Shoot For The Stars

by Burritoburger


Vortex

Chapter 28: Vortex

I bolted up from my bed and rubbed my eyes.
That was a weird dream.
(Yeah. Trixie came back, Lightning was an omnivore, and Muffin was getting raped!)
I felt jealous of him.
(I know! When was the last time we got raped except during heat?)
Uh, I was talking about Lightning being an omnivore.
(Oh. Well, that too.)
I looked at the time, and it was just turning morning. I stretched out and stumbled out of bed. I got myself some breakfast, and Starlight walked down the stairs, yawning.
"Morning Stargazer." She said.
"Morning. You were gone last night, I think. I dunno anymore. If you were, where were you?" I asked. We were both about the same age, so we basically took care of each other.
"Depends if you tell me were you have been for the past month." She said.
Shit! I forgot to tell her about the mission!
"Oh, just off with my friends, meeting some new ponies, obliterating a dragon empire that tried to take over Equestria, the usual." I said. She shook her head.
"Ever since there was that meteorite incident, you have gotten into a lot of different...situations." She said. I drank the milk from the cereal I just had and put it in the sink, washing it out.
"Yeah, so?" I asked.
"So, you are just that close from being killed." She said.
"Remember, I died once, your argument was never valid." I replied.
"Well, you have some really weird friends. What's up with them?" She asked.
"Ah, too many questions, you tell me where you were last night, if you were gone. Still can't get my head straight." I said.
"Well, I was with my coltfriend." I stopped and looked at her.
"Who is he?" I asked.
"His name is Frostfire. He's really nice and strong, and he-" I raised a hoof to stop her.
"Is he the same way as you in any way, shape, or form?" I asked.
"Well, we don't really like all the same things, but he-" I stopped her again.
"I can tell there will be a heartbreaking moment somewhere in about..." I trailed off.
{Three days.}
"Three days." I finished.
"Why do you say that? You are dating a mare that has a mental disorder, and is the most idiotic-"
"You better shut your face before I make that heartbreaking moment come earlier. That, and she isn't idiotic. Everypony thinks that because she is clumsy." I argued.
"Excuse me for stating the obvious." She said.
"And what do you want me to believe? That this 'Frostfire' is perfect, other than anypony else in the world?" I asked.
"Yes, and I want you to treat him with respect when he comes over today." She argued firmly.
"Well, I guess I'll just hang out with my friends for another month. Let's see how you can deal with that." Before I left the house, I turned to her.
"Oh, and make sure to remind me when your heart is shattered in three days to yell in your face, 'I TOLD YOU SO!'" And with that, I slammed the door. I sighed. We always got into fights, and they never really lasted long, but I could tell she was not wanting any of this, really. I flew over to Lightning's house. Maybe I can know him better.

When I arrived, I knocked on the door, and Lightning opened it.
"Wazzup?" He asked.
"I wanted to hang out for a while." I said, putting a smile on my face.
"Sure, come on in." I walked into his thunder-cloud house, and it almost seemed like Rainbow Dash's.
"By the way, D lives here. Don't be surprised if you get locked in her bedroom all of a sudden and then get raped." He explained. I raised an eyebrow.
"You say that as if it didn't matter." I replied. He chuckled.
"So, why did you want to 'hang out'?" He asked.
"Well, I realized that all I know about you is that you like D, can control lightning, is a badass, and that's about it." He chuckled at the last part, and something popped into my head.
"Also, I had this crazy dream last night. Trixie came back, you were an omnivore," His expression changed at that statement, "And Muffin was about to get raped." I explained.
"Uh, about the omnivore part..." He reached his hoof up and pulled his bottom lip down, revealing sharp, canine teeth. My jaw dropped.
"Why didn't you tell us before?" I asked. He let go of his lip and shrugged.
"Didn't seem important at the time." He said. I sighed.
"Anyways, tell me about yourself." I said. He nodded.
"Well, when I was born, my parents were...shocked, really. They were a bit freaked out that I could control lightning, was an omnivore, and came out a pegasus when both of my parents are unicorns." He said.
"Doesn't matter, has parents." I said. He frowned.
"Not exactly. You see, my parents were civil folk, and to them, I was a wild animal. I was a disgrace to my home, and my parents treated me as if I were some kind of freak that wasn't worth anything. I hated them, and left my home. They were so happy to hear that, so the entire town held a celebratory party in my departure. I searched quite a bit, and found a liking to Ponyville. But I didn't want to live too near the locals, so I made this house past the outskirts of Ponyville." He explained, sometimes getting a bit of a sad look on his face.
"Anyways, what about you?" He asked.
"Well, my parents were astronomers. That's were my name came from. When I was about, eh, nine or so, they were murdered by somepony. I was so frightened after that, and he tried to kill us as well, but was stopped. So my sister Starlight and I are trying to live life the best way we could. Everything was normal until that meteorite came flying. Just that one incident caused all of this different stuff to happen, and now I am friends with somepony who was a deranged psycho, one who is an omnivore, the other is the same and controls lightning, the other is a dragon-pony hybrid, one that is a combat medic that can barely do magic, another is demon-like that has the weirdest name, and the last one that can break the fourth wall in such ways that we benefit from it." I explained. I sighed. ", And then there's me, the inter-dimensional superpony with four voices in my head." I sighed, I have done a lot of that today.
"Well, at least you have friends. And that is all you could wish for." Lightning said. I heard D's voice upstairs.
"Oh, Lightning~?" She said in an all too familiar voice.
"Whoops, gotta go. Late for sexy time." Lightning said, running up the stairs.
"You do that." I said, quoting from Muffin. I walked out of the house and decided to head to Muffin's house. I took off towards his house, only to be tackled by a blue blur.
"Oof!" It said, and we landed on the ground.
"Sorry..." It was a female voice. I looked up at her as she got up.

"Please don't get hurt at me! Please..." She almost looked like she was trembling in fear.
"Whoa, whoa, who said I was going to hurt you?" I said, getting up and stretching my back.
"Well, not very many ponies like me, in fact most of them hate me..." She trailed off.
Damn, she's almost as shy as Fluttershy.
(I'd tap that.)
"Well, I was testing out my new experiment to see if my latest potion worked." She said.
"Wait, you're a scientist?" I asked.
"Yeah, why?" She asked.
"You don't look like you would be a scientist." I said.
"And you don't look like the one to judge too quickly." She said.
"Well, my name is Stargazer." I said, reaching out my hoof.
"Name's Vortex. Pleasure to meet you." She shook my hoof.
"Well, what was with that experiment?" I asked.
"Well, I was trying to see if a certain potion would stimulate the senses so you would fly twice as fast than normal. Turns out, it makes you fly out of control." She said, scratching the back of her head.
{Hm... I'm going to take a look.}
Knowledge appeared in front of me, and Vortex looked very intrigued.
"How did you do that!? That was amazing!" She said.
"Oh, my apologies. I am Stargazer's smart part of the brain. You may refer to me as Knowledge." He introduced himself.
"Wow, am I insane or something? Or is a clone of you right in front of me?" She asked. I shrugged.
"Sometimes, I feel the same way."
"You aren't like any kind of pony I've ever seen!" She said. I chuckled.
"You haven't even met my friends." I said.
"Why, what are they like?" She asked.
"Well, one is part dragon, the other controls lightning, the other is an omnivore, the other lights people on fire when she stares into their eyes, the other can break the laws of the universe at will, the other is a combat medic, and the last one is from a completely different universe, and was a crazed murderer once." I said, and all through the list, Vortex's smile grew bigger and bigger.
"Oh my gosh! I have to visit your house sometime! Come by my house later, I live over there!" She pointed towards a house in the distance, over a few hills.
"Okay?" I said.
"Thanks!" She flew away, falling to the ground a few times, the potion still in affect. When she was out of sight, I pondered to myself, what the fuck just happened?