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Chapter 5 : Bad Apples
A few hours have passed by since breakfast and I was already bored. I turned over to Twilight who was still studying something. I thought about talking to her but I felt like I don’t have anything to talk about. I then turned to Electric, who was as bored as I am, turning a few pages on a book about flying. I observed him but to no points at all. I then zoned out on the sofa, thinking about how to put some excitement into my life.
“Hey guys, what are you all doing?” Spike asked as he came down to the library.
Electric just shrugged at Spike while still looking at the book. “Nothing interesting, just bored as hell.”
Twilight soon said something about studying. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t payed attention to what Spike said earlier. Suddenly, I saw a purple hand waving right in front of me. I startled and accidentally hit Spike right on the head.
“Woah, Lil’ buddy, you okay?” I asked him.
“Yeah, just a little hit. I can take more you know.” He said while rubbing his head and trying to get up at the same time.
I helped him up and dusted off some dust on his back. Twilight didn’t say anything or even looked. Must be something important she is studying. I patted Spike’s back and walked towards Twilight. I tapped her back but she didn’t move. I was afraid something happened to Twilight so I tapped harder and called her name.
“Hmm, what? Oh, Shock. What did you need?” She asked me after shaking her head a little bit.
“Just checking in. You seemed so into that book I almost thought you were dead. What is it about?” I asked her.
“Well, this is just some of my reports for the princess.” She said while compiling some data on a piece of paper.
“Must be some important reports you’re making that you didn’t even realise the princess herself came.” I tried to joke with Twilight.
“Wait WHAT?! Oh no, this can’t be!” Twilight panicked and started to write a letter for the princess.
“Woah, chill, Twilight. I’m just joking around.” I said to her while grinning. “But Spike did get hurt. By me. Only a little. Before you say anything, it was an accident.”
“Don’t mess around with me like that. Is Spike okay?” She sighed and then asked about Spike.
“He’s fine. He is a dragon after all. They’re quite strong, aren’t they?” I told her while we both looked at Spike.
“I guess so. But try not to injure anyone, could be fatal.” She suggested to me.
“I’ll try. But I’m afraid I just can’t hold back my hooves.” I explained to her whilst chuckling a little bit.
“Alrighty, then. Oh, I just remembered, I need some food supplies from Applejack. Can you and Electric go and get them?” She remembered about the food supply running low.
“Sure. We are working for you. So, I guess we HAVE to do everything you say.” I said to her while smiling.
“Right, I keep forgetting that.” She said while shaking her head a bit.
I went to Electric to tell him about the food supplies but it seems like his ears were sharper than I thought.
“You ready?” Electric asked me after putting down the book.
“Ooh, you eavesdropping or something?” I asked him while raising an eyebrow.
“It’s not that difficult if you and Twilight were only a few feets from me. Ponies have a better sense of hearing than humans.”
I chuckled a bit and continued, “Okay, fine. Well, you ready yet?”
“Yeah, sure. Let’s get to it.” He said as he put the book down and stood up.
We went outside and trotted towards the direction of Sweet Apple Acres. After awhile, we could finally see the apple trees which meant we were close. But there were something off about the apples. They look a bit blue-ish to me.
“Hey, L. Are you seeing what I’m seeing?” I asked him just to make sure I wasn’t colour blind.
“What do you mean?” He said to me while observing the apple trees.
“The apples look kinda blue to me.”
“No, I don’t see anything abnormal about them.”
As we make haste to the farm, the apples got bluer and bluer.
“Okay, I must be trippin’ balls right now, they’re really fucking blue.”
“Did you consume drugs or something?” Electric asked me in a worrying tone.
“I never did drugs, so it’s probably not that.” I sighed.
“Hmm, or you could’ve been drugged.”
What is he talking about, that’s ridiculous, Unless Twilight decided to drug me with that dish, which I doubt she would really do such a thing.
Suddenly, I saw a bird coming straight for me. As an instinct, I jumped aside to dodge the bird.
“Hey, why did you do that for?” Electric questioned my actions.
“A bird almost hit me, man. You didn’t see it?”
“Dude, you’re seriously tripping. We need to get you checked at a hospital later.”
“Why not ask Twilight?”
“Does she look like a doctor to you?”
“Well, she was the one who made the dish.”
“Whatever.” Electric rolled his eyes.
After some walking, we finally arrived at the barn.
I had trouble keeping my eyes open, and I started having a coughing fit.
“Dude, you alright?” Electric asked me.
“It’s… nothin-” I lost my steps and couldn’t hold myself together.
“Huh?”
*thud*
“Oh shit!”
[Electric’s POV]
Later, in the ponyville horsepital
“I’m afraid he’s dead.” Nurse Redheart frowned.
My mouth hung open and I facehoofed. Just like that? What the fuck!
I sighed.
“Welp, I guess that’s it. We had a good time, I just wish it didn’t end like this.”
…
Shock Wave suddenly rose up, startling me, gasping for air. He coughed a few times after that.
“Damn, you sound gay.” Shock chuckled, “I always thought you were gay.”
My eyes widened. “Oh you fuckhead!”
“That’s impossible, he had no pulse!” The nurse was surprised.
“I guess you could say… I shocked ya?” He winked.
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“Just, shut up.” I said, annoyed.
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Are we in a sitcom or something?
“Eh, let's go home, I’m tired for some reason.” I said.
“Wait up,” Shock pulled the sheets off of him and jumped off the hospital bed.
“Hey, wait! you can’t go yet!” Redheart cried out.
“Why not?” Shock turned to her.
“You need to be examined upon further for any other issues.” She answered.
“I just came back from the dead, I don’t need no examinations. Besides, I’m running late.”
“That’s exactly why you need to be examined.” She said sternly.
“Hmm, okay, fine.” Shock said.
“Then come here and we shall get started.”
I didn’t hear anything after that because I was still walking, not paying attention to Shock’s antics.
“I AM FINE THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOTTA GO!” Shock shouted as he tried to catch up to me.
“Oh, didn’t even notice you here, what was that?” I said as I started to trot to keep up with Shock’s speed.
“L, FUCKING RUN!” He shouted as he ran past me.
I looked back to see a few nurses trying to catch Shock. I quickly joined him on his escape.
“Dude, the fuck did you do now?!” I asked him as I caught up to him.
“Just run! I’ll explain later!”
We finally got to the exit and the mob of nurses stopped pursuing us. We still galloped at full speed to Twilight’s place. Finally, we stopped to take a breath.
“So, will you explain… what just happened back there?” I said while panting.
“Oh, she tried to stick a needle up my ass. I hate needles, man.”
I facehoofed. My humanity slowly crept away the more I use that word.
“Whatever, let’s just get back to the library and chill.” Shock said as he starts to walk towards the direction of the library.
“Sure thing.”
We took off and headed to the library.
After arriving at the library
“Oh, you’re finally back. Did you bring those supplies I told you about?” Twilight asked.
“Uhh, nope.” I said.
“What? Then what did you do this whole time?”
“Well, long story short, Shock got into an acid trip and passed out. Then we had to run away from a gang of needle sticking nurses, and now we’re here.”
“Wha? Acid trip? How can you trip over acid?” said Spike.
“Not that kind of acid, it’s… basically hallucinogenic drugs.” I explained simply to Spike.
“Oh!” Twilight gazed upon the abyss that is Shock’s abysmal face.
“Twi, you’re freaking me out. What are you doing?”
“Just making sure. Are you still hallucinating?” She asked while inspecting Shock’s irises.
“No, I don’t think so...”
“Heh, one time he jumped out of the way of an invisible bird.” I commented.
“But it looked so real…” He said drowsily and started falling.
“I guess that does it, he won’t be waking up soon.” I said as I was poking at Shock’s body.
“Huh, how did he even manage to be drugged?” Twilight pondered.
“Well, the only suspect would be you.”
“What!? I wouldn’t do anything like that!” She was daunted.
“Hmm… you may be right. It’s probably Spike.” I put a hoof on my chin.
“Whoa dude, why would I do that? It’s not like I have anything against him.”
“You have got to be kidding? Spike wouldn’t do such things.” The lavender mare stepped in to defend Spike.
“Ok, fine. Who is to blame then?”
“We can’t just blame anypony. We’ll need to find the source of this problem.” said Twilight.
“Okay then. Lead on, Sherlock.” I waved my hoof around sarcastically.
Suddenly, Shock rose up and stood silently. We all looked at him wondering what he was going to do.
“Can you guys be a lil’ bit more quiet. Trying to sleep here.” Shock said while his eyes were barely open.
“Pfft, no. You’re not giving up on us now.” I tried to slap him in the face but he evaded flawlessly. Shock then continued up the stairs straight towards the room.
“What am I going to do with you two?” Twilight sighed and followed Shock upstairs. I shrugged and did the same.
Thus, the day ended without anything completed. We failed to get food and we failed to help Shock, we haven’t done anything productive on that day. If Twilight was me she’d be quite angry about this but I could care less.
[Shock’s POV]
I woke up feeling well rested. The rising sun was blinding my eyes but it was such a beautiful sight to see. I rubbed my eyes and stood up from the bed, feeling a little bit light headed. I shook my head a few times to regain conscious. I soon realized I almost stepped on Electric’s hoof, who was sleeping on the floor.
“Heh, we need another bed.” I moved past him and went straight downstairs.
Once downstairs, it came to my attention that no one was up yet. I thought to myself that it was probably still early. I went to the kitchen to gather up some ingredients to prepare breakfast. I opened the cupboard that held most of the ingredients I needed but to my surprise, it was empty. I then opened the other cupboards but to no avail.
“Hmm, weird. I thought we still had plenty of food around.” I sighed and went to the main room to relax for a moment.
I looked at the door, thinking, maybe I should eat breakfast outside. In my mind, nothing could go wrong. It’ll just be a quick walk to the cafe for a few pancakes and whatnots. I grabbed some gold bits in the room and went outside, feeling the warm sun on my skin.
It sure is nice and quiet early in the morning. I thought to myself as I walked around the streets of Ponyville.
I walked around slowly as I had all the time in the world at the moment. No rush. Though I had a feeling right in my stomach that something bad was going to happen. Everything just seems so quiet, so nice that it couldn’t be real. I wondered, was I dreaming? As soon as I felt that feeling, I start to notice other ponies, setting up shops, watering their flowers and such.
“I gotta think straight. Can’t let imaginations take over me.” I said before I bumped into another pony.
I accidently knocked a pale lime green unicorn and her stuff down. I quickly helped her up and picked up her stuff.
“I am so sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going.” I apologized to her while looking at what she was carrying. It seemed like big rolls of paper but I couldn’t confirm.
“Oh, it’s okay. It’s my fault too. I’m not wearing my glasses right now.” She said as she swept some dust off her clothes.
“You sure you can see well? I can help you carry those, if you need it.” I offered my help as compensation.
“Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, what’s your name? I don’t recall seeing any new ponies in town.” She asked me as I held some of the rolls for her.
“The name’s Shock Wave, but you can just call me Shock.” I said to her as I followed her.
“Shock Wave? That’s a nice name. Mine is Peachy Pitt but you can call me Peachy.” She said as we arrived at a nearby stall.
It was a wooden stall with some barrels beside it. Looked just like any other stall around the area.
“So, this is yours then?” I asked her about the stall as I put the rolls of paper into the barrels.
“Yeah. Had it for a few months already. Works well enough.” Peachy said as she went behind the stall.
“Well, I guess I’ll see you later then. I’m gonna go find some breakfast.” I said as I looked around for a cafe.
“Oh, I know a nice little place that sells good food. It’s around the town hall.” She then proceeded to tell me the directions to get there.
“Never been there before. I hope It’s as good as you say.” I said to Peachy with high hopes.
“You have my word. Hey, you should take me there sometimes.” She said while blushing a little bit.
“Heh, when I have the time, I will.” I promised her.
“Promise?” She asked me while making puppy eyes.
“Yes, I promise.” I said as I couldn’t resist the puppy eyes.
I talked with her for a few more minutes. Incredibly, in the span of those few minutes, I could fall in love. The way she talks. The way she looks. To me, it was perfect. I looked her right in the eyes, as she did to mine. I know that there was a special connection between us from the first time we met.
“Well, I should get going. I still need to get back to the library.” I told Peachy.
“Oh, so soon? Well, okay. See you tomorrow.” She told me as I waved goodbye.
I then continued my morning journey for breakfast, before I heard a pony suddenly calling my name. I looked around to see who it was but I didn’t saw anypony calling me. Until I looked at the sky and noticed that it was actually Rainbow Dash, who then landed beside me.
“About time I found your flank, Twilight and Electric are all over the place looking for you!” She said worriedly.
“Seriously? Look, I’m not a little colt. I can leave the library anytime I want.” I said to her while still walking.
“I don’t think you understand. You’re in danger.” She stepped in front of me to hold me back.
“In danger of what? Scraping my hoof?” I scoffed at her and walked past her.
“Ugh, no. It’s just that... “ She seems as if she was having a hard time to say something.
“What? What could be so important that they needed you to come look for me?” I asked with a hint of annoyance in my tone and continued walking.
“You’re… dying.” The light blue pegasus said.
I stopped.
I was in a state of multiple emotions, combining to become this feeling. A feeling I couldn’t explain. Was it fear? Was it sadness? My mind was dull.
“Twilight found out what was making you pass out so much, and it’s not what she has expected,”
“This is why I need to get you to Twilight’s, pronto.” She stomped her hoof against the ground.
“But… I don’t remember passing out.” Now I was getting worried.
“There’s no time to explain, let’s just go.” She dashed off.
“Okay.” Sighing, I turned to her and galloped towards the library, hoping for the best.