I walked towards the mares holding back the urge to break their noses, "What the fuck is all this?" I spoke calmly but sharply. My enraged glare never leaving them. I knew the other mares that came were watching me curiously. I ignored them and continued walking towards the ones responsible, stopping in front of them all; I asked them again, "What. Is. This." Pinkie spoke up hesitantly.
"It's a mare meet and greet..." she points to the banner she hung.
"Why?"
"I thought it would make you happy." she seemed like she was about to start crying.
"You didn't think at all. I don't want one. Do you understand me?" I leaned in close, her mane deflated.
"I-I'm sorry James I just wanted to make you smile." she said, the other mares held her, trying to comfort her.
"Her heart was in the right place." Twilight said.
"Yeah, lay off her James." Dash agreed. I turned away with a scoff to the mares that had assembled.
"Now I want all of you to get out of my fucking house." none of them budged, "NOW!" I shouted, making them jump. Bon bon walked to the front of the group. She had been watching from the stairs.
"This isn't your house James. It's mine and I want you out." I scowled and walked to the door bucking it off it's hinges, it fell onto the dirt road outside. I wasn't going to stay before everything went horribly wrong.
"Keep everything in my room. I don't need it." I said before flying away. Dash, Applejack and Twilight were trying to help cheer up Pinkie. The other mares were feeling bad for the party pony and they were trying to help cheer her up as well. Bon bon apologized to them all for my 'rude' behavior and walked back upstairs to have my things returned to me. The only belongings there were a saddlebag, the bed I bought, and my bag of bits. She brought my bag and my bits downstairs. Pinkie was happier than before but still sad that her surprise party didn't work. Bon bon walked over and gave my things to Rainbow Dash, "Rainbow please give these back to James. He can keep them." she takes them and nods.
"I'll take them to him and be back in ten seconds flat." She turns to her friends, "Let's throw a party when I get back, would that make you feel better Pinkie?" she nods. Dash smirks and flies out the open door, spinning the door outside.
Bon bon turned back to the mares, "Can you mares please tell me what you see in that stallion? You came here to meet him right?" they nodded.
"He seems like he would be a nice guy if you get to know him." A mare said from within the crowd, the others agreed. "And he's pretty cute." another mare said, again the crowd agreed with a few giggles.
Dash flew above Ponyville, in search of me. She surveyed the town, not seeing me anywhere. She gave the town six good fly by's and had not found me. She was growing tired and sat on Twilight's tree to get a rest, her eyes still scanned the town. "Where are you?" she wondered aloud before she saw a lone white cloud hovering low over the Everfree. "That's where you are." she took off instantly, scaring a small dragon as the tree shook. Spike was about to throw out a few eggshells when it shook, he fell back, bumping into a table and nearly knocked his gem encrusted cake batter off of it. "What's got her so rushed?" he asks nopony in particular.
I heard Dash's wings as she landed next to me, "Let me guess. You decided to find me so I could apologize to Pinkie and everything would be better." I said sarcastically, "Well that's the stupidest fucking idea. Next to throwing me a party." I lay on the cloud, staring at the blue sky. She threw my things next to me, "Thanks. Didn't need them though." I said. I could feel her getting irritated.
"We're going to throw a party for Pinkie Pie. When you decide to stop being a flank you can come to apologize."
"I have nothing to apologize for." I said.
"I'll be waiting for that apology James." she says through gritted teeth before flying away. I'm not going. It's her fault for throwing that fucking party in the first place. I thought to myself. I knew I had told her before I don't like surprises or parties yet she continues with both. Everypony here can go fuck themselves for all I care... The soft cloud brought me no comfort. I would've tried to sleep if I didn't know that I'd probably be visited by that princess again, just to be bitched at for not being nice to her subjects.
I sit up and look over the edge of the cloud to look at the forest below, seeing small movement among the trees. I think back on what happened recently, the dreams, the party, my 'death'. I still don't know if that was Isaac speaking in my dreams or my own mind at work, trying to get me to accept what's going on and forget everything else. That I can't do and I won't ever do. I turn to ponyville, "A clean slate. No records of past 'misdeeds' aside from the ones I've accomplished here."
I turn to the castle on the mountain, "How the hell did I end up here anyway?" Again I'm brought to the decision that this is where we go when we die, if I had died. I shake my head as I began developing a migraine from trying to figure things out. I put my hooves on my temples to help stop it.
It failed miserably.
I ended up slamming my head from both sides as I brought them up. "Fuck!" I sat there for a second, disoriented, until my senses returned to me. Once they had I shook my head and continued looking at Ponyville, scowling I shook my head, "Why did Princess whats-her-name send me here of all places? I need to find a map of this place and leave." I said to myself before putting on my saddlebags, still having trouble with my hooves. I used them to pull it on and hold it down while I bit the belt and tightened it, the strap was already getting worn and had several bite marks.
I jumped off the cloud, using my wings to hover beside it, I bucked it into non-existence and flew towards the town. I passed the Doctor as I flew overhead, I wasn't going to tell him even though he probably already knew. I thought about where I could find a map and decided on the library. I've visited Twilight's home once, when I had my legs broken. I went to land, a grey blur flew up to block my path. I found myself staring into two golden eyes, one looking at me and the other above me. "Hello Ditzy." I greeted her flatly. She glared at me with her good eye.
"Well?" she asked me.
"Well what?"
She huffs, "Aren't you going to go apologize to Pinkie for saying those mean things?!"
"No now leave me alone." I said before trying to fly around her, she blocks me again.
"How could you be so cruel?! She was only trying to help and you yell at her!"
"I hate parties and I don't want a fucking girlfriend."
"You didn't need to be so rude! And don't you dare talk to me like that!"
I lean close to her, "Fuck. Off." I say coldly and simply.
"How could the Doctor be friends with somepony like you." she says before flying away.
I ignored that comment and landed in front of the library. I didn't bother knocking and just walked in, Spike was sitting there, reading a comic. He looks up at me and squints, "Oh, it's you. What do you want?" he said. Apparently news spreads faster than I thought. I told him I wanted a map of Equestria, he directed me to a geography book. I took it down and flipped through the pages until I reached the most recent map that was there. I mentally crossed out Canterlot and Ponyville, Cloudsdale looked promising, as did Mane...hattan. I facehoofed at the pun and kept looking, Fillydelphia... Again; facehoof.
I continued looking over the map, deciding to try Cloudsdale then Appleoosa and maybe Manehattan. The door opens as I continue thinking, "Spike, are you going to... hello James." Twilight spoke. I stayed silent and thought over how long it would take me to reach them. I heard her hoofsteps grow louder as she stepped beside me, "Looking at your new home?" she asked, I stayed silent and she persisted, "James. I know Pinkie may have gotten you mad but..." I cut her off there.
"Don't care. Now leave me alone." Out of the corner of my eye I saw her wince as if my words hit her. She continued talking about how I could buy my own house in Ponyville if I stayed vigilant and saved up my money. I answered with a disinterested grunt. An awkward silence grew, I slammed the book shut and walked out, continuing my silence, she followed me.
"Hopefully Rainbow dash told you but we're going to be throwing a party to help Pinkie feel better and it would help if you showed up." She smiles kindly. I continue giving her the cold shoulder before spreading my wings to fly away. I felt a tugging on my tail and looked back. A lavender aura surrounded it. I looked at it, debating whether to try pulling to tear it off or not. "James, please join us. I promise that we won't throw you another party after this." I looked into her lavender eyes, she knew that I was starting to warm up to them and the party ruined that. "It's only to cheer up Pinkie."
I continued my silence, as soon as I felt the pull on my tail leave I took off. Leaving Twilight there, hoping I would show up. I looked over the town while I flew overhead, I had no connections I needed to sever or loose ends to tie up. Nobody would care if I just left, aside from the Doctor and Twilight. Doctor, I know, would just leave me be since he has his own problems. Twilight on the other hand, seemed like she would be affected along with a few of her friends, Dash and Rarity excluded.
Leaving without a single word, one thing I did all the time before nearly killing Jordan on our first meeting. I thought he was after my blood like his superiors, instead he asked a few questions, deciding to help me try to end my endless life saying that living longer than your friends, family, and loved ones was not a good thing. That and I had taken several shotgun blasts and had several holes in my body from it, he was surprised and intrigued. Right now my gut is telling me this is a bad thing to do. It's never let me down before... first time for everything I suppose.