//------------------------------// // "And you shall find a way around or through it" // Story: Be water my friend // by Steve_is_mad //------------------------------// "Give me a shower and food and I'll talk, by the way, can you guys let me out? HURR DURR HURDUR! Seriously Martin?! You really thought that was a good idea? I sure as hell wouldn't let an alien out just because he wanted to!" I groaned irritated as I buried my face in my hands. "Ok... All I need to do is to gain their trust. A negotiation won't work, that's for sure..." I removed my hands from my face and started to look around. Have I already been inside this damn libratory for two weeks? Everything is blurry in my head... Can't remember the first week at all... "Not good... My memory is not known for its faithfulness, but missing a whole week isn't a good sign." I started to inspect the glass walls. It must be at least 4 inches thick, so hitting it and/or kicking it won't work. And I know that for a fact because I punched the glass as hard as I could when I was scaring spike. What? I wanted it to look real! What fascinates me though is that my hands were just fine afterwards... No blood, no broken bones no nothing. Ok. So breaking the glass is not an option. And digging a hole is just stupid... Then there's only two options left. I can either wait until one of them walks in here and hold whoever enters hostage. Twilight won't be a problem due to my magic immunity. But how about Spike? Can he breath fire like in those fairytales? Can't say for sure due to the fact that I have never seen him breathing fire before. Would his fire count as magic or just regular chemical oxidation by flammable material exposed by heat? I don't know if I want to take that risk finding out... so should I- My train of thoughts was interrupted by the sound of hoofs going down the stairs. It was now or never... I turned to the stairs, preparing myself for my judgement. I saw Twilight and Spike walking down the stairs and I was just about to say something but quickly forgot my words when I saw... A Pegasus? A Pegasus with yellow fur and pink mane. This must be that... what's her name now again? Fluttercup? Butterfly? no... it was something with F.... Flutterfly? yeah, something like that. "M-Martin was it?" Twilight said nervously as she and the rest of the trio stopped in front of the glass wall. Well... except for Flutterball who was hiding behind her friends... hehe, they should call her FlutterSHY! HAH! "That is correct. And this must be your friend ms...?" Spike and Twilight looked at Fluttercry and gave her a nod that showed that it was safe to introduce herself. She didn't move at all... She just hid behind her mane and said something in a voice so quiet that not even a dog could hear. "My name is Fluttershy..." "I'm terribly sorry, but I didn't catch that." "I'm...Fluttershy" "Look, I know that I look... Weird. But I promise that I am not gonna bite you ok?" I gave her friendly smile as I tried my best not to look like a monster in her eyes. Which seems to work! Due to the fact that she smiled back! Awesome! One step closer to being trusted... I hope. "M-my name is.... Fluttershy" Oh... "What a wonderful name" I said while once again giving her a friendly smile. "T-thank you m-Mr. Martin... Y-your name is p-pretty nice too..." She said while yet again hiding behind her mane... I must confess... This is the absolutely, most adorable little creature I have seen! She beats little kittens on my "Aaaw" scale with light years! Scratch my plan on holding them hostage. I could not possibly harm a single straw of hair from her head! Or mane or whatever it's called. "So, why are you here my dear?" "I-I came here to c-check on your health status..." "Sooo you are a doctor then?" "N-not really I... I take care of animals..." The room fell quiet... Seriously? A VET?! Twilight sparkle, asked a VET to check my current health status?! Well... Now that I think about it... If this is truly a world filled with magical unicorns and dragons then I supposed that the lack of regular doctors is quite understandable... But still. "So let me guess... You are experienced with monkeys?" "I-I'm experienced with almost every kind of animal here in Equestria. S-so yes, I-I'm familiar with monkeys anatomy" Inset the audio of a crying baby here >> " " Because that is how I feel right now. "Even though I am thankful for knowing that you guys are caring about my health status, I must decline your offer about this matter." "W-why? She won't harm you!" Twilight said with a confused expression. "It's not about the fact that she will or will not hurt me, it's about my awareness that the one who is gonna examine me is a veterinary, which will make me feel quite uncomfortable" "Look, I couldn't send you to a real doctor for a reason! I can't risk you being seen by somepony-" "You mean someONE?" I interrupted Twilight. She wasn't amused to say the least. Twilight cleared her throat "No, The correct term IS somePONY" she said matter-of-factly. "Look, I may not be the best student in my English class but I am quite sure its someONE not somePONY" "I can assure you Mr. Martin that the correct term is somePONY, I have literally hundreds if not even thousands of books that can confirm that my statement is correct on this matter. And it's called Equestrian, not English" Ok... I am being lectured in English by an know-it-all unicorn with the mad scientist complex. "Yeah? And I have two sources that tells me that your books are wrong " "And what, pray tell, are those sources?" And with that I flipped the bird at her... With both hands. The fun thing about this is that they have no idea what I am doing! They just stand there, glaring at me in confusion. "I-I am terrible sorry but that doesn't seem logical at all... How can your claws prove me wrong?" "Those are fingers my dear, and just let it sink in a little bit... Almost done... Aaaaand there." I stopped flipping them of and smiled gently at them, I'm telling you, that felt quite satisfying. "What was that all about?" Spike asked confused. "Oh don't worry about it, lad. You are too young to know anyway. So please, Twilight, continue." Once again Twilight began her speech with clearing her throat "As I was saying, we can't just let you go, and risk you being seen by somePONY. You may not know this Martin but your... Visual structure is quite terrifying to say the least." "Lustigt, det var det jag sa om din mamma." (Funny, that's what I said about your mother) "What was that?" "I just said that I understand your point of view." Twilight was pleased by my words. "Good! T-then do you understand why we can't let you out after our princess Celestia have come to a conclusion?" and once again, the room fell quiet And after a few seconds of awkward silence I cleared my throat. "And when will this princess of yours having this royal visiting?" Ok, now I'm getting pissed for real. "I-in another two weeks..." Twilight said sheepishly As a mighty, respectable human being once said; "AW HELL NAW!" "So correct me if I'm wrong, you. Want me. To stay here. In this glass prison with just enough room for me to take a shit in, for two whole weeks more. Is that it?" "M-m-maybe we c-can make y-your room bigger?" Fluttershy said as she tried to make this scenario less tense than it has to be. "Or maybe you can at least let me have this WHOLE room for myself?" "Sorry Martin but... That's too risky... What if you are just trying to break out and starts to hurt other ponies?" "Aw common Twilight! Believe me, if I wanted to hurt you all then I would've done it already! Common cut me some slack will yah? Hell, this is even against my human rights!" "H-human rights? twilight said nervously. "Yeah, Human rights, as a human being I have right for at least one hour of physical activity and one shower per day! You, my good lady, are treating me worse than how my people treats criminals!" Those words struck Twilight, Spike and Fluttershy Hard. You can tell by the way they their ears go flat and their sad expressions. Expect for Spike... He has no ears... He just looked sad. "I-I'm sorry Martin... I-I did not know..." Twilight started to look down at the floor and looked like she had committed a tipple baby seal homicide... Great... Now I start to feel guilty too, and don't make me even start to describe how Fluttershy looks... I'm telling you man, I would drop dead by the cuteness after writing down three words and you all would die after reading half of it. "H-hey, don't sweat it ok? Its not yours faults that you guys didn't know, I was the one who closed my B-hole for two weeks didn't I?" They still looked guilty, but at least they stopped breaking my heart with their unbelievable cute frowns... "S-so you are not mad at us?" Twilight said while looking a little bit confused and hopeful. "Of course not! As I said, it's my fault that I did not tell you guys sooner." they started to brighten up "But now that you all know about it, it wouldn't be more than fair to let me out of here, don't you guys think?" Come on, come on, come on! Let me out of here! "I-I'm sorry Martin but... I-I can't let you out of this basement, as I said it's an order I received from our princess herself... I can however expand your room if you wish, and I may have a solution to the shower problem, but I simply cannot let you out... I-I hope you understand, my hoofs are tied here." "So I have to wait here until your beloved princess pays a visit?" "I'm afraid so..." "And she won't be here after another two weeks? "Y-yes..." Son of a.... "B-but I need fresh air! And sunshine, it provides me with vitamin D! I need the D! Ok that came out wrong... I have a girlfriend... Not that its wrong liking the D I'm just saying that I... that I don't. "D-don't worry, the air ventilation above you provides you with fresh air 24/7. And we do have some vitamin Supplement that we can give you. Only temporarily of course." I looked up and saw no ventilation system at all... unless... magic! "Well alright then, if there's nothing we can do about it then there's nothing else to do then wait." I said cheerfully which got the ponies and the dragon off guard. "W-wait, so you agree to wait another two weeks? Spike said surprised. "Yes I do. As Twilight said, her hoofs are tied here so there's nothing left to do then wait. An order is still an order at the end." "I want you to know Martin that this brings me no joy having you imprisoned like this... but I promise that if you behave and show our princess that you are a kind soul then you will be out of here before you know It. Twilight said with a warm smile "Thank you Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Spike for being reasonable and showing me that you all care for my well being. Even though I am not in need for a vet, I appreciate your concerns." I said with a small bow "N-no need to thank us at all, thank you for being so cooperative and honest to us. We appreciate that a lot" Twilight said with her own bow, which made the other two follow suit. I gave them all a mild smile and a small nod. "A-are you sure that you don't want me to examine you Mr. Martin? O-only if you want to that is..." Fluttershy said quietly. "It is not necessary my dear. I'm fine." "O-ok then" and once again she started to hide behind her main. She is currently my favourite pony. Just sayin'. "I'm sorry for being rude here, but I am rather hungry" I looked at the clock and saw that it showed 10:30. "Oh time does fly when you are having fun, don't you agree spike?" "I.... I guess..." Spike said while rubbing his neck. "D-don't worry, Breakfast is on its way" Twilight said with a smile. "Splendid! What's on the menu if I may ask?" "Well, we made some pancakes... W-what kind of food do you eat by the way?" Even Fluttershy started to show the same amount of interest as Twilight... Ok Martin, time to play smooth. "We humans lives on fruits and vegetables. But we also LOVE pastry." Yeah I lied! But think about it, I am really close to gain their trust and I don't want to screw everything up by scaring the shit out of them by telling that I also eat meat! "So your kind is vegetarians?" Fluttershy asked suspiciously. "Why yes we are, why the suspicious gaze upon me?" Oh god, please don't... "Then why does your teeth's show that you are capable of eating meat?" Think Martin THINK! "Oh you mean this?" I said while pointing at my sharpest pair of teeth's "It's just our defence mechanism. When we are threatened with our life's, we start to fight back and biting includes in this defensives act." "Oh... I-I see" Fluttershy said sheepishly. MOTHER FUCKING SCORE! "But as I said, you have nothing to fear, I have never bitten someone befo-" "SomePONY" twilight cough ".... SomePONY before, and I have planned not to ever bite anyPONY either" "T-that's good to hear" Twilight said "But now that we know what you eat, your menu will contain more variations than just Pancakes and apples" "Sounds promising" The room fell quiet once more. But once again Twilight broke it by clearing her throat. "I guess we should prepare your breakfast then" "But I already made pancakes for him!" Spike said while crossing his small arms. "Yes I know Spike, but they are probably cold by now" "Just throw it in the microwave, I don't mind" I sure hope that they are advanced enough to have microwave ovens. All the other machines in this basement points out that they aren't THAT far behind in technology. "You poor little thing, you must be very hungry..." Fluttershy said with a baby voice.... seriously? "Well yeah... kind of." "Then we should hurry" Fluttershy said while nodding to the others. They nodded back and started to walk towards the basement stairs. "The breakfast will be done in two minutes" Twilight said while going up the stairs "Thanks" I said while watching the trio leave the basement. I looked up at the ceiling, looking for the ventilating hatch. "I am sorry Twilight, but I sure as hell won't stay here for two more weeks."