//------------------------------// // She's In Equestria! // Story: Evil Wittle Ponies // by PassionQuill //------------------------------// Chapter 4: She's In Equestria! “Don’t you think you’ve taken this a little too far?” asked Kevin as Richard dragged some more things up the stairs to the guest room. “Nope, not at all,” chirped Richard. “Well… how much has this little ‘slice of Equestria’ cost you so far?” “Erhm, nothing at all actually,” mumbled Richard hesitantly. “Fine, let me phrase it another way then.” Kevin groaned in frustration, taking a deep calming breath so he could ask the question, “Where did you steal it all from?” “Steal is such a harsh word. I rather say I, erhm, borrowed it without permission for an undetermined amount of time.” Kevin couldn’t do anything but stand in dumbfounded silence as the realization of his friend having stolen a lot of stuff from the university hit him. He had already stolen the materials when he made Twilight, and now all of this, it was all adding up. He’d seen him drag stuff up to that guest room all week now, and it could only be a matter of time before someone found out what he was up to. “Dude… you are going to get caught if you keep this up. How can’t people notice you stealing things like some kind of irrigation system, a lot of plants, and other things? What are you even doing with all this stuff?” asked Kevin as he began to walk up the stairs to the second floor where the guestroom was located. “Nobody notices shit at our university, man. You just gotta know the right tricks and you can get away with anything.” Richard glanced over his shoulder as he placed a batch of plants, which could easily be mistaken for miniature trees, onto the ground. “I’ve already told you, I’m turning it into Equestria.” “All of the room? Weren’t you originally going to rent it out to someone so you could get a roommate?” asked Kevin. “Well, yeah, but I don’t really need the extra money. I can afford this little pleasure of mine, and besides, I’m doing it all science!” “For science… right. I’m pretty sure you’re doing it just for your own…” Kevin’s eyes widened a fair bit as the door to the guest room was pulled open. “… Science.” What was once a completely plain and boring empty room had been completely transformed. The ceiling was painted like a sky with clouds, and the walls with distant depictions of mountains, forests, and other landscapes in the style of the show. On the floor, from what he could see from the edge closest to them, was built a square box of some sort with wood and it had a fairly elevated edge. The box was used to store away a huge amount of dirt with a thin lair of grass neatly planted on top of it. In the middle of it all was carved a river with a drain at the end nearest to them, and some horribly looking cardboard mountains at the end furthest away from them where the water was pumped back to, to then flow down like a waterfall into the river. There was even scattered in between small trees and bushes, on both sides of the river, a handful of doghouse-sized MLP-designed houses for ponies to live in. “Dude… you’ve outdone yourself… this is like, borderline creepy actually,” mumbled Kevin with a mixture of fanboy-awe and reserved disgust. “But at the same time, it’s really cool. How did you even know how to make all of this?” “Science my dear friend, science taught me how to do all of this,” said Richard cockily. “My mother taught me all I need to know about gardening and stuff like that. I had a friend pretty much flat out design the water system, and the houses I bought online. They are kinda just dog houses, but they look like the ones from the show.” “Well, it looks nice I guess. Where is Twilight by the way?” asked Kevin as he took a step into the room, only having about a foot of space in between the box and the plain old boring area of the room. “Oh, she’s over there at the forest I’m still making.” Richard had sat down on his knees, pulling out one miniature tree after another to plant in the soil to what was indeed a forest of perhaps two dozen closely placed trees where Twilight stood at the far away end of it. “She looks kinda happy in this place,” said Kevin with a smile. “Yeah, I think she thinks she’s back home in Equestria. So, of course she’s all happy now.” “The horror… It is as if I’m trapped in an illusion. I see the sun through stained glass. I even sometimes mistake the artificial cool winds for real ones. Though, things have only gotten worse now with everything having changed… Trees, grass, a river… I think this is Ponyville. No, it can’t be. I see nopony here… I can tell it’s not real, even if it looks like my home, it’s not!” Twilight squeaked and squeaked which to Richard and Kevin sounded like nothing but joyful elation towards her surroundings. It was quite the sight to watch her waddle from one thing to another, even exploring the houses Richard had set up for her. “The giants are tricking me! I see them! There, in the distance!” With a scowl she glared at the dark silhouettes. “Yes, they wish to fool me, but in the end, they are the ones who shall be fooled! As much as I would appreciate lodgings like the world which I come from, I know this is nothing but a fake, and it is insulting to a pony of my intelligence. I swear, this will be your last insult to me, strange giants.” “Look at her talk. It’s like all she’s been up to since I put her there,” chuckled Richard heartily. “Yeah, she must really love her new home. Though, I’m beginning to worry about what your next step will be with this. You’ve already taken your experiment to a slightly disturbing level… What’s next?” “More ponies of course!” A grin of pure joy stretched from ear to ear on Richard’s face as he imagined them all. “While making this I’ve been making adjustments to the machine, and I will totally be able to make any pony from the show I want. In fact, I’ve already made one to introduce to Twilight today!” “Really?! Who is it?” asked Kevin while giddily eyeing around for the new pony. “Fluttershy!” exclaimed Richard as he proudly presented the chubby little pegasus. She was hidden away inside a duffle bag he had stored in the closet next to the guest room. The tiny mare slept happily inside the bag, completely unaware of anything going on outside of it. “Aaww… she’s so cute!” Kevin was completely helpless in the presence of the chubby Fluttershy, and it was almost enough to make him forget to ask a very important question. “Wait… I thought you hadn’t figure out how to make pegasi yet.” “Well, that was a week ago! I’ve figured it out since then. She got cute little wings and they work!” boasted Richard proudly. “Well, work is a strong word. It’s more like she can move them around and such, but she’s way too heavy to ever get off the ground.” “Oh… well, how long have you had her?! Did you just keep her in a duffle bag till you were done making this stuff?!” groaned Kevin as he berated Richard. “Of course not! She was freshly made today… geez, will you please calm down just a teeny tiny bit. I just wanted this to be done before introducing her to Twilight and vice versa.” With his head shaking from side to side, Richard placed both hands into the duffle bag so he could slowly and gently pull out Fluttershy and put her into the box. Like an angel she descended from the sky and landed right in front of Twilight, who watched in surprise as one of her dear friends had suddenly appeared before her. The big wide-eyed stare of Twilight was met with the equally big eyes of Fluttershy, albeit half-open as she had just woken up from being moved. “Fluttershy! My dear friend! It’s so good to see you. I thought I was all alone in this horrible place!” With a great deal of affection, Twilight did her best attempt at a warm hug, but the fact that their forelegs could barely reach their mouths made a hug almost impossible without them looking like two sausages mushing against each other. “Well… I guess that will have to do for now. Tell me, where have you been? Do you know anything about this place? Did the giants kidnap and brainwash you as well?” A million questions were on Twilight’s mind, and she couldn’t even spare a second to let her friend speak before bombarding her. Though, all her questions were simply met with a vacant stare . “Fluttershy, are you, alright?” asked Twilight with concern in her voice. “ple!” squeaked Fluttershy while drooling ever so slightly. “Ple? What does ple mean!? Don’t tell me they did the same things to you as well… it took me days before I could even be the slightest bit coherent… I guess you are…” Twilight was hesitant in saying what was on her mind, but unfortunately, Fluttershy confirmed what she was thinking when she tipped over onto her side to nibble at the grass pressing against their hooves. “dumb as a rock… For now at least! With enough time you’ll be as smart as me, and then, together we can figure out a way to defeat the evil giants and their dreadful tyranny!” “There, now Twilight won’t ever get lonely again, and judging by the looks of things, she looks pretty happy now,” said Richard as he leaned against the wall, watching the interactions of the two ponies. “Yeah, they do look happy… but Fluttershy looks a bit, off,” commented Kevin as he joined his friend with leaning against the wall. “Well of course she does. Don’t you remember that Twilight was just as dumb as Fluttershy is now? She was literally a danger to herself and her surroundings… she nearly killed herself by getting her head stuck in a coffee mug… I think it takes them a while to get their brains going.” “I guess you’re right. I still think we need to have a talk about your little problem…” sighed Kevin while turning towards Richard who adamantly avoided looking back at him. “What problem? I don’t have any problems.” “Dude! You’ve stolen how many things so far? You don’t think anyone is going to notice this at some point. Not to mention the fact that you used high tech machines and costly materials to make these two ponies. The university is bound to find out soon!” “Pft, would you please just pull that stick out of your butt and relax. I’ve already told you, no one will find out anything.” With an annoyed groan, Richard bounced himself away from the wall with his back so he could leave before adding, “besides, I’ve taken precautions to make sure the University doesn’t notice what I’m doing with their machines. I’ve made some fake logs about running typical experiments. They won’t know what really happened, unless someone tells them…” “You think I’d tell them?” asked Kevin while following after Richard out of the room, closing the door behind him. “I wouldn’t tell them anything. I’m just worried about it all going to hell… You know, bad stuff could happen to the ponies if you aren’t careful.” “Don’t worry, I got plans for that kind of stuff if shit happens. The ponies will be just fine, nothing bad is going to happen to them.” The arguing back and forth became more and more faint for Twilight and Fluttershy as the two of them went downstairs, leaving the two ponies all to themselves inside the guest room. The sun stood high in the sky, making their world so bright and colorful, and the quiet street outside meant that barely any noises but birds singing could be heard. Trees, grass, water, and dirt predominantly made up the smells around them, and it was as if for a moment, they were back home where they belonged. “No! Fluttershy! Don’t get fooled by their tricks, we must stay strong!” cried Twilight as she stopped her friend from entering one of the houses. “There is nothing in there… they are as empty and hollow as the dreams they’re trying to sell us. We need to figure out a way to get out of this strange place. So, can we sit down and plan something. Maybe we could- aah!” Twilight was caught by surprise as Fluttershy absentmindedly licked her entire face once, causing an awkward moment of complete silence where they both shared a long hard stare. Twilight’s eyes were filled with bemusement while Fluttershy kept on being as blank and empty as she could be. “You aren’t going to do anything I say right now… are you?” sighed Twilight before stepping aside. “I guess I have no other choice than to let you do as you wish till you somehow snap back to reality… I hope it’s sooner rather than later, because I have a plan which I need you for. I have a plan indeed hehe, a plan to end the giants once and for all…”