Anon Vs. Adoption 5

>Be Anon
>After what feels like hours of boredom you finally manage to fall asleep
>At least you think your asleep, because you don't appear to be in the orphanage
>Actually you're in your old apartment, maybe it was all just a dream?
>You do a quick inspection of yourself
>You have your old body back!
>That was one weird nightmare, it seemed so real
>And you never remember your dreams so vividly
>But whatever, it's like 9am and you're hungry
>You grab your wallet and keys and go out to your car
>You drive towards the nearest 24/7 diner
>You remain so focused on the road that you don't even realize you are a filly again until you can't reach for the brakes
“What the ever-loving fuck?”
>You turn on your emergency lights and try to pull off to the side of the road
>Which is quite difficult as a filly
>The raccoon's in the back decide they've had enough and try to attack you
>You manage to fend off the raccoon's but while you were distracted you moved onto the oncoming lane with an accidental hoof movement
>Your car is on a collision course with a large cart pulled by 2 stallions
“Get off of me you idiots!”
>You grip the steering wheel with your hooves, ignoring the raccoon's still trying to maul you
>Your little hooves can't turn the wheel
“Motherfucker!”
>You can't do anything!
>CRASH!
“Augghhh fuck!”
>You're awake now, covered in sweat
“The hell kinda dream was that?”
>You slowly make your way to the bathroom
“Still hungry though”

>Be Luna, Goddess of the moon and guardian of the dream realm
>Currently overseeing Anons nightmare
“What in Fausts holy teats was that?”
>That wasn't the weirdest dream you have ever seen, not by a long-shot
>The dream with all the jelly still holds that honor
>But it was pretty unusual, especially for such a young filly
>You will try to reach this filly next time she dreams, she clearly needs help
“And I have some questions for her too”

>Be Quick Serve
>After playing a few rounds of tennis with the nice grownups they said they had to go away, but that you would see them again tomorrow
>And after a good dinner and a good nights sleep that tomorrow was now today!
>You hope they are gonna adopt you, they were really nice and you got to play tennis with them and it was so fun!
>They were also so good at tennis that they almost stood a chance against you
>Almost
>As you trot through the cafeteria to get your breakfast you see Anon sitting by herself
>She looked pretty down picking at her breakfast like that
>Not that you should care cause she was a meany and wasn't your friend
>You grab some breakfast, haycakes with cinnamon and apples and a cup of milk
>The best way to start your day
>Now where to sit?
>Anon was still sitting by herself in an otherwise crowded cafeteria
>You didn't really have much of a choice
>Maybe you could get Anon to be your friend if you were nice to her
>And get her to do your math work because she was so good at it
>She was probably just upset about being here
>A lot of fillies here were really
>Some even claimed to have families outside
>But that's silly, then why would they be here?
>You sit directly across from Anon
“Hi Anon!”
>”Oh, uh, hi. Nowhere else to sit?”
“No, you just looked so lonely all by yourself!”
>Anon looks around the room an looks back towards you
>”....Right then”
>Quick say something before she catches your fib!
“So are you going to class after this?”
>Anon goes back to picking at her food
>”I'm going to summers office to get a schedule all figured out, but probably”
“Then you could help me with my schoolwork maybe?”
>You pull out your unfinished work and show Anon
>Anon quickly reads it over
>”Sigh, well I have nothing better to do now so I guess so”
“Thanks so much!”
>”Yeah yeah whatever hand it over, I'll show you how to do it”

>Be Anon
>After waking up and taking a quick shower Summer unlocked the door and escorted you to the cafeteria
>”Now Anon, after you finish eating, you are to come directly to my office. Understood?”
“Yup”
>You were supposed to address all staff here properly, but you didn't
>What a rebel, Summer doesn't even seem to notice
>”Alright good, I'll see you soon”
“Uh-huh”
>After getting your breakfast and finding a proper table to angst on you sit down
>For some reason you are not hungry anymore
>Especially for horse food, flattened hay with cinnamon apple syrup
>It serves as a reminder of your current equinity
>You poke at it for a while, if only to put off your meeting with Summer
>After a few minutes something breaks your attention on your food
>”Hi Anon!”
>It was that tennis themed filly
>Didn't really expect her to interact with you again after you blew her off so harshly the other day, she must not have had a choice
”Oh, uh, hi. Nowhere else to sit?”
>Quick's face goes through a slew of different emotions but eventually decide on a wide if slightly faked smile
>“No, you just looked so lonely all by yourself!”
>You examine the cafeteria
>There was no-where else to sit, your table was the only spot with any place left to sit
>Liar, but you don't really feel like calling her out on it
>She didn't have to sit directly across from you after all
“...Right then”
>Quick Serve must have noticed the doubt in your voice and quickly goes to change the topic
>”So are you going to class after this?”
>No point in being dishonest with her, she was probably the only pony here that seemed to actually like you
>And you needed all the allies you could get
“I'm going to summers office to get a schedule all figured out, but probably”
>Quick pulls a piece of paper out of her mane
>You don't even question how that works
>”Then you could help me with my schoolwork maybe?”
>Oh, she just wanted to use you
>Understandable but you'd be lying if you said it didn't hurt a little
>You grab the paper and look through it
>Basic addition and subtraction, super simple stuff
>Good thing ponies here used a base 10 system like on earth, and not something stupid like a base 7 system or something
“Well I have nothing better to do now so I guess so”
>Quick jumps for joy
>It really doesn't take much for this filly does it?
>”Thanks so much!”
“Yeah yeah whatever hand it over, I'll show you how to do it”
>You attempt to teach Quick Serve basic math
>She eventually gets the hang of it after you give some examples of how math works
>It's to bad neither of you had any fingers, it'd be so much easier to use visual  aids
>She struggles mostly with subtraction
>”So how do I solve 12-3?”
“Well if you take 2 away from 12 you get a remainder 10 right?
>”Yeah?”
“So what if you take the remaining 1 from 10?”
>”uh... 9?”
“Then that's your answer”
>You never were a good teacher but she seems to get what you're saying at least
“Oh, okay I think I get it it now”
>She proceeds to do her homework, with you politely correcting any mistakes
>It didn't take very long, it was only like 10 questions
>”Thanks for your help Anon!”
“No problem, I should probably go to Summers office now”
>”Okay, I hope we get the same teacher”
“Yeah, that'd be nice I guess”
>Quick seems happier than ever now
>”So were are friends now
>Are you?
“I guess so, seeya later Quickie”
>”Bye Nonny!”
“Don't call me that”
>”Okay!”
>You walk through the drab hallways and up the stairs to Summer's office
>Her office is an antithesis to this orphanage as a whole, really bright and cheerful. A pleasant summer day painted on all the walls complete with a smiling sun in the corner
>You'd complain about it, but it's a nice change of scenery
>Grey and brown every is getting pretty old
>You sit in one of the small cushions across from her desk
>Summer hasn't noticed you yet somehow, she seems to be lost in thought with a severe frown on her face
“Ah-hem”
>Summer looks up, noticing you for the first time
>”Oh, uh sorry Anon, I didn't hear you come in”
“S'fine, so what's my schedule?”
>”I'll go over it with you”
>She hands you your assigned schedule
>Pretty basic stuff, you were in pony kindergarten
>School started at 8am in room 3, you had and hour of lunch at noon and more school after that until 3pm
>After school let out you were basically free to do whatever as long as you followed all the rules
>”I would suggest joining a club or group so you have something to do in your free time, and so you can make some friends Anon”
>If you're going to get out of here you had to adapt to the situation,
>Maybe there were some neat clubs or something
“Is there a list of all these clubs?”
>”Um I think so, let me look to see if I have the newest list here somewhere”
>Summer searches through some file cabinets for a bit but manages find it after a while
>”Here you go you can keep it. Turns out I have multiple copies in here anyway”
“Thanks”
>You take the list and read through it
>It tells you the names of the clubs, where they're located and their meet-up times
>It's mostly sports related clubs like hoof-ball and tee-ball
>No tennis club though, huh
>A few of the clubs strike your interest
>Particularly the book club and the board game club
“Is their a video game club?”
>”What's a video game?”
>So no then


>Damn, worth a shot though
“Oh well, I guess a few of these seem interesting. I'll be sure to check them out later”
>”Good, good. Do you have any questions before I you go to class?”
“Actually yes, do we have fire drills?”
>”Uhm.. no? Actually I have no idea what that is”
>You know what, you don't care anymore. These ponies clearly have something else figured out if they have no conventional fire safety methods
“Never-mind, I'll just go off to class now”
>”Alright, goodbye. My door is always open for you, and as the home's councilor if you have ANY problems or questions just let me know alright?”
>Pff like you could explain any of your problems without sounding even crazier
>And the pony that did all this to you was actually a ruler of this country too
>You were going to get back at her whenever you got out of here
“Yeah okay I'll keep that in mind Summer”
>You trot to your class downstairs, enter the classroom and sit in the same seat as last time next to Quick Serve, who waved at you
>”Hi Anon! We're learning about shapes today!”
[spoiler]nigga we gon learn about Shapes![/spoiler]
>Before you can respond the teacher finally seems to notice your arrival
>”Oh welcome back to class Anonymous, we're learning all about different shapes today”
“Alright”
>This was either going to make you feel either really smart or make you really bored
>Be Anon
>You are really bored
>2 hours about nothing but basic shapes and another hour to go till lunch , how do you even lecture about shapes that long?
>Repetition repetition repetition
>Sure it was an effective learning tool used in the majority of classrooms worldwide
>But it was still boring as fuck
>How to alleviate your boredom?
>You don't want to get yourself in trouble here
>Wait.... why don't you want to get in trouble?
>The consequences here aren't really that bad for a grown man
>15 minutes in a corner, 15 minutes of improvised nap-time
>Detention, stuck inside with a bunch of books for an hour, oh no!
>Here detention was in the library and was overlooked by one of the librarians for some reason
>”Anon, are you paying attention?”
>The teacher had interrupted your inner monologue
“Nope”
>”Excuse me?”
“I already know all this, whats the point of paying attention?”
>”Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind proving it to the class?”
“I don't have to prove anything, I just already know the answers. Hey do you have a book I can read? I'm really bored”
>You need to work on your rebelling, this was extremely lame
>But you really were quite bored and naming a bunch of shapes in front of a bunch of fillies was not your idea of a good time
>”Well to bad, get up here”
“Nah”
>“Come in here right now and name these shapes or I will have to keep you in here through lunch”
“Okay”
>You don't move
>The teacher looks at you
>Your fellow inmates look at you weirdly
>”Are you nervous to get up in front of the class or something?”
“Nope, I'm staying in here for lunch”
>”I... uh.. okay then you'll have lunch with me then”
>That was dumb, you have no idea why you did that
>Too late to take it back now, the teacher has resumed talking about triangles
>Only for a minute though
 >”Oh! That reminds me, Mistress Strict gave me this sticker to give to you”
>The teacher trots  up to you and unceremoniously places another sticker on you
>A frowny face in a metal cage with the words 'done time' underneath in comic sans
>Another stupid sticker?
>Comic sans?
>Goddammit
>Quick, who is sitting right next to you motions to whisper to you
>You oblige
>”The fudge was that?”
“I don't know... I was put on the spot okay?”
>”Not okay! You shouldn't have-”
>The teacher seems to notice Quick's poor attempt at whispering
>”Do you have something to add Quick Serve? Do you want to stay behind too?”
>>”No miss!”
>”Miss what? I addressed you by your name. It's only proper that you address me by mine”
>>”Yes Miss....Marker Board?”
>”It's Chalk Board! You're staying here as well for such insubordination”
>Ouch, and the other fillies are snickering at her too
>You really should have just gotten up and named the shapes
>Oh well, live and learn
>Quick looks devastated
>Maybe Miss Highlighter was a terrible conversationalist or something?
>You'll find out in another...
>You look at the clock
>Another hour
>and you're still bored

>Be Anon an hour later
>You practiced falling asleep in class
>You're a natural
>The bell rings, waking you up
>”Okay! Time for lunch foals! Except Quick and Anon
>All the other fillies exit the room, some look back at you as they leave with looks of pity
>Drama queens
>After a moment of silence Miss Pencil Paper walks up to your desks
>”This is how it's gonna work in case either of you don't know how this works. I'm going to get all your lunches, you don't get to pick what you get. When I get back we're going to eat and have a little chat over lunch.  I'll be right back “
>That's it?
>Okay then
“Okay then”
>>”Yes Miss Chalkboard”
>”So you can learn, good to know”
>She doesn't care if you don't address her?
>Makes no goddamn sense
>Was she this much of a bitch yesterday?
>Whatever
>Well better take advantage of your lack of supervision
>You look through her desk, maybe she has some liquor hidden in here somewhere or something
>”What are you doing! You don't wanna get in any more trouble!”
“Don't worry about it I won't get caught, I'll stop before she gets back”
>Quick Serve looks uneasy, but doesn't say anything
>Back to looking through the teachers stuff
>Nothing of interest so far, just some papers and miscellaneous office supplies
>Wait there was something up with this desk, one of the bottom drawers was way to small to make use of the space it took up
>There was a secret compartment here
>You open the suspicious drawer and find a little latch with a keyhole in the back hidden under some papers
>It was probably locked unfortunately
>You pull on the latch anyway
>Might as well
>It opens!
>Who in their right minds goes through all the trouble of making a secret compartment and doesn't even bother to lock it?
>It's a bunch of dildos
>That's it, of varying colors and length
>But why?
>Who cares, might as well have some fun with this
“Hey Quick Serve wanna have a sword fight with these swords I found?”
>You pull out 2 of the biggest one you can find and toss one on Quick's desk
>”Won't we get in trouble for playing with the teachers toys?”
“We can put them back, we'll just play with them for a minute. And even then, the teacher has a bunch of them I'm sure she won't miss two of them”
>”Well I guess if we put them back it would be okay”
“That's the spirit! Now en garde!”
>You run up to Quick to smack her with your 'sword' but she manages to deflect it with her own
>”I don't know what you just said but you're on!”

>Be Miss Chalkboard
>You were an idiot
>Why did you leave those two fillies alone?
>You couldn't even carry all of the food back to your classroom
>The smart one is probably up to something
>And the dumb one is probably just watching
>It's a shame you only noticed your error after going through the food line
>You hurry back to your room without any food, you'll just take those two back to the lunchroom and have them carry their own food back to class
>You reach your classroom and look through the small window in the door
>You can't see see them, but you can hear giggling accompanied with the occasional 'smack!' noise
>That can't be good
>You quickly open the door and assess the situation
>You have a new fetish now
>But more importantly you see two fillies each holding giant dildos like swords looking at you
>The dumb one looks terrified of you but the smarter one is smiling at you
“What are the two of you doing? Where did you get those things?!”
>Quick seems completely stunned
>But it seems Anon is going to be the one explaining
>”Oh hi miss Waxboard! I found these cool toy swords in you desk, you had a bunch so I figured you wouldn't mind if we used just two of them”
>Oh fuck they found you hidden adult toy stash
“You two are in so much trouble!”
>”For what?”
“For looking through my desk and playing with my things without my permission”
>“So those 'swords' yours? I'd love to see how you explain that to ”
>Shit she knew what they were
>Bluff your heart out
“It doesn't matter if they were mine or not, you looked through my desk and that's enough to warrant punishment”
>Anon's smile widens
>A bit creepily really
>”You'd have to report what it was I did right?”
“Well obviously”
>”Then somebody-”
“You mean somepony? 'somebody' isn't a word”
>That wipes the smile from her face pretty quick
>”That's really stupid!”
>Her unsettling smile returns before
>”But whatever, if you try to punish for this, I'll tell on you. We both know those things don't belong there and there's no way you could hide them all. Seriously there's like 30 of these things in there”
>Well she had you there, you could report her going through her desk, but she could tell everypony about your dildo stash
>Doesn't mean you couldn't get her punished later out of revenge though, she can win this one
“How about this, I don't want to deal with this. Let's go get some lunch “
>”Okay sounds good, I'll go ahead and put these back. Hoof over the rubber sword Quickie”
>Quick Serve, still not saying a word gives her dildo to Anon
>”You really should've locked your hidden compartment”
“I did lock it”
>”Well it was unlocked”
>That's weird, you could've sworn you locked it since last time
>Sidenote: you really wanted to shove one of those things in Anons mind to shut her up
>But whatever, with two troublesome fillies in tow and all the evidence hidden you go to get lunch

>Be Anon
>Be surprised that worked
>After a quiet meal in the classroom it seems like class is about to resume
>And resume it does
>It's even more shapes
>You pretend to pay attention
>At some point you must have fallen asleep because next thing you notice is Miss Dry-erase board poking you with a piece of paper
>”Get up you, it's time to take the test to make sure you learned everything”
>The teacher is looking at you smugly, as if you were going to fail or something
>Well to bad this would be easy peasy it was just shapes
>You look at the test
>It's algebra
>With square roots, decimals and graphing(y=mx+b baby)
“Do you have any scrap paper I can use?”
>Miss... you ran out of names looks a little surprised but obligingly gives you a blank piece of paper
>The test looks kind of daunting, but most of the squares were perfect squares anyway and at most there were only 2 variables
>Terrifying for a kindergartner, annoying for anyone with a high-school education and pretty easy for someone from a math-based college background
>Plus it's only like 10 problems
>After you finish you hand in your test on the teachers desk with all the other students tests
>Wait a minute
>Your test is totally different from the others
>EveryONEs tests were just asking about shapes
>”Oh done already Anon? This ought ta be good,”
>Teacher pone grabs your test out of the pile and looks through it
>”Well.... all the answers are right, but you forgot to show your work so I have to dock points
“My work is all shown on my scrap paper here”
>Papa Anon didn't raise no fool, you always show your work. And neatly too
>Bitch
>You hand over your scrap sheet of paper, which the teacher failed to pick up from the test-pile
>”Oh, well... since you're all done with your test you can go to recess now”
“Okay, seeya tomorrow”
>You are now free from kindergarten
>For now

>Be Miss Chalkboard again
>Fuck was up was this filly?
>YOU couldn't even do half of these problems
>Was she a genius or was it her special talent or something?
>Either way your prank backfired
>When Anon fell asleep you told all your students about how you were going to prank her and asked them to act natural
>Unfortunately Anon was nonplussed by your prank test
>Shit

>Be Anon
>Be in the orphanage library
>Since you finished that test and got to leave early and had some time until the board game club would start you decided for a bit of quiet reading
>It was a pretty extensive library too considering most of it's patrons were children
>Which didn't really amount to much because you were reading a book for little fillies
>More specifically earth pony fillies
>It was Titled 'Your Earth Magic and You' And had a picture of a smiling filly attending a small garden on the front
>What can you say? You had no idea you even had access to magic until you saw this book and you're curious
>You sit on a cushion and start reading
>It's a pop-up book
>The first page showed a pegasus flying, a unicorn using magic to read a book and an earth pony kicking a tree. 'All kinds of pony different things that make them special'
>So flight, supernatural abilities and what?... Property damage?
>The next page showed the front page, but a pop-up version. 'Unlike other kinds of ponies, earth ponies abilities are much less noticeable unless you really look! Earth ponies have a magical connection to earth and are the best at growing all sorts of plants'
>Pretty fucking lame to be honest, what kind of advantage could you use out of that?
>You really hope earth ponies have something else going for them or else they're just stuck as farmers or whatever
>Onto the next page
>It's showing you how to get plants to grow through cutesy diagrams. 'Step 1 place your hoof on the ground close to the plant you wan to grow. Step 2 Use your earth pony sense to detect the roots of the plant. Step 3 Pour your natural mana into the plant, be careful! If you put too much in you might get sleepy from all the magic you gave to the plant Step 4 Watch it grow!'
>Easy to use probably but pretty useless
>Page 4 Shows a couple of earth ponies doing various physical activities like sprinting and lifting weights and such. 'Earth ponies are the strongest and have the most endurance, with a little exercise you can become really fit. Don't underestimate us, we're tougher than we look!
>Okay that wasn't too bad, not as cool as flight though
>The next page shows a pony putting something in her mane while balancing a bunch of boxes on her back. 'While pegasi use their wings and unicorns their magic to carry around things we earth ponies use our superior balance to carry stuff around as well as put things in our manes, no one knows how we do the mane thing! We don't always have to carry everything in our mouths!'
>Good to know, lets see whats next
>A pink pony jumps out of the book!
>Oh it was just a big pop-up of a pink pony with a pink mane jumping out the page. 'Earth pony magic is the least understood of all the ponies, but that doesn't mean that nopony has tried. It's just hard to see because it's usually so natural to us we don't even notice we're using it at the time! But the best part of being an earth pony is that you can do anything you set your mind to! A pegasus can only fly so fast and push so many clouds, a unicorn can only use so much magic but an earth pony can do whatever they set their minds to, just look at me!
>That was the last page, only like 6 pages?
>What a rip-off
>Who was the author of this thing?
>Pinkie Pie, fitting name
>Where did all this confetti come from?
>Whatever, cleaning it up wasn't your job
>You look at the clock by the library door
>It's 3:30
>Better go to the board game club meet up it starts pretty soon
>As you walk through the various hallways to get to the stairs you're stopped by a pair of ponies
>A Grey stallion with a black mane and a green pegasus mare with a light blue mane were talking animatedly with each other until they must have noticed you and walked towards you
>They were now both directly in front of you, blocking your way
“Can you please move? I have got somewhere to be in like 10 minutes”
>The mare speaks first, hopefully to apologize and move out of your way
>”Oh my gosh Quote isn't she precious?”
>>”Verily”
>Was nothing easy?
“If you want 'precious, you can look elsewhere, but I have an engagement elsewhere and you two are in my way”
>>”Impressive vocabulary too”
>Goddammit you and your stupid big words
>Why did you use them you aren't even trying to impress anybody or anything
>”How about we go and have a little chat? Maybe we'll even adopt you”
“No”
>”Well why ever not?”
“Well to start off with I don't know who the fuck either of you are”
>”Isn't that cute? She makes up her own words”
>>”Ha! Indeed!”
>Please let this end
>>”But to answer you question my name is Quote Sign and this is my wife Blossom Point”
>”And we're happy to meet such a cute little filly, whats your name?”
>This is taking up too much time and you really don't want to talk to these two right now anyway
“My name is Anonymous”
>”That's an... interesting name, no last name?”
“Nope, hey lets say instead of talking out in the middle of the hallway we find a better place to chat. How about the cafeteria?”
>”Sounds like a wonderful idea”
>>”Good, I am feeling rather famished as well”
“Good, now I'll meet up with you two in there. I have to get something in my room to show you”
>”Okay dear we'll see you there!”
>No way in hell, the second they let you through you quickly make your way to the second floor to the room that the board-game club meets at
>You make pretty good time and aren't even winded at all
>Huh, guess that's an advantage of being an 'earth' pony
>How did these ponies even end up using the word earth anyway?
>Whatever you'll think about that later
>Because it was now time for some board games
>You enter room 205, the game room

>Be Blossom Point
>That went okay you suppose
>Could've been better could've been worse
>But one thing was for certain, Anonymous or 'Anon' as her file described as what she typically goes by was going to yours
>She was cute, intelligent and had a green coat so she looked like she could conceivably be your own foal
>And her cutie mark was similar to you husband Quote Sign's and they even had the same colored manes
>She was perfect!
>Sure her personality could use a little work but you're sure you could fix that easily
>Maybe a mind cleansing spell or something? Getting rid of any bad or unpleasant memories was a pretty common practice for newly adopted fillies
>Some ponies might find it a tad unethical, but they were happier this way
>Even if it sometimes gets rid of their cutie marks, making them get new ones
>Maybe you could bring your psychiatrist unicorn friend Dr. Calm Mind to do a preliminary mind exam?
>Ever since you found out you were barren you had been desperate to find alternatives to obtaining a foal of your own
>Adoption seemed to be a good alternative, you'd give some poor filly a home and you didn't have to go through all the pain of foal birth and the resounding mess that comes with little foals, like diapers and puke
>You shudder at the thought. Yes, adoption was the best option
>And Quote was all for it, he'll make an excellent father
“Where do you thing Anonymous is?”
>”I'm sure she's on her way, maybe she got lost? She has only been here for a couple of days according to the file Miss Strict gave us”
“You're right darling, I'm probably just a little impatient”
>The only pony more excited about you getting your foal was Mistress Strict Rules
>When you had gone into her office and inquired about adoption she had nearly thrown Anons paperwork in your faces

>She had even told me that if we wanted we could adopt her as soon as tomorrow if we wanted to!
>How kind! If a bit rushed
>You had told her you wanted to meet her and talk to Anon about it first however
>Even if Anon doesn't know what's best for her, her input still mattered
>To an extent

>Be Anon
>In the game room
>Finally
>It's a pretty decent setup with a big round table with bean bag chairs all around it as well as the stacks of board games on shelves on the opposite wall
>There were currently 4 fillies arguing at the table over what looks like monopoly
>A silver filly, a gold filly, a blue filly and a red filly respectfully
>Destroying families and friendships across the universe it seems
>”Hey you're cheating!”
>>”No I'm not you dummy! If anypony here is cheating it's you! You're the banker!”
>>>”Can we just get on with this game already?”
>>>>”How do we play again? Oh wait we never read them”
>”Not until Goldie admits to cheating!”
>>>>”We don't even know HOW TO PLAY how can he be cheating?
>This is what you had to work with?
>You could work with this
“Hey fellas this the board game club?”
>They all turn to face you in surprise
>”Uh, yeah. Are you here to play? We're kinda in the middle of a game right now though”
“That's fine, Ill just see what kind of games you got here”
>>”You could be the banker I guess”
>>>”Yeah! That'll get Goldenrod and Silver to stop fighting”
>Lol, Goldenrod?
> Poor filly
>>>>”And maybe you could read us the rules?”
“I'd be willing to be the banker, and I actually know the rules too. Just lemme look through the rule-book to make sure I got everything right”
>You take an empty beanbag, take the rule-book out of the game box and look through it
>It's just standard monopoly, but its called 'Mareopoly' and instead  Mr. Moneybags there is a mare with a monocle and top hat
>Fucking horse puns ruining everything
“All right so here's how you play..”
>The evening goes past pretty quickly once they all seem to actually understand the rules
>Although you never really cared for monopoly it's always fun to watch the drama unfold
>Silver and Gold seemed to have a rivalry going
> Aqua, as you found out her name was, was usually the mediator between the two as well as the groups designated jokester
>Not that she was funny, but she tried to lighten the mood between all the fighting
>Mostly between Gold and Silver
>And the red one almost never talked, only ever saying anything when it was her turn to explain what she was doing
>A pretty decent group to play with
>Certainly not the worst you've had that's for sure
>Eventually the red one wins
>“Dangit Crimson always wins!”
“Well that was a thing that happened, what should we play next?”
>”I think we should call it a night, it's almost bedtime”
“Wait what time is bedtime?”
>>”9, what are you? New or something?”
“Yeah actually”
>>”Oh”
“I'm just gonna look through the games before I go”
>”Okay, see ya tomorrow then”
>>”We'll let you pick next game”
“Sweet”
>While looking through the various games you hear the door shut
“Let's see what we got”
>'Stars and Rainbows' an RPG about being nice
“Lame”
>'Warhorse 2000k' epic sci-fi warfare
“Oh god no, I don't want to get on that ride”
>'Settlers of Ponttan' a resource and trading game
“Could be fun”
>And a bunch more
>A pretty good spread of games, but nothing really catches you eye
>Until
“oubliettes and ogres?”
>It's a game book
>You look through it
“Holy shit this is just dnd 1st edition”
>It really was, aside from a few different game mechanics and different class names
>Well you had something to do now
>You always wanted to try DMing
>You start to build a campaign like the nerd you are
>With a decent understanding of the rules already it only takes you about 2 hours to draw out a good starting dungeon
>You put the map you drew as well as the book on the game table and head to bed
>Dormitory 308 to be exact
>You pick an empty bed close to the door and fall asleep pretty quickly

>Be Anon
>Easy come easy go I guess
>You were woken up
>Not by an alarm or an internal clock though
>Some filly nearby was crying
>Not like she was wailing or anything, although you would probably prefer it really
>It was the sound of a little filly trying her best to quiet her grief and failing
>Quiet sobs interrupted by the occasional hiccuping gasp for air in an otherwise silent room
>It was a harsh reminder of your situation
>This place would be a horrible place to grow up in
>Other than the teachers and occasional caretaker to maintain order these fillies had no one but each-other
>And even then there was probably fierce competition against them in a fight to get adopted out of here
>but at least you have a goal
>To somehow escape this place
>But then what?
>You're basically just a really confused and jaded little kid in a world you don't understand
>If you were lucky you'd just end up in a DIFFERENT orphanage
>You need a new goal
>How about making this place suck less, getting strict out of here somehow and getting somepony better suited to run this place?
>Or better yet have this place torn down and get a better less fire-hazardous orphanage
>Yeah, that was a nice goal
>You've already had a childhood once, and it was pretty great
>These fillies deserve at least some semblance of one too
>Now that was a much loftier goal
>Didn't Summer say this place was really well funded or something?
>Then why was this place so depressing?
>They could at least afford some paint to liven this place up
>Christ you've seen livelier funeral homes
>Maybe if you got this place media attention somehow this place could get pressured into improving?
>But how do you get attention?
>A Pity ploy?
>which would probably be easy get attention and exploit
>This place is an orphanage, sadness and depressed fillies are pretty much this places primary export
>But no one likes pity parties, ponies would probably just start a money drive to repaint this place or something to make it look nicer, get the place painted or whatever, pat themselves on a job well done and forget about this place
>That feel-good kind of story where like some handicapped person overcomes an obstacle?
>Nah, that'd be really hard to pull off and would focus too much on the pony and not in the shithole they're stuck in so nothing would really change
>Scandal maybe?
>Find or make up something that makes everyone want to take a closer look at this place, maybe even law enforcement if it was serious enough
>Plus you'd get to make Strict Rules sweat over it
>But how to cause a Scandal?
>You'll think of something tomorrow it's really late and you're really tired
>That filly that started this thought process has quieted some, but is still crying
>You look across the room, eyes dilated to see better in the dark
>It's not difficult to find her, she's in the bed right next to you
>Her body is wracking with her almost silent crying
>Might as well try to comfort her, no one else is going to and honestly you just can't sleep with her crying like that
>You climb out of your bed, go up to her and gently rub her shoulder
“Hey, what's the matter?”
>”*Sniffle*Nopony wants me....nopony cares about me”
>Holy hell you recognize that voice, even though its really rough it's clearly Quick Serve!
“Hey I care about you Quick, what makes you say that?”
>”They didn't want me, they picked that dumb filly that steals lunches over me. Said I just wasn't right for them”
“Well they are clearly very stupid, they're not worth your time and I'm sure there's some ponies out there that would love to have you”
>”You think so?”
“Yeah”
>”Really?”
“I really do, now I hate to sound like a jerk. But it's really late and I'm really tired, do you think we could talk about this in the morning?
>”..Okay, I'm pretty sleepy too”
>As you start to go back to your bed Quick grabs you with her hoof
>”Hey, do you think we could.... sleep in the same bed? Just for tonight?”
>Isn't that kind of gay?
>Mmmmmm.... Nah
>You climb up in bed with her
>She immediately goes and cuddles you
>You initially resist, that's not what you had in mind
>But she's actually really comfortable and soft
>You're just going to go with it
>Quick falls asleep before you do
>Her easy, even breathing is really relaxing to listen to
>Eventually it lulls you to sleep