//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Big MT TransPonderPorta...Thing // Story: I Could Make You Care // by Frank DuFresne (Doc) //------------------------------// "And that, Veronica, is how I got this." I said, holding up my new Big MT TransPortalPonder. "So, in short, you got your brain, heart, and spine removed by floating robot brain jars called 'The Think Tank', got a sonic gun and a dog gun from them, went and got an upgrade for the sonic gun, an antenna, and a bitchy stealth suit, who nearly got you addicted to Med-X, before fighting a giant robo-scorpion, and getting your brain back." "Exactly!" I replied. "Oh, did I mention all the AI in the Sink?" "Yes, yes you did." Groaned Veronica, who was becoming more and more annoyed with every word. It was at that exact moment that I stepped on a pulse mine, singeing my hair and making Veronica even more angry with me. "WOW Six, you did a great job not stepping on that pulse min...uhh, is it supposed to be lit up like that?" Veronica asked, pointing at my Big MT TelePortaponder thingy. "No, not unless it's activated, which mean-" Was all I said before everything went white. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Fuck, my head feels like that time you punched me in the face." I said as I stood up. "Mine hurts too, but we have a bigger problem." Veronica responded. "Where in the hell are we?" She asked, almost expecting me to know. The last time I had seen this many trees was when I was in Zion, and I could tell we weren't there. "A forest." I replied, only for her to punch me in the back. "No, I think we're in a fucking desert." Veronica said, the sarcasm was probably detectable within a 2 mile radius. "I mean where is this forest? Where in the holy fuck are we?" I had no fucking idea either, my Pip-Boys map was only reading 'Unknown'. "I don't think we're on Earth, my Pip-Boy would have been able to tell me where we are if we were." I told her. Why she thought I knew, the world may never know. All we know is, she's called Veronica. "Well, we're not going to find out by standing here. Lets go see if we can find someone who can tell us." I said, before walking towards a small dirt path. "Lead the way, Columbus." "Oh, fuck you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Twilight, are sure you saw something? I mean, I'm not scared of the Everfree forest or anything, I just think you thought you saw something, but you really didn't!" Rainbow Dash asked Twilight. They were standing on the edge of the Everfree forest, along with Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. "I am 110% sure, Dash. Anyways, we've been here many times, there's nothing to worry about!" Twilight responded. "Besides, everyone's here. If we run into trouble, I'm sure we can handle it." "Alright, fine. But, if we don't find something, you owe me 10 bits!" "Will you two knock it off! The sooner we get this over with, the better!" Applejack yelled, which ended Rainbows and Twilights argument. "Hey, did anyone hear that?" Pinkie asked. "I think it came from those bushes." She said, gesturing at said bushes. "No, Pinkie, no pony heard anythin-AAAHHH!!! MONSTER!" Screamed Rarity as the Courier walked out of the forest, followed by Veronica. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I told you, I heard something!" I insisted. "I think we're nearly out, I can see sunlight!" "You're hearing thing." "No I'm not!" "Yes you are!" "For the last fucking time, I am not hearing things!" I yelled as I walked out of the forest. "Now that we're out of that forest, we can go and-" I was saying, before I was cut off by a scream. "AAAHHH!!! MONSTER!" Screamed what looked like a white brahmin with purple hair and only one head. "Veronica, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" I asked, as I stared at the white thing, who was standing with 5 other creatures who looked like her, but in different colors. They were all staring back at me with looks of terror on their faces. The white one had fainted, the pale-yellow one had curled up into a ball, the purple one looked both scared and interested, the orange one (who was wearing a cowboy hat) was crouching down in a defensive position, as was the cyan one (she had rainbow hair!). The only one who wasn't scared at all was the pink one, who bounced right up to me and stared at me with a huge smile on her face. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rarity screamed and fainted at the sight of the monster. While everyone else was panicking, Pinkie hopped right up to the monster. "Pinkie! What are you doing? That thing's gonna eat you!" Yelled Rainbow, who was standing in front of Twilight. "No he's not, silly! See, he's not doing anything!" Pinkie responded, still intently staring at the monster. "If he was going to eat us, why isn't he eating me?" "Wait...did you just talk?" Asked the Courier. "Yes I did, Mr. Monster. Can you please tell my friends that you're not going to eat them?" Pinkie said, still staring at him with a huge smile on her face. "Oh, hi there!" She said, looking over at Veronica, who had come out to see what was going on. "Did it just talk to me?" Veronica asked the Courier. "Yes, yes I did Ms Monster!" "Wait, how did you know tha-" Veronica was asking, before Pinkie cut her off. "Your voice, silly! You don't sound like a boy, so you must be a girl! Logic!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was so busy thinking about this brahmin thing talking to me, I din't notice Veronica until the pink brahmin thing started talking to her. "Oh, hi there!" "Did it just talk to me?" Veronica asked me. "Yes, yes I did Ms Monster!" The brahmin thing responded before I could. "Wait, how did you know tha-" Veronica was asking, before it cut her off. "Your voice, silly! You don't sound like a boy, so you must be a girl! Logic!" "Can't argue with that." I said. "So, wanna go over and meet my friends?" It asked. "OK, sure." I replied. "So, who are you, what are you, and where am I?" I asked as we walked up to the group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So, who are you, what are you, and where am I?" The creature asked as he walked up to the group of ponies. Twilight walked up, slowly, and responded to his questions. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, I am a unicorn, and you are in Equestria. The white one is Rarity. She's also a unicorn. You know who Pinkie Pie is, and the orange one with the cowboy hat is Applejack, and they're both earth ponies. Fluttershy is the pale-yellow one, and Rainbow Dash is the cyan one with the rainbow mane. They are both Pegusai. Now, who are you, who is the other person, where are you from, and what are you?" "You can call me Courier, her name is Veronica Santangelo, we are both from California, and we are humans. Does that answer your questions?" Said the Courier. "Ummmm...Mr. Courier, are you going to hurt us?" Asked Fluttershy, who had slowly walked up to him. "No, not unless I have a very good reason to." He said. "What do you mean?" "I would only hurt those who are evil or those who hurt me. Unless it's because you were scared." He responded. "Alright, now that we have that sorted out, I'm going to need to write a letter to Princess Celestia, and we're going to have to find you two a place to stay." Said Twilight, who had already started to write a letter. "I think you two could stay in the library, I really would like to know more about you two and where you come from." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great, we're not on Earth anymore, the one called Twilight Sparkle is writing a letter to a Princess, and she is going to start asking us lots of questions when we get to her house. Well, things can't go horribly wrong, right?