//------------------------------// // VI. Ponyville's Inn: Food, Drinks and Beds // Story: This Ain't Compendium: Holidays // by Xfiles90210 //------------------------------// Ponyville’s Inn: Food, Drinks and Beds The door frantically opened after Nikolai kicked it. He then entered, looked around and grinned. Meanwhile, everypony else looked back at him, confused or even annoyed at the way he entered the building. For a moment, the building was in total silence; even the pony that was playing the piano stopped and glared at the navy blue unicorn. Suddenly, Nikolai grinned and said: “merry christmas, fucking comrades.” While the ponies looked at him with even more confusion, he just casted a bottle filled with vodka and walked to one of the empty chairs. After drinking almost a quarter of the bottle, he sat on one of them, causing even more confusion to the ponies that were still looking at him: he wasn’t sitting in an ordinary way; he leaned against his back and had his front hooves on the table. Suddenly, he noticed somepony else sat next to him the exact same way. At first Nikolai didn’t care, he was just drinking from his bottle. However, he began to feel disturbed after he was being looked at constantly. He finally turned right and said: “The fuck you are looking at?” The other pony, a mint colored coat and amber eyes unicorn, grinned widely and extended her hoof: “hey there, my name’s Lyra Heartstrings!” “So what?” He asked drily. “Well,” she giggled and pointed at him, “I didn’t know you liked to sit like that:” She pointed back at herself: “I do it every time! Although some ponies don’t seem to like it.” “How fucking interesting...” Nikolai answered sarcastically, “but I don’t...” “What’s your name? Do you live in Ponyville too?” The mint mare asked, interrupting him, “Do you know about humans?” She finally asked with a grin on her face. “The fuck is wrong with you?” He mumbled. He tried to ignore her and keep drinking his favorite drink, but the mare’s pressing glare was too much for him. He finally turned back to her and asked upset: “The fuck do you want?” “Chat!” She suddenly showed him the mechanical hands she had on her front hooves. “Do you like ‘em? I love ‘em!” “Woah, what the fuck?” He stood back and then asked: “how did you got these creepy hands?” “I knew you know about hands”, she answered teasingly, “tell me, are you one of Edward’s friends?” “Richtofen?” He grunted and mumbled: “fucking bastard turned me into horny horse.” “Turned you?” She asked confused. “I used to be a human, but then I took a shot to the back,” he answered. He then widened his eyes and realized his mistake. “Well, fuck...” “You mean you’re a human!?” she asked with a wide grin on her face. “Gosh, I knew humans existed. I always wanted to be friends with one.” “Why is that weirdest horse always gets close to Nikolai?” He thought, “think, Nikolai, how will you be able to get rid of her?” Suddenly, another female voice was heard, making both unicorns to turn around to her. “Lyra, where have you been?” She asked. Her pale cream coat, dark blue with pink mane, cyan eyes and the cutie mark of three wrapped pieces of candy made the cyan unicorn recognize her quickly. “Bon Bon!” She said with enthusiasm. “Guess what?” “What is it now?” the earth pony answered with a serious glimpse. “I finally have a P.H.B.F.F.!” She answered while wrapping her arm around Nikolai. “A what?” Bon Bon raised an eyebrow, “have you been drinking Dragon Sweat again?” “Nope...well, a little.” She pointed at the blue unicorn. “I mean Pony-Human Best Friend Forever!” she then giggled. “Seriously”, Nikolai and Bon Bon replied at the same time. Lyra nodded her head quickly. The earth pony sighed and looked at Nikolai. “Please excuse her obsessive enthusiasm over these creatures called humans”, the pale cream colored mare said to the Russian pony, “since that party incident, she wants to be like them in every way...” She sighed, “...in every single way.” “I was about to leave anyway”, he replied while he was standing up, “So I don’t give a shit about all this.” He took his bottle with his magic and walked away. “Mmph, I haven’t seen that unicorn before. Isn’t it, Lyra?” Bon Bon said and waited for an answer. “Lyra?” He turned around and noticed she was gone. The pale cream earth pony grunted and said: “I sometimes wonder why I hang out with her”. She then walked outside to look for her. Meanwhile, the navy blue unicorn was walking down the streets of Ponyville, looking around in search of another quiet place. “That horse almost ruined my day”, he was mumbling, “Good thing her horse friend stopped her. God, I’m starting to dislike those talking horses.” “What’s a horse? I only know ‘bout ponies...” “They’re the same...” He suddenly stopped and looked to his right. After he noticed Lyra was next to him, he said: “Stop following me.” “...Why?” She shrugged, “I just wanna spend some time with a pony-human.” “But I don’t want to spend time with you.” “Wait. You’re Nikolai, right?” She suddenly said with a grin. “Well... yes.” He replied awkwardly. “What if I told you there’s a drink much more tasty than vodka?” “Heresy!” He replied upset and took another swig from his bottle. “Vodka is best drink.” “Oh, but have you ever tried...” She got closer to him and whispered to his ear: “...Moon Shine?” “The hell is that?” He replied upset, but with curiosity. “A magical and rare drink that only the richest and royal ponies have access.” She giggled, “but I managed to get a bottle of it a while ago.” “You have?” He said reluctantly, “I feel like you’re lying.” “Nope, come with me and you’ll see it’s true.” She then grabbed his hoof tightly. “Are you trying to come on to me?” He replied disgusted. “Me? Heh, nah, not at all,” she said as she started to trot to her home while holding his hoof, forcing him to follow her. “Well, Nikolai, you just got in weird trouble again,” he thought, “as long as she doesn’t do the same thing purple horse did, then it’s okay.”