Kid Anon and Mommashy Part 21

>You reach the clubhouse door. You take a look down to see how high up you really were. the ground was pretty far down. Not only was it uncomfortable. But you felt like a single misstep could send you plummeting to your doom.
>You gulped and looked back at the door. Took a breath. And knocked.
>You suddenly hear shuffling and voices coming from inside. Seems they were either surprised by your knock or they wanted to hide something. Maybe both, maybe neither. You didn't have X-ray vision.
>The door opens, as the familiar head of Scootaloo peers out and looks about. Upon spotting you, she looks into your eyes and zooms back inside. Closing the door. Well, that was certainly a warm welcome.
>You hear voices coming from the the other side of the door. Were they not expecting you? or perhaps, not expecting you so soon.
>The door opens again as Scootaloo looks up at you. She simply closes her eyes and holds out her hoof "Ticket, please"
>Ticket? What did she mean by....did she mean the ticket....thing that Sweetie Belle gave you?
>"You mean this one?" you pull out the poorly doodled on Ticket and put it on Scootaloo's hoof, who darts back inside. Closing the door on you. The hell? You started to get annoyed, you were feeling alienated....though,  you truly had no idea. You just know you handed the ticket.
>The door suddenly opens, but there is no pony to greet you. You don't see Scootaloo, or the others even, anywhere beyond the threshold of the door.
>"Hello?", you cautiously step inside, lowering your head as to not hit the ceiling of the door. It's dark inside, curtains pulled on every window of the clubhouse. You were starting to feel creeped out as you called out for Scootaloo.
>Suddenly, you hear a loud screech behind you along with a thunderous booming noise. You yelp in fright and fall forward right onto your face. "Oh geez! Don't kill me!"
>Suddenly you hear Applebloom's voice "Ahh gosh darnit, ah don't see any scare cutie mark on ya Scootaloo." in which she replied "I don't see one on you Apple Bloom, I guess cutie mark scarers isn't our thing either..." She sounded alittle upset about that.
>You slowly look back, still frightened until you see them personally hiding at both sides of the door. Scootaloo was holding a large pan and stick. Did.....they do that on purpose? They nearly scared the pants off you! "H-Hey! What was that all about! Why did you do that?"
>"awww....don't take it too personally Anon, we weren't expectin' ya so soon.We were actually gonna try that on mah sister, if we could scare her, We'd thought we get a cutie mark in scarin' others for sure!" Apple Bloom while at the same time sounding apologetic, seemed to think that was an actual keen idea. What the heck, did they try to get their cutie marks by going down a dictionary or something?
>"Apple Bloom, maybe Anon is just really easy to scare, I don't think we'd get a cutie mark in scaring others if the scare was really easy." Scootaloo wasn't very apologetic, she seemed more focus on getting her cutie mark period.
>That remark also stung you, you weren't easy. They just managed to jump you with what you thought was a cheap scare. You slowly get up and eye Scootaloo. "I'm not an easy scare!..I just wasn't expecting that."
>Scootaloo looked puzzled "ummm...I dunno, I bet Rainbow Dash wouldn't have been scared at all"
"Ah think he means that maybe we should have tried scaring him when he actually expected it. Ah bet if we managed that, we'd have gotten our Cutie marks for sure!" And suddenly you were caught in a conversation of scaring ponies when you had initially just wanted to say hi and see how things were done....well you were seeing how things were done alright.
>"Maybe, but if he was expecting us to scare him....then how will he get scared?" Scootaloo brought up a good point in this conversation of madness
>"hmmm, that's a mighty good point.....I guess we have to come up with somethin' else." Applebloom put her hoof to her chin and started to think.
>You put your hand to your face. What exactly did you walk into? You just wanted to have fun with them, be friends, and join in on whatever merriment they partake in because you were a kid, they were kids....seemed good. "Girls!" you let out a mighty cry.
>They stop their conversation as they both look at you.
>Ok, you had their attention. Good good. "Girls...I just came to hang out and get to know the three...." Then you notice "Hey...where's Sweetie Belle anyway? Isn't she usually here with you girls?"
>"Oh, she's with her sister Rarity today. It's just me and Apple Bloom."
>You feel a small sting in your heart for whatever reason."....oh...." You take a small, disappointing sounding breath. "Well...I came here to hang out and stuff. I mean...that's why you gave me the ticket right? Because you all wanted to hang out?""
>"Ahf course Anon, but....ya don't mind answerin' a few questions first do ya?" Apple Bloom gave you a wide smile.
> Was this the test she had told you about on your first meeting?....no, she probably forgot about that. This was most likely another attempt at a cutie mark. She did seem rather interested in "unlocking your secrets" the first time you had met her.
>You sighed, there was no point in getting angry at a bunch of girls. They were smaller than you after all. And after all the anger you've had about the subject before. It was best now to just get it done, and get it out of the way.This was way more complicated then anything Twilight had for you. "So, what do you want to know?"
>Maybe this wouldn't be so bad anyway. They were kids just like you. They'd probably lose interest when they find out you yourself don't know much.
>Apple Bloom cleared her throat and raised her hoof "Ahrlight, First question. What is your name?"
>You look left and right. Was she serious? "Umm...Anon"
>She nodded, Scootaloo seemed to be jotting down something on a notepad. "Next question Anon, What are ya?"
>You remembered that much "I'm a human..."
>"and what is that?" Apple Bloom started pacing as she asked these questions.
>"Ummmm......" You couldn't answer this one with anything.beyond....well anything.really. "I dunno...actually. I just know I'm a human....look, Apple Bloom. I don't think this is going to work.I really....just don't want to do this anyway. You can understand that...right?"
>You had started to feel uncomfortable and sad the moment you couldn't really answer. And you hoped Apple Bloom would understand how uncomfortable and degrading this was for you.
>Apple Bloom took a moment to stare into the sadness of your eyes. and then she nodded. "Of course, if ya really don't wanna do it Anon, we ain't gonna force ya. We were just curious tis all."
>Scootaloo looked up,she seemed alittle disappointed. But she also seemed to shrug it off just as quickly. To her, it was just yet another cutie mark opportunity lost and another one just around the bend. She put down the notepad and walked over to Apple Bloom and whispered something to her.
>Apple Bloom smiled "Ah right! I almost forgot!"
>Forgot?...Forgot what? What now?
>You began to brace yourself, if it was one more stupid attempt at a cutie mark. You were seriously going to bolt.Discord was a billion times better than this and that probably only because he didn't seem to treat you as a personal plot device.
>Scootaloo and Apple Bloom moved to the back of the room to a rolled up banner and began to untie a knot at either side.The banner unrolled, with a rather confusing statement "Welcome to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Anon!".
>You blinked, what was all this about? you stood silent, confused.
>"Whaddya think Anon, Aren't ya excited?" Apple Bloom smiled at you while she pointed at the banner.
>"uhmm..." your voice quivered, you had no idea if whatever was going on was good or bad. "for what?...exactly?"
>Scootaloo pointed at the words of the banner "Can't you read? come on Anon, were going to make you one of us. It was all Apple Bloom's idea."
>You raised an eyebrow "One of....you guys? But...I'm not a pony, I can't get a Cutie Mark.". You were almost certain this was some sort of ploy. They couldn't be serious.
> "That doesn't matter Anon, We all heard that ya had been feelin' like ya don't belong sometimes. And ya seem like a pretty good guy, Fluttershy did say you were her son, so that's gotta make ya as good as her." Apple Bloom cheerful smile turned into that of a reassuring one.
>You felt a mixture of emotions. You barely knew them and suddenly you were being invited into the club. You wanted answers, you didn't want a free ride. "Girls...you can't just make me part of the club like that. You barely know me, isn't that alittle odd?"
>"Scootaloo, can ya get the crusader rules?" Apple Bloom pointed to a small desk.
>Scootaloo nodded and went and picked it up as Apple Bloom asker her to read it to you.
>"Ahrm hrm...Anon, do you have a cutie mark?"
>You look left and right, what was this all about. "...no"
>Scootaloo continued down the list on the paper "Do you know what your special talent might be?"
>Again you answer with a "No". Why was she reading these questions to you. You were the one that asked a question first.
>"Do you want friends who also don't have cutie marks, and want to discover your special talent with them?" Scootaloo eyed you really hard when she asked you that question.
> You stopped to think, if you did have a special talent. You...did kinda want to know what it was. And....you did come here to be friends with them. But...this was very sudden, but you decided to hazard a slow "yesss..."
>Scootaloo tossed away the paper "You meet all the requirements"
>"Yup! Come on Anon. Ya can be our very first boy member! Doesn't that sound great?" Apple Bloom sounded cheerful and excited about this.
>You didn't answer. This felt too soon. it didn't seem right, even if they did seem eager about it. They only did it under a charitable notion and the fact you were Fluttershy's son.
>"....Girls. I don't want to be a member....I just want to be friends." You looked rather serious, thats all you really wanted out of all this.
>Apple Bloom's smile turned to a pout "But Anon, don't ya want to be a Cutie Mark Crusader?"
>You thought about that....no you didn't. Doing anything and everything to discover your special talent instead of doing things you actually like didn't seem appealing to you.You wondered how that even seemed appealing to them. "Apple Bloom...please..."
>Apple Bloom was really disappointed by your answer. But perhaps her reasoning in her head was alittle more selfish than she made it appear. She thought having you be a member would not only mean solid friendship, but perhaps a chance to bolster luck in getting a cutie mark with four local crusaders instead of three, she meant no harm in it.
>"Well....hmm...ok Anon, if...ya say so." You could feel the sadness in that statement. But you were pretty adamant about your decision.
>A silence filled the clubhouse after that point, perhaps being adamant wasn't the best approach. or maybe it really did hurt to see a little filly so downtrodden in being rejected in such a way.