//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 // Story: A Madman's Guide to Friendship // by TheArcher20 //------------------------------// Chapter 9; Is this really the end? "Wait.....WHAT!? Just like that? We can go home?!" Davey yelled, his jaw practically dropping. "Well, yes. The process IS quite painful, but we had this plan setup shortly after our last encounter with humans." Celestia explained. "Well that makes things kind of anti-climactic; don't you think Sean?" "Kind of." the assistant said in a drab tone. "Wait....Painful?! So, wait, wait, wait. It's gonna hurt?" Davey asked. "Well, what did you expect? The magic required is a form that is most painful." Celestia explained with a scrutinizing gaze. "You two may spend a day here in the castle to think of whether or not you wish to stay or go. In the meantime, I shall be here if you need me. The guards will show you to a guest room." No sooner than Celestia had finished talking, a guard walked up and motioned for both the madman and the timid assistant to follow. They both conceded and left with the guard, but Davey still mumbled to himself about Celestia. After a while of criss-crossing, they had made their way to two doors at the end of a hallway, next to the doors was another, larger door which lead to a fancy dining room. The guard open the guest rooms and let the two in before telling them what they needed to know and promptly leaving. Shortly afterwards, a maid came by and informed both that dinner was to start soon. Deciding how he hated royalty with a passion, Davey passed on the chance to sit at a dinner table with one or more. Sean, on the other hand, had already accepted the invitation and was now talking to the madman to pass the time until dinner. "So, since your not going to be...um, eating with everyone else, what will you be doing?" Sean asked. "Probably something to bug the guards; maybe see if they are trained well enough to not react to me or not." Sean's mouth gaped. "Seriously?" “Yes, If you've got a problem with me having fun for once then you can just leave.” "Maybe I just will.” Sean threatened. “Do whatever you want, see if I care.” Before their conversation could devolve further, the maid returned again to inform Sean that dinner was to start any minute now. "We'll continue this conversation later, Davey." **********P.O.V. Sean********** I left lord crazy for dinner when the nice maid came back and let me know dinner was starting soon. Hopefully he isn't going to go through with what he said..... Knowing him though, he probably will. I arrived and the guards at the front of the doors opened it, sending the doors swinging silently open. I saw that everyone else was sitting there, Princess Celestia and the others, all seven of them. "Hello Sean. Where's Davey?" Twilight asked curiously. I shrugged "He wont be joining us, he feels there's something more important to take his time up." "And what would that be? Huh?" Rainbow asked in a loud and obnoxious manner, hitting her hoof to the table to accentuation her point. "He feels that screwing with the local guards will amuse him. Five dollars says he ends up being under room arrest for doing it." "Doll Hairs?" Twilight questioned, eyebrow cocked. "Dollars are the main form of currency back home, well from where we lived; it was dollars and change." "Oookaaaay..." Twilight said, clearly confused. **********End P.O.V.********** 'Hee Hee! I can't believe I pissed them off!' Davey thought as he sprinted down a corridor and made a sharp left. Behind him, sounds of guards could be heard as they rushed after Davey. "Come on! you have to be faster than that to catch me!" Davey yelled behind him as he laughed his mad laugh. "Over that way!" One of the guards yelled. There were three guards now a little ways behind the madman, all hot in pursuit. They chased him around for a good twenty minutes, the madman moved quickly down the coridoors left and right in a confusing pattern that would make Pinkies logic make sense. After another good Ten minutes, the guards lost sight of Davey and had to stop and catch their breath. ********** The group had just finished eating breakfast and left the dinning hall to go their separate ways. Celestia had her royal court and informed Sean that once they make their decision to meet her in the gardens after her royal duties are done for the day. Sean agree'd and left to go find Davey. ********** Davey was surrounded by twelve guards who all looked annoyed and were covered in at least one item of randomness. Two guards were covered with glue and stuck together by their armor, another was covered in glue and feathers, and the rest were covered in some kind of syrupy water. They were stopped by their guard captain before they could arrest the madman. "Guards, what are you doing!? Get back to your posts on the double!" "But sir, he-" "I don't want to hear it." Shining growled, "Now go!" "Yes Shining Armor, sir!" They shouted in unison before dashing off to wherever they were supposed to go. Davey was about to say something when Shining spoke up "You shouldn't be messing with the guards." he said with an angry scowl, "That's my job." he was now chuckling and smiling towards the madman. "But seriously.. Don't do it again." Shining finished the sentence and then left Davey before the madman could utter a word. Davey decided to trudge back to his current room, disappointed in the realization that he would not be able to screw with the guards anymore. ********** Sean looked around for Davey for a long while, traversing through corridor after corridor. When he'd finally given up looking for the madman, he saw the sun was setting. The timid assistant went back to his room and decided to check for Davey in the one place left, his room. Opening the door he saw Davey pacing around the room lost in thought, index finger to his chin in contemplation. Davey had yet to notice Sean's entrance into the room and so Sean contemplated on whether or not to snap the madman out of his thought bubble. "Meh." Shrugging off the thought of letting the madman continue on his thought rampage, Sean went next to where Davey moved back and forth and coughed a few times. "If the-Gwah!!! D-don't surprise me like t-that......Sean." Davey said as he attempted to catch his startled breath. "Sorry." "Now, what do you want?" Davey asked, sitting down on his bed. "I came by so we can discuss whether or not we stay or go." Sean replied. "I say go, we have a lab to rebuild and projects to work on and repair. This has been like a vacation, aside from the white demon." Sean spent the next two hours telling Davey of everything the princess had told him about how they will be getting back. Once Davey understood it all, he sighed and said "We're still going back, no question about that." Sean said his goodbye's and went to his room next door and went to sleep. **********Hours Later********** Davey couldn't sleep, he kept up an internal argument with himself. 'Well if we stay, then I get a chance at a social life. If I go, then I can continue working on those awesome machines. Maybe I can go bunny hunting too? Yeah, that's a great idea: hunting with my bare hands. Heheheh.' The madman chuckled to himself as he fought of the tendrils of slumber that tried to overtake him. Twenty minutes passed before the madman made the biggest decision of his life: 'fuck this. I'm gonna go screw with the night guards.' Hopping out of bed, the madman grabbed the nearest object that could be used as an annoyance and went off happily hopping with a little (somewhat sleepy) kick in his step. Slowly, Davey opened his door a crack to see outside, the torches on the wall were all lit and the sound of hooves on stone were in the distance. He cautiously looked to his left, 'nothing', then to his right, 'nada', then above him. 'All clear, engage operation; annoy the fuck out of the night guards.' Sneaking out, the madman made for the path left where he heard the sound of hooves. Carefully, he kept to the shadows, peering around the corners of the corridors to see if there were guards in view. After five minutes of this, he found two guards clad in dark purple armor. Noting these as the actual night guards, he carefull brought forth the object in which he picked up to annoy the guards: a bottle of shampoo. He skulked behind them as they went through their rounds, shampoo in hands, top open. Right before they made their next turn, the madman was right behind the guards and quickly squeezed the bottle spraying the shampoo all over the two who promptly screamed like little girls. Both guards fell over on their flanks and spent the next ten minutes trying to stand up without sliding, within that time, Davey had gotten a fair distance from them, still close enough to hear their frustrations. ********** Davey was laying in his bed and the guards were looking around for who had covered the vast majority of them in slippery shampoo. With a devious grin that would make the world records chart, the madman went into a very cheery sleep. **********The Next Morning********** The next morning, Sean and Davey met up with each other and left for the gardens to let Celestia know of their choice. "Well, this is it." Davey said, putting his hands behind his head and stretching a bit more. "I guess so." Sean replied, staring off into space. Upon arriving at the gardens, both humans spotted Celestia relaxing and staring up at the sky. "So I take it you have your answer?" She said, keeping her eyes up to the sky. "Yes. We would like to......go home." Sean said nervously. "Very well. The preparations will be made and you can go home after breakfast." she said in a neutral tone. She quickly got to her hooves and left the madman and timid assistant in the gardens. The two stood there for a few minutes staring at the direction Celestia had disappeared to before coming to their senses and leaving for the dining room to have breakfast. Breakfast was very boring; not a lot of talking was done and they all ate as a tense silence loomed over head . They made small talk every few minutes, but it never lasted long. After breakfast, Davey and Sean were escorted by a guard to the main hall where the princess and the mane six were waiting for them. The floor was decorated with symbols and diagrams of strange origins. "Stand on the circles please." Celestia said pointing to the two circles in front of the two humans. After stepping on, Celestia and Twilight's horns began to glow. "Goodbye to you all! It was nice to meet you all... Except for that damned white devil!" Davey said with a wave and a smile. "Goodbye. It was a lot of fun meeting you all." Sean said with just as big a smile and a more enthusiastic wave. The floor started glowing and a small light started to form in between where Davey and Sean were standing. As the light started getting brighter, the outlines in the floor started to glow and grew brighter by the second. A final flash hit and the madman and his timid assistant disappeared, a bit of smoke coming up from where they both stood. The end A/N: That was the final chapter of this story! how did you guys like it? well, this is not the end there is an epilogue coming tomorrow to finish this off. hope you guys enjoyed the story!