//------------------------------// // My Hobbies Are Not To Be Questioned... Ever // Story: The Quiet Kid: Day by Day // by aegishailstorm //------------------------------// "That's good and all, but first, breakfast!" William casually walked down main street, and sat down at the fist restaurant he could find. "What can I get for you?" Asked the waitress. "An apple." He said simply. "Just an apple?" "Yep, one single apple." He tossed the waitress 2 bits, and she trotted of inside with his order, and came out with an apple. "Thank you, keep the change." He gave her a nod, and stood back up. "I've had my fill of social interaction for the morning." He headed for the center of town, right for the library. "Hey William, I noticed something's off." "What?" Well, you never let anypony keep your change-" "I'm in a rush, the sooner I get this whole thing over with, the better." "Town center, the Equestrian military want's me, I ain't scared, let 'em at me!" Stepping into town square, he sat down at the first bench he could find, facing north, towards Canterlot. "Your sure you aren't making to big a deal over this?" Joey asked William. He didn't respond. "Do me a favor, throw this core away for me." William tossed Joey his apple core. The alicorn caught in a levitation field. "I'm taking a nap, if anypony asks, I'm wide awake, and any attempt to annoy me will be met with deadly force, got it?" Not in the mood to pick a fight with him, Joey agreed. William let out a single yawn, and blacked out. Joey turned to to the bystanders. "Alright, you heard the crazy human, everypony back!" 4 hours passed, and the whole time, Joey waited right by William's side. Finally, he spotted them, a flock of pegasi, clad in gold armor, with spears by their sides. They circled the town twice, before landing in town square, right in front of William's bench. "Pst, buddy, they're here." William jumped of the bench, and ran for cover, posting up on a nearby house. M249 shouldered, he scanned the street, 30 pegasi, armed with spears. No unicorns, that would make it harder for them to try and restrain him. "What do you want?" He sneered. " Princess Celestia told us there was a disturbance in this town, sent us to check it out, you causing it?" William paused for a moment, and then responded. "No. Leave now." He could see the faces of a few of the armored pegasi, he remembered them from the invasion of Canterlot. He knew they couldn't beat him. One of them stepped forward. "Now hold on pal, do you know who you're talking to?" "Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. A very lost and confused pegasus." Another one stepped forward. "Hello, my names Captain Winger-" William tuned out the pegasi' bantering. He realized something. The tone in their voices, their posture, everything, they were treating this like a hostage negotiation. He hated it when others acted like that. "Cut the nonsense, you're here for me, aren't you? And don't lie to me." "Well, Princess Celestia just told us that there was a disturbance, she did not say what it was. Look, we don't mean you any harm, you can come out." William hesitated for a moment." He left his cover, keeping his eyes trained on the pegasi. William looked at them, then at the bystanders, he began tabbing his foot, then looked down at his M249, trying to remember something. "Hey, what is it?" Joey asked. "You've been so supportive of my exploits, so, I think I owe you all one song." As soon as he said that, Joeys face lit up in joy. He shook his hoof in a silent "Success!" "This is for my name sake... All you little ponies with the colorful hooves, you better, run, better run, out run my gun..." "Oh buck." One slightly traumatizing pumped up kicks parody musical number later... To William's surprise, his attempt at singing, had drawn quite a crowd. Albeit, they weren't cheering for him, they were dead silent, wide eyed with their faces plastered with a mixture of shock, terror, and confusion. The royal guard meanwhile had completely abandoned their defensive stance, instead opting to hid behind the newly rebuilt library. "You're all welcome." He said simply. They all just nodded in affirmation, and went back to doing whatever that had been doing prior. "Well sir, I can tell there's nothing out of place here, I can see you're doing just fine, If you don't mind, we'll just be on our way." The platoon of pegasi stepped out of their hiding spot, and took off towards Canterlot. "Have a nice day, I've always been a fan of pegasi!" He shouted back at them. Earning a few weird looks. He turned around, to find the main six. With looks of disbelief on their faces. "So, what'ya think?" "How could you?" Joey asked. "Well, I have been asked multiple times to join in on your own so called 'fun.' This is my own version of that. "Applejack was the first to respond. "We took ya in, we tried to be friends with you... Unbelievable." Twilight and her friends began to walk away, Joey followed them. "You are all welcome." William responded, he turned and walked off in the opposite direction "I'm not going to pretend I'm sorry, or sympathetic, because I'm not. " He walked, and walked, and walked, right out of Ponyville, right for the Everfree forest. As he truged his way he sighed. Looking up at the evening sky, Then at the dark forest ahead of him, he could hear the distant sounds of ponies, going about they're day, having fun, enjoying themselves. "They don't even know it, I don't think they'll ever appreciate it, but I'm on they're side, I refuse to let them get to me, but first, I GO TO BLOW OF STEAM!" He pulled off the box magazine on his squad automatic weapon, despite the fact that it was full, he dropped it to the ground, just before it struck, it vanished in a flash of blue light. It reappeared in his gloved hands. Slowly, and menacingly , he reloaded his weapon, racking the action with slightly more force than was necessary. He slowly closed in on the treeline of the forest. As he got closer, he noticed the sun going down ever so slightly. he slung his M249 over his shoulder, and waved at the forest. The sun would go down soon, and the things that lurked within the forest, would be coming out soon. "Hello boy's, I'm back!" He exclaimed in a triumphant tone. Grinning at the Independence day reference. "We've treated him so well, and look how he acts!" Applejack exclaimed. "Yeah, every day, he walks around town, acting like he owns the place! "Rainbow Dash added. "I still despise his taste in fashion!" Rarity said. "And he hates parties!" Pinkie said, making a pouty face. "I agree, he's clearly dangerous, maybe we could contact Celestia and Luna, and have him imprisoned-" "All of you, stop!" Joey shouted at the six. "Listen, you all don't know him like I do, back a few years ago, when I was still human, me, Kyle, and Tia, where his only friends, ok? When we first met him, we found him siting on the far side of the cafeteria away from everyone else, he was talking to himself, everyone had heard rumor's about him, so, we decided to go over to meet him, and see what all the fuss was about. We found him reading a copy of Gun's and Ammo, at first, he didn't respond to us, but after a while, he let us sit with him, and once we got to know him, well... he was nothing like the rumor's, sure, he liked his privacy, he liked weapons, like, obsessively, and he talked to himself. He was honest, didn't ever lie about anything at least as far as I know, he had a tendency to be very authoritative, he may have been, and still is socially awkward, but no one ever bullied him. He once caught some kid trying to steal another kid's diabetes medication, literally dragged him all the way to admin. Best of all, he was funny, his presence always brightened up the room. And, don't tell him I told you this, but he's a rock hound, means he likes collecting rocks, gemstones, fossils, you name it. He collects them everywhere he goes. Don't bother asking him about it though, he'll deny it every time. He's not evil, he doesn't hate Equestria, he's just misunderstood. " Joey thought back to what William had told him earlier, but decided not to spill it to the six. "Heh, I think we ought to keep him around, who's with me?" Rainbow raised her hoof, slowly, one by one, the rest of the six raised theirs's.