Chapter 5: ...And it's killing me!
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So... it was my early birthday, and what kind of birthday would it be without presents? A boring kind that's what. Anyway, I saw a few stacks of presents on the corner of the garden, some say I'm too old for presents, but... dude, presents. Who doesn't want presents?
I ran to the stacks of colorful wrapped boxes and eagerly picked out a his first gift. The other guests gathered around as closed my eyes and randomly picked...
Drum roll...
"Discord's?" Sunny said. I opened my eyes and saw that Discord's gift was a small mismatch of colors that would make Photo Finish or any other fasionista burn in an unholy fire.
"Can't be that bad." I said and carefully pulled the ribbon off and pulled off the cover. "What in this Tartarus is this?"
"I miniature black hole!" Discord said, and I was slowly being pulled inside. "Now that I think about it, maybe a real black hole would have been better."
"DAMMIT, DISCORD!" I was pulled to who knows where, I felt like I was being broken up and rearranged over and over again, like some sort of science experiment.
After that I somehow got to the future and crashed into a robot, then this dude with a blue box and a bowtie came out of nowhere, knocked me out, and when I woke up I was back at the party.
"Heh, didn't think you'd be back so early." Discord said with a shrug.
Everything went by normally after, I opened the gifts, Stalwart had rigged his gift with a water balloon, Minty gave me a some breath mints, and a full dental health care stuff.
I went over to the last present, Sunny's. It was just a plain box, wrapped in pink wrapping paper.
"Hurry up. Open it." She said, a large smile on her face.
I tore off the wrapping and pulled up the cover. It was... me? A small plushie version of me with light green button eyes. "It's me? A small doll of me..."
"Do you like it?" She said. I don't actually.
"No, I don't." I said and picked up the doll. "I love it, thanks, Sunny." She gave me a quick hug.
"I knew you'd like it, anyway, what do I get in return?" She said with a coy smile. "Maybe a kiss?" She puckered up her lips and slowly closed in on me.
"No!" I yelled and pushed her away, my cheeks were bright red, a complete contrast to my blue coat.
"I'm kidding! Look at your face! Priceless!" She laughed and fell down on the grass.
Discord laughed along with her. "A classic, I remember when Celly did that to me."
"You guys suck."
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That was that, the rest of the day was spent with a few of my new gifts in Sunny's room, apparently, when I fell asleep, she stayed up all night to make that doll.
I picked up a spud launcher, and accidentally broke the window. Luckily, Sunny was a heavy sleeper. Why would somepony give me this anyway?
She snored on the bed, some drool dripping down her mouth. She started to sleep-talk. "Nah, it's too big, it won't fit."
What is she dreaming? I fired a spud at the miniature black hole.
"You're so naughty..."
"What?"
"Your hooves feels so good..."
What? My wings were starting to go up.
"Oil? Yes, please."
Dammit wings! Go down!
"That was a nice message." I looked over to her bed and saw that she was lying on her back.
"Whew, she's dreaming about a message." I sighed and went over to the small black hole, I got Discord to modify it. I shoved my hoof in there and pulled out some soda.
Wait a minute... what was that about something big? I sipped my drink and looked at Sunny.
"Shieldy..." She said, she was still asleep. I'm starting to doubt that she's actually asleep and just toying with me. "Come sleep with me."
"Nope, I'm out of here." I said and flew out the broken window. I saw Discord on a candy cloud, just lying there.
"Sleep talking?" He said, with a knowing smile. I silently nodded. "Yup, Celly used to do that ALL the time. She's weird like that."
"I've guarded Celestia's room from time to time, and I never heard her sleep-talk before." I said and landed on his cloud, it was all sticky and made of cotton candy.
"Pfff. Magic." Discord shrugged. "I guess Celly and Sunny have a lot in common. She is totally hitting on you."
"What? She won't like a throwaway nopony like me." Really though, what chance do I have with a girl like her?
"Pfff... Whatever, word of advice from a being of chaos. She likes crazy, random, and fun, and you fit into this category." Discord said and pulled out some live gummy worms, LIVE, still wiggling.
"I get crazy and random, not so sure about the fun part, more like a magnet for trouble." I said with a smile.
"Look at me, I'm a being of chaos and I'm living with my Ex and her sister."
"Yeah, strange twist of- wait what. You and Celestia were together?" What? My brain cannot comprehend. "As in together, together."
"What part of Ex don't you understand?" Discord asked with a smirk. "The 'E' or the 'X'?"
"The part where both of you are together, I mean how the hell did that happen?" I asked.
"That's another story the author's going to write."
"What?"
"Nothing, just I'll tell you later, okay?" Discord and poofed away, leaving a large likeliness of him with a funky mustache.
I was left alone, with my thoughts. The Sun was setting, I looked up to the sky and saw a shooting star. I would have made a wish, but I was to old for that... but it never hurts to be a little childish sometimes. I closed my eyes and silently wished.
"What 'cha wishing for?" Sunny said and startled me off the cloud. I quickly flapped my wings and got back up.
"Nothing." I quickly said.
"You can't wish for nothing, come on, what did you wish for?" Sunny said and poked me.
"You know, if I told you my wish, it won't come true, right?"
"What about I tell you mine?" She offered. She took a piece of cotton candy from the cloud and tossed it in her mouth.
"Well, I don't think it will come true if you told me."
"But the only way to would come true is by telling you." She took a deep breath. "I... think we stop seeing each other."
"W-what?" I... What is she saying?
"Don't get it the wrong, I love spending time with you, but... I just thought I should tell you before Celestia assigns a new parol officer." She said and tears started to roll down her face. "I-I got to go." She said and flew off.
"Sunny..."
Why... Why does she want somepony else? Am I not good enough? Has she meet somepony else? Does she find me annoying or something? I can't think straight! I need drink... at least that way, I could relieve some stress...
I flew off towards the bar, I couldn't think about anything else right now. My mind was a blank, the only thing that was in there was Sunny, and the question of 'why' It's not even five minutes and I already miss her.
I landed in front of the bar and walked in. Barkeep just opened for the nightshift since he was at the party earlier today.
"Bourbon, on the rocks, no ice." I said and slumped down on the stool.
Barkeep placed the entire bottle down in front of me. "Sound like you need the whole thing, lad."
"Thanks, Barkeep." I quickly down one shot of it and poured myself another one.
"You want to talk about it? Ain't nopony here, so I got time." Barkeep said.
"Nah, when I get to drunk and I can't see where I'm going then we'll talk." I gave a weak chuckle and downed another drink.
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The bar was full now, everypony was either singing or drowning their sorrows, for me it was both. I was drunk so bad I can't see how many hooves I'm holding up.
My voice was scratchy and I can't even remember the lyrics, I can't even remember the name of the song. I saw Stalwart come in, with full armor, minus the helm, of course.
"Shield? I been looking for you, man." He said. I didn't pay any mind to it. "Shield! Snap out of it and listen."
"Buck you!" I said in my drunken slur. "I do what I want!"
"Shield, this isn't you, come on. Let's get you back to bed." He said and tried to grab me. I pushed him off.
"Leave me alone, Stal." I said and pulled him up.
"Alright, alright. Just stop drinking, and go home." He said and took my hoof. "I'll lead you back."
The walk was uneventful. Silence mostly. The streets were really quiet tonight, the only sound that could be heard was the bar. We finally made it back to my house. I took out a key from under the doormat and unlocked it.
The place seemed so empty for some reason. Everything exactly the same as I left it, dishes undone, empty coffee mug on the table, and all that. I said goodbye to Stalwart and made my way to my room.
I walked into my dark room and flicked on the lights. There was a note stuck on my bed. My vision was blurry, but for some reason I just needed to read that note, tonight.
I took the note and opened it up.
"Hey," the note said. "if you're reading this, that means I'm leaving tonight, don't worry about this... and... don't think about what I said earlier... Auntie said to never say goodbye, that way, they'll know you'll come back. I don't want to leave you, but I need to go... I loved spending time with you, every single second, I'm not saying goodbye, I'm saying we'll see each other again. I love your crazy antics, your goofy smile, that twich with your wing when nervous, and when you look at me when you think I'm not looking(don't try to act dumb). I'll miss you. I'll probably be going back to Stalliongrad, I'm a political advisor there, it's not a permanent thing, just something to help me earn some spending bits. Well... I'll see when I see you.
-Love Sunny Skies.
P.S: I love you."
I love you...
Sunny! I opened the window and flew off. There were no scheduled sky carriages today, so that must mean she's taking the train. I rushed off towards the train station. Luckily the train hasn't left yet.
I saw the train, the one for Stalliongrad, down the mountain. I rushed down. The wind wasn't gentle tonight, it felt like it was forcing me back. I didn't stop.
"SUNNY!" I yelled. I was slowly nearing the train. "SUNNY!" I called out again. I made it to the back of the caboose and went inside. "Sunny?" I said, quietly this time, a few ponies were already asleep.
I went to another caboose and saw that she was still awake, looking out to the sky.
"Sunny?" I said to her. She turned her head in surprise to see me, and then she started to cry.
She wiped off her tears. "You're an idiot." She said.
"Hey, I'm your idiot."
"I'm sorry, but I can' be with you." She said. "I love you, but I just can't. I know this sounds cheesy, but I got a responsibility back in Stalliongrad."
"I...I know... I just want to say one thing." I leaned in closer. Our lips connected, I'm not going to say, it's the most magical thing I ever had connect with my lips, but It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Period. We broke our kiss, though I didn't want to stop. "I love you."
"I know, hey, I'll come back when I come back. I won't be staying in Stalliongrad forever."
"I'll write to you..."
"Make sure to send a stuffed teddy bear, you forgot to buy one for me during the carnival."
"You're impossible." I left, just like that. I know I'll see her again, maybe someday.