Very Strange Career Choices

by Namelesskk


In Which Twilight Flips Shit

The strange being just... stood there, motionless. Twilight was rather perplexed by the babysitter that she summoned, she didn't expect it would look so... exotic. It was slightly built like a minotaur, though it lacked horns and was significantly thinner. It's legs were jointed differently, and was completely midnight black from head to foot with red highlights on his shoulder and thigh. It's head (Or what she assumed was his head) was completely covered by a strange bulbous red mask.

"Umm... are you positive that this is a babysitter Twilight? What even is it?"

"Don't question the professional Spike, I'm sure he knows what he's doing"

The being was motionless. Twilight shifted slightly, and waited.

Spike coughed into his hand.

...

Somewhere outside, they could hear a cricket.

"Alright! I think that we should bring it over to Pinkies place, so it can get to work!"

"Twilight, I don't think this thing is a ba..."

Spike trailed off as Twilight slowly turned, her ears twitching frantically and the grin of a madmare on her face.

"What was that Spike?"

"Nothing. I didn't say anything."

"Good!"

And just like that, like nothing ever happened Twilight's face returned to (relatively) normal. Her brow furrowed for a second, as she threw a glance towards the unmoved bipedal figure. A small smile passed across her face as an idea sprung to life.

"Spike, can you grab the wagon?"

"Sure thing!" Spike, eager to get out of 'The Blast Radius' scurried down the hallway to fulfill the request. Not 10 seconds later, he was running back with a standard red wagon.

"Gah, I didn't think he would be... grah... so... heavy..." Giving one finial heave with her magic, Twilight finally managed to shove the cyborg onto the wagon. Unfortunately for the wagon, it wasn't designed to hold a several ton military death machine and immediately collapsed to the ground with a bang. The room fell into a strange silence, that was broken by Spike slowly inching towards the door.

"Oooh, that's... that's too bad Twilight, uhh, but I think I can hear Rarity calling for my help, so uh..." Twilight was completely unresponsive, the only sign that she was alive were the slight twitches in her shoulders. "And yeah so it's been great to help out andyeahbye." And with that, Spike bolted out of the house as fast as his legs could take him.

Alone in the living room, Twilight's ear twitched once. There was a deep intake of breath, and then


"aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Pinkie's ear twitched when she heard the scream echo through the town, and that was followed by a tail twirl and the overwhelming desire to eat paste. A massive grin sprinted across her face as she gazed out the window.

"This is gonna be one hay of a doozy!"