I opened the door to the Corner, entering slowly. I looked around, and saw one of the cake twins, Pumpkin Cake, playing with toys. I smile warmly. "That is really cute." I said, then looked around. "Wait, where's Pound Cake? Probably playing Hide and Seek?"
I hear hoofsteps coming up behind me, and turn around to see Pinkie. I ask her about Pound Cake. "Pinkie, where's Pound Cake?"
"Haven't seen him. I've been looking too!" Suddenly, her tail begins to vibrate. "Twitcha-twitch!"
I looked at her with confusion. "Pinkie, are you okay?" Without warning, she bolts underneath a table, and motions me to do the same. "Pinkie, I don't know what's going on, but why did your tail shake?"
"Twitchy tail! Something is about to fall!" she replies.
'That's what Spike said.' "Pinkie, this is ridiculous. Nothing's going to-" Suddenly, I feel a weight fall on my head. I put my hands on my head, and fell fuzz. I took what it was, and smiled. It was Pound Cake.
"There you are!" I said, smiling. "Pinkie's been looking for you." I place Pound Cake on the ground, and he runs up to Pinkie. Pinkie picks him up, and snuggles him. 'Daww.'
She places Pound Cake ont the floor again, and he goes to play with the toys with Pumpkin. "Well, Pinkie, those two are something." I say.
"Yep, they are so energetic, like ours." she replies, making me turn my head sharply to her, wide eyed, mouth agape, and blushing.
'W-what did she just say?!' "Er...I...uh..." I stutter, making Pinkie giggle.
"Well, I have to go help Rainbow Dash with something. I'll see YOU later!" She said, emphasizing the word "you" by bopping my nose gently. She makes her way out of the Corner, when Mr. and Mrs. Cake stroll in, and see me in a state of confusion and shock.
"Everything alright?" Mrs. Cake asks.
I shake my head, trying to get my thoughts out of my head. "Erm...yeah." I said, and made my way upstairs to take a nap.
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*dream*
I awoke to find that everything is dark again. I am able to walk around however, and i feel around in the darkness. Oddly enough, I can see my hands and arms. The only thing I am able to see is myself. I continue to feel around, and eventually come upon a wall. I make my way along it, and feel a switch. I flick it, and the darkness disappeared, replaced with light. It was a basement. I scoped around, and all the objects in the room were made to look like morbid party decorations. Suddenly, I felt a force on the back of my head.
*end dream*
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I jolted upright. Breathing heavily, I looked around to find myself in the guest room once again. 'Why am I having these nightmares?' I hopped out of the bed, and made my way to the bathroom. I opened the door, walked in, and turned on the faucet. I splashed cold water in my face. 'Is something trying to mess with my head?' I hear hoofsteps, and Pinkie makes her way into her room, not turning toward the bathroom I was in. I turned to look toward the hallway, and saw her go into her room. I sighed, looking at myself in the mirror.
"Hi!" I stumbled to the side, completely freaked out by the sudden greeting. I Turned to the source, only to see Pinkie smiling.
"Pinkie, warn me next time!" I said with a bit of a smile. "Anyway, what's up?"
"Ya wanna play some more games?" Pinkie said cheerfully. I reminded myself that the games were limited. 'I can't just say no. I have to come up with an excuse.' I then remembered what I had promised. 'I'll just have to make something up, and make a break for it.'
"Okay Pinkie, just let me go get something." I said. Pinkie smiled, and made her way back to her room. I saw this as my chance. I ran downstairs, opened the front door, and made my way to Twilight's library.
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I made my way inside, and found Twilight and Applejack in the middle of the room. "Oh hey, what's up?"
Applejack just cringed, and Twilight spoke up. "Alex, Pinkie told me you would be playing games with her. Why aren't you there? Didn't you Pinkie Promise?"
I nodded. "Yes, but I just left to-" Twilight went wide eyed, and interrupted me.
"Alex, doing that signed your death wish." Twilight said. 'Death wish?'
"What makes you say that?" I ask, when suddenly, I hear a very loud call.
"ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I cringed, at the unexpected scream. Applejack makes her way up to me.
"Alex, ah suggest you run, y'all got about four seconds." she says. Without even an objection, I dart toward the rear entrance, and slam open the door. Running as fast as I can, I look behind me every so often, and hoped what I heard wasn't anyone mad at me. Then I see a pink blur going around the library.
"YOU PINKIE PROMISED!!!" I heard Pinkie say in a more demonic voice. I panic. Adrenaline coarsing through me, I keep running. I see what looked to be a chariot cab loading a few passengers. I see this as an opportunity. I get underneath the chariot, just as it starts moving. I cling to the bottom of the cart for dear life. What happened next completely took me by surprise.
The ground began getting farther and farther.
I look down to the ground, and see Pinkie still in full chase. She rushes over to the nearest chariot, gets in, and the chariot takes off. I begin to get more panicked, and begin to realize my fingers are slipping. I look at the bottom of the chariot, then I make my decision.
I let go.
I flipped over, and see that I am in a freefall, no parachute, nothing. Then I remember something.
This is exactly what was in my dream a few nights before. I close my eyes, bracing for the impact with the ground, but suddenly, I my freefall ends without me hitting the ground. I am gently placed on the ground, and I look at what or who stopped me.
"Well that was close." I looked toward the owner of the voice. It was a mare with goggles and a blue suit on, and had yellow wings and a mane with the colors of fire. "What were you doing on the bottom of a chariot going to Canterlot anyway?"
'Canterlot?' "Well, I-" I heard my name called out again.
"THERE YOU ARE ALEX!!!" I turned sharply. I hold my hands out in front of me.
"Pinkie, wait, I can explain!" I say, but Pinkie rams right into me.
"Alex, you made a promise!" she stated. "Say your'e sorry!"
"Pinkie, if you would just let me explain!" I yelled back. "Yes, I'm sorry for running off, but I was going to look for more games!" I said. "That's why I said I wanted to go get something!" My voice showed huge frustration. Pinkie then wore a frown. "Geez! We've already played the games you have, and I wanted to get one from...who knows where, and you think I'm breaking a promise!" Hearing myself, I calm down. I look at Pinkie, who had tears welling up. 'Damn it! I calmed myself too late! What now?'
Before she broke down crying, I walked up to her. "Look, Pinkie, I'm sorry for raising my voice. I'm just frustrated about what just happened." I started tearing up. "Pinkie, please, forgiveness?"
She looked toward me, and I gave her a hug for comfort. She began wearing a smile. "You know what, forget the games. Let's just do something else." she said. 'Let's see, what to do.'
I then smirk a bit. I walk away for a moment. "Be right back Pinkie." I speak wth the pony that saved me.
"Excuse me...uh..."
"Spitfire." she said.
"Spitfire, could you do me a quick favor?" I whisper in her ear. She nods, and brings a cloud down. She kicks a cloud, and Pinkie is instantly startled. I kinda got startled also, since I didn't know what Spitfire would do. In an instant Pinkie got hiccups. I started to chuckle, but I started hiccuping. I hear her start giggling. Spitfire just smiled.
"You got- *hic* -scared into getting- *hic* -the hiccups!" Pinkie said.
"You- *hic* -too!" I retaliated. Both of us stopped talking for a moment. A moment of silence ensued. After about seven seconds, both Pinkie and I hiccuped at the exact same time. We looked to each other, and broke out laughing. I waved to Spitfire, and Pinkie and I made our way back to Ponyville, hiccuping all the way there.
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Off in the distance, Rainbow Dash saw me and Pinkie with Spitfire. She had a frustrated glare in her eyes.
"Alex, how did you befriend Spitfire so easily?" She said to herself as she flew back to Ponyville.
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Pinkie and I arrived back in Ponyville at close to sundown. I take a look around. 'hmm...not a lot of ponies are out and about, it's getting closer to night, and a cart that seemed like a movie star's trailer is sitting in the center of town. Typical nighttime ambience.' I stopped in my tracks. 'Wait, what?' Pinkie turned around to me.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"That." I pointed to the cart, and it suddenly opened, revealing a large stage that glowed with fireworks.
"Wow you're good." Pinkie said, thinking I made it do that. I turned to her, then back to the cart. Someone yelled out into the night.
"Behold! The Great and Powerful Trixie has returned!" A unicorn wearing a cape and wizard's hat trotted on stage.
Pinkie's expression changed to one of boredom. "Booooooooring." she said. The unicorn turned toward us.
"Pinkie, you're drawing attention to us." I whisper to Pinkie. She completely ignores me.
"Oh, and you have something more amazing than I, the Great and Powerful Trixie? HA!" Trixie boasted.
'Sheesh, what a gloater.'
"Let's see what you have that can best The Great and Powerful Trixie." she says. Pinkie smiled toward me. I was confused.
"Pinkie, what are you-" I realized her intentions. "Oh, nonononono. I'm not going up there. I don't think I can best her." Pinkie simply shook her head, then held my hand in her hoof. I looked at her confused, then remembered my time with the Crusaders. 'Wait...'
"Trixie does not have all day, pink fool. Show me what you-"
"I'll challenge you." I called out. Trixie was completely taken by surprise.
"How dare you interrupt the Great and Powerful Trixie. But your request is accepted. Get up here." She said.
"I'd be happy to." I said 'Boaster. I've got it all figured out.'
I look out into the distance, and see a magenta pony look out her window. She sees the stage, and sees Trixie and I on it. She gasped, and called for other ponies. I can make out what she says.
"Everypony look! Trixie is challenging the strange creature!" '-1 self-esteem, but +5 self-esteem for the support'
Suddenly, all the ponies in the town came up to see what was going on. I looked upon the crowd, but was snapped out of my gazing by Trixie.
"Tell your name naive." Trixie said like I was some sort of captive. I turned to her giving an uninterested look.
"It's Alex." I say.
"Well, Alex, If you can best Trixie, you will get bragging rights, but if Trixie wins, you will be humiliated in front of all your peers!" she boasted.
'Geez louise, will she stop talking in third person.'
"I challenge you to a magic contest!" She finishes. I stand in shock. 'Wha-?'
She creates a light show using her magic that everypony loved. I could tell by their reactions that they were interested in her performance. 'Think think. Aha!' I brainstormed an idea.
The light show finished. "Your turn naive."
"Okay." I smirked. I looked at a stone on the ground and picked it up. "Try doing this with your hooves."
She went to a stone and tried to pick it up, but to no avail. She tried numerous times, but she could not pick it up. The entire crowd gasped at my display and went silent. I looked into the crowd, and suddenly, I heard stomping on the ground, followed by cheering.
"Go Alex, yeah!" It was Pinkie I was hearing. Suddenly, another pony joined in the stomping, then two more. After a few seconds, the entire crowd was in an uproar of cheering and stomping, even more so than Trixie's performance.
"See what happens when you gloat, Trixie? It gets you nowhere." I toss the pebble aside, and walk off stage. 'Well, that went well.' Pinkie and Lyra trotted up to me.
"Alex, that was great!" Pinkie said. "You showed Trixie who was the better one!"
"Alex was it?" I turned to Lyra. "I've never actually seen a human do that. I nearly fainted!" she said. "I like humans even more now!" I smiled.
"I'll never know completely how you know so much about humans, but I won't question it." I say. Suddenly, the entire crowd of ponies came running up to me, yelling random words.
"Can I have your autograph?"
"That was amazing"
"I need you!"
"Marry me!"
The last two expressions I cringed at. I turned to Pinkie. I had to yell over the commotion.
"Pinkie, I'll see you back at Sugarcube Corner!" I yell. Pinkie nodded, and I made my way through the crowd. Some of the ponies refused to budge, and some I had to lift gently. Eventually I made it out of the crowd, and charged toward the Corner, the entiire crowd chasing me there.
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I burst through the door, placing myself in front of it to block the other ponies from entering. Mr. Cake enters the room. "Is something wrong?" he asks.
"Crowd. Of. Ponies. I. Need. Rest." I said, and collapsed on the floor.
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When I awake, I am in the guest room once again. I wipe my forehead with my hand, and get out of the bed. I look downstairs, and nearly have to regret it. All the ponies that chased me are downstairs getting cupcakes. Every. Single. One. I go back into the guest room, and look out the window. I see the crowd of ponies extending to about twenty feet outward from the entrance. 'Wow, I'm kinda glad I got here in time.' I turned around, looking for something to do, when there is a knock on the window. 'Wha?'
I turn around, and see a flock of pegasi just outside the window, staring at me. I go wide eyed. I walk up to the window, and close the blinds. 'Okay, this is getting creepy.' I got back into the bed. "Just need to rest...that's all. Yeah, rest. This will all blow over soon." Three things then drop into the conveniently placed fireplace in the room. I pick up the first one.
You will be MINE!
I toss that one away. 'Oooooooookay.'
The second one was what looked to be a spoof of the Roses are Red poem.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You are great
And I want YOU.
I toss that one aside too. 'This is getting wierd. How do these many ponies know about me so fast?!'
The third thing was a newspaper that apparently had a lot of kiss marks. I opened it.
Trixie bested by strange creature!
This just in to the Ponyville Press, An unknown creature bested Trixie. Witnesses say it was odd yet extremely amazing to see this display. Here are some responses from the local residents in response to our question:
Would you want to meet this being?
"Meet him? I WANT him!" Colgate
"If he was a pony I'd have him for sure!" Roseluck
"He's not a strange creature! He's a human! I've been telling you all about them for months!" Lyra Heartstrings
We will have more on this in the next issue on the Ponyville Press. Until next time!
'Okay, that's how they know about me. But what the hell?!' I hear banging on the window. I brace for the worst, and open the blinds. I breathe a sigh of relief when I see just Rainbow Dash. I opened the window, and motioned her in, but then I see the flock of Pegasi rushing back to the window. She made it in as I closed the window, blocking the other pegasi. I closed the blinds.
"That was close. Anyway, what's up Rainbow Dash?" I asked.
"How do you know a Wonderbolt?!" She asked with glee. I was confused.
"Wonderbolt?" I asked in confusion.
"That pony you and Pinkie hung out with?" she explained. I still had no idea what she was talking about.
"I don't follow."
"Spitfire."
"OH!" I facepalm. "Well, Pinkie thought I broke a Pinkie Promise, I hitched a ride on a chariot bound for Canterlot 'wherever that is' and I lost my grip, and she saved me from falling." Rainbow Dash was just surprised.
"That must have been AWESOME! I would have loved to be saved by one of them!"
"Believe me Rainbow Dash, it's only fun falling until you realize you can't fly." I said both seriously and jokingly. Rainbow giggled a bit. "Okay, now that you know about that, what now?"
"That's it. I just wanted to know about that, that's all." I nodded, then walked to the window to check if the coast was clear. It was for the moment.
"Okay, ready?" I counted down from three. "Three, two, one, go go go!" I opened the window, and Rainbow Dash blasted out of the room. Then I look outside, and see the flock returning. I closed the window, and the blinds. I then got into bed, and drifted to sleep.
END OF PART 4