//------------------------------// // New School, New Challenges P.1 // Story: OC Overdose // by arkman575 //------------------------------// New School, New Challenges P.1 Andrew woke to Seth Eclipse doing push-ups (which were not too impressive if you thought about it) next to his makeshift bed. “You do realise it’s about five in the morning, right?” He groggily said to the muscle building wolf. “I may be a diplomat now, but I was in the military a few years back.” The wolf called back between push-ups. “Well ok, G. I. Wolf. If you want anything to eat, I’ll be down in the kitchen.” Andrew said before walking out the door. This got the interest of the wolf. “You don't happen to have...meat, do you?” Seth asked. “Yes. What, they don’t have meet in Equestria?” He said. “Well, when you live in a land of ponies, you have to improvise.” Seth replied, before joining his human companion. Andrew was just placing a strip of bacon onto a waiting pan on a stove. “You call that meat? I’ve seen bigger chunks on-” Seth began, before taking in a wif of the aroma of the bakin. Andrew looked over to the wolf, expecting a finishing statement. What he found was Seth standing in a pile of his own drool. “Still with me buddy?” “That...smell...” Seth began, “That wonderful smell...” Andrew could only chuckle. “Seth, welcome to the world of the humans,” Andrew finished cooking up breakfast, a toaster waffle for him and just bacon (including Andrew’s share) for Seth. They didn’t talk much, as each were busy of eating. After eating, Andrew finished his usual routine of morning chores. He packed his school supplies for the first day for school and slipped in a half sandwich for lunch. Waiting by the door, Seth sat at attention as if expecting to be taken on a walk. “Well, I’ll be out for the next seven hours.” Andrew called as he walked into the room. “Any particular place you will be at?” Seth asked with legitimate interest. “First day of school for me.” Andrew replied with a dull sigh. “That thing that fillies- miniature humans go to?” Seth asked. “You didn’t ever have school?” Andrew asked in return. “I was trained in a military academy as a pup. I have never actually been to a school in my life.” Seth explained. “Well, to save you from the agony of the first day, you can just hang here today. If you need a snack, there are woods right outside.” Andrew said as he walked out the door. “You allow hunting here? I am never going back to Equestria again!” Seth called, before bolting past Andrew and darting into the woods. Andrew had walked to the school and had met the principal. He had explained that one of the students was going to show me around the school. Apparently, it was a freshman. Funny, back home it would be a junior who would be showing the new grounds. I guess never send a junior to send a freshman’s job? Andrew mentally laughed at his own half joke. The two were now standing outside the main building. "Oh dear, don't tell me someone found out." A voice called, returning Andrew to reality. A 5’ 5”, blond, green eyed male walked up to the two of them. He was eyeing Andrews shirt with some interest, noting that I was a brony. “Caelan, say hello to Andrew Clark. He's new here and I want you to show him around.” The principal began. “He come from Washington, state. I choose you cause all the teacher said you need a break from work.” Caelan seemed to zone off for a few seconds, lost in thought. “Hello,” Andrew began, trying to bring him back. “Caelan, is it?” “Uh... yes. Andrew, right?” He replies, snapping back to reality. “So, you will be showing me around the school. I heard I that we have some of the same classes together. Mostly, that is.” Andrew commented. “So, wait. Dr. Davie, I don’t have to go to class today?” Caelan called to the principal as he walked off. “That's right, you have the day off. I told them to call you, but I guess you didn't get it.” He called back as the bell to go to call rang. Andrew walked to the first class of the day, guided by Caelan. The day was rather uneventful; he basically had the same classes as he did back home. He and Caelan talked about the usual stuff Andrew would talk about back home, mlp, gaming, ext. When lunch finally arrived, the two made their way to an empty table and sat down. Andrew was on an internal debate on the whole ‘Seth Eclipse’ thing while biting a sizable chunk out of a turkey sandwich. “It must be chili day.” Caelan said, catching Andrew off guard. “Oh, sorry. I don’t usually talk much.” Andrew explained, returning to his conundrum. “Meh, it’s ok. I’m use to not getting much talk.” He replied. After the second half of the day, Andrew walked over to the bus lot in search of his ride home. About halfway down the street was bus 389, presumably the one that stopped near his new residence. As he boarded, a familiar voice called to him. “Uh, are you on the wrong bus?” Caelan called from a vacant seat. “Bus 389, right?” Andrew asks as he sits next to the freshman. “Yes. Don’t tell me you live by me.” He began. “Wait. You must be the new family that moved next door!” “I...think so.” I replied, silently calculating the probability of the odds of the situation. After a few moments of silence, Caelan donned a pair of headsets and listened to his mp3 player. Andrew sat there in peace, continuing to think over the situation at hand. When the bus arrived at their stop, the two parted ways to their awaiting homes. Andrew walked in and tossed his pack aside. Seth trotted up to him from Andrew’s room. “So, how was school?” Seth asked. “Nothing too out of the ordinary. Apparently, I already have an acquaintance.” Andrew replied, tossing off his shoes. “How was your first day on earth?” “Excellent! Did you know you guys have dear here? Big, delicious dear. I haven’t eaten that nice in years.” Seth elaborated, losing himself to his meat filled fantasies. Andrew could only shake his head as he walked back into his office and booting up his computer. In his usual cycle, he read over his e-mails, loging into his skype, and checked his fimfic page. Halfway through his search, the phone rang. He answered with his usual phrase. “Clark residence” he said. “Hello. This is Mrs. Smith. We are your next door neighbors. My son, Caelan, was your guild today. We were wondering if you would be able to join us for dinner.” Mrs. Smith said over the line. “Well, ok. Sure, I’ll be over in a half hour.” Andrew replied, the slightest tone of question in his voice. After the call ended, Andrew walked out the the main hall. “Hey Seth, quick question: would it be odd for someone to ask you over after meeting them that same day?” He asked the wolf, who was gnawing on what looked to be a rather large bone. Seth looked up with a rather unamused face. “You do realise you are asking a wolf about human interaction, right?” Seth replied. After feeding Seth a defrosted steak he was going to eat anyway, Andrew tossed on his airmen’s jacket. He was about to leave his house when a knock came from the door. He answered it to find Caelan ready to go back to his house for dinner. The two walked over the the household in peace, as neither had anything to say to the other. That peace was short lived. When they arrived Caelan jester Andrew inside, only to find possibly the most logic defying, let alone unnerving sights he had ever seen. There standing in front of him was a five foot, dark gray blue alicorn, staring right at him. “Oh hi Wolf I found my...book. He can see me, can't he?” The beast spoke. And with that remark, Andrew fell into unconsciousness. As Andrew began to emerge from his limbo state of unconsciousness, a crippling pain to his forehead made him regret reawakening. Threw cringed eyes, light seeped in, only causing his possible migraine to escalate. Andrew slowly stood up, only to find he was laying in a bed. As he opened his eyes, he was met by both Caelan and the grey-blue pony. “Oh ya...” Andrew said out loud, just remembering what caused him to black out. This grabbing the attention of the two. “Oh, Andrew. You’re awake.” Caelan said with a sheepish grin. Andrew was about to respond, but could only open his mouth without word. After a few seconds of thought to what to actually say, he was confident in what to say. “That’s a...pony.” Andrew said, gesturing to the gray creature. “I believe you mean ‘alicorn’,” It corrected. “Ok, that’s an alicorn.” Andrew said, again gesturing to the alicorn. “Andrew, meet Night Wolfe, son of Discord.” Caelan commented. This earned yet another peek of interest from the recovering giant. “Son of Discord? As in ‘flesh and blood’ son?” Andrew replied, nervousness clear in his voice. “Yes as in ‘flesh and blood’. I’m the son of not only Discord, but also Nightmare Moon.” Night replied back, looking at Caelan. “So, he’s from...Equestria then?” Andrew asked, getting shakier by the second. “Andrew chile, he won’t kill us. Right Night?” Caelan asked the alicorn. “Hay Night, go outside for a minute.” Caelan said to Night. Nights ear perked up and he left. Caelan closed the door and looked at Andrew. “Andrew, how do I put this...Night....he’s my OC.” Caelan whispered to Andrew. “Well, oddly not the most surprising thing to hear today.” Andrew said, slowly putting his head into his hands. After a few seconds of silence, Andrew stood up. “Not that this hasn’t been fun and all, but it’s getting late and I should probably be checking on my dog.” He said, before walking out the door. Andrew walked, contemplating what just happened. When he got inside, Seth looked up at him. “So, how was dinner with your new friend?” The wolf asked. “Seth, I’m trying to be as nice as possible right now, and I emphasize ‘as possible’. I am done.” Andrew said before storming upstairs. “Don’t you-” “I said done!” Andrew repeated, cutting of Seth Seth watched as his befuddled companion left, then turned to a small pile of bones he had collected throughout the day. “Is it something I said?” He asked to the pile, earning only silence as he grabbed one and began to gnaw on it before bed. Andrew throw himself onto his bed, not caring to take off his cloths. Everything he ever knew possible about life, physics, and existence had crumbled around him; the last thing he needed to think about was something that actually made sense. The one thing that made life still worth living was the fact that tomorrow was saturday. The morning came to Andrew rather quickly. What woke him was a knocking at the door. Rather strange considered that it was... Andrew looked over to his digital clock. “7:30 in the blasted morning” He mumbled through gritted teeth. “Seth,” Andrew called down the hallway. “If it isn’t important, you can eat him.” Somewhat regretting sending a wolf to greet a potential dead man, Andrew finally forced himself to check who was disturbing his slumber. Thankfully he was still clothed, so he walked down to see his canine companion scratching at the door. At his presence, Seth gave Andrew a rather unamused glare. “You do realise wolves don’t have any opposable appendages, right?” He said. Andrew was about to reply with a witty remark of his own, but shrugged it off as being it too early for such things. “Ok, just make yourself scarce. I rather not have to explain why I have a talking wolf in my house.” Andrew said. Seth rolled his eyes and trotted off to the kitchen. Andrew opened the door to find Caelan wearing a Discord T-shirt. “Hey, I just came over to-” “Go home!” Andrew interrupted. Caelan just stood there, dumfounded. “Andrew?” He asked, unsure of the interruption. “Go home!” Andrew repeated. “Go home, change your shirt, and then we’ll talk.” After finishing his vague instructions, he swiftly slammed the door shut. It finally dawned on him. Everything dawned on him. His very life most likely held on the balance that Andrew just realised existed. This had all been too easy from the beginning, and now he saw the one reason why it had been. If his calculations were correct, both his and Caelan’s life were in danger. “So who was the guest,” Seth called from kitchen. “Oh, no one important.” Andrew called to the wolf. “Oh, by the way. Remember that new friend I told you about? He’ll be stopping by in a minute or two.” “Ok. What ever. Mind if I go hunting while you two hang out here?” Seth asked, walking back to the door. “Go for it.” Andrew said. Good, I can finally think over all of this. A few minutes passed after Seth left before Caelan stopped by again. During this time, Andrew acquired a large amount of scratch paper and was jotting down notes on every possible outcome that could possibly occur with Seth. The knock on the door caused Andrew to jump from his seat on the couch. He walked over to the door, still holding his most recent note pad. What met him was Caelan and the unnamed alicorn. “Hello Andrew, what was that all about. Just tell me later, I think you remember Night here.” Caelan said as he took a seat. “Well, I’m sorry about shooing you off earlier” Andrew said without looking up from his notes. “It’s just that I couldn’t have the risk of what might be my end.” “No problem, mate” Caelan said with an australian accent. “Exactly what did you mean about ‘your end’?” “I’ll get to that in due time.” Andrew said, waving him off. “Firstly, tell me everything about your o- friend here” Andrew asked, catching himself mid-sentence. “Well, I’m from Equestria, I am around a thousand years old, and I am the son of chaos,” Night began. Andrew looked up from his notes with a face that would suggest that his mind was just broken. “This just got complicated” Andrew commented after a brief pause. By some ironic coincidence, the door opens to Seth carrying a bloodstained leg of a dear. “Hey Andrew, I brought home a...” The wolf trailed off at the sight of the two new guests. “Andrew, why is there a pony in your house?” He finally asked, not breaking eye contact with the alicorn. “Andrew, why didn’t you mention you had a wolf that could speak?” Caelan asked, looking somewhat happy as well as confused. Andrew muttered a curse under his breath. This was not supposed to happen. Derail, derail! “Seth, meet Night. Night, meet Seth,” Andrew hastily said. “Now that you two have met, I believe it’s getting late and-” “Andrew, don’t be rude.” Seth interrupted him before turning back to Night. “Let me introduce myself. Eclipse. Seth Eclipse. Warrior of the Wolven Empire.” “Nice to meet you.” Night began. “My name’s Night Wolfe. Prince of Equestria and son of Discord.Well my father calls me a prince, but I don’t like being called a prince.” Oh hell... Andrew thought. This was exactly what he was worried about from the moment of his epiphany. In retrospect, I should have seen this coming. Seth locked eyes with the alicorn, a stair of death towards his soon to be victim. Andrew lunged for the wolf in attempt to defuse the situation, although he was too late. Seth bolted towards the unsuspecting Night, forcing him to the ground. “After a thousand years, my brethren shall have their revenge.” Seth growled, digging his claws into Night’s shoulders. “Seth, stand down!” He yelled, barely holding his grip on the struggling wolf. “What the hell.” Night scoffed, standing from his attack. “Back off, Andrew. This is a between me and his dad.” Seth yelled, jabbing Andrew in the chest with his elbow. Andrew fell to the ground, releasing Seth from his grasp. “Thank god my grandfather taught me some military training.” Caelan yelled as he jumped on Seth, knocking him down to the ground. “You humans don’t take a hint, do ya?” Seth muttered before taking a bite at Caelan’s arm. With a yelp, Caelan released Seth, who bolted towards Night again, free of any other obstacles. However, Night had other ideas. With a black aura forming around Seth, he was levitated a good foot off the ground. The wolf hung there, trying to free himself from the translucent bond, to no avail. “What the fuck are you doing” Said Night as Seth hung there, floating in the air. “Exacting the revenge that my brethren have been waiting for for the past thousand years!” Seth yelled, making himself backflip within the field. “Andrew! You got some talking to do!” Caelan yelled, Night looked at him. In Night’s eyes, Andrew could see a fire that couldn’t be put out. “Caelan, this goes deeper than I wish to go into.” Andrew said, shaking his head. “ It’s has to do with his-” “My past,” Seth began, glaring the three of them. “My past was ruined because of his father. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost do to his father! It’s because of him that my family no longer exists! Your dad started a war and nearly committed genocide on two different species along the way. It’s because of him that to this day I can't look at a pony and not see the thousands of innocent lives I was forced to kill!” With his rant complete, Seth sat in his weightless sphere, watching the others reactions. Night’s expressen was one of complete shock and confusion to the new information. Caelan’s was a lesser version of this, but still impossible to miss. Andrew only looked to the ground, a face of sadness for the loss of the wolf. Finally, Night spoke. “No.” Everyone in the room turned towards the alicorn. “No,” He repeated. “My father may be considered a tyrant, but he’s a loving father. And what was this about killing others? My father hasn’t killed anypony, I should know cause I keep him in check all the time.” Caelan turned and look at Night, his face showed that he knew what Night was talking about. “If you consider my life and all the other live that were lost a lie, you are begging for a deathwish.” Seth snarled. “What are you talking about? Nopony has died due to my father.” Night replied looking at Seth. Both OCs looked at one another, Seth still looked madder than hell and Night looked confused. Caelan and Andrew both looked at the two, watching the unfolding chaos. Andrew nodded his companion and spoke low enough so that he could only hear. “This is what I feared.” Andrew explained, a stoic look across his face. “They are beginning to find out.” “Find out what? That they are from different universes?” Caelan asked. “That’s just the tip of the iceberg. If they found out they are from different universes, it could lead to them wondering how they found us. See, Seth is my OC and Night is yours. We created them, and in turn...” Andrew hesitated for a moment. “...we created their past.” There was silence between the two as the words sunk in. “So, you're saying that you, more or less, killed those wolves?” Caelan asked, nervousness in his tone. “Indirectly, yes. I caused every horrid memory that has impacted him.” Andrew replied, turning his gaze to the floor. “Well, that’s not good for me then.” Caelan said. “Should I ask?” Andrew commented. “Night killed his own mother because of me.” Caelan replied, following his comrades gaise to the floor.