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// Cloudsdale 
// Story: Brony in Equestria: The Tacoing 
// by Omega Dracomancer 
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"Did I miss anything important?" I asked upon leaving the simulation.

"You should see for yourself." said Twilight.

I looked at myself. All of the non-fatal injuries that I sustained during the battle have returned "Is everypony ok?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Nopony's hurt."

"Thank Celestia. If anything happened to anypony because of me..."

"Well it didn't. You however, are still injured."

"Yeah, it's weird. When I tested it out, my injury disappeared. This time they didn't. It must have been the presence of that other pony."

"Speaking of which, who was that?"

"No idea, but he tried to kill me."

"He tried to what?" asked Rainbow angrily.

"Don't worry, we won't see him again, probably. When he left, he had a gash on his chest and was missing an arm."

"Tarnation! You really taught him a thing or two." said Applejack.

"I sure did!" I said. "Hold the phone, I have something to do yet!"

"What is it?" asked Twilight.

"I'm helping a blacksmith in Canterlot do something." I said.

I stretched my wings out. I had forgotten about the splint. "Maybe tomorrow. Wing's still down. Haven't slept in a while. I think. I feel tired, so it must've been a while. But first, cupcakes."

"I speak that language!" said Pinkie happily.

"Fo' shizzle."

We headed into town. Only then had I realized how dark it was. I pulled out my iPod, twelve. I jumped into some trees and promptly fell out.

"What what the point of that?" asked Discord.

"Do I need a reason to do everything now?"

"I suppose not."

"Nyeh!"

We arrived at Sugarcube Corner and I looked around. "Hey wait, where's Celestia?"

"She had to go somewhere."

"Mkay."

"Who's up for cupcakes?" asked Pinkie happily.

"Is that a rhetorical question?"

"Maybe." She ran in and came out with a mountain of cupcakes.

"Geez, that's a lot of cupcakes." I said, salivating and rubbing my hooves together.

"Well get eating!"

"Gladly."

TWENTY MINUTES LATER

"Cupcakes good."

"Yeah, but now it's late and time to sleep."

I started to climb thin air like a ladder.

"Where are you going with such physics neglect ion?" asked Twilight.

"I'm gonna sleep on a cloud. Clouds best sleep... area. Sleep area... bed. Yeah, cloud bed."

"Yes, sleep." said Rainbow.

She flew up near me, and fell asleep in mid air. I jumped off of the physics shattering ladder and caught her. "This is gonna hurt in the morning." I said, falling out of the air.

Twilight used her magic to catch me from putting a self impression of my back into the ground. "Why didn't you use your magic?" she asked.

"Too late now. Looks like I'm taking Rainbow home tonight. Again. Why does this keep happening to me?" I said.

Setting her on my back, I materialized a real ladder and climbed up into the clouds. I got to the top and had to walk on four legs, like a normal pony. It was less confusing than I thought that it would be.

I got into Cloudsdale and made my way to Rainbow's house. A few pegasi gave me odd looks, but I ignored them. Then three familiar pegasi blocked my path.

"Excuse me." I said.

"Well well well, look who we have here. It's Rainbow Crash." one said.

"Not now, it's been a long day." I said.

"Oh, and who's the one carrying her?"

"Not in the mood for this." I said.

"Not in the mood for what?"

"Get the hell out of my way!" I said.

"No."

One of them started to laugh.

"What's so funny?" asked the other.

He stopped laughing and looked at him.

"Anyways, what's a mare like Rainbow doing with a stallion like you?"

"I'm taking her home."

He got a creepy smile on his face and the other started laughing again. "Ooooo. You hear that boys? He's taking her home." he said.

I looked for a place to set Rainbow down so I could beat his face in. Seeing none, I started to walk forward.

"Where do you think you're going, we're not done with you yet." he said.

"Well I'm done with you." I said.

"That's it boys, let's get him!" he yelled.

"Shut the hell up, you're going to wake her." I said while they moved forward.

"Oh boohoo, she's gonna wake up."

"Looks like that broken nose I gave you didn't teach you anything."

"Nice try, you're not him. You may sound like him, but he wasn't a pony." he said.

I backed up, still trying to find a place to set her down. None what so friggin ever. 'Now, what can I do?' I thought.

They pounced on me and I tossed Rainbow in the air. My reaction sense activated and I took care of them. I caught Rainbow and hurt my wing in doing so. "That's gonna hurt in the morning."

"Hey guys, I think that he was telling the truth." said the third one.

"That happens again, you're all going to the hospital, got that?" I threatened. They nodded and flew away. "Idiots."

I got myself to Rainbow's house and put her on her bed. I walked out and started walking to a barren cloud. "Why would Rainbow need a bed if clouds are so comfy?" I pondered.

"I've wondered that many times myself, why do pegasi have beds?" said a voice.

"Who's talking?" I asked, looking around.

"Just me, Discord."

"Alright then. Enough talking, I'm just gonna fall asleep." I said, laying down.

"See you tomorrow."

"Don't destroy the world while I'm out."

"Don't worry about that."

He left and I fell asleep on the comfy cloud.

"That was some good sleepage." I said, waking up.

I went into Cloudsdale to get some food, maybe they had some cupcakes. "Yeah, cupcakes."

I got to the center of town and saw a small commotion at the end of the street. I walked over to find out what was going on. It was those three pegasi again. They were talking to a pony that I didn't know.

"What do you mean? He came here?" asked the pony they were talking to.

"Yeah, he fought us, and ran off." said the leader.

I walked over and put my arms on two of the four ponies. "You talking about me?" I asked.

The leader jumped back and prepared to fight me again. The other two in the group backed off. The pony that they were talking to didn't show any emotion.

"What are you doing here?" asked the leader.

"Enough trying to fight me! You know, and I know, that you won't win."

"I thought you said that he ran off." said the other pegasus.

"They lied. Anyways, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm the one who protects these idiots when they get into trouble." he said, getting ready to fight.

I stuck out my head and tapped my cheek. "One free shot." I said.

"Don't mock me!" he yelled, kicking my cheek and sending me flying.

"Geez dude, you got a good kick." I said, getting up. "But it's not good enough."

I ran at him and he tried to kick me again. My reaction sense went up and I dodged it. I punched him in the face and sent him into the air. I jumped after him and brought my legs down on his head, sending him back to the ground. "I really didn't wanna do that. You wanna protect the three stooges, keep them out of trouble." I said.

"What are you doing Phil?" asked Rainbow, flying above us.

I waved at her and said, "He started it."

"Just what's going on here?"

"Hey look, it's Rainbow Crash!"

I glared at him and he backed away. "Does that answer your question?"

"Um... I think so."

"That's good. Hey what's-your-face, want a cupcake?" I asked.

He stood back up. "Me?" he asked.

"Yeah."

"No."

"Suit yourself. C'mon Rainbow, let's get some cupcakes."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

"Any cupcake places near here in Cloudsdale, or are we going back to Ponyville?"

"Ponyville will probably be our best bet."

"Hey Dash, can I get some help with this?" I asked, pointing to my wing and opening it.

"What do you need?"

"Could you take off the splint?"

"I guess so, hold still."

She looked at the splint and tapped it with her hoof. "Didn't hurt, that's a good sign." I said. She tugged on it a bit, and eventually it came off.

I flapped my wings a bit. "That feels so much better. Thanks Rainbow." I said, hugging her.

"Uh, yeah. No problem." she said, blushing.

"Meet you at Sugarcube Corner." I said, diving off the cloud.

After I left, those three bullies walked up to Rainbow. "Hey Rainbow Crash, looks like your friend's taken a liking to you." he mocked.

"What?" she yelled angrily.

"Looks like it." said the second.

The last one started laughing.

"You shut your mouths."

"What's his name anyway?"

"His name is Phil."

"Rainbow and Phil, sitting in a tree..."

I poked my head back up through the clouds and glared at them. "Enough."

"K-i-s..."

"I swear to god, if you finish that, it's gonna rain blood." I shouted.

"...s-i-n-g."

SNAP

"Well... that was probably a horrible sight to see. I wouldn't know, I wasn't there."

"Yeah, it was." said Rainbow.

"Took care of one problem, now it's time for cupcakes."

"I don't know if I still have an appetite after now."

I looked around and saw that the clouds were stained blood red. "I warned them."

"Well yeah, but..."

"Anyways, cupcakes, gonna eat them."

"Hey wait up!"

"I knew you wanted some cupcakes!"

"Actually, I just wanted to say thank you."

"My pleasure. My sick and twisted pleasure." I said.

I jumped off of the cloud again and actually made it to the ground this time. "Sir, re-entry complete, permission to cupcake? Too fuckin' bad." I said, landing. "Now, where am I relevant to Sugarcube Corner?"

I walked around until I found something familiar. Octavia's house was near here, so I decided to stop by and say hi. Finding her house, I went up and knocked on her door.

"Hi Phil! What are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to see if you wanted some cupcakes."

"That sounds great." she said.

"Yay!"

We walked to Sugarcube Corner and I got us some cupcakes. "Cupcakes!"

"Cupcakes."

I finished my cupcake and said, "So how have you been?"

"I've been pretty good. I was able to play in another concert while you were gone."

"That's pretty neat. On an unrelated note, have you heard the news about Luna?"

"Yeah, and you were blamed for what happened."

"Lucky I was able to get out of there without injuries on either side."

"Yeah."

"Speaking of which, I need to go."

"Where to?"

"Canterlot."

"You're kidding, right."

"Eenope. See you whenever!"

"Be careful there!"

"I will!" I said, walking out of the store.

I stretched my wings and jumped into the air. "I love flying!"

I flew to Canterlot, avoiding a group of guards on my way there. I made my way to the blacksmith that I had gather materials. I got there and walked into the forge. "Hello!" I said.

He turned around and freaked out when he saw me. "Get out of my shop you villain!"

"Damn it! Looks like I'm not getting any weighted clothes anytime soon." I said to myself. "Alright fine, I want my money back though, or else."

"Ok man, be cool." he said, slowly moving to his coat.

He got out a bag and tossed it at me. I looked in it, bits. I nodded and then left.

"Guards! Guards!" I heard.

I changed direction and put on a burst of speed, not enough to go supersonic, that would be a dead giveaway. I got far enough away from Canterlot that They wouldn't catch me. I turned around and looked at the city. Many guards were exiting and flying in my direction. "Damn it!"

I flew straight at them, then went supersonic right in front of them. This scattered them and I flew off, way past Canterlot castle. They couldn't follow me anymore and had to fall back.

I stopped, laughed, landed, and looked around. I was in a large forest. "Not the Everfree, maybe Whitetail. Should I head back home? Yeah, that sounds reasonable."

I walked in the direction that I assumed the town was in. I had to duck and cover a few times when a guard passed overhead, but it was otherwise peaceful. Then I heard a loud noise.

I followed it to the source and saw a doorway on the side of a cliff. It was completely out of place and seemed new. I opened it up and saw something that I haven't seen for around three months, another human.

"What? Is this a multidimensional doorway? Maybe if I use it, I can come back to this world, unlike the spell that I used on Destiny and that asshole that made Fluttershy cry. That was a one way trip. Hmmm..."

I stuck my hoof through. It didn't change whatsoever. I pulled it back and stuck my horn through, no change. "If it doesn't work, I can never come back." I said. "I hope that I can come back, or I'll just be depressed all my life."

I stuck my head through, and was met with something bashed into my head before I could see anything, knocking me out.