//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 : A Day to Ponyville // Story: The BAD luck of my LIFE // by Spirit Lunar //------------------------------// When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. Birds were watching me attentively from the window sill as they chirped. I got up as best I could from my bed and went out to look out the window. The view overlooked an entire city from which a multitude of pastel-coloured ponies could be seen moving around with enthusiasm. The sky was blue with a few clouds and... I was hungry. So I then walked to the door of my room that I pushed without a wrist and saw a purple and green dragon slightly taller than me reading a comic strip. This one seemed so fascinating to read that I could sneak up on the side. Unfortunately, I was falling to the ground even though my walking skills had developed. The dragon surprised me with the noise, looked at me. Was he going to eat me? I was starting to back down until this one spoke: "Hi, my name is Spike. You don't have to be afraid of me, I only eat gems. And you are Anon? " After the talking ponies, why not the talking dragons. What if the birds staring at me were... Anyway, I answered the dragon, always a little scared. "Hello, my name is Anon. Is this Twilight's place?" "Yes, Twilight told me to wait for you to wake up while she went to pick up her friends for lunch. You slept all morning so I started reading in the meantime. What were you doing sneaking into the hallway?" He said, squinting his eyes. "I... You scared me a little bit, so I wanted to leave quietly. » He watched me astonish and then laughed as he rolled on the floor. Vex, I turned my back on him. "You mean... you were afraid of me reading a comic book? " "Yes, now stop laughing. You can take me to the kitchen, I'm hungry! " "Of course, I'm sorry, but I think it's so funny. Not even Fluttershy was afraid of me. Come on, it's okay, come on. " So I followed the dragon although with a little more difficulty walking to the kitchen where a breakfast was waiting with a note. I sat down and while drinking my glass of apple juice and my butter biscuits, I read the note. Hello Anon, I hope you slept well. I don't know if you saw Spike (the purple and green dragon) before reading this letter but I assure you that he is very kind and that you don't have to be afraid of him. I'll come home this lunchtime with some friends I'd like you to meet. PS: They're very nice, you'll see. "So what was the Anon note saying? "Spike said, obviously interesting. "Twilight tells me that I'm not to be afraid of you and that these friends who will come here are very nice. " "Cool, I'll set the table until they arrive. " "Can I help you? "A dragon's friendship is powerful, isn't it? "Uh..... That's nice, Anon, but... Even super sweet but.... You know, with your problems, I'm not sure.... " "Oh..... All right. " "Don't make that face, Anon. I think it's cool that you want to help me, but I don't think it would be a good thing for the good of the cutlery. You can always watch the oven while the apple pie is baking." "Okay. » This old archaic oven would take forever to bake even the top of this pie, so I would slip away slowly while Spike was busy setting the cutlery to take advantage of it to explore. I walked through the corridors of the castle noticing the frightening similarity of the empty rooms. Only a few rooms, including the one in Twilight's room, seemed to stand out with a portrait of her with other ponies and a world map hanging on a wall. I was observing the world map curiously and recognized some places such as: Canterlot, Manehattan and Ponyville, my current location. I was inspecting other places such as the library to lock for some reason. I had been gone for some time and the pie had to be baked now, so I went the other way. These corridors all look the same, but where did I come from? I finally heard Spike's voice calling me, he didn't seem very happy. I guided myself to the sound of his voice and found him throwing the apple pie in the garbage. "Anon, I asked you to watch the pie!" "Sorry, but I wanted to explore the castle a little bit and the pie was slow to leather." "Fortunately, Twilight has two of them. You should be more careful, Anon, I know you didn't do it on purpose, but be more careful. " "Sorry. " "If you want to help me, you can always put the napkins on the plates like Rarity likes... "Ugh, he starts drooling. "Okay... you drool!" "Excuse me, here are the towels and don't tell anyone." "I don't know anyone here but Twilight. » "Precisely, no one must know," he says quite severely. I put the towels on my back and walked slowly so as not to drop them. I reached the table which was too high for me. I would climb up one of the seats without dropping anything and then the table. Once on it, I dropped my convoy and put a towel for each plate. Once the deal was done, I went down carefully and arrived proudly in front of Spike who was reading a comic book next to the oven to light it. "I finished the towels!" "Thank you Anon," he said without taking his eyes off his reading. I smelled a smell of burning and looking at the oven, I was screaming: "Spike, the pie is burning!!!" "Uh, okay... Wait, what? What? No, no, no, no, no. " Pulling her out of the oven at full speed, throwing her comic book in my face. "I think she's screwed up, Anon. How am I going to tell Twilight I burned both pies!?" I was removing the comic strip from my face. "It's okay, she'll understand. And then I burned one, it's not your fault!" "Yes, but I was responsible for the pies and you. Oh, wait! Wait! And if we go and ask Granny Smith for one, nobody will be nothing." "Who is Granny Smith?" "She's Applejack's grandmother, she's old enough but nice, I'm sure she'll tell us yes. Let's go." "Wait, what if they come?" "No chance, Twilight had to bring them all together and each lived in a separate place in Ponyville. Let's not waste a moment." We started running but I couldn't follow his step because I was falling and trying to run. "Oops, sorry Anon, I forgot. I'll carry you." Then we snuck between the alleys and on the outskirts of the city walking beside the paths so that we wouldn't be seen and without getting lost. We continued until we arrived at a barn surrounded by apple trees where Spike wanted to take a break. He was panting and seemed red because he had had such difficulty carrying me. I waited for him to get a little better after which we moved silently. When we heard voices in the distance, we lowered like a single pony. About twenty meters away, we could clearly see Twilight and four other ponies talking together. Spike seemed to count them when he told me in a breath: "All she has to do now is go get Fluttershy, we have to hurry, Anon." Spike sneaked around the group and entered a wooden house that I hadn't noticed. I followed him, sticking to the grass to hide. I joined Spike who was waiting at the back of the house under an open window from where there was a squeaking sound. I watched him curious to know what he was going to do. He started whispering in the window: "Granny, it's Spike, can you hear me?" "I'm not deaf, where are you?" "At the window, I need two apple pies please, it's important!" "You should be more careful with pies and stop reading your comics. You're lucky, I have four left, just the right number." "No, just two Granny. "He said louder. "No need to yell, Spike, here are the three pies you asked me for." "Thank you Granny, do you know where Bic Mac is?" "In the southern orchards but he will be here soon." I was watching the scene unfold, no doubt that Spike was not at his first time to burn the pies. I heard the door of the house opening and quick whispers inside. Then a huge red stallion pulling an apple cart came to join Spike and me. "Hi Bic Mac, this is Anon. She and I need to get back to Twilight soon enough. I hope you don't mind, do you?" "No, hello Anon." "Hello Bic Mac. » "Thank you very much Bic Mac and don't forget the appointment for the next ogre and forget it." "No." Then Spike hid me with him and the pies in the apple cart that started to move forward quite quickly. The journey was fast and Bic Mac dropped us off behind Twilight Castle. We thanked Big Macintosh and then silently entered the castle. It seemed empty so we started running to the kitchen which was deserted. "Whew, they haven't arrived yet. Now it's a matter of not burning the pies again," he says, putting a pie in the oven he had lit. I watched him glad he didn't have a problem because of me. He put on his apron with a pink heart design and a chef's hat, which made me laugh. He turned on me, surprised and offended that I was laughing: "What is it, Anon? » "Nothing, it's just that you're so cute like that. "I kept laughing like a madman. "Cute? "Spike blushed. "I'm a dragon and dragons aren't cute." "Sorry, it's just that I didn't expect it," drying tears caused by laughter. "Can you go take care of yourself one way or another and stop bothering me!" "Okay, don't take it like that. You know what I could do in the meantime?" "Make you look good in a dress, I heard you love it." "Ah, ah, ah, ah, very funny. At least I don't wear clothes to heart." "I don't understand what you have against your heart. If Princess Cadence heard that." "Who?" "Don't you know Princess Cadence?" "No." "She is the princess of the crystal empire and also the princess of love and Twilight's sister-in-law. I saved the empire twice!" "Love?" "Yes, it's his element and I saved the empire twice. "Says Spike, quickly checking the pie with a sigh. "It's not terrible." "Terrible? No, but practical yes." "I... "I heard a door open with various voices. "They're here Anon and the pie looks baked. Let's go." I followed him timidly backward in front of the importance of the number of voices and their intensity. Seriously, it looks like a horde of elephants are crossing the castle. I arrived with Spike and the precious pie to six ponies including Twilight who looked at me smiling and compassionate, probably with the story invented by Lord Hatred. "Hi girls, don't be shy Anon," says Spike putting the pie on the table and giving me a pat on the back. "Uh, hello. " Staring at the ground, I was petrified. "Hello Anon," they all replied in chorus. The yellow pegasus with the pink mane came next to me, squeezed me in these hooves and started crying. "I'm sorry" she started crying. The second pegasus comforted her friend and then tried to detach her from me, who was about to suffocate as the embrace was so strong. Finally, I was released and inhaled a long breath of fresh air. Spike came back with a little yellow chair. What's with the baby chair? Nevertheless, I sat on it shooting Spike with a laughing look as he hid his hand behind his mouth and then went to get a normal chair for him with a basket of gems that he started to swallow, the deceitful one. "So Anon, how are you? Meet my friends: Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy." Each one gave me a comforting word that everything would be fine. Pinkie Pie even offered me a welcome party, which I say no to at the moment. I wasn't thinking too much about stuffing myself with cake. Rarity cut out the shares and took the opportunity to talk about beautiful dresses and other accessories that would suit me perfectly, which made me shudder with horror. When we started eating the apple pie, my head fell straight down like pulling an invisible weight. I fell head first on my share that crashed on impact. Twilight told me severely not to eat like a pig and that it was rude. Rarity seemed to be watching me dripping. I wiped my face and apologized and then picked up my porridge, my head rocked forward again crushing my remaining apple pie. "Anon, that's enough this time. Stop eating like that!" "Sorry Twilight, but I didn't do it on purpose. My head is tilting all by itself!" "Anon, if you have trouble eating on your own, I can help you. No need to make up a story." "But..." And Twilight spoon-fed me, so these friends thought I was adorable. Personally, I felt more like angry and hurting in my self-esteem but I didn't say anything. One of the gifts Lord Hatred had mentioned every time. Finally, they cleared the meal while I watched them do it. They were afraid that the dishes would break and I would hurt myself, so he told me to wait for what I did perfectly. For some strange reason, it surprised them from a filly of my age. Spike returned to his reading while Twilight and the others wanted to show me around Ponyville where I followed them with curiosity. So what could the surroundings look like? Our small group started at the Apples farm and then Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie Pie gave me a big bag of candy. Carousel Boutique, Rainbow Cloud, Fluttershy's animal cabin and a certain zebra in the forest where I was literally yelled at for not going without someone. After that, the group split up where I was left with Applejack who took me somewhere in these apple crops. I saw a cabin in a tree where several voices could be heard. Applejack called these occupants from whom three fillies came out taller than me. "Hello girls, I wanted to introduce you to Anon. She is a little orphaned filly who will soon be adopted. Anon, meet you: Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Have a good time!" "Hello Anon," they all shouted in chorus to the misfortune of my eardrums. "Will you be our friend?" "Where are you from, Anon?" "Do you want to be part of the CMC?" "One at a time, please, I don't understand anything." The orange filly spoke and shook my hooves as a sign of presentation while the other two looked at her smiling silently. "Anon, we are the CMC, the CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS. Sorry, I got carried away. A group of young ponies that help others find their cutie marks. If you agree, we'll help you." "What is a cutie mark?" All three vanished at the same time falling to the ground. "Are you all right? " I asked, slowly approaching them. "Anon, how can you not know what a cutie mark is? " Raised up alarmed Sweetie Beautiful walking towards me, staring at me with those green eyes. "I don't know, but what exactly is it?" "A cutie mark is an very special talent that a pony has and which is presented as a drawing on the side. "Explained Apple Bloom, still on the ground. "The strange tattoos on the sides of ponies?" "These are not Anon tattoos!" Scootaloo stood up. "Would you like to discover yours?" I wasn't even sure I could get one except for the one I am as a super failure. However, in the face of all this indignation, I gave in. "Okay, but how does it work? » "Come with us to the cabin, we'll explain it to you." And without me being able to add anything else, Sweetie Belle pushed my butt with her head towards the cabin. So I walked in with my three new friends who kept smiling and making me worried. "Why are you smiling like that?" "Because we have made a new friend and we will help her find her cutie mark. Sit down, Anon, so we can get started." So I would sit in a small red chair in front of a table and three chairs and then wait for them to sit in turn. I was looking at the place that looked like a child's cabin. "So Anon, do you like to do special things, like a hobby for example? "Asked Scootaloo. "Not really." "What are you doing then to occupy your days? "Asked Sweetie Belle curious. "I... I do what I'm asked to do." This answer raised the concern of the small trio. "You don't do anything at all for fun?" "You do nothing more than chores?" "Poor Anon." "No, no, no, it's fine. I do things like.... " I didn't want to appear for the poor little orphan girl who had no hobbies in life. "Like? "They asked curiously. "I like it... I don't know." "Poor Anon," and they ended up on a hug. "Don't worry Anon, we'll show you lots of activity and you can have fun with us. We're organizing a cutie mark internship, would you like to come?" "An internship? To find her cutie mark?" "Yes, you'll see. We still have to do the preparations but we will do lots of activities and discover new friends." "I don't really want any of this." "Come on, Anon, aren't you going to be bored alone? Come on, I'll take you for a ride on a scooter." "Scooter, does it exist here?" All three of them laughed and this began to annoy me. "What? What is it?" "Did you really think Ponyville didn't have a scooter?" "So what? The houses are all a few centuries old." The CMC stopped laughing and stared at me angry. "Anon, how can you make fun of the roof that shelters you?!" "Sorry, but it's true, it looks like straw on the roof!" "Come on Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Anon, let's not fight about it and stay friends!" "It's true Scootaloo, actually Anon is not our age. " Changed sides Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo blushed and felt stupid for getting angry with a "little girl" who wasn't even their age. She came up to me and handed me a hoof. "I'm sorry Anon for getting carried away but please stop saying bad things about Ponyville, it's a great town!" "All right, but stop laughing at me and stop saying I'm little!" "All right, come on, Anon. I have a scooter ride for you." And the pegasus pulled me out so fast that I barely had time to say goodbye to Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. Scootaloo put me on the device in question and put on my helmet. Before I could say what, it started at a spectacular speed. I thought for a second that my head would come off my body because the start was so fast. Then a strong urge to vomit came up quite quickly. I wasn't even trying to find out what was around us except to contain that desire. Scootaloo finally dropped me off in front of the castle and left. I took the way to the castle but I could no longer contain myself, I threw up my lunch on the steps, which caused me the shocked looks of the ponies who passed what I shrugged their shoulders at and entered the castle. I found and Spike accompanying Rarity drinking tea in the living room. I would sit next to them on the couch and then get tired as I was, I would lie on it. Spike came to me and asked me if I was hungry, to which I replied that I could eat a whole beef, which disgusted him for some reason. "Anon, darling, are you all right? " Asked the elegant Miss Rarity. "Yes, just a little tired." "Poor Anon, she... " A noise from the entrance was heard. "I'm going to go check it out." I was waiting for my snack that Spike was preparing when I heard Twilight talking: "Hello Princess Twilight, a package for you. I love the doormat at the entrance of your castle, it almost looks like it's liquid!" "...Thank you Derpy but this is not my doormat and... you really should wash your hooves." "Oh... excuse me, I thought and... Anyway, you're right, I wash my hooves and deliver my last letter afterwards. Have a nice Twilight day!" "Have a nice day, Derpy!" Then the door closed again when I heard Twilight's voice: "Anon, can you come?" I got up and arrived in front of Twilight who seemed dissatisfied. "Yes?" "Anon, is it you who threw up on the castle stairs?" "No." "So if I ask the ponies outside, will they tell me it's someone else?" "Okay, it's me." "It's very wrong to lie, Anon. I wouldn't have punished you if you had told me! Now, I'd like you to go to your room!" A pink aura appeared around me and I found myself in my room again. Why am I such an idiot? I behaved like a stupid child when I should have acted like a responsible adult. However, blaming me was not going to be of any use, so I took a book from the shelf of my room that was full of it. An impossible love story between a pony and a bat pony. It was soft enough but enough to pass the time. Spike came to get me several hours later to eat. I followed him to the table where Twilight spent the meal and at least two hours explaining to me that you don't throw up on the steps and that you have to tell her if this happens. Then when it was FINALLY over, Twilight told me to go to bed and get a book from the library. I went to my room and huddled in the cozy bed where I was getting ready to sleep when.... Twilight entered the room, smiling on her lips and came out from behind her, a book in which there was an illustration of a pink rabbit eating carrots with a rainbow. "Surprise, I thought you might like a little story. Look, it was my favorite book when I was a kid. This is the story of Toby, the pink rabbit who goes on an adventure to find the carrot thief who stole his garden. There is even a game where you have to find the carrot on each page." "Great. "Please, finish me off right now. "I was sure you were going to like it and don't make that sad face, I don't blame you for the vomit but I hope you'll tell me next time! » "All right, Twilight." And so began my ordeal where I noticed that the writing was in English, which was logical if he spoke English. Only, why English? One question for later. Twilight finally left me in peace when we finished the book, which reassured me. No more baby books, I was finally going to get some rest. She put it on a shelf full of books from the same edition. I'm screwed. She kissed me on my forehead and came out of the room, turning off the light while I was boiling with rage. There were enough books to torture me for at least a year with this edition, not to mention the rest. After all, it was a library. Tomorrow, I will have to show him that I am an adult and that I don't read that kind of stupidity. I just hope his heart doesn't break into a thousand pieces when I tell him I'm not interested in his book. I sank again into the deep darkness of my docile imagination, contemplating the heaviness of my eyelids as they closed.