New Home, New Wounds

by Pure Note


Chapter 5: Babysitting.

A few days have passed since that moment, spending a night under the stars with Twilight. Your mind was still abuzz with questions. Why did she want to get so close to you? Did she like you? Did you like her? She’s nice and all but she’s… She’s a pony, a tiny horse, an animal! You sigh, shifting in your chair as you do so. You knew that even though your brain saying one thing your heart was saying something different.

While on one hand she was quite literally an animal, She was the nicest pers- Pony you have ever met, she let you into her home when you were scared and confused, gave you a bed to sleep and food to eat. Who knows what might have happened if she hadn’t taken you in. She was friendly, smart, funny, cute.

Wait, cute? Yeah, you had to admit, she was pretty damn cute and those eyes, oh those eyes! You could gaze into them for a lifetime. You shut your eyes, thinking back to the night you spent together, Her wish, the cuddling, feeling her warm fur pressed against you. You shudder as the recollection of the feeling causes a tingle to shoot up your spine.

You wonder what it would be like to kiss her.

What the hell man?! What? She’s a friggin animal! Bu-- But what? Dude, that’s like illegal in… Everywhere! But were not on earth anymore, are we? So? Do you feel comfortable being with a Horse? Shes more than that! Is she? she looks like a horse, she eats horse... stuff. Bu--
Face it man, You’re fucked up.

“Hey!”

You snap out of your mental argument to the sound of a voice, you look down to see the filly; Applebloom looking at you with a face of annoyance. Twilight went out to hang with her friends, In which you were so graciously volunteered to look after the little fillies while they had, as rarity had put it, “Their girls night out.”

“Wha’?” you mutter, rubbing your eyes to refresh your vision.

“We're Bored!” Her orange companion groaned, trotting up to join her yellow friend.

“Yeah! Let’s play a game!” The white one chimed in, her voice cracking to a pitch that made your ears ring slightly.

“Uhh,” mulling over your options for a moment before finally caving to their pleading looks.

*****

“Report, monster hunter Scootaloo.”

“No sign of the beast, monster hunter Applebloom.

“Same over here,” monster hunter Sweetie Belle reported.

“Keep your eyes peeled, It could be anywhere.”

They were right, you were everywhere and nowhere at once, You managed to lure them around the house, leading them one room, only to put out a light in another. Now they had set up a makeshift fort out of pillows, staying close to the last light in the house, the fireplace. Unfortunately for them, their fates are already sealed.

You had spent the better part of twenty minutes toying with them, putting them on edge, they may sound calm and collected but the slightest noise made them panic and scream. In one hand you held a string, near invisible in this low light, on the other end was a small stone you had found. In your other hand you kept a firm grasp on a pillow.

You pull the string and the stone clacks against the floor, you hear the fillies jump. After some hushed whispers you heard the sound you were counting on, they were moving towards the distraction, time to move. You crept slowly around the corner and into their “Base.” moving around the pillow barricade as you sneak towards them. You poise yourself to strike, holding your breath as you round to couch to see, nothing. You tilt your head but before you can question where they went you were pushed from behind and sent tumbling to the floor.

You hit the ground with a grunt, managing to break the fall with the pillow. You turn onto your back to see three Monster Hunters standing over you, Pillows at the ready.

“Cutiemark Crusader Monster Hunters!” They all yell, closing in on you.

You try to crawl away but a wall behind you ceases your pointless flailing.

“Mercy?” You squeak out, turning back to them and bringing your arms up in surrender.

They only share brief glances and grins with each other before looking back to you,

“Nah,” They say in unison.

=====At the girls night=====

“So Twilight, tell us about this ‘special somepony we’ve been hearing so much about,” rainbow dash said in a teasing voice.

“Wha?! Rarity!” Twilight gasped, turning to her friend with scowl to show her disapproval.

“Yeah girl! We want to know all about him!” Pinkie said bouncing up to Twilight, breaking her attention from Rarity to the overly excited pink pony now press her face against her own.

“Yea’ Twiligh’ I saw yall’ down at the hill.” Applejack teased, giving twilight a knowing little wink.

“We mean, if you want that is” Fluttershy chimed in in a voice nearly inaudible to everypony else in the room.

Twilight stared at all the prying eyes before finally caving to their pleading looks

====A few hours after later====

“Hello? I’m back. Girls?” Twilight called out, keeping the door open for Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash before shutting it quietly behind her.

No answer roused some curiosity in the mares, they look around for a moment, noticing the huge mess that was once called Twilight’s living room. They approached the scene carefully, expecting the worse, only to be met with a strange sight indeed. There before them were three sleeping fillies, all resting close together, their backs resting against a large pile of pillows, sticking out from under it were two pairs of shoes.

“looks like somepony had fun,” AJ said, moving over to Applebloom to gently lift her onto her back, doing so carefully as to not wake the tuckered out filly.

“Ah best be takin’ her home now. G’Night Twi.”

“Night AJ” Twilight said, giving her friend a warm smile.

“I got yah, squirt.” Rainbow said in an almost motherly tone as she took Scootaloo into her hooves and lifted off into the air, giving twilight a quick smile before going on her way.

“I suppose I should be taking Sweetie here home as well. Goodnight, darling.” Rarity said staring at the pile of pillows for a moment, stifling a giggle before levitating Sweetie Belle onto her back and trotting to the door, giving Twilight a faint smile before exiting, closing the door behind her.

Twilight sighed, turning back to your pillow tomb with a sigh, she levitates a few pillows off you to reveal your sleeping form, you’re face first in the floor and drooling slightly. She giggles slightly at the monument to your defeat before lightly prodding you with a hoof, bringing you back to consciousness

“Hey there?” she says, trying to hold back her giggles.

“Uhhg” You quietly groan. shifting slightly to move a few more pillows off you.

“Rough night?” She says her voice clearly faltering as it’s all becoming too much for her.

“Mmhmm” You nod, not lifting your head off the ground.

“What was it this time?” she asked before bringing a hoof to her mouth, she can’t hold on much longer.

“Cutiemark Crusader Monster Hunters, Yay!” you sleepily cheer into the floor with tired enthusiasm.

At this point she is laughing her head off, falling over at the hilarity of the whole situation.

“Come on, let’s get you up” she says recovering from her giggle fit to offer you a hoof, which you happily accept.

*****

You blink your eyes open lazily, you lay quietly in your bed staring at the roof before shifting and sitting on the edge, Propping your elbows on your knees and bringing your hands up to cover your face. You had the dream again, only this time it was in a different place, the park your brother used to take you when you were younger. All you can recall from the dream is being in that park, than hearing the bang. You rub your eyes, trying to force the sleepiness from them before standing up, slowly as to not get a headrush. You lift your arms to stretch your stiff muscles, as you do so you get a good whiff of your own BO.

“Ugh,” you wince, “Shower time.”

*****

You step out of the bathroom after your relaxing shower, standing in the hallway for a moment to properly tie the towel to your waist when you get that feeling again, that unmistakable tingly feeling on the back of your neck, you stare up from your waist, pausing a moment before looking to your left, to the main room. Standing there in the hallway was none other than Twilight, you don’t know how long she’s been standing there but judging by the bright blush on her cheeks you’d guess long enough.

“Uh… Goodmorning,” You say sheepishly.

“Wha? Oh!” Twilight stammers. “Goodmorning. I, Uh, came to get you, for uhhh, breakfast so um.” She pauses, clearing staring at your body which is only covered by a rather small, pony sized towel.

“Oh wow,” She says to herself under her breath. She finally looks up to you with a squeak, quickly turning around and hurrying back towards the kitchen.

You stand there for a several moment before turning around and walking into ‘your’ room closing it firmly shut behind you and leaning your back against the door.

“Well that just happened.”

*****

You proceed to eat your breakfast breakfast in silence, this time around you’re fully dressed. You noticed Twilight sneak a few glances at you as you looking up at her however caused her to quickly avert her gaze to another part of the room.

“So…” you say, finally breaking possibly the most awkward silence in the history of existence. “What are we going to do today…?” You ask trying to get a conversation going.

“Well, I don’t have much to do today, just a few errands…” she says nudging her food around with her fork before looking to you.

“Oh, well…” You start, “Could I possibly, I don’t know, come with? afterwards we could maybe do something? What the hell are you doing?!

“Oh! I mean, S-sure” Twilight says with a stammer, visibly perking up at your suggestion.

“Cool” you say in a calmly,”I mean if it’s not to much trouble me tagging along.” You’ve done it now pal.

“No, no, It’s fine,” Twilight says, hopping off the chair, levitation your plates towards the sink, and dropping them carefully into the sink. “I’d love the company” she says turning back to you with a smile.

Have fun in hell you sicko.

*****

“That’s the last one” Twilight said, a hint of triumph as she checked the last item on her list off. you had spent the better part of an hour or two going from one part of the town to another. You had just walked out of the Quill and Sofa shop, that’s a weird ass combination of things to sell, anyway. You had finally finished Twilight’s errands, the last one was putting an order in for some new quills. The sun was high in the sky, still plenty of day left, now you had it all to yourselves.

“Great!” you say, kicking the ground halfheartedly. “What now?” you say looking back to Twilight.

“Umm” Twilight starts, looking away for a few moments before turning back to you, a blush showing through her purple fur, she looks into your eyes, a faint smile coming to her face before asking;

“Diner?”