The train had been moving for about an hour by now and I did nothing but sit between the cars, glancing a peak into the window occasionally to see If I could spot the passengers. The only reason I hadn’t gone inside yet was due to the fact the door was locked and I didn’t want to get in trouble with whatever locals ran this thing right off the bat by breaking it.
If there were people on this train to BEGIN with!..... Seriously, for a train, this has a severe lack of passengers.
My stomach voiced its displeasures audibly as the train went into a tunnel. I sighed and thumped my head on the door. “Hush you, you’ll get something soon.....I hope that wherever I end up has food.... and some way to make money.... If not, I am so fucking screwed.”
I looked around and noticed that despite being in the dark, everything was covered in a faint blue glow. A glance at my hand showed the source. “Great.... now my hand is a flashlight too...... For all of the fucks sake.....” I stood up and tried to look in the window again and pointed my hand at the glass to get a better view.
Low and Behold! There was something in the fucking car this time! It didn’t stop me from blinking in confusion at what I saw. There, in the car, was a light blue, pastel colored pony with a green mane..... and over sized headphones on........ aaaaaaaaaaaand now it was staring at me in slight fear. Well.... I better stop staring like an idiot and wave.... or something... I don’t know how to deal with this....
I tapped on the glass causing the light from my hand to dim some and started to show my face. “Hello? Could you let me in?” The pony didn’t respond and stood there staring at me with ever widening eyes. I furrowed my brow and tapped again. “Hello? Anyone home?”
The pony shrieked in a extremely feminine voice and started to bolt to the other side of the car screaming, “GHOOOOOOOOOST!!”
I stood at the door for a minute just staring at the door that the mare (as I had deduced from her voice) ran through, before smacking my head into the glass. Repeatedly, accenting my thoughts with each collision. Just....... FUCKING REALLY!? She thought I was a FUCKING GHOST!? I kept smacking my head into the glass window as the train left the tunnel and the pony and two others ran into the car. My hood was blown back from the wind that rushed by when we exited so my face was on full display.
The mare from earlier pointed at me from behind some larger pony with a deep brown coat and an orange mane. “There it is! Make the evil ghost go away!” The difference between them was that the first seemed to be more slender and curved, while the larger one had more defined structure to it’s shape.
The larger pony looked at the window and noticed me smacking my head into the transparent barrier before sighing in a deep voice. “Dear.... I don’t think that is a ghost.” A DEEP voice. This pony was obviously a dude by the sound of him.
I stopped smacking my head and looked at the stallion with my best Nicolas Cage impression. “YA DON’T SAY!?” I looked at the ponies and felt my eye twitch. WHY IS EVERYTHING HERE SO FUCKING WEIRD!!?
I was pretty sure my mind had started to snap around that point, considering my next thoughts on the matters at hand. Ya know what? I’m just going to expect nothing but the odd and benign from now on! It’s all that seems to fucking exist in this fucked up world of fuck! The third pony, a white mare with a two tone blue mane, started to laugh uncontrollably and fell over.
The scaredy-mare glared at her. “S-shut up, Vinyl!”
‘Vinyl’ stood up and was wiping tears from her face. “I’m sorry Jump, but this is priceless!” She fell over in another fit of laughter and Jump glared daggers.
“Say one word of this to anyone and I’ll tell Octavia what you did last night!”
Vinyl gasped and glared back. “You. Wouldn’t. DARE.”
The stallion left the two mares to bicker and moved to the door I was standing at. “Here, let me get that.” He flicked a lock that was on the interior and the door slid open effortlessly for me. I had to duck slightly to get in, but I was eventually seated and looking at the stallion with a tired smile.
“Thanks.”
He laughed and held out a hoof. “No problem, Name’s Bass Drop.” That’s.... an odd name.... but so is the concept of a talking pony.
I looked at him for a second before grabbing his hoof and giving him a light hand/hoofshake. “Zachary, but everyone just calls me Zach, or Frost.”
Bass looked at me in confusion, “Frost? How did they get that from Zach?”
I sighed and rubbed my temples. “Where I’m from there’s a story of some guy named Jack Frost. He was said to bring winter, and make all the snow and ice. So when my friends found out that my favorite season was winter, they started calling me ‘Zach Frost’. It was annoying at first, but the name just stuck after a while and they shortened it to just Frost.” It fits even MORE now thanks to those fucking wendigos bleaching my hair!! The blonde jokes were better than this!
I blinked myself back into reality before looking at the wall behind Bass. “Wait, why the hell did I bother even telling you that?”
Bass shrugged. “I don’t know, why did you?” I looked at him and noticed the large grin that was plastered onto his face was barely holding back some restrained laughs.
I facepalmed at my own stupidity. “Go on, laugh.” I set myself up for that one..... Bass stared to roll around like Vinyl was earlier and was pounding a hoof onto the floorboards. As he did this, for the first time I noticed that he had feathered wings sticking out of his sides! FUCKING WINGS! I looked over to the other ponies that were in the room and saw that Vinyl had shades on and a horn sticking out of her skull, while Jump also had wings.
I sighed and waved at them to come over. Vinyl strode over without the slightest hesitation and offered a hoof. “Vinyl Scratch, DJ extraordinaire!”
I took her hoof and shook it I focused and caused a light coat of frost to form on her fur. “Zachary Yorkson, Just call me Zach.”
Bass chuckled, “Or Frost.” I gave him a glare and he grinned sheepishly.
Jump walked over and nervously offered her hoof. “It’s... Jumpstep.....Um.... sorry about.... you know.... thinking you were a ghost.” She had to bring it up......there goes my good fucking mood.
I forced a smile and shook her hoof as well. “No problem, just don’t do it again please.” She blushed and rubbed the back of her head while Vinyl kept on laughing.
Bass looked at my hand and asked, “Hey Zach, What’s with your skin? You get frostbite or something?”
I lifted my right hand and showed them The Eye. “It’s been like this ever since I found this fucking thing and it decided that my hand was a nice place to crash. My hair and outfit seem to be suffering from it too.”
Vinyl was looking at me in awe before she got up and started to head for the door. “I am so going to tell ‘Tavi about this!” She left the room and I looked over to Bass.
“Who’s ‘Tavi?”
He chuckled and looked over at the door. “Octavia is Vinyl’s roommate. If you want a good example of how she acts, think of what you just met, only with the EXACT opposite personality.”
I snorted back a laugh as the door opened. “Come on Tavi! He’s right in here!”
Vinyl came back into the car pulling a grey mare with a black, styled mane along with her. “Vinyl, I don’t see what the... big... oh, um, hello.”
I stood and gave a slight bow. “A pleasure to meet you, Ms. Octavia.” Bass did a double take for a moment before reaching in his ear and trying to find out if something was in his ear.
Octavia smiled and offered a hoof. “My... with the way Vinyl was excited about you I thought that you would be some fan of her’s. I didn’t expect such a gentlecolt.” GOD DAMNIT THE PUNS!!!!!!
I faked yet another smile and shook her hoof. “I can when I want to be.” I sighed as I stood up and moved to the window closest to me. “Me being polite right now is a feat in itself.”
Jump looked up at me in confusion. “Huh? Why would it be so difficult to be nice?”
I slowly turned my head over to her and saw her eyes dilate. “Because I haven’t had anything to eat for the past day after getting ripped from my home and having my appearance completely altered. I currently am a little on edge.” I groaned as I felt another sharp pain in my head that forced me to close my eyes. I sat down and started to rub my temples.
“Dude...” I looked over to see that Vinyl had removed her shades, revealing her reddish eyes, and was staring at me in shock along with the others.
I glared at her. “What?”
She pointed a hoof at my face. “Do your eyes normally do that?”
I stared at her for a moment before removing the belts from my left hand and looking at my reflection in the metal again. It was mostly the same, except that my eyes were GOD FUCKING GLOWING! I felt my eye twitch ever so slightly and sighed. “Just fucking great.... yet ANOTHER thing that’s happened to me cause some fucking ghost horses decided to throw my life for a FUCKING LOOP!” Okay, I didn't sigh. I yelled.
The mares flinched at my outburst but Bass walked over looking concerned. “You alright?”
I took a deep breath through my nose and looked ready to yell again, only to disappointment and probably annoy them with the biggest letdown of them all. “Yes.” To my amazement the only ones that were annoyed were Octavia and Jumpstep. Vinyl was laughing again and Bass Drop looked pleased with my response. I sighed and started to get up when I felt something fall out of my cloak. Looking down I saw my favorite piece of technology ever was laying on the ground before it was engulfed in a reddish glow that matched Vinyl’s eyes.
It floated up to Vinyl’s face and she was scrutinizing it as her horn was also glowing with the same aura. “The heck is this?”
I quickly grabbed the device and turned it on before I flicked across the touch screen to unlock it. “It’s my Ipod, and I didn’t even realize I had it on me. It’s a good thing too, I need to listen to some music. Something uplifting, preferably.” I need to calm down before I go AWOL. Especially if anything else starts to piss me off, and these ponies seem too fucking nice to do that to.
Octavia looked at me confused. “You can listen to music on that?”
I tapped on the screen as I flicked through my music. “Yep,” I found a good song and grinned. “Ah, here we go.” I hit play and the song started.
The music started quiet and the ponies looked confused for a moment until Vinyl and Bass started to grin. Soon Jump and Octavia also were smiling as the other two started nod their heads.
Woke up on the right side of the bed,
What’s up with this spring song inside my head?
Hands up if you’re down to get down tonight,
Cause it’s always a good time.
Slept in all my clothes like I didn’t care,
Hopped into a cab, take me anywhere.
I’m in if you’re down to get down tonight,
Cause it’s always a good time.
Goodmorning and goodnight~
I wake up at Twilight~
It’s gonna be alright~
Cause we don’t even have to try,
It’s always a good time.
Vinyl and Octavia were dancing by this point and Jump and Bass were following suit. I simply was enjoying the music and lightly nodded my head to the beat. I felt a pull on my arm and saw that Vinyl was pulling me from the wall and was making lazer lights with her horn, somehow..... fuck it, I’m dancing.
Feet down, dropped my phone in the pool again,
Checked out of my room, hit the ATM,
Let’s hang out if your down to get down tonight,
Cause it’s always a good time.
Goodmorning and goodnight~
I wake up at Twilight~
It’s gonna be alright~
Cause we don’t even have to try,
It’s always a good time.
I don’t really know how.... but by that point all five of us were dancing like idiots. Well, I definitely was, Vinyl and Octavia would have floored the rest of us if it had been a contest. We just danced until the song started to end and I walked over to where I had set my Ipod down and turned it off while Vinyl ended her light show. I am going to have to ask how in the ever living hell she did that just now........ Fuck it, I'll ask tomorrow.
Vinyl was smiling like a maniac. “DUDE, That song was awesome! Who wrote that?”
I smiled and found the pocket that my Ipod had fallen out of. Turns out, it was located on the inside of my cloak. Nice to know I didn’t lose it during all of that bullshit earlier. “It’s by Owl City, An artist where I come from.”
Octavia smiled and looked at me. “I’m not normally one for that kind of music, but I must say that I did enjoy myself just now.”
I started to walk over to the door that lead out of the car. “I’m good with all genres,” I stopped a moment before adding, “except rap. I can’t stand rap. I’ll listen to it if I have to, but whoever does make me shall feel pain like no other if it’s not one of the few good rap songs.” Again I froze in place and sighed. “Why the hell am I even being so open to you ponies?”
Vinyl wasn’t paying attention to me rant and was looking at me with a creepy wide smile. “You have anything else on there?” I nodded and she tapped a hoof on her chin. “Do you have something that has string instruments and dubstep?”
Jump and Octavia rolled their eyes. “Vinyl for the last time, We’ve tried to make that work but it never does. What makes you think that he has?”
I grinned and pulled out my Ipod again. “Well, I haven’t but one of the artists from home certainly has.” I hit play and some instrumental started to play. Octavia’s jaw dropped as the rest of them started snickering. “You really should watch what you say there Tavi.”
Vinyl stopped snickering and glared at me some. Octavia grinned at my confusion to her sudden change. “There is only one pony gets to call me Tavi.” Vinyl kept glaring at me as she hugged Octavia. It didn’t take me being a rocket scientist to figure out the relationship.
“Ah, my bad.” I looked over to Jump and Bass. “So what’s your relation in all this?”
They both just looked at each other and started to laugh. “We’re siblings. Jump here does the music while I do the vocals.”
I nodded my head while making the ‘Not bad’ face. “That’s cool.” I yawned and looked over to the beds that were in the next car over. “So..... who wants sleep?” Octavia yawned and moved to the door, dragging a whining Vinyl with her, while Bass and Jump calmly walked into the room. I started to follow them when I saw a star streak across the sky and the moon shift as if to get out of the way. Nice.
Followed by a shockwave of air that hurt like hell. GOD FUCKING.... WHAT THE HELL?!?!
Bass looked back towards me as I clutched my head. “Dude, you feeling okay?”
I looked over to where the star had vanished and groaned. “Didn’t you feel that?”
He looked around the corner of the door and shook his head. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
I kept looking for a moment before shaking the last bit of pain away and following him inside. “I must be going crazy.” I wordlessly got into one of the beds and started to fall asleep. They’re probably going to have all the info I dumped on them sink in by morning...... I’ll cross that fucking bridge when I fucking get to it.
Fucking Wendigos..... this entire scenario is your god damn fault.