//------------------------------// // Unforeseen Consequences // Story: Lil Fabio - Hearts and Hooves day // by Aslfrasle //------------------------------// Lil Fabio awoke the next day eager to start his new life of everyone loving him, and as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes he noticed that Bon-Bon had been leaning over his bed staring at him while he slept. “Bon-Bon...what are you doing?” he asked slightly off put by how close she was “Oh, nothing, just watching you sleep cutie pie!” she exclaimed with seemingly no sense of shame “And how long have you been doing this” He continued. “I’ve only been doing it since I woke up...I don’t know why but when I got out of bed this morning I felt this weird urge to watch you sleeping. I talked to Lyra about it and she said she was feeling the same thing, so she came over and that’s what we’ve been doing this whole time...see she’s right there on the other side of the bed!” she explained “What are you talking about, Lyra isn’t----AHHH!” he shouted as he turned his head and noticed the minty colored unicorn was on the other side of his bed staring at him, her face as unsettlingly close as Bon-Bon’s was. “Lyra! When did you get here, and what are doing!” “Silly, I’m watching you sleep, and I’ve been here since Bon-Bon called me, didn’t she just tell you that?” she asked “Okay...well, putting your new disturbing hobbies, and unsettling closeness behind us, since I am way too tired to think about it right now, What’s for breakfast Bon-Bon?” he inquired eager to get some food into his rumbling belly “I made your favorite! A double daisy burger with hay bacon strips and hay fries!” she told him. “Really! What’s the occasion, because you’ve never made me that unless I did something really well, or something really bad happened?” he asked “Oh, I don’t need a special occasion to make something special for my little schnookum-wookums.” she said in a sugary sweet tone, almost dripping with sweetness “Oh, okay…” Lil Fabio was a mite bit concerned with how the baby talk, as each nonsensical word she uttered sent shivers down his spine. She put the plate of delicious looking food in front of him, and he began to chow down, savoring every bit of the delicious food. Though as he ate he realized, Lyra and Bon-Bon’s strange behavior, the baby talk, his favorite foods being cooked for no reason...this must be because of the Want It Need It spell that he cast last night! He wanted all the mares to be in love with him, and now they all were, and he guessed that if this is the way Lyra and Bon-Bon were acting, then he could probably expect everyone to act similarly. After finishing the delicious meal, he got up ready to put his dishes in the dishwasher, though Lyra stopped him. “No sweetie, I’ll take care of these for you, you just sit there and keep looking adorable.” She said “All right...though I’m going to go and brush my teeth, Miss Colgate says that brushing your teeth after every meal I the best way to fight off gum disease!” he shouted eager to get away from the sickeningly sweet display “Well, make sure to come right back, we’ve got a very big day planned full of love and kisses!” they called back the kitchen. The very thought of spending the whole day like this with the two of them made him shudder I wanted them to love me, but now they’re treating me like I’m some kind of giant snuggly teddy bear…this is even worse than I could have thought! He thought to himself, thinking this must be some kind of backfire effect that happened when he used the spell. They might be watching me, so I’ll go brush my teeth just to be safe, but I’ve got to find a way out of here! He made his way to the bathroom, and before entering he checked behind him just to see and...yup, they were right there peeking around the corner, making sure not to let their little ‘schnookums’ out of their sight. He entered the bathroom and was sure to lock the door behind him, it was only a couple of moments before he heard a knock on the door. “Sweetie...if you lock the door, how are we supposed to come in and help you!?” they asked, which had to be the creepiest thing he had ever been involved in. “I’m a full grown colt!” He shouted back at them. “I don’t need any help in here, that’s just gross!” the thought of them coming in and helping him almost made him sick to his stomach, though he managed to keep himself composed as he brushed his teeth…Wait a second, I’ve got two crazy mares chasing after me like I’m some kind of supermodel, and I’m just sitting here brushing! For all I know they could be finding someway to bypass the lock and get in here! he thought to himself, realizing the situation he was now in. I need to get out of here!. Spitting the toothpaste in the sink and rinsing his mouth out, he began searching for some way to get out of here without them noticing. The window! I can climb out through there, and neither of them would notice, they would just think I’m still in here! he opened the window, and quickly scurried out into the streets of Ponyville, eager to get away from those two and their crazy plans. As he walked through the streets of Ponyville, he noticed they were much more crowded than usual. As he pondered to himself why they might be so crowded, he remembered that today was Hearts and Hooves day, and everypony was scurrying around gifts in hand ready to spend the day with their special somepony, eating chocolates, trading sappy, romantic cards, and acting all lovey-dovey. As he walked by all these ponies, he felt very disconcerted when everywhere he went, all the mares stopped what they were doing and began to stare at him with an intensity to rival the sun. They began to follow behind him wherever he went, holding all manner of gifts they were going to give, or gifts they had received previously in front of them as if they meant to give them to someone. He wondered what they were doing, until to his horror, he remembered the phrase he had focused on when he used the spell last night…I want all the mares in town to love me. He realized that when he cast the spell it truly made all the mares in town love him, much the same way Lyra and Bon-Bon had been in love with him earlier. Upon noticing the intentions of the pack of mares behind him he suddenly felt like a small lamb surrounded by a cadre a vicious lionesses ready to pounce and devour him like prey. As he felt them beginning to close in upon him, he knew he would only have one to chance to escape before the crowd came down upon him, and he took it, before they closed in, he dashed out in the direction he was pointing, going as fast as he could to escape the horde of crazed females. “GET HIM! HE’S GETTING AWAY!” he heard several of the mares in the mob shout as he began running. He didn’t turn around, nor did he look behind him, for fear of the massive mob of females, that judging by how close their hoofbeats were, he could only assume were almost on top of him. He pushed himself harder than he ever had before and kept running despite the splitting pain in his legs, as he ran far beyond his limits. He had never been all that good at running and disliked it greatly, though if he did not keep running they would soon overtake him, and then he would be finished He had been running for what felt like forever, until he noticed he was on the Apple family’s farm. He tried to lose them by running through the apple trees, though no matter which way he zigged or zagged, they somehow managed to keep on his tail. Seeing the barn, he quickly ran towards it, hoping he could hide inside, though he abandoned that plan soon after, knowing they would search inside, he ran around on of the corners, then another and hid himself in one of the hay bales, before any of the mob had rounded the corner, when they did the stopped and began looking around wondering where he had gotten to. “All right, we need to split up! We’ll have one team search the orchard, while another searches the barn and it’s surrounding area. Let’s move people, we are going to FIND HIM!” upon hearing how organized they were, Lil Fabio only became more terrified, and was on the verge of tears, until he noticed one of them making their way towards the hay bale. Knowing she would find him, he offered a silent prayer of forgiveness for causing this madness, and resigned himself to his fate. Though before the mare could find him in the hay bale, three pairs of hooves grabbed him from behind and pulled him out the other side, quickly carrying him away from the group. “Huh...what’s going on?” he asked wondering who these ponies were and where they were taking him, though in any case he was happy to be away from those crazy mares… “We’re gonna need y’all to be quiet mister, while we bring ya to our secret base. Then yer gonna tell us why all those mares are chasin’ ya. “he heard one of the voice tell him only to be quickly shushed by another of the three...what was strange was these voices sounded like children. Everything suddenly went black as he collapsed from the stress of today, combined with his fatigue from running so hard for so long...