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// Permission Slips and "What is this?!" 
// Story: Princess PenPals 
// by Nic Whooves 
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"It's been a week, and no letter from Molly. I'm telling you Ben, I think she was a mistake Pen Pal." said Anthony as he trotted to school with Ben hovering beside me.
 "Well, maybe she's busy with royal stuff?" said Ben as he lowered himself beside Anthony and began to get into a slow trot alongside his cousin.
 "With what?!" Shouted Anthony as he stood still as Ben halted beside him, " You got a letter back, so did everypony else in class. But not me."
 "Remind you of somepony?" Scoffed a pony a bit ahead of them.
Anthony knew of whom they were referring to; Him. Still a blank flank in high school, but he liked it. "Not knowing is half the fun idiots." yelled Anthony as he started to walk again.
 "Sis said that to you last year." said Ben as he beamed at Anthony and flew over him.
 "Yeah....By the way, what did your letter say?" asked Anthony as he remembered the letter Ben got last night.
Ben dug through his satchel bag and pulled the letter out and held it up and made a small fan-far sound as he did so.
 "The letter, read it gamer pony." said Anthony stately.
 "Sorry, it reads. " Ben cleared his throat and landed on a tree, " Cool, we'll talk soon. I have a big troll to pull off.....That's it."
Ben flew down from the tree and they started to walk to school yet again. As they got closer to the school, they saw the group of kids ahead of them squealing like some small school fillies and bounded into the school.

 "Why did they do that?" asked Ben with a puzzled look on his face.
 "Let's find out." said Anthony as he bolted down the sidewalk and into the school. Once he got into the school, something hit his face and he went into a wall and crashed onto the desk of the counselor. "Umm, Hi Mrs. Right wing."
 "I'm not going to ask. I'm just gonna take my laptop, and work in your sister's office." said Mrs. Right wing as she grasped a bag handle with her jaw and trotted out of the room.

 "Umm, Anthony? Why are you on Mrs. Right wing's desk?" Asked Ben as he came into the empty room.
 "Something hit me and, this happened." said Anthony as he stayed laying on her desk.
As Ben helped Anthony up, they saw a pink alicorn at the door. This alicorn was built like their Princess Celestia, but had a grey mane.
 "Anthony!" said the alicorn as she jumped on Anthony. Anthony was crushed by the weight of the pony on him, and her perfume was not helping him breath.
 "Off" yelled a muffled Anthony as he tried to move the massive pony.
 "Stop, that tickles" giggled the alicorn as she wiggled on him.
Anthony was able to stick his head and gave Ben a deadly glare, "Get. Me. Out. Of. Here."
 "Ummm, No." hesitated Ben as he circled around them, "I'm sure you two will be fine." But as if a writer wanted to make him resent that comment, he bumped into an alicorn.
 Ben groaned as he turned and saw who he hoped it wasn't, "Trollestia?" 
 "The one and only." giggled Trollestia as she picked Ben out of the air with her magic.

 "Wait....so ...your Molly?" uttered Anthony as he crawled from under the mysterious Alicorn.
 "Yeah Anthony." beamed Molly as she held him like a rag doll."You're heavier than you looked in the picture.
 "How, no; Why are you here?" asked Anthony as he fell onto the floor from Molly's grasp.
Molly leaned down so her face was close to his and smiled, "I'm here to answer your question. I read your note over 10 times, thinking of how to reply. Then I decided it would be better of me to tell you in person. 
“Well, that clarifies why you’re here, but what about the other Celestia’s?” asked Anthony as he scooted away from her beading gaze.
"Eh Trollestia just wanted to come because as I'm sure you can guess she loves to troll, which is pretty hard to do in a letter. I hope your friend can handle her.",She moved over and wraped her wing around Anthony, "As I hope you will be able to handle me."
Anthony’s face turned a bright red as he slid her wing off him, “Ben, we should see Sis and find out why they are REALLY here for.”
But Ben was two steps ahead of him as he dashed down the hallway to her office,"On it!”
“with me too, you feather brain.” said Anthony as he tried to run out of Ms. Rightwings Office, but with a carry-on with him.

“So that’s why they are there.” said Ben in amazement as Anthony dragged Molestia into Sis’ office with his tail, “Oh, Hey Anthony.” 
“You left me….with her.” said Anthony as he tilted his head towards Molly.
“Sis, you might want to tell Anthony why they are here.” said Ben as he tried to remove Molly from Anthony’s tail. But she clung to his tail tightly, nuzzling it with her head.
“Well, “ started Sis as she saw Molly hold Anthony’s tail, “ We asked them to come pick you up. We read some of the letters and saw alot of them asked, ‘what if you lived with me?’ So we asked them to come and take you with them to their places and live with them for a little bit.”
“And how long is a little bit?” questioned Anthony as he tried to slide Molestia off his tail with his hoof.
“Three to five months.” said Sis as she giggled as Molly grabbed his hoof.

“Three to five months. Well, we better mail each other, okay Ant?” said Ben as he sat down with his lunch, accompanied by Trollestia.
"Anthony can stay longer if he likes." Said Molly still grabbing his hoof.
Anthony tried to ignore Molly as he talked to Ben, “I’ll try Lil B.”
Ben looked at the clock and sighed, “I’m gonna have to leave in 5 mins to get to the train with Trollestia. How long do you have?”
“I don’t know...Molly, do you know when we leave?” huffed Anthony as he tapped her on the muzzle. 
"We can leave whenever you like Ant." She said giggling. 
Anthony’s head turned and he glared at Moly, “Only Ben calls me Ant. Understood?”
Molestia stood up, "oohhhh feisty, I like that in a stallion."  
Anthony’s face turned into a slight pink as he knew what she meant by those words.
As Ben finished his lunch, Trollestia picked him up with her magic and carried him like a hoofball out of the school. Anthony stared as he started to wonder what Molly might do to him with her magic. His mind was listing all the horrid ways she could use it.  
"Ok Anthony, are you ready to go?" Molly asked.
Five months… “Okay. Lets go.” sighed Anthony as he trotted out of the school.

Anthony sat on the train with Molly. The ride was bumpy, but Anthony still tried to read the list he was given. “Stuff to do at your Pen Pal’s home. See the differences, what they like, how their family reacts? They call this homework?” moaned Anthony.
"Don't worry darling, I'll make sure you have a wonderful time, heck I'd be surprised if you'll want to go back home after this experience." Said Molly, during the train ride she kept slowly sliding her hoof closer to Anthony
“I’ve only been with you for two hours and-" He noticed her hoof and slid it back, “I want to be away from you.” Then he realized he had homework. He looked at the first assignment: Find a difference. he looked at her and did notice a difference. Besides her monotonous mane and personality, she had something else. But he couldn’t figure out what. 
“I knew you would start checking me out sooner or later.” giggled Molly as she swiped  her tail over his lap.
“It’s for the assignment.” blushed Anthony as he returned his attention to his homework guide.
Molly leaned her head closer to him, "what kind of assignment?" 
“I...I..just talk to other ponies, but me.” said Anthony as he tried to slide away from Molly.
"But I need to talk to you, how else will you finish your homework?" She asked grinning.
“By luck and.” Anthony stopped mid-sentence as he smelled the air, “Do you smell that?” 
Molly held her head up high and sniffed, "no, why? Do you smell something?"
“Bread? No; Berries? no;soda? no. What is that smell?” Anthony got up from his seat and started to follow the scent.
He went by Molly and stepped in a puddle of liquid.
Molly looked at him innocently and gave a small giggle, "oops. How embarrassing."  She gave a menacing smile, "would you mind cleaning it up for me?"
“What is this?” Anthony asked as he sniffed his hoof. The scent nearly sent him across the aisle. That was the smell, but a lot stronger.
"It's Soda." Said Molly, "would you like a bit? I made it myself."
“You sure it’s soda? Smells more like a perfume than a drink. What’s in this?” said Anthony as he licked his hoof, “And why is it salty?”
"I'm 100% sure it's soda. As for the ingredients, it's a secret. But if you ever want anymore don't hesitate to ask." She said smiling innocently.
“Hmm…” as Anthony returned to his seat, he slipped on the puddle. As he got up, he saw a stain in Molestia’s seat. “Umm….why is that.” Then he realized what he just licked off his hoof. “Oh by Luna’s moon!” yelled Anthony as he ran to the train’s restroom.
Molestia fell over on her chair and burst into a fit of laughter. Everypony always fell for that joke, and it never gets old to her. 

Anthony huffed as he tried to scrub the smell off his hoof, “Not even off the train yet. How am I gonna survive 5 months with her?” As he finished up, he felt the train screeched to a halt .He got out and ignored Molly as he grabbed the assignment booklet. Molestia had a smug smile on her face as she followed him out of the train and onto the platform of the station.
“So who’s gonna pick us up?’ asked Anthony as he turned away from Molly.
"My sister Lulu should be coming to meet us." She replied. 
“Princess Lulu? Well, there is a difference here besides you.” said Anthony as he looked around for a princess.
"Well...she is actually Princess Luna. But I always call her Lulu, it's like her pet name." Molly said. "I'll probably have a pet name chosen for you in a few days."
“Princess Luna?!” said Anthony, trying to hold in his excitement and glee.
Molestia pouted, "why didn't you act as excited as that when you met me? I'm the reason your here after all."
“Well….you’re...I’m sorry.” said Anthony as his ears lower and he bowed towards her.
“Can we move along? I got newbies to fry in (Insert online game here).” said a voice behind him.
Molly turned around and smiled, "Lulu!" She ran over and hugged her sister. "Did you miss me?"
“No.” she looked at Anthony, “But you found somepony to replace me while you went on your trip.”
"Oh him?"  Molly released Luna from the hug and raised an eyebrow, "he was the reason I went on the trip. He has to live with us for 5 months, didn't you listen to anything I said?"
“Those horse shoes hurt.” muttered Anthony as he tried to recover from Molly plowing him down like a steamroller to hug her sister.
Luna walked to him and picked him up with her magic, “Well. Hope she paid you good,cause this is gonna be 5 months of torment from her.”
“Wait what?’ said Anthony as he fell back to the ground and was picked up by Molly, “What do you mean?”
Molly hugged him, "oh just ignore her. Me and you are going  to have lots of fun!" She leaned closer and grinned, "if you catch my drift."
Anthony gulped, “Day one...and I want to go home.” (END of Chapter 4)