//------------------------------// // Screw Up // Story: A Second Too Late // by Thunder Seethe //------------------------------// Since I figured out how to use italics and stuff, expect it. Anyway because this is spring break and I have a few days left, expect updates daily. Once school starts for me, expect every other day. If I'm on a project, then I may be on my computer anyway so... Anyway we'll see. Remember to PM me anything you'd want to see in this story, It helps a lot. (New characters, or anything. THIS IS NOT A CLOP FIC so if you want relationships, you won't be hearing the action. If it does come to it, it'll be skipped.) Lets begin. Shayne's POV Ugh... My head hurts so much, it feels just as agonizing as when the pole punctured my arm, but instead it moved to my head. I guess I should try opening my eyes, I am in a forest after all, so I don't wanna be... you know. Vulnerable. I awoke in a small hostpital room, somewhat similar to the one that I was in with Sean, except the beds were more comforting and there were six I assume to be girl pony's watching me on my right. "Hello? Who are you?" What else could I say! I've never been able to talk to six girls before, even though they are pony's WHATS THE DIFFERENTS! Don't judge me. "Hey Mister....." The purple one spoke up first about ten seconds after my greeting. "My name is Sha-I mean Thunder... Thunder Seethe." That was close. "I thought you were gonna say... Nevermind thats not quite important, what I would like to know is how are you feeling Thunder. And by the way, thats a nice name!" The purple one blushed, nobody seemed to notice except me. "Yea," a raspy voice... oh! That's the one that passed out when she collided into me. I won't bring it up, I don't want her to feel bad, and I'd rather not remember the feeling. "you hit your head pretty hard on that tree..." She actually seemed legitimately worried, so I think I should make her feel better, a lie would be best because I am really in such excruciating pain. My head may explode like a nuke sooner or later. "I'm fine, I hope you are too." The orange pony seemed to notice my lie, I hope she won't say anything. That change in her expression made me uncomfortable. "Don't worry about me, YOU WERE BLEEDING!" Whoa... this actually made the yellow pony really scared. Well I'd mine as well take this moment to examine the surroundings while everything is going, uh. Well I guess. I haven't made anyone die yet so I guess its better than something. "May be so, but I feel fine now, don't worry about it. Did the doctors or nurses check on you? Not to be rude but I did collide into you while you're performing a trick I assume." I had to lie, she seemed like the person who takes charge and a tough one. I didn't want to ruin her reputation with her friends, so I changed the situation a bit. "Oh... well." She had a blush on her face, she was probably contemplating whether or not she should go with the lie or not. "Yes, you're probably bruised up somewhere, go to a nurse and have them check on you. You don't wanna wake up tomorrow with any sorts of pain. I assume you'll want to practice tomorrow for some kind of show." I was probably taking this too far. Time to stop. "Ok... Thunder is it?" She looked up as she was about to leave the room. "Yes, and you are?" "My names Rainbow Dash! Fastest flier in all of Equestria!" Ok so this is the fastest girl here, and here is called Equestria. Ok. I'm getting more answers to figuring out this place. "Can I call you Dashie for short?" This might've been crossing over, I saw all of the other five pony's look at me like 'YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT' face on. She just chuckled, "Yea, why not." and she left the room, leaving all of the other five gawking at the door, then back to me. "Wow, you must've really saved Rainbow to let you call her 'Dashie'! I mean it took me YEARS and YEARS and YEARS and YEARS and YEARS! To let me call her DASHIE its so amazing! What did you do? It must have been super duper extremely stupendously AWESOME!" Wow... didn't think so many words could come out in under three seconds. That pink one is also quite loud, I don't want to be mean, I mean she seems nice and all but... I don't think I'll be able to get into a conversation with her thats a serious one. "Hmm... I actually never saw you around before. Are you new to ponyville?" Oh crap! I never thought of this. Time to try and drag myself out. "Yes I'm new to ponyville. And I don't know my way around here well, you see I came from another city far away from here." Hope they mention a city, because I haven't got a single clue of anything here except for that castle I was in, and ponyville which is where I am now. "Oh do tell darling, I would definitely LOVE to know where you stayed at before here." The white pony stated with big blue eyes, I could tell she was the fancy one here. "Oh excuse me! My name is Rarity, I'm a fashion designer and I own my very boutique here in Ponyville! My dream of course is to become the most famous designer!" Rarity, sounded very classy, I liked it. "Uhm, while we're at it, girls, be a darling and mention your names too!" "I'm PINKIE PIE! Everypony knows me! I love parties and cupcakes, and making NEW FRIENDS!" "I'm Twilight Sparkle, I love books, and I actually live in a library" she blushed at the last statement, "and I also do enjoy meeting new people and friending them." "Ahm Applejack! Ah own a farm here on Ponyville called, 'Sweet Apple Acres' we make everything out of apples! You name it. And I'm very honest, so ah won't lie to you. You can count on that!" She had a very sweet southern accent, it was actually kinda cute. "My name is... Fluttershy." I can't here her. She's really adorable when she's shy though. Twilight made a sheepish look at me then approached me, "Sorry," she whispered, "She's really really shy. Her name is Fluttershy though, I'll go and calm her down." I whispered back "I got this. I really want to become her friend." she nodded and walked toward the others. "Don't worry, if your friends can so easily introduce themselves to me then you don't have to worry. I mean sure I am weird, and my eyes are all screwy, but honestly. You're perfect, and you're sweet, I could tell. You have nothing to be afraid about." I smiled at her and she gave me a small smirk. It was working. "I'm Fluttershy... I own a cottage next to the Everfree, and I love animals." She smiled and looked back down. "I'm sorry I was difficult." Aww, she's so sweet! "Don't worry about it Fluttershy, if anything I'm sorry I'm being a jerk right now." "You're not being a jerk," Fluttershy exclaimed. "you're a very nice stallion and... you're nice." Ok, I don't want her to say anything else. It makes me feel like a jerk when I make her talk. "Anyway," Twilight brought up after a few moments of awkward silence. "where are you from? You're obviously not around here." Oh god... I'll bring up the castle... but I don't know the name! Uhh... go with the flow I guess. "I used to live in a castle with the two princess's" It wasn't a lie, even though I was only there for maybe a day when they changed me into a pegasus. Applejack didn't seem to see anything suspicous this time, so I'm in the clear. "Oh that is just wonderful darling! I have been there a few times for some meetings with other fashionista's around Equestria. Canterlot is simply the most wonderful of places!" She seemed delighted at the fact I used to live in the castle, even though it was for only one day. They didn't need to know that. "Ah... Ah don't like all them fancy fru fru though." Applejack said in disgust. Well she is a farmer, so I guess that makes sense that she doesn't care for anything fancy like that. "Girls, It's time to let him rest. He's got a big day tomorrow." Twilight mentioned. "Where will he stay though..." Fluttershy talked this time. She has such a soft soothing voice, if she were to talk to me for long periods of time while I am on a bed, i could very well doze off into slumber. "Uhm... good question Fluttershy." Twilight seemed puzzled. "Did you happen to bring anything with you?" "Uh. Actually no." This made the girls look at me suspiciously. How can a guy from a very luxurious city come without a penny. If thats even currency here. "Well I suppose he can stay with me." Twilight offered, and I had to accept. Then Dashie came back in the room. "What did I miss?" "Oh welcome back darling! We're just discussing where Thunder could stay." Dashie looked up and seemed very happy to be here at this time. "If its ok with him, since he's a pegasus and all. He could stay with me, if thats alright with everypony." She must have noticed how welcoming she usually isn't. I was quite suprised too, she doesn't know me and would let me stay in her home, I guess the same goes with Twilight, in fact she knows me less. Why would these pony's be so welcoming to let a complete stranger into their home. "Well actually I was about to let Thunder into my home, but if you're so up to it..." Twilight eyed Dashie down looking at her with suspicion. "Well I was just offering! He's a stallion, so he can decide right?" Twilight looked at me just in time to not catch the look Dashie was giving me. She had pleading eyes, she probably didn't notice it, but her eyes were getting large and stared at me. I can't say no to that. Twilight had just been staring at me with the 'so your pick' face on. "I guess I can stay with Dashie. She may have bruised wings or something." I had to make up something. This was REALLY awkward for me. "Ok so its settled. Lets leave him for some rest now. By Thunder" The others followed Twilight to the door and waved bye as they walked out. Dashie stayed. "So Thunder, why did you lie about you crashing into me, even though it was me who crashed into you?" Dashie said with a very shy face on, she didn't look at me when she talked, she was staring at the ground with her head far down. "You seemed like the tough one in the group, and I didn't want to ruin your reputation with your friends, so I decided that since you guys don't know me well enough, I may as well take blame." "Thats nice of you." With that she smiled at me and walked out of the room waving bye before she left. Well now that everyones gone, I'd better get rest. I do have a big day tomorrow afterall. Seans POV Well since I'm feeling better and know about where Shayne is now, and that he's doing... I guess fine. I'd better go home, I mean, I do have my papers and all. But man, I would do anything to see my bro again. sigh well no time to lose, I got work tomorrow so I'd best get driving home. Oh, right. My car was in that mess. I hope that nothing too bad went on, at least to my car. I made it over to the burnt down college and it still had police tape around it, I didn't really acknowledge it, I just went under it, put my keys in and drove off, towards Manhattan. The car ride was supposed to be 3 hours long, but for some reason, there was no traffic. Well I'd better enjoy this while I can. Enjoyment didn't come easily for me, all I could think about again was Shayne, and what could be happening right now at this instant. I pictured out how things played out after he hit his head and the cyan pegasus left in a hurry. I imagined the worst and the best. The worst being the pegasus just left him to rot, and went back to its normal life. The best thing that could've happened was she left in a hurry to get help, and get him to a hostpital, and he turned out just fine without any internal damage to his brain. Still thinking about Shayne I see... "Well he is my only friend that I'd like to call brother." This guy is irritating sometimes but he's somewhat the only way to my bro so I'd better not piss him off, or ignore him. Well some recent things that played out after that event was, the pegasus went to get help and brought him to the hostpital. He is under careful care and is being released tomorrow. From what I heard, he hasn't suffered any major injuries. "Thats great to hear, but is there any way to see him... In person, like Man to Pony?" Well, there is a way, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to send you back. You'll also be placed in a random location in a dangerous area. "I don't really care. I just want to see him." Give me some time, and I'll think about it. "Ok. I can respect that, just let me know and fill me in on how he's doing. I won't be able to live with myself if I didn't know every bit of trouble he's going through and I can't do anything about it." Ok. I have to go now, you'll expect to see me near night. How long has it been for you here? "About a week. I decided to stay in until I really FELT better." Explains enough. Ok expect to see me sometime around night, and don't be driving or anything that requires focus and stuff. You'll black out. "Like in the hostpital?" Yes. "Fair enough, I don't think me dieing is going to help the cause anyway. See ya soon." As soon as he left, I made it to my house. I have to make this day be the best ever, after all, this may be the last time I get to see my parents. The evening went well, my parents were shocked to see me home, and offered to prepare me a dinner, I declined, and instead I took them out for a dinner. We went to a fancy restraunt and caught up on things. We went to see a movie, then played some golf on our private property. We talked about my future, and I brought up family, and stuff. Then I remembered my girlfriend, should I just tell her that I'm going to be moving far away, and where I'm going has no cellular networking? Or should I just break up with her, even though its been going well for so long, and both of us know that. I don't want to leave her, but its becoming a must. Bros before ho's. sigh I have no choice. I think lieing to her would be easier on her. She won't need to know where I'm going, but its almost sundown. I don't have much time. I guess I should just call her. ... ... ... "Hello, this is Tasha." *Authors notes: Comment and tell me if theres anything wrong with my writing. Thank you for the support!