Its hard to make friends, especially when everyone thinks you're a loser. My name's Seethe.(Ya, I know that's already one reason why I don't have friends. I got used to it though since my parents never changed it.) I have light brown hair, lighter brown eyes, and am essentially a normal kid...well to me at least. Eveyone else thinks im a freak. Seriously, I'm not bad, I just suck at everything. Sports: horrible. Schoolwork: awful (Dont get me wrong. I'm smart, just lazy). Trying to make friends: forget about it.
You think thats bad, wait till you hear what happened next. When people found out I was a brony, it was if I was a lab experiment gone wrong to them. "What? You watch that little girls show?!" "You Freak!" The list goes on and on. The sad thing is, I never told them. I never went out, saying 'Hey im a brony lets all be firends!' I tried to keep it a secret. Unfortunatly, Steve wasnt very helpful. I thought he was the closest thing to a friend that I had, and I even told him about it because I trusted him so much. Turns out, he was just there so he can make my life a living hell. It's sad to see so many people going out of their way just to bully me now. I can't get any help from people. Teachers just say "Seethe, they're just getting used to you. Give it time." Ya, time to find a way to kill me when your not looking. Parents? They've gone on a long holiday, as in the whole school year. They said it was to get a vacation from work, but I really think it's to get away from me.
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Whats that? You want to know more about my brony side? In short form, I found it while surfing the web, thought it be funny, and it turns out it's actually pretty good. Enough of that right now, this story is about to get weird.
After the daily spit wads and other unmetionables thrown at me during a normal school day, and the talks with teachers for missing work, I get home one Thursday to just relax and get away from all that noise. I looked at my watch to see the time, 3:46pm. "Damn, nothing good on T.V. right now...guess I'll go clean up and get this junk off me." Right when I got to the top of the stairs and go into my room for the rest of the day, my door bell rings. "What's that? Nothing normally comes at this hour...I really hope its not a prank from the guys at school. I am not in the mood right now." It's happened before, sad to say. The usual insults or eggs thrown at me. However, what I was not expecting was a girl standing there looking really confused. I was even surprised to see that she was there, ringing my door bell.
"Um...Hi." She said in a very nervous voice, like I was some type of intimidating bodyguard.
I cocked an eyebrow, gazing down upon her. "Sup....you looking for someone, or something?" She stood there for a minute, as if trying to think what to say and how to say it. I waited patiently. Normally, I would've closed the door and said good day, but she seemed familiar.
Finally, she spoke. "I seem to be a bit lost. One moment I was with my friends, and the next I was here. I'm starting to get a little worried."
Maybe it was me trying to be a nice guy, but I somehow bought that story. "You want to use my phone? Call someone you know?"
She shook her head. "N-no its just, I dont know if it will reach them."
"They live far?"
"No, no,no,no!" She stamped her foot into the ground in frustration. "It's just to complicated to explain!"
I nearly jumped back. Never had I seen someone so frustrated over a phone. "Jeez, if your going to be like that then forget about it, ok?"
I was a few seconds away from closing the door on her and forgetting the whole thing, when she quickly called out. "I need your help!"
I stopped the door inches from her face.
"Oh, thank Celestia!"
I opened the door so fast, it slammed into the wall. "What did you just say?"
"Um....thank Celestia? Do you know her?" She raised an eyebrow.
I narrowed my eyes, glaring at her. "Listen, I'm sick and tired of you people making fun of me! I dont care if its fun, or good. or whatever! Just stop right now or I swear I will-" In my moment of rage and venting, I saw her fearful reaction. Her eyes were wide, pupils were small, her knees looked like they were going to buckle, and I thought I saw a tear forming in the corner of her eye. I stopped myself, feeling horrible that I actually was about to go crazy on this person who I clearly didn't know. "Hey, I'm sorry. Im not usually like this...I've been having a bad day."
She seemed to calm down a bit, but still looked as if she was going to run any second.
"If you dont mind me asking, why did you say that?" I asked
"It's a saying. Im sorry if it upset you."
"It's fine. Would you like to come inside? We can talk about this trouble that you're in."
She managed a small smile. "Thank you."
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Now your probly wondering why I'm letting a complete stranger into my house, blah blah blah. Well, she seemed innocent enough to not steal anything or kill me, and she looked scared. That's good enough for me. I got her to sit in the kitchen and went into my fridge. "You want something to drink?"
"Water would be nice." I poured her a glass and went to sit down. Passing it, I managed to get a better look at her. She had long purple hair with a pink hi-light running down the middle. She had a backpack with some books inside, so I just assumed she was a student at my highschool. What caught my attention was her earrings. They were some type of star, but it looked so familiar.
"So, my name is Seethe." I told her my name to see if she would know me, expecting some sort of reaction. I do have a reputaion at school, as I've already mentioned.
Fortunatly, she didnt. She looked right at me with what could only be described as kindness. "Hey Seethe, I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle."
Another nerve was struck. "What? Twilight?" She nodded, looking sad. "Yep. I guess its weird to you, huh? Everypony else here laughed when I told them, thinking it was made up or something."
"Well, it's not what I had in mind." I said trying not to get upset.
Before I could ask her about where she came from, she began asking questions of her own. "Seethe? You know you have stuff in your ma-...hair, right?"
Embaresed, I start scratching my head, trying to get all the stuff off me. "Damn" I wispered to myself. How could I forget that?
She gave me an innocent smile, like this was something she saw but waited to see if I'd notice. I smirked back. "So, where is everyone else? Are they out?" Twilight said, looking around to see if someone else was standing around.
"That's none of your buisness." I said a little to harshly. That subject was always touchy for me. Who wanted to know their parents left because you were too annoying to be around.
She nodded looking away. "I see that I've caught you while your in a bad mood..."
I started to laugh. "Actually, this is my good side..."
We sat there in silence for a few minutes. Finally, I spoke. "Twilight, where are you from? Out of town? In town? Some made up universe?"
That last question took her by surprise."Made up? What are you taking about? I'm from Equestria! To be more precise, Ponyville!" I facepalmed.
Trying to look at her between my fingers, I asked another question. "Why are you here?"
"Well...something happened back at home...something bad..." She looked lost in though, trying to rememeber something. "I...I'm not..sure what..."
Sudenly tears began streaming down her cheeks. Taking my hand away from my head, I was surprised. "Hey, are you alright?"
She nodded, but she was still crying. "I'm sorry, I'm just really worried about my friends. Dash and A.J. would probly be alright, but the others...I can't imagine them lost in this world by themselves." She put her head in her hands, crying harder. "This world is so diffrent then my world, with so many mean people. Before I got here, there were people saying such harsh words. The teasing and everything else is so bad! I feel so out of place and, worse of all, I'm not....me. I look like you....why did this happen? What's going on?!"
I felt really bad for her. Someone else that felt out of place, made fun of, and completly lost. I kinda saw myself in her. I got up, and walked beside her. Putting my hand on her shoulder, I tried to comfort her. "Hey, its ok. Listen, if you want, I'll help."
She looked up at me, tears still flowing down her face. "Really? Even though you just met me today, you're willing to help?"
I smiled. "Ya, why not. You look like you need some help right now."
I don't know if she was relieved, or just needed something to hold, but she hugged me. Surprised and blushing, I patted her back.
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A few minutes later, we were back sitting down at the kitchen table. "Where do you think we should look?" Twilight said.
"Well, this town isnt that big. Assuming you guys stayed in the same general place, it won't be long until we find them."
She smiled. "That's good to hear. Why don't we go now?"
I gazed down at my watch which read 7:59pm. "Its too late to go out now. Hopefully we'll find them tommorow."
Twilight looked at the sun setting outside. "What moves your sun and moon? Magic?"
I looked at the sun. "Well, actually our planet is in orbit around the sun. With its axis turning, it looks like the sun is moving when actually its the earth that's spinning." When I looked back, I cracked a smile. She had the most quizical look I've ever seen. She was trying to process everything I said. "Um..yes its magic." I quickly added. Rememebring what I had said earlier, I looked over to her. "Hey Twilight, you have a place to stay?"
She shook her head. "I haven't looked yet. Should probly go and find one, right?"
"Well..." I looked at the stairs leading to the upper floor. "I have some free space, and no one else is here. If you want you can stay here till you find a way back home..."
A look of relief washed over her face upon the mention of shelter. "Really? I dont want to be a bother."
"Aw, c'mon. If anything your going to be the only thing not bothering me."
"Ok then, I'll stay here."
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When the moon came up and everything was dark outside, I showed her where she would be sleeping. "This used to be a guest room, whenever company came over, or some family. Then some stuff happened."
Twilight started feeling the bed to see if it was comfortable. Satisfied, she jumped onto the bed and relaxed. "This will be perfect. Thank you, Seethe." I nodded.
"Well, if your all set, we should probly get some rest. I'm going to check the school tommorow to see if any of your friends are there." She looked at me with concern. "Why are you going by yourself? Can't I come along?"
"Well, I didn't know if you wanted to go to the school. There are some...interesting charactrers there."
She gave me a stare. "Im coming tommorow. Besides, I get to see all of your friends while were looking for mine."
I looked away, feeling a bit pained. I hadn't mention to her that I had no friends, no one for any type of support at all. She noticed that I wasn't feeling good. "Seethe?"
"We should get some rest. Sleep well." I closed the light in her room, and walked into mine. I hadn't felt this bad since Steve betrayed my trust. Lying there in my bed, I was beginning to think that this all might've been a dream. Maybe I've gone delusional, or insane. Perhaps I was actually dead, and now I have a chance to make friends after all. I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst.