--Chapter 24--
float r = random(π); if ((r > 1) & (Twilight == 1)) {r = Pinkie; Twilight = 0;}
The next day, Revan woke up much later than he usually does. The reason for that was the alcohol, which even in small amounts makes him sleep in. He groaned as he realized that the spot where Twilight was before was now empty, save for the rope she was tied up with. She must have teleported out of the bed. He thought as he pulled the covers over his face to block the sunlight.
He could hear Applejack and Rarity sleeping and snoring loudly (especially the unicorn). The two have really pissed him off the previous day, but following his life rule of never holding a grudge unless you really piss him of, he was already ready to look back and laugh at the whole situation.
Revan was about to hug the pillow and go back to sleep, but something stopped him from doing so. And that something was a loud scream that filled the entire library. He immediately shot up from the bed, and so did Applejack. Rarity was still lying asleep, her ears shielded by a pair of earplugs she has found the previous day.
They heard another scream, this time Revan recognized it as Twilight’s. With that realization in mind, he immediately grabbed the gun that was lying on the nightstand and in a blink of an eye got up –or more like jumped out of the bed, and run towards the stairs. However, he hadn’t bothered himself with actually using them. That would be a waste of valuable time.
He jumped downstairs, rolling on the ground and quickly turning around to face the door to the bathroom from where he heard the scream.
Not wasting a second to think over his plan of action, he kicked the door open and run inside with the gun up. Immediately he screamed himself.
There was however one problem. He had assumed that Twilight was being attacked, but that wasn’t the case at all. Twilight was sitting on a stool in front of him. Her face was deeply reddened at his unexpected visit, and her magic aura was covering her horn as well as a certain spot between her legs which were spread out, giving Revan a perfect view of that was between.
Seeing that, Revan’s face grew red, but he made no attempts to leave, he just looked at the unicorn mare in front of him (mostly at what was between her legs). What really surprised him, was the fact that Twilight made no attempts to cover herself up whatsoever. In fact, he could swear that she kept going.
Nudity was of course a normal thing in Equestrian society. Revan himself has caught a glance of several ponies’ bits more than once, but it was always accidently, and he’s gotten used to it. With Twilight however, it was different case entirely. On several occasions he has seen her purposely moving her tail out of the way to give him a glimpse.
This probably would lead them to certain activities rather quickly, but unfortunately, Applejack has already run downstairs and realized what would happen if this was allowed to go on. She immediately begun to push Revan out of the bathroom, though she wasn’t able to get the human to look away from the sight that was in front of him. At least for as long as the door were opened.
When the farmer blocked the view, he snapped out of his trance. “What the buck was that all about!?” She yelled at still red-faced human. Meanwhile, Twilight had a new fantasy to have fun with.
After a long talk with Applejack, from which Revan barely remembered anything, since he was more focused on the images that were flowing through his mind at the time, Rarity have woken up and decided to take the farmer away from the library. She told Revan to stay behind and keep Twilight some company, though he was planning on doing just that anyways, despite Applejack’s protests.
It took Twilight few minutes to leave the bathroom. Somewhat hesitantly, she opened the bathroom door, her face colored red again. She didn’t see Revan, which was somewhat disappointing for her. With a sigh, she grabbed Revan’s shirt, which was in a bathroom since yesterday and walked downstairs to library’s main room.
Like she expected, Revan was there, after all she was still holding his shirt and he’s not a type of person that would forget about stuff like that. What she did not expect however, was what he was doing. Revan was hanging upside-down from the bookshelf, with his legs keeping him from falling. He had taken some books out from the shelf to make room for his legs, and he was holding the books he have taken out in his arms while he was performing veridical crunches.
Suddenly, all desire to do anything was replaced with need to observe the human while he’s training. She silently walked down and placed the shirt on the couch, where Mischief and his new companion slept. Then she proceeded to watch as Revan’s muscles move under his bare skin, suddenly feeling a need to go back to bathroom.
However, the show hadn’t lasted long. Twilight soon found herself walking closer and closer to Revan, at he eventually noticed her approaching. This didn’t made her stop at all, in fact, since Revan’s face was now on the same level as her face, she was even more eager to keep approaching the human.
Revan was also not so keen on making her stop, and in fact he also moved his face closer to her, at least as much as he could move it while hanging upside-down. Their lips were about to meet, but yet again, the fate wanted differently. “Twilight! I’m back!” Spike yelled as he entered the library.
This was enough to make Revan lose balance and he fell on the ground. Now instead of Revan’s face, Twilight had his crotch in front of her face (though if it wasn’t for Spike’s presence she would have continued anyways). The young dragon had a cart full of boxes behind him as he entered the library. “What are you guys doing?”
“Umm…” Revan tried to muster some words, but nothing came.
“W-we were just… P-picking up books!” Twilight lied, while lifting a book with her magic. “A-anyways, what are you doing here Spike? I thought you were in Canterlot?” She said while Revan got up and walked over to the couch, putting his shirt back on.
The human looked at the unicorn. What happened just now was yet another proof confirming what he was thinking over before Twilight appeared. That Twilight does in fact have feelings for him. If he was still on Earth, he wouldn’t be beating around the bush like that, even though by now it is past obvious that they both have a thing for each other. However, he wasn’t on Earth, and what was stopping him from going further, was public opinion.
Before the manticore incident, he’s been trying to figure out how Ponyville feels about interspecies relationships, and while Red Heart was mostly right when she said that most of Ponyville doesn’t really mind this kind of stuff, there is in fact a quite big group of ponies who are straight up against it, even if they mostly aren’t as open about it as Applejack. The farmer is in fact another reason why he hadn’t taken a step past friendship. Not only would this likely make quite a lot of influential ponies from town talk shit about Twilight, but she would also risk losing one of her first real friends.
In fact if rumors are to be believed, a situation like that did actually take place at one point. According to what he has heard from some of older ponies in town, there was an interspecies couple living in the town at some point, but they had to leave because of the shit others were giving them, sometimes literally.
While Revan was thinking, Twilight was talking to her assistant. “Yeah, but I’ve gotten everything wrapped up quickly. Princess Sunbutt has told-“
“Wait a second. Did you just call Princess Celestia ‘Sunbutt’?”
“U-umm… y-you see…”
“Spike, explain yourself. Why did you call princess like that?”
“W-well, you remember when Revan called her that in the hospital?” Spike said, trying to explain himself.
“Yes, but you weren’t in the hospital then, you were helping Rarity.”
“I was with Rarity, yes. But the two royal guards that came with princess heard it and… well, they told their friends about it… and soon enough it became a joke among the guards and… um, I kinda picked it up from them…sorry.”
“W-what!? They call her ‘Sunbutt’!? *GRRR* Just wait till BBBFF finds out…”
“A-actually we kinda…um…” He trailed off.
“You what?”
“T-that’s not important, you know. No reason to fret about it, hehe...” The dragon tried to get out of the mess he created, but Twilight’s stern look quickly convinced him to spill everything out. “Alright… he and I… we glued a sign ‘Sunbutt’s Lair’ to the door of her chamber…”
He expected Twilight to burst in anger, but surprisingly she remained calm (at least on the outside), though what she said next was still enough to make Spike’s heart skip a bit. “You’re grounded.” She said after a moment of tense silence. She then proceeded to walk towards the door. “And no gems for two weeks.” She levitated her saddle bag and placed it on her back. “Revan, could you help me with groceries?”
“Um… yeah, sure.” He looked at Mischief and Sennav who were still sleeping on the couch. He decided that because of Mischief’s currant state it will be better to let them sleep. “Spike, if these two will wake up before we come back, just let them follow us.” And with that said, he and Twilight went out. “You know, I was wondering about something.” He said after he closed the door.
“Actually, I wanted to ask about something too.” He could see a blush on her face.
“Well, go on.”
“W-why was I tied up?”
“Oh, that… well, you see after that second glass you got kinda… horny. And during some unexpected chain of events, I ended up getting knocked out. Now, I don’t exactly know what was going on after that, but after AJ’s comment on how ‘you couldn’t get your hooves off of me’ I think we both can figure that out. Anyways, Applejack had to tie you up and then you fell asleep.”
As he expected, Twilight’s face could be mistaken with a tomato. “I-I’m sorry, I don’t even remember what was happening, but-!”
“Nah, don’t worry. It’s not the first time a pretty girl tries to get me into bed with her.” That comment did nothing to help Twilight with getting her blush under control. “In any case, I was wondering how come you not have a hangover?”
“I-It’s that spell I’ve been using when I need to work late. In a modified form it can also work as a rather good painkiller.”
“Twi, you know I don’t like that spell…”
“I know, but it was either that or a headache. Anyways, the spell will start to wear out soon, so-”
“No, you’re not recasting it. I’m going to heal you from this hangover myself. Come on.” He doubled his speed.
“Huh? But how?”
“Po Polsku ((Polish style)). Me and Fluttershy were making pickled cucumbers the first week I got here, and this stuff can do wonders for a hangover. Though, you should have eat those before and during drinking alcohol to maximize effects.”
“But, aren’t those kinda… spoiled? And besides, I have to get groceries done, and I haven’t eaten anything today.”
“They’re not spoiled, it’s a common misconception. In fact they can be eaten safely after few years. And as for breakfast, you can eat something at Flutters’ and groceries can be taken care of later.”
“Bt what about Spike?”
“Oh please. He had to eat something before he came back. Now, come on.” And with that said the two begun to walk towards Fluttershy’s cottage. “Oh, and don’t even think about using that spell when I’m not looking. Because I’m always looking.” He added, making Twilight sigh.
Exactly one hour later, the two were already leaving the cottage after eating. As expected, Twilight's spell wore out before they even got there and her hangover truly begun. Revan was able to lessen the pain, but she was still comparing it to the work of Black Magic and cursed the human for making her go through this. Revan's response to that could be summed up as "You're cute when you're angry."
They were passing through Ponnyville's streets, slowly approaching the market. "Why don't you just let me use that spell?" Twilight whined.
"Because that's the price of drinking, and you have to go through it at least this time."
"But it huuuurts~!" The whining continued, bringing the attention of few ponies in town to them. "Why don't you have a hangover anyways? I remember you drinking too...I think."
"Well, for that my dear Twilight, are two reasons. First, I'm from Poland. Second, I've been systematically training my body in withstanding alcohol since I first had a bear at the age of 13. Though the real 'training' begun when I was 15, that's when I began my adventures with vodka."
Suddenly, she forgot about the headache. "You've been drinking since you were 13!? Isn't that... you know, illegal?"
"Technically, but it's not like it ever stopped me from doing that. In fact, it never stopped me from beginning to smoke either." Twilight's eyes almost popped out of the sockets. "Don't worry, I'm haven't touched a cigarette in years, ant it's not like I was a heavy smoker in the first place."
"That's still bad, you know. You could have gotten sick because of it, or worse."
"I know, I know. That's pretty much the reason why I stopped."
"And why have you begun in the first place?"
"At first, it was because people I was hanging around with started as well, and then... well, let's say I was kinda down, and I guess that was my way to-" Before he got to finish, he noticed a flash of pink moving from cover to cover. "Pinkie?" He called out to her, but she didn't hear him and continued to do... whatever the hell she was up to this time.
Revan and Twilight looked at each other and followed after the pink pony, eventually catching up to her. " Hmm... twitchy twitcha twitcha twitch..." They heard here mumble.
"Pinkie Pie? What in the wide, wide world of Equestria are you up to?" Twilight asked when they approached. Pinkie was wearing some strange rainbow-colored umbrella on her head, something they hadn't noticed before due to the speed with which the party-addicted maniac moved.
"Oh! It's my tail! It's my tail! It's a-twitch a-twitchin'! And you know what that means!" She said as she pushed her tail into Twilight's face.
"Actually, Pinkie, I haven't the slightest idea."
"Ditto." Said Revan.
"The twitchin' means my Pinkie Sense is telling me that stuff's gonna start falling! You two better duck for cover."
"Oh, Pinkie, it's not gonna rain. Why, there's barely even a cloud in the-" And then, a wild frog appeared from the sky. And it landed straight on Twilight's face. “*CROAK*” It said.
This made Revan chuckle. "That's your new boyfriend?" She groaned at that.
"Oh, I'm so, so sorry. You okay, Twilight?" A voice suddenly came from above. "I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all, so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bog." Fluttershy said from the air. She was carrying a bunch of frogs in a cart that fell under some... interesting laws of physic.
Revan lifted the frog from Twilight's muzzle and threw it to Fluttershy, who gently caught the little creature in her hooves. "Why didn't you tell me you were going to do that today? I would have helped you."
"Oh, but I couldn't ask you for that. You should spend some quality time with Twilight." She said with a smug. Revan only lifted his eyebrow at the comment, instantly turning her smug into a deep blush. "I-I mean- I'll be going now! Bye bye!" She quickly flew away.
"What was that all about?" Twilight said after a moment.
Revan knew very well what she meant, since he's already talked to her about it, nut decided not to explain it to Twilight. "Who knows..." I do!
"Well, let's go Revan. We need to go to the market before I'll get crazy." And with that said, they continued to move on.
"Sure, but I gotta admit, that 'Pinkie Sense' stuff is weird. But to be fair, nothing that involves that girl is normal." Revan stated.
"Yeah, it was just a coincidence."
They were about to continue to talk about whatever came to their minds, but Pinkie suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "My tail! My tail! Twitch-a-twitch! Twitch-a-twitch! Something else is gonna fall!" She yelled.
Why do I have a feeling that I know what will fall on what? Revan thought. "Oh, Pinkie, please. Nothing else is gonna fa-" And Twilight fell. With Revan falling along with her. Just like he predicted.
Momentarily, they found themselves lying on the ground face-to-face, with Twilight lying on top of him. “I knew it! Something did fall. And that something was Twilight falling on Revan’s balls!” Pinkie yelled in happiness.
Feeling where her hooves landed, Twilight got up with a blush on her face, allowing Revan to get up himself. “Well… I will admit, that was rather neat.” He said, cleaning himself from dirt. Meanwhile, Pinkie walked away singing.
“Y-yeah, I guess… but I still don’t believe that whole twitching tail stuff.”
“I dunno. Honestly, I’m not sure should I just accept whatever she says and go on or should I start digging into it. Though I think that just accepting it will be better for my sanity.” He jumped out of the ditch they fell into and reached his hand out to Twilight. The unicorn placed her hoof in Revan’s palm and he pulled her up.
“What do you mean, ‘you don’t know’? Of course we-“
“Ah! My ears are flopping! My ears are flopping!” Pinkie cut her out.
“Eh, and what does that mean?” Twilight asked.
“That I’ll get a bath ready for you.”
“Huh? *CHUCKLE* A bath? This thing keeps on getting more ridiculous by the minute!” And the moment she said that, an elderly Earth Pony run behind her. He was pulling a cart which splashed mud all over Twilight when he passed by.
“Hey!” Revan yelled at the pony and run after him with an intent to give him a piece of his mind. “Come back here you old mo…” He left Twilight hearing range.
“Oooooh… That’s so cute!” Pinkie said.
“What?”
“Did you see how he run to defend your honor? Really Twilight, I must say I’m kinda jealous.”
“Huh? Jealous of what?” Twilight asked as she shook the mud off of her.
“Duh! A coltfriend like that! No wait, that would be boyfriend wouldn’t it?”
Twilight’s face changed its color to red. “W-we’re not a couple!”
“Really? Then why were you leaning against each other when you were walking?”
“W-we were?” Her blush deepened.
Pinkie was about to reply, but before that, Revan came back from verbally lashing the elder pony. “*SPIT* Fucking asshole…” He muttered under his breath. “Alright. Pinkie, you take Twilight to the bath and help her get washed. I’ll get those groceries done.”
“Oki doki loki!” Without asking for permission, she grabbed Twilight’s saddle bags and picked them up from Twilight’s rear. “Here!” She threw the bag to Revan.
“Hey! Why don’t I get a saying in this!?” Twilight yelled, but the quickly received an answer when Pinkie took her away to Sugarcube Corner.
“No Rose Luck, I don’t want to take it for free…” Revan said in annoyance.
“T-Then you can take it with my money! Just don’t eat me, please! I have husband and kids!” Rose Luck yelled from under the table and threw a bag of bits at the human.
“What? For fucks sake, I’m not here to rob you!” He threw the bag back.
“B-but… but Lily said that-“
“I don’t know who the fuck is Lily, and she sure as hell doesn’t know me.”
“S-so…?”
“So you can come out and we can make a deal like civilized people.”
“O-okay…” Slowly she got up, still shaking in fear. Revan didn’t get a chance to get a good look at her before as she hid under the stand the second she saw him. Rose Luck was an earth pony. Her coat was pale yellow, almost white, and her mane and tail were red with a pink strap on them. “So… what is it that you need?”
“12 daffodil flowers.” He replied. “How much would that be?”
“Um… o-one bit?” Revan could only deeply sigh at that.
“That’s pretty expensive, but you know what? I have an idea.” Revan said to Golden Harvest, another earth pony with yellow coat and orange curly mane. “I’m going to help you with harvesting vegetables on your farm, and instead of bits I’ll take some carrots instead.”
“Well, that’s certainly a strange proposition. But I guess I could agree, I keep finding more and more pests around the farm and I’m afraid they might destroy the yields if I don’t collect everything soon enough.”
“Great, I’ll get started right away.”
“Are you fucking serious? 100 bits for 1 kilo of cherries? I’ll give you 7.”
“You’re not the one who dictates the prices. You want-“
Revan slammed his hand into the stand. “*SLAM* Yes, in fact I am the one who dictates the price. You want me to buy anything, you’re going to listen to what I have to say.”
“Don’t get smart with me. I can cut this down to 50 bits, but not a bit less.”
“I could still buy 10 kilos of apples from Applejack for that. I said 7 bits and that’s where I’m staying.”
“Come on, 7 bits? Do you even know how hard it is to collect this stuff with your hooves? 40 bits.”
“If you think I’m some kind of moron, then I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I am well aware of the fact that there’s no place in Ponyville and surrounding farms that where you could grow cherries, at least not the type you’re selling. In fact there is only one cherry farm in Equestria. You’re buying this from the farm on the other side of Equestria!”
“Ugh, d-do you have a proof? Can you proof that I don’t grow those cherries myself?”
Revan smiled. “Heh, I do actually.”
He pulled a map out of Twilight’s saddlebag. “Here I have a map of Ponyville and surrounding areas, along with a list of everypony in town and places they live in.”
“A-and what does it prove?”
“*SLAM* Everything is written right here!” He pointed at a spot on the map. “We can clearly see your name written right here, next to a building in a center of the town!”
“Agh!”
“This is further supported by the list of names I have right here. It clearly states your living address!”
“Nooooo...! ...B-but wait! How can I know this map and list are even genuine? For all I know you could have falsify them!”
“I’m sorry, but that is not possible… because both the list and the map were given to Twilight Sparkle by the mayor of the town herself!” He could almost see the sweat running down his face. “It is proven by her signatures on both the map and the list. So to sum it up: you don’t live in on cherry farm but with your mother in the center of the town, you buy the cherries from a farm on the other side of the country -a farm that by the way, charges much smaller amounts of money than you as proven by the document that I see on the box behind you- and then you charge huge amounts of money for it and use ponies’ naivety to get money from them!”
“Err…ghk…agh… NOOOOOOOO!!!” He begun to repeatedly smash his face into a box full of cherries, splashing the red juice all over his face. He then lifted the box and smashed it into his red face so hard it broke in half and in the end the shopkeeper fell on the ground, half conscious.
“Heh… gotcha…”
After spending entire hour in the market place, Revan walked into the library with bags full of food. He saw that Mischief was still asleep along with his new friend. They must have morn themselves out when we were helping Applejack yesterday. Spike was also there, the dragon was cleaning the shelves in the library. “Spike.” He called out. “Could you get this to the kitchen?”
“Oh, hi.” Revan placed the bags on the ground and Spike loaded them into a cart he was using earlier to carry all the boxes from Canterlot in. “Twilight’s in the basement with Pinkie.” He begun to walk towards the kitchen.
“What was it that you’ve brought here earlier anyways?”
“Just the stuff Twilight has left in Canterlot. Mostly research equipment and books.”
Revan nodded and moved towards the basement door. He grabbed the handle and tried to push it open, but the door got blocked after moving only a bit. God damn it Twilight… If you won’t fix that door I’ll do it for you... Without waiting, he kicked the door open. Immediately, Pinkie bounced out of the basement. “Pinkie? Where’s Twilight?”
“Around…”
He walked into the basement. He was about to look around, but suddenly he heard a groan from behind. Immediately he noticed Twilight hanging from the door. ”Twilight, are you alright!?” He helped her get down.
“Ugh… you two planned this… right?”
“Planned what? What the hell happened when I was gone?”
“Urgh! This is ridiculous. This can't be happening. This makes no sense. I have to figure this out.” She said in frustration as they left the basement. “I must know the truth behind that Pinkie Sense!”
“This is what it’s all about? Seriously, I think we’ll be better off without trying to get into this mare’s head.”
“Whatever do you mean? There’s absolutely nothing wrong that can happen! That’s why I’m going out to investigate.”
She attempted to leave the library, but just as she was about to open the door with her magic, she felt Revan’s hand wrapping itself around her horn and pulling her back inside. “No you don’t, I didn’t run around the market like crazy so that you can just leave without a proper breakfast. Though, by now it would be lunch… whatever” He said as he pulled her to the kitchen by the horn.
“B-but science! I need to find answers! Nooooooo!” She struggled to escape, but there was no way for her to leave Revan’s grip.
“Come on, open up. That’s the last one.” Revan fed Twilight -who was at the time tied up to the chair- with a spoon of a cherry soup.
“I can eat myself…” She said, but ate anyways.
“I guess you can, but I’m not going to risk you running away.” He placed an empty bowl on the table and untied the rope Applejack have left. Then he grabbed a metal ring he had placed around Twilight’s horn to make sure she won’t teleport. He had bought the thing about a week ago on the market for few bits, though so far he didn’t use it much. “Alright, you can go spy on Pinkie now.” She immediately grabbed her saddlebag and begun collecting the equipment she will need. “Just don’t complain if your head explodes.”
When she had everything, Twilight run towards the stairs, passing next to Revan in the middle of the way. She then jumped, and exploiting the fact that Revan was sitting down, she managed to give him a light kiss on the cheek.
Immediately, Revan looked at her, making her eyes go wide and face red when she realized what she just did. She then proceeded to live library as if she was being chased by a hoard of demons. ”Hehe, I’ve been wondering when will she do that.” He heard Spike say.
“Yeah, me kinda too.” He rested his chin on his hand in thought.
“What is it? Shouldn’t you be happy or something? I mean, it is beyond obvious that you two have a thing for each other, you know.”
“I know that. And yeah, I’m happy and all, but that’s not what I’m thinking about. You see, when I was 15, I had a friend who just happened to be gay. For the whole time we were in school I’ve been seeing him getting shit from others for that, and then I got some too when I begun standing up for him. I’ve noticed that interspecies thing is pretty much like that in here. Some don’t mind, others are against and SJW think it’s all a social construct.
I guess I just don’t want Twilight to get shit like my friend did. Well, more shit then she already does at least. I know some ponies already talk shit behind her back, and I also know Twilight can get pretty hurt by words alone, even if she won’t shot it at first.”
He gave himself a moment to think over the answer.“Seems like a good reason to not go on. But if you think about it, you should at the very least send those ponies a message that you don’t care. And even if you two won’t move on, ponies are still going to talk behind her back because of how close you two are already. But if you do move on, ponies will have to think twice before they do anything. You are going to be town’s head guard after all. And even if they do this anyways, at least Twilight will have you to support her.”
Revan smiled a bit at Spike’s words. “Thanks. You sure did give me some food for thought.”
“You’re welcome.” He said. “But what happened to your friend anyways. And what was his name.”
“His name was Karol. And as for what happened to him… well, during our last year at high school, he had a failed suicide attempt. But after some time he decided that he’s going to prove everyone how much he’s worth and became an actor. I haven’t heard from him in a long time, so I don’t know if he succeeded, but I hope that one day I’ll be able see his face in some movie.”
“Well, I hope so too.” The dragon looked at the pot with soup. “You want to eat?”
“I was about to go look for Twilight, but I guess I can eat a bowl.” Spike nodded and gave him a bowl full of soup. Or two… Revan thought as he ate.
After emptying three bowls of soup, Revan left the library alongside Mischief and Sennav, who woke up when he was eating. The dog walked with his head down, focused on finding Twilight. He led Revan towards the schoolhouse on the outskirts of the town. There were no kids around, the school time was over for today. There were however two ponies in the area. Pinkie Pie, who was rolling on the ground because she’s Pinkie Pie. And Twilight, who was observing the pink pony rolling in the ground, because she’s Twilight.
“Sup.” Revan said, startling Twilight and making her jump.
Upon noticing him, she quickly calmed down and motioned him to kneel down. “Come on, before she spots you!” She whispered and immediately went back to observing Pinkie’s nose scratching habits. “Aha! Look!” She pointed at Pinkie who was now hiding under what looked like a giant horseshoe. “Now how does that make any sense. She’s hiding as if she was expecting something to fall from the sky, but that was signaled by the twitching tail, not itchy nose!” She went back to observing.
However, she immediately heard strange buzzing sound. “What is-“ She didn’t finish, as she was quickly picked up from the ground by Revan, who begun to run away from the source of sound -a swarm of bees. Mischief was right behind them, with Sennav hanging in his mouth, held by the neck.
Eventually, the sound disappeared and Revan placed her on the ground. “Fuck…” She heard him say.
“I-I’ve never seen you run like that.” She noted.
“I’m allergic to bees. One stink could have killed me.”
“Oh… Well, let’s go look for Pinkie, I still want to find out what this Sense of hers is all about.” She begun to walk towards Applejack’s farm, which was not far away. She saw Pinkie heading in that direction the second before Revan picked her up. “Why are you here anyways? I thought you would go back to Fluttershy’s place.” Not that I mind…
“I thought you could use someone who will keep you safe. I don’t think that trying to figure out this mare is good for health.” He smiled deviously as he looked at her. “We can’t have a pretty girl like you hurting her pretty head, can we?” He gave her ear a quick scratch.
“Y-yeah…” Was he… flirting with me this whole time? She finally noticed.
The two slowly reached the farm, where as expected, they found Pinkie. “What’s she doing?” Revan asked as he rested against the barn.
“Smelling flowers.”
“Mhm, I wonder what kind of incredible meaning it has.”
“Probably that flowers smell nice.” She said. “Wait. I'm getting something. Ear flop, eye flutter, knee twitch…”
“Wasn’t it that door thing?”
“Eh, don’t tell me you believe that…”
“Well, her predictions thus far were all right, so I guess there’s no denying the fact that there’s some truth to it.”
“Oh, please. I’m going to prove that there’s nothing to be afraid of.” She walked over to the barn’s door. “See? Nothing to be afraid of.” She assumed victory and walked away from the barn. “Just wait until Spike hears about it, he-“ Suddenly a hatch opened right in front of her. Revan immediately rushed in her direction and pushed her away, falling down instead.
He rolled on the wooden stairs, hitting every part of his body in the process. Eventually, he stopped downstairs, when he hit the ground in front of Applejack. “Revan! You came to visit my new apple cellar, how nice. Rev? You okay? Uh, Rev?”
Twilight was quick to run downstairs. “Revan, are you alright!?” She pushed Applejack out of the way. ”Have you hurt yourself? Anything hurts? Talk to me!” She demanded as she held Revan’s head in her hooves.
“Ugh… Yeah, I’m fine…” Words left him when he saw how close Twilight’s face was to his.
“Um… Sugarcubes, what are you doin’ here?”
The two have spent another hour on observing Pinkie, luckily without any more unpleasant adventures. “Alright, here goes another one: Twitching tail.” Twilight -who was still not convinced about Pinkie’s future predicting abilities- didn’t even bothered herself with checking the sky. Revan however, was much more willing to do this. Since he already had experienced how not listening to her ends, he looked up to the sky. And his eyes immediately widened. In an instant, he run towards Twilight and pushed her away from the place she was in, making them both land on the ground as the spot where Twilight stood only moments ago was bombarded with various objects.
Revan looked up at the source of problem. “Ditzy!” He yelled. “Watch out what the fuck you’re doing with that shit! You could have fucking kill her!”
“Sorry!” He heard her say. She was then yelled at by her boss, but Revan couldn’t hear what they were talking about.
“R-Revan…” He heard Twilight’s shaky voice. “Y-you’re standing on my…” She trailed off.
“I’m standing on your...what…” He looked down at her, realizing that his knee was resting against her crotch. Immediately, he got up with a blush on his face, mirroring that of Twilight. “Hehe… I guess I now know how you feel when that happens.
“I-I guess…” Though I wouldn’t mind if you kept your knee in that place…
Suddenly, they heard Applejack’s voice. “Howdy Pinkie, what are you doin’?”
“Hi Applejack! I’m pretending I don’t know that Twilight’s been following me entire afternoon.
“Y-you knew about it!?” Twilight yelled out. “Why didn’t you tell anything!?”
“*GIGGLE*SNORT* Silly, that would've spoiled the secret!” She replied with a smile.
Twilight could only groan in frustration. “So… any more twitches?” Revan asked.
“All done, clear skies from here on in, as far as I can tell-“ Suddenly, her body begun to shake violently. “U-u-u-u-u-u, I’ve never gotten any of those before, but whatever that shudder's about, it's a doozy. Something you'd never expect to happen is gonna happen! U-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u… and it's gonna happen... at Froggy Bottom Bog!”
„That's where Fluttershy's headed!” Applejack noticed. “Do you think something bad could have happen?”
“I’m not sure.”
“We better go and make sure she's okay.” And with that said, Applejack run towards the bog, followed by Revan, Mischief with Sennav on his back and Pinkie.
The only one who didn’t want to go, was Twilight. “Calm down, everypony. All we know right now is that Pinkie Pie just got a case of the shivers. That's all.”
Revan turned around. “Maybe, but will you bet your friend’s life on it?” Words left her, and all she was able to do was simply nod before she run with them.
It took them close to an hour to get to the bog. The way led them through the Everfree forest, which made Revan somewhat uneasy, considering the events that took place not so long ago.
The bog had a pale green aura to it. Everything seemed to me in pale shade, and there was a faint fog in the air. “Fluttershy!” Applejack called out, but no response came.
The search for the yellow pegasus begun. The group looked through every corner of the bog, but no one found her. But that was soon going to change, as Mischief caught her scent. They followed the dog’s lead until they reached the opposite side of the huge muddy lake in the middle of the swamp. And that’s where they found their target. “Fluttershy!” Pinkie yelled in happiness as she run to the pegasus and hugged her tightly. “You’re alright!”
“O-of course.” She took a deep breath after Pinkie’s hug. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat but... Aha!” Twilight gloated. “I told you there was nothing to worry about, and I was right. Pinkie Pie said whatever she was shuddering about was a *COUGH* doozy, and *COUGH* and the only *COUGH* doozy here is how right I am.”
“Um… Twilight…” Applejack said.
“What is it?” Twilight watched as Revan grabbed the sheath of his sword with his left hand, while the right one slowly pulled the sword out. Twilight slowly turned around to see what they were looking at, only to freeze in fear. Behind her she found four giant heads of hydra looking at her hungrily. She screamed in fear as she run back and hid behind Revan.
“Run! Run!” Revan yelled. “I’ll hold this thing off.”
“But-“
“GO!” He threw Mischief’s leash around her neck and made the dog run, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Applejack followed. The hydra looked like it was ready to follow the ponies, but before it did that, Revan threw a stone at it, hitting one of its heads’ eyes. This got the hydra’s attention and it focused on the human.
Not wasting a moment, one of hydra’s heads fell down on him, but Revan managed to dodge. The same head was about to attack again, but he jumped on top of it and attempted to pierce it’s eye. He didn’t managed to do it, as another head attacked him from the left and he was forced to jump back down. Two remaining heads cut off his way of escaping be forming a closed circle around him, living him for the two remaining heads to finish off.
The first head attacked again and Revan barely jumped away. The head opened its mouth to continue the attack, but in the same time, Revan was attacked by the second head from behind. He waited for the last moment to jump away, making the two heads bump into each other.
He used the moment he had to jump on top of the second head and poke it’s eye out. It roared in pain as it rose high up and tried to shake him of. The third head came with help, trying to smash Revan with its forehead. Just before he was hit, Revan pulled the sword out of head’s eyehole and slid down its neck.
The fourth head was about to attack him with open mouth, and to avoid that, Revan trusted his sword into the head’s neck, stopping himself from falling into fourth head’s mouth, which was instead filled by the second head’s neck.
Revan slid out the sword and fell onto the fourth head, using its neck to slide all the way down.
When he was back on the ground, the first head made appearance again. It came at him from the left, but before it was able to do him harm, Revan fell on the ground and it ended up biting the air. Using the opportunity he was given, Revan swung the blade at the soft skin on the bottom jaw of the head.
He was splashed by hydra’s blood and as the head moved away, another one came diving right at him. Instantly, Revan got up and sprinted in the direction where the rest run away to as the head smashed itself into the ground.
All four heads roared as they watched him run away. The hydra begun to walk out of the lake, revealing it’s true size. It chased after Revan, who was now catching up to the rest of the group.
He saw them as they tried to jump across a cliff, with Mischief on Applejack’s back, and Sennav on Flutershy’s. Twilight was looking at him with a worried look on her face. She was about to run to him, but Revan motioned her to run away.
By now hydra has almost caught up to him thanks to its bigger size. One of the heads tried to dive at him, but it ended up missing, and hitting the rock. This slowed the hydra down a bit, but also seemed to enrage it.
Revan was just about to jump across the cliff using the stones that the rest of the group used before to get on the other side, but the hydra begun catching up again. He doubled his speed, feeling one of the heads’ breath on his back. With one long jump, he made it across two first rocks.
He landed on the third one, immediately jumping towards the next one. He realized that the hydra didn’t stop it’s chase, and it stepped on one on the rocks, making it crumble and fall apart. As the hydra fell on the ground, the rocks begun to fall one by one. When Revan had last three rocks to jump over, they all begun to fall apart.
He made the last jump, reaching out his hand to the edge of the cliff, barely catching it. However, the edge broke off the moment he grabbed it, forcing him to grab onto a rock lower on the cliff.
He suddenly heard a loud roar of pain and immediately, he turned around to see what happened. He saw the hydra that was chasing him lying on the ground, its chest pierced by a sharp rock. It desperately tried to get up, but its efforts were in vain, and soon, its heads fell down lifeless.
Revan sighed and slowly begun to climb up. Once he was high enough, Pinkie and Applejack helped him to get to the top. “Thanks gi-“ He didn’t finish, as his clothes were suddenly enveloped by a purple aura and he was thrown against the stone wall behind them.
Before he knew what was going on, he had Twilight’s furious face in front of him. She was so angry, that her eyes were literally burning with red fire. “What the buck were you thinking you bucking moron!? You could have gotten hurt or worse! Don’t you ever bucking dare to do that ever again…” Fire in her eyes was replaced with tears as she wrapped her hooves around his neck, hugging him tightly. “Don’t do this again…please…”
She buried her tearful face in his neck as he hugged her back, not saying anything. His hand slowly run up and down her neck, making her calm down a bit.
Suddenly, Pinkie begun to shake again. “Pinkie?” Twilight said, not letting go of Revan’s neck.
“That wasn’t it.”
“What!?” Twilight and Revan yelled in union.
“What are you talkin’ ‘baut, Pinkie?” Applejack asked, just as surprised as Twilight an Revan.
“The hydra wasn't the doozy.” She stated. “I'm still getting the shudders. Oo-o-oh, oo-o-oh. You see? There it is again. Whatever the doozy was at Froggy Bottom Bog, my Pinkie Sense says it still hasn't happened!”
This seemed to get Twilight deeply. “But I— WHAT?! The hydra wasn't the doozy?! How could it not be the doozy?! What could be doozier than that?!”
“Dunno, but it just wasn't it.”
Twilight’s eye twitched. Suddenly she was enveloped by flames from tail to horn and flew up in the air, startling everyone around. “I- I give up…” She said when the flames burned out and she fell down. Revan immediately moved below her to grab her in his arms.
“Give up what?” Revan asked.
“The fight. I can't fight it anymore. I don't understand how, why, or what, but Pinkie Sense somehow... makes sense. I don't see how it does, but it just does. Just because I don't understand doesn't mean it can’t be true…”
“*GASP* That must have been it! Twilight accepting my Pinkie Sense! What could possibly be-“ Her body started shaking again. “Ooo-o-oo-oh, it wasn’t it! It wasn’t it!”
“*SIGH* You know what? Whatever the hell is this, I’m sure we will, find out on our way back.” Revan said as he placed Twilight down on the ground. He came over to Fluttershy, who was looking down at the dead hydra, placing a hand on her back. “Let’s go.” She slowly nodded.
The group slowly headed back to Ponyville. Twilight was walking close to Revan, not leaning against him like before, but close enough to earn a glaze from Applejack. After a few moments spent in silence, Twilight finally gathered the courage she needed to get over Applejack’s look. “R-Revan?”
“Yes?” He looked down at her.
“I… I was wondering… T-there is going to be a meteor shower tonight. I was wondering if you would like to come…” She said with a blushful face.
“So… basically you’re asking me out?”
Her face reddened even more. ”I… Y-yes… I-I do…” He could see her body shaking.
A smile appeared on his face. “Sure. I’d be glad to.” She smiled as well. Suddenly, Pinkie’s body begun to rapidly change size. Her legs stretched like they were made out of gum while her torso and head were changing from thin to fat until everything calmed down.
“*GASP* That was it! That was the doozy!” She yelled in happiness. “Twili and Revi are going on a date! Yupi!”
“Meteor shower you say?” They heard Applejack speaking. “Why, what a coincidence. Ah was goin’ to go see it myself! You know what? I’ll join you two. And I’m sure Rainbow Dash and Rarity will want to go too.”
“But Applejack! They’re going on a date! We should let the go alone.” Pinkie argued.
“Yes I agree. We definitely should not let them go alone. How about you go to Pinks? It’ll be fun.”
“Applejack I-“
“I’ll even let you turn this into a picnic.”
“A picnic!? I love picnics! They’re so fun. And there’s even food! B-but…we can’t…it’s their date…”
“I’ll bring pouch.”
“*OVERLY EXAGGERATED GASP* Pouch!? Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! I’ll get the food ready!” She disappeared in a cloud of dust.
“*COUGH* So yeah, Ah’ll go get everything ready, we’ll meet outside of the library.” And with that said, the farmer left in a hurry. Revan noticed her giving Twilight an angry look before she left.
“Twilight?” He looked down at her. The unicorn was looking down, with her ears pointed downwards. He kneeled down to her and wiped a tear that formed in her eyes. He was about to say something, but he didn’t get a chance to do so, as Twilight’s horn lit up and she disappeared in a flash of light. Leaving him and Fluttershy alone.
Spike jumped in surprise when Twilight appeared in the library, falling from the ladder just before he grabbed the bag full of gems. “T-Twilight! You surprised me!” Her initial lack of answer made the dragon worried. “T-Twilight? Is everything fine?”
“Go to Rarity, Spike.” She said, breaking her silence.
“But I thought you said I’m grounded.”
Suddenly, Twilight threw him the bag of gems he was trying to get before. “You’re not anymore. Now, go.”
“A-alright.” He left the library, still surprised at Twilight’s strange behavior.
And that was when Twilight’s eyes gave in, and her face was covered by tears.