//------------------------------// // Sentient Ponies? Yea right. // Story: The Tale of Quake the Fenrir // by Jolly Quake //------------------------------// “Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” ― Chuck Palahniuk. *_*_* I woke up to the smell of pancakes and honey and proceeded to begin my day. ‘It’s the day, yippee!’ Nothing could ruin this day. I opened my eyes and wished I didn’t. I wasn’t in a hospital or my house, this was a tiny wooden cottage, with flowers pots hanging all over and animals, so many animals, scampering here and there. I looked at the tiny oval bed I was resting in and facepawed my face violently. A dream can’t last this long, this is unrealistic. Maybe, Maybe this is re- ‘No, No, NO!’ My brain instantly denied the possibility that this was real. That I was now stuck in a wolf cub’s body, god knows where. The smell of the delicious pancakes rubbed past my sensitive canine nose again, making my stomach rumble like a motor. ‘Might as well eat something first before freaking out’. I followed the sweet, honeyed scent towards what would ultimately be the kitchen, and blinked at what my eyes were showing me. There standing on a pretty tall stool, in a cubs point a view mind you, was a white bunny, flipping a pancake with a wooden spatula. ‘No way in hell is this real’ I groaned inwardly before howling in laughter. My outburst caught the bunny off guard as he jerked up straight and lost his balance on the stool, causing him to fall off all with the spinning pancake following him down. I turned my head, eyes closed, and flinched as I heard the loud ‘thud’ followed by a squishy splat. I turned my gaze back to the now sandwiched bunny. Its features were glued on the pancake quite comically. I helped get the pancake off him, but instead of a thankful nod or anything, it swiped at me with a furious face and started yelling. “I knew you would be a problem as soon as I saw you!” He poked my fluffy chest with his tiny rabbit paws. “She might think you're innocent, but you're a wolf, not one I’ve ever seen before, but nonetheless you're from a traitorous kind.” He gestured in the way ‘I'm watching you’, before hopping away. He stopped at the doorway and said “Foods in your bowl.” And with that he left, leaving me jaw opened and baffled. 'Did that rabbit...just talk? Yes, it did. And it was cooking wasn’t it? You know what? I’ll just pretend it didn’t before my sanity takes a hike'. I shuffled towards a red colored bowl that was filled to the brim with scrumptious pancakes and I gorged on them with no second thought. The taste was heavenly;The texture of the pancakes was orgasmic; and the smell was honey scented. “Oh jeeez, this terrific!” I exclaimed, mouth full of the succulent pancakes. I’ll give you that, that rabbit can cook. Ahhh it feels so awkward admitting that. After a few seconds, I finished my breakfast and smiled widely, satisfied with the quality of the food. ‘If it's a dream it might not be so bad’. I staggered my way out of the kitchen, stomach bulging, and plopped onto my small and hopefully temporarily bed. My sight was set on the softly swaying trees and lazy drifting clouds outside, until I caught a glimpse of something white, scurrying around. It was the bunny again. He was carrying a small sack of seeds on his back but it was obvious he was struggling, as each step he gave he nearly toppled over. I sighed and thought if I should help him. ‘As ridiculous as it sounds, he did make some good pancakes but I'm sure he hates me.’ I buried my head underneath a pillow as I tried to decide what to do. ‘Help him, he made you breakfast.’ An angelic voice tried to persuade me. ‘He only did it because that Fluttershy women ordered it.’ A demonic voice objected. ‘He needs your help, be helpful.’ ‘He hates your kind remember. Why help the little brat?’ ‘He could've kicked you out by now if he wanted too.’ ‘Pfft, yeah right. He’s too scared to approach you, remember your on the top of the food chain’ ‘Prove to him that wolves can be trustful.’ After my internal debate subsided, I groggily stood up and trotted outside through the back door. The bunny was scattering the seeds across the grounds for the hens to pluck, once he decided it was enough he attempted to pick it up, but he was too tired and was starting to wobble backwards with the whole bag ready to crush him. In a flash, I ran towards his aid and used a paw on his back to help his balance. He sighed in relief when he noticed he wasn’t going to get squashed again, and turned his head towards his helper with a thankful smile. He must have expected someone else because as soon as he saw who it was, his trademark frown returned. He turned away and carried on moving, now holding the bag more firmly. I jogged up beside him. “You..uh need any help?” The rabbit shook his head. “Not from you I don’t.” Ouch! Talk about rude. “Uh...I know we started on the wrong fo-I mean paws but could we ya know? Restart this?” I said trying to sound convincing, hard to achieve when your voice sounds so young. It’s going to take some time to get used to this dream, I mean of all the dreams I could get stuck in, it had to be one where rabbits talk and I'm in a furry body. Why couldn’t it be a Bleach dream or an Adventure time dream? The bunny rolled his eyes, before dropping the bag unceremoniously. “Ok, I admit I was probably too harsh with you, especially since you're a kid-” I felt my eye twitch, I don’t like being called kid. “But it will take some time before I can trust you.” I nodded understandingly. “Ok, that's cool. I'm glad we can be at neutral than negative, Mr..?” Again the white ball of temper rolled his eyes “I guess I have to give you my name.” He extended his paw which I met with mine. “The names Angel.” I felt a pin drop from afar. THIS WAS ANGEL? This is who that Fluttershy women asked to take care of me? Oh this is too much! My mind was freaking out while Angel was gawking at me as he awaited my name in return. “Ahem!” He coughed forcefully, bringing me back to ‘sane’ level. “Sorry, it’s just I thought Angel was a guy.” Angels mouth dropped as fireballs formed in his eyes. ‘Wait I think that came out wrong.’ “Are you implying that I'm a female? Mutt!” He spat venomously before taking out a sharp looking carrot out from nowhere behind his back, how does he do that? I shuddered as I realized I pulled a very wrong nerve. “N-No that's not what I meant!” I stuttered as I tried to defuse the scene before I became dog kebash “I mean I thought you were a..H-Human like your wife.” His angered faced was replaced with pure bedazzlement “What in Celestia’s name is a Hooman? And Wife?” His face flushed red. “Eww, no way dude! Fluttershy isn’t my wife, she’s my caretaker!” I did my kid like chuckle again. “I noticed. I mean a Human with a rabbit as a husband is beyond zoophilia.” “I don’t know why you keep calling Fluttershy a hooman, like you say. She’s a Pegasus.” It was my turn to be confused. “A Pegasus? As in the mythological horse with wings Pegasus?” Ok shit is getting real freaky now, there's no way that Pegasi exist in the real world, I have enough proof to show that this is in fact some dream. “So let me get this straight.” I began in a slow,soft tone “Your caretaker, the girly voice I heard, that picked me up and brought me here is called Fluttershy?” Angel nodded, eyeballing me as if I was mad. “And....she is a Pegasus?” He nodded again “I don’t know what you find so wie-” “WHAHAHAHAHAHAH!” My howls of laughter shook the place, smothering his voice. I rolled on the floor, barely able to breathe. Tears of joy were seeping out my sharp, wolfy eyes. “Oh..Oh god.” I squeaked through my fits of laughter. “Good one there Angel, you got me good.” Angel shook his head irritatingly “I'm not the humorous type. I'm serious mutt! Fluttershy is a Pegasus as is many of the Ponies that live in this town.” My laughter died down just like that. This rabbit can’t be serious. Sentient equines? Mythological pegasus?! Ok this is not Earth, this is for shiz Lala land. I fell onto my rear and passed a paw through my plushy face “So let me get this straight.” I said unconvinced “Im in a town-” “Called Ponyville.” Angel interjected. I groaned at the horrible pun. “Ok, So I’m in Ponyville, where ponies; Four legged, vegetarians, old mode of transport are the sentient beings?” “That's what I’m trying to say, if you would just stop laughing like a drunk earth pony.” Angel rubbed the bridge of his spot like nose. “I assume, you're new around here since you don’t seem to know anything about Ponies. Makes sense wolves generally don’t live in Equestria other than Timberwolves.” Angel began to scrutinize me. “I’ve seen many types of wolves, both in person and books. But you...I’ve never seen a breed like you. Your pretty large for a whelp of your age-” He forced my jaws open by jabbing his paws in the holes on each side of my mandible. “-And your jaws are akin of those of a teenage Timberwolf.” I could see on his face that he was awed by the sight yet terrified. I pulled my face away from his tough grip and laughed nervously. “I really can’t remember how I got here. I somehow woke up in a jungle-" I dared not to mention the REAL world. "- And had a little battle with a 'monster' and the next thing I remember is hearing some girls say how I fell from the sky." Angel tried hard to stifle a laughter. “Oh yes, I was passing by the Sweet Apple Acres, which is where the best apples are made mind you, and I saw how you just plunged through a cloud and gave Big Mac a painful bash.” Angel was barely able to contain his laughter. Who would've imagined this innocent looking rabbit was sadistic, that's another one for the book of ‘least expected stuff’. “So yea, I saw how you cracked Big Macs back, and how you were left unharmed.” The white bunny eyeballed me questioningly. “ I admit, that's one reason why I was mean to you. One does not simply fall from the sky and come out like nothing, your one lucky wolf.” He patted my shoulder.“You ain’t so bad as I thought kid, but I still don’t trust you yet.” “So-” I began, attempting to change this ‘trust’ topic asap. Time to play along with this dream rabbit. “So say that it’s true, that ponies are the sentient of this town. That means they build houses, bake pastry, farm etc. Correct?” “You don’t see us living on the fields do ya?” Angel replied sarcastically. I gazed at the little cottage, he was right. “Of course, so do you think you can tell me where the closest Human settlement is.” Angel blinked. “There you go with this Hooman thingie again. What are you blabbing about?” “What do you mean what I’m blabbing about?!” I shot back angrily now. “H-U-M-A-N-S, Bipedal beings, Sentient, They don’t have fur and instead of hooves and paws-.” I rose my paw to indicate. “They have hands; Multifingered extremities at the end of their arms, similar to chimpanzees.” I huffed at the end. I was seriously getting tired of this. I just wanted to wake up. Angels face was scrunched up. “Im sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about.” “Arrrhg, I give up!” I let my head drop in defeat. All this was too much, it felt so real yet it couldn’t be. “I don’t want to be here anymore, I just want to wake up.” “This aint no dream dude.” He poked me in the side with his carrot. “I don’t know what's going on in that little wolf head of yours, but I assure you this ain't no dream” I lifted my head and was met with a sympathetic face from what I thought was the grumpiest rabbit ever. “I kinda understand how you feel.” I was shocked. ‘How does he know how I feel? He isn’t even real.’ “I too was ripped away from my family when I was young.” Angels voice lowered and got really cold, the tension in the air was thick enough to cut. “Wolves! They attacked my family while we were migrating-” His voice began to slightly quaver “My m-m-mother told me to run as fast as possible while she and my b-brothers stayed back to distract.” His voice was getting harder to hear as he started to crack. “I ran and I ran till I blacked out in exhaustion, I thought I was going to die out there in the forest alone” He pointed to a sinister looking forest. Just the sight of it made my fur stand up straight. “That was until Fluttershy rescued me from its dark grip and took me here, my new home.” I nodded as I started to understand why he doesn’t trust me “So that’s why I'm always grumpy and I loathe wolves. I want to give you a chance, but it's hard for me to do.” I rose a paw agreeably. “I understand, I too would do the same if I was in your shoes, ughhh paws, you get what I mean.” Angel smiled. “Thank you for understanding.” His expression changed in a flick to one of aggressiveness “But don’t you dare tell anyone about that. I have no idea why I told you the biggest secret of my life but you better keep your jaws shut.” I nodded then gestured zipping my mouth. “Well lets do something, its a long day ahead. I know you're still doubtful about Ponies being the masters around here, but you’ll see once Fluttershy returns from her stupid royalty duties.” The rest of the day passed rather decently. I helped Angel feed the animals that Fluttershy kept in her cottage. I for one don’t know how she can bare the smell and clean all their wastes everyday, but hey who am I to judge? I'm quite impressed how my brain could create such a complex world, I didn’t know my imagination was that wild. Angel proceeded to explain to me about the variety of ponies here. Looks like Earth ponies were just like the real horses, tough as bricks. Pegasis have the ability to manipulate the weather and push clouds, I scoffed at first but then accepted it as the truth just for the hell. And last and most difficult to believe, Unicorns. Yes those horned horses. Supposedly they have the ability to use magic and such, manure if you ask me. After the explanation we had lunch, Angel had a carrot stew and I opted for a berry sandwich. I said it once I'll say it again, that rabbit can cook. Of course I really wanted meat, both my human and canine instincts craved for it, but I had to let it slide. During the moments of dusk, we both went out for a walk by the famous Sweet Apple Acres. It reminded me of my uncles farm, that I would go to every summer to help him out then bathe in the river nearby. It was the best way to beat the heat. ‘Soon, I'll be home.’ I sighed in between happiness and sadness. Though we’ve only known each other for a day, I could dare say Angel has become a friend. I mean we have many things in common other than the sadisitic part. We both liked pulling pranks and wrestling. We also liked sword fighting, for heck we even had a little fencing duel with two carrots,.. he kicked my furry ass. Just listen to me, getting mushy of saying goodbye to an imaginary friend. This colorful utopia isn't the place for me. I belong where crime rate is high and you have to work your b$lls off to get a job position, this perfect world is too good to be true. After a good hour of sauntering we raced back to the cottage, I obviously won in that department. For a Whelp, I sure was agile. The rest of the night was peaceful. Dinner was basically light, crackers and cheese, no meat again sadly. After that Angel went on with his routine to check on the other sleeping animals. I took the moment to find a comfortable patch of grass and laid on my back to contemplate the starry night. It was breathtaking, the sky was more white than navy blue. So many stars glittering all across the cool sky, it was hard to believe my brain could achieve this. I was so mesmerized by the glorious sight, I didn't realize the white ball of grumpiness lie down a few steps away to do the same thing. “No matter how many times I see it, It never ceases to amaze me.” He said in a delighted tone. I turned my head to him. “Yea, this place is beautiful. I give you that.” “You know? I haven’t caught your name yet.” I gulped. My name? Aww great... “I can’t remember.” I lied. Angel got up and looked at me quizzically. “You forgot your name?” I nodded sheepishly. “Well at least the fall did something to you.” We both chuckled. “Meh, you’ll remember soon.” “Yea I guess I will.” My voice trailed off at the end as a frown plastered my wolfie lips or I assumed it was a frown. ‘I'll remember when I wake up.’ Two days in this dream world, and I was already going to miss it, sometimes it makes you wonder how precious life is. But I’m still baffled as how I ended up here from a jungle. I would understand if someone or somepony as Angel told me to say, found me but tumbling through the sky? Angel noticed my frown and threw a carrot at my head, seriously where does he get all of them from? “You're still thinking of your pack?” I nodded “More or less. But mostly I’m still trying to find a reason to how I ended up in the sky.” “I think I can answer that for you boy.” A mocking, cheerful voice replied. My ears twitched towards the sound and in a jiff, Angel and I sprang to our feet in a defensive stance. Somepony was here and it didn’t sound like Fluttershy. “Who goes there!” I shouted into the night as I began to growl, It came out so natural. I could hear the sound of grass shuffling and the wind rattling the chicken coop. “Now, now. No need for such aggressiveness, after all I brought you here.” The unknown sinister voice continued to talk. “Show yourself!” Angel boomed while he gripped his carrot like if his life depended on in it. “Very well, since you insist. But my you sure are grumpy beings. At least the Elements of Harmony are more friendly.” The voice pretended to sound crestfallen. I lowered my head and growled louder as a bipedal hooded figure came into light. It was the same dude I bumped into during that rainy day. “Y-you” I stuttered. My brain couldn’t comprehend what was happening. My animal instincts wanted me to lunge at the foe and rip it to shreds, but my stronger human instincts wanted me to run. “I-I remember you, from the street. Who-who are you?” The hooded man threw his head back and shrieked in laughter, before pulling his hood down. What came out was going to haunt me to my grave, it wasn't a human head..it was like a combination of a horse, a dear and a dragon. “You can call me Discord, Human or should that be Fenrir?” His grin reached both side of his face, which was anatomically impossible. “Anyways enough chit chat, it’s time you took your role as my chaotic lieutenant.” ______________ In need of an proof reader, if you're interested please don't hesitate to message me.