... Ask yourself one question... Do you REALLY want to be HIGH when talking to the pony who tried to rape you? Who has uber-magic? Who you can't even feel safe being in the same room with without her friends, your friends, a baby dragon, and a combat knife?
Say no to the weed, and be ready for anything when you meet her. You can melt your brain with marijuana, or the pony equivalent, AFTER you get the stressful meeting out of the way.

As awesome as it sounds unwinding with some weed, you think it won't be beneficial if you aren't 100% when you talk to twilight. Tell your friends that you'll decline for the moment but promise that you'll smoke some with them after you're done with the "Twilight Meeting". But for now, ask them if they have any books concerning unicorn anatomy or......wait, I got it. Twilight Sparkle was insane sure, but maybe its possible she has relatives? Ask your friends if she has any and if so, if you can arrange a meeting maybe after all this business with her has blown over; it'd be wise to ask her relatives if they know anything that can bring Twilight back to her chipper studious self.
Maybe grab some apples or some food, bring up some banter about inane things, and just go over EVERY single little detail that's happened while you were here; maybe you can glean something useful from all of it that will help you

Yeah I'm just going to second this idea and suggest that a more productive use of time might be to try learning a bit more about the world you're in, after all you've only really been around Ponyville and there's a good chance it's not a typical town.

Response: As tempting as it is, I would like to be fully here when I go confront the Purple Menace. After we meet up with them, we can. As a way to celebrate if everything goes smoothly.

Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get high before you see the evil purple rapist! Being high could cause more problems than its worth. get coffee instead.

AVOID GETTING HIGH!!! You are about to go into a room with the mare who tried to RAPE YOU. Getting high impairs judgment and reduces hand/eye coordination. Basically, get high and you get fucked. Even though you might enjoy it, she is still rapist.

Yeah... would you trust yourself if you were drugged and in the same room as a pony that wants to mate with you? I don't think so.

Say no to the weed, You must first survive the talk with Twilight. After that is done, then get high to reward yourself.

You decide to not take any drugs or alcohol until after your talk with Twilight. You will need to be in your best state of mind while in the same room with her.

Here's the plan: Do NOT get high. What if Twilight tries to rape you? Then, unless the ponies intervene, you're screwed!

Anyways, No getting high. It would be inefficient and counterproductive with the meeting with Twilight. Once there, learn why the buck she needs a centaur, then proceed to cheer her up, or whatever.

While Lyra's offer does sound tempting, and believe you it is given all the stress you've been under when it comes to that insane purple crazy pony (though you've been calming down a lot as of late with Applejack being nice to you, Pinkie Pie's party, and everything that happened today was fun), you don't even need a second to think through why this ia a bad idea.

"Yeah, sorry Lyra," you say as you look over at Lyra. "But I'm gonna have to pass on that one." It really doesn't take any willpower at all for you to say that. "I kind of want to be in my best state of mind when I meet her, so yeah. Maybe afterwards once we get out of it, but not right now. I'm sorry, its just that I really don't want to be high when I meet her. I have enough problems when it comes to her." That is the truth. After all, you don't feel completely safe even with her magic horn blocker thing on, all her and your friends around, and your knife with you. You don't need to add being high to that list of complications. Sure, you have Pinkie Pie's cupcake (you kind of want to know what the deal with that is), but you would prefer not to use it.

Lyra just looks back at you with a slightly disappointed look on her face. You then watch her slowly look towards the ground. You're just about to say that you're sorry about that when suddenly.

"Congratulations! You pass the test!" Lyra shouts as she throws her hooves up into the air and puts a smile on her face (which looks kind of like this). Okay, now you are just confused.

"The power and responsibility test," Lyra replies. "You resisted the temptations of getting high when you knew that you shouldn't, thus proving that you ARE responsible and are making good choices!" She then starts clapping her hooves together. "Bravo, Jason... Bravo." That... did absolutely nothing to alleviate your confusion.

You look over at Bon Bon, hoping she will have something, but she looks just as confused as you do. The both of you then look back at Lyra.

"Lyra," you begin to say. "You made all of that up just now didn't you?" At that, Lyra suddenly starts laughing nervously and rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. You and Bon Bon however, are not laughing.

At that, you try to hold it back, and fail miserably. You start laughing, as does Bon Bon. Lyra then starts laughing with you guys, and soon enough, there is enough laughter to fill the void of the room. You even start to hear Ghost Pinkie Pie laughing for seemingly no reason.

Don't get high. Ya the meeting is a few hours away, but remember this stuff is way more powerful than the stuff back home, and you really don't feel like seeing Snake or the Hind right now.
So why don't you pass the time telling Lyra and Bon Bon more about your world, in fact why not tell them about your favorite Movies, TV Shows and Video Games (Insert Whatever You Like Razor). Lyra and Bon Bon could potentially make money off your stories by presenting them as their own and that would be the biggest reward you could ever give them

Well its quite obvious isn't it? BAKE SOME MUTHAFUCKIN COOKIES! Or don't get high... whichever one that will help you have a clear mind the most before you enter the lair of the purple beast.

Instead, the three of you pass the time doing other, and Bon Bon's opinion, more productive, things. She even volunteers to bake some cookies for all of you, which you do not object to. Cookies do seem like a good idea. Hell, Cookies are ALWAYS a good idea.

In the meantime, you pass tie them by telling Lyra and Bon Bon stories about your world, including some of your favorite movies, TV shows, and of course, video games, and basically what constitues as fiction for you guys.

Lyra in particular likes hearing about the works of J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis, since apparently Middle Earth and Narnia have a lot in common with Equestria.

"So what you're saying is," Lyra said. "That worlds like Equestria are considered fantasy to you guys?"

"Yeah," you reply. "I mean, granted from what I've seen of magic, its not even close to what Gandalf could do, but still..."

"Oh, you should read some of the counts of Starswirl the Bearded." Lyra says to you. "I bet he could kick your Gandalf's flanks any day."

"So, are there any other stories like those?" Lyra asks you as she leans in closer to you and smiles like she's pleading for more, which she is. You take a moment to think about that for a moment. There are a lot of stories like that, but which ones are worth telling her.

Things with Twilight Sparkle will, understandably, be tense. It is therefore a wise idea to do something fun and relaxing with her at some point during your visit. After talking with her, ask about her history.
Inevitably this will lead to the two of you sleeping adorably in a book fort together in an entirely non sexual manner.
The next morning pick out a plot-relevant book from the fort, accidentally destroying it. Also send imaginary Pinkie to beat up the author for loopholeing around the winner's suggestions.

As much as you would love a toke, you decide not to go for it.
Instead, you feel the need to meditate on your evening with Twilight... despite never feeling any desire at all to sit and think about her prior.
She is liable to be pretty shook up over what she did, and possibly willing to try again out of desperation, so it might be good to get Lyra to cast any wards she can recall on you before the date... erk, meeting. Even if she can still dispel them at the drop of a hat, at least you know you at least tried to protect yourself.
As for the actual conversation, you ponder it quite a bit, ranging from acting out scenarios she might do to considering reactions she would have...
And then your brain starts hurting and you chase after Lyra for that toke.

After some more talk of your world's fiction, getting into some of the sci-fi stuff this time, and eating some of Bon Bon's cookies (BY GOD, THEY WERE AWESOME!!!), Bon Bon calls away Lyra upstairs. They've been gone for quite a while, though you do hear some whispers of their voices upstairs. They seem to be talking about your meeting with Twilight tonight, and both are understandably nervous about it. You don't suppose you can really blame them for that though. You are their friend after all.

Since you have some time to yourself, you take a moment to close your eyes and gather your thoughts about what is to come.

You imagine yourself and Twilight sitting at opposite ends of a table. She looks shaken up over everything she did, which you're not surprised at, but she's not trying anything. She doesn't even look at you, though things still seem tense.

You then make the first move and start talking. It doesn't do much at first, but things go well. You ask her about a bunch of things, including her history, and the two of you seem to get along just fine.

Eventually, this ends up with the two of you asleep in a book fort that she made using her magic in a completely platonic and entirely non sexual manner. You're not sure why, but this makes you feel better. You feel calm, relaxed, like nothing can hurt you.

"Jason," you then hear Bon Bon's voice say as you open your eyes back up again to find yourself back on Lyra and Bon Bon's couch. Both of them are standing in front of you, looking kind of nervous. You just look back at them. "It's almost time." Bon Bon then says. "Are you..." she then begins to say. "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" You think about that for a moment, but then you look back at her. You then let a comforting smile form across your face as you stand back up.

"Yeah," you say to her. "Yeah, I'm sure." In truth, you are. You have protection, friends, and your knife. You feel like you can take on the world.

"All right," Lyra then says. "Well I suppose we should get going then." At that, you then look at the clock, your dinner date is thirty minutes away. You guess its about time you headed off.

After a short walk, the three of you find yourself headed towards a giant tree in the middle of town. You're not entirely sure why you never noticed that before. Lyra explains that that's the town library, and that Twilight lives there. From what little you've gathered on Twilight's personality, it seems like the perfect home for her. For some reason, Bon Bon brought a basket of cookies with her. You suppose its for her, Lyra, and possibly the others while they stand guard. You also have Pinkie Pie's cupcake in a little box, which you're carrying with you.

As you get closer, you notice Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy all waiting outside the house for you. The moment they all see you, then run up to you.

"Jason!" Rarity says as she gets to you first. "Are you sure you want to do this? I mean she did-"

"Yeah," you say to her before she can finish her sentence. "Yeah, I'm sure, Rarity." You give her the most comforting smile you can. "I thought about it a lot, and this is what I want to do. If nothing else, it will at least give some closure to this whole thing." Rarity just stares at you for a few moments, but then speaks again.

"Don't worry, Jason," Rainbow Dash says as she flies right up to you. "If she tries anything, we'll save your flank before you can say 'thank you Rainbow Dash,'"

Make a cookie cannon for self defense some thing that uses compressed air or magic to launch those amazing edible discs at high valocity

"Yeah, you can count on us," Pinkie Pie then said. "Cause we are locked and loaded." Out of nowhere, presumably out of hammerspace, she then pulls out what looks like a giant, pink, disk launcher. At least you think its a disk launcher, since the barrel is kind of flat. It also has a lot of unneeded decorations on it like glitter and her cutie mark painted on it.

"Oh this?" Pinkie Pie replies. "This is my super dooper work in progress cookie cannon!" She says as she takes out a rag and starts rubbing it. "It shoots out amazing edible cookies at such a high velocity that you don't even have time to chew!" You're kind of weird out by this, and so does everybody else. "Oh, you brought ammo. Thanks, Bon Bon!" Pinkie then says as she zips over and takes the basket from Bon Bon's mouth.

You all look at each other for a moment and just silently agree to forget about that thing completely.

"Hi Fluttershy," you repsond to her. She just responds by smiling and letting out a "squee" noise. You also think you can see a hint of a blush on her face behind her long mane.

But yeah, after some more brief discussion, and another assurance of you being fine from Applejack, who promises to buck Twilight's skull into infinity (which you don't doubt given what you've seen her do to the trees), you all make your way inside.

The inside of the library was... pretty much exactly how you expected it. It was a hollowed out tree that was a library. No surprise there. What was kind of a surprise however, was that Spike had set up a table in the middle of the room with plates, silverware, and even candles set up. So this was going to be a candle lit dinner apparently. You weren't about to complain about that though.

"Oh, you're here," Spike said as he turned to look at you all. He then walked over and spoke to Rainbow Dash for a bit. "You all go into the kitchen, we can watch them from there."

"Right," Rainbow Dash said as she led all the other ponies to one of the doors to the left of where you were standing.

"Good luck, Jason," Lyra says to you one last time before she leaves. After a few moments, they were all behind the door, and you were alone with Spike.

"Thanks for doing this, really," Spike then says to you as you walk over and take a seat at the table. The table was kind of low, very low. So much so that you had to get on your knees to even sit at it. You're pretty sure this is a normal thing in Japan, but this isn't japan. Then again, these ponies are used to sitting like this, so you could be the odd one out here. Come to think of it, how many places had you been actually had chairs?

"No problem," you reply to the little dragon. "Just make sure that nothing happens to me, all right?"

"Don't worry," Spike says to you as he stops what he is doing and gives a little salute to you. "I took care of everything. You can count on me!" At that moment, you imagine the little guy screaming "FUS RO DAH!!!" at Twilight if she tries to do anything with you. Its kind of an awesome thought.

Then, Spike runs off to get the food he prepared for you and Twilight. You then take the box containing Pinkie Pie's special cupcake and slip it under the table so she won't see it. After a moment, Spike returns and serves you a plate of salad. There appear to be apples, pears, carrots, and other assortments of fruits and vegetables. You probably should have guessed it would be salad, since all these ponies are herbivores, but you're not complaining. He then places another plate of salad on the other end of the table and places a few more things on it, one of which was a bottle of vinaigrette.

"It's all right. Bring her down," you say to him before he can say anything else. He looks at you for a moment as if he is second guessing all this, but since he has your approval now.

"All right," he says, and with that, he hurries upstairs. You sit and wait patiently for him. Though nothing really happens for quite some time. After about five minutes or so, you finally hear something from upstairs. "Come on Twilight," you hear him say as you look up at the top of the stairs, at least where you can see, and finally see her. You see Twilight Sparkle, the insane purple unicorn. The one who caused you so much grief, and if you say so yourself, so much pain. Instinctively, your right hand goes to your knife just in case she tries to make a move for you. The more you look at her however, the more you notice, she looks slightly... okay slightly is too kind, very, different from how you've seen her before.

She's not wearing that strange, skintight black suit she was before, and her sword is gone (thankfully), leaving her just as naked as the other ponies. Also thankfully you notice that she is wearing that anti-magic horn thing. That's not what you notice though. She looks kind of thin, thinner than you've seen her before. If you had to guess, you would say that she hasn't eaten anything in a while. You also notice heavy bags under her eyes from an obvious lack of sleep. She keeps looking towards the ground, as she barely seems to lift her neck and her eyes. Also, she seems barely able to walk, in fact the only reason she is walking at all is because Spike seems to be pushing her, and in one instance, even lifting one of her legs for her.

"It's okay Twilight, let's go downstairs. The human is waiting for you," you hear Spike say to her in the most comforting way he can, but she seems to ignore it. This doesn't appear at all to be the same monster rapist that tried to make with you and produce a centaur for whatever reason, she appears well, for lack of a better term at the moment, almost dead. Like she's doesn't care anymore. Still, you don't let your hand off of your knife. Not now, she's tricked you before.

Eventually, Spike leads her down to the bottom of the stairs and sits her down on the table across from you. He actually has to manually sit her down, she won't even move herself to do that. You're kind of amazed at this. You also notice she keeps her gaze down at her plate, though you're sure she's not actually staring at her food. Now that you actually see her up close, she actually looks worse than she did at the top of the stairs. She is definitely thinner, and you can also see some red in her eyes as well as the obvious bags. Also her mane looks messed up, as if it hasn't been combed in a while.

"If you two need anything, let me know," Spike then says before he heads off to the kitchen. "Good luck man," he says to you quietly before he gets behind the door where the other ponies are waiting for him.

Its just you and Twilight Sparkle now. You're all alone... with her... the one who tried to rape you.

Several moments pass and you don't touch your food, neither does she. Though she doesn't appear to be moving at all. You think you see her blink once, but that's it. Since she's not doing anything, you decide to be the one to start this.

"Hi," you say to her as you pick up a fork and start on the salad. "How..." you're really not sure at all what to say to her. What do you say to someone who tried to do what she did to you? "How are you doing?" you ask as you take a bite of the salad. Okay, worst possible question for a person like this. On the plus side though, the salad is delicious. Really delicious.

Twilight doesn't even touch her food, and she still doesn't move. She still doesn't even look at you.

As you finish your first bite of salad, you realize that you have no idea what to say or even do right now. What do you even say to Twilight Sparkle now that you are alone with her? What do you say to her now that she is like this?

"HOW DARE YOU LOOP AROUND MASTERWEAVER'S COMMENT LIKE THAT! I SHOULD BEAT YOU UP FOR THIS!!!"

Okay, 1.) You know you can't actually beat me up right, and 2.) What are you talking about?

"You promised that you would use Masterweaver's comments no matter what they were since he won the contest!"

And I am. I'm using them. Hell, I used one in this chapter, and it helped Jason with being able to calm down enough to face Twilight. If anything, I'd say his comment helped contribute to this chapter more than some of the others.

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!!! You looped around his comment in the last chapter and avoided using it!!!"

I̢'̸m sorr͏y͏,͡ ͟it̀s͟ ̴j͡ust̵ th́at҉ I do n̡o͜t t͞a̴ke ̴ki͞n͢dl̕y ̷to̵ ̢o̧t͠h͘er̛ peo̷p͢ĺe haćk͡in͘g th͜is ̸cha̴nnèl͘.̶ ͡

Oh,҉ a͢nd͝ ́d̕on͟'t͞ eith͡er òf̡ you ́t͡r͝y̨ tal҉k͘i͡ng͟ t̴ǫ ̨m̨e̡ ̡ri̧g͞ht ̸n̛o͠w,͢ c͢au͢se͟ ͞yo͜u̡ ̴w͟on'̨t b̶e ̴a̕b̛l̨e ̛t̴o͝.͏

W͟ęļl͟,̸ I ̕h҉a̡ve͝ ͜şo͞me i̵mpo̢r̕t͏ant ͠bu͜sín̛e͏s͠s͟ ̧I҉ ̶must̵ a͏t̡t̵en͝d͜ ţo̷ ̡r̢i̵ģḩt ͏now̕.͡

Look, I'm sorry okay. I should not have doen that. I will still keep using Masterweaver's comments when he wants me to, and I will try to keep this from happening again. I'm sorry.

Wake up. See This. What do? (Comment driven story)

by RazortheAwesome

Countdown to Fate