//------------------------------// // Travis Miles vs Fluttershy // Story: Epic Roast Battles of Equestria // by Anon ymous //------------------------------// A wooden door was busted down as a black boot, followed by the leg of a blue jumpsuit, bashed in the lock. A man covered in metal armour stepped out and promptly stabbed himself with a hypodermic needle for splinter damage. Right behind the heavily armoured man was a slouched and meek young man in a letterman Jacket. “I… I don't know if this is a good idea, S-Sir.” The boy grumbled to the armoured man. “Shut up, Travis. You were challenged to a fight, and I'm here to help.” The heavily armoured man said as he drew a futuristic looking pistol. “Now, where are they?” Just as suddenly as the duo had busted in, another large fist smashed through a window on the other side of the room. A bull head with a headset attached to it followed suit. “Here's Iron Will!” The Bull’s head said as it clamored through the broken window, pursued by a worried-looking yellow Pegasus. “ Fluttershy wants to battle the one named Travis!” Iron Will said as he gestured to the pony behind him. “B-b-but I don't want to fight anypony!” she whisper-shouted, while hiding behind her long pink mane. “I, uh, um, I… don't want to fight either, man.” Travis shakily answered back, eyes darting around, looking for an escape. “Fuck that! Put your fists up, Travis! You're gonna’ fight!” The armoured man shouted before giving Travis a push forward and taking a step back. Iron Will seemed to seize up before looking down and facepalming himself. “When Iron Will said fight, he meant to fight with words. We just had to choose the weakest target around.” “H-hey!” Travis defended, before getting a glare from the Sole Survivor and shutting up instantly. “Well, why didn't you fucking say so?” The armoured man replied. “Travis, put your fists down. You're gonna’ fight with your mouth.” He gave the skittish boy another shove forward. On the other side of the room the small Pegasus was shoved forward as well, as the two motivators of the room gave confident nods to the nervous duo. “H-hi... I'm um, uh…  I'm Travis? Apparently we’re supposed to fight with words… I guess.” He scratched the back of his neck and looked down nervously. “Well, uh, I'm Fluttershy.” She replied in an almost whisper tone. She then turned her head upward and looked Travis in the eyes. “And I won't let Iron Will down again!” she followed up in a regular talking tone. “I don't know about you, but I think I've made bigger  accomplishments in life then you probably ever could! Oh, sorry I didn't mean-” A snap from the Minotaur in the room shut her up as Travis began. “I mean, I live in a nuclear wasteland? Doesn't that count for more than you could ever survive in your… uh, pathetic life?” The Sole Survivor let out a Whoop for the roasts that his homeboy Travis was putting down. “But just look at you. You look weak and scrawny what could you ever do? I mean that's not-” Another snap from the Bull made her quiet. “I may look like that, but at least I'm not afraid of my own shadow?” Travis looked back to give a glance at The Sole Survivor. “Am I even doing this right?” A reassuring nod from the armoured wastelander made him chuckle awkwardly and face Fluttershy again. “That isn't true! At least I went to get help instead of, oh, you know…” She trailed off and looked slightly ashamed. Iron Will made an audible sigh and she finished her earlier line of thought. “Instead of, instead of having to get help from my friends!” The yellow mare spat out. Travis looked taken aback. Than he remembered that his only friends were a Gopnik who owned a bar and an insane wanderer that was on a conquest for his son. That didn't cheer him up. The inhaler of Psycho he was handed by the Sole Survivor with a passing comment of “Your roasts aren't doing enough damage, take some Psycho.” did though. Travis took a hit and dropped the drug. His eyes widened, went bloodshot, and he sprouted a massive grin. He maniacally laughed for a few seconds before snapping his head to Fluttershy, which she flinched at. “Ha, ha, ha! Man, my friends can talk at least, most of yours are dumb as rocks, it's like bread with too much Yeast, it's just bad and sad.” He cackled to himself and waited for her response with baited breath. Something snapped in Fluttershy at the insult aimed toward her Animal Friends. “I actually have a life! Something you could never get! All you do is stay in a shack in a city and play the same songs over and over again! Mines rife with excitement, yours is filled with embarrassment!” “Oooh, that hurt! No, not really, how many fights have you been in? I'm guessing none because of how absolutely easy it is to cow you! That's all you'll ever be, a coward, never brave a second in your life! Oh wait! What am I talking about? You don't have one!” Travis snapped back almost exactly after Fluttershy fired off her burn.   Fluttershy took a step back to calm herself, Travis followed suit. Time froze as the effects of the Psycho and Flutterrage wore off and the both of them stared at the floor in shame.