//------------------------------// // May the Best Pet Win! // Story: Spawn of Disharmony // by KenSES64 //------------------------------// Spawn of Disharmony By: KenSES64 Chapter 5: May the Best Pet Win! I’ve been having the same dream for the past week. It was always the same, but each time I had it, it seemed that a little bit more detail was added to it. First, I’d see that other, evil looking version of myself. Then, the background would clear up to reveal all of Ponyville on fire. And then, my friends would appear with the Elements. Recently I could see them talking, but nothing was audible. Until now. “Please Seth! Stop this now!” Twilight pleaded. “Why should I?!” I replied. The voice that came out kinda scared me. It was kinda like Princess Luna’s infamous “Royal Canterlot Voice” that I heard from a distance back on Nightmare Night, but paid little attention to. Then I spoke again. “I’m a monster! An abomination!” “No your not Seth you’re our friend! We care about you!” Then, The evil me yelled even louder than before. “LIES! ALL LIES! WHEN YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT WHO CREATED ME, YOU TURNED YOUR BACKS ON ME! I’M NOT YOU FRIEND! NONE OF YOU GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ME!” I then noticed Rainbow Dash she... she was crying. I’ve never even seen a single tear come from her in real life. It just didn’t feel right. “S-Seth?” Now “Evil Seth” seemed even more enraged. “OH DON’T YOU START RAINBOW DASH! YOU’RE THE WORST OF THEM ALL! ALL THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER! ALL THE FUN WE HAD! THE PRANKS WE PULLED! EVERYTHING THAT MADE ME HAPPY AND IT WAS ALL A LIE! YOU WERE THE ONE I CARED ABOUT THE MOST! I... I LO...” I awoke from the dream that instant. Twilight was on her bed across form mine reading. She looked up at me. “You had the dream again, didn’t you?” I nodded. Then I saw a concerned look on her face. “Seth? Are you... crying?” I was a little surprised at this question. I put my hoof under my eye and felt a moistness. I was crying. I’m not 100% sure why, but I was. Before I knew it Twilight was already was already next to my bed with glasses on and her mane tied into a bun. She was holding a clipboard and quill with her magic. This wasn’t unusual for me to see. Within this past week Twi has become my Roommate/Therapist. So I told her most of what happened. I left out the part about my creator and what was said to Rainbow Dash. So basically them most important parts. When I finished Twilight looked at her notes and gave a long hmmm. “My theory to you reoccurring dream is maybe you feel underappreciated by us.” I knew this wasn’t true, because like I said, I left out the important parts. I had to. If they found out the truth my nightmare might become a reality. Not the part of me destroying the town. I mean I have nowhere near the power to do that, but what I do fear is losing those closest to me. Twi looked at the clock. “Oh, I’m sorry Seth, I have to met the others in the park.” “It’s okay Twi, go have fun.” Then Owloysius, her pet owl, landed on her back as she walked downstairs. She was going to one of their weekly pony/pet playdates. I was a little glad that I was alone to think to myself now. I started to think about the dream. Well, the end of it. What was said about Rainbow Dash. “OH DON’T YOU START RAINBOW DASH! YOU’RE THE WORST OF THEM ALL! ALL THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER! ALL THE FUN WE HAD! THE PRANKS WE PULLED! EVERYTHING THAT MADE ME HAPPY AND IT WAS ALL A LIE! YOU WERE THE ONE I CARED ABOUT THE MOST! I... I LO...” Those word ranged in my head over and over again. Especially the last two lines. “YOU WERE THE ONE I CARED ABOUT THE MOST! I... I LO...” Even though the was part was cut off I knew what the rest was. Hell, you’d have to be a complete idiot not to figure it out, but is it true? Do I feel that way? Do I...have feelings...for...Rainbow Dash? I decided to take a walk around town to clear my mind. I closed my eyes for a bit and I ended up walking into somepony. CRASH! “What the hay! You made me drop my stuff!” Yelled the voice of a mare. I quickly tried to apologize when I was who this mare was. It was the one that I got a vision of last week at the café. The pink coat, the purple and white mane, the cutie mark. She didn’t have the beanie on and when I saw her eyes they looked normal. Not at all like the swirled ones I saw in my head. Neither the less there was no doubt who she was. Screwball. The other spawn. My sister. She looked up at me and her eyes widen. “Seth?” She knew who I was too? “Uh...Yeah.” I wasn’t sure what to say. “So...do you want help with you stuff.” “Um...Sure.” So I picked her stuff with my magic and we walked for about a minute before I spoke up. “So what’s this stuff for?” I noticed that the bags were filled with a bunch of metal scraps and whatnot. “You see I’m a bit of an inventor.” I would have never have guessed this with her name and cutie mark and all. Maybe she’s more of a mad scientist, or would it be a disgruntled engineer, whatever. “So what are you making.” “I making a new propeller hat for myself. I mean I have already made one, but I made the stupid mistake of not measuring my head so it doesn’t fit me well.” “What could it fit?” “Oh I don’t know a turtle shell maybe. So what do you do Seth?” “I work/live at the library with my roommate Twilight and her assistant Spike.” Screwball stopped dead in her tracks. “Twilight? As in Twilight Sparkle? One of the Elements of Harmony?” She asked walking up to me slowly. “So you also don’t feel a grudge against then at all?” I gave a small smirk. “Yeah I guess you can say that.” We walked on to her place where her landmare, somepony named Berry Punch, was out at the time. “It was nice meeting you Seth.” Screwball said as I placed her stuff down. “Same here Sis.” She gave me a weird look.“Sis?” I rubbed the back of my neck. “Well, since we were both created by...you know...I just figured that I could consider you my sister. Is that not okay?” “Oh of course it’s fine.” So we said our goodbyes and I headed bach to the library. About 2 hours after I got back Twilight, Spike and Owloysius came in. Twilight trotted up to me. “How are you doing Seth?” “Fine. I actually ran into my sister today.” “Well that’s nice. As for my day Rainbow...” Speak of the devil, She popped through the front door with something under her arm. Then she stopped in front of me and I saw what it was. “What’s with the turtle?” “Tortoise. His name is Tank. He’s my new pet. Isn’t he awesome?” I couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah, I guess so. Wait, wouldn’t he just fall through the floor of you cloud house?” “Yeah, I’ve been trying find a solution to that.” Then an idea popped into my head. “Follow me.” We got to Screwball’s place not that long after. “So Seth what are we doing here?” Rainbow asked looking slightly confused. “You’ll see.” I knocked on the door and it was answered by a pink mare with a magenta mane. “Ah you must be Berry Punch. Is Screwball here.” As I asked this Screwball jumped over Berry Punch and landed right in front of us. “Back already Seth?” She looked at Rainbow Dash. “So what? You wanted to introduce me to your girlfriend or something?” Quickly after she said this Rainbow and I responded at the same time. “She’s (I’m) not (not) my (his) girlfriend! (girlfriend!) Screwball started rolling on the ground laughing, I also heard a small giggle come from Berry Punch from inside the house. Screwball picked herself up. “Whatever you two say.” “So what was it that you guys wanted?” “Remember that propeller hat you said you made that you said wouldn’t fit you? Do you still have it ? My friend here could us it for her pet tortoise.” I pointed my hoof to Rainbow holding Tank. “Yes, somepony wants one of my inventions. In your face Berry!” She went back into the house happily bouncing like Pinkie Pie. Not too long after she came back, strapped the machine on Tank’s shell and pressed a button. The propeller started to spin really fast and Tank slowly started to rise off the ground until he was about 4 feet in the air. “Oh my gosh! This is so awesome! Thank you so much!” Rainbow joyfully said. “Not a problem I was going to get rid of that anyways.” Rainbow and I got back to the library and Twilight was very interested in Tank’s new propeller. “So your sister made this? Wow, I’ll need to talk to her. She must be some sort of technological genius.” She continued to babble on, but I walked to Rainbow who was watching Tank and Owloysius fly around the room. “So how do you like it?” I asked. “I love it. Thank you for helping me fix my problem.” “Hey it was just a lucky coincidence that I could.” I chuckled. Rainbow said thanks again and then she and Tank left. I noticed that when she did she quickly glaced back at me and gave me a faint smile. Then Twilight walked up to me. “Seth are you blushing?” “Uh...What? No! Of course not. You must be seeing things.” “Whatever you say.” Twi giggled. I grunted and when upstairs. Well now I think I know the answer to what I asked myself earlier. I have a crush on Rainbow Dash.