"Sir I'm going to need you to step out of the car with your hands on your head."
I look over at Rarity who is huddled up in a ball on the seat. I take a deep breath. "And if I don't?"
"If you don't you're only making it worse for yourself."
I let out a humorless caw of a laugh. "Making it worse? How can this possibly be worse?!"
"Look just get out of the car."
"Father, it may be best to do what they say," Rarity whispers. "I don't want you to get hurt."
I look at her and slowly pat her on the head. "Okay," I say quietly. "It'll be okay." I'm more saying that to me than her at this point since both of us know darned well that it isn't. "Okay, I'm coming out!" I slowly open the door and come out with my hands on my head as instructed. I flinch back at the sight of no less than thirty guns pointed directly at me, some of them a bit larger than a standard pistol.
I am immediately surrounded by four cops, one of whom handcuffs me pretty quickly. Two other cops slowly walk over to the car and look inside, eliciting a gasp from one of them. "DUDE! It's Rarity!"
The other one frowns at him. "Rarity? Isn't that one of the characters from that My Little Pony show your daughter watches?"
"My...?" The first cop pauses and clears his throat. "Oh yes... ha ha... my daughter watches that show, that's right."
I have to suppress a chuckle despite myself. "He's a closet Brony," I call out to the other cop.
Both cops turn to me, one with a bewildered look and the other with a look that clearly says 'DUDE!!! What the heck?!'
The other cop turns to his partner. "Seriously, Frank?"
Frank chuckles nervously. "Uh... maybe."
"He totally does," I call out.
"Seriously, dude you have to stop that!" says Frank.
"You're arresting me. No."
Frank frowns at me and turns to the car. "Okay, we gotta get her outta there and figure out what to do next. I mean, that's a living cartoon character in that car."
"Who do we call about that?" asks Frank's partner.
Frank shrugs. "Hard to say. Let's just get them both to the station and we can figure it out from there."
The cops holding on to me begin dragging me towards one of their cars just as four more cops surround the car. One of them opens the passenger door and I hear Rarity squeal in terror.
"YOU STUPID JERKS, SHE'S JUST A KID!" I screech, struggling to get out of the grasp of the cops. It doesn't matter as I see Rarity getting dragged out of the car in the grasp of Frank. She's struggling to get out of his grip but he's holding on too tight and she can't, even though she's charging her horn for a likely ineffectual spell.
FATHER, HELP ME!!!" she screams.
That surprisingly makes Frank look a bit uncomfortable. "Uh, let's put them in the same car," he says nervously. The other cops shrug and he walks over to the car I'm currently being forced into. He reaches it in only a moment and Rarity is put next to me before he shuts the door.
Rarity squeals in terror and wraps her forelegs around me. "Father, where are they taking us?" she whines.
"Just to the police station. They're...they're not going to hurt us or anything."
"Are they going to keep us there forever? What's going to happen to us?"
"I..." I take a deep breath to steady myself. "I don't know." My voice cracks at the end of that. I really don't have any idea of what is going to happen to us. Ignoring the fact that I'll probably get jail time for running from the cops not to mention expelled from school, I'll have completely failed in my duty to protect Rarity from exactly this in every way. Lord knows what her life is going to be like now since there is no way they're just going to let the two of us go. Even if they did, there's still the Bronies to contend with. We'd have to go into hiding to avoid that and how would that work?
"I hate this," whines Rarity. "I hate how they won't leave us alone."
"Me too, Rarity. Me too."
* * * *
We reach the police station in twenty minutes or so. Rarity cries when they separate us and I can't do a single thing about it. I'm unarmed, handcuffed, and in a police station and she doesn't really have powerful magic. This is a hopeless situation and we both know it.
The cops adjust my handcuffs so that my hands are in front of me and lead me to an interrogation room. I have no idea where Rarity is after they separate us and I don't know what they're going to do with her. I'm almost thankful for Frank at this point because there is no way in heck that he is going to allow anybody to hurt her.
The cops let me stew for an hour or so in the interrogation room before somebody finally comes in. I'm kind of freaked out to see that it isn't two cops, but what appear to be two FBI agents, one man and one woman. Man, this just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?
"Mr. Powell," says the man. "I'm Special Agent Johnson and this is Special Agent Tanner. We understand that the filly was in your care when you were arrested."
"Where's Rarity?" I growl.
"We haven't hurt her, nor will we," says Agent Tanner. "It would hardly be prudent for us to do such a thing. If more of her kind came into our world and saw that we had mistreated her we would have a crisis on our hands."
"It's too late for that," I reply. "Do you seriously think that Princess Celestia and the rest of the Mane Six aren't going to find a way to get her? You've already done enough to get them nice and pissed off at you. Good luck surviving the wrath of an immortal sun goddess."
"Queen Chrysalis didn't seem to have a problem with her," Agent Johnson mutters.
Oh for Pete's sake!
"How many Bronies are there around here?!"
"Agent Johnson is not a Brony, he watches the show with his two daughters," Agent Tanner insists.
"You really fell for that?" I ask. I turn to Agent Johnson. "Who is best princess?"
"Lu--" He catches himself before he can finish but the damage is done. He clears his throat and puts a folder down on the table. "Any allegiances I might have to the NLR are hardly important right now. What is important is that we handle this delicately."
"I assume that means sending Rarity to a government facility for testing, covering it up as a hoax, and putting me away forever for knowing a government secret that big?"
"Doesn't have to be that way," says Agent Tanner. "We can make it so that this doesn't completely ruin your life. You either get expelled from school and do jail time for running from the cops and assaulting a fellow student or you keep quiet about it and we drop the charges and even toss more than a little cash your way to keep it quiet."
"And Rarity?"
"That's our business," says Agent Tanner.
"You know I'm her father figure here, right? I took care of her for almost a month and I'm her protector."
Agent Tanner opens her mouth to respond, but a third agent opens the door and hands Agent Johnson a note. He scans it for a second before turning to the other agent. "Are you sure about this?" he asks. The other one nods and leaves. Agent Tanner is handed the note and Agent Johnson turns to me. "We talked to your ex-roommate and he revealed some interesting tidbits that change everything."
"How so" I ask nervously.
Agent Tanner's hand is over her mouth at the note and Agent Johnson sits down across from me. "So, you were in Equestria for two months then."
Holy double update Batman! Edit: hey what do you know first. I might as well contribute.
<----she cant
Personally I would put a comma between JERKS and SHE'S
Those were the glaring ones I found
Man, you update quick. And even though Rarity is not that high on my favorites list, I feel I need to hit something for making her so scared and sad.
Another update? Wow, you're quick.
You know you're screwed when the FBI gets involved.
At first, I was going to say this story was becoming too unrealistic, but then I remembered something. It's literally IMPOSSIBLE for this to be realistic
Keep up the good work, bro!
Updates everywhere!
"Any allegiances I might have to the NLR are hardly important right now. "
Keep it up man, this is great!
2132150 Yeah, it's a MLR comedy. It isn't meant to be taken that seriously.
WHAT IS THIS.
Seriously, why is EVERYONE a brony? This fandom is big and all, but it is not THAT big. It really isn't. We are a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the populace, just like every other fandom in the world. We aren't taking over the world.
...This segment of everyone finding out is totally TD's nightmare, isn't it?
Well that's just Fan-Tucking-Fastic!
2132150 Yes, impossible. This defentaly didn't happen last year with some events altured.
2132180 only 12 million in the U.S., as of the last estimate. That's roughly 4% of the population of the country. Also, seeing one of the Mane 6 IRL can have a tendency to get all of the closet bronies out of hiding.
2132209 Now we're stuck in sub-space! Way to go, Jaden.
2132244 I mean that all fanfiction with humans is impossible
Way to not even get what I meant. Good job, seriously
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And about 75% of the people he's run into have been bronies. This is slightly higher than 4.
2132290 I got what you meant but obviously you didn't get what i was implying.
You know, I rarely swear, but for now, i see no other option;
DAMMIT BEN!
Overall though, this chapter was very good. You did feel sorry for TD and Rarity, and the most enjoyable parts were in fact when TD kept calling Closet Bronies out. Ahaha, poor Frank. Overall, nice update, and I wonder how this will tunr out.
2132324 I could barely read what you wrote. But let's just forget it.
I liked where this was going...until these two updates. Now I'm not sure anymore
Oh god it just keeps getting worse and worse!?
Will he ever get any leverage to get him and Rarity out of the governments grasp???
I think the brony agent is gonna bust him out cuz he wouldent let anything happen to rarity..... right?
I'm special agent Tanner, this is special agent Johnson.
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Damn you government! Why won't just leave them be!
There have to be some Bronies out there who're like TD, that think for the best for Rarity and want to help them but not bug the shit out of them.
Maybe the President?
I would shit bricks if Obama got TD released and was able to keep the "evil" Bronies away.
Maybe one of his daughters is a fan?
Anyway, Lols.
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2132163 so in the finale since 'that' happened, are you gonna be redoing the chapters for wanderings of a non-brony??
GAH.
GAAAAAAAAAH
You know what i think this deserves to be said. FUCK YOU BEN!
I will destroy Ben.
Lets all kill Ben. I think we can agree on this yea?
Is there anyway we can injure Ben badly enough that he gets a broken leg and jaw?
Because that would be totally worth it.
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I second this.
Ben is now the one Brony everypony hates! This isn't going to be pretty, is it?
2133024
I wouldn't just kill him, i would cupcake him.
Minus the eating them part
2132180>>2132823 So far there have only been two really passionate Bronies and only Ben took it to a massive extreme. Frank and Agent Johnson weren't even open about it and the other 6 or so were only curious. Keep in mind that Ben is an evangelical Brony too. His goal was to spread the word about the show and convert people and obviously he's been successful on some level. There are also the people who would just be curious about a living cartoon character, Brony or no. Plus, it's wildly played for laughs, particularly when TD outs the closet Bronies. This is a story that's meant to be silly.
2132753 Nope. Not at all. I have neutral feelings on the matter, but it didn't happen in the TDverse as far as I'm concerned.
2132390 How so? This story was always meant to be silly and nobody finding out as in the original MLD would be boring. We've already established that Ben isn't a guy who would keep it quiet and we all knew that this was leading up to him finding out. I'm sorry if you're unsure about it. That is not my intent for sure.
2132752 This is a silly story and that was played for laughs. That's all. Him and Ben are the only ones to take it to that extreme.
Am I the only one who thinks that Rarity should have been in government hands from the beginning? You know, so we can actually learn things from her? And not have to deal with hiding her in a dorm room for months? And take better care of her in general?
The government isn't evil, guys. Scientists aren't evil, either. Seriously. Everything right now is fine. TD's just on the nutty side when it comes to the BIG BAD GUBERMENT. As should be expected. He was
a liberal arts majortrapped in Equestria for some time....However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't shoot Ben at the first opportunity.
2133495 Keep in mind that TD's whole goal is to keep her safe until Celestia comes to get her. If the government had her then he wouldn't; he'd have no control o9f her fate and if Celestia came to where she sent Rarity in the first place and TD didn't have her and that gets all kinds of complicated. It's not that he knew for sure that anything bad would happen to her, it's that he didn't know. He only wanted to keep her safe out of a moral obligation, it wasn't his place to expose her to that kind of thins particularly since she didn't want to be.
Plus the thing with TD, the whole point of his character, isn't that he always does the right thing or knows what to do. He just tries to make the best of crappy situations. I'm not trying to say that what he does is right or wrong, I'm just telling you what he does and why and leave the morals up to your interpretation.
2133495
I second this comments logic. But not for this story.
2133656
He did forgot about the TD factor
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in a situation like this, its where the Real bronies stand up. Those bronies chasing him and shit are nothing more than zombies. Simple, you treat the pony as if it were human, protecting its life. Once you start shooting some of those mindless fucks, they might get the picture to fuck off. Some will try to get what they want however, only to have his head blown off by a .308. I'm afraid that events will play out just like this story, because I believe there are bronies out there like this. For me morals come first
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As a prospective scientist (aiming to get my bachelor's in chemistry, then headin' for a PhD in Neuroscience), I can honestly tell you that YOU DO NOT VIVISECT A UNIQUE CREATURE, EVER. EVER. Hell, you probably wouldn't even NEED to, with modern technology!
THAT IS NOT GOOD SCIENCE. AAAAAAAAAGHSHGSJKGHSKJ.
(Sorry, I get upset about this sort of thing. The average person doesn't seem to understand a damn thing of what we do, and I'm absolutely sick of it.)
Honestly, the best way to study Rarity would be through simple observation. Get scientists to be friends with her--hell, most of us try to do that with less unique and less intelligent animals, anyway. Form rapports. Make study easier. Being "cooped up in a lab" would probably be the best thing for her, and probably be more "normal" than any life TD could give her as-is, even with his knowledge of Equestria.
2133656
Probably. I still think he was completely in the wrong, though. Speculation on Celestia's motives aside, it's the government's place to deal with this sort of thing, not some random college student who happened to be tugged through into another world. Not saying he was morally wrong, though. I'm just saying he was foolish. Hanlon's razor, and all that.
Still, I suppose there wouldn't be much of a story if he just handed her over to the proper authorities at the start, would there?
...Then again. I might have just had an idea for a fic.
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I disagree, mainly because of one thing.
TD had a chance to make sure that Ben was an asset, and he ignored it.
It was really easy too.
TD: Hey, Ben, I've got a secret I want to tell you. Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone?
I feel really sorry for TD at the moment. It should be really interesting to see how everything turns out.
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Wrong. So wrong, it hurts. A scientist would be VERY interested in a subject such as Rarity, and would be EXTREMELY concerned with her well-being and happiness. They would take excellent care of her, and be quite keen to watch her develop, and help her in any way they could so long as they could keep studying her.
That said, I agree that she has imprinted on TD. As such, it would be in their best interests to let him visit her, and to help in the studies. Which they would probably do, actually. Benefits both sides, and he does have information about Equestria and ponies which they would no doubt find useful.
As for growing up and living a normal life, I fail to see how living solely in a dorm room qualifies as that. At least with the scientists, she'd be able to go outside, and have much more space to herself.
Once again, you demonstrate a complete ignorance of the behavior and techniques of scientists. Just stop. You're not helping yourself here.
2133852 ik
Haha, so many bronies. 1/3 of the population must converted in this universe.