//------------------------------// // I Never Asked For This.... // Story: The Cost Of A Chaotic Life // by BaronLostHeart //------------------------------// Quite a curiosity those girls had.......hehehehe I walk into the small town and attempt to find the pony the princess directed me to find, yet the only problem is finding who she is....”God this is just like trying to find a needle in a haystack...” “Well she did send a letter to her so all we need to is walk around town and eventually the pony that got the letter will know why we are here.” “Well I have no better options so let’s start walking around......the residents seem to be waking up...........finally.” I stroll around and soon the residents of the town take notice to me...some of which don’t seem to enjoy the fact that I’m here “Well I knew this would happen soon.....” “IT’S A MUTATED DEMON BUTCHER WITH A GIANT MEAT TENDERIZER!” A mare shouts as she sees me with my large bludgeon strapped to my back. I quickly try to explain to the panicking bunch of ponies “No stop my bludgeon isn’t made for meat tenderizing....it’s made for obliterating it along with the bones of my target leaving nothing but a pool of blood!” As I hear myself finish this sentence I facepalm hard. The scrambling ponies soon disappeared leaving an empty town in my sights “Hey were did they all go?” “Possibly fled town from the sight of you mister mutated demon butcher.” “Ruby shut up cause you are not helping the situation.....” As I say this I am bucked in the head by a cyan blur “What the hell was that?!” I say as I grab my head only to be hit again and this time while it was speeding around me it spoke “TAKE THIS YOU MONSTER!” I pieced the info together and found that it was a female pegasus and after I found that out I attempt to swat her down to stop her endless assault on me, but she avoids each hit and soon stops in the air to gloat and I notice her main and tail are both colored rainbow “Hah can’t hit me slowpoke I’m the fastest flyer in Equestria now hold still to make this quick and painless!” “Oh you think you are fast eh......well if you want to continue hitting me you will have to catch me first!” as I say this I dart away from her with extreme speed leaving her in my dust only leaving her enraged before she flies after me “NO ONE IS FASTER THAN ME!” The rainbow maned pony tries so hard to catch up to me,but fails to keep up and soon she starts to grow tired “Losing your vigor already.....come on this isn’t even a warm up!” I taunt her causing her to grow even more furious at me but still failing to catch up and soon she slows and falls to a halt “No fair.....you cheated.....somehow...” is all the tired pegasus says I walk up to the mare and pick her up “Who's the slowpoke now slowpoke?” is all I say as she struggles to break free from my grip. “Hey Baron what do you plan on doing with her?” “Well I still have to go back to town and find who Celestia’s student is.” as I say this the pony in my arms speaks up “You better not be planning to kill Twilight you monster!” “Twilight.....I take it she’s the pony the Princess directed me to find eh?” “Hah I doubt you were actually sent by the Princess now...BACK OFF!” she headbutts me after she says this and lose my grip on her and she tries to attack me again “Are we really going to go through this again...” I dodge her repeatedly and run towards the town with her still behind me, but she comes to a halt when someone calls out her name “RAINBOW DASH STOP NOW!” I turn my head to the voice and see a lavender unicorn “He is someone I am expecting....I received a letter from the princess stating his arrival.” rainbow dash just stands there with her mouth wide open as she hears her say that. “I am terribly sorry for my friend here......you are mister Baron right?” “It was no matter...she did no real harm to me, and yes I am Baron.” As I say this she drowns me in questions until I finally quiet her down “Twilight now i’m sure you have many questions to ask me, but I came here seeing if you could help me....at least your princess said you could.” “Oh...right...sorry, and what is it you need my assistance with....wait lets go back to the library....I can help better their!” “Ok then let’s go.” As we walk Ruby starts a conversation with me “Baron I need to explain something to you.” “Shoot man you can tell me anything.” “Have you ever questioned the fact as to why my name is Ruby?” “Come to think of it yea why is it like that?” “Discord said it would be bad to be found out by our normal lives or affairs so he gave us names relating to gems to throw off many people....hence Ruby.” “I guess it makes sense.....so what is your actual name?” “Searing Flames.....originally Flames wasn’t supposed to be apart of the name he gave me, but as I told you when we met I am not known for my listening ability.” “So i’m guessing you’re telling me all this because when you were sealed they only know you as either Ruby or Searing?” “Bingo....so you have to convince them that the body is Searing Flames got it?” “Easy task is easy man.” “Nice moxie......DON’T SCREW IT UP!” We soon arrive to an giant tree with house-like accesories “I take it this is the library?” “Yep now again I am terribly sorry for Rainbow’s actions.” “I’m not he had it coming!” “Rainbow a letter was sent to me by Celestia of his arrival so if he is here it has to involve something important!” The two ponies soon start to arguing so I just sit on the floor seeing as none of the furniture was big enough to fit me and just watch both of them yelling about my appearance here and soon after they finish twilight asks me what I need assistance with “Well you see......hold on R...Searing show yourself.” my companion pops up in his ghostly pegasus form “Hello ladies.” They both quickly freaked out at the sight and soon Twilight spoke up “H-How did that happen to you?” “Discord.......need I say anything else....he split my mind from my body.” Ruby says as he looks down “So that’s what the princess meant.....well there is a statue of a pegasus in everfree forest.......I always wonder what its significance was....I wonder if I can even free you from petrification.” as she says this she brings down multiple books with her magic. “Well we won’t find out until we try now will we?” Twilight quickly skims through the books and then looks up “Alright we will depart for everfree forest!” as she finishes she turns to me “Meet us at the edge of the forest.” she soon rushes out the door with the Rainbow Dash following. I quickly try to shout out to her “Wait where is Everfree forest at!” “Baron I think she means the forest you nearly died in.” “Alright then......let’s go...” I walk all the way back to the edge of the forest that hated me dearly and said “So what am I waiting for exactly?” as I finish Twilight teleports right infront of me from nowhere “OH GOD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!” I say as I fall on my ass scared from the unexpected intrusion. Rainbow Dash appears and starts laughing at what just happened to me “Hahaha nice one Twilight!” “Rainbow grow up......i’m sorry Baron” “It’s fine just don’t do it again.....by the way what did you need to get that you made me go on without you?” “Just getting my friends to see if they may be able to provide some help on releasing your friends body.” Following Rainbow and Twilight came an orange earth pony with a cowboy hat, a white unicorn with her mane and tail gracefully combed, and a butter colored pegasus who I barely saw as she was hidden behind the other four ponies “So in total there are five of you?” As soon as I said five they all dove for cover “What......was it something I sa....” before I finish multiple party themed decor hit me from seemingly nowhere “Ow....” “Surprise!” says a pink pony with outrageously poofy pink hair and as I get up I start to check what hit me “Is this.....cake......oh god....ugh....” “You don’t like it?” she says “No.......a bad memory....I HATE cake,parties, and anything relating towards one!” As I say this her body and mane grow duller in color and her mane deflates like a ballon when the air escapes it “Don’t confuse my words pink one....I said I hate parties, but don’t let it think I hate you and I won’t unless you give me reason to.” as I say this she regains color but her hair stays the same abit “Ok then what do I need to do to stay on your good side?” “For starters don’t hit me with a barrage of party related items ok.” “Aw but......ok fine....at least we get to be friends still.” as she says this her hair re inflates. As she hops away the other five ponies just watch with their mouths hanging open at the fact that I got the energetic pony not to do anything party related around me and soon I try to wipe off the cake “Ugh its stuck on my shirt......” I take off my shirt and start shaking it to clean off any bits of cake while also letting it flow a bit. “Ok girls let’s get a move on.” as we walk the rest of the mare introduce themselves starting with the orange earth pony “Howdy mah names Applejack, and I am sorry fer what Pinkie did...she can get a lil over excited about meeting someone new.” as she finished the white unicorn spoke up. “Oh my that nice uniform so perfect in structure.....only to be ruined by cakes stains....I am terribly sorry for what PInkie Pie did to you.” soon Pinkie speaks up “IamalsosorryIdidn’tmeantomakeyouupsetIwasjusttryingtogiveyouawarmwelcomeseeingasyouarenewtothisworldandohmygoshwestilldon’tknowyournameyet!” amazingly she says all that without stopping for air at all “Oh right sorry my name is Baron the friend you’re helping me free is Searing Flames.” as I say this Ruby appears in front of the ponies which all stand their ground except for the yellow pony who just curls up behind the five hoping Ruby doesn’t notice her. “And who are you little one?” I say towards the timid pegasus who only just curls up into a ball attempting to avoid eye contact (sigh) “I don’t like doormats....after living my life as one I am sick of them entirely....?” I turn around and start to continue walking, and as I do she looks up and tries to speak “Wait i-i’m sorry....” she soon looks at my back and then flies up to my face “I-I’m sorry for n-not speaking you just l-looked a bit scary....I like y-your cutie mark though.......m-my name is Fluttershy” she was stuttering, but I barely notice as I could barely hear her speaking. “Cutie mark....what is that?” She points to her flank and says “This is a cutie mark....its what shows us what our special talent in life is to one another....like mine showing that I am good with animals as I care for them deeply.” as she says that it made me wonder (“I guess that’s what the mark on Pure’s and Blankwave’s flank were....but what did they signify?”) “Ok now do I have that somewhere on me?” “Isn’t it on your back?” as Fluttershy finishes I figure out she meant the birthmark on my back “Oh no Fluttershy that’s a birthmark...me and my two brothers have one....mine is on my back while theirs were on different part of their bodies.” “Oh....what does it stand for?” “I don’t know nor do I want to know......the sign just creeps people out....” The picture was weird as it was a head and torso one side was black with a red eye, long fang and sharp jaws, a horn, scars, and a claw with a chain wrapped up the arm, and it also had a demonic wing, and the other side was more angelic with a blue eye, half a halo and an arm with weird glowing letters and glowing golden rings around it and it also had and golden wing on that side, but strangely enough the the arms were not on their sides oh no instead the angelic hand was wrapping over the demon side holding up the chains the trapped that side while the demonic claw was doing the same, but holding up the glowing rings preventing movement from that side....to what it meant confused me up to know “Listen I don’t want to get to dragged into the topic can we please just keep going to get Searing’s body.” as I say this they all nod. “Alright then lets get a move on!” we soon head into the deeper parts of the forest I had not gone through yet and continue looking for Ruby’s petrified body.