//------------------------------// // Chapter 13: The Help // Story: The Guitarist // by Kiniro //------------------------------// The Guitarist Chapter 13: The Help I couldn't believe how selfish I had been. I shouldn't have said what I did, but I was hurt. I was devastated, and now to know that I truly loved Twilight, regardless of our differences, even if I couldn't have a family or do anything in particular with her, at least having her company and being able to care for her as she was willing to do for me is all I could ask for. My heart broke now knowing that we weren't even a possibility anymore. I held my head down as I wandered through town, and even the common ponies were noticing me, alot of them afraid to approach me, but I didn't care. Nothing that I did now mattered. I was going to lose everything all over again. Unable to continue walking through town because my heart ache. I sat down on a nearby bench and brought my guitar forward as if to play song, as I began to strum my first few chords. I found myself thinking about Twilight again and began to cry and I set my guitar down. "This just isn't fair, I don't deserve all of this, I have fought hard and long in my life." I said sadly to myself. But my kind words had caught some attention. "Are you ok there?" I heard a voice call out to me. As I looked about, I couldn't see where the voice came from. Again I was called to. "Hey down here!" I saw three smaller ponies, an orange pegasus with burgundy mane, yellow earth pony with a red mane with a pink bow, and finally a white unicorn with a mane with half pink and half purple. "I'm ok... I could be better that's for sure." "So yer' the Human that my sis Applejack was telling me about." The yellow pony commented. "I guess that would be me. My names Kiniro." I responded. "Well I'm Applebloom, the Unicorn is Sweetie Belle, Rarity's younger sister, and the chicken is Scootaloo." "Hey! I'm not a chicken!" The orange pegasi pushed Applebloom. "I'm a pegasus!" "Well then shouldn't you fly?" Applebloom joked. "Hey hey, why don't you shut up." Scootaloo responded with a growl. "Now now girls we don't need to fight." Said Sweetie Belle. "Yeah you two, you both need to calm down. I'm sure Scootaloo will be able to fly sooner or later." I commented, but I noticed that none of these ponies had the symbols on their hind quarters like most of the other ponies I've come across. "Hey I hope you don't mind, but why don't you have a symbol on you..." "That would be a cutie mark, and we don't have one yet, that's why we are trying to figure out what ours will be." Sweetie Belle explained. "Whats a cutie mark?" I asked. "Well a you earn a cutie mark as a rite of passage into being an adult pony, but it represents a unique skill that you have and it makes you who you are." Scootaloo tried to explain. "Ok so I get it I think. So since I'm a guitarist and if I was a pony, my cutie mark could be a guitar or a musical note?" I questioned "That's the basic idea!" Commented Applebloom. "But anyway we saw you upset about something, so we thought we should help and see whats wrong." "Well I care for someone an awful lot, and I feel I've hurt her feeling and now she won't talk to me, plus I'm sad that when I have to go back home, she'll stay mad at me and forget about me." I said. I know what I had said sounded hypocritical, but I think seeing Twilight respond the way she did really made me open my eyes about why she got upset on why I said I'd forget about my time in Equestria. "Well you shouldn't beat yer'self over it, if you really do care for her, you should talk to her and if she won't talk, we can help you!" Applebloom said enthusiastically. "Thanks, I appreciate it." I said still with a saddened tone. "By the way, who's the pony you care for?" Asked Sweetie Belle. "You promise you won't laugh?" I asked. "We promise! Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye" The three ponies said in unison. "Look, I really like Twilight Sparkle, but I know we're different, But at this point I don't care, and I have a feeling, that when I have to go back home in two days, I won't get the chance to tell her this, but I want her to know even if nothing comes from this." The three ponies tried desperately not to laugh, but they looked at each other and nodded at each other. "Alright Kiniro, we'll help you out." Said Scootaloo. "Yeah we'll help ya" Agreed Applebloom. "Yes, we will help you, at least I don't think love should be kept a secret." Commented Sweetie Belle. "Are you sure this will work? Last time we tried to help someone with love, especially with your brother it got us no where and more homework!" Questioned Scootaloo. "Its can't fail this time girls! It has to be fool proof!" Shouted Applebloom. "Alright Kiniro meet us at Twilight's place in a few minutes, we'll get everything ready!" "Thank you so much." I responded. Can't blame them for trying, but really what could these three little ponies do to get Twilight's attention that I could not? "I'll be there soon!" The three ponies dashed off in a flash. I wondered what they had planned for me and Twilight. I figured Twilight's place was a few minutes walk from here I could be able to make it in time once they finished. As I walked over to Twilight's I noticed that there were more ponies out and less of them were making comments about me or were trying to hide from me as I walked passed earlier. I guess they had saw me talking to the Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle and they figured I wasn't a bad guy or at least I could definitely hope so. But as I walked pass a building that had a tooth brush sign hanging from it I saw a very familiar pony sitting right in front of the door. It was the teal unicorn I first saw when I arrived in Equestria! I saw the shocked expression on its face and it quickly began to shout. "COLGATE!!! BON BON! THE BLUE HAIRED ONE IS OUTSIDE! GET OUT HERE QUICK! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME!" "Cram it Lyra! No one bucking cares" I heard come from inside the building. "Fine Colgate! But Bon Bon! You have to see this!" The teal pony cried out again. "Lyra! Seriously give this human stuff a rest! I'm getting my teeth cleaned!" I heard again from inside the building but the voice was different. "Why does no one believe me..." I heard the teal pony say. It looked extremely sad, I knew I had to do something, so I walked over to it. "I'm guessing your name is Lyra from the ponies shouting inside?" I asked. "Ye-e-e-ea-h, thats my n-n-a-m-e"" The pony stuttered as if afraid of me. "Look I won't hurt you, I promise." I opened my hands to show that it had nothing to fear. But instead the teal pony whimpered. I went to go pet the the head of this teal pony and she flinched and continually whimpered. But I softly placed my hand on her head. "Its ok, look don't let your friend upset you that they don't believe you. Just as long as you believe, that's what matters" I lifted my hand off the pony's head, and as if over joyed to hear what I said, she fainted from excitement. "Ok this is just strange..." I continued on from my detour to Twilight's place and I already had the library in sight. I saw the three ponies from earlier working on setting up what looked like a...."You've got to be kidding me" I said aloud. "You set out a picnic blanket, a basket full of food and some glasses of sparkling... Wait is it?" Applebloom quickly ran over to me and said "Its some fresh Sparkling Apple Cider straight from Sweet Apple Acres!" "Well... I guess at least it was just some over glorified juice and not some alcoholic beverage." I commented. "Whats alcohol?" Applebloom questioned. "Don't worry about it, its something humans drink, its bad for us, but for some reason we drink it anyway." I responded. "Ok girls are you ready? We got the picnic set up right outside her door, now to get her to open up! That's your queue Sweetie Belle!" Applebloom stated. "Oh right! Um.... Ahem." Sweetie Belle seemed to prepare herself for something. "Here Kiniro give these to Twilight when you see her." Scootaloo gave me a small bouquet of flowers. "Hurry up Sweetie Belle we are wasting daylight!" "I was getting ready!" Sweetie Belle said aloud, but she cleared her throat one last time. "Oh Spikey Wikey! Would you happen to be home?! I wanted to ask if you'd be interested in joining me for some ice cream!" Sweetie Belle asked as she was impersonating her older Sister. I had to admit she was really good at this, made me wonder if she did it often. Suddenly the door swung open and I saw Spike in the doorway! "I'm coming Rarity!" Spike yelled. "Oh... wait... why are you here?" Spike questioned me. "I came to talk to Twi." I responded. "Yeah yeah sure whatever, did you happen to see Rarity calling for me?" Spike asked Suddenly Sweetie Belle appeared. "Oh hey there Spike, you just missed her, she was just here with me. She said to go meet her at the store." "Wait a minute... are you sure she was out here? Spike asked. "Yes definitely, I'll take you to her!" Sweetie Belle commented while pushing Spike out of the doorway and leading him away. I saw my chance to get inside and as I peaked inside the door, I saw Twilight sitting on her couch sobbing. It was such a heart breaking scene, but I knew I had to make this right. "Twi, I want to talk to you." I called out to her. "Go away Kini, I don't walk to talk." Twilight quickly tried to close the door in my face, but i quickly put myself between the door as it slammed. This door was really painful but I knew I had to do this. "Twi, look I know you don't want to talk, and I know that you are hurt over what I said, and I'm sorry. I was just afraid... I was afraid. I knew that I was going to lose you just like everyone and everything else I had lost in my life, but I didn't want to lose you. When I found out that I was going to lose you for sure because I couldn't stay I tried to shield myself from the hurt, to think that I had never meet you, but I never meant to hurt you. When I saw you get upset over what I said, I realized that I wasn't going to be alone in pain missing someone I really cared for. I realized that you'd be doing the same, missing me. You opened my eyes Twi. We may not be much together, but I do know that I do love you. I may not be able to have a family, and I may not be able to be intimate with you, but this much I can say. I enjoy spending time with you, and I enjoy caring for you, as you have cared for me. I'm sorry Twi. I'm sorry I hurt you. I love you." I was unsure what type of response I'd get I feared for the worst and I closed my eyes fearing her wrath. Instead I feel the door open up completely and I was no longer being crushed by it attempting to close. Then I finally heard the words that thought I wouldn't hear. "Do you want to come in Kini?" End of Chapter 13.