//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Power of Emotions // by awdawfddsgse //------------------------------// You had been walking around Ponyville for the past hour and a half, paroling every street, looking for any suspicious activity, giving it one hundred percent of your attention. Ponies would almost always go silent and start whispering to each other when you passed them. News must of gotten out of your collaboration with The Aifam. You were now making yet another lap through the marketplace, when an Orange mare managing a carrot booth called out to you. "Hey you! Human, come here!" You obliged and walked up to her booth. "What's up?" You asked. "You've walked through here quite a few times over the past couple of hours. Ponies are starting to worry. Whats wrong with you?" "Just doing my job. I'm a new guard here in Ponyville." You responded. "Guard? There's never any crime in Ponyville, we don't need any guards." "Well apparently princess Celestia thinks other wise." You walked away leaving her with that. You had just walked through the door into the library. You took off your shoes and walked into the kitchen. Spike and Twilight were setting the table for dinner. "Hey Mark." Said Spike. "Hey." You responded. Twilight remained silent with her head hanging down as she levitated a big bowl of salad onto the table. You were getting really tired of the no meat diet, but that wasn't important right now. Something was obviously bumming Twilight out. You sat down at one of the four chairs around the rectangular table next to Spike. Twilight sat in the chair across from you and started "pouring" salad onto everyone's plate by levitating the bowl on its side over a plate, and shaking it. Spike immediately started digging into his salad with a fork. Twilight just seemed to stare at hers. "Something wrong Twilight?" You asked her. "My brother is getting married." She said quietly. "Congratulations! Looks like you'll be getting a new step ste-" "No not congratulations!" She cut you off. "He is marrying somepony I've never met, I haven't seen him in months, and he didn't even tell me he was getting married in person, I just got a stupid invitation from Princess Celestia!" You took a moment to put together what you wanted to say. "I'm sorry Twilight. I'm sure he had his reasons for not telling you in person." She sighed. "No...i'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken it out on you. princess Celestia wants you there too, she said this letter was for your eyes only." Twilight levitated a scroll off the counter next to the fridge toward you. You grabbed out of the air as you chuckled. "That's what your society calls "taking it out on"? You're lucky to live in such a kind environment." "What would "Taking it out on" be like in your world?" Spike asked. "Usually lots of swearing, screaming, sometimes it would come to violence if two males were angry enough, oh and it would last between one minute and an hour depending on if the two arguing were of the same gender or not." "Whats swearing?" Asked Twilight. "Swears are words used to offend or insult somebody else, they are also often used when in pain. They usually have a literal meaning and another completely different meaning when used as swears. Some commonly used ones are, fuck, which literally means to have sex, but is used as an adjective that is randomly throw in sentences. Shit and crap both literally mean waste, but are used when something bad happens. Bitch is literally a female dog, but is used to define someone who wont shut the hell up." "Uh, um, okay...whats hell mean?" Asked Twilight. "Its believed to be a horrible place you go after you die. In your afterlife." Twilight didn't respond and finally started eating her salad. You broke the seal on the scroll she gave you and started to read. Dear Mark the human, As my faithful student Twilight Sparkle has most likely already told you, there will be a wedding in Canterlot held Friday night.(In two days) It is mandatory that you be there, for an anonymous threat has been made on the city. You do not need to patrol the down, I simply require your presence there. You will be staying in room two zero two on floor three of the Canterlot hotel. There is only one and it is a rather tall building near the castle. It is quite difficult to miss. Sincerely, princess Celestia PS:Please keep quiet and avoid looking suspicious about this anonymous tip, for I don't want my subjects to worry. PPS:I have already informed the royal guards of you coming, so no need to worry about explaining anything to them. You rolled up the parchment and set it on the counter top closest to you. You were now walking on the outskirts of Ponyville. You checked the time on your phone. It was ten fifty six. There was a large hill to your left side, outside of Ponyville. You decided to take a load off for a few minutes before heading back home. You lied down near the top of the hill and looked up at the stars. You finally had time to think. Twilight immediately came to mind. More specifically, the time you spent with her last night. You had seriously kissed a pony. And one that you hadn't even known for a full week. Why did you even kiss her!? You just got caught up in the moment! But then again you did want to kiss her, and...you had enjoyed it. But she probably didn't even want to kiss! And interspecies relation ships were most likely banned here! Things were totally going to get so awkward. She might even kick you out! And tell every pony in town about it, and they would all look down on you, and...and...and...why does your life have to suck so much!? All these thoughts rushed through your mind. You looked up at the night sky and tried to forget about it for now. For the first time you noticed how beautiful all the stars were in the night sky. There was next to no light pollution. You watched for a while before you found your eyelids getting heavy. "Mark?!" You opened your eyes and sat up. Your vision was a bit blurry, and it was still night. "Mark?!" You looked to the nearby three way intersection, two roads stretching around the town, one leading to the core of it. "Mark?! A figure with cool colors emerged from the path leading to the center of the town. You blinked a few times and squinted. "Mark!" The figure you had quickly identified as Twilight was now running toward you. You made it up the hill to you and was panting. "What happened? *Pant* Why didn't you come home? *Pant* Are you okay?" You pulled out your phone and checked the time. It was nearly two in the morning. "Shit. Sorry, I was looking at the stars and I guess I fell asleep." Twilight lied down belly up next to you. "Yeah, I guess the stars are pretty nice." "There were never this many out in my world. There was always too much light coming from towns and cities to see many." "Um, Mark...since we're alone...I wanted to talk to you about...us." Everything you had been thinking about before you dozed off rushed back to you. "I'm so sorry! I just got caught up in the moment! I didn-" "Mark relax! You didn't kiss me, we kissed each other. And...I liked it." "But isn't there some law against different species relationships?" She inched closer. "Not in Equestria." "So then, you think we can make this work?" "Yeah, I just don't know how to tell the other girls, so lets keep quiet for now." She pecked you on the lips. You smiled and blushed. "Now lets change the topic to something less edgy. Tell me something cool about humans." You scratched your neck and felt the cold metal of your necklace. You brought the amulet up to your face and closely examined it. It was about the size of a silver dollar, (roughly twice the size of a quarter) had a thin golden boarder, and was identical to the sign of karma except it was pink and purple instead of black and white. "Have you ever heard of karma?" "No." she mumbled. "It's a common belief that if you do good things, good things happen to you, and if you do bad things, bad things happen to you." You took off the amulet and showed it to her. "The sign for it is the same as this gem, but its supposed to be black and white instead of purple and pink." "mm." You looked at her and saw her eye lids were only about half way open. "Come on, lets go home, you look tired." You said as you got up. "mm hmm." She responded as she got up and followed you down the hill. You hadn't realized it before, but it was very light out for not having street lights. The moon and stars shone very bright. You stopped hearing the light clop of hooves. You turned around and saw Twilight walking very slowly with her head hanging low. You waited a few seconds for her to catch up. "I don't know how you humans have so much energy, I feel like i'm about to pass out." Said Twilight. When she got close enough, you scooped her up in your arms and continued walking. Twilight didn't say anything, she had already fallen asleep. You continued your walk home with Twilight in your arms for several minutes until you arrived. You turned the knob with one foot and kicked the door open. You walked in and closed it behind you, afterwards taking off your shoes. The library was very dark. You waited a minute for your eyes to adjust before proceeding to the stairs. As you past the couch, you saw Spike sleeping on it with a mini pillow and blanket. You ascended the stairs and entered the bedroom. You went to Twilight side of the bed and were met with a minor problem, You needed to pull the covers back, your hands were full and your foot couldn't save your this time. Maybe if... You concentrated on the covers, imagining your hands were free and you were lifting them. A golden glow surrounded the blanket and obeyed to your command. You set Twilight in bed and got in the other side after taking your clothes and necklace off. You kissed Twilight on the forehead and whispered goodnight into her ear before drifting off to sleep yourself.