I widen my eyes to the curly maned mare staring at me from my lighted porch, “Uh, I think I know who you are, but I don’t think it could be real?”
She smiles while staring at me with her brown eyes, underneath her neatly arranged bluish-white curly locks, “Oh, golly! And why’s that?”
I widen my eyes, “Well, for one thing, you’re not really here! You’re frozen in the courtyard at The School of Friendship! You were frozen as a filly! It’s not possible!”I shake my head, “No! It’s just not possible! You were frozen twenty years ago!”
She nods, “You know, it might not actually be me who’s there, right?” and her eyes widen as she leans towards me with a mischievous smile on her face. “I escaped!”
“B-but! If it wasn’t you! Then who was it? Who’s frozen at the School of Friendship with Tirek and Chrysalis, and furthermore, of all the places in Equestria you could’ve visited, why did you choose here? Nothing about this makes sense!”I say while keeping my eyes peeled at the other mare with a frown on my muzzle.
She chuckles, “I don’t think you realize just how convenient your mansion is for me?”
I peel my eyes to her as my frown lowers slightly, “Do tell?”
She sighs and nods, “Well, you’re located right at the edge of town, first off, which means that I can slip in and out fairly easily, and undetected!”
I frown again, “Okay!”
She nods, “Well, there’s that, and you’re here!”
My eyes widen again, “Wait, what? Why would you be interested in me?”
She eyes me carefully, “Oh, it’s just because of who you are Diamond… You know, you’re probably the only pony in town who might be able to convince them to give me another shot, right?”her eyes go skyward, “Well, outside of asking one of the Mane Six, and they’re freaking impossible to contact, by now, no doubt!” before glaring back at me…” Basically, you’re the best shot I got from this vantage point!”
I stare at the pink mare, horrified, “And just why should I help you?”
She stares at me directly in the eyes and says, “Because you care, and genuinely want to make Equestria a better place,” before smiling!” and golly gee, I’m just so ready to be good again and to definitely not be evil or do bad things! Yes!” and nods…
I stare at her… “Cozy, have you been drinking?”
She frowns and states matter-of-factly, “I may have smoked a joint on my way up here?”before staring forward blankly.” That could’ve happened? Yes!”
I’ll confess that this amuses me, and so I chuckle a bit before saying, “You know what? Forget it! Just get in here Cozy! I got after dinner coffee!” before lowering my frown. “ You’re no doubt thirsty, yes?”
She stares at me with enormous brown eyes, “Oh, golly yes, Miss Diamond Tiara! I sure am!”
I shake my head at this…
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I stare at the pink mare, as the cannabinoids move in my head, and she steps to the left to let me in, while widening her eyes, “Come on in Cozy! Tell me, just how did you escape petrification, anyway?”
I smile as I stare at her and trot in slowly, “Well, apparently, you can escape the stone to another dimension!”
She frowns, “Just what are you talking about, Cozy? Uh, I’ll go get some coffee! Hold that thought!” she says before turning around to trot further into the house, and I trot in slowly to see a spacious living area with a lush purple couch on the other side in front of a large off-white porcelain coffee table.
The pink mare marches to the other end of the room while I slowly trot in…
I’m not really sure where to sit? I feel like an invader in this room or like I shouldn’t be here…
Diamond soon returns while balancing a silver tray on her snout as she sees me with her blue eyes and says, “Oh, just sit down wherever Cozy! I got coffee, cream, and sugar, right here!” before carefully trotting to the table and gently setting the tray down there…
I gulp and say, “O-okay, Diamond!” before carefully trotting to the couch and gently placing my flanks on the end near the hoof-rest where I rest my left forehoof…
She trots over to the plush couch and sits on one end, before staring blankly at the serving tray with those blue eyes of hers, “Uh…” and then, looks over to me before using her hoof to add sugar and cream to her cup, before gently picking up a silver soon and stirring it, while the tray sits on the table… “What were you saying about another dimension?”
I widen my eyes as they’re peeled at her and say, “Well, it’s another dimension! It’s a lot like Equestria, only weirder…”
She stares at me intently and frowns hard, “W-what do you mean, weirder?”
I sigh. “Well, nopony there has heard of me… It’s almost like, a dimension that forgot me? It was so weird!” You know, it’s hard to find the words to describe living death? *
“What?” She says with her mouth ajar…
“Um, I don’t want to talk about this anymore… Uh, look! I did find a portal back here… “I honestly say before continuing, “It’s a window that leads to the correct Equestria… “before my eyes go up, “ It’s uh, hard to explain? I don’t really know how it works!”
She stares at me blankly… “Seriously? You’re gonna go with that? And you expect me to believe it?”
“Well look, I don’t know how magick works, okay? I just know the things I’m telling you!” I say with wide eyes, before they go to the cup of black coffee meant for me on the table… I usually add cream, but I don’t really care right now! I grab the cup and take a good swig, because this is WAY too tense!
She frowns before saying, “Well uh, I don’t really know either so uh… “before visibly swallowing. “I guess it’s possible?” before turning to take a small sip of her coffee…
I clear my throat, “Ahem, yes! Anyway, like I was about to tell you, I uh… I thought a lot about my life and the things I did when I was a statue and well… “I take a deep breath in through my nose and open my snout and release my diaphragm so the air flows out… “I was giving it a lot of thought when I was staying in my cave and um… “I blink, and frown… “I think I might seriously want to reform?”
“So why are you telling me this? Shouldn’t you, I don’t know? Seek out Princess Twilight Sparkle or Mayor Mare or maybe even The Cutie Mark Crusaders? I don’t know, somepony with actual authority? I mean, why me?”
I sigh and stare at her blankly, “Well, you have a prominent position in town, right?”
“W-well yeah!” She swallows again… “What about it?”
I smile, “You know, you could use that position to get me a second chance!”
Her eyes widen, and she frowns, “Tell me again why I should help you?”
I stare into her eyes and say, “Because if I wanted to do anything evil or wrong, you know I would’ve done that by now… The truth is, I honestly just want a second chance!” before clearing my throat and continuing… “I’ll admit, you being at the edge of town like this was really convenient for me and you’re likely my best bet right now?”before smiling at her and really hoping for the best…
And then, she stares at me and says something I didn’t see coming… “Very well then Cozy Glow! You will be allowed asylum at my estate, although for the time being, it’s probably best that you don’t leave my house…” and frowns… “I’ll have to figure out how to explain this to the city council?”
(To be continued… )