Hover Hand Anon

>You crouch down next to Twilight Sparkle and gently place your hand on her mane, hoping not to disturb her
>She instantly shakes you off, then swats you with her tail as though you were a fly
>You were worried that would happen

>"Huddle up everypony, I need you closer together!"
>"That means you, Anon" Twilight adds without looking back

>You don't have many options left
>You hate that it's come to this, but if you drag things out any longer you risk looking more awkward than usual
>You put your arm around Twilight and pull her in a bit more forcefully than necessary
>"You KNOW that's not what I meant Anon, you need to take this seriously" She says
>She shakes you away more forcefully this time, still without looking back

>"Hurry up now, I need this for tomorrow's printing" The pony with the camera says urgently
>The rest of the group are also starting to get restless
>Rainbow Dash in particular is getting agitated
>"I've got a nap to get back to, can't you sit around on your own time?"

>Worst case scenario ; you only have one option left
>You place your arm over Twilight, hand on the other side of her, arm curled around her neck without actually touching her
>The pony with the camera seems satisfied, takes a picture and is off in a cloud of dust
>You almost want to chase him down, stop him from using that picture
>Half the town is going to be laughing at you tomorrow for that
>But you know you could never chase him down at this rate
>What's done is done

>Tomorrow, the paper is going to go out, and on the front page is going to be the main 6 cuddling up to each other
>And you
>Awkwardly squished into the middle, no one touching you
>Your hand hovering in mid-air above the Princess of Friendship

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>It's been like this almost since you showed up in Equestria, but it started like a dream come true
>Everyone was interested in this strange new creature that had shown up, everyone wanted to meet the "human"
>Twilight and her friends instantly latched on to you
>You were declared a part of their group and dragged around on adventures
>At first it was all so fun and new, but as time wore on you started to notice a few trends

>You never actually got to help with friendship problems or monster attacks
>Your advice was routinely ignored as much as your 'attacks' on the monsters were
>But the group insisted that you were one of them and dragged you along anyway

>What felt like a bigger problem was...
>Well, frankly, no one wanted to touch you
>When it came to each other, the group was constantly hugging or so close their noses were pressed up against each other
>But when it came to you, it was a different story altogether
>You were always left out of group hugs and trying to join in made everyone awkwardly dis-join
>Any contact with a pony was ended quickly, with force if convenient
>Questioning the group about their behavior led nowhere, they just denied your concerns, said you were overreacting

>Spike was the worst
>He saw plainly what was going on, but to him you were just a big joke
>Sure, he was forgotten and left behind once in a while, and his help often just made things worse
>Once in a while, however, he'd save the day, and the ponies never shied away from hugging him
>His interactions with you mostly involved him laughing at you until you walked away

>Honestly, Spike looking down on you felt worse than Pinkie not showing up to your birthday party
>And that had been a low point
>She hadn't even apologized, just said she'd had a busy day at Sugarcube Corner and was too tired to party
>That one wouldn't have hurt so much if it hadn't been such an obvious lie

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>You hadn't managed to get a job
>You mostly blamed that on how the town ponies reacted to you ever since your novelty had worn off
>So the Princess of Friendship had given you a room in her castle
>After whatever today's disaster had been (you'd long since stopped paying attention to them) you were resting in your room
>You spent a lot of time doing that, if only to avoid further awkward contact between you and Spike or the ponies

"Today is going to end differently"
>You talk so little nowadays you'd nearly forgotten the sound of your own voice
"Today, I'm going to make a new friend, even if it kills me!"
>The determination in your voice found no match in your spirit, but you exit your room anyway

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>"Hello there Anon"
>You find Twilight, Spike in tow, nearing your room as you exit
>"I was just about to pay you a visit."
>You and Spike cringe in unison at her use of "I" instead of "we"
>Spike can be a real asshole sometimes, but you still feel bad for him being forgotten again
>Besides, he's nowhere near as bad as Rainbow Dash

"Hi Twilight"
>You say with all the enthusiasm you can muster
>Which is none

>The Princess tips her head
>"What's the matter Anon?"
"Nothing, I'm just busy is all"
>You give her a moment to say what she wants, but she doesn't volunteer anything, only looked at you worriedly
"What do you want with me?"

>"Anon, we've been through this, we're friends I just want-"
>"Oh! You mean just now" She says with a blush over the misunderstanding
>"I just wanted to see how you were getting along. You've seemed depressed lately"

"That's nice of you Twilight" You say in earnest
"I was just feeling a little lonely and thought I would try and make a new friend"
>"This isn't about that 'no contact' thing again, is it?"
>"I told you, it's all in your head. You hugged me twice just this morning!"
>You decline to mention you were shaken off both times
>You've been down this path before, you know it doesn't lead anywhere productive

"I know I have you and Spike and the girls, I just figure it can't hurt to have one more, right?"
>"No, I suppose not" Twilight says with some thought
>"Well, then I wish you good luck"
>Without another word, Twilight wanders off, Spike still diligently following

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>Wandering around town you can't help but feel something is off
>The streets are empty, vendors closed, windows shuttered
>It normally looks like this AFTER you wander through, not before
>Did someone tip them off?

>It takes you a moment, but there's no mistaking it. This belongs to the GREAT and POWERFUL TRIXIE!
>You can't believe you hadn't thought of it before
>She's an outcast, just like you. She'll gladly be friends!

>Moving to the front of the carriage you spot her talking to herself
>"I guess Ponyville still hasn't forgiven me for my less-than-friendly takeover. Everyone is still avoiding me"

"I'm not avoiding you"
>You step forward, so she can see you better
>"By the sisters, what manner of beast are you?"
"My name is Anon. I wasn't around the last time you were in town, but I've heard lots about you. Do you want to be friends?"
>You give the best smile you can muster
>"Does Trixie really appear so desperate as to be friends with something so fat and smelly?"
>Without warning she bursts into tears
>You think it may be best to just leave her be for now, she's really going at it.

>Walking back to the castle through the empty streets, you begin to ponder what she said
>Were you really fat and smelly? You hadn't ever considered everyone's reactions actually being your own fault
>You stop in front of the castle. Instead of going inside, you go to the side and look at your reflection
>You look awful!
>You've really let yourself go
>It seems all the snacks and sweets the ponies have around all the time really affected your waistline
>And no wonder you stink, with this much fat, you must sweat like a hog
>Have you really been so preoccupied with other people you never noticed how bad you were yourself?

"That's it. Today, I may not have made a friend, but I have made a decision. No more of this"
"From today onward, I'm going to become a person that I want to be friends with"
"Only then will I try to befriend other people"
>This time, you felt the determination

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"This is terrible"
"Nothing could possibly be worse than this"
"I hate running so much"
>You keep thinking these things to yourself, but you know it isn't that bad
>You've been running every morning since you made the decision to better yourself
>Barely any progress has been made, but you're grateful for what you have

>Around once a week Pinkie Pie brings a bunch of sweets over to the castle for Twilight
>Truth be told, you'd been eating over half of them each week
>But not anymore
>No more sweets, no more snacks, not even the pony versions of cheetos and mountain dew
>You used to make fun of people that ate those, but the versions the ponies made were just so good
>But that didn't matter any more
>What mattered was liking yourself, and that meant not eating foods like that

>You walked for a minute to catch your breath, then started running again
>You did this until you couldn't continue any more, then walked back to the castle
>Then you'd do pushups, sit-ups, anything you could think of, until your whole body was tired.
>In those things at least it seemed like you were making progress
>When you started, you could barely do a single push up
>Now you can do nearly 20 at a time, just like they do in the army!

>Then, to finish your routine, you take a nice, long shower
>You can't see much of a difference in yourself, but you feel so much better about yourself you know you'll be swimming in friends soon

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>It's been several months since you started running
>You mostly dropped the other exercises early on in favor of some warm-up exercises for running with some stretches afterward
>You didn't really know any runners, so you had to guess from what you remembered of gym class way back in school
>Your running was finally improving
>You'd lost a lot of weight too

>Still no real friends though. Other than yourself, that is
>All the ponies still mostly avoided you.
>They treated you spending all morning running around town then all day along the edge of Everfree Forest as strange
>More strange than you were before
>But you didn't care
>You still had one friend
>Yourself

>And maybe, just maybe, if you kept this up, you'd have another the next time Trixie rolled around
>You hadn't had a chance to say this to her, but she had always been one of your favorites
>You'd never had a waifu or anything, but if you had to choose one, Trixie would have made the short list
>And now, somehow, you'd made her a goal
>Maybe because she wasn't one of the ponies you were around all the time
>Maybe because you were an outcast like her
>All that mattered now is that when you started running, you did it for yourself
>Now, you do it for her

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>"Hey Anon, looks like you've finally gotten serious about something
>You want Rainbow Dash to fuck off so bad
>She's taken up 'following' you around on your runs
>And by following, you mean flying circles around you and then making fun of you
>Rainbow Dash pulls so far ahead you can barely see her before she circles around and flies back to you
>"Well, not THAT serious"
>And there it is, the little insult that has to follow every compliment from Dash
>Always good, but never good enough
>Specifically, never as good as her
>"Don't worry, not everyone can be as AWESOME as I am"
>"I'll meet you back at where we started, I'll just nap until you show up"
>"Then Twilight wanted you back at the castle, so hurry up"

>That was strange
>Not Dash going on ahead, she did that almost every day
>But ever since you became serious about running, Twilight and the others had mostly left you to your own devices
>They'd finally stopped bothering you about problems that you could never help with anyway
>But now it seems she's changed her mind
>Maybe it has to do with the group warming up to you
>None of the ponies would comfortably touch you yet, but you could hold a conversation with most of them now
>You hadn't noticed previously, but none of the ponies used to talk to you directly much
>Now, between the running you do and the reading you do in the evenings, Twilight had been really talking with you
>Maybe she was ready to start bringing you on adventures again
>Maybe you are finally ready to go on adventures in the first place

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>"Rainbow Dash, when I asked you to bring Anon here, I meant right away, what took you so long?

>"Hey, I can't help it if he's not as fast as me"
>"Besides, the exercise is good for him. You have to admit he doesn't look as terrible as he used to"

>"RAINBOW DASH! That's very rude of you to say"

>Rainbow just rolls her eyes and drifts away as Twilight dismisses her

"You wanted to talk to me?"

>"Yes Anon. It's about all this running you've been doing lately"

"Like Dash said, it's good for me"

>"Yes, I'm sure it is, but this is about more than your health"
>"The fact of the matter is, when I welcomed you into this castle it was because you were new here and had no way of supporting yourself"
>"I've let you stay as long as you have because you're completely non-magical"
>"I thought having no magic at all, not even a cutie mark, would prevent you from ever being able to support yourself"
>"You just couldn't compete with ponies, even Earth ponies, without some special talent of your own"
>"I mean you can't even buck apples"
>"But I've seen how hard you've been working, and I'm convinced you can find meaningful work to do"
>"Even without a special talent"

>You hesitate for a moment
"Wait, are you saying I'm no longer welcome in the castle?"

>"You'll always be welcome to visit, Anon, but yes, I think you should leave the castle"
>"I realize this is short notice, so I understand if it takes you some time to find a job, and I'm not going to kick you out"
>"But I'd like you out of the castle by the end of the month"

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Week 1
>Things aren't going great
>You went around town, looking for work or a place to stay again, but the town ponies still seem really uncomfortable being around you for any length of time
>You aren't a hamplanet anymore, you've been working heavy on hygiene, you just don't know what they're reacting to
>At first they all seemed so interested in you,  it's only been over time they started avoiding you
>Up until this point you had assumed it had been because you'd been becoming the worst kind of neckbeard
>Now you just don't know what you're doing wrong

>In an emergency effort, you put together a lean-to near a stream that flows from the Everfree Forest
>It's not home, but with a month's worth of work you think you can make a nice little hut
>You've even told Twilight that you think you've found a place, even though you don't know how you'll eat yet without her

Week 2
>shitshitshit
>Turns out 'a month from now' and 'by the end of the month' don't mean the same thing
>You could remain a basement dweller in the castle, but you already told Twilight you thought you had a place to stay
>And the look of disappointment of Twilight's face when you said you thought you had longer nearly broke your heart

>So, now you're moving out, and you need to upgrade that lean-to fast
>There's only one group of ponies besides the main 6 that will even give you the time of day
>It's time to go looking for favors

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>You've been waiting outside the elementary school all day
>Totally not creepy
>The police only questioned your behavior twice
>You never even got arrested, though you have reason to believe some parents have been contacted
>You high five yourself for not even shouting "Am I being detained"
>You know you wanted to, but you doubt the reference would have been appreciated

>Class is in right now, so you just decided to hang around the school until they finish up
>In a manner that contains no creepiness whatsoever
>Just because a grown man and near-total stranger is hanging around an elementary school so he can pick up a group of kids he needs some favors from-
>Yeah, ok, so it might LOOK creepy, but really you're just doing this so you'll have a roof over your head at the end of the month
>Which is NOW, apparently

>Class eventually ends and you approach your marks (still not creepy) a group of 3 little fillies talking excitedly amongst themselves
>They're reluctant to talk to you at first, but as you explain what you need they suddenly become excited
>"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS ; HOUSING CONTRACTORS!"
>And just like that, you have a crew
>You explain the location near the Everfree Forest you want to build in, but get no further before the CMC all split in different directions
>With no way of knowing where they all went, you decide to go to the clearing you intend to build your house in and wait

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>You show up to what sounds like an argument
>"Ya prolly shouldn't ah used a jackhammer Scootaloo. Ah'm pretty sure those are only used in road construction"
>"Yeah, well you should have brought more boards. We don't even have enough to replace what he had built without us"
>"GIRLS!" a breaking voice squeaks "We need to stop blaming each other and figure out how we're going to fix this pile of rubble before Anon gets here"
>"He said this is the only place he has to live, how's he gonna react when he sees we destroyed it?"
>"Ah think we're too late..."

>Where you had spent a week building a clean little lean-to there is now only a pile of rubble
>And a jackhammer
>Where do they even get these things?

>"We're sorry Anon, we destroyed your... "hoouuse" " Scootaloo says, unsure on the last word
>"But we can make it up to you!" Sweetie Bell interjects
>"My sister regularly gets orders for new work clothes from a group of construction ponies"
>"I'm sure they'd help build you something if she gave up payment for an order"
>"Yeah, Ah know that group. They order lunches from us in bulk" the small apple horse says
>"If Ah did a little extra buckin' and cookin', I'm sure sis would let me trade some free meals for some work"

"It's alright my little ponies"
>You've wanted to say that since you got here
"You all tried your best. I didn't have much work into that anyway. I'm sure I'll be able to build a hut on my own"
"By the end of the week"

>The group gives you puppy dog eyes
>"Please Anon, we made you homeless, let us help you"

>You're really surprised by this behavior. Only Twilight had previously pitied you enough to help you
"Well, alright, you can try asking for a few favors. But nothing too... extreme. Promise?

>"Promise, Anon" They say in unison
>And like that, just like before, they all split in different directions, leaving you behind
>Again

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"Ouch!"
>You bash your foot into what must be the hundredth rock
>"Sorry Anon, but we're almost there!" Applebloom exclaims
>They're navigating you to where they claim your house is, fully built
>Blindfolded, "For extra surprise"
>But they aren't very good at directions
>"Just a bit more this way Anon, but not too much" You get from Scootaloo
>You try to make a turn, but trip over what feels like a tree root
>"Not quite enough that way" Sweetie Bell chimes in
>You better actually have something like a house at the end of this, or else

>It would probably help immensely if one of them just grabbed your hand to lead you
>Unfortunately they'd all been just as reluctant about that as they had about letting you take your blindfold off.
>It seems Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had been through the area recently
>No one would be caught dead "holding hooves" with you with them around
>Even if it was just so you could stop hitting things while blindfolded

>After a few more minutes of stop and go every few feet as you hit something new, Sweetie Bell speaks up again
>"Ok Anon, we're here, you can take the blindfold off"
>Finally
>About damn time

>You remove the blindfold and are greeted by a cute little cottage where the pile of rubble used to be
>It was just like the generic little places that Ponyville is predominantly made of
>Going inside, you find it completely unfurnished, and not very big
>It's honestly about like the shack you figured you'd spend a month building
>It's perfect!

>Now all you have to worry about is having no friends
>And also living practically in the Everfree Forest
>That shouldn't be too big of a deal
>You'd been running around the area for months and never had any problems
>What could possibly go wrong?

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>Something has gone terribly wrong
>You actually fit in TOO well into the Everfree Forest
>This place feels so much like a home to you, you rarely leave
>There's actually a lot of food if you know where to look
>It's doubtful you could have survived the wilds back on Earth, but it's so much easier here
>But because you rarely leave, when you do you don't get the greatest reaction
>The town ponies are now convinced that you're some sort of terrible monster
>Although, by their standards you suppose you are
>You've been eating fish(meat) from the stream, you live in the Everfree and spend all your time there
>You've also become fit enough that you could probably break a pony over your knee
>Not that you would
>But they don't seem to know that
>In fact, they seem convinced that you're going to eat them every time you come to town
>Which just makes you want to come around less

>You are working on getting more friends though
>You've met a dragon that didn't bother to eat you
>But only just
>A group of living trees referring to themselves as 'dryads' that don't seem to mind you hanging around
>But trees don't make the best company
>They rarely talk, mostly getting enjoyment from swaying in the breeze
>And you swear there's a sasquatch in the area that you intend to track down one of these days
>But if you have to chase him down, how friendly will he be inclined to be?

>But, but, but

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>It's doubtful you'll ever make any friends out here in the Everfree
>But you've kept in contact with Twilight
>She seems concerned over the reputation you've garnered in town as a monster
>You tried playing up the dryads as friends, but Twilight was doubtful
>One day she wouldn't even let you leave until she had cast some spell or another on you
>It was supposed to gauge something, but you weren't really listening as to what
>She said it would take a while for her to understand the strange results she got from the test spell

>You'd also kept tabs on Trixie
>She was actually quite the popular stage magician outside of Ponyville, and you'd been collecting any bit of new about her you could
>Spike had become a total bro ever since you moved out into the Everfree and saved any news that passed through town about her for you
>She was headed back this way
>Any day now she'd stroll back through town, and there you'd be
>Ready to...
>Sweep her off her hooves?
>You aren't entirely sure what you're going to do
>Be friendly, you guess
>You tried that last time and it didn't work, but you were dangerously close to donning a fedora at the time
>You can only hope the improvements you've made to yourself will be enough

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>Today's the day
>Trixie should be rolling into town this afternoon
>Twilight has gone so far as to have Pinkie set up a welcoming celebration for her after the reception she received the last time she was in town
>Trixie shows up and is greeted by banners and a parade into which her carriage is swiftly integrated
>"What's going on? Where are you all leading the Great and Powerful Trixie? Trixie thought you all hated her"
>So did you, but it appears the town ponies are all too caught up in the celebrations that Twilight declared to really be scared
>Besides, Trixie is a borderline celebrity nowadays. How could anyone famous be mean?
>At least, that's what most of Ponyville seems to think

>You're just considering asking Twilight to throw something like this for you when Trixie rolls by you in the parade
>Now is your chance to put all that hard work to use
"TRIXIE"
>Your shout is drowned out by the crowd
>"Hey, watch it"
>"Watch where you're going"
>"Look out!"
>The crowd protests as you start to push through it, trying to keep up with Trixie
"TRIXIE"
>You're now waving your arms like a spas as you shout at her, but she doesn't seem to notice you among the crowds

>You finally push your way out of the crowd and into the parade
>You sheepishly fall in line next to Trixie, pretending you belong there

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>"And what, praytell, are you?"
"Hello, Trixie"
>You can talk much more gently know that you're out of the crowds
"I'm Anonymous the Human. You can call me Anon. We've actually met before, the last time you were in Ponyville"
>You try to give a winning smile
>"Trixie thinks she remembers now. Were you that lumbering creature that wanted to be... friends?"
>She seems to hesitate at the word
>"You look like you've done well for yourself since then"
"Thank you. You know, I'd still like to be friends if that's alright. Would you like to hang out after the show?
>Trixie cringes
>"That would be... acceptable, I suppose"
>The words seem to hurt her
>You can see her tolerance for you wavering by the second
>It's the same reaction as the other ponies

>There are daggers in your heart
>All the hope you'd had that you had finally become a likable individual fades in an instant
>The girl you'd tried so hard for obviously wants nothing to do with you
>The least you can do is give her that

"Oh. Nevermind then, it's ok"
>Trixie sighs with relief as you wander away, not mindful at all of the parade and celebrating ponies around you

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>Trixie does a show and leaves without much fanfare
>Or more probably with, but you don't really care
>None of it reaches you this far out of town anyway

>You become more of a recluse than ever
>You still run, it's gotten to the point where you feel weird when you don't
>But you don't do it for her anymore
>Habit is the only thing keeping you moving

>You eat, you get dressed, you run, you clean yourself, then you wander the Everfree
>Even creatures here seem to avoid you nowadays
>You see a lot of interesting plants and old structures here and there, but you don't really pay it any mind

>You've fallen out of contact with the main 6, even Twilight
>She sends letters now and again
>The first few were mostly tired pleasantries to which you never responded
>After a while, you stopped reading them entirely
>Soon after that, even those stopped coming

>You were glad when they stopped, all they did is remind you of a time when you thought you had friends

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>Knock, knock, knock

>It was the spring after the Trixie debacle and you just imagined someone knocking at your door

>Knock, knock, knock

>Scratch that, there WAS a knocking at your door

>Opening the door, you find Spike, a look of worry on his face
>"Anon, Twilight wants you at the castle right away. She says it's important"
>You could tell that just from her having sent Spike in person instead of a letter
>Without a word, you start jogging toward the castle of the Princess of Friendship, leaving Spike to try and catch up

>You arrive to Twilight crying, her friends surrounding and holding on to her
>"Anon, I'm so sorry.  WE'RE so s-sorry" she sobs "That we didn't believe you"

"Twilight, I haven't seen you girls in months. What are you talking about"

>*sniff* "I finally figured out the results of that test I ran on you. Anon, you can't make any friends"

>Had that been what the test was about?

"How can you know for sure? I mean, I've got you girls don't I?"

>The group sheepishly averts their eyes
>"Anon you don't have any magic. None whatsoever. But friendship IS magic. So any magical creatures are going to be uncomfortable around you"
>"The effects get worse with prolonged exposure, and much worse the closer you get. You were right Anon, we all hated touching you and just never realized it"
>"The girls had some resistance to it from holding the Elements of Harmony, and as Princess of Friendship I had even more, which is why we all tried to be friends with you"
>"But we messed that up pretty bad, didn't we girls? Anon said it himself, he hasn't seen any of us in months"
>"This is all my fault Anon. You knew something was off from the start, and I didn't believe you"
>" I should have recognized the problem right away, and instead I forced you to live a life completely devoid of friendship"

"Oh"
>It's all you can manage to say

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>"I think I have a solution. If I could turn you into a magical creature, a Pony, then you could possibly become susceptible to magic and capable of making friends with other ponies"
>Something in you awakens
>You think it might be hope
>For so long, you've lived without. But to be a pony to have friends again? This is too much, too sudden. You just aren't sure how to feel about the situation

>"But there's a risk. To permanently turn a non-magical creature into a Pony may have all kinds of unforeseen effects"
>"That said, it's the only way you'll ever make friends in our world. Do you want to try it?"
"Yes"
>You don't bother to give yourself time to worry
>You're going to be around friends soon, and that's all that matters

>"Ok Anon, here goes"

>There's a bright flash of light, then everything is gone

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>Your name it Tree Top
>Ponies used to sometimes call you Anon, but that was just some old inside joke. You don't even remember where the name came from

>Your cutie mark is one large tree in front of two smaller trees. It represents your special talent : Forestry
>Specifically, you're the only pony that takes care of the Everfree Forest
>Before you came around, everypony thought it just took care of itself, but you actually have a really hard job
>For some reason, you've just always had a connection to the creatures here as far back as you can remember
>The Princess says it's because you're Magic Impaired : You just don't have as much magic as other ponies, even other Earth Ponies
>But you don't mind. A Lot of creatures and plants in the Everfree don't have much magic, so you don't stick out as much as a normal pony would

>You don't have very many friends
>You used to be friends with the Elements of Harmony
>That was really fun!
>But over time they all found special someponies and settled down
>They don't spend much time with you anymore, they all have families to take care of

>But that's ok. You've got friends in the Everfree
>There's a dragon that talks to you from time to time, a group of dryads that love your company, even a large hairy creature known as a sasquatch
>He was really shy at first, but over time the two of you became fast friends

>That's your life, and you're happy you were given a chance to live it