AiE: You Can't Spell Friend Without Fiend Chapter 2

> Still holding on to one another the moment is broken when you feel a rumbling in your stomach.
> Her laughter indicates that she must have heard it.
> “Well it seems as though it’s time for us to eat.”
“Ha ha, yeah I guess so. What’s for dinner?”
> With a glow of her horn she summons random fruit from the fade itself.
“Wow, magic is pretty sweet.” You say picking a banana from the out of the air.
> Is this air you wonder while peeling the banana.
> Fuck it.
“Close enough.” Taking a bite out of the banana you realize exactly how hungry you were before ending the poor fruits existence in your omnivorous maw.
> Laughter from your side brings you back to reality.
“Something on your mind my little pony?”
> “Night. Mare. Moon. Or ‘your highness.’ will suffice. Besides it seems appropriate the ape would eat bananas.”
“Well excuse me princess. I just think Nightmare moon is a hell of a mouthful to always say. Besides we hugged it out and we barely know each other so I figured we were just fast friends.”
> “Friends? Yes it does seem as though we were made for each other.”
> You quirk an eyebrow at her comment and she blushes shortly after.
> “What I mean is that it’s true how quickly we’ve accepted one another! Nothing romantic about it at all!”
> You chuckle a bit before replying.
“It’s alright princess, I’m just glad that the first sentient being I met here is so much like me.”
> “How so?”
“Come on, you’re a total badass but I can tell you’ve got a heart of gold, you just let your emotions go too quickly. I used to have the same problem back home. Granted I never solved the problem and it tended to cause more trouble than I really wanted to deal with.”
> “So what’s the lesson in all this?”
> You weren’t exactly lecturing her.
“No lesson, I just kicked any ones ass who thought they could fuck with me. To be honest if I didn’t decide to keep to myself at my last job I would’ve been sent to prison for assault. If you’re looking for a lesson then I guess it would be ‘Walk softly but carry a big stick.’ I did so literally by having a sledgehammer on my trucks gun rack.”
> “So being angry and violent worked for you?”
“Well, yes and no. It was a short term answer that I had to hope wouldn’t turn into a long term problem. I’m not a bad guy, but I’m far from good.”
> Silence takes over the rest of your meal before you finish your impromptu fruit salad and fish for conversation.
“I know you had your share of bad experiences, after all it’s what got you here, but that’s no reason you can’t find success in life.”
> “I as well as you, are trapped on this moon. Although with the rate at which my power is returning, I imagine I’ll be able to return soon. Then I shall make my sister pay for banishing me here in the first place.”
> Yeah she’s been thinking about this for a while.
“Is revenge the answer though?”
> “What do you mean?”
“I just think maybe you should consider making peace. From what you’ve told me of your home, it’s a lot less hostile than mine.”
> She furrows her brow in anger before getting in your face.
> “Try spending an entire millennium in total solitude for standing up to a family member who you thought understood you!”
> Wow, hard to argue with that.
“I’m sorry princess; I just didn’t want you to end up like me, bitter and friendless.”
> “I have you, don’t I? You said it yourself, that we were friends.”
>Man. Logic is her bitch.
“You know what, you’re right. I am your friend and if you want to get some revenge then I guess I’m down to dish out a proper ass whuppin’.”
> “Uh, ass whuppin’? So is that a yes?”
> You lift a hand to your chin in mock consideration.
“Hmm, of course it’s a yes princess.”
> “Excellent, soon enough my power will return in full and we shall descend upon Equestria and they will bow to their dark mistress.”
> Mistress?
“Why boner?”
> “Boner?”
> Aw shit son, ya done goofed.
“Nothing.” You respond and quickly bury your hands in your pockets.
“Fuckin high school bullshit.” You whisper inaudibly.
> You thought you were passed the awkward boner stage.
> Such is life in a new world.
“Well now that we got an idea of what you want to do for your homecoming, how exactly are we gonna beat a sun goddess? I might be a rough and tumble motherfucker but I see two major disadvantages in this fight.”
> “Such as?”
“Well let’s see here, I ain’t got no wings and I can’ts do no magic. Hell I don’t even have a weapon to defend myself really, all I’ve got on me isn’t suited for a proper fight.”
> She closes her eyes in thought for a moment before opening them and trotting around you in an inspective manner.
> “Yes. I suppose you’re right about that. Still many of the best fighters rely on brute strength and cunning to outdo magical and aerial foes. Although against Celestia, even a giant like you would be no match for her.”
> That caused a slight rustling south of the border.
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
> “I trust you would just throw caution to the wind and face my sister head on but it’s true that she does have an unfair advantage. Wouldn’t want my precious underling to be vaporized for trying to swing a stick like some primitive beast at the sun goddess.”
“I find that offensive! Stick swinging is an art, and I am one of its greatest artists. Just ask my ex girlfriend.”
> She just laughs at your response.
> “Oh Anonymous, I was only teasing. I’m sure you’ve had quite a bit of practice ‘swinging your stick’.” She says while making a yanking motion with one of her fore hoofs.
> Did moonbutt here just make a dirty joke?
> Heh, Moonbutt.
“Alright Moonbutt, I’ll give you that one. All jokes aside though, what use am I if not for being a big distraction? Or gods forbid you decide to use me as a shield.”
> She looks at her flank before turning to you with a deadpan stare.
> Which you return with a shit eating grin that could rustle Gandhi’s jimmies.
> “Yes. How clever of you. Before you go and say something stupid that we’ll both regret, I suppose I’ll give you some of my power. Just enough to allow you to generate your own magic though. I don’t want to put off my return any longer than need be.”
> Holy shit you’re gonna be a wizard. For your own sake don’t lose your shit in front of the pretty pony.
> Pretty pony?
> Well you gotta admit you could get lost in those eyes and that moon on moon action… okay that’s enough of that.
> Back to reality!
“That’s the fuck I’m talkin’ bout! Throwing down some force lightning and shit? Hell yeah!”
> “My my, aren’t you animated? So I take it magic wasn’t a common occurrence in your world?”
“We wanted to believe. Hell, I’ll admit to trying to summon energy into my hands on more than one occasion.”
> Lost in childhood and a few more recent memories you hardly notice Nightmare raise her horn to your forehead and begin charging a spell.
> “Well sometimes belief is rewarded, here’s yours.”
>Snapping back to attention you don’t even have time to brace yourself as your mind is assaulted with magical energy.
> You’d think that travelling across dimensions would’ve been enough to toughen up your brain for this.
> It helped, but it didn’t stop it from hurting.
> And goddamn did that ever hurt.
> And now you’re on your back looking up at the sky. Or at least where a sky normally is.
> “Anonymous? Are you alright?”
“Peachy, I love having my mind bent over a barrel and being told it’s a dirty girl by forces I once thought as mythical.”
> “Oh cry me a river. You mentioned gathering energy in your hands earlier. Why not give it a shot now?”
> You look down at your palm and try to will energy into it.
> Surprise! It’s fucking nothing.
“I don’t think it worked.”
> “You need to put some emotion in order to make your magic work. It’s how I came to be who I am now.”
> Emotions huh?
> Focusing your vision on your palm you start to recall the pain you felt earlier from losing everything, the anger you felt in life and loneliness you almost got lost in before meeting Nightmare.
>Almost instantly electricity begins crackling in your palm and jumping around the fingertips of your open hand.
> God you love the feel of power in the morning.
> “That’s excellent Anonymous, after what you told me of your life, I knew you’d pick up on my magic quickly!”
“Ha ha, oh man, you’ve made one of my dreams come true. Princess, I can’t thank you enough.”
> She gives you a cocky grin and says, “Oh it was nothing really. Well nothing for one as powerful as me.”
“Your ego is showing princess.” You tell her as you let the electricity dissipate from your hand and snapping your fingers to let the last jolt of it free.
> “I believe you meant my genius. My, today has been quite productive. Still I’ve grown quite tired and I’m ready for some well deserved sleep.”
“Where do you sleep anyway?”
> She turns to you about to let you know how stupid she found your question before remembering it was your first visit to the moon.
> “I sleep where fatigue leaves me.”
“So what, you’ve been camping up here the last 1000 years?
> “Afraid of roughing it are we, Anonymous?”
“No, I just prefer being too drunk to know/remember how I ended up sleeping on the floor.”
> “Well sadly I don’t know of any bed summoning spells so you’ll have to settle for some loose enough dirt. I’ve done it for almost 1000 years now.”
“Alright I get the point, jeez.”
>You take your belt off and let it float down to the surface before taking off your over shirt and bundling up for use as a pillow.
> Lying on your makeshift bed, you turn to see nightmares armor fade out of existence while she curls up on the ground a few feet from you.
“For being on the bright side of the moon, it’s pretty chilly here.
> “You should try sleeping during a lunar eclipse.”
“I probably wouldn’t survive the night. Hairless ape and all that mess y’know?”
> “Did you want to lay beside me?”
“Oh well if you’re offering, who am I to say no?”
> You log roll over to her side and she turns her back to you.
> Is that an invite to be the big spoon?
> Barely met this mare, play it cool.
> Why did you want to spoon her anyway?
> She is a pony.
> You so silly sometimes Anon.
> Settling on a back to back position you turn your head toward the princess.
“Good night Moonbutt.”
> With clear displeasure she groans, “That name is gonna stick with me isn’t it?”
“You know it baby.”
> She sighs and a solid minute passes before she says “Good night Anonymous.”
> She’s not very warm despite having fur but it’s better than nothing and sleep comes fast enough.

End Chapter 2