The Sheer Volume of chaos Coming from bronies is being permeated into Equestria. Discord may be awakened once again. And it will take a human to supress the darkness the fandom is inadvertently pouring into the land they love.
Our Chosen One, However has some issues of his own.
I can think of nothing more Relaxing than sitting by a duck pond by the school, Especially on a summers night. It’s this kind of night that makes it easy to muse.
I’m SMX, Don’t ask me what it stands for It takes me back to a particular time where my fanboy was at critical levels. I’ve never Put much stock in what other people think of me… Okay let me rephrase that, because that, at face value, is a boldfaced lie. I Put more stock in What my friends think of me. Up until now I haven’t been able to keep friends across schools, I guess that’s par the course, But still that realization kinda hit me hard. The Friends I’ve met in high school have pretty much stayed with me.
I’m taking about friendship so much because this is a story about friendships and the magic that come from them… Don’t look at me like that. I’m a brony and This is a story about ponies. In fact it’s on the night where I was laying by the duck pond. I was enjoying the peace and tranquility of the night before I had to do homework and get to bed. My thoughts drifted to the usual subjects, Girl issues, How much my friends mean to me.
“Still Thinking about that, Huh?”
I start , and I look over to my side to see a young woman in a blue dress, Her hair was long and it flowed like the night sky.
“Well, when People walk out of your life, you have to evaluate the people that are still there.”
“They never actually walked out on you,”
“True, the one I actually liked stayed,”
“The moongates are almost ready, and now I’m not sure if I made the right decision.”
“What?”
“You have to let go of that envy and jelousy, R-”
“SMX, Please call me SMX”
She sighed “You and that silly pseudonym.”
“I’m embarrassed to use my real name.”
“Nevertheless, I thought you could help, because you seemed to understand the magic of friendship better than any human I seen.”
“To be fair, you only searched this college campus.”
“Time isn’t exactly on our side. But now hearing all this jelousy come out of you, I’m worried that I’ve made an error.”
“My friends are everything to me. You can trust them not to judge you or to let you be yourself. I try to help them any way I can!”
She just smiled “The moongate opens tomorrow, Be ready, you have a long quest ahead of you”
She disappeared. Same as she always does, I would be lying if her name didn’t haunt the back of my mind, “Luna”, I looked down where the pond was, The moon was almost full, It was getting late so I headed back to my room.
The Next day was un eventful as ever. Wake up, drive to class, learn more about how Art actually has rules, Exercise with the Devil’s Creation that is Aerobics steps, get home and sleep.
It’s a rut that gets grating, it the kind of routine where at some point, you wish for something, ANYTHING to happen to break the monotony. Well 5 weeks ago, I met ‘Princess’ Luna, I was skeptical too. But she seemed want to hear about me. I really don’t know what made me unload like I did, It may be the fact that she had the serenity of a goddess, But I told her everything, EVERYTHING. How I lost out on a crush, and how that resulted in me evaluateing my friends, and me learning that my friends shaped who I am. Of course I told her that in between my bouts of crying… LIKE A BOSS!
For the past few weeks though, Luna has been telling me about a moongate and how she chose me for something. I don’t know what. Isn’t that weird how when you’re the chosen one the person who chose you won’t say what you’re being chosen for? You’d think they would give at least a cover story.
I put on my usual gear, The felt Black Flat cap and a Leather aviator’s jacket. I walked down to the pond, it was almost sunset. Earlier than I usually go, just so I wouldn’t miss this.
“Excellent, you made it” said a voice from behind me, I jumped.
Luna looked younger, her hair was shorter and a lighter shade of blue, Her dress was more casual.
“Why do you have to sneak up on me like that?”
She continued on, “This gate will take you to our castle in Canterlot, it is there where we will tell you, your mission.”
“Is it safe?”
“It should be….”
“It should be? You don’t know?”
“there’s a 4% chance that something will go wrong, but trust me the worst it will be is that you’ll land in the wrong part of the castle.”
“Okay….”
As I was about to step into the portal, I felt a push and fell throught it.
It’s never a good feeling when you pass out, I wasn’t even fortunate enough to have an epic dream filled with foreshadowing. Slowly bits of reality started fading in. voices were heard , They were still damp in my ears. I made a mental note to myself to tell Luna to fix the landing.
“…-ink he’s coming to…”
Okay, that didn’t sound like Luna.
“Hey, hey, can you hear me?”
Like I can answer, It’s like that situation where you’re in bed then your roommate Bursts into your room yelling at the top of his lungs that he’s going out, and you would like to say that he’s too loud but your brain hasn’t quite found your mouth. I grumble.
“I think that’s a yes….”
I found that I can move my arms but don’t exactly have the streagth to push myself up. I tried to ppen my eyes but they refused to open.
“Don’t try too hard now”
Another voice, this one more motherly, I regained the ability to open my eyes. Of course I open them too fast. Ow, too much light, too much light. Okay, try again, slowly, slowly. Good. Everything is blurry, but good. My eyes open up to see a mint green pony standing next to a cream colored pony.
Wait…
When you wake up from fainting, there are few things you don’t expect to see. Ponies are one of those things. I should have known given how I’ve spent weeks talking with Luna. Still Talking to Lyra and Bon-Bon wasn’t what I expected to be doing by now.
“Something must have hit you hard, for you to be passed out in the Everfree Forest” Lyra stated
“Well, I was hit hard….” I started, then it hit me “wait…. Everfree?”
“Yeah, I was going on my usual hunts-“ Lyra started but then Bon-Bon interrupted
“She means Wild goose chases!”
“-It’s legitimate research!” Lyra Shouted back, She then continued “Anyway , We found you in the middle of the forest”
Something always has to go wrong doesn’t it?
“My names Lyra, By the way, My partner in the kitchen is Bon-Bon,Master of sweets andPony of a thousand voices”
Bon-Bon exited the Kitchen, “Oh, Stop it,”
Lyra grinned “Make me”
“Play that harp for me and maybe I will”
Okay! Things just went awkward, Really, It’s bad enough when couples did this in my world, But seeing this unfold with ponies… I’m kinda bitter.
I coughed, They both looked back at me.
“um… Sorry” Lyra said embarrassed
“So… you know who we are, What about you?”
Enter Dilemma number one, I can’t use my real name, because that’s decidedly not pony, Can’t use SMX, becaue Why would I have only 3 letters as my name. I look around And I settle on…. My…… Flank…………….. Well it’s not like I expected to NOT be a pony now, But I’ll save that shock for later. My cutie mark was a microphone infront of a director’s slate.
“My… name… Is Standup, Standup Comedy” Ladies and gentlemen I give the “Ass Pull Championship” to myself, SMX!
“Nice to meet you Standup!” Lyra greeted “ What were you doing in the Forest anyway”
“I was called to canterlot, and I got lost”
“You… Chose to go through the Most dangerous Forest in Equestria?”
“That’s rather reckless, What hit you?” Bon-Bon added
“Well… it’s no big deal, I Tripped and I fell on my head” Like I was going to tell them that the Princess of the moon pushed me. High treason isn’t high on my priority list.
“Well, It’s too late to be going anywhere now, Just Lay there for the night and we’ll see you out in the morning.
I nodded in agreement.
Okay so back to the fact that I’m a pony. Again, Was Kinda expecting it, But personal inventory. Legs, I have four. Fur, blue, always liked that color. That seems to be all.
The night came, Lyra and Bon-Bon were asleep. I tried to give walking a try, Awkward, but just but on foot in front of the other. Still feels weird but I’m mobile at least. I headed towards the door.
“Sorry, but I don’t want to be a burden” I thought.
Traveling at night wasn’t the best idea I’ve ever had. Luckily the path seems to be well illuminated, not that it helped my endurance any; Wait, Oh cool! That’s my horn! I’m a unicorn! Anyway This stuff always seems to happen to me, if it’s not Sonic, Then it’s Ranma, then Ah My Goddess, and now it’s Ponies. Still, that was back in the day when I had a heart for fandom. That was back when I had a heart for anything. This last year was hard for me; I lost a race, plain and simple. Still, It wasn’t as messy as it could have been. I kept my mind off of my walking with these and more thoughts. I got interrupted by bumping into a car. “Sorry, Kid” The merchant pony apologized, “There’s a road block up ahead” I needed the rest, still, it’s strange that there’s a roadblock here. “Any idea what it’s for?” “Licenses, most likely, they always make a fuss about that stuff” The line went slowly, like the line for the launch of a new game system. Like I said I needed a rest. I got closer and I saw that the lunar guards were manning the roadblock. This had several implications, either it was normal for Luna’s guards to be patrolling, or they were looking for me specifically. Either way things got easier. I got to the end of the line, and the unicorn guards cast a scanning spell, something must have happened, Because I was suddenly levitated. “OH HAPPY DAYS” I heard Luna boom, royal canterlot voice in full force “YOU’RE ALRIGHT!” Remember chat rooms, you will never be royal enough to type in all caps. Luna cleared her throat “It’s so fortuitous that I found you here. Come I’ll escort you to the castle” More like floating me over telekinetically, but that’s neither here nor there. Luna and her guard took me through Canterlot. Unsurprisingly, ponies looked at me like I was a convict. We approached the castle, It had the radiant beauty you expect from royalty, Yet there was a stillness that constantly reminded you that goddesses lived here. Luna set me down in a hallway. “Wait here while I make preparations with my sister” She requested. A few Minutes passed; I got bored within the first 30 seconds. Looking around the castle everything had a white checkerboard theme. Red carpets everywhere, I guess so every pony feels welcome. A guard pony exited “The Princesses will see you now” I Entered only to be stunned by Celestia’s appearance, I guess there’s only so much Flash cloud to to capture this radiance. Her coat was literally shining. “Come further, we have much to discuss” Her voice was gentle yet held some authority. “I Would but I find that I can’t move” I joked, She laughed, her shine faded a little. “I forget sometimes that I can be a bit imposing, Come” I walked, stiffly to the throne. “I know you’re wondering why you’re here, First off we know of our nature in your world, and we are honored to have the following we’ve gained. In fact , The link between our world and yours has strengthened, because so many of you feel a strong Emotional bond. That was what allowed us to use the Moon gates to bring you here. But there is a darker side. These fans, these bronies, are bullying other people in your world.” “That’s no surprise, But how is this related to you?” I stated “Well, these fans have been pushing our chronicles on to others and have excommunicated those who have turned them down. All of this negativity is permeating into this link our worlds share, and we are worried” “About what?” “All of this energy coming slowly through Equestria is chaotic in nature. Luna and I can feel it, Discord, the Spirit of Disharmony, is reawakening, slowly but surely.” “So, Why do you need me?” “Only somepony from your world can stop this influx of Chaos, Somepony who can exemplify all of the Elements of Harmony.” “How?” “That, We are not sure about yet, but we know that you can do it. You can start though by making friends with the Element bearers in Ponyville.” I nodded in Acceptance” I promise to do my best”