//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 - Hot Topic Trip: Fans Vs. Haters. Who's going to win? // Story: A Day in the Life of Lunar Night // by Flash_Magnus //------------------------------// Chapter 4 - Hot Topic Trip: Fans Vs. Haters. Who's going to win? ---------- Now, while our trip to Walmart was met with mostly glares to put it simply, to Toys R' Us where it was all smiles. Walking to the entrance of the mall, what I was met with here just seemed so unusual to me. That being nothing crazy happening at the sight of me. Sure I was getting angry looks from some while the happier ones waved at me which I waved back. But, overall, none of the haters tried anything stupid while none of the fans came up to me to take selfies or get a hoofbump with me. Almost as if they're planning something... seems legit. "Hey, William. I think something big is going to happen here. I just don't know what it is yet." "You don't think they haven't spread the word of you over here already? Toys R' Us and the Mall is only a few minutes apart by driving anyway. It's worth a thought." "Or just a combination of what you just said and magic from the princesses. They could be trolling enough to do something crazy like: 'Wish to be a pony and we'll throw in some magic so you can guess who actually hates you or likes you for free! Kids not included so go and wish already.'" "Wait, what?" William asked, confused. "Don't worry." I waved a hoof dismissively while walking on three legs. (Haha! More progress.) "Just my random mind as usual. Not to mention the letter." "If you say so." "Lets just hurry up and eat, buy what we want from Hot Topic and get out." "Sounds like a plan to me." Walking the rest of the way and going inside while waving to one or two humans, we finally made our way to the food court. And since it was on the second floor, we decided to take the elevator since I still hate stairs and I'm not sure how I would fair with the escalator. "Okay... I want something with meat in it... what would be worth it." I said to myself while scanning the food choices. "What about Popeye's?" William answered. "I'm craving some chicken right now and this will be a good enough excuse to see if you can actually stomach it." "Good idea actually. I'm going to enjoy this." Walking up to the counter and placing my forehooves onto the counter, I tapped it a few times with a hoof to get the cashier's attention. The cashier in question turned around who had the name 'Jacob' on his shirt looked down at me and smiled a pleasant smile. "Well, hello there little pony. What can I do for you? Word got to us about a bat pony shopping over in Toys R' Us, but I didn't think he would show up here right now." "Well, that explains some of it at least. Anyway, we're here to order." "Uh..." Jacob raised an eyebrow slightly. "Can you... you know, eat meat?" "I'm pretty sure I could... I mean, bat ponies do even though probably just meat in Equestria by choice obviously so this will be my first time trying meat again as a pony now while on earth." "If you think you can then alright, I won't question that further. So, what would the two of you like to order?" "The number seven with fries and a coke." "Got it. And for you sir?" "Same thing as Lunar." "Alright, that'll be nineteen dollars even." After paying and waiting a few minutes, our food came out on two trays and while William grabbed his with his hands, I grabbed mines with my teeth. Mmm... nothing like dirty plastic and yes, I was being sarcastic. Sitting down and setting the tray on the table, I looked down at the delicious food that is chicken tenders, fries and a biscuit. With the soda on the side with the straw already in it thanks to the cashier. "Go ahead Lunar, I want to see what happens." "Lunar Night Vs. Meat ...here goes nothing." Slowly going in muzzle first into the box, I bit into a tender, pulling back and chewing on it before swallowing it. "Oh my..." "Is something wrong?" I shook slightly before shouting, "OH SWEET LUNA'S SEXY ASS! THAT WAS DELICIOUS! I CAN ACTUALLY EAT MEAT FROM EARTH!" Getting ready to dive back into the box to continue celebrating and eating, I was interrupted by a shout. "HEY! SHUT THE FUCK UP OVER THERE! I'M ON THE PHONE HERE!" "Oh hell fucking no! That human decided to interrupt my celebration of eating meat from earth? Nope, I ain't having none of that!" "Oh this is going to be good." William said while munching on some fries watching closely. Standing up and slamming my hooves on the table, I shouted back. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?! FIGHT ME MATE! I'll FUCKING WRECK YOU! YOU VERSUS ME, RIGHT NOW!!" "WITH PLEASURE!" The guy in question stood up to come my way but then stopped once he realized who he was shouting at. "Holy crap... a pony." "Yeah, what of it?" "Oh my gosh!" The man squeed. "I'm so sorry for yelling at you like that. It was so uncalled for. And if you can't tell from my reaction, I'm actually a big fan of bat ponies!" The man took out a picture of a random Lunar Guard with a smug smile on his face which looks just like me anyway. "Can I have your autograph?" "Uh..." I looked at my hoof for a moment and back to the guy. "I can probably grab a marker in my fetlock, but... then it would look sloppy, and I haven't even tried writing with my mouth at all." "Aww... well can I take a picture with you?" I smiled. "Sure, anything for a fan." "This day is just freaking odd." William muttered, chewing on a tender. ------- After lunch and meeting the person who turned out to be a fan, we finally made our way into Hot Topic that had a few shoppers and almost instantly my jaw almost dropped to the floor in surprise when I saw the pony merchandise they had, shirts, funko vinyls, comics, lanyards, rubber bracelets (They have Daring Do! Squee). But, aside from all of that, the most important thing that caught my attention first was the funko vinyl collectibles of the Mane Six! Score! They even have Shining, Cadance, Sunbutt, Moonbutt and Discord! The score has been doubled! "Fucking yes! This is the real jackpot right here!" I shouted with glee. "Hello, pony! Welcome to Hot Topic, my name is Ken. How may I help you?" "Ken? Like Ken's Salad Dressing?" "Uh, no." "Alright then. First I'll need...." I moved a hoof back and forth across the row of funko vinyls. "I would like to buy two of each and-" "Hold up." William cut in. "Back at Toys R' Us you ended up buying two of each background pony. Mind telling me what's going on here?" "Tsk tsk silly human, it's obvious that I'm keeping one set for myself while the other set I plan on saving it until we meet the Mane Six and give it to them as gifts in the sequel I plan on writing at some point..." Ken and William looked at each other before saying in unison, "What?" "Oh nothing! I'll only spoil the surprise if I tell you anymore of the sequel." "Uh... huh..." "Anyway, back to what I was saying. I want two of each of those. One of each comic and that Daring Do bracelet. Speaking of her. Do you have the funko vinyl of her? I don't see it here." "As a matter of fact we do, since a new shipment arrived earlier today." Ken said. "But, we haven't taken her out of the box yet even though we opened it, it has been glowing yellow for a while now for some strange reason. Gotta be magic. Wanna go get her yourself?" "Yeah, sure." Walking up to the box, a familiar music started to play as I opened up the box and slowly reached in and picked up the one item that I've been wanting for so long that for some reason my hooves instantly shot up above me with the item in question spinning slowly. You found Daring Do! With this item in your possession you can finally squee until your hearts content. While you can rub it in the other humans faces who couldn't get her yet that you already do. Just make sure to press A to roll or fly away for when they decide to punch you out of jealousy and press B to return the favor and buck them silly with a hoof. Set the item to X, Y or R for the jelly moments to begin! "Uh, guys?" I said with confusion on my face watching the Daring Do figure slowly spin with the text above my hooves. "I know today is crazy and all, but, this is just plan weird and I bet you Luna is behind this!" "William nudged Ken in the shoulder before pointing to me." Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" "Yeah..." Ken sighed. "I wish I had my Wii U gamepad so I could set it to X, Y or R." William facepalmed. Hard. After the text went away the figure slowly dropped into my waiting hooves. "As much as I want to believe that Luna is behind this, she might be like 'blame my sister'!" "Alright then, I'll just go ahead and get everything you asked for over to the counter and then you can pay and be on your way." ---------- After spending a staggering three hundred and twenty-five dollars at Hot Topic even though they have an 'everyday' sale going on. William carrying everything because he's such a good human slave... uh, I mean coltfriend! We were ready to leave until a loud commotion outside the store caused my ears to swivel in that direction. "What could that possibly be?" William asked. I only shrugged and trotted outside with William and Ken behind me only to stop to be amazed at what I was seeing. Two large groups of humans on either side staring each other down so much so that I thought that something psychic would happen with all of the staring. One of the guys on the left looked at me, giving me an evil grin which made me kinda nervous. "Ah, so the pony finally decided to fucking come out of the store. We've been waiting for the perfect moment ever since you decided to come in here. So c'mere little pony! All of us promise we wont hit you... much. "Aww... shit." My ears drooped. "Haters again. This time an army at that." "Hey! Don't you dare put a hand on him or you'll regret ever coming here!" A lady on the right side yell. Glad to know I had humans who loved me and was on my side in this situation. The guy on the left scoffed. "Lady please, we have more people in our army here. You're outnumbered." "Friendship will win this!" "Hmm..." I tapped my chin with a hoof. "So these two groups are about to fight? Lets see if I can somehow let this not happen." "Listen every human! I have something to say!" All eyes turned on me allowing me to continue, "All of you." I pointed to the haters army. "Actually wait, none of you ain't worth my time so it'll be pointless to try and reason with all of you." Turning to the fans, I spoke again. "Thanks every human for liking me and being on my side. But, if you really want to kick there asses then make a wish upon a shooting star to become who I am now. Whether it's a guard like me or a regular earth, unicorn or pegasus pony, buck them in the balls, leave hoof prints in the faces of the haters, use magic! It doesn't matter! We can't and won't let them mess with us just because of something we like! ... for the next time of course. Hell, I'll even let the princesses know of this and they would be more than happy to help." That brought a thunderous cheer to the fans side of the army. "But we still must fight them for you, Lunar Night!" I heard one of them say. "Then I um... support you the rest of the way. Show them who's boss!" That brought another cheer from the army. The main guy on the left slumped slightly before saying, "Aww fuck... we're screwed." But before the fight could begin, a random guy came out from the store across from us with a microphone in his hand and started to yell: "Ladies and gentlemen! On one side we have the pony haters 55 humans strong and on the other we have the pony fans 50 humans strong! This will be two rounds to determine who is really the best. So without further ado ... Round 1 Fight!" "Round 1? Wait, what? Listen—" "THIS. IS. PONIES!!!" "FOR LUNAR NIGHT!!" "YEAH!!" "CHARGE!!!" And just like that the fight begun with both sides running into each other creating a huge cloud of dust and smoke which had the occasional head, arm or leg poking out which would be hilarious to watch and laugh if this was a cartoon. "Wow, didn't think Jersey Gardens Mall was this dusty," William muttered. "I'm actually kinda surprised myself," Ken said. "Ooooh... and there goes a few guys flying out of the smoke and falling to the floor out for the count. This is getting intense folks!" "Hey William, I think we should just go already. I knew something big was going to go down, but I didn't think it would be this." "Good idea." Turning to Ken, I smiled. "Thanks for doing business with me." "It was my pleasure." Ken winked. "Just come back tomorrow so I can tell you the outcome of the fight." "Will do." And with that, William and I made our way through the chaos that was the fight and out of the mall to finally return home. ---------- Finally after being out for most of the day, we returned home deciding to leave the bags in the car for now while we talk to the princesses. Opening the outside door with me hopping up the three steps because fuck stairs, William opened the door to the house and both of us walked inside to the sight of both princesses sitting there on the floor with Celestia giving us a warm smile while Luna gave us or more importantly, me a stupid grin as she said, "Hello Lunar Night and William! We have a lot to talk about, so sit down so we can get started..."