"Tex, you in there?" Church asked as he rapped on the door.
"Where else would I be, jackass?"
"Charismatic as always." Church said sarcastically, opening the door to the bedroom. "I can see this place is already starting to rub off on you."
"Thanks, I'm trying hard."
Church smirked and sat on the edge of the bed, staring intently at Tex.
"Just get out with it. Your mopey nature is running the mood." Tex said, half jokingly.
"Classy." Church murmured. "Just wondering what you're thinking about. I thought you'd be out trying to make a name for yourself."
"I don't really know, to be honest." Tex sighed, looking out the window. "I guess I'm just thinking about the future, y'know?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean between staying wherever this is and going back."
"You really are thinking about staying here, aren't you?" Church asked curiously.
"I mean, why not, right? Place is friendly, nobody is at my throat..." Tex said, looking into the town.
"Not yet, anyways." Church finished with a smirk.
"Har dee fucking har har." Tex grunted. "You know what I mean. It's a nice change of pace."
"I thought this place would be pissing you off by now."
"It is, in a way. The colors are hurting my eyes. I feel like a cartoon for fuck's sake." Tex said annoyingly. "But I don't want it to be. I'm kind of tired of being considered a-"
"A completely undeniable bitch?"
"Took the words right out of my mouth." Tex said honestly. "How about you, have you been thinking about going back?
"I don't know. I don't exactly see eye to eye with Celestia, so talking to her is the last thing I want to do." Church said sternly as he thought back to past events. "And I'm not too sure the others are too keen on going back. They're technically wanted criminals now, and I'm pretty sure most of them would rather be a group of pretty ponies than be locked up for the rest of their lives. Besides, I have this feeling that I need to do something here."
"You just don't know what it is yet." Tex nodded.
"Yeah, you have that feeling too?"
Tex looked at Church and nodded her head slowly.
"Any guesses?" Church asked.
"Not a single one."
"That's what I thought. I'll leave you to your thinking." Church said, hopping off the bed.
"I think I've done enough of that for a while." Tex said, hopping off the bed with him. "Kinda preferred it when I just went on my instincts. I'm not cut out for this thinking stuff."
"Now you know how Delta feels." Church chuckled as they walked out the door and down the stairs. "Poor bastard is always lost in thought."
"At least he seems happy with it." Tex said as they reached the bottom of the steps. She looked around the library to see Twilight reading a book at the table, while Spike was on the other side of the table eating something out of a bowl.
"Back down already?" Twilight asked as she flipped to the next page of her book.
Tex nodded without saying a word, taking a seat at the table with her.
"Thinking about what happens next?"
"How'd you know?"
"Just a guess." Twilight said honestly, looking up from her book.
"Yeah. It's hard thinking about the future. I liked living in the now. I barely know what I'm going to do the day after tomorrow."
"You're welcome to stay here until you figure it out." Twilight said warmly.
"And if I don't figure it out?"
"Then I guess I'll have more than just Church and Spike to keep me company." Twilight smiled. "Well, and Owlowicious, but he prefers to keep to himself during the day."
Tex looked at Twilight curiously, waiting for her to continue, but she did not. Tex turned to Church and raised her brow, but he simply shrugged in return.
"Are you being serious, or are you pulling my leg?"
"About what?" Twilight asked hesitantly.
"About letting me stay here. I kind of thought you would have wanted me out of here as soon as possible."
"I'm serious. What kind of pony would I be if I kicked someone else. As it is now you don't have anywhere else to go, and I would hardly find it fair to make you live on the street."
"Then thanks. I'll see what I can do about finding a place later. For now it's just nice to relax a bit."
"I understand completely." Twilight nodded, promptly looking down to continue reading, leaving the room in silence.
"So, uh, what are you reading?" Tex asked after a minute of sitting peacefully.
"I'm reading about the origins of the Griffon empire. Fascinating subject, really. You see, to get accepted into the clan you have to go through a series of trials to prove your worth. Each one proves to be more and more difficult. If you beat all the trials, you get praised and become an equal in the eyes of every other griffon. But if you lose, you get kicked out of the clan and you have to live somewhere else." Twilight said with fascination. "And if you want to visit the empire you have to best their strongest fighter's in a duel."
"Sounds... interesting?"
"Sorry, I don't mean to bore you." Twilight said sheepishly.
"Don't worry about it, I'm still trying to get a hang of small talk." Tex said modestly, and smiled weakly. "As you can see it's a work in progress."
"You have to start somewhere." Twilight said graciously.
"I guess so."
There was then a loud knock on the door. Twilight closed the book, but placed a feather on the page she was on, using it as a bookmark. Twilight opened the door to see Rainbow Dash smiling at her.
"Oh, hello Rainbow Dash." Twilight said with surprise. "Come to pick up the latest Daring Do?"
"She's mine!" The Necronomicon said snappishly from the bookshelf.
"Don't mind him, he's recently grown attached to miss Do." Twilight giggled. "I can just go grab it though. He can live a day without her."
"Nah, not tonight." Rainbow Dash shook her head as Tucker landed by her side, panting lightly.
"Why'd you tag me? You know I'm tired."
"We both are you doofus. And it's your fault anyway-"
"Then why are you here?" Twilight asked quickly, interrupting the fight.
"Oh, right. Is Tex around?"
"Er, yes." Twilight nodded. "Stay right here, I'll go get her."
"Okay." Rainbow Dash said as Twilight disappeared into the house.
"You're not really mad at me, are you?" Tucker asked.
"I'm not really mad, but I'm not really happy either." Rainbow Dash shrugged.
"You wouldn't be mad if you just let me show you why they call me Dr. Fu-"
"What's up?" Tex asked as she opened the door. "Twilight said you needed to talk to me for some reason?"
"Yeah, we were just wondering if you were busy tonight?" Tucker asked.
"No, why?" Tex asked with mild curiosity.
"I was thinking we could go to dinner together."
"Dinner, really? Your little thing with Dash already over?" Tex asked contemptibly, looking at Dash. "Though I guess I shouldn't really be surprised. It was bound to happen eventually."
"What? No, we're still good, but-"
"Define good. Because from I've heard you've just been pissing her off a lot."
"She's over it." Tucker said with a smile, turning to her. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and looked away from him. "See? If she really was mad I'd be on the ground clutching my sack for dear life."
"Uh-huh. So what's with this dinner thing you're talking about?"
"We kinda decided that we wanted to show you a good time." Rainbow Dash said when Tucker opened his mouth, not wanting him to say anything stupid. "Y'know, to show you that we support you."
"Really?" Tex asked with a smirk, believing there to be something else. "And who came up with that idea?"
"Fluttershy."
"Really?" Tex asked again, but this time feeling slightly guilty.
"Yeah, and normally she hates going out in public to eat, so she must really want you to feel welcome."
"Guess I have to give her an apology then." Tex muttered under her breath, staring at the ground. She looked back up and nodded after a few seconds. "Sure, why not? Dinner sounds... nice?"
"You go tell Twi and Church, we still need to go tell Caboose and Pinkie." Rainbow Dash said, starting to turn around.
"Wait, are the Reds coming too?" Tex asked seriously. "Like, even Grif?"
"Yeah, but Grif didn't seem to keen on going." Rainbow Dash said hesitantly. "But I think in the end he felt bad for the way he acted, so this is his way of apologizing."
"Sounds too smart for him." Tex chuckled. "Then again, I think he knows he's not much better with words than Tucker is."
"Hey!" Tucker snapped.
"You got that right." Rainbow Dash grunted jokingly.
"But seriously, why do you stick around with Tucker?"
"Celestia's orders." Rainbow Dash shrugged. "He's my charge or whatever it's called, but if it wasn't for that he'd have been kicked out a long time ago."
"You're kidding, right?" Tucker asked with a smile.
Rainbow Dash shook her head and began flying away, but smiled once she was certain Tucker could no longer see her face. Tucker turned to Tex leaving and his smile began to waver as he grew concerned. Tex smirked to herself, gaining a small sense of respect for the cyan pegasus.
"She's kidding, right?" Tucker asked after a few seconds, almost pleadingly.
Tex snorted and closed the door.
So awesome, as always!
O Tex
I wonder what she will think of the food?
502Fiction strikes back. :D
I am actually feeling sorry for Tucker, right now.
Seriously, that one has some sting.
Rainbow dash can troll with the best of them.
Allow me to put your fears to rest, dear Tucker...
She's totally serious.
On another note: GET ON WITH IT!
"Tex, you in there?" Church asked as he rapped on the door. ??What is rapped mean?
haha RD really knows how to mess with tuckers head, bow chica bow wow! (anticipates the kick to the balls) xD
gay voice "foreshadowing!" love this chapter keep it up
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It's another word for "knocked".
967886 Knocked. Though, you could have inferred that. He certainly wasn't spitting out vaguely appropriate rhymes at the door.
967886 Basically it means knocked. Usually in a sort of pattern. Or he started rapping to get her attention. Either or.
I predict Tex becoming an honorary Griffon.
Caboose - "This will be the greatest feast ever!!!"
Posted right as I finished a chapter of another story...if it wasn't for 502 errors, I would've read this sooner. But I can now, so it doesn't matter all too much.
Tucker! I almost feel sorry for the guy!
that was... unusually short and uneventful for this storyline... or maybe im just too used to reading them in groups...
Owlowicious likes to keep TOM himself...Owls and rocks man...
"Then I guess I'll have more than just Church and Spike to keep me company." Twilight smiled. "Well, and Owlowicious, but he prefers to keep tom himself during the day."
(But he prefers to keep to himself...)
Otherwise great chapter.
968052>>968070
Well yeah, that's obviously a sneak peak at my next fic.
Tom got rock hard, while Owlowicious' beak trembled in anticipation.
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Tom remained silent the whole night. He felt bad for cheating on bloomberg.
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But Gummy saw the whole thing, because Opal secretly disguised as Winona and they teamed up together to show Tank that Tom could not be trusted.
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But Pickle barrel kumquat helped tom prove to tank that he is best pony by taking him out to bumper cars.
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And then they had an orgy. Winona's body was never found again.
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Best Story. Ever. Of All ti-*BOOM* (car crashes through wall and hits wild berk)
967916 ok 967928 ok 967933 ok and what honorary griffon Tex didn't become one that i know of
Would of read sooner, but those damned 502 Errors attacked again!
Something tells me Tex has a fallback plan now if being a nice little pony doesn't work out. Oh shit, TexXGilda! It's fuckin' perfect!
Poor Tucker.
Tucker never gets to finish his sex jokes! Damn! Also, poor him. Rainbow, you big arse! You put an ouchie on his heart! Kiss it and make it better!
Ugh.... women.
967814 We must fight this beast
Poor Tucker. Also, with how many times his balls have been kicked, they'd probably be broken.
JESUS I've Finally caught up! I thought the chapters would never end, not say that in a bad way though . Anyways, i have gotta say this is my favorite FiMfiction ever. Of all times.
Tucker then dispersed to the mountains, leaving Rainbow Dash to worry and test their relationship.
Suck it Tucker!
He'll figure it out eventually.
967833 Same here. Rainbow was probably joking, at least somewhat, but she basically just told him that she doesn't actually like him and is just pretending to on Celestia's orders.
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That was uncalled-for of her, really.
Hurt feelings?
I don't care.
Except for Tex now, for some reason.
I'm can't ever even motivated myself so that actually could ever a focus on changing.
965113 Not gonna lie, I always heard "Swish, Swish, Death" until just now when I went back and watched it again.
QUICK I'VE DISCOVERED A WAY TO STOP 502 ERRORS
GETTING BANNED
IT FUCKING PREVENTED THE 502S I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THEM UNTIL IT WORE OFF
DAMNIT MAY HAVE JINXED IT
WELL I GUESS MY ACCOUNT IS CURSED SOMEHOW CAUSE I DIDN'T GET ANY 502S
Is Meta, Agent Washington, Doc, and The Freelancers Gonna Be in My Little Caboose: Blue is Magic? It's Gonna Be Awesome Seeing the Meta, Agent Washington and Project Freelancers, and Doc in My Little Caboose.
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Don't mean to come off like an asshole here, but there is a reason I have an FAQ, and that's because I'm tired of seeing the same damn questions repeated on every chapter.
972023 OOPS!! sorry about that.
don worry necronomicon
i'll make sure no one takes Miss daring away from you
967814 you poor soul
972023 Holy bat crap, Donut's in the story?
1102072 challenge accepted.