//------------------------------// // A Surprise Visit. // Story: Out of All The Worlds... // by gordobraveheart //------------------------------// A Surprise Visit. Detroit, Michigan. 8 days until Halloween. 4:30 P.M. "What was that?" I hear. "Could it be Giovanni?" "Maybe...Rainbow, go check." "What? Why me?" There was a small pause before one of them spoke again. "...You're right, AJ, go with her." "Ha." I laughed softly. I've done that to my brother before, when I didn't want to go check on something, would send him. I miss him. "Pardon?" Applejack said. My guess is she didn't want to check, neither Rainbow Dash, but why? "But Ah'll miss the rest of this here Victora-somethin'." "Ha ha." I laughed a little louder. I would also say that kind of stuff to my ma. "How about I come with?" Rarity said. "Why don't we all go?" I hear Rainbow Dash say. "I don't want to leave you all hanging, especially with that Giovanni guy." "Ha..." I laughed surprisingly. They still don't trust me. Rainbow Dash's attitude reminds me of how protective my older sister was. "I miss you too, sis." "I guess we can all-Hey, Nino, what are you doing?" I hear Twilight sa- wait, Nino? Then, I hear paw steps approaching the door. Nino looks at me when he sticks his head out of the doggy door my dad installed. He stares at me with his tongue flapping out. "Sup." I say, and he instantly barks happily. He sticks his head back into the house and starts to scratch the door. Then I hear multiple hoof steps walking towards the door. "I missed you too, Nino" "I'll check and see who it is." I hear Rainbow Dash say. "Who the bu-" To be honest, I expected to see one of the ponies to check behind the curtain that covers the window to check if it was me or not. Instead, I get a Rainbow Dash sticking her head out from the doggie door. I'd be laughing my ass off right now if I didn't have the memory of blood filling my vision. She looks up at me with big, magnetta colored eyes and grins sheepishly. "Sup." She says. "Nothin' much." I say. "Just standing out here with a bag filled with food and freezing out here." "Really? It doesn't feel that cold." "Humans don't have fur, so we get cold easily." I say. Not wanting to risk her asking me why my hoodie is inside out and tied around my waist, I knocked the door again. "Not wanting to be rude, but can you open the door now, please?" "Yeeaaa, about that. We don't have those claws of yours, sooo, yea." She says, smiling sheepishly. "...This is going to take a while." I said, sighing. After sticking her head back in, I instruct the ponies how to open the door, step, by step. Fifteen minutes, they were finally able to open the door. I heard them all take turns, and after Rainbow Dash's rage fit for not beeing able to open the door, Pinkie stepped in and opened it with ease. I walked in, thanking Pinkie and the other girls for opening the door and placed the bag filled with food on the kitchen table. When I opened it, I almost cursed out loud because most of the food was squished besides some canned vegetables, the gallons of milk and the cartons of juice. I sighed, calming down a bit and pulling out the non-squashed foods out of the bag. I walked over to the counter and grabbed a paper towel, cleaning off the vegetable gunk from the milk and the juice. Next, I pulled out the two bottles of alcohol from the bag and set them on the table, far away from the corners of the table. "What were those?" I hear Twilight say. I noticed how she tried to grab it, but I quickly snatched the bottles from the tables and held them in my hand. “These aren't important. Trust me.” I say making my towards the small hallway that leads the way to my room upstairs. “I’ll be back, I just have to go do something.” I quickly ran upstairs ignoring any questions that they had to ask. Nino followed me upstairs, but I didn’t mind. He’s my homie anyways. As I entered my room, I closed the doors and covered the easy-to-see-through curtain with a large hanging blanket, making sure it was adjusted right so it wouldn’t fall. I took out some fresh clothes, new kaki and baggy as always pants, a plane black T shirt, and my sandals from the corner. Before I was about to change, I took out the revolver from my pocket and held it in my hand. The cold metal in my hands gave me a lump in my throat, knowing that I could have actually died back there. I silently thank my father for saving my life. I even took out the remote, which reminded me to erase all episodes of My Little Pony as fast as I could. I also set the machete I was hiding in my bed. It didn't have the frame needed to support the bed, but I just cut open a whole large enough to fit the machete inside of it, laying it flat on it's side. I put the liquor bottles in the corner of my room, covering it with another blanket. As for my blood-soaked clothes, I toss them in closet, adding a whole bunch of other clothes. I reminded myself that I needed to take a shower soon, because I had a feeling that that fresh water wasn't going to last, neither the electricity. After changing into my new set of clothes, I lastly put on my sandals and walked downstairs, with Nino following behind me. I open the door, and to my surprise, the ponies fixed themselves something to eat. I walked towards them, noticing that they found a bowl and basically made a salad with all the vegetables and fruits into the mix. I look down at them, shocked. “I was gonna make you all some food, but it seems like you all could handle your own, ha.” I say, walking away from them and into the living room. “You all just enjoy your food, I gotta check something.” Quickly, I selected all episodes of My Little Pony and deleted the shows without a moments hesitation. I sighed deeply, then fell back onto my couch. Nino walked over to me and jumped on the couch, placing his head on my lap. I noticed how he had dried blood around his lips, but I needn’t worry: he isn’t showing any signs of changing, thank God. I petted his head as I just stared at the T.V, which was playing Victorious quietly. I checked the time on the T.V, and it read 5 PM. “So,” I turned my head slowly around to see Rainbow Dash hovering near my family picture, eating an apple. “We were all trying to figure out who these people were. Mind telling us.” At this point, I felt like the sadness had gone away a bit, so I explained without getting up. “The oldest looking women is my mom, the best in the world. The second looking oldest women is my older sister. She was always there for me now. Those two younger ones are my little brother and sister. They were a pain, but I loved them no matter what. The older male is my dad, and next to him is me.” “Huh. Hey Flutters, you were right!” Rainbow Dash said, turning back around to the kitchen. I heard a small squeal, so I guess that was Fluttershy’s response. Rainbow turned back around to me, looking me in the eye. “So, where are they now?” “They ain’t here.” I said, petting Nino a bit faster. “They are all in a better place.” “Oh.” Rainbow’s tough look soften a bit, and she landed on the ground on all fours. “Look, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked that.” “It’s fine. You didn’t know.” I say, standing up, making Nino move. I stretched a bit, cracking few bones in the process. I decided that I should go downstairs and grab that box and knife sharpener my father said he owned. I walked away from Rainbow Dash, letting her know that I was going to the basement to look for something. As I enter the basement, I search around for the box and the knife sharpener. I look in the cabinets, the room filled with small tools, even the tool boxes, but I couldn’t find anything. I was about to give up until I decided to look into a small cooler. It looked old and unused, so I thought it would make sense if my dad placed it there. I opened the cooler, finding more than I expected. First, I pulled out some jumper cables, a small cloth, and nails. I figured that I could use these one day, so I set them to the side. Then, I found the knife sharpener, and placed it next to the other objects from the cooler. Then, I found th box. Bullets. Not a whole lot, like only ten bullets, but I knew they were lethal. The thing is, the caliber of the bullets was scratched off, so I couldn’t tell if they would fit in the revolver. The only thing I could read on the box was what looked like a scratched corner of the number four. Still, I kept the bullets in the box, and took em’ with me upstairs, along with the knife sharpener. I turned off the basements lights and hid the box in behind me, so the ponies wouldn’t ask questions. I only kept out the grey block. If they ask, I’ll just tell em’ that it’s a door stopper. Yea, something like that. As I reach the kitchen, I noticed how quickly they already finished their food, so I placed the dishes in the dirty dishes pile. It kept growing, but I would wash it with soap and dry it off with a cloth. It’ll still be a bit soapy,but usually it’ll all dry. All of a sudden, I could hear a strange noise coming from the living room, and I knew damn well it wasn’t the T.V. I step into the living room, looking around. All the ponies were just chilling in the living room, but nothing was happening. The only one that also felt a disturbance was Twilight, and she had a happy look on her face. “Does anypony else hear that noise?” I say, looking at all of them. “It sounds like a low, high-pitch noise.” “I do!” I see Twilight hop off of the couch and walk towards me. “You can hear it too, right? I know exactly what’s going on! It’s Princess Celestia!” Out of pure confusion, I asked her what she was talking about. Before Twilight could speak, I hear a whooshing noise behind me, followed by a loud, chime-like sound. I look at the doorway behind me, and I could see a pinkish, purple small swirl getting bigger each second. I back away from the door frame, but all the ponies got up from the couch and walk towards the portal. I didn’t stop them, I was too shocked because there was a fucking swirling portal in my house! Then, I could see that the portal was kind of static-like, as if it doesn’t have enough signal to transfer here. The portal started to adjust better, and there she was. The Sun Princess herself, Princess Celestia. They all bowed before her as the image began to clear. Princess Celestia began to talk, but her voice sounded like it was muffled, until the portal started moving static-like to get a better reception. She had a worried look on her face, and a worried tone as well. “Twilight Sparkle! We’ve been wondering where you and your friends...” She looked up from the bowing ponies and at me. I could only stare in shock, but somehow I had the sense to wave hi to her. The only thing I could here were these exact words. “Oh..Well this is new.”