Depressed
There is no better word to describe your feelings. You simply stay in your room, completely ignoring the outside world as you constantly beating yourself up, blaming yourself for your stupidity and naivety.
Every day is as hollow and grey as the next. You go to school, say a few words when you are forced to answer a question, go back home, and stay in your room until the next day.
Tia and the rest come to visit you every day, trying to lift your spirits up. Sometimes it works, but most of the time you sulk in your own sadness.
You remember one day in particular, just two days after the rejection; you were staring at the wall, doing nothing but breathing, when suddenly, there was a single knock on the door. You opened it to reveal no one, only a small muffin lying on a letter. You picked up the letter and read…
For no reason, aside from the reason of it being reasonless
A friend
To this day you are unsure who’s the muffin was from, maybe one of the maids. Of course, it wasn't enough to completely cheer you up, but it was a start.
You look at yourself in the mirror and try not to cringe. Your hair is all messy and you have bags under your misty eyes. All your clothes are wrinkled and you're pretty sure that you haven't taken a decent shower for a while now.
You take a quick glance at a nearby watch, it reads four and a half in the afternoon.
"Three, two, one…"
As you finish the countdown, you hear the door to your room being flung open. You let out a halfhearted chuckle, your sister becomes predictable.
"Tia, can we please skip todays cheering session, I'd rather be alone…"
"No."
"Tia, that wasn't a-"
"No!"
"Tia, I-"
You stop your rambling as a golden aura envelopes your entire form and lifts you a few inches off the ground. You magically turn around to see Tia and the rest all look at you with looks of utter annoyance.
You chuckle nervously at all the angry faces "Ahh, hey guys. What's up…"
"Brother…" Tia says in a low growl "You know we're all your friends, right?"
"Right."
"And that we care about you, a lot."
"I guess so."
"And that this is a safe circle, where you can tell us everything."
"Where are you going with this Tia?" You ask dreadfully.
"This is an intervention, Brother. We're all here because we are worried about you and we're sick of seeing you like this."
You scowl but otherwise remain still, not that you have much choice in the matter "This is horseapples, I just need some time for me. Let me go!" you demand, receiving some angry huffs from aurora.
The others nod and you can see Chrissy using her own magic to open the door to your bathroom, stepping inside. A few moments later you feel yourself being levitated towards the bathroom, the sound of running water reaches your ears as your eyes widen in realization.
"Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no, no. Tia! Put me down. NOW!" You yell. Tia flinches at first. Never in her entire life had you screamed at her like that. Not even when she accidently turned your hair pink. But she quickly pulls herself together; she was doing this for you, even if you don't know it yet.
"Sorry big brother, but you stink, and we can't talk with you smelling like that."
Chrissy pokes her head from inside the steamy bathroom "The water's ready." She disappears into the bathroom again.
As you unwantedly enter the bathroom, you can see your impending doom. A bath full of hot water and soap.
You try to wiggle yourself free to no avail as you hover above the bath. It takes all but one second to completely strip and plunge you into the hot wanters.
You can no longer feel Tia's magical grasp on you as you give all your friends the mother of all death glares.
You can feel a few trickles of water from above and see Daring Blitz sitting on a mini cloud with a smug look on his face.
"Is this really necessary?" you give him a deadpan look.
"Yes, it's so you won't leave," he says, kicking the cloud beneath him and shocking you with a mini lightning.
You rub your head where the lightning struck you "That was uncalled for," you complain.
"Oh shush you big wimp," says Chrissy as she squeezes a hooful of shampoo onto your hair and using her hooves to rub. Star Swirl makes sure that the water temperature stays just above warm as Tia pours more scented salts into the water, bathing the room in a calming smell. Meanwhile, Aurora holds you down gently so you wouldn't get soap into your eyes while Chrissy scrubs your hair. You occasionally locking eyes with each other as you both blush and look away.
You try to wiggle yourself towards the edge of the bath a few times in order to make a run for it, but Daring Blitz is more observant than you give him credit for, if zapping you everytime isn't proof enough.
Once you are as clean as one can possibly be, your friends allow you to exit the tub and dry yourself. You step out from the bathroom sparkling clean before moving to your wardrobe, picking a tunic at random and slipping it on. You take a seat on your bed as your friends take seats all around you. You can’t help but feel slightly annoyed at their intrusion, but you forgive them nonetheless.
"And now, talk."
"Tia… I really don't feel like talking about this."
"Well lucky you, it wasn't a request," says Chrissy. She hisses at you in what you guess is supposed to be a threatening manner, but it was more cute than anything.
You sigh and lower your head, no easy way out of this one, it seems "Fine, you want to know how I feel? I feel like an idiot, like a complete and utter idiot. I’m sick of this, I’m sick of being me. I just want to be a pony like you guys, instead of this misshapen… whatever I am. I should've known that nopony can love me."
As the words leave your mouth, you feel something colliding with your cheek and sending you tumbling to the floor. You look up while holding your cheek, Aurora is next to where you sat moments ago, her hoof locked in an incriminating posture.
"That's was the stupidest thing you've ever said to us, and you've said a lot of stupid things."
There are a few murmurs of agreement from the rest. Tia was the only one not looking at your eyes, she never liked seeing you in pain. Wait, is that blood!
You move your hand from your cheek and into your field of view and sure enough, your hand is ever so slightly bloodied.
You hear a few gasps of shock as you look up to meet the frightened looks on your friends' faces. By the look of utter shock on Aurora's face, you guess it wasn't deliberate.
"I… I'm…" she stutters, tears brimming in the corners of her eyes. She didn't mean to land such a powerful hit on you, but when you said all those awful things about yourself, she just lost control.
You lift yourself off the floor and make your way silently towards your bathroom. You wince slightly as you wipe the wound with a damp towel, but the cut itself isn't too serious, it'll heal in time. You know Aurora will never hit you out of spite, but ponies' hooves are tough and your skin is much more delicate.
You walk back into your room to see Aurora crying her eyes out on your bad. You smile sadly and move to comfort her, taking her in your arms and letting her cry into your shoulder. Funny, your friends came here to help you, but instead you are the one doing the comforting.
In that moment you realize something. When you distanced yourself from your friends, you did not only hurt yourself, but them also. They need you just as much as you need them, and they were having none of that. Realizing your mistake, you tighten your arms around Aurora until her crying is reduced to a few sobs here and there.
"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry," she apologize profusely.
"That's okay, Aurora. I needed that."
Aurora chuckles halfheartedly as the rest of your friends huddle closer, letting you know what you mean to them through their actions.
Meanwhile
Gaia and Solaris were at the doctor's office. Gaia was feeling weak in the past couple of months. It was worsening when her son was lost in the city and subsided only a little when he returned.
But the last few days were the hardest so far.
"I do not understand, doctor. I have been eating regularly for years now, but I cannot seem to lose all this extra weight," Gaia says. She isn't self-conscious, by any chance, but her growing weight is a source of concern.
The doctor instructs Gaia to lay down as he examined her, his horn flaring for a few seconds before talking "Seems like you might have a parasite." He concludes.
"Like a tapeworm or something?" Solaris asks worriedly.
"Can you do anything about it?" Gaia interjects, dread creeping over her.
"Only for about a month or so. After that it becomes illegal to remove, except in a couple states.
"But don't worry. Many mares learn to embrace this parasite. They name it, dress it up in tiny clothes and arrange playdates with other parasites."
The couple looks at the doctor as if he is mad before he speaks again, "Congrats! It has your eyes."
THE D'AWWW SHALL BECOME STRONGER!
That doctor sounds oddly like myself.
References!
How know this? How know?
I KNOW!
Dr. House!
4560543 I had to put it there, I just had to
Happy
4560548 I totally understand. And it was totally worth it.
And I TOTALLY LOVE how you made the doctor to talk so nonchalant with the King and Queen about something like that.
I have a new theory how He will end up in the "future" with the Twilight and the girls and even about Chrysalis:
Chrysalis got a crush on him (he defended her from some bullies or so) and even confesses her love to him. But then he got somehow (by a miscalculated spell or something) turned into Discord and Celestia and Luna have to turn him into Stone. Chrysalis never forgave the sisters for that and leaves with the promise of revenge.
How about a little like that, too?
I have no idea how my brain comes up with that...
PRINCE OF EGYPT
4560606 What? Where? I didn't see it!
4560619 LET MY PEOPLE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THUS SAITH THE LOOOOORD
4560619 I think he means that the main character is Moses
4560672 Ok, honestly. I seem to miss something here. Since when is the main characters name Moses?
4560717 for no reason, aside from the reason of it being reasonless
From a good author's story
4560741 He's not named Moses. I was just assuming that's what johnny115 meant.
4560717 or maybe the story ends up like the story of moses in the bible
Yaay! Woona! My favorite pony!
And I love this story so far. It's so awesome. So much d'aww.
And making me want my own child again.
WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That.
Fucking.
House reference.
I don't care what y'all think, I laughed my ass off
That's the best way to announce a baby I've ever read!
Also, yay Luna!
That... Was... So.. FUNNY!!!!!
Or at least the ending was. Lolz
that doc would totally get punched, parasite, not funny
Why cant my doctor be funny instead of creepy?
4563005 Say thanks your doctor is not the embarrassing type
4563009 Lol doctors are jackasses.
Oh...house...just hilarious
Well, we kinda are parasites until we can take care of ourselves...
It's funny either way.
Also...If this somehow follow canon in later dates. I just hope it doesn't follow every episodes (and I mean don't follow it to every single details and every episodes because obviously sometimes he won't be there or he might influences something)...It would be weird.
Oh, and adorable Woona incomming!
4563581 I plan to follow cannon and no, I'm not gonna do every single episode. Though I have a few plot twists and 'WHAT THE FUCK' moments
babybestpony
YAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS
4563646 Well then, I will be watching.
doctor house
I just started watching house, so when i saw that reference at the end i was like:
No, no it couldn't be...
(Keeps reading)
Oh sweet Celestia, it is!
awesome/ hilarious House reference is awesome/ hilarious.
Nyu~
Second person? I have a question, OP.
Are you retarded?
Is that picture the guy from persona 3...?
4565390 I really don't know, just picked a random anime character from google images and did a little photoshop to it
4565401 It kinda looks like it...
here's a picture of it. static.giantbomb.com/uploads/square_small/0/5322/958924-persona3.jpg
4565408 this is the original image I used
fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/321/e/5/alex_sap_anime_fullbody_2_by_rika_dono-d5l8nmq.jpg
It doesn't look too familliar to me though
4565423 Me neither... now that I see it up close...
Oh well.
Aww sheeeeiiiiit, Luna in da house
4566934
4567101 Thanks for telling me
4565319 Do you consider PDD retarded? Because if you do then yes, I'm retarded
4567649 Well, the story IS about 'you'...
4568631
PDD?
4568713 pervasive developmental disorder, best known as autism
I've seen this episode!
4560548 when you say parasite do you just mean baby?
If he was in the bath tub filled with water, and Daring Blitz was using small lightning strikes to keep him inside the tub, even if they're small, because flesh and electricity/water and electricity don't mix, wouldn't he be dead right now? Sorry if this darkens the mood.
4586360 Umm... water doesn't do the killing, lightning does. Water simply conducts the electricity. If the lightning was not enough to kill him, it doesn't matter if he is in water or not.
4569728 You've thinking parasprite and he's just making a joke about pregnancy.
Baby Luna? I'm gona die....again, of cuteness.