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// Chapter 5 - The Reveal 
// Story: The True Me 
// by lightningman 
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“F-Fluttershy?” I said scared. There were tears in her eyes as I gulped. My first thought was to get as far from here as I could. And I acted on it. I jumped and latched onto the window. I opened it and went through it. I safety rolled and began sprinting as fast as I could. I knew that it wasn’t safe for me in my old place or in the Everfree forest. So I needed to find a new home. I ran around looking for a place and I found it. It was a home that had someone just move out of it. I smiled and went inside. It was unlocked to my amazement. I looked around. It still had its utilities on. So I would be able to wash my clothes. I smiled and started washing my clothes. I finished and hung them to dry. I then noticed that Pinkie Pie was coming towards this house.
“What is she doing?” I thought to myself. Just in case I took cover and Pinkie Pie came inside.
“Hello? You here, Damyon? I know you're here because I saw your costume drying.”
"Shit, I should have taken that down." I thought. I sighed and got out from behind my cover. "What do you want?" I asked a little more hostile than I would have liked.
"I just wanted to invite you to a housewarming party if your moving in here." She said confused.
"Oh, um... I'm not moving in here, I'm just living here temporarily. At least until I can find somewhere else to stay."
"Why don't you stay with Twilight or Fluttershy?"
"Multiple reasons, one of which I don't want to talk about. But the main reason is that I'm used to living and working alone. At least here, I am."
Her puffy hair seemed to let out a bit of air. But it wasn't completely straight, which I would feel terrible if that was the case.
"O-oh. Ok! Well, I'm still going to throw you a 'temporary house-warming party!'" She said excitedly
I sigh deeply "There's no talking you out of this, is there?" I say as I look at her.
"Nope! And now I'll be able to try out your tips on better parties!" She said as I widened my eyes terrified at the thought.
"NO!!!!" I yell. "I... I mean... Let's just do a small party this time around, ok? I don't want to draw everyone's attention to where I'm living. That could have some serious repercussions." I say
"Repercussions? Is that another instrument from your world? I'd don't care how bad it sounds! All I care about is that you have a good time." I was just about to correct her, but she was already out the door and running towards Sugar Cube Corner.
"FUCKING PERFECT!!" I yelled angrily. I clenched my fists and took a deep breath to steady myself. I didn't want to punch a hole in the wall as I didn't know how steady this house was. I finished drying my costume as fast as I could. And just in time too. As I was putting my costume on, the doorbell rang. As I walked to the door I put my mask on. I double checked that my powers were in check and I looked through the window to check who it was. And it was the entire damn town!
"How did she get everyone to come to a housewarming party?" I sighed and decided to try and be sneaky. I got up onto the roof supporters and opened the door. At the head of the pack was Pinkie Pie. Of course, Then the rest of the Mane 6 came in. They all looked confused as they couldn't see me, but they could see my stuff packed into a corner. I looked at Fluttershy and her face was redder than a tomato. I smiled a bit on the inside. Not only was she still cute, but she had decided to come here, even when she knew that I knew she had feelings for me. (Not confusing at all right?)
"Where is he?" Rainbow Dash asked as she looked around
"I don't know. He was here earlier." Pinkie Pie said
"He is still here, His stuff is in the corner," Twilight said
"Well, let's bring everyone else inside, He'll show up sooner or later."
Soon enough everyone was inside and they were hanging out. I smiled and stayed quietly upon the supports. Soon enough I decided I had stayed there long enough. Besides, a few ponies were getting extremely drunk and needed to be told to go home.
"Watch out below," I call out. Everyone jumped and looked to where the sound came from. I jumped down and landed with my best attempt at a superhero landing. I got up and stretched.
"Hey, everyone. I'm surprised these many people came!" I smile even though no one knew I was.
"Of course we would come. We want to get to know you. We barely found anything about you at our last public meeting." said Mayor Mare.
I sigh. "Ok, but first I want to put on a song from my world. One that I think you would all enjoy." I smile. I then go to the Dj booth and say "Pardon me, Vinyl." She looked scandalized but let me at the equipment. I smiled and began fiddling around with it, trying to connect it to my home internet. Highly unlikely, I know. But after a few minutes, I had managed it.
"Here we go!" I smile. I then put youtube on and searched up 'Why worry, by Set It Off'

I smiled at everyone brightly and they looked extremely surprised. I then put the volume at max and stepped away from the equipment. I began singing gently with it.
Everyone looked like they were having a good time listening to the music, even though the lyrics were weird. I smiled brightly underneath my mask. I then noticed that Fluttershy was near me, listening to my singing. I felt immediately self-conscious. Not jut because of her, but because back home I was a terrible singer. The only song I was good at singing was 'O Canada.' I shut up then, but Fluttershy came to me and said
"You have a nice singing voice," she said quietly, not meeting my eyes.
"Really? I always thought it sucked. I still think it does honestly." I said as I looked at my feet.
"Of course not! What made you think that?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at me. I noticed that she was still blushing furiously.
"Multiple reasons, some of which I honestly forgot. But whenever I sing at my old house, all I can hear is how bad it is." I say as I looked at her. She couldn't see my face, but I seemed to radiate heat.
Just then Rainbow Dash came and said "Hey! It's not a party until someone does karaoke! Plus, you're the guest of honor! Come on!" She then pulled me up to my loud protests. She then pushed me onto the stage. I noticed everyone staring at me and smiling. I gulped.
"Um.... Hi.... I'm warning all of you. I'm not a very good singer." I began looking for a song to sing to and settled on 'Honor for all'

After I finished singing, everyone looked stunned. "Was I really that bad?" I thought out loud. I put the mic down and ran off the stage. I almost had a mental breakdown backstage before I started hearing clapping. I then heard shouting that sounded oddly like "ENCORE!!" I looked just outside of the covering and noticed everyone was clapping for me. I then felt a shove behind me and I was pushed onstage for the second time. I looked who pushed me and saw it was Rainbow Dash. Of course. I looked around at everyone and felt extremely confident suddenly.
"You want more?!" I yelled at everyone happily. 
"Yeah!" They all yelled. I then looked at the songs available and smiled. I chose 'This is war.' By Thirty seconds to mars.

I haven't felt this happy for at least a year. I finally finished and everyone was yelling happily. I was suddenly surrounded by the Mane six. They were cheering for me. I raised my fist in triumph. I finally managed to calm everyone down and let some other people at the machine. After a lot of cheering, everyone was exhausted. But they seemed like they were waiting for something. Twilight came to me and said,
"They're waiting for you to show your real face."
I sigh deeply. "Fine. I guess it is time." I then got back onto the stage and calmed everyone down
"Everyone! I have one question for you. What is it you want me to do right now?" They suddenly all started saying
"We want to see the true you!" or "We want to see your face." Or some variation of that.
I sigh. "Ok, then!" I gulped and pulled off my mask. I then grabbed my glasses out of my pocket and put them on. Everyone was staring at my hair. I looked at a mirror and noticed that the dye was fading, giving everyone the impression that it was striped. For a second I thought that I looked like Rainbow Dash, only with one color of stripe. Well, technically two, because the other stripe was completely white. I looked at everyone.
"This is the true me." I said " My name is Damyon Chapman. But please, I would highly prefer Lightningman." I smiled at everyone.