//------------------------------// // Day Three: Happy Birthday // Story: What Would Really Happen // by Z-A-C //------------------------------// ~Day Three: Happy Birthday AKA What A Day~ "I don't like some of the dreams I have. They're really weird."-Me I was in a dark room, no, hallway. I had my rifle in my hands, and ammo strapped to my belt. It also had a scope on it. I looked at my side and had my revolver in it's holster. There was ammo in the pouch on the holster as well. I looked at my clothes, and I was wearing my normal clothes. Blue jeans and a black T-shirt. I felt another weapon on my back. I shouldered the rifle and got the weapon that was on my back. It was an AK-47. I took a closer look at my belt and I had ammo for it too. I kept the AK in hand and began walking. "This isn't lookin' too good for me is it?" I thought. Looking around, I saw a few doors along the walls. I went over to one and tried to open it, but it was locked. I heard a noise come from in front of me, and froze. It almost sounded like gun shots. I aimed down the sights and slowly walked towards the noise. As I got closer I could hear everything more clearly. I heard commands being shouted, primal shouts and groans, and explosions. "Where is he!?! He should've been here by now!" I heard a voice yell. "I don't know Sir. He was right behind us." Another one said more calmly. I saw a door way with no door and slowly walked out, no longer looking down the sights. There was a squad of people firing out of a window and two people doing nothing. Well it seemed that way. They both looked at me. "There you are! We have people fighting, and take your sweet time!?" "No...um..Sir. Just wasn't feeling right." I said. He gave me a strange look. "Sir? You're the founding member of this group." I raised an eyebrow. "Whatever. We need you to go up that ladder and take a sniping position. Warn us if anything big comes our way." "G-got it." I looked around and found the ladder. I propped the AK against the wall and went up. "What are you doing!?" I heard the commander shouted at me. "They can crawl up the walls!" I tried to think of something. "L-less weight! Don't need a lot of weight while trying to get up here! Toss 'er up!" He did and I caught it. I sat it beside me, took my rifle off of my back, and laid down. "Now, lets see we're up against." I looked through the scope. The carnage I saw was unspeakable. Dead bodies, burning building, and amonst it all, I saw... "Zombies?" Legions of them too! there had to be a thousand of them walking toward us. In the very back of them all, I could barely see a huge monstrosity. And it wasn't waiting for the ones in front of him. "Shit!" "Don't say that! What is it?!" He called from below. "Get your binos!" I told him. "We have a big mofo comin'." There was a pause in communication for a few minutes. "You see him?" "Yes, I really wish I haven't though!" "Do we have anything that can take it out!?" "No! Get down here! We're leaving!" "Sir?" I heard some one else say. "Retreat! Get the fuck out of here!!" I grabbed my AK and slid down the ladder. "The Commander and I will cover you all! Go go go!" I guess I'm the commander. I briefly looked around, while he opened up on some zombies, and saw some boards and nails laying around. "Try to hold them off! I'll board up some of the windows!" "Not going to work, we tried! And with that thing coming there's no way!" He had a point. I blasted some zombies while trying to think. "There's no point in staying! Go, I'll cover you!" He nodded and ran. I reloaded and continued to fire at the zombies. Just then I heard a loud and feral grunt. And the wall in front exploded. I was blown a few feet away, and I had somehow avoided being crushed by bigger pieces of debris. I saw the biggin' standing there. I sensed some crawling towards me.... ...And grabbed the bat and swung. I blinked a couple times, noticing that it was Aura I swung at. "Shit, I didn't hit you did I?" "N-no..." "Good." I sat up. "What time is it?" "Noon, Twilight asked me to wake you up." "I see." I stretched. "God damn that was a weird dream." "Dream?" Twilight walked into the room. "Yeah. Damn lucid dreams." I normally like them. It's just one like that I don't really like. "I might be able to help you." I raised an eyebrow. "I may have a spell that can take me into your mind and find the source." "It wasn't exactly a nightmare. And I don't about that plan. You probably wouldn't like it in there." "Nonsense! I've been through more than you think." "Okay then, how about this? Ask me later. I just woke up." I stood up. "Any left overs from breakfast?" Aura nodded. "There are some pancakes from earlier in the ice box." "Cool." I put on a goofy smile. "Thanks." "You're welcome." She smiled as well and walked away. I stretched my legs and headed into the kitchen. I found the ice box with little issue, and got the pancakes out. I sat the plate down on the table and sat myself down on a seat. Twilight levitated the knife and fork over I forgotten over to me. She also used a heating spell on the pancakes. I thanked her and started eating. After I was done eating, I took the plate to the sink and rinsed it off. I walked into the main room and saw Twilight looking at my iPod. "I rinsed off the plate." "Thank you." "Where are the clothes Rarity made me?" "Oh sorry. I put them on the table over there." She pointed at the table. "Oh, okay." I went over to the table, and grabbed the clothes. "Thanks." I looked around. "You...have a bathroom?" She told me, and I thanked her. I went into the bathroom and changed. I walked back into the main room and saw Lyra talking with Twilight. She looked at me and waved. "Hello!" "Hi." "I came here to ask some questions, but Twilight answered some of them." I shrugged. "Okay." Yeah, it was a little irradiating, but what could you do? "But, I have a few non species specific questions." "Okay, shoot." "Do you play any instruments?" I nodded. "I play the bass guitar." "Really?!" She said excitingly. "What music do you play?" "Anything really." I shrugged. And so went on the interview. ~An Hour Later~ "I feel sorry for the one who goes inside my head. They'd better have an escape planned out."-Me The little interview with Lyra went good. I found out about two more musicians in town. Apparently one of them was from an orchestra and just recently moved here. The other was a famous DJ I guess. What was the name...? Oh right Pon-3. What a weird name. Is it pon-three? Or just another way to say pony? No idea. Octavia is a good name though. I like that name. If I have a daughter, I may name her that. Maybe not... Not important. Lyra left not too long ago, and Twilight has been looking at me weird ever since. I wanted to ask her what she wanted, but figured I would regret doing so if I did. So I scratched my head and sat down on my couch, idly going through my iPod. I would ask about my cell phone, but honestly? Fuck that thing. It wouldn't work here anyway, so it didn't matter either way. I heard an aggravated sound come from the unicorn, and looked up from the music device. "What?" "Have you thought about that spell?" Oh damn it. I was hoping she would forget. "Not a whole lot, Twi. I really don't think it's a good idea." "I've done it before, and nothing went wrong then." I sighed. "Is there any way I could come with you?" She tapped her chin. "I think I saw a similar spell that would allow that." She said with a perplexed look on her face. "Let me go check." She walked up to a book shelf and got a book. I saw her speed read through it and stop suddenly. "Ah! Here it is!" She exclaimed. "Yep, this one will let you remain conscious while in your mind." I tilted my head. "Um...w-what?" "In other words, it would let you come with me..." "Oh okay." I thought about it some more. "I still don't know about this, but, fine." "Yay!" I jumped a little and she cleared her throat. "Um...yes. sit down on the floor." I did so. "Now, I have no idea what will happen, but I'm sure it wont be anything bad." "Just get on with it before I change my mind..." "Okay, okay, sorry." Her horn lit up. "Here we go." We are now in a long hallway. There was water leaking from the ceiling. And everything was in grayscale. “Hmm…” “What?” She asked, looking around at her odd surroundings. “Looks a little different from last time.” I shrugged. She chuckled suddenly. “I don’t see what you were talking about. Everything is…well…odd, but more normal then you were telling me.” “Oh this isn’t it. Just wait till we reach the end of the hallway.” “Okay?” We walked toward the end of the hallway. On the way we heard various noises. Relaxing music, rattling chains, and the occasional scream. It was funny because Twilight would flinch every noise. I chuckled and told her 'welcome'. The was sound coming from a door to the left of us. Twilight started to walk towards it, but I stopped her. "You might not want to go that way." She didn't question, and continued forward. We reached the end of the hallway, and there were two doors. The one on the left was black, and the one on the right was white. She looked at the two doors curiously, and looked at me. I raised an eyebrow at her and she tilted her head. I looked ahead and she followed my gaze. The was a sign on the wall in front of us reading: Choose Wisely. She looked at me again and I shrugged. "Would you like an explanation?" She nodded. "Please." "Okay. It's pretty simple. The door on the right leads to the good part of my mind, and the left one leads to the evil side. There is a room on each one but they are different. You...may not like you see. So," I took a deep breath and exhaled. "Choose wisely." "Well if you're having nightmares, then we should probably go into that one." She pointed at the left one. "If you're sure." I said hesitantly. "Just keep in mind, that, I may not be able to protect you from much over there." "I'm sure it will be fine." She said confidently. "Oookaaay. If you're really sure, go ahead." -Step Into the Darkness- She opened the door, and the first thing we noticed was the smell. If I had to guess I would say it was rotten flesh. But I guess we’ll find out soon enough. Why would rotting flesh be in my mind? Mostly zombie related dreams, really. Anyway, we were before another, more dimly lit, hallway. “I thought you said there was a room behind the door?” I nodded my head. “Yeah, don’t worry, it’s a small hallway.” She nodded. “It’s pretty dark.” She said. I just shrugged, and she began to light up her horn. “No, no wait!” But it was too late. She gasped and gagged. “I tried to warn you.” I shook my head. “And watch it! I don’t need your vomit in my head.” The hallway we were in was more or less covered in blood. Intestines were hung near the ceiling like Christmas garland. Severed heads hung on the walls like decorations as well, with the bodies they belonged too right under them. “S-sorry but what in Tartarus!?! Zane? This…th-this…” I knelt down and patted her head. “I know Twi.” I closed my eyes, only to open them back up. “This isn’t even the best part!” I said with a smile on my face. “Just wait till you see the actual room!” “But…” She looked at me with a worried look on her face. “How can this not bother you!?” She gestured to the bodies on the right. “Because they aren't real.” I shrugged. “They’re from the dream I had last night.” I scratched the back of my head. “At least these ones are…not sure about the others ones over there.” I pointed to the left of us. “What do you mean ‘not sure about those’!?” She yelled. “This is your mind! How can you not know?!” “Shh, you’ll wake the baby.” “What. Are. You talking about?! This makes no sense!” She stamped the ground. “This isn’t right. You shouldn’t be used to this-this…” She trailed off. “Well I made this.” I said with a shrug. She looked at me with a strange expression. There was then a roar so loud, that it had my ears ringing in seconds. “For him.” I pointed in the direction of the noise. There was then stomping from behind me. I turned around, and saw a monster like creature walking this way. “I told you, you'd wake the baby.” I said in an exasperated tone. “And now he’s grumpy…” I shook my head. I turned and looked at Twilight, to tell her not to run, but… She was already gone. The creature roared and ran after her. “NO! Wait up a sec!!” I yelled as I took off after them. Twilight ran into the door and frantically tried to get it opened. “Come on! Please open!!” She rattled the door. She sounded like she was starting to cry. “Open, open, open, OPEN!!” It was then the creature grabbed her, and held her up to it’s face. It growled a low, menacing growl that, even I wasn’t used to. “Okay Zeke! That’s enough!” He stared straight into her eyes and opened his mouth. “Why do you have to be so LOUD!!” He shouted at her. “Stop SCREAMING and SHUT! UP!!” And then he threw her at me. I was barely able to catch her. “Zane,” He looked at me from over his shoulder. “Control your bitch!” He said hatefully. He then opened the door. “Get out, the both of you. Lest ye seal thine fate.” Twilight wasted no time running out. I stood there rubbing my temples. “Sorry Zeke. We’ll come by some other time, when you aren't ‘sleeping’.” He grunted in response, and started walking back to the room. I slipped out into the hallway, and saw her hyperventilating. I just shook my head. “Shouldn't have woke the baby…” She glared at me and huffed. “Worst. Idea. Ever.” I chuckled. “Did I not warn you?” She didn’t respond to that. "You have the THING in your mind, and you're laughing?!?! This is serious!" I kept chuckling. "Well I made him. At least to a point." She shook her head at me. "What do you mean by that?" I shrugged. "Just what I said. You see, during my early teens, I had a lot of anger. I hated everything, and everyone. And I mean that. I bottled it up so much that, sooner or later, I started hearing a voice." She raised an eyebrow. "I don't like disembodied voices, so I 'made' him a body so-to-speak." "And you chose that!?" "No." I shook my head. "That's his 'transformed' state. We did wake him up, and since he's the embodiment of my anger, it doesn't take much to set him off." "Oh really? So what does he normally look like?" "Kinda like me." Her mouth opened, but she closed it. "With a few differences. Of course." She gave the "go on" motion with her hoof. "He has a red tint to his skin, because his always angry. facial structure's kinda different. His hair is short and black, eyes are red, has a different voice. Also wears black clothes a lot. Pretty basic, actually." I shrugged again. She looked at the door across the hall. "So... What is he like." She asked slowly. "Let's go meet him! Follow me." We walked over the door. I nodded at Twilight and she gulped. ~Walk Into the Light~ I knocked on the door and reached for the door knob, but Twilight stopped me. “Any warnings for him?” I thought for a moment, and shook my head. “Nope.” “What does he look like?” “Like me. Pretty much the same deal, except his hair is white and ends at his shoulder blades. Wears white clothes mostly, has different voice as well. Paler skin than me, blue eyes… I think that’s it.” I grabbed the knob and opened the door. I let Twilight go in first. She was reluctant at first but relaxed after a little bit. Inside the door was an actual room, not a hallway. The walls were white, the carpet was light gray, and there was a window. Outside was a nice sunny day, with barely a cloud in the sky. The room smelled nice, like someone was just burning a candle. He was standing in front of the window, looking out of it. Twilight looked around. “This is…nice.” She looked at him. “Is that him?” She whispered to me. “Yep.” I nodded with a smile. “Hello, Zac.” He turned around. “Hello! How are you two doing?” I motioned for Twilight to reply. She smiled sheepishly. “A little shaken, actually.” He smiled. “He does have that effect, doesn’t he?” He walked over to her and looked her over. “You seem to be alright though, I wouldn’t worry.” “Thanks?” He gave a polite laugh. “I understand how you feel, Twilight.” He nodded. “He scares me as well.” “Yeah, but he was in his… Different state…” He looked shocked. “Oh my… So sorry you had to see that. Now I’m glad I check you over!” “Yeah…” I cleared my throat. “We kinda woke him up. Well, Twi here did. She likes to yell.” Zac shook his head. “That explains it all.” He sighed. Be it relief or something else, I couldn’t tell. “We don’t have to stay standing. Why don’t we have a seat?” A table then appeared by the window. It had a clean white table cloth on it. I don’t know what the wood is. We all sat down at the table. I looked at Twilight, and it looked like she was conflicted. “What’s up Twilight?” “I just don’t…understand. How could you make that,” She thought of a good word to use. “Thing. And then make him?” “The human mind is complex thing, Ms. Sparkle. Humans don’t even understand it.” Zac said. Twilight looked at me, and I was just nodding sagely. “Don’t think about it too hard.” I said. “You’ll just get a headache, believe me.” “Can I offer you something to drink, Twilight?” “Hey, what about me?” I asked. “It is rude not to offer a drink to our guest.” “I guess this is my head, huh? Well, I’m not thirsty.” “Neither am I.” Twilight said. “Thank you though.” Zac smiled again. “It’s no issue.” “So,” I said getting Twilight’s attention. “What do you think?” “What do you mean?” “About this side of my mind. What do you think.” “Oh, I like it a lot better than over there.” “Yeah,” I nodded. “Zeke can be a bit of a prick sometimes.” I stood up. “Well, I want to get out of here.” Twilight nodded her head. “Thank you Zac, for letting us in.” He stood up as well. “No problem. I love when you visit. I’ll see you later, Twilight.” He held out a hand. Twilight held out a hoof. Zac took it, and the shook. “It was nice meeting you.” “You too Zac.” I walked over to the door and opened it. Twilight walked out, and I was right behind her. She stopped and held out her hoof again. “My hoof feels weird.” I raised an eyebrow. “Really? Hmm…” I tried to think of what it could be, but I had nothing. “it’s probably nothing.” “Probably not. You ready?” I nodded. “Okay. I’m going to end the spell now.” Her horn lit up and she vanished. It took a few minutes, but after that I exited my mind and returned the normal world. Twilight was looking at me with a weird expression on her face. “I’m back.” I said groggily. “You okay?” "Yes, just tired. That spell used a lot of magic." "I can imagine." I rubbed my eyes. "Sorry you couldn't 'find the source' of my nightmares." She shook her head. "Don't be." That's all she said before going up to her room and closing the door. "Okay?" I just stared in the direction of the stairs. "Well then, I'm taking a nap." ~Half An Hour Later~ "I dislike birthdays"-Me The nap was nice. I managed to get rid of the effects that Twilight's spell had on me. I found out why she went to her room as well. Apparently she sent a letter to the Princess. Since it really didn't matter to me, I shrugged it off and told her I was going to stop by the music shop. Sure it was basically pointless, but I needed something to do. But before that. "Hey Twilight? What day is it?" I asked. "October twelfth I think." "Oh... Okay." I waved her a goodbye, and left. I heard her ask if something was wrong, but I closed the door and continued on. "Hmm... The dates seem to be parallel to where I'm from." I thought on this some more. "Weird." I looked around to make sure I was going the right way. I was. I think. "Where was it again?" I wondered out loud. "If I remember right, it should be in this direction." "Look honey." I heard from somewhere. "It's the talking ape." Ouch, is that how view me? I'm just some animal to them? I guess I can't blame them, but still. "Don't look at him babe, he might see you." I shook my head and allowed my hair to stay in front of my eyes, and quickened my pace. "Mommy, can I talk to it?" A young colt asked. "No! Nopony knows what it's capable of." I heard the mother say. It, it, it! What the hell! They view you as an animal, then why not act like one? To prove them wrong. I shook my head again, and just kept walking. The music store was farther away than I thought. That, or I did indeed go the wrong way. Thinking back on it. "Dammit..." I turned around and went back towards the library. From there I went left instead of right and found the music place with little issue. I walked in. "W-welcome!" The shopkeeper said in a nervous voice. I just smiled and waved to show I acknowledged him. I looked around for the bass guitars. I found them and walked over, and picked one up. And it was yanked out of my hands. "What the hell!" I yelped in surprise. I looked over at who yanked it away from me, it was the shopkeeper. "I-I think you're looking for something else." He said in a harsh tone. I sighed. "Unless you have drums, I really don't think I am." I looked him in the eye. "I'm a musician in my world, I'll be careful." He looked at me. "I don't care. I would like it if you left." He gestured towards the door. I nodded my head. "Okay. Okay, sure." Well there's something I can add to the mental blacklist. I began walking up to the door when I heard some one trot behind me. "Sir?" It was a mare's voice. Not thinking she was talking to me, I just kept walking. I heard a different mare sigh "Hey! You with the two legs!" I perked up and turned around. I saw a smug looking white unicorn and a grey earth pony. I just raised an eyebrow, and the grey one cleared her throat. "I'm terribly sorry for disturbing you," She said in a…posh(?) voice. “But, would you happen to be Zane?” I glared at her. “How do you know my name?” “Whoa,” The blue maned unicorn said. “Chill out bubz, Lyra told us.” The grey one stepped forward. “My name is Octavia Philharmonica, and my friend here is Vinyl Scratch.” “What’s up? We heard you were a musician, that true?” “Well, sort of. I can play bass, but I’m not that good.” Octavia nodded. “I would still like to hear you play.” She turned to the shopkeeper. “Would you be so kind as to give our friend here the guitar?” “U-uh sure thing.” And he gave it back to me. I chuckled, he almost sounded panicked. I grabbed a cord and plugged it in to a nearby amp. I sat down and started out by checking to see if it was in-tune. It wasn’t, and I looked at the jerk-of-a-unicorn. “What?” “It’s not in-tune.” He almost looked offended. “Of course it is! I check them all daily.” “Then you’re an idiot.” I deadpanned. “Excuse me!?” I plucked the fourth string. “This is D, when it’s supposed to be E.” I plucked the next string down. “This is also a half step too flat.” I plucked the next one. “This is a full step too sharp.” I plucked the last one. “And this is a half-step too high as well.” I held my chin in thought “So, if I’m right, It’s D, G ,E ,G#. When standard tuning is E, A, D, G. Assuming it’s the same here.” I looked over to the two ponies, and the nodded, confirming that it was. The shopkeeper looked dumbfounded. “Hey, I told you, I’m a musician.” I shrugged. He just walked back over to the counter, and waited behind it. “My my, you certainly do know the basics.” Octavia praised. “Well, kinda, but after that I don’t know that much.” I began tuning the bass up. “You showed him!” Vinyl said. “He pissed me off.” I shrugged. “I would have been nicer if he didn't.” E-string and A-string tuned. “Yes, well,” Octavia cleared her throat. “Do you only play the bass guitar?” “That’s what I’m ‘best’ at. I tried to play a few others. Guitar, keyboard, piano, viola, and a few others I’m sure, but I just couldn't learn. So, I stuck with bass.” D-string and G-string tuned. “Are there any instruments that you want to play?” “Oh, sure. The contrabass, the six-string bass, baritone guitar, the eight-string bass, the cello.” Octavia quickly perked up. I tried to think of any more. “Wouldn't mind giving the harp a try either. Or maybe the lyre.” Octavia tapped her chin. “I’m not sure I can help you with the guitars,” She looked at me. “But, this shop does have those classical instruments. Would you like to give them a try? I could help with the cello.” "Yeah!" Vinyl said. "They have keyboards too. I could give you a hoof with that!" I sighed. “Maybe some other time. I’m not really in the mood for it anymore.” They looked at the stallion behind the counter. “But I will play a bit, I guess I owe you that much.” I played a couple measures of blues, and then messed around for a bit. Lastly I played one of the songs I wrote. “What did you think?” “I've heard better.” “Vinyl!” “It’s fine.” I shrugged it off. “She was just being honest.” But it still hurt slightly. “I guess I’ll be going now. It was nice meeting you.” And I left. As I was walking, I tried to think of somewhere else to go. “I have no money, so Sugar-Cube Corner is out…” I couldn't think of anything, so I just walked. After quite a while of walking, I found myself at the ledge from a couple days ago. I looked down at the small neighborhood below. Maybe I’ll wake up? I thought. I shook those thoughts away and sat down. I looked at my watch, it was about two in the afternoon. I sighed. “Why do I have to be in another world on my fucking birthday? Hell, I could be in a coma. Or dead! Fuck…” I put my hands over my eyes. “I can’t believe this…” I started thinking of how my parents and grandparents were doing right now. Which was a bad idea, because I felt tears start to form. I took a few deep breaths to control myself. I kept thinking about the likeliness of waking up if I jumped. I looked over the edge again, but shook my head, and leaned back. “Oh my…” I heard from behind me. I heard hoof-steps getting closer, and then stop. “Are you okay?” The voice was unmistakable. “Hello, Fluttershy. Yeah. I’m fine thanks though.” I said without turning around. “Then what are you doing all by yourself? If you don’t mind me asking…” “Just… Thinking I guess. I don’t know.” She was silent. “Hey, can I ask you something?” “S-sure.” She sounded unsure. I looked at hands. “What am I to you? The rest of the ponies haven’t been so nice…” “Oh um…” She seemed to be struggling for an answer. I sighed. “Never mind. Guess I’ll go back to Twilight’s.” I stood up and brushed myself off. “How haven’t they been nice?” She finally asked. I couldn’t help but clench a fist. “They keep calling me an ‘it’. I’m not a damn animal! Fucking ‘talking ape’ bullshit…” “Did they really say that?” She asked in a shocked voice. “Oh my goodness! How could they?” “Seems they just don’t like me.” I shrugged. “It’s okay though. I’m used to it.” But it still hurts. “I guess I’ll go.” “If it isn’t any trouble, could come with you?” “If you want.” I turned around. If I had to guess from the look on her face, I wasn’t fooling her with trying to hide that it was bothering me. Neither of us said anything to each other for a couple minutes after we left the ledge. As we were our way through town, we could hear the ponies call out various things like: “Look, Fluttershy tamed it.” And. “Look at how brave Fluttershy is.” A pony’s response to that was. “Her is special talent is dealing with animals.” I looked at Fluttershy. “See what I mean?” She looked…I guess appalled is the word. “Don’t say anything, they’ll learn when they crossed the line.” “I’m surprised they haven’t already.” She said looking around at the offending ponies. “I can tolerate a lot. I just hope, for their sake, they don’t overdo it. ‘Cause then shit gets broken.” She ‘eeped’ at that. “Sorry…” “It’s…fine.” I just sighed and kept walking. I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I tried to dodge it, but I wasn’t fast enough. It was a milkshake. In a glass cup. And it hit my face. It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. I looked at Fluttershy and she had a shocked on her face. Zane, let it go. Just walk away! Screw that! They threw the first punch! Retaliate!! I looked at the unicorn that threw the milkshake at me, and he was laughing. I smiled a smile the felt filthy, evil even, and walked over laughing as well. I even clapped on the way over. “Good one!” I said as I got close to him. “It was even my favorite flavor. Thank you.” He looked confused for a moment. All of sudden my smile fell and turned into a fierce scowl. “Don’t do it again.” I growled. I turned around, and began to walk away. “What if I do?” I stopped dead and slowly turned around. “Good point.” I grabbed his horn and started tugging on it. “Imma break it off. Simple as that. And then stab you with it.” The creepy smile returned. “And stab, and stab, and stab. And then keep it as a souvenir. So I can do all sorts of things with it. Do I make myself clear?” “Yes.” He squealed. “Good.” I let go of his horn and turned around. As I was walking back to Fluttershy, I wiped some the milkshake off of my face. “Mmm. Chocolate. And…” I got some more and tasted it again. “Great. Blood. Time to go!” I was off. O-oh my..." I heard Fluttershy squeak from behind me.