//------------------------------// // I need a drink. // Story: Lucky me. // by PRIZM //------------------------------// So. I bet you're all on the edge of your seats wanting to know what happened after i jumped from a two story window with a less than happy head on me, well sit yourself down and listen up. I was currently falling from the second floor bedroom window of a seemingly crystal castle and I also just realised this wasn't a dream so you could say I was in a flurry of emotions. Time seemed to slow as I fell face first but one good thing about his whole jump out the second floor window scenario was that some of my luck was still with me, for the first thing I saw instead of the ground was a large cart full of hay.....and for some reason I distinctly heard an eagle screech as I fell before gracefully landing on my face in said pile of hay. My vision was blurred and fuzzy as I pulled my face from the pile and shook my head a bit cleaning off any pieces of hay that could have been stuck to my face and hair, secondly I rubbed my side a bit thankfully not feeling anymore pain in it for some reason. "No time to sit here and be thankful" I groaned slowly standing up before looking back up at the now broken window seeing that white horse looking out at me "Fuck!" I yelped before placing my hand on the side of the cart and jumping out quickly landing on my feet only to see five other multi coloured horses waiting for me. "Oh come on..." I grumbled. "Okay now i'm officially freaking the fuck out..." I said out loud not really caring what the five horses in front of me thought about me. I started to slowly walk to my left not leaving eye contact with the five, before I could run off the white horse from upstairs yelled out the window at the five. "Don't let him escape Twilight!" Princess Celestia yelled out of the window before leaving it to run outside to help. Twilight turned to see Conner's eyes widen before he started to run, her first idea was to use magic on him but....nothing happened. Twilight shook her head before turning to her friends. "Come on girls after him!" Twilight said raising her foreleg and her wings and started to fly after him, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash following suit. Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie started to chase him on foot. This was bad. I was in an unknown world being pursued by six multi-coloured horses some with fucking wings that were closing in on me like sharks in bloody water. "Fuuuuuuck this is baaad" I yell to myself as I see a rainbow closing in on me so I did the most logical thing in my mind and hastily spun around, moved to the right and held out my arm to clothesline my skittle resembling pursuer. One problem, I didn't realise how fucking fast she was going and how weak my forearm was. Time slowed as Rainbow Dash flew directly into Conner's right forearm, but due to her excessive speed and sturdiness vs Conner's light skin and bone she almost literally flew through his arm. The impact quickly but painfully snapped Conner's arm out of place. In short his elbow was now on the opposite side. Rainbow Dash flew off course after hitting Conner's arm and flew into the side of Sugar Cube Corner creating a large hole in the side where a window would usually be. Conner on the other hand was on the ground screaming in pain while he was holding his now broken and dislocated arm. "HOLY SHIT! OH MY FUCKING GOD JESUS CHRIST MY FUCKING ARM!!!! HOW FAST WAS SHE FUCKING GOING, MACH TWO?!?!!" I screamed in pain, hey could you really blame me? my arm was now broken and dislocated after a fucking flying horse just hit it like a crashing fighter jet. I started to quiet down after a few minutes of holding my arm and screaming my pain out before i started to -and i know I sound like a bitch here- slowly tear up and cry. I didn't care who saw me. I was in serious pain and I didn't know where I was or how I was gonna go home. I was scared. After a few more seconds of excruciating pain I began to feel a slight warmness around what was left of my arm, it felt as if it were wrapped up in a warm blanket but there was none. I watched incredulously as my arm slowly but surely began to mend itself, a few spine chilling cracks and fleshy noises and my arm was back to the way it was not five minutes ago. "Well fancy that..." I say through my still clenched teeth before i slowly tested my arm out pushing myself up into a sitting position staring face to face with ivory horse once more, the other five had gone to help the blue horse I clotheslined a few minutes before so it was just me and her. "Who are you...." I asked glaring up at her holding my now healed arm. "All your questions shall be answered Conner... but not here." The white one stated matter-o-factly , she stood back to her full height which was about six feet seven inches by the looks of it, being sixteen I was shorter by six inches but I didn't really care about that right now. I stood up fully and turned in the direction of the rainbow one to see all six of them trotting up to the both of us. The majority of the six look furious save the pink and yellow ones, they had a combination of fear and sadness on their faces,for who I couldn't tell, they all seemed ready to let me have a piece of their mind and well I wasn't in the mood for being yelled at so... let's see where this goes. Meanwhile... "This is going faster than I anticipated my dear...he already seems to hate them and they already seem to think the same...well most of them anyway. Nevertheless he will be ours soon enough. The old male voice croaked darkly. The female voice hesitated a bit while looking at Conner through what seemed to be a large mirror. A sigh escaped her lips as she watched him stand and go back to the castle of Twilight Sparkle with Celestia and the other Defenders. "Yes sir...he will be." "Indeed. Now we must prepare for his turn....you know what to do." the male replied not turning to look at her. "Yes...sir." The female replied. Meanwhile... again I was now currently sitting in a chair that was way too small for me, inside the castle I had awoken in, with seven multicoloured horses staring at me like I had six heads. "Okay I'm here now ivory... can you answer my question now as to who the hell you all are?" I grunted standing up out of the small chair opting to lean against the crystal walls instead, less uncomfortable than the chair but i still felt some of it digging into my back but I didn't really care at that point. The white monarch herself stood up as I did and trotted forward a bit and stood a little taller before she spoke. "I am Princess Celestia. I rule over this land known as Equestria, a land filled with ponies. There are three kinds of pony, Earth who are strong and have a connection to the land." she motioned to Pinkie and Applejack "Pegasi are able to walk on clouds and have wings" she motioned to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash whom gave me a bit of a glare which I swiftly returned. "Lastly Unicorns who are able to cast spells and create magic." she motioned to Rarity. This caused me to raise and eyebrow a bit, magic? this bitch can't be serious. "Me and Twilight are a special kind of pony, we are Alicorns. We are a combination of all three pony types. There are currently only five of us in existence." Celestia finished off before relaxing a bit where she stood. "Now might I ask who you are?" Celestia asked seeing the Defenders look back to me with interest. I grunted a bit adjusting my position on the wall before I looked at her, my attitude had changed the second I heard she was a monarch, I hated monarchs, despised them... but right now I had to talk with one. "Evenin name's Conner. I'm from a country known as Ireland on a planet known as earth." I said finishing quickly. "I see..well these-" Celestia turned to the six ponies behind her "Are the Defenders of Equestria. They have saved it numerous times from creatures of evil and destruction." Celestia nodded to them indicating for them to introduce themselves. Twilight stepped forward and smiled a bit nervously. "My name is Twilight sparkle, I am the princess of friendship." she finished before stepping back. Applejack walked forward and took off her ten gallon hat, holding it against her chest. "Howdy, mah name's Applejack." Jesus did she have an accent. As soon as Applejack stepped back Rarity trotted towards me "Good evening darling, my name is Rarity." she said moving her mane? slightly out of the way of her horn. I didn't like how fancy she sounded. Rainbow Dash flew forward and stopped directly in front of my face, her eyes showed anger but she couldn't let it out in front of her little monarch. "I'm Rainbow Dash. Remember that name. I only stared back before responding in kind to her threat "Sure thing skittles." I chuckled seeing her confusion, before she could respond Twilight pulled her back with what seemingly no force of magic. The yellow one trotted out slowly " I-i'm Fluttershy... she whispered. "uh... Come again?" I asked not hearing a single word. "I-i'm Fluttershy.." she whispered even lower this time. "Uhhh... right then" I nodded. "You understood her?" Applejack interrupted. "Not in the slightest." I responded with a shrug. "You'll have to forgive Fluttershy... she can be.. well.... shy" Twilight finished off rubbing the back of her head lightly. "Yeah I can see that" I responded as the three stepped back once they did I swear i was nearly taken off my feet. Something hit me square in the chest at such speed i swear i could have gone through the wall, once I saw what had hit me I was extremely surprised. "HI! my names Pinkie Pie, it's super nice to meet you Conner!" the pick pony currently strapped to my chest like armour squealed so loud I thought my ears were gonna bleed. My ear's pain aside the first thing I did was try and get her off. "Well...it's uh..a pleasure!" I grunted on the last word as i forcefully pulled her off of my chest and was currently holding her in my hands, she was light and strong for her size i'll give her that. I placed Pinkie down and watched her retreat back to her group. Here I was staring at seven ponies on a Friday afternoon. How lucky am I? that's a debatable question at this point. " Now that we all know each other.. I believe I should return to Canterlot to find a way to send you home Conner. I will leave you in the care of my most trusted friends so that your time here isn't unpleasant." Celestia finished with a bow in my direction. I didn't like her... at all. Celestia's horn started to glow and in an instant... poof! she was just gone. Now my mind was officially in the ' what the fuck is happening ' stage of this whole scene and I wasn't to against joining it. "So. what now then" I questioned pushing myself off of the wall and proceeded to walk over to the group. Twilight was the first to speak out,. "well... I think the first thing that should be addressed is accommodation for you Conner then we can figure other things out. Does that sound like a good idea to you?" she asked looking over at me with an eyebrow raised. "Tis' I don't really wanna be sleeping on a bench tonight so that is a good start." I stated rolling my right shoulder a bit in pain from the wall digging into it. Seeing this Fluttershy I believe perked up and started to float over to me " is your arm in pain?" she asked her face showing concern for me and her voice loud enough for me to hear clearly. "Uhh just a little muscle aggravation...nothing severe, thanks." I said a little taken aback by the concern she was showing me all of a sudden when not five minutes ago she couldn't even form a sentence but ehh whatever. Fluttershy nodded lightly at me and smiled a small bit afterwards, she had a strangely contagious smile because not long after I found myself smiling too, did I know why? not a clue. "Darling you should stay with me! " Rarity said ecstatically rushing over " I am the element of generosity of course so it seems only fair that i help you in your time of need, do you not agree?" The one thing I don't agree with is that being your real voice. "I.. don't see why not I suppose." I stated rubbing the back of my head lightly. "Excellent! we'll leave right awa-" Rarity was cut off by Twilight "Actually Rarity I was hoping we could continue with question trading for a bit if you don't mind?" Twilight asked sheepishly. "Oh of course darling that sounds like fun " the walking marshmallow said sitting back down... is that the best I could come up with? Jesus i'm getting rusty at this. "All right...since I was last I guess it's your turn then.." I said sitting on what seemed to be Twilight's bed "okay I have a question then." I heard Rainbow Dash say clearly still not happy with me but I couldn't care less. "Shoot." I said leaning forward having my hand together with my elbows on my knees. "Why the heck did you hit me!!" she yelled lightly. jumping out of her seat with her wings flared out . "Let me answer your question with another, Why were you chasing me?" I asked causing her to snarl a little at me. "I chased you because Princess Celestia told us to-" I cut her off. "Ohhh Princess Celestia told me to I was doing it for Equestria and yadda yadda yadda.." I started with a mock tone and then reverted back to my original voice. This caused her to get really riled up and she was about to fly for me "Quit getting so angry, it was a joke for god's sake." I stated seeing her growl again "and I hit you because I felt threatened and hell it's not like you got its worse off then me in the end, I had my arm both broken And dislocated." I retorted before she could respond. "alright next question." Applejack raised her foreleg "just a quick question, do y'all have farms back on your world?" she asked a bit of curiosity on her face. "Damn right we do, hell we couldn't live without em and I sure as hell couldn't live without milk and potatoes." I stated chuckling a bit, I had a slight cereal addiction back home and well I drank a lot of milk, plus mash potatoes and milk are good as hell for you so I wasn't complaining. once I was done explaining I happened to catch Twilight writing presumably what I said down into a small notepad. "OH OH me next me next! " Pinkie said holding her right foreleg in the air like a student when they needed to go to the bathroom. "Uh yes....Pinkie." I said like a teacher would which felt really bloody weird. "Do you like cake? or parties?! or confetti!! or-" Twilight placed a hoof over Pinkie's mouth and smiled sheepishly again. "Well who doesn't like a bit of cake now and again? as for parties and confetti I guess I like em, but I rarely see em so." I shrugged at the last bit. Pinkie started bouncing up and down and began running around saying things like "I gotta get a cake made right away!" and "The party will be so much fun!!" I chose to ignore her and stand up "oh yeah Twilight, did I have a bag with me when Celestia brought me here? I asked looking at her with hope. Twilight nodded a bit "Oh yes I took the liberty of keeping it safe, she said walking over to a closet and unlocked it, after a few second she pulled out my black and orange Puma bag with was full to the brim , it may have been a school bag but I did not bring books in that thing. I sighed in relief when she offered it to me, the outside having no damage and the inside not sounding like it either. I opened it and looked around inside before nodding and throwing it over my shoulder. "Thanks Twilight...i appreciate it. Either way should I get going now that i'm ready?" I asked looking around. Rarity nodded " Yes darling I agree since it is getting late after all..." Twilight and the others excluding Pinkie nodded with her and started piling down the stairs. Once Pinkie got close enough I caught her by placing my hand on her head "Let's go Pinkie." I grunted letting go of her. "Okie dokie lokie." Pinkie giggled before bouncing ahead of me to meet with her friends. I sighed rubbing my head a bit as I started to follow them, I was putting everything I had on ivory finding a way for me to get home.... if she couldn't- No I don't think about what if's I think about what is. and that fact is I will get home. Keep the confidence high Conner... keep it high. I closed the large double doors to the castle as we all piled out, I placed my hands on my back and stretched slightly before sighing in relief. The six of the ponies were already far ahead of me but I decided to lag behind a bit and walk at my own pace, I had never seen a place like this before, all the houses were old and had a fantasy look and feel to em, the air felt so clean... like no harm had even come to it, the atmosphere was calm and free like I had no strings to hold me back. It felt nice but I shouldn't be enjoying it. I shook my head and was about to try catch up with the group, but something way more important caught my eye. A building with shamrock sign hanging on the front of the roof got my attention, The sign had 'The Four Leaf Clover' written under it, there was music coming from inside and the windows were darkened completely, there were a few barrels around the side which confirmed my conclusion. That was a bar. Now I know i'm only sixteen but my dad and me would always go out at least once every two weeks to got to a bar, I didn't drink actual beer of course, I drank cider. I turned my head back to where the ponies were going and saw Rarity walk up towards what seemed to be a giant roundabout looking building. Well now that I know where to go... I turned back towards the bar and started to walk towards it. "I need a drink."