//------------------------------// // Clue on Cottage! (Edited 9-14-2015) // Story: A Boy and his Box // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// I woke up in my spawned bed. Thanks to my new MOD powers, I finally have covers in any color besides plain red... though I need practice. The shade of green I currently have is not my color. Throughout breakfast, Twilight was nagging about my bed blocking the door to the library. Well, excuuuse me princess, I didn't kick you out of a lab and direct you to the library to sleep in. I then proceeded to place my bed in the kitchen, beside our table. There I emptied my inventory of everything I had. Weapons, Barn's hat, some mod items for example: parts for a 3D maneuver gear, and my emerald chest plate. Twilight gapes at me and the pony high amount of crap I had... oh and inventory items. "I did not... ew... Why or how do I even have this?! I'm deleting this stuff." "Jake!" "Lego." I quickly corrected. "We do not say words like that! Studies show that young minds can get corrupted easier with those words!" Twilight exclaimed while floating a few documents. "But Twilight, its LITERAL stuff!" "WHAT IS YOUR DEAL?!" she screams. "You call me short, eat my food when you can make your own, you snore like a pig, curse when Spike is around-" "Sorry 'bout that," I said deleting some items along with my bed. "-and interrupt me." "Look, I sold my soul for my powers without warning. Ponyland is my purgatory where I outlive everyone." I lost what poker face I had and smirked when Twilight gave me a frown, "I'm just kidding! ...Or not really." I rubbed my neck, "Anyway, you learn to like this place and enjoy what you find. Like a midget princess!" Her eyes locked onto me, her eyebrow rose while her ear twitched low behind her head. I swear I smelled smoke. Apparently I tend to ramble, instead of being annoying in a weird non ADHD way, I became slightly offensive. I won't give details, but I happened to calm things down... "Whaaat? Prison humor is funny. Riiight? Besides it might as well be true!" I said, before I blinked hard. "I almost went off topic..." "I did some research last night before I turned off my lamp. Looks like we have something like 'Blue's Clues.'" She held out a book designed to look like a red chair, but it was a full book instead of a notepad. "Sky Saxophone's amazing incantations." "Oh no." I breathed, either she was serious or joking- you decide. Twilight giggled at my response and grabbed a Ponyville Blue folder. Why blue? Rainbow Dash. Unless Pinkie is actually BLUE... not that Blue, shut up. "Oh look over here, a picture! Did you know about Saxophone's teleportation magic? It allows some pony to go to a place they've never gone before!" she said with a twinkle in her eye. "Its a one way spell that has never been tested before." I grab all my stuff and deleted the new blocks of poo as Twilight reads aloud: "BLUE, BLUE HEAR ME OUT! LATCH ONTO FRIEND LEGO, SO HE CAN STOP THY WOE! Blue schedoo, we can too!" OH MY... FICTIONAL GOD(dess)! Such simple words have never rustled my jimmies more than the time Box found Pony Netflix on the train! I'd rather watch 'Canterlot School Musical' at the scene where Flash Sentry almost kisses Twilight Spar- HOLD DA PHONE!! I broke my train of disturbing thoughts as Twilight and the library grew around me followed by blinding light... the SUN!!! After falling from the sky, I looked around to see that I had appeared where the picture was taken- a cottage -and shivering ball of fluffy butter and pink colored something coward next to me in a ball. A pegasus. "Y-you're... um..." "Sorry if I scared you. Are you alright?" I said, looking down at her. "Not to be rude, but you are-" "Sorry. What was that?" I asked, lowering my head to hear better. "Sir, ummm... you're... uh... you're standing on Angel Bunny's ear..." I feel a sudden tug as a white rabbit is pulling his ear from under my foot... I'm apparently so talented that I fell feet first. I release said foot and he tries to roundhouse kick my shin, no pain. "Did you know there was a rabbit there?" I asked, dumb question since she told me to move off his ear! She nods and replies, "That's what I've been trying to tell you!! ...sorry!" "What're you sorry for? I probably need to clean my ears, wait I died... Never mind! No harm done!" Looking down at Angel, "Nothing major, hopefully, at least." She nodded slowly and continued to hide behind her mane as she stood. I swear to Box, I think I saw a tumble weed in the distance... I broke the long silence with a question, "Uh, I think we've met before... yesterday?" "Y-yes we have, but I don't think I got... your... umm... name?" Fluttershy winced as if I was going to Princess Celeslap her again... IN REAL LIFE, I did that ONCE in a game against Button Mash and I'm not planning on harming the 'real-deal'. If any Bronies made their way here: Fluttershy would be a queen, Rarity wouldn't get work done being 'BEST PONY', and Twilight might lock herself in the library resulting in a mob attacking me. I mean, there's already a few here I know that would. But I don't know a Rarity- Button says she's real and she's in this town. Fluttershy tugs on my leg, breaking those pesky thoughts, "I said 'I'm Fluttershy, what's your name?'... ummm... If you want to tell me, that is..." "Oh, sorry. My name is Lego Craft." I introduced, cycling random items in my hand as a trick to show how great I am. She tilts her head a bit, "Kraft? As in the mac 'n' cheese I feed my mice?" "You have macaroni here, I-?" my attention was lead to a beautiful gold necklace with a pink butterfly in the middle with diamonds along the wings. It was pretty and shiny and the new topic, "That's a nice necklace you have there." She looked down, "Oh yes! Discord found it in a river bank when we helped fix a beaver dam in Las Pegasus and found it in the ground beside the river. Rarity cleaned and lightened it so I can wear it... I'm glad you noticed!" Realization hit her as she took a step back, "If you don't mind... ummm... Why are you here?" Break times over. Chop, chop, brain. "Oh yeah... there was a blue paw here, right?" I questioned. "What about it? I've been trying to get rid of it for weeks and nothing works..." "Did you see the animal who made it?" I was cut off by a sudden apple that knocks on my head from the ground below as the skilled rabbit was still angry or something. He had a book with him, waving his paw while he scowled. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Webster and Spanish-English dictionaries hurt worse! "I'll be down, soon!" Fluttershy called down, after asking if I was fine. I heard that she's the Element of kindness, but I thought she should be a tree for some reason. Her quiet, caring nature of a woodland critter protector personality? I jumped to the ground as she hovered behind me, by her invitation we entered the cottage. I sat on a couch as she entered her kitchen, I spawned a carrot and munched on it as I waited. Angel stared at me as I replaced it with another carrot, then another, from nowhere. I then proceeded to spawn and juggle three gold apples with more animals gaining interest when I ate said apples whole in one bite. Video game logic. I then spawned a water melon block and punched it revealing its round wedges, blowing a rat's mind by the paws touching then leaving its head with a tiny "boosh!" sounding from its mouth. Fluttershy walked in with a bowel of salad on her muzzle and a plate with a tea set on her back as the animals squawked and squeaked in unison while I chugged my third water bucket and balanced two potatoes on my knee. I think Box's DNA mixture gave me skills beyond even my own belief! Fluttershy looked at the empty buckets filled with my mess of watermelon shells and apple cores as I placed the third bucket on the ground and cleaned the last of my mess pile, "Alright, shows over! The freak is done." I said as Fluttershy dropped the salad that was caught mid-air by Angel. I placed my trash buckets in my inventory getting a gasp out of Fluttershy. To them, it looks like the item vanished with a *pop* in my grasp. "How did you do that?" Fluttershy asked, setting down the plate with her wing and filling two tea cups by holding the pot with her hooves. "Oh, and do you still want tea?" "Maaagiiic~! Or at least... I think so." I said with jazz hands. Don't judge me, hands are rare here. "Tea is good." "That was amazing, anyway." Suddenly, (unicorn) Box slams through the cottage doors as he was tossed by something. I caught him and inquired, "Why are Boxes flying through doors? I heard that was a Rainbows job!" He looks up at me with a big, blue paw print on his face. "Tau... Taurt... crab... don let... im... goh!" he faints after those words as I lay him on the couch. I ran outside to see a muscular snake with crab pincers and crab legs that run along his side. In his tail he wields... oh you've got to be kidding me. His rattle holds Box's 'All Giver' iron axe. "SNAB WINS! SNAB HAS POWERFUL TROPHIE! SNAB-" "WILL SHUT THE BUCK UP AND YIELD!" I shouted with full diamond armor with emerald chest plate on. I made sure I had the two emerald swords I got from Box last night, deciding to save them for later and grab the guy. He is twice the size of Celestia, who is a head and a half taller than me. "Snab Crake is waiting," he said, my plan was to toss him, though it may take a millennium of hard work. The serum can give me super skills, but not super strength? That's so fair. He then flung me in the air towards Fluttershy, but I'm not having THAT! I stopped myself with a diamond hoe in the ground and landed as he charges at me! I gave him a few swipes from my hoe and tried to grab A.G. from his tail, but failed when he countered with an Iron Gollem's fist to my face. The Gollem glared at me and swung for a second punch, I countered with both legs in the air over my head readying a double kick, that sent it back a foot or two and brings me back upright. With the hoe, I hung onto the swinging pincer from Snab and landed a round kick to the left side of his head and a swipe from my Flame II Stone sword before I fell. ...Landing on my feet again. "oOOooooOH! Do you know how GOOD that fire felt?" Snab said in calm, creepy tone you hear in a white van. He slashed A.G.'s blade at me and that distraction was followed by his gollem body slaming into me. He gets up to see me in a villager mask and freezes, probably contemplating on his life choices? *CRUNCH* Nevermind, Snab ended the gollem's existence with a single sweep from A.G. Rest in Peace, dude. I look up from the ground to see a double rai- OH CRAP!! Twilight's crown is a... GIANT LASER OF DEATH!! "THISssssss ISssssss NOT OVAHR!!" Snab screams as he turns into stone, Rainbow Dash grabs All Giver from Crake's tail and drops it next to me with the blade in the ground next to my face. "RAINBOW, be careful!" Rarity scolded. At that Dash responds with, "What? He can't die!" "I can still feel pain, ya moron!" I got up from dodging the laser, "And I would have to bury another me- Wait. How do you even know that?" I asked getting up, Rainbow simply mentions that Pinkie told everyone, "Equestria saved! Can I go home now?" I asked, dusting myself off. "Actually no. Apparently dangerous creatures from Taurtarus and Canterlot Garden have escaped. Celestia fears they may want revenge on her, Luna, Equestria in general, Box, and finally... you." This sounds cheesier than a certain dragon-man I know... "Celestia informed me that they're all on their way to the 'Castle of the Pony Sisters', we recently fixed it. That being said, the result is putting Ponyville the danger zone. If you'd like, you can live with me, Zacora, or in the Castle. Pinkie whispered in my ear, "Zacora is our local zebra friend, she lives in a hut in the forest." Twilight continued, "She offered so that you can defend her home just in case. I'd recommend the castle, to be honest." "I'm castle crashin'!" I paused, "How does Celestia know this stuff?" "Discord and Luna- pretending to be Nightmare Moon -are spying for her. We agree that she is the final line of defense incase we fail, and by how you fought we might need to back you up when YOU fail!" Twilight said, ending with a worried tone. "He won't fail," I said grabbing All Giver and drinking a instant health potion, "Alone without sufficient training, we suck. But both of us together we can handle this. Until we are fully trained, request guards to protect the Elements and prep us. This was a pawn and EVEN I failed to stop him! Out of the two of us, I could've injured him some and yet he got MY All Giver! If we all don't prepare, it'll go downhill WAAAY too fast." THAT WAS A PAWN? WHAT HAS BOX BEEN FIGHTING TO CALL SNAB A PAWN?! Well whatever. Challenge Accepted!