//------------------------------// // The cutie Mark Crusaders // Story: Boris's Bed and Breakfast: All are Welcome // by AShadyDetective //------------------------------// Boris was curious, he had decided to test out all his plasmids and see if there was any other differences to the effects. While he was not disappointed the effects were strange. Winter blast and Incinerate were pretty much the same, although both were significantly stronger, while telekinesis seemed a lot more dexterous and precise. Electro-bolt was now more controllable to the point where he could metaphorically thread it through the eye of a needle. Insect swarm Seemed to produce less wasp's but it now seemed more diverse, he had beetles, wasps, and surprisingly arachnids, which made no sense, but neither did this world. One of the biggest changes had to be Decoy, which really wasn't Decoy anymore, it was more of an "Illusion" now because he could now change it into what ever he imagined, he had already scared multiple creatures (and Home Brew) with fake Bouncers charging. But what had to be the most curious thing was that the teleport plasmid that brought him here was now acting just like a normal teleport plasmid, it allowed him to teleport anywhere in his line of sight but that was it, there was no dimensional disappearing acts happening any time soon (hopefully). Another thing he had decided to do was fix up the old Circus of Values that he had found in the scrap pile, he had removed the disturbing picture, replaced it with a sign that had what was currently in stock, and then put it next to the door. He had Home Brew in charge of keeping it filled, it was currently filled with some bottles of beer (courtesy of Home Brew), and some trail mix, they were planning on adding more later. Currently Boris was gathering lumber for a extension to the building, they needed a new storage room as the back room was filling up quickly, Boris was just walking back with some more logs when he heard a thrumming sound, he looked up and saw a rocket shaped object flying through the air. Suddenly the object made a loud pop, and it started smoking. Suddenly the thrumming cut out all together and the object dropped like a stone and made a comical mushroom cloud appear nearby. Deciding to check the wreckage Boris dropped the lumber and jogged over, what he saw was not what he was expecting, there were three small fillies covered in soot on top of what looked like a broken ACME rocket. They were all talking while they shook the soot off. "-and that was our last rocket" said the unicorn. "Sweetie ah think we should try something else, we didn't get our cutie mark for rocket building, rocket riding, or rocket crashing, we should gone for our necromancy cutie marks like I suggested" responded the earth pony. Finally the pegasus decided to take the place of the dreaded voice of reason. "Girls instead of sitting here talking how about we try to find out WHERE THE BUCK WE LANDED!!!" "Ok Scoots" they both chirped. Finally Boris decided to reveal himself, he exited the bushes and walked a few feet before stopping when three heads whipped towards the noise. The three fillies froze before they started whispering to each other. "Don't move, he can't see us if we don't move" "What do you think ahm doing" "Girls doesn't this only work in stories" Finally Boris decided to stop this conversation before it got too crazy. "You three alright, saw you crash" They all went wide eyed before simultaneously yelling "It can talk!!" "Yes he can, thank you for asking" The three seemed stunned for a second before turning sheepish, each of them muttering a apology. They seemed to work up some courage before they started firing questions with the speed of a machine gun. "Hey mister what are you?" "Where did you come from?" "What's your name?" "Where are we?" "Are you gonna eat us?" "Wha-" They went silent after Boris raised a hand, the other massaging his temples. "Look, how about you three come to my Bed & Breakfast and we'll answer each other's questions" The orange nods and starts walking forward before the other two grabbed her and tugged her back. "Scootaloo wait, remember what Rarity and Applejack told us, stranger danger, Scoots, stranger danger" whispered the white one while the one with the bow nodded along. "This is not going to work" Boris thought. "My names Boris, what's yours" Boris asked with what he hoped was a smile. Suddenly the three turned towards him with matching grins. "I'm Applebloom" cheered the one with the bow "I'm Scootaloo" yelled the orange one "and I'm Sweetie Bell" exclaimed the one with the pink and purple mane "AND TOGETHER WERE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS" they all yelled as they jumped dramatically. "Well now were not strangers anymore are we" he said not believing it would work. "Ok" they all chirped. Boris resisted the urge to face palm and led them back. One hour later in the B&B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And that's how we ended up here" Sweetie Bell said as the crusaders and Boris plus Home Brew finished supper. Boris and Home Brew looked slightly incredulous. "A-aren't you worried about how your sisters are going to find you" asked Home Brew "Nah, miss Rarity puts a tracker spell on us sometimes before we go crusading" said Applebloom between bites "said it was for our safety or something" "A-ah" "You kids can stay here until they come, it's pretty late though, it best you get some sleep, if your sisters are as determined as you say they are they should be here by tomorrow" Boris said as handed them a room key "you can have room one, we'll see what happens in the morning" "Thanks mister Boris" Sweetie Bell said as she took the room key in her telekinetic grip and trotted to the stairs, the other two sluggishly following. "You turn in too Brew, I got it from here" Boris said to the exhausted earth pony, Home Brew had worked all day fixing a problem in the brewery, it had taken all day and he hadn't had lunch, so he was absolutely dead on his hooves. Home Brew nodded sleepily before stumbling away. "Well" Boris thought as he finished the rest of the dishes "lets see what tomorrow brings" Next Day_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The next morning came way to fast in Boris's eyes, although that might have something to do with the fact that he was awoken by the cry of "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!! BREAKFAST MAKERS" but that's unlikely. He had tried to get some more sleep, unwilling to deal with anything right now, he had just lay there for about thirty minutes until one of the explosions shook the very foundations of the house, after that he decided it would be best for some adult supervision. With Home Brew~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home Brew first chore of the day usually had him up early even though it was unnecessary, he was to go into the garden early morning and make sure no animal was trying to break into the fence either through it or under it and if so patch the hole. Today was different though, today he heard voices coming from the forest. He decided to approach in case they were lost, as he approached to voices started to become clearer, there were three of them and they were clearly female. What they were saying was becoming clearer as Home Brew got closer. "Come on Rarity just use that horn of yours and tell us where they are, the crusaders could be eaten by now" a tomboyish voice demanded, clearly irritated with her lack of success in finding said ponies. "Ah would calm down if I were you Dash, she already said this is the most accurate she could get it, there in this area we just gotta look, plus those fillies are tough, no monsters eating them" another voice drawled Finally Home Brew was finally close enough to see the ponies, there were three mares, a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane, a white unicorn with what looked like a perfectly groomed mane, and a-a, angel. Home Brew was star struck, she was beautiful, her orange fur, with her Stetson and her blond mane tied up, her eyes determined, yet soft, she was like a goddess. It was official, Home Brew had fallen in love with this magnificent creature. Suddenly they seemed to notice him, the Rainbow one flew right up to him and got in his face. "Hey you, have you seen three fillies by the names of Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Bell" she demanded aggressively. This startled him out of his stupor. "D-do they call t-themselves the c-cutie mark c-crusaders" he stuttered, more nervous than usual. "Why yes, have you seen them" said the white one before the cyan pegasus cut in again "They better be alright punk" "T-there just f-fine, boss f-found them after they c-crashed in the forest, he let them stay in his B&B until there s-sisters come, t-that's you girls r-right." This one scared Home Brew. "Well then partner you best just lead on so we can get the girls and ah can personally thank your boss." Home Brew had to keep himself from staring, she was so beautiful. He proceeded to stumble away with a stupid smile on his face, the three mares following. With Boris()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() While that happened Boris and the crusaders had just finished a breakfast of pancakes, which were the finished product of the mess in the kitchen, it was surprisingly good. Boris was having a second helping while the Crusaders lie on couches talking about their accomplishment "-and again why didn't you girls let me do any actual cooking, you stuck me to just bringing stuff over" said Sweetie Bell, slightly irritated. "Because you suck at cooking sweetie, remember when we tried to make Big Mac that birthday Breakfast, he had have his stomach pumped" Applebloom responded with a deadpan tone. Scootaloo was taking a nap beside the other two, she had been up a bit late, insisting to the other two that Rainbow Dash would be here in "ten seconds flat" as she put it even though she was up for an extra two hours. As Boris was finishing his last pancake the front door opened and he turned his head and started saying "hey Brew any holes in the fe-" he cut himself off when he saw that there was three mares with Home Brew. "H-hey boss I found their sisters" Suddenly there were three fillies attached the mares, one of which was impersonating a face hugger. "Applejack" "Rarity" "Rainbow Dash" Applebloom and Rarity received hugs from their sisters while Scootaloo and Rainbow dash crashed to the ground into a pile of giggling pegasi, it was honestly a heartwarming sight. Boris swore that if he wasn't spliced up he would have gotten diabetes from the sight. Suddenly the older mares started scolding the fillies "Applebloom do you have any idea how worried ah was, and when mac discovered your empty bed he nearly had a heart attack" "Sweetie that was very unladylike behavior, I am very disappointed in you" "That was awesome, you girls should have told me, I would have come" Rainbow Dash was met with the glares of the other two, clearly disapproving of her attitude. "O-oh, uhh, I mean, that was a very not awesome thing you did Scoots" she said although she gave a wink to the fillies." "So where's this Boris fella, ah want to thank him personally" said Applejack Boris decided now was a good time to make himself known, he rapped his knuckles against the hardwood counter, all the heads in the room sans Home Brew snapped to him. "That would be me" he said staying where he was. "A-ah, oh, well thank you mister Boris for taking care of the crusaders, ah I know they can be a hoovefull and I hope they didn't cause to much trouble for ya" Applejack responded apprehensively. "They were fine, they even helped make breakfast, really sweet girls" Boris said truthfully, because they had really been no trouble. "Still what Applejack said, thanks a ton dude" said Rainbow Dash "Girls, where see our manners, we have yet to introduce ourselves, hello good sir, I am Rarity, a pleasure" said the white one with a prim tone. "Sup dude the names Rainbow Dash, the fastest in equestria" the rainbow one said cockily. "And ah am Applejack, nice to meet you" the one with the stetson said. "Names Boris, and before you ask, I am a human" Boris said deciding to get that question out of the way. There was a long silence, it made things incredibly awkward, suddenly the white on asked if they could stay the night. "We couldn't possibly get back to ponyville before nightfall at this time" she said primly. Boris nodded in agreement, it worked out as well since he had recently fitted room three with another bed. "Its five bits a room, you can have room two and three, room three has two beds but I'll leave the arrangements to you" he said, grabbing the room keys. She nodded and levitated ten bits onto the counter and grabbed the keys. "Come girls, I must fix my hair, this trek was a absolutely dreadful" she said as she headed for the stairs, the rest following, although Rainbow dash was muttering grumpily that she could make it back to Ponyville in ten seconds flat. The next morning<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The next morning consisted of witching stories on what had happened, breakfast (which consisted of lots of apples courtesy of Applejack) some preparations, and finally some surprisingly teary goodbyes (mostly Rarity being over dramatic) and some blushes (Home Brew after Applejack hugged him). Boris was looking forward to his next customer, they always seemed to bring the best stories, and he finally figured out a name for the beer that Brew made, Rapture.