//------------------------------// // Putting Your Hoof Down // Story: Spawn of Disharmony // by KenSES64 //------------------------------// Spawn of Disharmony By: KenSES64 Chapter 17: Putting Your Hoof Down It was 8:30 A.M. on a Saturday morning. I woke up and the first thing I did was recasting the cloud walking spell on myself. I looked over to my right side to see Rainbow still asleep. I smiled at how cute she looked and then rolled out of bed. Walking into the living room I found Tank on the couch curled into his shell. I walked up to him and cast the cloud spell on him as well. I walked into the kitchen and started to make some toast and coffee. Somepony suddenly wrapped their arms around me. “Morning beautiful, you sleep well?” I asked her. She nodded and dug her face into the back of my neck. “Awwww...You two...are so...cute to...gether!” A voice from behind us called. Rainbow let go of me and we both turned to see the head of Pinkie Pie popping in and out of the floor in our kitchen. “Uhhh...Hi Pinkie...what’s up.” Rainbow said to the mare. “Well thanks...to this...trampoline...I’m up...and down...up and down...up and down...up...” “We get it.” I said slightly annoyed. “Sorry...I came...over here...because...Ditzy Doo...put Dashie’s...new Wonder...bolts catalogue...in the...Cake’s mail...box so...here you go.” She then hoofed it over to Rainbow. “Oh thanks Pinkie.” Rainbow said. “No problem...Dashie...but to...tell the...truth I looked...at it and...there are...some weird ...things in there.” “What do you mean?” “Well I...found some...thing called...‘Soarin’s Special...Offer’...it’s some...weird rod...shaped thing.” I then facehoofed and turned to Rainbow. “Don’t even think about it. I know how muck you love Wonderbolts merchandise, but...” Rainbow laughed “Oh please Seth, that’s what I have you for.” ______________________________________________________________________________ A few days later I was out to get some supplies for Twilight when I noticed that everpony was running out of the streets and into their homes. What was going on? Is there some sort of monster in Ponyville? A stampede? No, the ground wasn’t shaking for into to be that. Was there just some new creature that they’ve never seen before and were just being racist to? Like I heard they did to Zecora. The answer was no to all, because over the horizon came what everypony was hiding from. It was Fluttershy! Wait what?! Fluttershy? Everypony was hiding from Fluttershy? The sweet, little, innocent, meek, animal-loving pegasus, who would most likely cry if she accidently stepped on an ant? I couldn’t help, but laugh at this. “What are you laughing at?!” She said to me. I was still laughing and then she got an angry expression on her face. “You laugh at me. I wrath at you!” She shouted before trying to buck me in the face. I teleported out of the way and she ended up face planting in the dirt. “Okay one, are you okay? And two, what’s wrong with you? I-Is Discord back?” “Do I look gray to you? Besides there’s noting wrong with me! This is just new Fluttershy!” “Well I can that I liked the old one was better.” “Why is that because old Fluttershy was weak, helpless, a doormat?” “No, old Fluttershy wouldn’t try to assault me. There are quite a few things that I thought I’d never see and I have to say, you attacking somepony is defiantly high up there.” She got up and looked at me very angered. “You mock me. I sock you!” She then tried to punch me, but I stopped her with my magic. “Okay Fluttershy I’m asking you to stop this now. I don’t know why you’re acting like this, but I don’t want to fight you.” “Why are you scared?” “No, not at all. It’s just that there’s no situation where I’d look like the good guy fighting you.” “Well you should be scared.” She the closed and opened her eyes and gave me this intense look that felt like she was staring right into my soul. It even some how canceled my magic. “Now be a good pony and just stay there.” She told me before walking off and I did. I couldn’t move at all. ______________________________________________________________________________ “Seth what are you doing? I sent you out to get those scrolls two hours ago!” Twilight said walking up to the still unmoving me. “Why are you lollygagging around and...Seth? Are you okay?” I couldn’t answer her and a very worried expression grew on her face. “Oh...uhhh...stay here and I’ll get some help.” Twi said before running up. ‘Stay here? Sure I could to that.’ I thought to myself. She came back with Rainbow. “See I just found him like this.” Twi explained to her. “Oh, this was caused by The Stare. I know it’s happened to me before.” Rainbow told her. “Wait are you saying Fluttershy did this?” “Yeah, but you know she can’t control it so it had to be an accident.” ‘An accident, yeah right.’ I thought. “What do we have to do to snap him out of it?” Twi asked. “We have to stay something that shocks him.” answered Rainbow. “Like what?” Rainbow tapped her hoof on her chin. “Hmmm...I got it!” She then floated to my ear and whispered “Seth, I want to break up with you.” I snapped out of the trance and I quickly grabbed Rainbow to hug her. “Please Rainbow don’t. I’m so sorry if I did anything to get you mad at me and...” I begged her then I remembered what they said earlier. Rainbow laughed. “Yup, that’s what happens. The thing that snaps you back into reality is what you first react to. Even though you could see and hear the whole time.” “Really? Interesting.” Twi said writing things down in a notepad that seemed to come out of nowhere. “So what happened Seth?” Rainbow asked. I sighed and explained the whole thing. ______________________________________________________________________________ A few days later Fluttershy dropped by our house. “Oh...hi Seth. I came to apologize for trying to assault you and...you know using The Stare on you. I was trying to be more assertive and I was given some bad advice.” She said hiding behind her mane. I smiled at her. “It’s okay Fluttershy I forgive you.” “Thank you Seth.” She said before flying away. ______________________________________________________________________________ Later that night, while asleep I found myself facing, who less, but Inferno. “Greetings Seth.” “Okay Inferno are you going to tell me what is plan or yours is or what?” “Right to the point. I mean you’re not even trying to trick me into monologging. I like that, but no not yet. I will give you a hint in the form of a question. Have you ever heard of the multiverse theory?” “Yeah, but what does that have to do with...” I was asking before he snapped his fingers and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Author’s Notes I kinda have an idea to make a separate story involving Seth that shows stuff happening to him that has nothing to do with any of the episodes. Kinda like what TotallyNotABrony did with “A Dream”.So this would basically be Spawn of Disharmony’s “More Dreams”. It’s also an excuse to have Seth interact with other characters. Like I already have an idea of Rainbow and Applejack forcing Seth and Big Macintosh to have a guy’s night out. What do you guys think?