//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: The Traveller // by Phxntxm //------------------------------// “So you've been counting, huh?” Twilight asked me as I recounted my thoughts to her. “Yes I've been counting. And I've won 15 times.” I nodded in confirmation. “And how, pray tell, have you 'won'?” “Because I said so.” Twilight growled and turned to look at me while still walking. “You can't just win because you said so! It doesn't work that way. You have to actually physically or mentally beat someone at something to win.” I paused to think about it a little bit before responding maturely, “Nuh-uh.” She stopped while still glaring at me and said, “Yeah huh!” I jumped right up in front of her face, “NUH-UH!!” “Stop it!” She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose with her hoof. I just continued to glare at her while she was trying to deal with me being...well, me, again. I glanced up for a second before looking back down to Twilight. “Uh Twi, you've got a pony on your head.” She opened her eyes and gave me a deadpan stare before a blue pony's face came down into her view. She screamed and leaped back while the pony that was previously on her head hovered in place and snickered. “I didn't even have to say boo yet before I almost scared the horn right off your head.” She steadied out her wings and flapped them once before landing beside me and flashing a grin. “Sup?” She asked. I had my mouth open in an “O” shape and pointed at her mane. “Your hair is so pretty!” She raised an eyebrow in confusion but responded anyway, “Uhm...thanks?” “You're welcome!” I said gleefully. Her eyebrow remained up in the air as she nodded, “Uh-huh. I see. Anyway, who are you?” “Oh! I haven't introduced myself yet! My name is Twilight Sparkle and I'm the personal protegee to Princess Celestia herself.” I smiled at her as I finished my introduction. She glanced back and forth between me and Twilight, who was still sitting on the ground where she had fallen backwards. “Yeah, I've got nothin'” Twilight sighed and sat up straight but still didn't get up all the way, probably thinking that it would be a waste of energy at the moment, which is probably true. “He's Phantom. And you'll have to get used to this kinda thing happening because it happens a lot.” “Uh-huh. I see.” She continued to stare at me for a little bit, obviously at a loss at what to say. “Yeah I have that effect on mares a lot.” Her other eyebrow joined the other as she smirked back at me. “And what exactly is that effect you give?” “I have many ways to render them speechless,” I said as I waggled my eyebrows at her. “Phantom!” Twilight shouted. The blue pony whose name I still did not know just continued to smirk, “Well as far as I know, straight stallions wouldn't normally call something 'pretty'” “Dash!” Twilight continued to shout. “Well, I wouldn't mind a good dicking every once in a while.” I said thoughtfully. “PHANTOM! Oh my Celestia...” Out of the corner of my eye I saw her hooves go up to cover her face which had started to turn a light shade of red. Rainbow Dash blinked once before snorting and bursting out in laughter. I grinned and joined her in a laugh and glanced over to Twilight who just sat there shaking her head in disbelief. I walked over and sat next to her and decided to hassle her a little bit less for a little bit. “16” I whispered in her ear. I'm not really good at not hassling ponies I guess...She whipped her head up at me and glared while I patted her head sympathetically. I giggled before turning back to Rainbow Dash who just kept chuckling. “I'm assuming you're Rainbow Dash. The Rainbow mane kinda gives it away.” “Yep!” She struck a pose and shot me another huge grin, “The one and only Rainbow Dash at your service! I'm the fastest flyer in Equestia if you haven't heard.” She winked at me as she finished her short monologue. “You're also an imposter!” I shouted. “Ugh, what now.” I heard Twilight say next to me as she shook her head slowly, not wanting to get involved. “You're not really Rainbow Dash! If you were Rainbow Dash, you'd have all the colors in the rainbow in your mane! But you don't, you only have 6!” She again raised an eyebrow at me, “Dude, which color is missing?” “Blue! If you were the real Rainbow Dash you'd know that! You've got red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet but no blue!” “What color is my coat?” “Blue!” I shouted triumphantly. I blinked as realization washed over me. “Oooh I get it! That's clever! Okay you're the real Rainbow Dash. That's good because calling you Rainbow Except for the Blue Dash would just get tiresome.” Rainbow Dash glanced over to Twilight, who looked back at her with an exasperated glare. “Has this guy met Pinkie yet?” “No! I want to though! Everyone keeps saying how I'm like her and the world is gonna burn and stuff. It sounds like so much fun!” Twilight sighed and looked at Dash. “Help me...” She muttered. Rainbow flashed her a grin, “Nah you got this! I've gotta go...uhm...do that thing...this way! Bye!” Before Twi even got one more word in Dash was gone as a prismatic trail followed after her. I watched as Twilight slowly turned her head towards me and I flashed her a toothy smile. She groaned and got up and began to walk away. “You know...she was kinda cute.” “UGH!!” I snickered and whispered to her, “17.” “No! We're stopping here! We're going to have a little talk before we continue...” Crap...