student
  259. >"Well, go on, Anon. Open the door."
  260. >you hesitantly obey
  261. >you're greeted with a solid wall of color and noise
  262. >"SURPRISE!"
  263. >JUST
  264. cont'd at some later point probably
  265.  
  266. >"WhenTwilightsaiddhewasbringingyouovertovisitIgotsoexcitedbutalsoalittlebitnervousbecauseforasecondthereIcouldn'tthinkofwhattodoandthenIrealizedthatthebestthingtodowhenafriendtriestokillthemselfistothrowapleasedon'ttrytokillyourselfagainslashyouareanappreciatedandvaluedmemberofourcommunitypartyandIjustwannasaythat…"
  267. >your mind blanks out the torrential downpour of ADHD somewhere around this point
  268. >you stand there gripping your tie tightly, eyes darting in all directions
  269. >holy fuck why are there so many horses?
  270. >Twilight's hoof nudges your hand
  271. >"Anon, would you like me to introduce you to some of the ponies?"
  272. "S-sure."
  273. >keeping her torso against your leg, she takes you around the room to see a group of four ponies, all of them from the breakfast yesterday
  274. >"Hi everyone, this is Anon."
  275. >a chorus of cheery greetings emanates from the little clique
  276. >"Anon, these are my closest and dearest friends. With their help, I went from a standoffish shutin to the pony I am today."
  277. >it's obvious what she's trying to imply here
  278. >"This is Applejack,"
  279. >"How d'ye do, Mr. Anon?"
  280. >"and Rarity,"
  281. >"I'm truly glad to make your acquaintance, darling."
  282. >"and Rainbow Dash,"
  283. >"'Sup?"
  284. >"and Fluttershy."
  285. >"Hello."
  286. >like the scene from yesterday never even happened
  287. >except that it did happen
  288. "Uh…"
  289. >the girls turn away from you and resume their conversation without missing a beat
  290. >you're not sure if you should be offended or relieved
  291. >"Oh, well, that's all right, Anon. Why don't we go get some refreshments?"
  292. >now you know what this is like
  293. >this is like that time your mother tried to bring you to her friend's house for her friend's daughter's birthday party
  294. >you have to be more social, Anon
  295. >if this goes anything like that, all you have to do is silently follow Twilight around until the embarrassment of being associated with such a collassal failure at life drives her out of the party
  296. >Twilight doesn't realize that her training will fail because you are aspergers incarnate, and your will to be autistic is unconquerable
  297. >but as you reach the table, something unexpected happens
  298. >"HEY NONNY!"
  299. >the pink mass hits you before the floor does
  300. >unexpected_intimacy.jpg
  301. >you catch Twilight's face, somewher between concern and amusement
  302. >"Nonny, you look a little bit uncomfortable."
  303. "W-well you are pinning me down…"
  304. >"Not like that, silly! Like in general!"
  305. >you have no reply
  306. >"That's okay, Anon, sometimes I feel uncomfortable at parties too, and I really really really love parties! But do you know what always helps me get over it?"
  307. >a pink hoof produces a plastic cup full of amber nectar
  308. >Twilight's voice develops a slight trill
  309. >"Pinkie, are you sure this should be that kind of party?"
  310. >Pinkie ignores her princess, focusing intently on you
  311. "Wh-wh-what?"
  312. >"ALCOHOL!"
  313. cont'd later probably
  314.  
  315. >Pinkie Pie gets off of you and offers you the cup
  316. >you've actually never drank before
  317. >you always heard that drinking alone results in mind-crushing alcoholism, and, well, you didn't have any social gatherings to go to
  318. >but now might be a good time to try it
  319. >you glance at Twilight
  320. >she seems to be pleading with you in her eyes not to do it
  321. >and that sinches it
  322. >you take the cup and chug it down in one gulp
  323. >OH MOTHER FUCK BALLS SHITDICKING NIGGERS IN HELL
  324. >you spend the next fifty years wheezing, tearing up, clutching at your throat, and stumbling around
  325. >after that's all said and done, Twilight and Pinkie are staring at you, seeming somewhat concerned
  326. >"ANON! Are you okay?!"
  327. "Y… y-y…. yeah, totally."
  328. >Pinkie starts giggling
  329. >"Oh, Nonny, you silly head. You're not supposed to chug it down like that? Haven't you ever had a drink before?"
  330. "O-of course I have!"
  331. >the blue one, Rainbow Dash, swoops down near you, holding a whole cupful of that horrible poison
  332. >"Then have another."
  333. >Twilight rushes to your side
  334. >"Anon, you don't have to if you don't want to!"
  335. >Pinkie Pie is less than helpful
  336. >"DO IT!"
  337. >naturally, you take the cup
  338. >knowing full well that no good will come of this, you drink it all up
  339. >at a more reasonable speed this time, of course
  340. >"YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH"
  341. >"Hey Twilight, you want one?"
  342. >"Oh, I don't know, girls. Someone has to be in her right mind here."
  343. >"Oh, come on, egghead. Everybody's doing it. Have a little fun for once in your life."
  344. >"Oh dear."
  345. >Twilight, apparently, is just as susceptible to peer pressure as you are
  346. >now you know everything's going to go wrong
  347. >the rest of Twilight's friends come trotting over
  348. >the white one Rarity distributes drinks to all of you and speaks up
  349. >"I do hereby propose a toast. To Anon, our new friend, that he may find happiness and fulfillment in this new chapter of his life!"
  350. >disorderly "hear, hears" ring out, and all take another drink
  351. >now things start to blur a little bit
  352. >the next thing you remember is a red pony with berries on her butt
  353. >"Wow, Anon, you can drink so much! How do you do it?"
  354. >a blue pony with a black mane answers
  355. >"He's a big guy!"
  356. "FOR YOU"
  357. >blurs and blackness
  358. >you're in a basement with a green unicorn with a harp thingy on her butt, a pink unicorn with gems on her butt, Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pie
  359. >a banner that reads "Ponyville Extraequestrial Life Club"
  360. >the green one is all over you
  361. >she's explaining how, for the past year, she's been camping outside of your yurt doing nothing but watching you
  362. >"aw shit nigga," says the alcohol, "you've got a stalker! fuckin awesome, dude!"
  363. >aawwwww yeeeeeeh, you reply, gonna lose the v-card tonight brih
  364. >the other mares are just sitting there giggling, Twilight taking sloppy notes on a clipboard
  365. >the doors burst open and a morbidly obese teal unicorn bursts in, giving her best attempt at bedroom eyes
  366. >"HEY THERE, HOT STUFF"
  367. >the green pone leaps at her
  368. >"FUCK OFF, TUMBLE HOOVES, THIS XENO IS MINE!"
  369. >more blurry incoherence
  370. >you're in what seems like a darkened palace, following a pink unicorn with a giant mane
  371. >in your hands is a jar that holds what seems to be a floating picture of the Sun
  372. >she suddenly motions for you to be quiet
  373. >"Anon, give me the mark. Take out that guard!"
  374. >more blackness, but this time with some red and a little more pain
  375. >you're standing at the entrance of the forest
  376. >ponies in golden armor are launching a merciless campaign against you
  377. >but they are no match for you
  378. >you are trained in gorilla warfare and you're the top sniper in the entire US armed forces
  379. >but somehow you got surrounded, and it's all over now
  380. >a mighty battle cry sounds
  381. >it's Tumble Hooves
  382. >she proceeds to rip and tear some guts
  383. >sweet, merciful, blankness
  384. >morning
  385. >you're in your bed in Spike's room
  386. >and so is Tumble Hooves
  387. >you feel something around your dick, but nothing in your heart except shame
  388. >pulling out, you reach down and feel lint on your member
  389. >and there is no doubt in your mind that you fucked this horse in the bellybutton last night
  390. Anon Fucking Hates the Spa tomorrow probably
  391.  
  392. >recoiling, you leap out of bed
  393. >this, you come to realize, was a horrible idea
  394. >your senses are overwhelmed with pain and sickness and bright light
  395. >time for some magic of your own
  396. >it comes rushing up and out of your esophagus and right onto your unfortunate partner
  397. >Tumble Hooves gets a full blast broadside
  398. >but she's as steady a ship as there ever were, and she takes without a pitch or a roll
  399. >that horse is passed the fuck out
  400. "S-s-s-s-s-s..sorry…"
  401. >you limp weakly from your room toward the kitchen
  402. >you see that Twilight's night must have been comparable to yours
  403. >she's visibly frazzled, and she's rushing around the kitchen with quill pens and paperwork galore flying about
  404. >you stand there for a full five minutes or so before she notices you
  405. >"Oh, Anon, good morning"
  406. >there's a horsecock drawn on her eyelid
  407. "So… how was… you're, uh, night?"
  408. >her hair is a clumpy apocalypse
  409. >"Oh, it was fine, fine, just great! I just need to fill out a few forms here, sign a few waivers, make a few court appearances, hunt down a communist terrorist, and there'll be no legal consequences for either of us!"
  410. >an overpowering scent of stale maple syrup floats off of her body and into your nostrils
  411. >a flash of green flame alerts you to Spike's presence
  412. >he lies on the ground in agony as his fire materializes into another legal document
  413. >holy shit, is that where all these papers came from?
  414. "I'm sorry, Twilight."
  415. >"Oh-ho-ho, don't worry about it, little buddy! It's fine, just fine, fine fine! So fine!"
  416. >a purple eyelid twitches
  417. >"It's really not your fault. I should have kept a closer eye on you. And also I probably shouldn't have chugged a whole keg of Grey Mare. Or given you the key to our nation's capitol palace. You probably weren't ready for a Pinkie party, and that one went way more out of control than ususal."
  418. >a whole keg of vodka?
  419. >geez-o-fucking-loo
  420. >Twilight clearly wasn't much better adapted for such things than you were
  421. >maybe it was true what she said about having been a "standoffish shutin" once
  422. "I guess a big crazy party like that really wasn't a cup of tea for either of us."
  423. >she looks you in the eye with a smile
  424. >"No, I guess it really wasn't."
  425. >a sensible chuckle is shared
  426. >but it's cut short by another blast of green flame
  427. >Twilight grabs the paper and her eyes pop out of her skull
  428. >"SWEET FANCY STARSWIRL! ONE HUNDRED?!"
  429. >Twilight purples her horn and a scalpel, a petri dish, a micropipette, a vial of liquid, and a list of adoption centers in the greater Ponyville area float into the room
  430. >"Anon, I need to get to Fluttershy's right away! Rarity's coming over to take you to the spa. I'm sure you'll like it a lot more than last night. Bye!"
  431. >a flash of light and she's gone
  432. >another and she's back
  433. >"Oh, and get Spike to his bed. Poor thing must have the most awful tummyache right now."
  434. >and she's gone again
  435. >you decide not to take Spike back to his own bed, as the room is somewhat less than decent right now
  436. >so you enter the royal bedchamber and set him down on a deep amethyst pillow
  437. >apart from a strong scent of maple syrup, it's surprisingly clean in here
  438. >you head down and wait outside the door
  439. >AGH, THE SUN, IT BURNS
  440. >you forgot you were still hungover like a motherfuck
  441. >fortunately you're not left waiting too long
  442. >"Ah, Anonymous, darling. I had such a wonderful time with you at the party last night. Ready to go?"
  443. >how is this horse in such good shape?
  444. >and how in hell did she have a "wonderful time" with you?
  445. >you grunt a wordless greeting, get up and walk over to her
  446. >"Wonderful! Twilight told me you'd be in terrible condition this morning, and I figured that a nice afternoon at the spa would work wonders for you!"
  447. >"Ah, it's right around this corner"
  448. >"Annnd, here we are!"
  449. >you follow the white pony into a garishly posh facility
  450. >and you're greeted by two ponies in headbands who remind you of Trix yogurt
  451. >"Aaaahhhhh, Miss Rarity! What can we do for you and your friend today?"
  452. >"Hm, I'm caught between the hot rocks, the mudbath, and the seaweed wrap…"
  453. >she turns to you
  454. >"Anonymous, darling, what do you think we should get here?"
  455. Anon Fucking Hates the Spa, pt 2 tomorrow probably
  456.  
  457. >hot rocks?
  458. >that sounds fucking ebin my dude
  459. "What about the hot rocks?"
  460. >"Ooh, that does sound so excellent!"
  461. >"Lotus, Aloe, prepare some hot rocks for my friend and I."
  462. >they lead you to a room with two tables in it
  463. >"Lay down right there, and we'll be with you in a moment."
  464. >in the few minutes they're gone, there is absolute silence
  465. >are you supposed to say something?
  466. >you look over at Rarity for some cue
  467. >she's giving you a sincere smile
  468. >ohshitohfuckohwhatamisupposedtodo
  469. >you attempt to twitch your mouth into a smile back, but it just won't stay
  470. >you give up and look away
  471. >and check on her response with your peripheral vision
  472. >her smile is replaced with a look that seems to be somewhere between confusion and indignance
  473. >fuck
  474. >"And we are back with your hot rocks."
  475. >there's no reply, and the awkward tension rises doubles
  476. >"And we'll just put them here…"
  477. >Rarity sighs as heated stones are layed on her back, the autism of a moment previous forgotten
  478. >thank fuck
  479. >maybe this'll make things less-
  480. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH''
  481. >IT BURNS
  482. >the blue pony jolts in shock
  483. >and drops the whole bucket onto your unprotected, hairless body
  484. >WAKE ME UP INSIDE
  485. >"A-a-a-ah, j-just let me put a towel there…"
  486. >she violently swipes the rocks off of your back with a hoof, making impacts and friction
  487. >CAN'T WAKE UP
  488. >she hastily puts a towel on your ruined skin and drops more rocks on it, creating and unbearable sense of irritation and ripping
  489. >SAVE MEE
  490. >you flop off of the table and onto the floor, still screaming like an angered tard
  491. >Rarity rushes over and throws some bits at the attendants
  492. >"Ah, let's just get you home now, darling."
  493. >she's met with more shrieking
  494. >"Or, uh, maybe to the emergency room?"
  495. >it's actually not agonizing anymore
  496. >you're just screeching now
  497. Anon Fucking Hates Tea Time tomorrow probably
  498.  
  499. >"And… that… should… do it!"
  500. >the last of Twilight's magic ebbs out of your back
  501. >it still stings all over, but you should be able to walk now
  502. >"Now, you have to take it easy for the rest of the day, Anon. You're still sensitive and the skin on your back will tear easily."
  503. "So what do I do all day?"
  504. >"Well it was my intention to visit Fluttershy's place for tea. You're welcome to tag along."
  505. >she gives you the sweetest little smile
  506. >it's a smile that tells you that if you tell its owner "no" she'll force you to come anyway
  507. "Sure."
  508. >"Great. I'm ready to go now!"
  509. "I'm not wearing a shirt."
  510. >"Oh, it'll be fine, let's go! Nobody's gonna judge you or anything!"
  511. >you look down at your body
  512. >it's definitely in the "skinny" range from a year of hardly eating
  513. >on the upper half you can see your ribs
  514. >on the lower half it's wierdly lumpy and it reminds you of cottage cheese
  515. >you've somehow managed to retain your manboobs, which stick out a bit past the point where healthy pecs ought with your body composition
  516. >most of your torso's hair surrounds your belly button, but a few long hairs sparsely populate the area between your nipples
  517. >fuck it
  518. "All right, whatever you say, princess."
  519. >she doesn't smack you for the snarky remark
  520. >"Great. I think you'll really like Fluttershy, Anon. She's a lot like you."
  521. >doubt.jpg
  522. "One hundred?"
  523. >her smiling face goes blank
  524. >"It would be unethical of me to divulge the nature of what was corrected at her cottage yesterday."
  525. >a smirk finds its way onto the unicorn's lips
  526. >"Besides, it's not exactly as if you were acting like yourself the other day, either."
  527. >you lose your will to speak and silently head out the door
  528. >Twilight trots out after you with an awkward chuckle
  529. >"Uh, whoah there, wait for me."
  530. >it's a long ass walk with an awkward silence
  531. >but you get there
  532. >Twilight knocks on the door
  533. >and a yellow pony opens the door
  534. >"H-hi, Twilight. A-a-and, uhm…"
  535. >they both look at you, waiting for you to remind Fluttershy of your name
  536. >you don't
  537. >"Anon. This is Anon."
  538. >"H-hi Anon."
  539. >"May we come in?"
  540. >"Oh, of course."
  541. >Twilight walks right in, hops onto the couch, and looks at you
  542. >you take your seat
  543. >Fluttershy brings a tray with three teacups into the room and sits on the a chair across from Twilight's position on the couch
  544. >Twilight magically distributes cups to everyone, and Spaghetticon Eqeustria begins
  545. >"So, uh, Fluttershy, you're a little more quiet than normal. What's up?"
  546. >Fluttershy glances at you while muttering something incomprehensible
  547. >"Is it Anon? Is he making you feel uncomfortable?"
  548. >your eyes cross ever so slightly and you find your gaze fixed to the floor
  549. >"Okay, well, uh, I'm gonna go and do, something, for a little bit. Be right back. Okay?"
  550. >Twilight leaves the silent room and steps outside
  551. >time passes
  552. >about two minutes in you drea, up a little thought experiment
  553. >take two people of the kind that won't initiate conversation
  554. >put them in a room together
  555. >and wait to see if discussion happens anyway
  556. >what an interesting thought
  557. >perhaps you should say something
  558. pt 2 tomorrow probably
  559.  
  560. "So"
  561. >fuck
  562. >Fluttershy bolts upright and stares wide-eyed at you
  563. >fuuuuck
  564. "S-so, uh, how's that life?"
  565. >a wordless noise of uncertainty escapes her lips and strikes you like a newspaper might strike a misbehaving puppy
  566. "Well, uh, that's good I guess."
  567. >she's still staring right at you, her eyes big as saucers
  568. >literally
  569. >these ponies can be freaky as shit
  570. >her massive pupils aren't quite meeting your eyes though
  571. >they're a little bit
  572. >lower
  573. >and suddenly you're overcome with the sensation of an autistic yellow horse staring at your nipples
  574. >fucking Twilight with her "nobody's gonna judge you" shit
  575. >you grab a pillow and hug it to your torso in an attempt to hide your shame
  576. >Fluttershy bites her lip and her eye twitches slightly
  577. >what the fuck
  578. >was she enjoying the view
  579. >is she attracted to you?
  580. >plsbeinlondon.jpg
  581. "I-I'm sorry, did you want to see?"
  582. >Fluttershy's eyes become as big as the fucking sun
  583. >"OH, NO! I'm just… not sure if that's…"
  584. >she cringes a little
  585. >"sanitary…"
  586. "O-o-o-oh…"
  587. >of fucking course she was grossed out by your misshapen body on her pillow, you autist
  588. >after a moment of staring at the wall to your left, her soft voice sounds in your ear
  589. >"Anon, your tea looks cold. Would you like me to get some more?"
  590. >you jump like a fucking skeleton just grabbed your shoulder
  591. "S-sure"
  592. >"I'll be right back."
  593. >a minute passes
  594. >she's probably sneaking out
  595. >hoofsteps
  596. >it's Fluttershy, she actually came right back with more tea
  597. >oh fuck why didn't she just sneak out?
  598. >she sets down the tea in front of you and returns to her seat
  599. >"So Anon."
  600. >
  601. "Yes?"
  602. >"What are the animals like where you're from?"
  603. >you notice now that several dozen birds, bunnies, rodents, and even a massive bear are approaching Fluttershy's chair, staring at you
  604. >one white rabbit stands on top of the back rest, gazing angrily into your soul
  605. "Well, the rabbits are fatter."
  606. >Fluttershy's eyes take on both the size and the brilliance of the sun
  607. >"Oh, you have bunnies where you're from? I thought you came from another world?"
  608. "I don't really know where I came from, relative to here."
  609. >"But you have bunnies?"
  610. "Yes."
  611. >"What else do you have"
  612. >you mentally prepare yourself
  613. >for the best explanation of Earth's wildlife you can possibly give
  614. >and for the longest conversation with a female you've ever had
  615. pt 3 tomorrow probably :^)
  616.  
  617. >"No!"
  618. "Yes, all of them."
  619. >Fluttershy's composure devolves into a fit of giggles
  620. >"Oh Anon, I can't possibly see why you were so sad. You're just so lovable."
  621. >she's sitting next to you now, and currently mockingly pinching your cheeck with an impossibly dextrous hoof
  622. >small talk is great
  623. >you can't say just what exactly you've been talking about for the past two hours
  624. >but you're having a nice time for once
  625. >Fluttershy's comment makes you feel a little more reserved
  626. >you grunt to express some emotion you don't know the word for, but the giggling mare doesn't notice
  627. >it is at this moment that your eyes are stabbed by the flash of a neon light
  628. >in between you and Fluttershy sits a monstrous creature
  629. >serpentine in shape, with a horse's head and a myriad of other parts that don't belong on the same body
  630. >"Fluttershy! You've missed our evening stroll entirely! I've been positively sick with anxiety!"
  631. >"Oh, I'm so sorry Discord. I've just been so caught up in talking with Anon here."
  632. >the snakelike neck whips around, bringing its head inches from your face
  633. >"Anon, eh?"
  634. >the words "good evening" form in your lungs, but never make it past your throat despite several tries
  635. >"How d'you do."
  636. >totally disinterested, he turns back to his horse to resume his discussion
  637. >y-you too
  638. >"Fluttershy! You know how busy I've become lately, this is the only time I'm able to spend with you anymore!"
  639. >"What exactly do you do all day?"
  640. >Discord ignores the question, continuing his rant
  641. >"And I'm nigh on five thousand years old! I need my excercise to stay healthy! I simply can't keep it off like the young, beautiful folks do anymore."
  642. >now might be the time for a smartass comment
  643. "R-really? Y-y-you don't look a day over fourteen hundred!"
  644. >Discord turns to look at you again, this time seeming a bit pissed off
  645. >he sizes you up, top to bottom
  646. >"You should really consider wearing a shirt."
  647. >Discord snaps his fingers and a hideous, yellow polka-dot sweatervest materializes over your bare chest
  648. >Fluttershy poorly conceals a giggle
  649. >you've always read that, in these sorts of situations, a man is supposed to feel a burning sensation in his face
  650. >yet you feel nothing but the return of an old, familiar pit in your stomach
  651. >something that had previously been there so long you'd simply stopped noticing it
  652. "I should probably get going now."
  653. >Fluttershy manages to look a little bit disappointed
  654. >"Please come back any time you-"
  655. >"Yes, yes, it is getting quite late, isn't it? You should really run along back to your princess now."
  656. >snap
  657. >and you're outside of Fluttershy's little cottage
  658. >all the blinds and curtains close, and the door clicks locked
  659. >oh, and just in time, too
  660. >Twilight is walking back to the cottage, carrying what seems to be a box of wafer cookies
  661. >she hasn't noticed you yet
  662. >so you dash off of the beaten path and make your escape behind a cover of trees, bushes, and darkness
  663. >once you're out of the cottage's general vicinity, you wonder where you can even go
  664. >your yurt has been taken down; you went past the spot where it once stood
  665. >nowhere to go but back to your shitty little bed in Princess Twilight's crystal castle
  666. >it's time for bed anyways
  667. >you're just so tired
  668. Anon Fucking Hates /fit/ tomorrow™.
  669.  
  670. >"Anon, how was Fluttershy's last night? I came back with refreshments, but you'd already left."
  671. "I-it was"
  672. "fine."
  673. >"Are ypu sure, Anon? I know Discord showed up, and I know he can be a little bit…"
  674. >she bites her lip here
  675. >the look on your face probably tells her everything that happened
  676. >"… possessive."
  677. "A little bit."
  678. >a minute of silent breakfasting ensues
  679. >"Anon, I'm asking because I don't really know if you should be wandering off on your own like that yet. There's just no telling what you might, you know,"
  680. >you very intentionally give her the most morose, pissy face you can give
  681. >"do to yourself."
  682. "Thanks for the concern, princess, but as you can see, I haven't fucking killed myself yet."
  683. >more silent eating
  684. >it is at this, the least appropriate moment, that a bolt obnoxious blue lightning zips into the dining room
  685. >"TWILIGHT. You have got to see this!"
  686. >Rainbow Dash shoves a piece of paper into her princess's face
  687. >Twilight takes hold of the letter and reads aloud
  688. >"Dear Rainbow Dash, we are pleased to inform you that your service has been transferred from the Equestrian Wonderbolts Skyfleet Reserve to the Equestrian Wonderbolts Regular Reserve. Bi-monthly musters will be held…"
  689. >"Rainbow, this is great!"
  690. >the two hug
  691. >"But what exactly does it mean?"
  692. >"It means that I am one step closer to being a real Wonderbolt!"
  693. >"Oh, Rainbow, I'm so happy for you!"
  694. >what the fuck is a wonderbolt
  695. >"But that's not the only reason why I came here!"
  696. >Rainbow turns her attention to you
  697. >fucking why
  698. >"You know half of Ponyville saw you walking around without a shirt on last night, right?"
  699. >your gaze drops and you groan a little bit
  700. >"Rainbow, what are you doing?!"
  701. >Rainbow Dash ignores the royal question
  702. >"That's right. You seriously need to get in better shape. Fortunately for you, I am Ponyville's leading expert in fitness!"
  703. "Wh-wh-wh-what are you saying?"
  704. >she bumps your chest with her hoof
  705. >"I'm saying you should come work out with me today, Anon."
  706. >Twilight's visible concern evaporates
  707. >Rainbow smiles eggingly
  708. >you don't really want to be here with Twilight all day
  709. >but you only ever worked out alone back home
  710. >before you got here, you'd even built up a respectable home gym just to avoid interacting with gym-goers
  711. >a workout partner just sounds…
  712. "I'm down."
  713. >YES!
  714. >fuck
  715. Anon Fucking Hates /fit/, pt 2 tomorrow possibly maybe if the stars align just right
  716.  
  717. >you're flopping on the ground
  718. >Dash looks over to you, still effortlessly pushing herself up and down with her wings
  719. >"Really, Anon? That was only forty pushups."
  720. >and you could barely squeeze out fifty situps
  721. >and you couldn't even make a mile run in under ten minutes
  722. >with this latest failure, you sink your face into the backs of your hands
  723. >you truly have lost all your gains
  724. >a year of not lifting and not eating will do that to you
  725. >she pushes herself up off the ground and into the air, from which she immediately takes to flying
  726. >"All right, come on then, Anon. Warm up's done. We'll get you in shape yet."
  727. >shame
  728. >absolute fucking shame
  729. >she leads you over to what feels like an old friend that you've been ignoring
  730. >free weights
  731. >"All right, Anon. Let's get your max weights for the five big lifts; then we can figure out a plan for you."
  732. >"First up, benches."
  733. >she sets up the bar over the bench with fifty pounds
  734. >fifty?
  735. >whatever
  736. >"Just lay down right here, grip here and here, and… go."
  737. >one
  738. >two
  739. >fuck
  740. >three
  741. >is this really just
  742. >four
  743. >just fifty pounds
  744. >f-f-fi-
  745. >come on you nigger
  746. >Dash starts reaching over to help
  747. >fuckshitcuntniggeringdicklickers
  748. >f-f-five
  749. >"Not bad. Fifty pounds it is then."
  750. >fifty
  751. >that's just depressing
  752. >silently, you follow your trainer over to a bar already set up on the gym floor
  753. >"Let me see here… sixty pounds."
  754. >she looks you over
  755. >"That should be good for deadlifts. We might have to take a little off though. I don't really know how this'll work for a two legged… uh, thing like you."
  756. "I know how to deadlift."
  757. >she gives you the doubt.jpg look
  758. >"All right then."
  759. >you step over and give it a shot
  760. >but your back catches fire before it gets above two inches of clearance
  761. "Shit… fucking… damnit!"
  762. >and the whole thing clatters to the floor
  763. >"Oh, that's all right. I'll just take a little off."
  764. >you can almost taste what seems to be disdain rolling off of this blue horse's tongue
  765. >she takes ten pounds off of the bar
  766. >and about fifty off of your sense of self-worth
  767. >you get through deadlifts at this weight
  768. >bent over rows go equally unimpressively
  769. >your OHP is beyond pathetic
  770. >"All right, Anon, we're almost done. You're not doing too bad here. This last one is pretty tough though."
  771. >and there she is
  772. >apart from your rig and various obscure imageboards, this beauty in front of you was the only thing you'd ever considered to be your friend
  773. >the squat rack
  774. >Dash misinterprets your longing gaze
  775. >"Yeah, squats are pretty tough. I'll make this one easy on you."
  776. >she sticks twenty pounds on the bar
  777. >seeing your frustration, she winks and adds another ten
  778. >"But not too easy!"
  779. >that's just insulting
  780. >even when you'd just started lifting you had sixty on that bar
  781. >surely you can't be any worse than that now
  782. >you slap an extra thirty onto it
  783. >"Whoah there, buddy. That's a lot of weight. That's what I do!"
  784. >fuck you cunt just you watch me squat this shit
  785. >you step under the bar and take hold of it
  786. >"Anon, I am talking to you! Don't take that bar!"
  787. >it is too lake sergei
  788. >it was always too late
  789. >you come up
  790. >and you go all the way down
  791. >and you come all the way back up
  792. >for the first time since you've met her, Rainbow Dash seems to regard you with some amount of respect
  793. >"Anon…"
  794. >she breaks into a sly smile
  795. >"I didn't know you were holding back on me. You can do more than that too, can't you?"
  796. >her tone is eerily similar to when she was encouraging you to drink at that fucking party
  797. >but fuck yeah you can do more
  798. >you change the weight yet again
  799. >lmao1plaet
  800. >it's not quite what you used to lift, but you'd really like if you could do this
  801. >Dash is looking at you expectantly
  802. >one
  803. >another gym goer takes notice and wanders over
  804. >two
  805. >two more follow suit
  806. >three
  807. >a small group of cardiobunnies trots over to see all the hubbub
  808. >four
  809. >you're no longer focused on the growing crowd
  810. >five
  811. >your only feeling is the feeling of your glutes ascending to the heavens
  812. >six
  813. >YOU'VE STILL GOT SOME GAINS
  814. >seven
  815. >your left leg receives a sharp jolt
  816. >and you come crashing down
  817. >fortunately, the rack catches the weight
  818. >but you get a faceful of floor all the same
  819. >"Anon! Are you okay?"
  820. "I'm… just… great."
  821. >ignoring the fact that you're clearly doing less than great, Rainbow rushes you up to your feet and prances around
  822. >the whole gym is excited
  823. >">plz respond"
  824. >"dat posterior chain"
  825. >"TIME TO SCHLICK"
  826. >"I'll take 2,2 go!"
  827. >"It was so deep!"
  828. >"My appres! Shamefur dispray!"
  829. >your autism nearly makes you tell them that 90 really isn't all that much
  830. >and then you remember that these are 3-4 foot tall quadrupeds
  831. >and you shut up
  832. >and you stop being a sperglord for one time in your life
  833. >and you just bask in it
  834. Anon Fucking Hate Apples tommorrow probably
  835.  
  836. >you stretch, causing the covers to fall off of your body
  837. >Spike is asleep
  838. >Twilight hasn't come by yet
  839. >the sun is only just starting to peek out over the horizon
  840. >it was during times like these, you reflect
  841. >that you used to enjoy walking to the nearest woods and rambling about outside
  842. >no parents reminding you of your abysmal social life
  843. >no professors to frustrate you to insanity
  844. >no coworkers or classmates to look at you funny
  845. >no bosses to threaten your job
  846. >no landlords threatening your home
  847. >and no magic fucking pony princesses insisting that you need friends
  848. >let's do it
  849. >you silently get dressed for a hike as appropriately as your wardrobe allows
  850. >and you stealthily move outside
  851. >it's a little bit dark out yet
  852. >and a cool, silent breeze flows past your skin
  853. >perfect
  854. >so you head out to the local forest
  855. >what could possibly go wrong?
  856. >your muscles still ache from the escapades of yesterday
  857. >but it's not a bad pain
  858. >like the mysterious battle scars you received from the party
  859. >or the burning of hot rocks on your back
  860. >…
  861. >or rope burns on your neck
  862. >the air is a little cooler in the forest, and the trees make it a bit dimmer
  863. >the sound of various birds and bugs sounds through the air
  864. >but these sounds do not disturb you
  865. >in fact, they help you relax even more
  866. >just you, the forest, and your thoughts
  867. >you think of Pinkie Pie
  868. >the energetic ball of life who got you into so much trouble
  869. >you don't really think you'd very much enjoy spending a lot of time with her
  870. >you think of Rarity
  871. >a pony who enjoys the finer things in life, but doesn't much like the quiet
  872. >you think you'd die of shame if you ever saw her again
  873. >you think of Fluttershy
  874. >you think you could simply sit quietly with her for hours on end, not a word needing to be spoken
  875. >it's unfortunate the company she keeps
  876. >and you think of Twilight Sparkle
  877. >the one who, like it or not, saved your life
  878. >the one who, supposedly, was once very much like you
  879. >the one who tries to shield you from the quiet as though it were a deadly poison without being fully accustomed to the noise herself
  880. >her good intentions can be a real bother sometimes
  881. >you stop and realize that it's completely and totally quiet
  882. >no birds sing, no bugs buzz
  883. >that's interesting for a forest this size
  884. >something snaps
  885. >ohshitwhatwasthat
  886. >out of the dark, quiet woods steps a monster
  887. >like a wolf, but made of wood and with burning green eyes
  888. >more green eyes peer out from the woods
  889. >your internal nigger sounds off
  890. >sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
  891. >you once read that most predators won't chase you unless you run
  892. >it's like a reflex or something
  893. >unfortunately your brain is too fucked from seeing wood monsters to remember that right now
  894. >and you take off sprinting before any of them get within ten feet of you
  895. >fuckfuckfuckfuck
  896. >you're running faster than you ever thought you possibly could
  897. >but FUCK there's no way you can outrun these things
  898. >so you get a stupid idea
  899. >you reach down hoping to grab a rock or a stick or something
  900. >you grab hold of a rock, but your feet lose their traction and you slip
  901. >you scramble into a sitting upright position and throw a rock at the nearest wolf
  902. >they pause long enough for you to stand up and grab more rocks
  903. >time to die
  904. >you throw another rock and the wolves run away like the pansies they are
  905. >blood and iron, lmao
  906. >wait, if you're safe then what's that roaring behind you?
  907. >oh, it's nothing
  908. >just a fucking scorpion-bat-lion motherfucker
  909. >JUST
  910. >you hastily throw your rocks at its face and run after the wolves
  911. >by slipping between narrow spaces between the trees, you can slow it down a little bit
  912. >but FUCK it's gonna get you if you don't find a hiding spot
  913. >nothing good in sight
  914. >the ground trembles in front of you as a massive four-headed dragon thing smashes its way toward you
  915. >why the fuck do you even bother?
  916. >you half hope the lion thing is gonna fight for its right to eat you
  917. >but no, it's running away like a little bitch
  918. >whatever
  919. >you just stand there
  920. "Fuck you, you fucking cunt."
  921. >it fails to take offense
  922. >just as one of its heads is about to snap you up, an axe smashes into its eye and distracts it
  923. >you look to the left, certain that fucking yog sothoth is here just to make sure your day gets fucked up
  924. >it's one of Twilight's friends, the orange one with the hat
  925. >"Mr. Anon, this way now! Come on now get a move on there ain't much time!"
  926. >oh fuck yes
  927. >she leads you through a narrow winding path away from the shrieking monsters of the forest
  928. >there is silence from both of you until you come upon the entrance to a great orchard of apple trees
  929. >"Now just what in tarnation were ya doin' out in the middle of the Everfree Forest, Mr. Anon?"
  930. >you're still looking around frantically to make sure no more abominations appear
  931. >the orange pony sighs
  932. >"Yer safe here, Mr. Anon. This is my farm. Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres."
  933. Anon Fucking Hates Apples, pt 2 tomorrow probably
  934.  
  935. >you calm down your heartrate slows itself to about six million miles per hour
  936. >and you get down to earth just enough to hear Applejack's reproaching question
  937. >"Now just what in tarnation were ya doin in the Everfree Forest, Anon?"
  938. "I-I, I was, I was taking a walk."
  939. >"A walk? You mean like a stroll? A Sunday mornin stroll through the most dangerous neck o woods in all Equestria?"
  940. >her eyes radiate a concentrated beam of doubt into your soul
  941. "Well how was I supposed to know it would be full of horrible monsters?"
  942. >Applejack considers this for a moment and her gaze softens a bit
  943. >"Well, I guess you are new round these parts."
  944. >smiling gently as though absolving you of a minor social blunder, she gestures with her head
  945. >"Come on then, sugarcube. I was gonna take the day off too, after gettin some firewood. Course, now my axe is gone. Why don't you stay for breakfast?"
  946. >she leisurely saunters toward the big red barn in the center of the property
  947. "S-sure."
  948. >and you follow alongside her, but slightly behind her center
  949. >"So what do ya think o the good princess? She treatin ya well?"
  950. >the chaos of the past week flashes past your consciousness in an instant
  951. "Uh, yeah, I guess so."
  952. >"That's good."
  953. >she spies a big red pony by the little farmhouse
  954. >"Hey, Big Mac! Tell Granny to whip up an extra plate. We got company."
  955. >the big guy wordlessly and casually walks inside
  956. >"Hoo-ey. Granny Smith's the best cook this side o Canterlot. You're gonna love her cookin, I promise."
  957. >her green eyes quickly examine your form
  958. >"An you look like you could use a good breakfast. Good golly, boy, have you been eatin right?"
  959. >your depression-induced lack of appetite over the past year would have been the envy of most ascetic monks
  960. "N-not really, I guess."
  961. >you're just about at the simple screen door now
  962. >Applejack nudges your side with a playful hoof
  963. >"Aw-haw, well we'll see what we can do bout that! You'll be fuller n a bit box durin cider season!"
  964. >the countryism is lost on you
  965. >"Let's get in there, now, Anon. It'll get cold!"
  966. >with an exaggerated trot, the horse who just saved your life goes inside and makes loud greetings to her kinsfolk
  967. >oh dear
  968. >there's nothing for it but to follow her inside
  969. >instantly, a little yellow pony finds her way to your feet
  970. >"Hi! Are you Mr. Anon? I'm Apple Bloom and I'm glad to meet ya! The whole town has been buzzin ever since Pinkie Pie's p-"
  971. >"Apple Bloom! Give our guest some space!"
  972. >"Just sit right there, sugarcube. Breakfast'll be out in a pinch."
  973.  
  974. >Applejack was right
  975. >Granny Smith makes some bomb ass breakfast
  976. >you honestly didn't realize how fast you were eating
  977. >and your plate is empty
  978. >"Shoot Anon. Y'all weren't kiddin about not eatin right. You must've been starvin!"
  979. >the old green pony who must be Granny Smith interjects
  980. >"A great big feller like that needs his vittles, darlin! You want some more apple fritters, Anonymous?"
  981. "Uh, n-no thank you."
  982. >you nervously glance out the window
  983. "I should probably get going now."
  984. >Applejack responds uproariously
  985. >"Nonsense! You should stick around for a spell! We're gonna have a nice, relaxin Sunday and we want you to join us."
  986. >they want you to join them?
  987. "O-okay."
  988. >you sure do hope they don't change their minds
  989. >the family finishes eating and giving their best compliments to the cook
  990. >then things move to the front porch
  991. >there's three rocking chairs and a two-seat swing set up
  992. >you take a seat on the swing, hoping that it wasn't anybody's chosen spot
  993. >the adults all find their chairs
  994. >and Apple Bloom jumps up next to you
  995. >and it's quiet
  996. >you nervously observe for a moment before realizing
  997. >it's not a bad quiet
  998. >usually when you're with company and it's quiet, it's because you're an awkward sperglord who doesn't know what to say
  999. >but here, nothing needs to be said
  1000. >after a week of hard work, the ponies of a farming family have stuffed themselves
  1001. >they intend to sit in the pleasant, quiet company of each other until the slight ache in their stomachs goes away
  1002. >it takes you a few moments more to relax yourself
  1003. >when it happens, you notice it
  1004. >your muscles seem to slide into a more comfortable position under your skin
  1005. >your back sinks into the cushion behind you until it hits the resistance of the wooden frame
  1006. >your vision expands as the skin around your eyes and mouth simply revert to a natural state of non-use
  1007. >the sound of your own breath sounds in your ears as you allow yourself to exhale fully
  1008. >you didn't even notice what you felt like until it went away
  1009. >okay
  1010. >"Mr. Anon?"
  1011. >and it all comes rushing back
  1012. >it's Apple Bloom
  1013. >you look at her attentively, unsure what, if anything, you're supposed to say here
  1014. >"Do you have your cutie mark?"
  1015. >what
  1016. "My what?"
  1017. >"You know,"
  1018. >the underage horse enthusiastically shoves her butt in your face
  1019. >"your cutie mark!"
  1020. >she seems to be proudly displaying the picture on it
  1021. >it's a tricolor shield with an apple in the center
  1022. >"It's what shows your special talent! The one thing you can do that makes you unique."
  1023. >Applejack chuckles
  1024. >"Heh, this little'un just got hers, and she's prounder'n a peach over it. It's a right special mark too."
  1025. "What is it?"
  1026. >"It means that I can help you understand what your cutie mark means and who you're supposed to be! I spent so long searchin for my own special talent that I guess searchin for special talents became my special talent!"
  1027. >that's a hell of a talent
  1028. cont'd
  1029.  
  1030. >Applejack introduces more examples to you, gesturing to her own impressive hips
  1031. >"These here apples mean that I'm supposed to be an apple farmer, and Big Mac's got the same talent. Granny Smith, as you surely already know, is the greatest apple chef in all Equestria."
  1032. >you look and see that the mentioned ponies have butt stamps coinciding with Applejack's claims
  1033. >Apple Bloom turns to you
  1034. >"So what's your special talent? Oh wait, don't tell me! I wanna see, I wanna see your mark!"
  1035. >she starts frantically pawing at your wasteband in an attempt to see the alleged goods within
  1036. >you freeze the fuck up
  1037. >"Apple Bloom! Ya can't go round disrobin folks! Anon's not like us; he probably doesn't have one. Do ya?"
  1038. "N-no."
  1039. >Apple Bloom looks disappointed
  1040. >"Oh."
  1041. >"Well you can still have a special talent, right? What is it?"
  1042. >special talent?
  1043. >the child's question prompts some serious thought on your part
  1044. >you spent your childhood shirking off homework and avoiding people
  1045. >you've spent your adult life flitting from activity to activity depending on what your interest of the week was
  1046. >hiking, cooking, lifting, gardening, drawing, writing, programming, even philosophical thought, to name just a few
  1047. >you sometimes even came back to some of them every few months or so
  1048. >but you never really stuck with anything long enough to get good at anything
  1049. >just long enough to know how to shitpost about it
  1050. >but a single special talent?
  1051. >you certainly didn't lack any of the physical traits necessary to get one
  1052. >you weren't short, ugly, prone to obesity, or unintelligent
  1053. >you just
  1054. >never did anything
  1055. >Apple Bloom gets tired of waiting for your train of thought to come to a stop
  1056. >"What's yer special talent, Anon? What are ya good at?"
  1057. >her massive, glimmering eyes meet your tiny, darting ones
  1058. >the silence is oppressive once again
  1059. "U-uh, let me get back to you on that."
  1060. >and you get up
  1061. >and you leave
  1062. >and you can almost feel the awkward tension radiating from the porch into the back of your head until you're out of sight
  1063. >what the fuck are you good at?
  1064. Anon Fucking Hates Friendship tomorrow probably
  1065.  
  1066. >you feel it from the second you woke up
  1067. >today will be a terrible day
  1068. >you don't know how you know, as things are still quiet
  1069. >perhaps it's the sticky sensation of the accumulated misadventures of the past week lurching around in your soul
  1070. >perhaps it's some feeling of hopelessness at your inability to answer the question of yesterday
  1071. >perhaps it's the fact that you went all day yesterday without speaking to Twilight once, and had gone the past two days without speaking to her outside of breakfast
  1072. >perhaps it's some underdeveloped precognisant sense of the human brain attempting to warn you of the trials to come today
  1073. >it's five in the morning
  1074. >you're lying awake in bed
  1075. >you don't know why, but you know that today will be hell
  1076. >and then it hits you
  1077. >specifically, the sound of shouting poinies hits you
  1078. >"C'mon, it's going this way!"
  1079. >"This is Spike's room! It's Anon's room too!"
  1080. >"Maybe it won't go in."
  1081. >a floating purple star flies through the door
  1082. >shit fuckcuntering damnit fucking purple nigger jew kike wop sheeny bastards on a raft in shitfuck land
  1083. >you close your eyes and desperately try to pretend to be asleep
  1084. >the door crashes open and the sound of hooves thunders across the crystal tile
  1085. >a thud to your left and a nasally groan alerts you to the fact that Spike's slumber has been disturbed
  1086. >"Hey, what gives? It's five in the… whoah…"
  1087. >Rainbow Dash's voice explains Spike's evident wonder
  1088. >"It's circling over Anon's head."
  1089. >you continue your feigned sleep, knowing full well that you won't be left in peace any time soon
  1090. >"B-but why would it do that?"
  1091. >"Maybe it's a sign that Nonny is the Chosen One!"
  1092. >"Chosen what now, pardner?"
  1093. >"What would the map possibly choose Anon for, darling?"
  1094. >"Well, none of your cutie marks are signalling, only mine. Maybe the map wants me to take Anon."
  1095. >an awkward silence tells you that nobody likes the idea of you being chosen by some magical map any more than you do
  1096. >a hoof delivers a gentle yet firm shake to your shoulder
  1097. >"Anon? We need you to get up. This is important."
  1098. >you don't bother to fake waking up
  1099. >your eyes just open
  1100. >"Anon, get dressed and come downstairs. We're going somewhere today."
  1101. "Sure."
  1102. >the purple star zips out of the room
  1103. >"It's going this way!"
  1104. >"After it!"
  1105. >five ponies rush into the passageway
  1106. >Twilight stays behind and rubs your scalp for about ten seconds
  1107. >"Just meet us downstairs soon, Anon. Okay?"
  1108. "Okay"
  1109. >as Twilight leaves, you make a point to glance at her butt
  1110. >there's a purple star on it
  1111. >what could something like that even mean?
  1112. pt 2 tomorrow probably
  1113.  
  1114. >you get out of bed and head downstairs
  1115. >the six ponies are gathered around the table with the map
  1116. >in the same marked thrones where they sat during that awful breakfast
  1117. >their faces are deadly serious
  1118. >Twilight's cutie mark hovers over the Crystal Empire
  1119. >it seems to notice you and brighten up considerably
  1120. >Rainbow speaks up
  1121. >"Well, that settles it. Anon is supposed to go with you on this one."
  1122. >Twilight agrees
  1123. >"I can't really see any other interpretation to this. Anon has to be the one to come with me on this quest."
  1124. >she looks to you
  1125. >"I think I can kind of see why. Anon, you've made progress over the past week. I understand that you've opened up considerably more than I expected you would this early on."
  1126. >"I know it must not feel like it, but a lot of ponies around town know who you are, Anon. They think you're great. Not only for the things you never meant to do at the party, but also from your amazing display of strength at the gym. You can't see it yet, but you're giving an aura, Anon. An aura that draws ponies in."
  1127. >"You're not ready to fully integrate into a friendship-based society, but you're getting there. And I certainly think you're ready to help me solve whatever friendship problem may arise in the Crystal Empire."
  1128. >there's a tightness in your throat
  1129. >there's a lead weight in your gut
  1130. >there's a wet heat in your eyes
  1131. >never in all your life
  1132. >have you ever heard
  1133. >such a nice-sounding pile of horseshit
  1134. >you don't believe a fucking word of it
  1135. >you're about to start feeling pissed when Rarity pipes up
  1136. >"Oh, Twilight. An excursion to the Crystal Empire could easily turn out to be dangerous! Anonymous is just so… delicate."
  1137. >Fluttershy adds her two cents
  1138. >"Oh, it's true! Anon is so sensitive! What if he can't take it?!"
  1139. >Rainbow Dash disagrees
  1140. >"Of course he can take it! Anon is strong!"
  1141. >Pinkie Pie also leaps to your defense
  1142. >"Yeah! Anon is a ka-razy party animal!"
  1143. >Applejack is the only one who doesn't voice an opinion
  1144. >she just stares at you
  1145. >the orange farm pony delivers a perfect poker face in your direction
  1146. >Twilight interrupts the debate
  1147. >"It doesn't matter. We have to trust the map's judgement. If it says I take Anon, then I'll take Anon. There's nothing else to be said for it, girls."
  1148. >"Twilight, please let us come with you then! Anon isn't prepared for whatever's coming!"
  1149. >"No, Fluttershy. If you were supposed to come, we would know. This is the end of the discussion."
  1150. >a tense silence fills the air
  1151. >all this bickering over some faggot like you
  1152. >you suppress a cynical giggle
  1153. "All right, let's go then!"
  1154. >you're so not ready for whatever this shit is
  1155. >you don't even know what the fuck it's supposed to be
  1156. >like it fucking matters
  1157. pt 3 tomorrow probably
  1158.  
  1159. >for a while the chugging of the train is all there is
  1160. >your mind is blank
  1161. >there is only rapid, repetitive, regular sound of the locomotive
  1162. >and the quickly sliding landscape, moving ever backward
  1163. >the way it's peppered with constantly changing distortion from little beads of rain gathering on a pane of glass
  1164. >but there's nothing in your mind
  1165. >at least, not until the thought of "I'm not thinking of anything at all" crosses your mind
  1166. >fuck shit no damnit why fuck you fucking thoughts go away
  1167. >the more frantically you try to suppress your brain's activity, the more words it produces
  1168. >shit fucking damnit
  1169. >now you have to think about it
  1170. >think about what exactly?
  1171. >you look around the train cabin
  1172. >you see Twilight Sparkle sitting next to you
  1173. >she's clearly just as "deep in thought" as you were a minute ago
  1174. >Twilight's as good a place as any to start internally griping from
  1175. >you're sitting next to a magic unicorn princess with wings in a train on your way to a crystal city that calls itself an empire
  1176. >you are sitting next to a literal princess like you just don't give a shit
  1177. >and she is a talking horse
  1178. >this is all so fucking wierd
  1179. >you remember now that, when you were in high school, you had to read Gulliver's Travels
  1180. >most people didn't really get it past Lilliput
  1181. >but the part that had gotten to you the most was the last part
  1182. >with the Houyhnhnms
  1183. >essentially, a utopic nation of talking horses
  1184. >no stealing, no violence, no dishonesty
  1185. >they just couldn't comprehend these concepts
  1186. "Twilight?"
  1187. >it takes her a moment to realize she's been addressed
  1188. >she briefly mumbles something and looking around until her eyes settle on you
  1189. >"Yes, Anon?"
  1190. "Have you ever heard of 'lying'?"
  1191. >she gives you a look
  1192. >"Lying?"
  1193. "You know, saying that which is not."
  1194. >"No, I-I know what lying is, but… why would you ask me that?"
  1195. >well, Mr. Swift
  1196. >your vision was a little off
  1197. "No reason."
  1198. >"Do you wanna talk or something?"
  1199. "Sure."
  1200. >fuck
  1201. >you answered before you could think about it
  1202. >now comes the brief, awkward period where you stare at Twilight
  1203. >and she stares at you
  1204. >and you try to think of something to talk about
  1205. >fortunately, you're saved by the whistle of the train
  1206. >and a stallion with olympian ivory sideburns trots through the cabin
  1207. >"We have reached the Crystal Empire. All ashore who's goin' ashore."
  1208. >"We can talk in a little bit, Anon. Let's go. I didn't send word that I was coming, so hopefully Princess Cadance doesn't hold us up."
  1209. pt 4 tomorrow
  1210. probably
  1211.  
  1212. >Twilight slips into a raincoat before getting off the train
  1213. >"To hide the wings."
  1214. >and you're off
  1215. >"Okay"
  1216. >she pulls out a map of the city
  1217. >"Now, we should start searching for the problem right away. There's no way of telling just how serious this could be."
  1218. >okay
  1219. >so you walk off in a direction that catches your fancy
  1220. >Twilight notices after a moment and runs to catch up with you
  1221. >"Anon! Anon! Wait up! We can't just split up like this, you don't know your way around the Crystal Empire!"
  1222. "Neither do you."
  1223. >"I've got the map."
  1224. "Has a map of the area ever actually helped you find one of these problems before?"
  1225. >"W-well, it's never a bad idea to have a map!"
  1226. "How are we supposed to figure out what's going on anyway?"
  1227. >"In the past we've always just sort of stumbled across the problem."
  1228. "So let's go stumble around the city."
  1229. >"It's an Empire, Anon."
  1230. >what kind of shitty empire is a tiny piece of territory within a kingdom?
  1231. >whatever
  1232. >you're still walking in the direction you started off on, friendship horse princess in tow
  1233. >it's terribly striking just how comfortable you've grown with her
  1234. >"So…"
  1235. >you look at her
  1236. >"What was that about lying earlier?"
  1237. "Just some book I read when I was a kid."
  1238. >"A book? What are the books like where you're from? What sort of book was this?"
  1239. "It was a satire written against human society a long time ago. It was about a sailor who kept getting stranded in fantastical civilizations."
  1240. >she seems to have a general idea of where you're going with this
  1241. "In his final adventure, he comes to a perfect nation ruled by talking horses. There's no lying, no stealing, no violence, no crime. The only trouble is a vicious animal that looks and acts like a human being, but lacks human intelligence. The sailor loves living here, but in the end, he's…"
  1242. >Anon's not like us
  1243. >"…just not like they are, so they have to banish him forever. He goes home and loses his mind, now fully aware that he'll always be stuck with a highly flawed society, a highly flawed body of peers, and a highly flawed self."
  1244. >Twilight doesn't respond right away
  1245. >"Wow. You've never opened up like that before, Anon."
  1246. "I guess."
  1247. >"Do you really think Equestria is like this place you described? You know, we do have lying and stealing and crime and whatnot."
  1248. >you look around, seeing nothing but happy, smiling, brilliantly shining ponies radiating warmth and familiarity in all directions
  1249. >you feel that in a big city like this back on Earth, you'd have good cause to be afraid
  1250. "Maybe so, but not to the extent that we had it. And you ponies have other desirable traits that human society lacks."
  1251. >"Like what?"
  1252. "Like, what you did for me. Most humans would have just said something insincere about how horrible it was that some young fellow would off himself like that and move along with their lives. Nobody would have really cared."
  1253. cont'd
  1254.  
  1255. "And all my life I've been like this. Alone. The others all just… knew that I wasn't like them somehow, and they stayed as far away as possible. All of my deepest interactions with others haven't involved anything more intimate that shooting bullshit with someone who was forced to be around me daily for work or school reasons. Nobody would ever try to to reach out to me, least of all someone important like you."
  1256. >Twilight abruptly stops walking, forcing you to halt in your tracks and turn to face her
  1257. >"Nobody? Nobody at all? Not even your family? Anon, up until a few years ago I'd spent my whole life avoiding getting close to others, but I always had my family to turn to when I needed support."
  1258. >your family
  1259. >there's a shitfest you've given no thought to in a long time
  1260. >if Twilight was ever anything like you she'll answer this question the way you think she will
  1261. "How often did you turn to them after moving out?"
  1262. >"N-not very often."
  1263. >"But Spike was always around! And I kept in constant correspondance with Princess Celestia! It's something, Anon! You had somebody!"
  1264. >you think hard for a moment, prompted by the unexpected display of passion
  1265. >your family again comes to mind, but you rapidly banish the thought from your brain
  1266. >you had a few friends when you were little, but early on you started developing in a radically different direction from the way they went
  1267. >when high school started some folks briefly tried to recruit you into their social circles
  1268. >but those circles were just too loud, too bright, and too hot for you
  1269. >after a couple weeks you - almost involuntarily - would actively avoid them, and they always stopped talking to you after that
  1270. >college was much of the same
  1271. >by the time you got your first job it was too late for you
  1272. >by this point you'd stopped giving a shit, you crafted an entertaining mask and displayed it whenever your coworkers tried to see you
  1273. >they appreciated you to some extent at work, but not one of them really viewed you as an equal
  1274. >water cooler bullshit or not, they still knew that you weren't like them
  1275. >at least, that's the impression you got
  1276. >and after you quit that hellhole, you went NEET and lost all contact with everyone you'd ever known
  1277. >and now you're here
  1278. "None that I can think of, Twilight."
  1279. >you've practiced this conversation a billion times
  1280. >but never, in all the years since you first conceived it, did you ever dare to speak it aloud
  1281. >it's left you feeling squishy, cold, and vulnerable
  1282. >"Anon, I-"
  1283. >she's interrupted by a mighty roar of displeasure
  1284. >you both look across the street to see a gray and black stallion being goaded along down the sidewalk by an elderly, onyx crystal pony
  1285. >he doesn't have a cutie mark
  1286. >you want to label him a pathetic autist, but all you can do right now is feel
  1287. >Twilight, on the other hand, is petrified at the sight
  1288. End Act I, How Anon Learned to Stop Being an Autist and Love the Horses
  1289. Act II, The Time is Coming When Betas Will Decide the Fate of Us All, tomorrow probably
  1290.  
  1291. >the grey stallion shouts at his elderly companion
  1292. >"I DEMAND THE TENDIES THAT ARE RIGHTFULLY MINE"
  1293. >the old mare tut-tuts in reply
  1294. >"Now Sombra, darling. You know that crystal tenders are ten good boy points, not five."
  1295. >"LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE CRYSTAL TENDIES IS WHAT I DESIRE"
  1296. >"Sombra, sweetheart, you're making a scene. Let's get back home and I'll make you some haygel bites."
  1297. >grumbling about grave insults and scowling, Sombra lowers his head and follows his mother quietly
  1298. >goodness fucking gracious
  1299. >that poor, poor mother
  1300. >Twilight shoves you with her hoof
  1301. >"Anon, get behind me!"
  1302. "Wh-why?"
  1303. >"Do it!"
  1304. >without checking to see if you obeyed her order, the princess of friendship stretches her wings, tearing the flimsy raincoat from her body
  1305. >her horn glows an increasingly brilliant purple
  1306. >"King Sombra! You are not welcome in this land!"
  1307. >holy fucking niggers
  1308. >she's going to murder that autistic pony
  1309. >you should do something about this
  1310. >"T-Twilight! Is that you?"
  1311. >seemingly out of nowhere, a pink princess pony puts her hoof on Twilight's shoulder with a nervous smile
  1312. >"Cadance, what are you doing? That's King Sombra!"
  1313. >"Y-yeah, that's him all right. He's been back for a couple weeks now."
  1314. >"A couple weeks? How come there hasn't been any news about this?"
  1315. >Cadance looks between Twilight and Sombra a few times
  1316. >"He's… not really doing anything newsworthy is he?"
  1317. >Twilight looks between Cadance and Sombra a few times
  1318. >he's just standing there scowling
  1319. >her horn stops glowing
  1320. >"I-I guess not."
  1321. >"Well, why don't you and your friend here come visit for dinner in the castle? I'll explain everything there."
  1322. >Cadance calls out across the street
  1323. >"Oh, Bismuth, would you and your son care to join me and Princess Twilight for dinner?"
  1324. >"Why, that would be lovely! Sombra, come along now. We're going to eat with the princesses."
  1325. >all of Sombra's rage dissipates and he timidly shuffles behind his mother across the street toward you
  1326. >Twilight looks to you, evidently distressed
  1327. >"Is this what the map sent us here for? What's going on?"
  1328. >you shrug, grunt, and follow the group toward a crystal castle that's arguably uglier than the one you've been living in for the past week
  1329.  
  1330. >you don't know how the fuck this happened
  1331. >this is the second royal banquet hall in which you've sat down to a meal
  1332. >you feel fancy as hell
  1333. >you're pulled out of this thought when you hear someone reference you
  1334. >"Hey, Twily! You didn't say you were coming over. Who's your friend?"
  1335. >"Oh, um, Anon? He's just, uh, you know."
  1336. >the stocky, blue-haired chad pony apparently doesn't know
  1337. >he stares at Twilight to get her to make him know until it becomes apparent that she's unwilling to elaborate any further
  1338. >thanks for the glowing introduction, you purple bastard
  1339. >"Okay then. Well, Anon, I'm Shining Armor. Twilight's brother. It's nice to meet you."
  1340. >you intended to say something that didn't sound severely socially retarded
  1341. "Y-you too."
  1342. >but it just didn't come out that way
  1343. >fortunately, the important folks have much more important things to discuss as dinner is brought out on platters
  1344. >oh boy, various grasses and flowers
  1345. >de-fucking-licious
  1346. >Twilight is anxious to get down to business right away
  1347. >"So Cadance, care to explain why he's here?"
  1348. >in obvious reference to Sombra
  1349. >"He showed up a couple of weeks ago. We were going to banish him to the frozen wastes, but his mother pleaded with us to let him stay. He doesn't seem to have his dark powers anymore, so we put him on a sort of probation."
  1350. >"Cadance, that stallion is a war-criminal and a despot! Dark powers or not, he's too dangerous to just be let loose on the Crystal Empire."
  1351. >Sombra's mother butts in
  1352. >"He's a good boy! He's just always had a hard time ever since his father and I broke up. Conquering the Crystal Empire was just a cry for help!"
  1353. >she's talking about a grown ass adult like he's a little boy
  1354. >Sombra himself doesn't seem to care about the apparent slight, busying himself with the arrangement of the blue flower petals on his plate
  1355. >Cadance puts out another case for Sombra
  1356. >"Twilight, don't be so quick to judge Sombra. It's my understanding that you're good friends with at least one war criminal and attempted despot yourself."
  1357. >"W-well, Discord is more Fluttershy's friend than mine…"
  1358. >fucking Discord
  1359. >what kind of cuck nation lets multiple would-be-tyrants walk around free within its borders?
  1360. >aw shit they're bringing out the deserts now
  1361. >it looks like something you can digest this time
  1362. >brownies next to hot coacoa
  1363. >awww yeeee
  1364. >the princesses continue their discussion, ignoring the bountiful cache laid out on the table
  1365. >only you and Sombra grab some
  1366. >unfortunately, your hand finds its way onto one brownie that Sombra has already magic'd
  1367. >"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
  1368. >you don't fucking know how this happened
  1369. >you're under heavy fire from brownie projectiles
  1370. >general quarters, general quarters, all hands man your battle stations
  1371. >warning status: red
  1372. >you're normally too much of a beta pushover to get mad
  1373. >but this is too fucking much
  1374. >you attempt to beat the shit out of the little shit
  1375. >perhaps fortunately for you, you find yourself whisked away to another room in a bright flash of purple
  1376. >Twilight is glaring daggers at you
  1377. >"ANON"
  1378. >time to get bitched at, son
  1379. What I Learned in Friendship School tomorrow probably
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