//------------------------------// // How Could This Happen To Me! // Story: Not a Cloud In the Sky // by OutOfTheBlue //------------------------------// Cloud nervously tapped his hooves together. It was just him, Twilight and Rarity now given that Pinkie was searching for Pandora and Applejack and Fluttershy left to attend to their respective jobs. Just as Cloud started pacing the door was thrown open and a bunch of nurses stormed in with a nervous Pandora at the front. "Um, C-cloud I know you m-might be tired of me b-but we should talk about--" she quietly started before one nurse stepped up. "Nu-uh, honey you ain't done nothin wrong, so just you leave this jerk to me!" She stated before menacingly stalking towards Cloud. Cloud looked more confused than intimidated but that changed when he saw all the nurses advancing. Did that one seriously have a baseball bat! Twilight stepped between the two parties, "N-now now, this has all been a huge misunderstanding." She began, only to stop when everyone began shouting at once. It took a little while, but finally Twilight shouted "QUIET!" And silence reigned. "Now! As I said! This is all a huge misunderstanding! Cloud was forced to kiss Rarity by Pinkie who thought he was single and-- wait where's Cloud?" ----------------------------------- Cloud huddled in an alleyway rocking back and forth nervously. He had just started enjoying life! He sure as hell wasn't going to hang around and die a slow death at the hooves and needles of a bunch of ticked off mares. His unwarranted bout of self-loathing was cut short when he heard a voice from the entrance of the alleyway. "Umm... you doing alright back there?" He looked up to see a mint green unicorn, a cream colored earth pony with a blue and pink mane, and a grey and blonde pegasus looking at him with concern. Cloud shook his head before returning to his mental freakout. The earth pony perked up. "Oh I remember you! You're that new stallion that Pinkie threw a party for. I'm sorry about the entire snare thing she gets a little... caried away at times." She said cheerfully. Upon the mention of... her, Cloud shuddered. The unicorn spoke up, "Oh come on, it's not that bad, sure she forced you to attend a party but it's not the end of the world!" She said cheerily. The pegasus immediately spoke up. "Um... did you miss when she poisoned him, cause that would be pretty scary to me." She said, golden eyes drifting in different directions. All the mares winced at that, Cloud chose then to speak up. "And then come to apologize, only to wind up ruining my engagement by forcing me to kiss another mare thus making look like I was cheating on my fiancé who already has pretty low self worth. Which led her to lead an angry mob of sassy nurses armed with needles and baseball bats who probably wanted to break me in half, sew me back together, and then charge me an exorbitant amount that would not be payed by my insurance." He mumbled while remaining curled up and staring listlessly at the alley wall. The mares gasped and the pegasus quickly wrapped him in a hug and began slowly stroking his mane. "There there, I-I know it seems bad, but, well, we'll help you! I know a nice muffin always helps cheer me up when I'm feeling sad. So lets go get some muffins and figure out how to help fix your relationship." She said with a cute smile. Cloud looked up at then in disbelief. "R-really? You'd just help me like that?" He asked in bewilderment. The other two joined the hug as the pegasus continued. "Of course! I mean, I'm hopeing we can be friends since you seem really nice!" At her words the unicorn and earth pony smiled and nodded. "Wow, just, thanks. My name's Cloud by the way." He added while still in the middle of the spontaneous group snuggle. The pegasus smiled, "I'm Derpy Hooves, nice to meet you!" "My name's Bonbon!" Added the earth pony. "And I'm Lyra!" "Now, enough dilly dallying! It's muffin time!" Derpy cheered before leading the group towards the bakery. -------------------------------- "I can't believe this! I already told Pinkie she can't just randomly do stuff to cheer up the patients! She has to clear it with a nurse first!" Groaned a nurse by the name of Tenderheart. The white and pink one spoke up, "Yeah, after the adjustable bed incident I specially told her, I even wrote it down and taped it to her forehead cause she keept on not listening!" Pandora cringed, "Ohhh, I blew it, I should have known not to run off, I was so stupid!" She said before slumping to the floor. "Well, you should probably go find him and clear this all up, he seemed to be taking it pretty hard." Twilight said. "But, what if he starts avoiding me because I overreacted!" Pandora groaned in response. Rarity placed a hoof on her shoulder. "From what I've seen, he truly cares for you. So chin up! And go win back your stallion!" She cheered. "Y-yeah! I'm going to go win my stallion back! Look out Cloud, cause when I find you, I'm going to Prench you so hard your mouth's going to fall off!" Pandora firmly stated before diving out the window leaving a crowd of stunned mares behind her. "Wait, we never did get her name." Rarity stated. ------------------------------------- "How's the muffin Cloud?" Bonbon cheerily asked. "It's good, thanks. Now, what you're saying is I need to make a huge romantic gesture to not only make her forget the entire accidental kiss, but to make her love me even more?" Cloud asked in between bites if muffin. Derpy lifted her mussle from her third muffin, "Mphm *gulp* you've gotta knock the tale off her, now, what are three of her favorite things?" Cloud thought a moment. Three things she likes most, hmm.... "Peanut butter, snuggling, and sex." Cloud said assuredly. Bonbon spewed out a mouthful of milkshake while Lyra stared awestruck at Cloud. "Dude! Like all at the same time? What do you use the peanut butter as lube or something and she like--" "No! I meant separately like-- wait! That's it! I've gotta combine it all into one massive romantic dinner at the hotel somehow! Lyra you're a genius!" Cloud enthusiastically said. Derpy cleared her throat. "Um, maybe we should not do that? Cause all the moms are giving us dirty looks." The four ponies looked around to see all the families glaring at them. Lyra blushed, "Hehe, um... sorry everypony!" Before turning back to Cloud. Bonbon gasped, "Wait a minute! I've got it! Alright, here's what we'll do..."