//------------------------------// // Crushes Crush You // Story: Newtown Ponies // by COMPLETELY DONE //------------------------------// Newtown Ponies When we all got home, White invited me to play some video games with him, but I passed and took out all my things in my saddlebag. I put all my books and pencils on my bunk and asked my mother if I could go to the library. “Only if Zen goes with you!” my mother said, and Zen followed me to the carriage. “Be back before 5:00!” mother reminded Zen and I. “Why do you wish to go to the library, dear twin?” Zen asked in her semi- sarcastic, yin-ish yang-ish voice. She shot a puzzled look at me and I looked back, very worried to explain. “You see, Crystal is a changeling and I need to find some books on changeling history, I’ve said enough, enough information you need.” I explained. Zen just acted like she understood every word, like she normally does, but not this time. “Just... ugh!” I grunted. When we got to the library, I galloped to Twilight and asked for a book on villains of Equestria. “I have just the thing you want, Glitter!” She cheerfully exclaimed. I glanced at the title and grinned. “Can I see your card?” Twilight asked, and I gave her my card. She stamped the book and handed back the card. “Now you’ll have to tell me the rest!” Zen leaned and glared at me, hoping that it would guilt me into spilling the beans. After explaining, she just gawked and giggly-said, “No way will Crystal will do something to Ponyton, you’ve cracked your nut!” She guffawed at the thought. . . . It was 9:45, I was brushing my teeth, when Tigre` rubbed up against my left-hind hoof. “I’ll be done before you know it, Tigre`” I muffled before I spat out the toothpaste liquid. Zen was already sawing logs when I walked into the room. I climbed to my bunk, then I saw my books and pencils. I jerked the covers and the books and pencils made a murmured thud on the carpet floor of our room. Zen just mumbled and tossed around, and Hoot just ruffled his feathers. I was drifting off to sleep,when I saw Crystal. I was suspecting it was another nightmare, but I thought about everything that had happened today! “Glitter” whispered Chrysalis. “Glitter” she whispered once more. I decided to scream for Luna, when Crystal grabbed my pajama collar and held me against the wall, and stared into my eyes, and I squinted my eyes closed as she opened her mouth to speak. “You know as well as I do that I will prevail and you will become rubble just like everypony else, when the changeling army takes over!” Crystal yelled at the top of her lungs. I kicked her in the ribs and she puffed into a cloud of smoke. “Oh, well done you poor excuse for a changeling filly!” Chrysalis mocked as she clapped the hooves slowly. I fell to the ground, front-right hoof twisted under my body, it didn’t hurt, but I’m sure it would’ve if it were real. Luna approached out of nowhere and made Chrysalis puff into smoke. “If I know anything, you will become a very successful unicorn, Glitter.” Luna encouraged and she walked out of the room. I saw a bright white light, when I saw Zen’s face, grinning, and her piercing black eyes looking straight into my light pink eyes. “Get off of me you goof!” I shouted and nudged her off of the bed. With a thud and a grunt, she tossed me my saddlebag and told me to come to the living room immediately. I saw little Hoot-lings and I gasped in excitement. “Oh, my, Discord!” I said. “I know, isn’t it great?” Zen asked in pride and joy. You would’ve thought that Zen was just feeding Hoot too much mice, but Zen just figured out that she would have to give half of the Hoot-lings away. “I think I’m changing Hoot’s name... to... Hootlie!” Zen decided. I rolled my eyes and just decided not to worry about Crystal, except I couldn’t erase her from my mind! I grabbed the book from my dresser, and put it in my saddlebag, I also found my favorite shirt Rarity made for me. Zen walked in the room and grabbed her yin- yang shaped saddlebag and trotted to the door. I was admiring my shirt, a tank top with a glittery G on it. I slipped it on as quick as a whip and dragged my saddlebag to the door. When I got to the door, I peeked in my bag to make sure that I had everything. “Oh my Discord!” I shouted when I saw that someone left an envelope in my bag, it was from Rarity. Zen looked inside and got the envelope. Annoyed, I beat Zen to the bus-stop because Zen was distracted by the letter. It was 6:45, and the bus approached. Zen folded the letter and stuck it back in the envelope, she gave it back to me. When I got on the bus, I was sure that I would sit next to Starr again, but, when I got to my seat, I sat, turned my head, and I saw Crystal. “Oh...my...Discord,” I whispered to myself.