//------------------------------// // Max' Shocking PMs // Story: Equestrian Fanfiction // by Lise //------------------------------// I'm frightened now. It's dark and I haven't heard a thing. I knew I should have gone after her and not to school! What if something bad had happened? Short&Hoofy Don't say such things! Nothing has happened! She'll be fine. I've checked at the hospital and she isn't there. I know it's a long shot, but I'll ask Pinkie Pie if she knows anything. In the meantime, get some herbs to relax. Worrying isn't going to do anypony any good. LyraHands I know, I know. That's what the girls as school said. RRBB offered to come to my place to wait for sis. I refused. RRBB has enough problems to deal with mine right now. Maybe I should have said yes. Does that make me selfish? Short&Hoofy Herbs! Now! You're having a panic attack. Max is a grown mare. She knows how to take care of herself. She even took care of me a few times when I was down on my luck. I'm adding CodeFilly to the PM group. LyraHands Heya. I didn't know things were so serious. When you said she galloped out, I thought she was off doing something stupid and would be back in an hour or so. CodeFilly I'm fine! And no, it wasn't just an hour. She left in the morning and I haven't heard her since. Only think I know is that she isn't at work. Mayor Mare asked me about her as I was returning from school. Short&Hoofy Any idea what made her freak out? Oh, and what did she take? Maybe we could figure out what she's up to based on that. LyraHands That's just it! I've no idea! I logged on her account. The only messages she got were from Jade. I had a quick talk with him as well in the morning. He has no idea what's going on either. Offered help, as everypony, but that's all. She took most of her savings (seven thousand bits). There's a few thousand left. She also took some clothes (the first thing she could grab from her wardrobe. She even took one of my hoodies by accident. Short&Hoofy Hmm. I hope I'm wrong, but I've seen that pattern before. There's somepony I could ask about, but not in the next hour. And, of course, I can't get ahold of Brush :/ LyraHands I'm looking at her activity. Last thing Max did was open Jade's story. She read 62% of it, then fifteen minutes later she logged on again and started PMing him. Short, was that you? I really don't want to open user PMs unless I don't have to. CodeFilly Yes, that was me. Short&Hoofy Seven thousand bits. That's a lot of money by my current standards. She could rent a house in Canterlot or Manehattan for that much. I'll try to get in touch with Candle to see if they haven't talked. It's a long shot, but maybe we're lucky. I'll try to get ahold of Luna and CEO as well. If something's wrong Wonderbolt support is the best we can hope for. LyraHands Save your energy. She hasn't PMed Candle since the meetup. CodeFilly Adding MightyDragon. He's got news. CodeFilly Now, I'm not at all sure about this, but I think I saw somepony looking like Max during lunch. I just hit a glimpse, mind you. My boss's daughter was breaking stuff in the cafe, so I had to take care of things. It totally slipped my mind until Code told me about the situation. MightyDragon The Crystal Empire?! What the fuck?! What's she doing there? With 7k bits. What can you buy for that much? LyraHands Might not have been her. Like I said: just a glance; annoying child with superpowers. MightyDragon Some drunk is singing in the street. I'll see if it's her. Short&Hoofy Mare! Do you think Max went to get drunk? You can do that with 7k. MightyDragon Not now. This sounds serious! :/ CodeFilly Sorry :( MightyDragon What's up, jerks? :) I have big news! I just got engaged! Short&Hoofy Wow. My sis just yelled at me then ran off crying to her room... What gives? Short&Hoofy Max?! Where the heck were you?! :/ Of course she'll rush off crying! She's been worrying for you the entire day! Are you drunk? Where have you been? LyraHands What? I'm not drunk! What gave you that idea? :/ Is this a RD prank? Short&Hoofy You maniac! The entire site freaked out! You grabbed a bag of clothes, 7k bits and galloped off somewhere and you expect everyone to consider that normal? You! Galloping off! The last time you did something without a plan or schedule was when we were back in high school! LyraHands And I can't change? What, is there some new law I wasn't told about? For your information I went to the Crystal Empire and got engaged. Thanks for ruining the mood, idiots! :/ Short&Hoofy Hold a min. Sis is back. Short&Hoofy Max, we didn't mean to get you mad. We were just worried, and knowing what we did you would be too. Now can you please explain what happened, starting from the beginning? CodeFilly And she's gone. MightyDragon I really hope she's just drunk. LyraHands Guess we'll find out soon. CodeFilly I swear, if she doesn't respond in twenty minutes, I'm going to her place and kicking the door in! LyraHands Err, okay. I see what happened. Sorry, girls, I didn't mean to snap at you and I certainly didn't mean to scare you. Short explained things to me. Poor filly, stars know she hasn't had it easy this week. (And right now she's sticking her tongue out at me. :)) Here's what happened. In the rush I put the note I'd written in my luggage. I only found out now, when Short asked that I give back her hoody. The reason I took the money was so I can go to the Crystal Empire and buy an engagement shoe. (I wanted to go for the non-cheap stuff.) And the reason I did that, is that after reading the start of Jade's story I decided to act on my feelings. There's no point in wasting this chance (it might be the only one I get). So, I went there, bought the most expensive engagement shoe I could find, then asked the question. Spoilers: it went well :D Short&Hoofy Wait! Wait a minute here! You went all the way to the Empire and spent your savings on a piece of jewelry so you can propose to a pony you've met a few days ago at a human Fanfiction meetup without even knowing what he thinks about you, all based to a story he wrote? And succeeded?!? Max, you must tell me what dice you use. MightyDragon Hey, you've all been telling me to be more impulsive! (You hypocrites!) And I did put some more thought into it! Even asked his parents. (Mare, was that scary. I had no idea they were aristocracy.) Short&Hoofy Wings, Max. Those things usually stand for nobility in the Empire (and by “usually” I mean always.) CodeFilly How was I supposed to know!? Anyway, we've decided to have the ceremony once Jade graduates. Until then we'll just keep a long distance relationship (close distance on weekends). My sis is making gagging sounds. Lyra, can I do something to get this account banned? :/ Short&Hoofy I... Just... Give me a minute or ten to wrap my mind round this. Max and Jade engaged? Just like that? How? I mean, no offense Max (congrats and all) but... Jade! The guy can choose any mare he wants. And let's be honest, none of us are supermodels. LyraHands Without getting too awkward, I can only say there are some damn good advantages of having a Princess of Love around. (Also Spike is an incredibly huge deal there.) Anyway, off to sleep. Today was great, but exhausting. Have fun, you jerks! Short&Hoofy I need those dice! MightyDragon