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- =Bros in Equestria Bonus Short: Perspective=
- >You stare into the bubbling green goop in the cauldron before you, your own face reflected in its contents.
- "Dude, is my hairline receding?"
- >Anon looks up from the tome he was perusing while everyp0ny else trots around the room in preparation.
- >"Really? That's what you're concerned with right now?"
- "Should I be nervous about something else?"
- >Anon gestures around the room in the palace. "You're always jumpy about cross dimensional trips."
- >You shrug.
- "Guess I've just grown used to it after all this time."
- >Anon giggles. "Took you long enough."
- >You flip Anon the bird quickly, but hide it as the doors swing open and three ponies walk in.
- >The small purple one chuckles. "I see you two are still getting along."
- >Anon smirks and meets them. "As famously as the day we met, Dusk."
- >Solaris smiles. "Ah, you two remind me of my own brother and me."
- >You elbow Anon as you meet the others.
- "We've heard that said."
- >Anon and Dusk lead the rest of you to the arcane circle with the bubbling cauldron in it.
- "You sure this'll work how you think, Zecarro?"
- >The Zebra shaman walks around the circle and the cauldron. "What I have made is my most powerful brew, so for your purposes it will have to do."
- >You glance over to Anon.
- "Shall we?"
- >Anon nods and moves to one side of the cauldron. "We shall."
- >Dusk walks to the edge of the circle as you join Anon on the other side of the cauldron.
- >"Remember you two, the effects of this spell will only last for about ten hours, so make it quick."
- >You both nod.
- "Thanks Dusk, for everything."
- >Solaris stands next to his student. "It was the least we could do after the help you gave with King Nymphamos."
- >The two of you nod.
- >"Later taters."
- >You both tip the cauldron over and let the brew mix with the arcane circle, engulfing you both in light.
- >You come back to yourself to the taste of grass and dirt.
- "Bleeehh..."
- >You push yourself up from the ground and find Anon laying on his back a few feet from behind you.
- >He blows leaves out of his face and sits up, examining your surroundings as you are.
- >Brick and cobble two story apartments, green grass and a familiar yellow sun high in the sky.
- >Cars sit in their spaces under throw together shelters to protect them from the elements.
- >You and Anon push yourself up off the ground and brush yourselves off.
- "We make it?"
- >Anon nods. "Looks that wa-"
- >"DUDE, WOULD YOU HURRY UP!" comes from around the bend.
- >You and Anon peek around the corner of the nearby building and spot two intimately familiar faces.
- >They were a bit shorter, less muscled, and wore different clothes, but there was no denying who they were.
- >One of them runs down the stairs and meets the other. "Will you quit your bitching? You always want to get there early."
- >"Excuse me wanting to avoid the traffic."
- >"We walk!"
- >"And we always hit the lights and then Mac hollers at us!"
- >The two start down the street with bags over backs and you pull Anon back against the wall.
- >Both of you sit with backs against walls and eyes wide open in shock.
- "Yep."
- >"We made it."
- "Any idea when?"
- >Anon runs over and grabs a newspaper off the ground, scanning over it.
- >"Right before we left..."
- "How before?"
- >Anon turns back to you looking like he's seen a ghost. "The day before."
- >You glance back to the slowly shrinking figures in the distance.
- "Well how bout that?"
- >A few hours had passed as you and Anon tailed your past selves.
- >It was fairly touch and go, you had to watch yourselves to make sure you didn't turn around and see yourselves.
- >You don't REMEMBER seeing an older version of yourself before your life took a crazy left turn, but you can never be too careful.
- >Anon leans over to your seat. "So now what?"
- "We keep sitting in the Ale House and watch ourselves, I guess."
- >Anon leans back and watches himself in the reflection of the bar.
- >"You remember this day?"
- "I remember the fries I'm eating taste like dirt."
- >From the corner of your eye, you catch sight of you spitting your fries out back onto your plate.
- >Anon puts his hands behind his head. "Think about what'd happen if we went over there..."
- "A blue box would probably show up and we'd get punched."
- >Anon chuckles. "I mean it. Think how different EVERYTHING would have been if we weren't at the house for some reason tomorrow."
- >You sip your soda and think of all the possibilities.
- >Never meeting the girls, never meeting Lo', actually aging, not to mention all the adventures.
- >You scratch at the table.
- "Wouldn't change it, personally."
- >Anon looks around. "Yeah...too many memories."
- >You grab your glass and raise it.
- "To whatever?"
- >Anon clinks his drink against yours.
- >"To whatever."
- >It was later at night now, the sun had set and the only light came from the nearby auto dealerships.
- >You and Anon sit on a bench across from the old apartment, both of you staying quiet as you recounted the day's events.
- >The two of you had walked around school and seen everyone you hadn't seen in so long, all just how you remembered them.
- >You let out a long drawn out sigh.
- "It's weird looking back..."
- >"REALLY weird."
- "You think Terry had that kid with that waitress after we left?"
- >"Probably. What do you think the class looked like when we graduated?"
- "Long hair, long bears and little sleep."
- >"Pffft! I wonder what they thought after we left."
- >You're both silent for a while.
- "...Probably that we died."
- >Anon crosses his arms. "Yeah..."
- >He glances over at a collection of payphones. "Hey..."
- >You turn your head and look at it as well.
- >"Should we...call our families?"
- >You look at him.
- >"For like...a final message?"
- >You think about it for a minute.
- >A last message to mom and dad...
- "That could be cool..."
- >Anon smiles and leads you to one of the phones.
- >You grab the receiver and dial the number, you end up only getting the machine.
- >Words escape you. You just end up talking.
- "Uhm...hi Mom, Dad. It's me. I uhm...just called to say I love you all that..."
- >You wipe a not-tear from your eye.
- "Aaaand just wanted to say that I think about you guys a lot and what you're doing and...to stay safe and happy, you know?"
- >Everything else just sort of dies in your throat.
- "So...good-bye."
- >You hand up the phone and step out of the booth, Anon meeting your shortly afterwards.
- "Think this'll help them after...tomorrow?"
- >Anon sighs. "I hope so..."
- >White smoke seeps up from the ground around the two of you, similar in nature to the kind you saw when you came.
- "Back off to whatever..."
- >The smoke rises and engulfs the two of you, sending you back to your insane and crazy life that you wouldn't change a moment of.
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