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// Chapter 1 
// Story: The Life of Two "Average" Ponies 
// by Ferote 
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“Wake up Ferote, wake up man. WAKE UP.”
“I’m up! I’m up.”
“How can you sleep like that man?”
“I dunno.”
“You slept through the cops being called on our neighbors.”
“I’m not surprised, what did they do?”
“Don’t know, don’t care, and neither do you.”
“Morning Dark, morning Light.”
“Light says morning, Dark is still sleeping.”
“What the fuck, you let him sleep but not me?”
“He’s part of me. Of course I will.”
“Sorry about this Phoenix.” I reach for an object resting on my back
“About wha- OW, MY EARS WHAT THE FUCK MAN. WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET AN AIRHORN?”
“I have my ways.”
“Dark is going to kill you.”
“No he isn’t, I’ve done worse. And even if he wanted, he wouldn’t be able to. If I can give Inferno a run for his money, I can take Dark. Besides, Ponyville High doesn’t approve of murder. Otherwise there would be a few more, well needed, graves in the cemetery.”



Phoenix and I are roommates at a house about a mile away from Ponyville High. We’ve known each other for Celestia knows how long. I know about Dark and Light, and he knows about Aliron and Reive. I shouldn’t have to say this, but, WERE BOTH STRAIGHT, I have no idea how often I have to tell this to ponies, we are just two stallions that both have voices in their heads, his voices are his personalities and mine are all powerful beings. Why is it that when two stallions live in the same house they are automatically considered gay? Lyra and Bon-bon live together, and nopony calls them lesbian, so why do ponies call me and Phoenix gay?



“Dude hurry up and get ready. We both know your grades can’t handle you being late. Why are your grades so low anyway? Your so damn smart.”
“Smart, but lazy as hell.”
“These humans can’t be helping.”
“Leave the fact that I’m a Broman out of this.”
“How can you be like that? How does another species, one that doesn’t even exist, get you off like that?”
“I said to not go into my room during my “me time”. We have those rules for a reason.”
“It wasn’t what you were doing. It’s what you were doing it to. Dark and Light agree with me.” I lift my right fore hoof
“I hold in my hoof all the fucks I can give.”
“Whatever. OH SHIT were going to be late!”
“Nope” Then I change into the Spirit of the Everfree.
“That still weirds me out.”
“What, the fact that I’m the spirit of a god damn forest?”
“Just the transformation. Now why did you do that?”
“I’ve been experimenting with something. Come here.” I trot over to a tree in the nearby forest “Stand by that tree over there” I motion to a tree about twenty yards away.
“All right, but this better not take too long.”
“Oh it won’t. All right, turn to your right and stand still.”
“All right.”
*SMACK*
“WHO THE FUCK DID THAT?” He turns around and sees, my hoof waving to him, sticking out of a tree “THE HELL?” I then walk into the tree I was standing by, and  out of the tree Phoenix was next to.
“Sup.” The look on his face was hilarious (Wish I had a camera. Mental image will have to do.) “ All right now let’s try the next bit.”
“Wait a minute, let’s? As in we?”
“Yes.”
“There is no way in HELL I’m walking into a tree.”
“I got third degree burns when you wanted to try that thing with the fireball, you can risk a little concussion. You do want to get to school on time, don’t you? Because I can leave your ass right here. You know I’ll do it.”
“Fine.”
“All right” I put my wing on his back
“No homo right?”
“Shut the fuck up and gallop into the damn tree.”
“I swear if your fucking with me.”
“GALLOP INTO THE MOTHER FUCKING TREE”
“Okay okay.” We gallop into the tree and poof we’re at Ponyville High “DUDE, that’s fucking awesome, are you all right man?”
“Tired as hell” I then change back to normal
“That still creeps me out.”
“Let’s just go to class. What was our first class again?”
“Damn you are tired, chemistry is first.”
“Awesome, I kick ass in chemistry, I can sleep.”
“Lucky bastard.”
“Yes?”
“Go to hell.”
“I Already am.”



:Chemistry classroom:
“Okay class, you’re taking a test over the symbols and valences today. Like usual, you cheat you fail.” (wow I forgot how much Mr. Belland reminds me of my dad, oh god I miss him, mom too. I would trade the SOTE anytime for just one more day with them. No time for reminiscing, got to get to work) I finish the test with ease, turn it in then sit back in my chair and doze off

***************[Begin backstory]***************

“Come on Ferote, It’s time to go home.”
“But mom, I want to camp some more.”
“Sorry son, I love this forest just as much as you do, but houses don’t fix themselves. Rainbow Dash probably put a few more holes in some walls that I have to fix.”
“And the substitute can’t teach forever, but I promise that we’ll go camping as soon as we can.”
“Do you Everfree Promise?”
“As long as the sun shines, my promise stands. As long as the river flows, my oath is true. As long as the Everfree is wild, I keep my word. This I swear.”
“Thank you mom.” I embrace her in a hug
*Grrrrrr*
“Did you hear that Monaza?”
“I did. I thought Timberwolves stayed in the heart of the Everfree.”
“Guess not. Ferote, I want you and your mother to get away as fast as you can, now go!” After a moment of hesitation I gallop away with my mother. “Come on! I can take all of you. Bring it!” (He’s drawing attention to himself to save us.) I glance back and see a Timberwolf leaping onto my father.
“DADDY!”
“Come on Ferote, we have to get away from here. AH!” I turn my head and see a wolf landing on my mother, a claw piercing a lung.
“MOMMY!”
“Run Ferote, run away.”
“No I’m not leaving you. (What do I do. What CAN I do. Oh Celestia help me, THAT’S IT) Oh goddess of the Sun, hear my prayers. Protect me and my family.” Everything becomes still, even the Timberwolf that was lunging at me “Thank you Celestia.”
”I am not the Sun goddess, I am the Spirit of the Forest.”
“Can you save my parents?”
”Sadly I cannot, I can however allow you to speak with them one last time.” A fog rolls in, slowly enveloping the forest until I can only see myself. I slowly turn and see two figures that are slightly blurred from the fog.
“Mom? Dad?”
“Yes it’s us Ferote.” They walk closer until I can see them clearly.
“Mom, you Everfree Promised that we would go camping again.”
“We will son.”
“But how dad? Both of you are, you’re, you’re…”
“Dead.” When they both say this, it finally gets through my head that they are gone, forever.
“But we will go camping all the time, because we will never leave your side. We will be with you everywhere. In the shade, in the sun, in the rain, and in the snow. As long as there is nature, we will be there for you.”
“Thank you mom. And dad?.”
“I’m gonna miss you kiddo.”
“I love you.”
“We love you too.”
“Make us proud son.”

***************[End backstory]***************

*RIIIIING*
“Huh, what?”
“You fell asleep man. It looked like you were having a bad dream.”
“You could say that.”
“What was it about?”
“My parents.”
“Are you ever going to tell me about it?”
“…”
“You don’t have to if it’s uncomfor-”
“You deserve to know.”
[A/N This is based on Three of Me Vs School Society, but I will be focusing more on things that happen outside of school. How do you guys feel about punctuation in thoughts I.e. parenthesis. I think they’re only needed to show a pause in the thought process or a question, but I can fix that if enough people think it’s important. Also, could one of you artistically gifted readers draw me some cover art? As you can see the only fic with a picture is Ponyture Science, and that’s courtesy of GeneralZoi. I also need names for Ferote’s parents, I want them to be related to their jobs, yet not generic.]
-Michael