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// Chapter 10: 2 Humans Are Better Than 1 
// Story: Equestrian 'Hero' 
// by InsaneMan 
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I stood there, shock from what I was seeing. Sitting on the couch was Sarah, a friend I had back in Dimtopia. After the accident, we haven't been seeing each other. She works at an orphanage, taking care of the kids. I occasionally visit them from time to time. Now that I'm here, I can't really visit them. Now here's Sarah, in a pair of blue jeans and wearing a shirt with a white fox on it, I got that for her birthday, sitting on what I call my bed.

"Well, I'm waiting," she said impatiently.

I rubbed the back of my head, trying to figure out what to say. Just then the door flew open and Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie walked in.

"Wasn't that fun ever pony? It was for me," Pinkie said, in her usually happy tone.

Before I could think of anything, they noticed me standing there, wearing my dirty clothes.

They smiled, "Howdy Trystyn, how have you be-" she quickly stopped, noticing Sarah.

The others noticed her as well, and asked me who she is. I sighed, 'This is going to be a long day,' I thought, getting ready to explain who's who and telling Sarah where she is.

A Few Hours Later...

I finished telling the ponies who Sarah is, while she helped. And I explained who the others are, with their help. I sat their, my head in my hands, exhausted from the explanation. They then barraged her with personal questions about her. During the explanations, I heard a voice behind me. I turned around to see some kind of shadowed alicorn smiling at me. I turn to tell the others what I see, but they were gone.

I turned and saw the pony right in front of me. I fell out of my chair, surprised from how close it is. Suddenly, another alicorn, this one covered in light, appeared next to it. By the way they looked standing beside each other, I came to the conclusion that the shadowed one is male and the bright one is a female.

I looked at both of them, wondering who the hell they are. It was then that a demon-like creature grabbed both of them. The ground started to shake and, just like a dream, switch to a new scene. This one was of Ponyville...being destroyed. The buildings were either on fire, destroyed, or rising in the air. I ran through the streets, looking for anyone that can help.

I turned a corner and quickly stopped and stared at what I saw. It was me and Sarah standing in front of a crystal building. But both me and her looked severely hurt. Our clothes were ripped, blood dripped from our legs, and it seemed we could barely stand. I look up to see the same demon looking down at them smiling.

"THIS IS WHERE YOU DIE!!!" It bellowed.

It charged a ball of pure energy and chucked it at us. I started running but was too late. The ball hit us and a giant wave started coming towards me. Before it could hit me, I woke up with a sudden jolt.

I looked down and saw I was on the couch covered in blankets. I quickly uncovered myself, seeing I was in a new pair of clean clothes, and ran to the bathroom. I quickly opened the lid to the toilet and started puking. It was probably from the weird dream or something but I just felt really sick.

"Are you okay?" I heard a voice at the door say. I look up to see Sarah, with a concern expression, standing at the door.

I flushed the toilet and cleaned my mouth up using the sink. After I finished, I just walked past Sarah, saying I'm okay, and grabbed my shoes. I put the shoes on and headed to the door, wanting to get some fresh air. I turned and looked at Sarah, still wearing the same clothes, and asked if she wanted to join me for a walk.

"Actually, Pinkie invited us to a party," she said.

"Okay, let's walk there," I said, opening the door and heading outside.

During the walk, some ponies looked at Sarah strangely, but quickly went back to what they were doing. I explained to Sarah what I saw in my dream last night. She told me I shouldn't be worrying about my dreams. We decided to talk about what has happened to us.

Apparently, Sarah was still working at the orphanage. One of the orphans actually got adopted. I smiled at that, the orphans were really friendly and before my parent's death, I used to visit the orphans all the time.

We made it to Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie was greeting everyone coming in.

She saw us and her smiled grew wider, I don't know how she does that but I don't question it.

"Hey Pinkie, I heard you're hosting a party. Who's this special pony?" I asked, walking inside.

"For Dash's friend, Gilda," she said happily.

I looked at Sarah and shrugged, "Let's take a seat and see who she is," I said, trying to find a place to sit.

I heard chatter from all of the ponies, some about Sarah others about Gilda. I found a seat and sat down, just when i heard a grunt from the door. I look up to see it was a griffon. She had white feathers in front and light brown fur in the back. She had a pair of wings and her front legs were claws and the back was paws. She also looked really bored.

'Why do I have a really bad feeling about this,' I thought, while the party started.



'I guess that bad feeling was right,' I thought as I stared at the scenario. During the party, Gilda fell for all of the pranks Pinkie had set up. Gilda was getting more and more agitated as the gags kept coming. I was just talking with the others during the party.

I was drinking my cider when I heard a very loud screech, making me drop my cider. I turned and saw Gilda pushing Pinkie against the wall.

"Do you think this is a joke?" she said, clearly angry. Pinkie backed up, scared.

I stood up and advanced towards her, wanting to stop this.

"All you are is a stupid little pony who only cares about partying. You're a worthless piece of scum," Gilda said angrily.

Everyone stopped and stared wide-eyed at Gilda. Pinkie started tearing up, putting her face in her mane.

I clenched my fist and walked up to her, "Don't you dare talk to my friend like that. You don't know who she truly is but if anything, you should back off."

She looked up at me with a glare. "And who are you?"

"Who I am, doesn't matter. Now get the fuck away from here, or I'm going to make you," I said, glaring at her. She tried to say something again, but I wanted her out now. "I said," I sucked in a lungful of air, "NOW!!!" I yelled.

She flinched and quickly flew away.

I looked at Pinkie, having calmed down a bit, and approached her.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked, nudging her a bit.

She looked up at me and hugged me, breaking into tears. I slowly patted her head, as she cried in my shoulder, soaking it up a lot. I didn't care, my friend needed a hug.

After she calmed down, which took awhile, she looked up at me and smiled.

"I'm sorry for bringing Gilda here. If I knew she would be like this, I wouldn't have invited her. I'm sorry," I heard Rainbow say behind me.

I turned and waved it off, telling her it's not her fault.

"Now," I said, standing up, "I heard this was a party. Now since Gilda isn't here..."

I looked down and saw Pinkie smiling brightly.

We both took a breath and, with one final shout, we both said,

"LET'S PARTY