//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Rest? // Story: Scoota-who?! // by LunaScribbles //------------------------------// The trip to the hospital was... shitty. To say the least. I mean I bruised Applebloom a lot with my punches, and I had to use my bad hoof for that. So blood was everywhere. Yeah, that'd make an edgelord's dream come true. Long story short, got my hoof bandaged, Applebloom has an icepack, Sweetie Belle looks disturbed and disgruntled, and we went back to the treehouse via scooter wagon. I pondered a bit during the trip. 'Why?'. Yes, why indeed. Why the fuck am I here? Is it because my life's a shithole and throwing me into this colorful land of pastel colored ponies would make me happy? I gotta get back to my world. The world that's real. The world that's cruel. The world that has Carrie. That's the world I know... I sighed as the scooter had stopped in front of the treehouse. We saw three figures come up. One was orange with a Stetson, and the other was a white and fancy looking one. Between those two was Rainbow Dash. All with worried looks on their faces. Must be the bloody mess I made. "By Celestia's name, where have you been!" said the fancy looking one. "And Sweetie Belle, you have lots of explaining to do with your usage of swear words!" "Alright, what in Tartarus happened in the treehouse! Ah' nearly thought there'd been a murder about in the treehouse!" the orange one said. "Okay, Scoots, why're you bandaged?" "And WHY is mah lil' sister bruised up!?" "Ehem..." with strong confidence, I cleared my throat. A man who works with fishy business must master the art of fishiness... Also known as... Just fucking lie, but do it good. "So, we were doing some magic from the magic book I did. And it accidentally malfunctioned and hit Applebloom. I bled, but don't worry. Applebloom took me to the hospital because she's such a good friend." I saw Applebloom grin. What's she happy about? "Yer' lyin'." the orange mare said, not looking so happy. "No I'm not. Where's your proof?" I contested and grinned. She couldn't possibly have any evidence to show I beat Applebloom senseless. "Mail arrived in mah barn. Hospital bill, and a letter of concern regarding fillies fighting." My grin faded into a frown. In a blink of an eye, I was tied by a thick rope. I thought to myself 'Is this the rope I'll use to finally hang myself? Because please, this is getting too fucking weird'. "NOW LISSEN' HERE, MISSY!" The orange mare shouted in my face. "I don't wan' yer' punchin' hooves anywhere near my Applebloom!" She was fuming with rage, her face piping hot red. Jeez, that is one-hundred percent genuine anger. "Well, ain't my fault my that she's an annoying ass." I said smugly, wriggling in this knot she got me tied in. Applejack, with no hesitation, bit the rope and swung it around in a circular motion. I flew around this extremely fast amusement park ride until she eventually stopped. "Okay..." I closed my eyes, trying to keep all the chunks in my stomach from hurling out of me. If I could raise a hoof to cover my mouth, I would, but this rope's making it a bit difficult for me to do that. "That was uncalled for." "Applejack!" Rainbow Dash shouted at her. "She's just a kid! Kids fight a lot! It's to be expected when all of them are going through puberty!" "Really now, Rainbow Dash? Ah've never fought anyone as a filly! Maybe it's cus Ah didn't have parental issues!" "Oh you had to go that far? Well, Applejack, at least my parents are still alive!" "How dare ya' talk about ma an' pa that way!" "Oh man, where's the popcorn!" I exclaimed as I watched the fight begin. The fancy one was looking quite worried as she was about to use her horn until-- "ENOUGH!" Sweetie Belle said as she froze everyone in place. The fancy one was shocked at the sight of her little sister. "I've had enough of all this nonsense. All of you... I expected better from you, Applejack. Element of Honesty? I can see you're also brutally honest as well. Please, behave yourselves." Everyone was unfrozen, except for me... well, not that there's anything to do while I'm still tied up here. I saw that Applejack and Rainbow Dash shook hooves and hugged. I heard them mutter their apologies. The fancy one joined in on the group hug. I mentally sigh in disappointment that I didn't get to watch a fight. I was pretty interested in MMA shows when they were on television. I imagine it would've probably been a hundred times better with horses. Going back, Sweetie Belle then turned to me, her eyes looking at me with such disappointment. "You're like an anomaly in friendships here, Scootaloo. I don't know how, but you have quite the ability to ruin ponies friendships." with that, she unfroze me... I'm still fucking bound to the rope! "Well, I don't give a fuck about friends. Y'all are bunch of horses." I said annoyingly. "And yes, I am an anomaly. I'm not even supposed to be here." Applebloom raised an eyebrow. "You mentioned that earlier, but I just thought yer' fuckin' around." "Applebloom!" both the orange mare and the fancy one said in shock. "What's yer' real name?" she said to me, putting a hoof for a shake. "I'm gonna mention my real name once I'm unbound and shit." Applebloom looked at me and shrugged. She untied the lasso and now I'm free. I grinned at my new found freedom. "My name is... Sayo." "Sayo?" Applebloom asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's yer' name?" "Yeah... Sayo Nara assholes!" I said as I tried running away from these crazy ponies... until I realized I was frozen again. I saw Sweetie Belle appear in front of me. "Umm, yeah. Fine... My real name is Tom Cruise." "You are a foal, whoever you are." said Sweetie Belle, looking unimpressed with my actions. "Tell us who you really are, or I'll be using a new method on you." "Eh, how bad could it be?" I said as I hocked a spit at her face. She quickly used magic to deflect the spit back at my face. "Ah fuck." I flinched. "Ya ain't gettin' anything from me ya horses! No matter what magic spell you got!" "Applebloom, hand me the cider." she said as she used magic to unravel my bandaged hoof. "Okay, stop right there." "You are going to tell me who you really are. Are you a displaced creature? A changeling? A soul trapped in another world? What are you?" she asked, her eyes piercing mine. "Answer truthfully or I'm going to stab glass back in your hoof and pour cider back into it." "Sweetie Belle! What in Celestia are you planning?!" the fancy one exclaimed as she tried running towards her until she stopped dead in her tracks... it's that freeze spell again. Rainbow Dash and Applejack tried to also check what was happening, but the same spell was cast unto them too. I'm a fucking pussy when it comes to getting stabbed. "Alright alright!" I yell out. "I'll tell you!"