//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Unwanted Visit // Story: The Life of Shin Dowe // by Golden Flare //------------------------------// Chapter 6: Unwanted Visit This morning, I went to go see Pinkie Pie and thank her again for the party, it was really kind of her to do that. When I walked by everypony in town, they didn't show hateful glares and yell horrible things to me, instead they greeted me with a smile and said, "Hello!" or, "Hi there!" in a happy tone. It was a great day for me, I finally had friends. I saw Pinkie in the middle of town, talking to a bunch of ponies, I walked over to her to say "Hi", and I heard a voice that was all too familiar... "Look, it's that freak!" "See? I told you he was here!" It was the two stallions that I met in elementary school, the big brown Earth Pony was called Brute Force, and the yellow Unicorn was called Temper Tantrum. I never would have thought that those two were here, and I noticed somepony hid behind them. It was Floral Allure. "Hey, freak! You think you can just run off without a farewell beatdown? Not a chance!" Brute said. "Hope you like the taste of dirty hooves!" Temper commented. As I braced myself for the merciless beating I was about to receive, somepony charged into them. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!" It was Rainbow Dash. She saved me. "Get off, you stupid kid! He's nothing but a worthless, little freak!" Brute yelled. "Yeah! Why would you protect a weirdo like that?!" Temper asked, angrily. "What's going on here?" Twilight asked. Twilight and Mayor Mare showed up just in time to stop the fight. "Don't mind us, we were just gonna beat up this freak over here, right, Floral?" "..." Floral didn't speak a word. "What's with you?" Temper asked Floral. "What do you mean?" Floral asked back. "Every time you're around this freak, you always mope. What's up with that?" Brute commented. "I..." Floral began to speak. "Go on." Temper said. "I can't do this anymore." Floral finally said. "What?" Brute said, flatly with a disapproving glare. "I'm going home." Floral said. Brute Force got in her way. "No! WE'RE not going ANYWHERE until we beat the living snot outta this freak!" Brute commanded. "That's right! Wherever we go, you go!" Temper ordered. "Why don't you leave her alone?!" Applejack said, joining Rainbow Dash. Soon, Spike and the five ponies I met came together with me. They were protecting us. Me and Floral. "What the?! MORE stupid kids?!" Brute asked himself. "Buzz off! This is between us, now why don't you go play with your mommies and daddies? Let the grownups have some fun." Temper commented, snidely. Rainbow nearly lost her temper when he referred to her and her friends as little kids. But then, the whole town ganged up on them and kicked them out of Ponyville. "This ISN'T over!" Brute yelled. "Why don't you tell them your little secret, freakazoid?!" Temper screamed. They ran off, hopefully back to Dodge City. But now, I had to face the music. "Shin, what are they talking about?" Pinkie asked me. I didn't know what to say, so I began to cry. I ran away from them, trying to get back home. "Shin! Wait!" Twilight shouted. But I didn't listen. I just ran. "I..." Floral began. Twilight whipped her head around and looked at Floral. "I'm sorry. About all of this." Floral said. "It's ok. Do you know Shin's secret?" Twilight said. Floral hesitated at first, but then she spoke. "Yes, but if I tell you, promise me you won't think of him any different, ok?" Floral said. Pinkie Pie got in front of Twilight and said, "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" While she said that, she crossed an X on her chest, fluttered her hooves, and put a hoof on her eye. "Ok. It's like this..." Floral began. I was spying on them, to see what they would think of me now, but then a voice spoke in my head, "Don't listen. You'll only get hurt." Just as Floral began to explain, I ran off again, hoping to never know the truth. That night, I couldn't sleep, so I decided to go for a nightly walk. As I was walking through the streets of Ponyville, not only was I looking around, making sure no one was watching me, I began to think. Is my life really worth living? How is everypony going to react when they see me now? How is this my life? Maybe it was true, maybe you have to be perfect to fit in, I guess that's what life is about. Perfection. Maybe I could pretend to be- SPLAT! A dead apple fell before me, drained of all life, before I knew I was in the orchard of Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack told me a lot about this place back during the party last night. I saw something hanging on a branch near me, I couldn't see what it was or how far away it is. Then the moon began to glow and I could see through the silhouette, it was right in front of me and I saw it's face.... I mean HER face. It was some kind of pony, but she had bat wings. She was sniffing me, to see if I was a threat. Then she stopped, she just stared at me. All of a sudden, I felt like my face was on fire... I was blushing. To Be Continued...