New Life in Equestria

by jkreader

Chapter 5 - Bullies and Babs (Rewritten)

As I sat on Nyx’s back, while my new friends showed me around Ponyville, I was feeling a lot better after what happened that morning. I was liking Ponyville a lot. I had made a lot of new friends already. The Crusaders were showing me parts of Ponyville I hadn’t seen before, like the school house they all went to, a place called a spa, and some shops and stalls where they sold food and flowers. I even saw Applejack at an apple stand. She waved as we walked by and we waved back.

“So,” Apple Bloom said as we kept walking, “How are ya likin’ Ponyville so far, Josh?”

“It’s great,” I said, “Everyone seems really nice.”

“You’ll really like it here,” Scootaloo said, “Ponyville is the best place to be in Equestria.”

We kept walking around, but after a little bit, I felt like someone was watching me. I looked back and saw two earth pony fillies. One was pink, had a purple and white mane and tail, blue eyes, and a tiara on her head. The other was gray, had a light gray mane and tail with a braid on one side of her head, blue glasses over her purple eyes, and a blue necklace around her neck. I turned back to Nyx, tapped her shoulder, and whispered in her ear.

“Nyx, do you know those two ponies behind us?” I asked her. Nyx looked back at the two fillies and frowned.

“What do you two want?” she asked. The others turned around and frowned when they saw the two.

“We’re not interested in you guys right now,” the pink one said. She then pointed at me. “We’re more interested in that.”

“Hold it!” Scootaloo said standing in front of Nyx, “He’s not a thing! He’s a human being!”

“Human?” the grey one asked.

“That’s right!” Nyx said stepping forward a little, “There were humans here in Equestria a long time ago, and if you studied history like some of us, you’d know that!”

I got off Nyx’s back and stood behind her. The pink one started laughing.

“You’re so much like your mom, Nightmare!” she said, “An egghead. Now about that human, does it have a name?”

“Not ‘it’!” Sweetie Belle said, “’He’! His name is Joshua.”

“Heh,” the pink one said, “Human names sound weird. Don’t you think Silver?”

“You said it, Diamond,” the grey one replied. So these two were Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, the ones who tricked Nyx into going in the forest and the bullies at their school. I was really hoping I wouldn’t meet them on my first day here. I was starting to get tears in my eyes. What they were saying was hurting.

“If you two don’t mind,” Apple Bloom said, “We’re busy showin’ him around Ponyville.”

“Well, for your information, I do mind,” Diamond Tiara said. She then looked at me. “You listen up. You’d better not stand in my way, or else...”

“Or else what?” said a new voice. We all looked behind Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and they looked behind themselves and we saw a brown earth pony filly standing there. She had a pink and red mane and tail that were short, green eyes, but she didn’t have a cutie mark. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon looked nervous while looking at her.

“Well, well, well,” the filly said walking up to us, “I come here for a visit, and imagine my surprise at seein’ you two pickin’ on my coz and her friends.”

She stopped in front of us and looked at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. She then looked back at me, smiled, winked, and looked back at the two fillies.

“Can’t even give a new guy some space, can ya?” she asked them. I moved to Nyx’s ear and whispered to her.

“Nyx?” I said, “Who is that?”

“It’s Babs Seed,” Nyx whispered back to me, “Apple Bloom’s cousin.”

“You two best back off if you know what’s good for you,” Babs said.

“Why are you siding with him?” Diamond asked, “He’s a freak!”

“No he ain’t,” Babs said, “Any friend of my coz is a friend of mine. Now like I said, you two best back off, or I’ll be tellin’ your mothers. Get me?” Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon backed up a little when Babs finished talking.

“Fine,” Diamond Tiara said, “You win this round.” She then looked at me with an angry frown again, pointed a hoof at her eye, and then at me. She then looked at Silver Spoon. “C’mon, Silver Spoon. Let’s leave these losers for now.”

Silver Spoon nodded and the two of them walked away. I stepped out from behind Nyx and next to her as Babs turned around to look at me.

“You alright, little guy?” she asked.

“Mm-hmm,” I said nodding and wiping away the tears from my eyes, “Thank you for stopping them.”

“No problem,” she replied, “I really hate it when bullies pick on others like that. Name’s Babs Seed, Apple Bloom’s cousin. What’s your name?”

“I’m Joshua. It’s nice to meet you, Babs,” I said.

“You were awesome, Babs!” Scootaloo said, “If you hadn’t stepped in, I would’ve given them a piece of my mind.”

“Heh, thanks Scoots,” Babs said, “So, what’s new, besides Josh there?”

“Other than that, not much,” Apple Bloom replied.

“Hey Babs,” I said, “Why were Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon scared of you?”

“Let’s walk,” Babs said, “And I’ll tell ya.” I got back on Nyx’s back and we all started walking again. “About a year ago, when I was living in Manehattan, I got bullied for being a blank flank. I came down here to visit Applejack and Apple Bloom for a few weeks. Applejack, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were at the train station to meet me.”

“Hey Nyx?” I asked, “Why weren’t you and Twist with them?”

“I was helping Twist with a special contest,” she said, “It was the Summer Harvest Festival when Babs visited, so Twist and I missed the chance to meet her.”

“So anyway, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo wanted me to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders when they showed me their clubhouse. I was unsure ‘bout it at first, but then they showed me the parade float they were going to ride in the Summer Harvest Parade. I was impressed, but then Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon showed up. I thought they were gonna start teasing me like I was back in Manehattan, so I joined them, started pickin’ on my cuz and her friends, and wrecked their parade float.”

“Over the next few days,” Apple Bloom said, “the three of them were pickin’ on us a lot, and they even kicked us out of our clubhouse. We then came up with a plan to get back at Babs. We built a new golden apple float for the parade and booby-trapped it so it would head straight into a lake. On the day of the parade, Babs took the bait and drove off with the float after we started the timer on the trap. Applejack then told us she was proud of us that she thought we were makin’ Babs feel special, and then she told us that Babs was being bullied back in Manehattan. We realized that we turned into bullies too and tried our best to save Babs from the trap.”

“The trap went off before they could catch up,” Babs said, “They managed to push me out before the float fell into the lake, but they fell in instead. Later at the farm, we all apologized to each other, started over, became friends, and I joined the Crusaders too. Next day though, we were at the train station, because it was time for me to head back. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were there too, and they started picking on my friends again, but I stopped ‘em and told ‘em I would tell their mothers about their bad attitudes. They stopped teasing them even after I left for a while. But when I came back today, I arrived in time to find they hadn’t stopped completely.”

“Thank you again for stopping them Babs,” I said.

“No problem little guy,” she said.

“Hey Joshua?” Nyx said, “It’s getting pretty late. We need to get back to the library.” I saw the sun get low in the sky. It was a pretty sunset.

“Okay Nyx,” I said.

“We’ll see ya tomorrow Joshua,” Apple Bloom said.

“Bye girls,” I said waving to them. They all waved their hooves at me too and left for their homes.