I'm Surn, pegasus stallion.
"YOU COWARD, YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST RUN OUT ON ME?! COME BACK HERE, NOW!!!"
I've recently moved in with my marefriend, Silver Spoon. After six weeks, I realized that she had control and......we'll call it anger issues.
Let's just say I needed a little space.
"YOU FORGOT YOU'RE JUNK, YOU LOSER!"
[DAY 1]
After my split from Silver, I was just happy to be single again. I threw myself into my work as a writer and started spending alot of time at the library.
"May I check you out?"
And that was where I met Twist.
"Oh, my books," I uttered awkwardly. "Yes, thank you."
"They're due back in three weeks," she said with a playful smile. "Don't make me come looking for you."
"Heh, don't worry, you'll see me again soon."
[DAY 17]
"Fancy seeing you here."
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
I went back to that library every day over the next few weeks just to see Twist.
[DAY 20]
"Sure doing alot of reading there, aren't ya, Surn?"
"Eeyup," I nodded. "I love......books."
There was something about her that I really liked.
But I'm pretty shy.
[DAY 25]
"Okay, due back in three weeks."
"Thanks again, Twist."
So it took me a while to get up the nerve to finally ask her out.
"Hey, Twist, I..." I gulped, approaching the mare. "So, I was wondering if you're free sometime to......have a drink, or s-something."
"Oh, that's so sweet, thank you," she sighed. "But, um, I've kinda been seeing somepony for the past few weeks and you know, we're sort of dating, so..."
"Oh, yeah, totally get it. No problem."
Story of my life, you know?
Too little too late.
"You still want the book?" Twist asked as I prepared to leave.
"Oh, yeah," I sighed. "Thanks..."
[DAY 35]
A little over a week later, I swallowed my pride and went back to the library, and all of a sudden-
"Hi."
There was Twist, standing right in front of me. I didn't want it to be awkward, so I made small talk.
"Hey, how are you?" I asked. "How's things?"
"Good, thanks."
"..."
"..."
But it was still pretty awkward.
"Uh, I'm not seeing that guy anymore " she stated. "So, I just though, you know..."
"Oh, really?" I uttered. "Well, are you free Saturday night?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Cool."
We made plans right then and there, and just like that, I got a date with Twist.
"Okay, I'll see ya." she chimed.
"See ya."
[DAY 39]
"And there's this giant security guard chasing me down, my friends take off in the wagon, so I had to jump a fence with my shirt filled with cupcakes and potato chips!"
"Hee hee, that's insane!"
On our first date, we didn't waste any time trying to get to know each other. Twist and I, I mean, we hit it off right away.
"Okay, what about you?" I asked her. "What's the worst thing you've ever done?"
"I killed a guy."
"Ha ha, very-"
"..."
"...wait, huh?"
At first, I thought she was joking, but then she just had this look in her eye.
"Are you......a-are you kidding?"
"......yes." she said, a sly smile forming on her face. "I totes had you there for a second, ha!"
"Heh, you did."
"Hee hee hee!"
I'm not afraid to admit it, I fell for it. I actually believed that she killed somepony.
"You should've seen your face there!"
"Okay, really?"
"We don't know each other well enough for me to tell you, silly. Not yet."
That was good enough for me, I mean, there's nothing wrong with a little mystery. We all have skeletons in our closet, right?
[DAY 50]
"Are you sure we should be back-"
"Shhh..."
Pretty soon, Twist and I were spending all of our time together. She was everything I was looking for in a relationship. And I found out that she was no innocent librarian.
She definitely had a wild side.
[DAY 180]
I was crazy about Twist, and I just knew she was the one for me. So there was only one thing left for me to do.
We had dinner at a fancy restaurant where I asked her the age-old question.
Gasp!
"Twist, will you marry me?" I asked her, on bended hoof.
"Y-Yes," she squealed, pulling me into a tight hug. "Yes, I will!"
Yeah, I knew things were moving pretty fast, but it all seemed pretty simple. She was happy, I was happy.
What could possibly go wrong?
[DAY 181]
"Holy sh-"
"She's the one, Rumble. I can just feel it!"
I was really excited about getting engaged, but my best friend Featherweight didn't share my enthusiasm.
"Do you remember feeling Silver Spoon smash you in the face?" he asked. "You've known Twist......six months? That's not that long, dude."
"Aw, come on, Feath-"
"Look, I've always wanted to plan a bachelor party, but this is a bad idea. Mark my words, buddy. I know what I'm talking about."
Ah, I've forgotten to mention that Featherweight is a divorce lawyer, so he doesn't have the best attitude about marriage.
"Relax," I reassured him. "It's gonna be great. It is, it's gonna be great."
That was exactly what I said three months before my last marefriend broke my nose...
[DAY 245]
"Wouldn't it be perfect, Surn? It's got enough room for a little library!"
I wasn't long before Twist and I found our perfect starter house, but the down payment alone was gonna wipe out my savings.
"This is going to be our place," Twist stated, pulling out a slip of paper.
Then, Twist did something pretty shocking.
"I wanna pay my fair share."
The check was for half the down payment.
"Oh, Twist, this is a fortune." I winced.
"Don't worry, I didn't rob a bank, goof."
But I still couldn't imagine how a librarian could come up with that kind of money.
"My uncle passed away a few years ago," she stated. "He never had kids, so he left it to his favorite niece."
I remember thinking, "Twist is perfect, and Featherweight doesn't know what the hell he's talking about."
I was a lucky guy, and life was good...
For a while.
[DAY 289]
KNOCK KNOCK!
We'd only been in the new house for a couple of weeks when we started getting random, strange knocks in the middle of the night.
Either whoever was knocking would take off before I could see them, or say something weird beforehand, like "Let me talk to the lady." or whatever creep stuff like that.
Twist seemed just as confused as I was.
Unfortunately, that was just the beginning.
KNOCK KNOCK!
KNOCK KNOCK!
[DAY 293]
Right after the late-night visits started, stallions began driving by in the middle of the night, yelling all kinds of stuff that I probably can't say here. Usually drunk and waving money around and I didn't really know what to make of it...
"Hey, is the madam of the house home?" one stallion cackled, waving of bag of bits
Or how to explain it.
[DAY 295]
Eventually, I met up with Featherweight to tell him about what's been happening, and...
"Wake up, Surn! I know this is tough, but you need to grow a pair and find out what's really going on!"
He didn't take the info well.
"Look, Feather, I-"
"All I'm saying is check her laptop, just once," Featherweight said. "And if you don't find anything, I'll shut up."
[DAY 297]
I hate to say it, but the last time I didn't listen to FW about a mare, I ended up losing my wagon and my cat to someone I dated for six weeks.
So, I jumped onto Twist's laptop.
I felt guilty 'cuz I didn't find anything suspicious.
At first.
Then, I found an old email from her college roommate with the subject line, "Gotta pay the bills." and there was a photo of her with other stallions attached.
My first thought that entered my mind was, "Was my wife an escort?"
I tried not to freak out, but I definitely needed some answers. And I didn't want Twist to know I was snooping, so the next night, after a couple glasses of cider, I started asking her about her college days.
"Come on, Twist," I chuckled. "You can drop the little miss innocent routine, I know you better than that. What's the craziest thing you've done in college?"
"Well..." Twist chimed. "I worked at a gentlecolt's club."
"You did what?"
"It was only for a weekend. My crazy roommate talked me into it."
We all did stupid things in college, and it totally explained that picture.
"Heh, can't believe I just told you that." Twist giggles playfully. "So embarrassiiiiiiing."
"Aww, don't be embarrassed." I laughed.
I was actually sort of relieved.
[DAY 305]
The next weekend, Twist was away at her parents', and I heard a knock at the door.
I'd seen this stallion come by about five times in the past two nights.
"Um, is there a lady-"
"There's no lady, just me." I cut him off.
I couldn't take it anymore. I needes some answers.
"You're gonna tell me exactly how you got this address." I said sternly. "Start talking."
He pulled out a flyer and showed it to me.
I couldn't believe what I saw.
It was a picture of Twist under a text.
THIS BAD GIRL KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED.
It read.
I can't even begin to tell you how betrayed I felt. Everything was falling apart, and......my head was spinning.
As much as I hated to admit it, Featherweight was right, but I didn't know what to do.
[DAY 307]
That morning, Featherweight had already called his buddies at the D.A.'s office and told them everything. It was killing me, but I knew it was the right thing to do.
"W-Wait, what are you talking about?" Twist whined as the officers cuff her. "You don't understand, I'm the victim here, stop!"
"Ma'am, you have the right to remain silent."
I felt terrible, watching the mare that I thought I was gonna spend the rest of my life with get taken away in hoof cuffs.
But, part of me wondered if I actually had done the right thing...
Even after a week in jail, Twist claimed she was innocent.
[DAY 325]
I hired a private investigator to send me everything he could find on the website and flyers, including Twist's client list. What he found almost made things worse, if you can believe that.
It wasn't Twist's website.
"Does THAT name ring a bell to you, Featherweight?"
It was registered to Silver...
I hadn't seen or heard a thing from her since she broke my nose, but apparently she'd been stalking me for months.
She was furious when I started dating Twist. But when she saw that engagement ring, apparently she lost it. So she created that fake website and painted Twist as a hooker. Little by little, destroyed our lives.
It was brilliant, in a twisted, sociopath kinda way. And I'm not sure what upsets me more. That Silver would do something that evil...
Or that I totally fell for it.
Silver Spoon was convicted of conspiracy to solicit prostitution.
She was sentenced to three years probation.
Six months after her arrest, Twist allowed Surn to move back into their house.