//------------------------------// // Chapter V: I Give Up // Story: Life Is A Game We All Must Play // by Bambi-Fuego //------------------------------// Chapter V: I Give Up God I hate the life I live now, nothing ever goes my way, ever. Let's just start from where I left off. "So this is your room." Twilight said leading me to a dark room that looks like it hasn't been used in a while. "It's..." "Empty?" Twilight tried to finish. "Not the word I would use but yeah, empty." The room was.. "How big is this fucking tree?! I mean seriously. I library, a kitchen and two bedrooms. There is no way all that can fit in one tree. It looks big from the outside but not that big." "It is, my tree is surprisingly big." So it's her tree now. I thought she said this was a library, which should be open the public. "Okay I believe you." Twilight left and I examined the room a little more. There wasn't much to examine mind you. There was just a single bed, a chest of draws and a cupboard. The room had only one window and fair amount of empty space. I put my stuff next to the bed, got into the bed. "Fuck my life." I said pulling the covers, with extreme difficulty, up. At least there's is no supernatural shit to be worried about... I hope. I thought to myself before falling asleep. The following day started far too early for me by a dragon. The small purple one from last night not the big terrifying ones that level entire villages like you hear in stories. "Wake up. Twilight wants you to meet the rest of her friends today." He said to me. "Three things: One, what's your name?" I swear if it's retarded like the rest of the names here... "Spike. My name's Spike." Spike said to me. Much better. "Hello Spike. Two, I've told Twilight many times I'm not here to make friends. And three, what time is it?" I asked. "Quarter past eight. Why?" I am not a morning person, never have been never will be. "Fuck me... Tell twilight I'll be down in five." "Alright bye." He left and I was alone. I didn't need five minutes to get up but I wanted some time to gather myself because yet again I think I'm going insane or something isn't right with me in the head. I mean, who can take in everything I have. Thrown into a world where I don't belong, 90% chance all that was left of my family is dead (They might have not bombed the train station (there is no more port, we lost all of it about a year and a half ago), I've already killed three people, they would have killed me but that isn't helping me and I'm now a small, winged horse How am I so calm about everything? I suppose time will tell. I walked out of the room where I proceeded to fall down the stairs. With four feet, or hooves now, it's easy to loose my footing, or is it hoofing now? I have no fucking clue. "Are you alright?" Twilight asked rushing towards the pile of me on the floor. "...No. That fucking hurts!" I said slowly getting myself back up. "Well you just fell down a flight of stairs, of course it's going to hurt." "...So, why did you want me down so early?" I asked trying not to put pressure on the fore-leg I landed on, because it's not an arm any more. "Well hopefully you didn't break anything and it's not that early. It's not!" She said the last part after noticing my facial expression. "Okay then what time do you usually get up?" "If I can help it, half ten. I always worked the late shift so waking up early was never a problem. Now where is the shower?" I asked "Upstairs, second room on your left." Twilight said "Cheers." There is no way this tree is that big. I though yet again. I had my shower, which was a lot more complicated than it should be thanks to my fucking hooves, and I was feeling very much awake. But according to Twilight I wasn't in for a good day. She never said that but I apparently have friends to make today, which, I've said so many times, I'm not here to do. "Twilight. How the fuck to ponies use the toilet?" A very, very important question that after three days of being in my new body, just writing that sounds weird, came up. Twilight looked at me like I was growing a tail. No wait, that doesn't work anymore. But then realised that I genuinely didn't have a clue how to use one. One shit and an extremely arkward explanation later found me back down stairs. "Now, are you ready to meet the other?" Twilight asked. "No. And are you sure I can't skip the meet and greet?" I asked "After yesterday I would say yes but there is one problem. Ponyville is quite small so word gets around quickly." How is that a problem? "Apparently ponies have been talking about that somepony has recently moved to Ponyville." Where is this going? "And that means a certain mare hasn't met you, and said mare is Pinkie Pie." "The one that works in the gingerbread house?" Still think that's messed up. "Yeah. Pinkie Pie is... well... different." "Good different or bad different?" "That depends on how you look at it. You see, Pinkie is very, very hyper. Best way to put." "How lovely." Not looking forward to that. "We'll try to meet her last for your benefit but no guarantees." I was a little happier with that. Only a little. We walked out of the tree, I'm never going to get used to writing that, and I turned around to get a better look at said tree. That's a seriously big tree. It's just a tree, with a balcony. Yeah I know... "So who do I have the misfortune of meeting first?" I asked. "Your so optimistic." Twilight sarcastically said. "And yesterdays visits weren't all bad. Yes you were a little too harsh on Applejack, okay very harsh on her but the visit with Fluttershy went well." "Yeah it did, for a few reasons: she's kind and didn't assault me!" "You know what, I'm not going to argue with you. I already learned it's hopeless. And to answer you question it's Rarity." "She the posh one?" She nodded in response. I grunted. "Hold on. What day is it?" I didn't even know the date, still don't. "Wednesday why?" I told her to wait outside while I grab something. I walked back in the tree... house... thing, went up the stair, spent five minutes trying to put a certain black band around my fore-leg. Very hard without fingers. Very, very carefully walked down the stairs, out the door where I was greeted by a visibly bored Twilight. "Why are you wearing a sweat band? why is there only one? and why is it that far up your leg?" Twilight asked me. "Okay. It's not a sweat band, it's a memorial band and that's where you put it." She opened her mouth to probably memorial of who but after the look I gave her she quickly closed her mouth. After a few minutes it suddenly dawned on us that we had been standing outside the library's door for at least ten minutes. "...So off to Carousel Boutique." Just don't ask, I can't be arsed and the quicker this is done with the better. We walked through the town, it's not overly big and we didn't have to go too far since our destination was near the middle of town. When we got there Twilight knocked on the door. "Who is it?" an annoyingly posh voice answered. "Rarity it's me... and company." The name 'Rarity' isn't as retarded as they come here but it's still stupid. "Come in darling." This isn't going to end well. We walked inside the 'Boutique'. I need to find out what one is. "Is this the stallion you told me about the other day?" "Is there anyone you didn't tell about me?" I asked Twilight. "I didn't tell everypony about you, just my friends." "Let's just get this over with." I muttered. I'm not going to write down what happened during my time at Rarity's because it was boring and because I may or may have not accidently fallen asleep during a talk about 'the height of fashion in Equestria'. I don't think she noticed but Twilight... yeah. She was glaring daggers at me for the remainder of the time. We left and when we were definitely out of earshot of the posh, white Unicorn with three diamonds as her arse tattoo. "How could you fall asleep?!" Twilight would have shouted but since we were walking thtought the town square she didn't because no one wants to make a scene. "I have a shit excuse and a good excuse. Which one do you want to hear first?" I asked. "The first one." "Okay," I said "I'm tired and everything she said bored the shit out of me. But the good excuse is that I haven't been able to get a lot of sleep lately, I'm currently living in a technicolour nightmare, there is probably something wrong with me or I've changed a lot and I don't care what you think of me for saying this but.. I want to go home. Like back where I came from home, out of this shit hole and back to the norm." It took Twilight a minyte to fully comprehend what I said. "It's not all and here is it? Yes it is probably different from where you're from but can't you just accept that this is your new home?" Never "Equestria is a lovely place, I understand you had a awful experience in Canterlot," I just snorted at that understatment. "But with the help of friends you can get over what happened. That's one of the reasons I'm showing you all mine." Yet again she mentioned how important friends are and yet again I tell myself I'm not here to make friends. "If you're showing me all of them, then why not invite them to one place so I meet them all at once? " I pointed out. "I didn't think about that." "Common sense Sparkle, common sense." And I wouldn't have snapped at Applejack like I did. When I took notice to where Twilight was leading me to, from what Twilight said, I didn't like the destination. We were walking towards the gingerbread bakery. Fortunately we were stopped by a voice from above. "Hey Twi, wait up!" We looked up to find a small (relatively), cyan Pegasus fly down towards us. "Hi Rainbow." Now her I do remember. Most likely because the name 'Rainbow' probably came from her hair... mane (same fucking thing) is a rainbow, well most of the rainbow anyways. "I thought you were in Cloudsdale?" "Yeah well, the weather office asked if I could cover someone's shift because they were ill and a little extra bits can't hurt." Should point out that the Equestrian currency is in 'Bits' which is basically gold coins. "Is this... Something Fuego wasn't it?" She asked pointing to me. She got the last part right at least. Twilight opened her mouth but I was more than capable to say what she was going to say. "Bambi Fuego." "Sup. Name's Rainbow Dash, I'll let you figure out why the gave me my first name. I work on the weather team, live in Cloudsdale. And I'm running late, gotta go! Oh and Pinkie has a surprise 'Welcome to Ponyville' party planned for you. "Rainbow! You weren't supposed to tell him!" "He was going to find out eventually, and from the looks of things you were heading there anyways." "Wait what? I don't want a party." I butted in, I didn't and didn't change my mind after said party. "Too late, anyways I need to get going, and yes Twi I will be at the party, I just got to do this then I'll go, before you ask." They said goodbye, Rainbow took off into the air and we continued our way to the not-so-surprise, surprise party. "So... what am I going to expect because I cannot be arsed with a party." I said as we neared the door to the bakery where the party was being held. "It's best you see for yourself... Ah here we are, after you." Twilight said indicating me to go through the door. "No you're going first, not me." "Why, if you don't mind me asking?" "Because, I'm not having you stopping me form getting out of that door, if the need arises." "Fine." She opened the door where we saw... nothing, it was just dark and quiet, too quiet. Well it was until, "Surprise!" the lights were turned on. I saw a sign saying 'Welcome to Ponyville!' streamer were falling from the ceiling, there was a fuck-load of people I haven't met who were there, so were the ones who I have minus three of them. "...Nope." I said turning around to leave but only to find that the door was shut, and because I can't open door with fucking hooves I was stuck. What's the worst that can happen? I asked myself now facing away from the door. I didn't get to say anything because the pink pony in the middle starting talking, fast. "Hi I'm Pinkie Pie, welcome to Ponyville, but you don't need me to tell you that it says so on the banner. Do you like the party? I made it for you because you're new here and if you're new here that means you don't know anypony, that means you don't have any friends-" I have one... who isn't here. "- and I don't want that so I made you this party so you can get some friends and smile!" "Fuck it... Hello." I look over at Twilight and mouthed 'Can I go now?' she just shook her head. "Yay!" Pinkie shouted. "Let's get this party started!" If we have to... Ten minutes later I'm sitting around, bored shitless and looking miserable, when out of nowhere Pinkie popped in front of my face, I don't mean that metaphorically, I had most of the room in my peripheral vision and I didn't see her until that moment. "Hey what's up? You look bored, do you not like my party?" I didn't reply, I was too busy getting over the shock she gave me. "Did I scare you, I didn't mean to." I got up. "Hey where are you going?" she asked. "I've noticed something." "What's that. Oooh tell me, tell me!" She wasn't wrong about her being hyper. "I'm starving, I haven't eaten anything since lunchtime yesterday." She gave me a questioning look. "Then why didn't you say so!" Next thing I know is that I'm in front of the food table."All this is for you, well not just you it's for everypony but the party is for you so the food is too!... Why are you just standing there?" I was standing there becuase I was still trying to process how I got where I was. What just happened? I asked myself. I decided to completely ignore what just happened and focus on the point at hand. I was hungry but couldn't eat because i didn't know know how to pick up the food. Yesterday's salad was easier because it was salad and it doesn't get everywhere like in your new white fur coat for example, party food however had a tendency to not be so clean. And party food reminds me of parties which reminds me of celebrations, what are some things that are celebrated, birthdays and what happened on my most receant birthday? I took a one way trip to a technicolour hell called Equestria, where I lost everything. "...I've... I'm not hungry anymore." I said turning away from the food and towards the door where no one stops me from exiting so I can go into a state of depression. I don't know where to go and i haven't been noticed leaving except by the overly hyper pink pony, so I decide to walk around the back of the bakery which looks so much smaller on the outside, like a lot of things here. I sort of sit down on the ground, I can just hear the party from the other side of the wall I have my back against. And then another relisation hits me, the position I'm sitting in, I don't have anything to grab onto things with. Therefore I'm stuck here... Fuck.