//------------------------------// // Random Encounters of the Pony Kind // Story: Ponies in the Storm // by Ryanjri //------------------------------// The 5 ponies lay down after their feast, making sure they left enough for their friend upstairs. I brought Twilight her food, only to find that she took almost every single book off of my dad’s bookshelf. I stood there, jaw on the floor, staring at the mess that was going to be the reason I would not be alive tomorrow. “Oh, hello…. Actually, I don’t believe you ever told us your name.” Twilight said with a quizzical look on her face. I couldn’t form words. That’s been happening a lot today. “Um, are you okay?” She seemed concerned now. “I… I’m….. WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!?!” Twilight flinched a bit when I screamed, but I really didn’t care at that moment. “WH-what? What did I do?” ‘THIS MESS!” I was pissed, there was no way I would be able to clean all this before my parents get home. “Oh, is that all?” Twilight sat up with a smile. Her horn began to glow faintly. All of the books flew into the air and went back on the shelf. “Oh ya, magic.” I blushed a bit and rubbed the back of my head. “Sorry about that.” She closed her eyes and smiled my way. “No problem.” “Oh ya, I brought you some food. I think they left you some grapes and lettuce.” Twilight’s eyes lit up. “My favorite!” I smiled her way and left the pony to eat. I went back downstairs and saw 1 pony where there were 5 just moments ago. “Fluttershy, where did everyone else go?” Fluttershy was still playing with my cat. She really seemed to like Fluttershy, not that I was surprised. “I think they said they got bored and just started wandering.” I couldn't help but daaaaw at my cat rubbing up against Fluttershy, even in a case like this. “Ok, thanks.” And the chase began. Somewhere In my house were 4 ponies and I had to find them before they do any real damage. Thankfully, it wasn’t that hard. Rarity was upstairs in my mother’s sewing room, no surprise, and I kind of just let her stay there. She probably wouldn’t have left if I asked her to anyway. Pinkie Pie was in the kitchen, big surprise. She was just boucing in the middle of the floor, with the biggest grin ive ever seen on her face, not really doing anything. I gave her a confused look. “Pinkie Pie, what are you doing?” No response, just bouncing and beaming. “Umm, okay, don’t make a mess?” I honestly had no idea what to do or say, so I just left. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were a bit harder to find. I knew they wouldn’t be outside. The entire reason they were even here was to not be outside. I searched the house and finally came across them in my brother’s room. They were just standing there, quizzical looks on their faces, staring at him while he slept. I crept into the room and tried to get them to leave him alone. Applejack started to tiptoe away, but Rainbow being Rainbow, decided to try and fly out. Needless to say, a winged bitch-slap can wake someone pretty easily. They froze in place, while my brother shot up in his bed, still kind of tired. I gasped and waved for them to get moving, but they just stood there. He got up and looked over at me, then at the ponies, back at me, back to the ponies, yawned, and lay back down. “Hehe, ponies in my room.” My brother grumbled as he drifted into sleep. The ponies and I started leaving his room, being as quiet as possible. “You two don’t even know how luck-“ “PONIES IN MY ROOM?!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?” “Crap.” My brother shot out of bed and ran over to us, intense signs of confusion on his face. He reached his hand out to touch one of them, then pulled back when Rainbow pushed his hands away with her hoof. “Ryan, what the hell is going on?” “So THAT’S your name!” Rainbow said with a sense of accomplishment in her voice. “Ya it is. And Ben, it’s a long story.” “Are the rest here too?” “Eeyup.” Applejack looked at me with a look of confusion on her face. Me and Ben couldn’t help but let out a little giggle. “Where are they then? I want to meet Fluttershy!” “She’s in the kitchen with Coe, but don’t go runnin-“ Too late, he was gone. “Um Ryan?” Rainbow Dash tapped me on the shoulder. “Yes?” “How does he know who Fluttershy is? We never introduced ourselves to him. Now that I think about it, I don’t even think we ever technically introduced ourselves to you.” This is what I was afraid of happening. “Author’s” Notes I’m really starting to get into writing this story. If any spelling or grammar errors are spotted, please tell me so that I can fix them ASAP. I don’t have an editor or anything like that. Any criticisms are welcomed and appreciated. P.S.- I couldn’t think of a way to get this across in the story, but Ben, the brother, is 15 and a Brony.