//------------------------------// // Options // Story: My Little Caboose: Blue is Magic! // by DarkWing //------------------------------// "Tex?" Church repeated loudly. This time nobody replied. "Must have just been hearing things." Church muttered. Church kept walking forward trying to find Twilight. "Why are you here?" Church heard from a far, placing the voice instantly as Twilight. "I was hoping you could tell me." Another voice said, this time Church knew he was not hearing things. It was Tex. "Tex? Twilight? Where are you?" Church yelled, but no answer was given. Over in the epicenter of Twilight's mind, Tex was standing a few meters away from Twilight. "Are you... Tex?" Twilight asked. "Yeah, who the hell are you?" Tex asked angrily. "You're a lot angrier than Church made you out to be." Twilight said quietly. "Wait, you know Church?" Tex asked with a mixture of her usual anger and confusion. "Yes he is a new friend." Twilight said. "He told me a lot about you." "Good things?" "Not really." Twilight admitted. "That's the Church I know alright." Tex grunted. "So how did I get here?" "Well he started suffering a lot of pain in his head, so I went in and took out some of that pain and it seems I also took you along with it." "How thoughtful." Tex said sarcastically. Tex started to advance on Twilight. "What are you doing?" Twilight asked nervously. "Grabbing me a new body." Tex said hollowly. Church was frozen in place as he listened to the conversation that was happening. Suddenly Church heard a small explosion and a flash of purple further along the path he was taking. He rushed forward and turned to find himself in a large open area where two figures were fighting atop a pile of books. The first figure was Twilight, horn glowing brightly, the other was Tex, who was dodging blasts of magic. "What the fuck is going on?" Church asked. Twilight's head snapped to Church. Tex immediately took advantage of the distraction and knocked out Twilight with a punch to the back of her head. "What the hell are you doing here Tex?" Church had still not fully grasped what was happening before him when Tex turned to him and stared at him silently for the briefest of moments. "Is that you Church?" Tex asked with a tone of surprise. "Can't say much for your new body. But it's good to see you again." "I can't say the same. What the hell did you do to her?" "I knocked her out. I plan on taking control of her body, it seems to be more powerful than mine." Tex slowly started to walk towards Twilight but Church stepped in front of her. "That isn't fair Tex, you know that." Church grunted. "Screw fair. I have a chance to get a new body and I'm going to take it." Tex chuckled. Tex turned to Twilight and started to make her way towards her. "I just need to take her out of the picture." Church threw his body at Tex and tackled her to the ground. "I can't let you do this Tex." Church grunted as he pinned her to the ground. "Oh? And what are you going to do to stop me?" Tex said before throwing Church off of her. Church slammed in to another wall of books and fell to the ground. He quickly got up to see Tex's hand around Twilight's neck. Tex suddenly got surrounded by a light blue cloak and flew in to a wall. "I'm not going to let you kill her." Church muttered. "You aren't much of a fighter Church, do you honestly think you can beat me?" Tex laughed. "No, but I can sure as hell try." Church exclaimed. Church charged at Tex with the intent of knocking her to the ground. Tex tried to dive to the side, but Church still managed to clip her, knocking her down for a brief moment. Twilight slowly opened her eyes, but did not move. Instead she stared silently at the pair. "You're really trying to stop me for her?" Tex asked with mild surprise. "And here I thought that you loved me." "So far she's been better to me than you ever have." Church said quietly as he stared at Twilight, then he turned to Tex and rose his voice. "I choose for her to be my friend, I didn't choose to love you. I’ve finally discovered our love for what it is. Mechanical, surreal. Something fabricated, not earned and you knew that, that's why you refused to love me back." Church lunged at Tex again, but Tex was even faster this time. She grabbed his horn and kneed him in the throat. Church made a vicious choking sound but Tex did not let up. She continued hitting him in the throat until she was satisfied he would not get up. "Maybe taking you out of the picture would be the best way to move on." Tex said thoughtfully. "What do you mean by that? Are you going to kill me?" Church scoffed. "You'll just end up killing yourself." Tex did not reply, but rather stared at him, presumably glaring at him. "Now I'm going to give you two options here. The first one being that you try to walk over to Twilight and I will do all in my power to stop you which will probably end in me being killed, which in turn will probably kill you." "But do you know for sure?" Tex challenged. "Would you really want to risk it?" "What's the second option." "The second option is that you come back in my head where you survive to some degree and I will live with it." "Those options don't really seem fair." "Like you said, screw fair. What's it going to be Tex?" "You're a lot different than I remember." Tex said quietly. "Have it your way, I'll give you this one as a favor but you owe me one thing in return." "Name it." Church replied firmly. "Hit that yellow asshat in the balls for me." Tex said instantly. "What is your problem with his balls?" Church said, covering a slight chuckle. "He just pisses me off." "That's understandable." Church nodded thoughtfully. "Deal." Outside of Twilight's body, Rainbow Dash was staring silently at Church, still trying to comprehend what had just happened. Twilight's eyes then snapped open and she groaned lightly. "Thank Celestia you're alright." Rainbow Dash said happily. Twilight's eyes drifted over to where Church was laying. Before Twilight could ask any questions Church appeared next to her and went back in to his own body. "What are you?" Rainbow Dash asked quietly. "Want the long answer or the short answer?" Church asked. "I think the short one should be good for now." Twilight said. "I'm a mother-fucking ghost." Church said with a shrug.