//------------------------------// // Chapter 135 - Breakfast Time // Story: Dadonequus Discord (Book 2) // by CrazedLaughter //------------------------------// You appeared in front of Fluttershy’s cottage, night had already fallen as the moon still continued its ascent upwards. Knowing you should be more courteous to Fluttershy more than anyone else, aside from Diamond of course, you knock on the door, and prep yourself by looking up with a cheery smile. But as the moments passed, there was no answer, nor did there seem to be any noise coming from the other side of the door. “Wha? Asleep already?” You asked yourself. You try knocking again. Still no sound, or none too obvious to you. However, this time, the door opens, if ever so slightly, to reveal Angel’s head, looking up at you for a moment before trying to shoo you away. “Yeah, I ain’t going anywhere. Look, is Aunt Fluttershy awake or not? I kinda wanna sleep here for the night a-Son of a bitch!” You shout as Angel shuts the door on you, midsentence. Welp, the time for pleasantries was over. You teleport inside the cottage, right in front of Angel, who falls on his back in shock as a large carrot flies out of his paws. No sign of Fluttershy though, and the only light was a single small candle placed on a table. By Angel? Did he put that there? “As I was saying. I’m sleeping here for the night.” Angel paid no attention to you, not at first anyway, as he quickly went for the carrot and hugged onto it. He then looked to you with a scowl, and tried to shoo you away again. He seemed more adamant than usual to keep you away from the cottage. Then there was the odd fact he was still awake while Fluttershy was asleep. It’s not that he couldn’t be awake, there was STILL quite some time left before things really settled down, but the fact he had that carrot meant… Oooohhhh. “Yeah, no, I ain’t leaving, not unless you want me to tell Aunt Fluttershy you’ve been sneaking around and taking her food while she’s asleep.” And upon saying that, Angel flinched and immediately backed down. Bingo! Finally, you truly had something on the little cunt. Angel shook his head frantically, then quickly hopped near a cabinet to put the carrot away as he gave you a sheepish smile. He then shifted his eyes towards the stairs to Fluttershy’s room, and moved his paws to suggest for you to go up. “Thought so. You shouldn’t be doing that though, Angel. Aunt Fluttershy trusts you, you shouldn’t go breaking her trust like that.” You tell him. You didn’t want Fluttershy to be upset over stolen carrots, he should know better than that. Angel, however, then looked to you as he narrowed his eyes. He then took on a scary stance as he got on all fours, and hissed almost like Chrysalis would, but quieter and cuter.  “What? She knows about that already. Or are you implying I’m also a sneak?” Who does he think he is? You had to do what you had to do, everything else you can improve upon now that you figured out not to obsess over it. “You barely even leave this cottage, so you have no idea what you’re talking about.” Angel simply rolled his eyes, makes his ears look like Fluttershy’s mane, and then sits down and starts talking in a soft and unintelligible garbled mess. …Great. “Ok, so Aunt Fluttershy may have told you some stuff. Fine, whatever, I’m not like that anymore and she only worries because, I guess, some of the things I do may be worrying. Look, Angel, what do you want from me? You want to just continue the truce? I have school tomorrow and I really just want a good night’s rest. I won’t mention to Aunt Fluttershy that you tried anything if you cut the crap, ok?” Angel sighed, waved his paw, and groaned. He then went to return to Fluttershy’s room, you following along with him. When you got up there, you could see her resting, she looked more tired than usual. As some of her mane didn’t seem as well kept as she usually kept it. “Is she ok? Doesn’t she usually go to sleep a little later than this?” You ask Angel. Angel made a bunch of stances resembling other animals, before making a more stern instructor like stance. Oh… “Right, the sanctuary, forgot that was a thing. She also has to balance that with Buckball, doesn’t she? Christ…” You look to Angel with a soft look, feeling bad for Fluttershy. “Look, let’s just get along, ok? For her. I bet she’d be really happy to see both of us getting along and being nice to each other.” But to your words, Angel just sat there and pondered, eyeing you as if plotting to get rid of you altogether. You roll your eyes, summon up a small carrot snack, and roll it over to him. “Fine, I’ll trade you this if you don’t give me a hard time.” And with that, he nods, grabs onto the carrot, and starts nibbling it to see if it was good. It was, of course, good, you didn’t need to piss off the fucker. With that, Angel ate the carrot rather quickly, jumped onto the bed, and tapped on Fluttershy’s belly to get her to roll to the side facing you. He then patted a spot right in front of her for you to lay down on, and hopped onto her side to curl up and sleep. Welp, she’ll no doubt be happy to see you tomorrow, so here we go. You carefully hop onto her bed and slowly maneuver yourself to lay in front of her belly. Hm, you have gotten a little bigger, but not by much, you could still snuggle with her like usual. You wish she was awake enough for her to move her wing over you though, but it was fine, the blanket would do. You close your eyes, and drift off to sleep… Hoping for no Luna. The night passes into morning day, sunlight filling the land, and breaching the window of every home. It was something you had to get used to at times, as the chaos dimension had no sun to illuminate your room, which always somehow stayed illuminated without a light anyway. You slowly open your eyes and… What?! “A-aunt Fluttershy?” She was gone… Or maybe, she wasn’t? You could hear humming coming from downstairs, as well the satisfied voice of a certain baby dragon. “Spike?” You slowly crawl out of bed and head downstairs, when you get down, you could see three glasses of juice set up on a table that was placed in the middle of the carpet. At one of the seats was Spike, who seemed to be awaiting a meal. “So, should I go wake up Anon now? Or…” Spike asked as he looked upon Fluttershy, who seemed to have finished making something. “Oh no no, not yet.” Fluttershy said as she let something from a pot slip into three bowls. She then began to use her wings to carefully set them on the table. “I want breakfast to be ready for him, with everything cooled at just the right temperature so he can start eating the moment he comes down. “ “I mean, he can just blow on it.” Spike said with a shrug as he looked into his own bowl. From what you can see, it looked like oatmeal, no doubt a very healthy variety, made just for you. Spike just kind of stared at it, and picked at it with a claw and sniffed. “No sugar or anything?” “Oh no, that would make Anon hyper and then later, sleepy, and he doesn’t need to be either of those things on his first day. This oatmeal is a special recipe, made to make sure he stays energized and healthy.” Fluttershy said with a satisfied smile on her face. “Yeah…” Spike brings his claws to his mouth and gives it a lick. He cringes, seems the oatmeal was rather bitter. “I guess it’s healthy, but I would have just gone with some cereal or something.” “Oh, cereal is decent, but only homemade and specially prepared meals are good enough not only for Anon, but all my friends, including all my animal friends too.” Fluttershy says cheerfully. “Hoo boy” Spike said in a low voice, obviously dissatisfied. “I feel bad for… Anon? Oh, hey, good morning, didn’t expect you to be up yet.” Spike said as he waved over to you. “Anon? Awww, you didn’t have to wake up just yet, it is still early for you and your meal hasn’t cooled yet. B-but, how was your sleep? I didn’t expect you to show up last night, especially after Angel told me that heartbreaking story where you had a nightmare and nearly wet your bed, I could tell why he was so eager to let you in. And it’s because of that that I made sure to make you this wonderful breakfast, just in case you still felt a little tired from lack of sleep.” Fluttershy, courteous as ever, seemed to be more worried about you than usual simply due to some bullshit story Angel told her. Christ, why did he even tell her that?! For kicks?! What a sick fuck that rabbit can be. Spike had a bit of a snicker before catching himself. He cleared his throat and pulled out an envelope, placing it on the table. “Got your schedule for you, Anon. Finalized this morning by Twilight after Starlight made some suggestions. I dunno what got her so invested in your scheduling considering it matches up with what Twilight originally planned out for you, but Starlight felt since you were already friends with so many creatures already, then it’d be best for you to be close to them and learn more about them. Twilight thought it was a great idea, she’s even proud of the progress you’ve made before even going in for your first day of class.” “Oh, it doesn’t surprise me at all, Anon is a natural. And with the help of the school, well, he might even become an element of harmony himself one day!” Fluttershy said with a cute, yet sure, little giggle. WHAT?! GOOD GOD NO! THAT KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY WOULD LEAD TO SO MUCH STUPID SHIT! Like, seriously, you don’t need to deal with an actual ‘team’ when you have an item that’d let you do anything you need to do anyway. Not hating on anyone, but you were more than capable of dealing with things yourself. “Y-yeah, sure. Erm, uh, I’m just gonna take a seat. I already can’t get over how good the food smells.” You lied. Spike raised an eyebrow at you, but Fluttershy was just delighted to hear you say that. “Oh, you’ll love it, Anon. It is specially made oatmeal mixed with healthy little bits of fruit and shredded pieces of celery. I even put in a whole slice of apple to enhance the taste. It won’t taste too sweet though, there’s no added sugar in it at all, but I bet you’ll love it anyway!” You probably won’t. “I bet I will.” You say as you join Spike and Fluttershy at the table. Fluttershy giggled again as she too took a seat to enjoy the simply made and healthy breakfast.  “And to think, after breakfast, we can go to the school together. It’s a shame your father couldn’t be here this morning. He tried, but he suddenly seemed upset and left before I could ask him what was wrong. All he left was your saddle bag.” “I think it’s because Anon is going to a school specifically for friendship and headed by Twilight. He totally had a spaz when I told him that Twilight wouldn’t tolerate any chaotic pranks. Dunno why he had to cry though, I would have thought he’d already knew that.” Spike shrugged. “Well, I don’t think Dad even knows proper etiquette is a thing sometimes. Also, ‘tolerate’ is a strong word to use. No one has tried pulling anything at the school at all, really, not even a tiny prank?” You asked, finding it hard to believe there isn’t at least one problem student. “Not so far. Even then, Twilight isn’t just going to toss them out, not unless it was something heinous. Heck, when Twilight says ‘chaotic pranks’, she means things like flipping the school upside down or something like that. I doubt a little prank here and there, but like, not more than two, won’t make Twilight lose her marbles. I mean, Rainbow Dash considers herself a prank master and we haven’t even thought of throwing her out yet. Yeah, she hasn’t tried anything. But even if she did, unless she went crazy with it, I doubt Twilight wouldn’t do anything more than lecture her or something.” Spike explained as he took his bowl and picked at it some more. “Well, I don’t think they’ll be anything to worry about anyway. Our school is a peaceful, open, and very loving place, accepting of everycreature, even if they come from another dimension. Anon will do just fine, and he’ll be the most well behaved there. Right, Anon?” Fluttershy asked, in a genuinely ignorant way as she looked over to you with a warm smile. Spike nearly snorted in a laugh there, even he knew that was mostly bullshit. “Y-yeah, no problem, if I can make friends with changelings, dragons, and yaks, then not causing any trouble with anycreature should be a cinch.” You say as your eyes look over to the bowl. Whatever, it can’t be any worse than that ‘medicine’ you had to take from way back. You quickly grab the bowl, and scarf the oatmeal down in one swallow. Well, it seemed like it still needed some cooling, but it wasn’t too scalding, and one swig of your juice cooled you down quickly. Although, Fluttershy was suddenly just staring at you. Why? “Aunt Fluttershy, what’s wrong?” “E-erm, nothing really, I-I just didn’t expect you to be so hungry. H-have you been eating enough, Anon?” Fluttershy asked, worried about your health. The truth was simple though, you simply didn’t want to have to deal with the taste. It wasn’t as bad as you thought it was going to be, but it still tasted weird and was bitter in a way. Not hard to handle, but still unpleasant to the taste buds. “Oh, no, I have. Just, you know, your cooking is always the best, Aunt Fluttershy!” “Aww, it’s just oatmeal. But thank you anyway, Anon, you’re so sweet.” Fluttershy said as she gave you a kiss on the forehead. “I can see why your marefriend is so attached to you, you must treat her like a princess.” Spike had to turn away to scoff to himself, he even whispered. “Too bad she’ll split him in two if he does anything else.” “What was that, Spike?” Fluttershy asked, not hearing what he said. “Oh, uh. Nothing, was just passing Anon his schedule.” Spike said as he slid the envelope over to you. “You got Applejack first, and she’s still sort of grumpy about the whole ‘O&O’ session. Just saying, just try not to rile her up or anything.” “Hmph, I don’t think she should be angry at all. From everything you and Discord told me about it, it sounded like a very fun session. A little more violent than I like, but to hear that you accommodated for Anon’s marefriend and even worked as a team to beat up the bad guys makes me glad you all had good fun. I think Applejack is being a prude, she doesn’t even remember everything that happened.” Fluttershy, being defensive of you and Discord, just shook her head at the shame of Applejack’s attitude. “She knows you all have a game night, her own brother is part of it after all, she should know a dimensional pocket was going to be in the middle of the room.” Wew, seems no one told her about King Sombra, and it seemed Applejack didn’t know about that detail either. “Y-yeah, totally agree with you there, Aunt Fluttershy.” Spike also seemed rather uneasy at the mention of it, seems he didn't want to get into a conversation about it with the possibility of King Sombra being brought up. “Yeeeah. Well, anyway, I gotta head back to the school. With everything going on with Twilight, she’s going to need her number one assistant at her side.”  “But what about… Oh.” Fluttershy noticed Spike already hurrying off, and before she could stop him, he had already gone. “I guess he wasn’t hungry. Oh well, more for you, Anon. Did you want seconds?” Fluttershy asked, looking back at you with her cheerful smile. “Oh, no no, that’s fine. Erm, don’t want to overdo it.” You say, quickly tearing into the envelope with your teeth to look at your schedule. Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy. That was the order of your classes. Not too bad, you were sure Fluttershy’s classes would be a good and relaxing way to close the school day. “Looks like I get you last, Aunt Fluttershy.” “Oh? Well, that’s alright. It means that if you need any extra help after class, then you’ll already be in the right place.” Fluttershy said with a nod. She then began to eat her own bowl of oatmeal. She didn’t seem at all bothered by the taste. Hooooooo boy… Well, that doesn’t sound too bad. You didn’t really need any help, but you wouldn’t mind spending time with her, or helping her out with clean up or something like that. You don’t really hang out with Fluttershy too much now that you thought about it, you really should though, and you have no excuse with the way your schedule is set up. “Yeah, that’s pretty cool. So, er, do I just show up to class or do I see Twilight first? Spike didn’t say.” “I’m sure you only need to show up to class. But it doesn’t hurt to see Twilight if you’re confused or have any questions. She is the headmare after all, so of course she’ll know what to do.” Fluttershy suggested. Part of you wondered if you should go see Twilight before going into Applejack’s class. Not really to ask what you should do, but more to see how she’s handling Scrappy at her side. As you thought about it, you wondered how he’d interact with her, and vice versa. “I might just do that. Looks like classes start soon though… I think” You didn’t actually know what time it was, you only knew that your class started at ‘10 AM’, according to the schedule anyway. “Oh, don’t worry, that still leaves us plenty of time. See, since you were here, I wanted to make breakfast for you, let it cool, wake you up, and then walk you to school myself so I could see your happy face when you feel all of the goodness and love just coming out of everycreature.  Since you got up a little earlier than I expected, I thought, maybe…” Fluttershy suddenly became timid as she looked left and right, and whispered to you. “I could ask you to make something for me… With your magic.” Wut? No, just, wut? “You need me to use my magic for you, Aunt Fluttershy? Is something wrong?” Fluttershy nodded, frowned, and looked down in a meloncholic way. “Mhmm. It’s Angel. I think he’s been sneaking, or trying to sneak, carrots off so he could eat them. Oh, I don’t want to blame him, it could just be me misplacing them, but they are important to a special medicine I make for my animal sanctuary, and I just have this itty bitty feeling he's the one taking them. D-do you think you could… Oh, erm, what’s this?” Before Fluttershy could even ask what it was, you slap your horn on your head and summon a small box like safe onto the table. But this safe wasn’t like your typical safe, if only because you knew the bastard could use his ears to figure out the combination. No, this one was state of the art! Serve the little bastard right, both on yours and Fluttershy’s account. This will teach him to tell her bullshit stories. “A safe, Aunt Fluttershy. It doesn’t use a key or a combination lock though. Instead, it opens by voice and phrase recognition. All you have to say is ‘Anon is best pony’ and it’ll unlock, simple, eh?” You say, giving her a bit of an arrogant smirk. Anon, you’re a damned genius. “Oh.” Fluttershy giggled, and gave it a shot. “Anon is best pony. Oh! It opened. That’s adorable, Anon. But, hmmm…” Fluttershy gave it a curious tap with her hoof, closed the door on it, then tried to open it again with her hoof.  “There really is no way to open it but by saying that phrase?” W-what? She didn’t like the phrase? Your ears folded as you heard her say that. “I-is there something wrong with the password?” “W-what? O-oh, there’s nothing wrong with it. You are the best pony… In my heart. I was just making sure there was no way for Angel to open it, erm, not saying that he would, I don’t think he’s a thief. B-but, I just want to make sure it’s secure.” Fluttershy said nervously, obviously not wanting to upset anyone. Ugh, well, at least you were the best in her heart. That certainly counts for something. “Oh, well, yeah, that’s how it works. The only way to open it is by using your voice and saying that exact phrase. Nothing else will work. It’s how super security stuff worked in my dimension.” “How very odd.” Fluttershy said as she gave it a tap. She became more and more curious about it as the moment passed. “And it doesn’t use any magic?” “Nope, just technology. Voice recognition and electronic locks are just inventions to us, all powered through electricity. Erm, although I guess this safe IS powered by magic, the way it works still is from a technological standpoint.” You explain. “Wow, that’s so amazing. I guess that’s why Starlight has taken an interest in these kinds of things. She’s mentioned that she wants to work on a special flying machine someday, that can transport many ponies at once, and even move at speeds that are as fast or even faster than Rainbow Dash. It sounds kind of scary, but considering everypony in your universe used them, then it must be really amazing.” Fluttershy said. Hm, so Starlight mentioned her interest to her? Interesting... “It really is. Don’t tell that to Rainbow Dash though, she might get jealous.” You say with a chuckle.  Fluttershy actually giggled at that, and then waved her hoof at you. “Oh, Anon, don’t be mean. Even if it is a little funny to think about. Oh my, we should be going though, I do want to get there a little early to set everything up for the day. I’ve been letting some of the birds stay in the classroom for rest, and I want to feed them before class starts.” “No problem, Aunt Fluttershy.” You say as you get up, grab your saddlebag, and prepare to move out. “Lead the way.” And with that, You and Fluttershy headed to the school. It was finally time, your first day at school.