You glare in anger at the calendar as you try to resist the urge to shred it into tiny pieces and burn said pieces into ash before stomping on the ashes. Taking a deep breath, you leave the shack and head towards the apple fields. You pass by Granny Smith who waves a hello to you from her rocking chair, but you just ignore her with an angry grunt as you continue to walk into the orchard with your thoughts occupied,
I swear to Luna, if anyling even TRIES to attack me today *snap* they'll feel the wrath of a-*thud*
Your thoughts are interrupted when you run right into an apple tree, but in your upset state...
Bugzee begin to walk around the orchard angry bucking the trees as he try to calm himself when Nightshade catch him groaning.
You let out a growl of fury and start venting your rage at the tree.
"BUCK *smash* THIS *smash* BUCKING *smash* HOLIDAY! *smash* WHY *smash* MUST *smash* THIS *smash* BUCKING *smash* HOLIDAY *smash* EXIST! *smash* WHY *smash* CAN'T *smash* IT *smash* JUST *smash* BUCKING *smash* ROT *smash* IN *smash* TARTARUS!!!! FALCON PUNCH!" *crack fly-off*
You take heavy breaths as you watch your stress relief fly off into the horizon. You sweat drop slightly as you think,
Whoops... Applejack won't be happy that I just sent one of her trees into the next county... but this bucking holiday just makes me so mad!
You start to growl as wisps of the Nightmare Cloak float off your body. You're about to move onto your next punching ba-er tree, but you hear a tiny voice behind you say...
"Daddy, is something wrong?"
You turn to see your daughter, Nightshade (wearing her wing-hiding purple vest) with a concerned look on her face as you respond,
"It's nothing sweetie, just the fact that I BUCKING HATE HEART AND HOOVES DAY!!!"
Nightshade uncovers her ears and asks,
"But why? Isn't that Auntie Cadance's holiday of free candy? At least that what Miss Cheerilee told us the other day in class like how Solar Flanks has the Summer Sun Celebration, and Princess Luna has Nightmare Night."
You pause in thought before shaking your head and growling,
"Even if it's the holiday of Auntie Cadence, I still bucking hate it..." as you kick another tree.
"Why?" Nightshade asks.
You're about to tell her to just go play, but seeing how concerned she is for her daddy you sigh and say,
"Okay Nightshade, I'll tell you... It was many years ago, before the Canterlot Invasion and before Chrysalis was even queen..."
FLASHBACK
We see a younger version of you walking through one of the main corridors of the hive. You had a huge smile on your face as you were carrying some love-infused flowers in your mouth. As you neared your destination (for some reason, your exact memories are blurry with missing spots so you're recalling what you can), you couldn't help but think,
I can't believe that SHE asked me out! I mean my clumsiness, bad grades, and all those stupid rumors about me being a half-breed should've caused her to hate me, but nope! She actually asked me out! This is gonna be the best day ev-
Your young thoughts are crushed however when you see the female of your dreams (only a rough outline with no clear features) kicking some of your fellow drones out of her room while shouting,
"That's enough! Why would you stupid peasants even dare to think that I would choose a mate from ANY of you?! The very thought is outright repugnant! The only use for your kind is to obey MY every order! Now get out before I decide to have my guards squash every single one of you!!!"
You could only stare in sadness at what you just saw, the bouquet falling out of your mouth as you say,
"I... I shouldn't be surprised. After all why would someling like her date a stupid drone like me. I should get outta here before I make things worse for her..."
And with that you turn around with tears falling out of your eyes. as you run back to where you came from, not hearing the gasp of shock coming from behind you...
BACK TO NOW
"And it's because of that I hate this bucking holiday..."
"Zzzzzzz"
Only when you're done flash backing do you notice that Nightshade fell asleep.
"Great..." you mutter before smiling sadly at her sleeping form as you continue,
"Well... At least you won't have to hear the full story..."
You pick up the sleeping filly and carry her back to your Shack as you glare off into the distance and say,
"Cause some memories are best left forgotten..."
AT THE SHACK
"What... the buck is this?"
Your eye twitches in annoyance as you stare at the pile of letters outside the shack's door. You gently lay Nightshade down on the grass as you go over and investigate the letters. Picking one...
*spurt*
You see a picture of Aloe in her nosebleed-inducing costume kissing your cheek from Nightmare Night. You notice some writing on the back and read it,
We close early today. Come over and help me... unwrap <3
*SPURT*
You drop the picture to the floor in shock before you then start to tear open Nightshade's envelopes. Inside are various cards that read,
Show me your moves!
--Rumble
Be mine?
--Truffle Shuffle
Will you be the Zelda to my Link?
--Button Mash
That's all you need to read.
You pull the Power Glove out of the Inventory and put it on as you throw all of Nightshade's mail into a pile, point your glove at it, and yell,
"Would you kindly BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN!!!"
Soon the cards are nothing but ash and you're smiling maniacally when you hear,
"Daddy?"
You look over to see that Nightshade is awake and looking at you in confusion as she asks,
"Why is there a pile of ash right next to our shack's door and why are you smiling like a lunatic?"
You look around in panic as you don't want your daughter knowing you just burned all of her Hearts and Hooves day cards so you quickly say,
"Uh... aren't you supposed to be in school?"
Nightshade stares at you for a second before she bolts off and you swear you can hear the distant shouting of,
"I'M BUCKING LATE FOR SCHOOL AGAIN!!!"
You sigh at your daughter's outburst, but you can't help but chuckle as you think,
Oh well, like they say; 'like father like daughter'.
Sighing, you head back into the shack and lay down in your cot and say in a groan,
"The sooner this day is over the better. I'm not setting a single hoof outsid-." *ding*
Suddenly you get a brilliant idea as you grab a marker and some paper and...
Bugze decides to hide away the day and puts up a sign saying Hearts and Hooves day is Banned in this Shack. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Soon you have a sign duct-taped to your shack's door that reads,
Hearts and Hooves Day is Banned in this Shack. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
You nod your head at your hoofywork and head back into your shack. As you lay back down, you can't help but remember the other reasons you hate Hearts and Hooves day...
You decide that you don't want to go into town today, and just stay in your room and reminisce about why you hate Heart and Hooves Day so much, only increasing your hate for it while doing so.
For changelings, Hearts and Hooves is nicknamed "Free Buffet Day" due to all the free consumable love floating around.
You aslo remember what Grandbuggy told you about how he loves this holiday cause there's so much more he can eat from mares than just their love. You obliviously respond their chocolates and flowers and Grandbuggy decides to give you a very... detailed talk...
ONE "THE BIRDS AND THE BEEGEES" TALK LATER
Past you: "Nope nope nope nope..."
Current you: "...Nope nop nope nope..."
ANOTHER FLASHBACK!
”$&#*, I love this holiday!!!” your grandbuggy says as a hatchling you responds,
"What's so special about it? It's just free love."
That's what you always thought after all for changelings, Hearts and Hooves is nicknamed "Free Buffet Day" due to all the free consumable love floating around.
"&^%, there's so much more to mares you can eat than just their love if you know what I mean..." your Grandbuggy responds with a sly wink.
"Yeah, there's the flowers and candy ponies give out too." you respond obviously.
Grandbuggy gives you a resigned look before saying,
"Looks like it's time I had a very detailed talk with you..."
ONE "THE BIRDS AND THE BEEGEES" TALK LATER
“…and that’s why it’s the best position to use duct tape.” Grandbuggy finishes before a traumatized young you says in a trance,
"Nope nope nope nope nope..."
END FLASHBACK NUMBER 2!
"Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope no-*smack*"
You smack yourself to snap yourself out of your 'nope' trance. After rebooting from that slap, your mind starts to reminiscence about the main reason you hate this holiday so bucking much. As the memory plays out, your hate for it fuels your anger and it only increases as you glare off at the wall, but before you can falcon punch a hole into the wall, you hear a loud crash from above you. You look up in confusion and see...
After the rainbow fillyfooler crashes through your window, Applejack drags her out, they both get blasted by a bass cannon, and then Vinyl gets smacked in the head by a pair of fans throws by Aloe, you run full speed for Ponyville.
"THIS IS WHY I NEED TRAPS!"
The Rainbow Fillyfooler flying above a hole in your ceiling! You look at her in shocked anger as you yell,
"Rainbow! What in the name of Luna are you doing!?"
Rainbow flies down at you with a blush on her cheeks as she says,
"Well you see. I was flying over the field to practicing my awesome Wonderbolt skills, when I saw your shack. So I thought 'you know what, I haven't visited my good old pal B.S. in a while' so here I am..."
She then gave you a smile and you swore you heard this sound when she did. Ignoring the strange (yet adorable) sound you look at Rainbow with a deadpan look as you say,
"Rainbow, you've visited me over 9000 times already just this week."
Ranbow's smile drops slightly before she says,
"Oh right... well... Twilight made some egghead potion that'll allow you to lay on clouds so I was wondering... maybe... for this day... you can come to the clouds with me and-"
Before Rainbow could finish her sentence (which would definitely caused some nosebleeding), you hear a smashing sound from behind you. You turn around in shock (not seeing Rainbow's glare) as you see...
Applejack... with your door smashed to pieces in front of her. Before you can say anything she shoves you to the side with one arm as she glares at Rainbow. After a few seconds of glaring she says angrily,
"Sorry sugercube, but you already stole his first kiss from me. I'm not about to let you have him to yourself today. He's mine."
Rainbows glares right back as she says,
"Sorry AJ, but this stallion is all mine. I kissed him and he likes me more than you."
Applejack's glare hardens as she says,
"No can do Rainbow, I saw him first so he's all mine."
“No, he’s mine!”
“MINE!!!”
Soon the two mares enter a shouting match between each other which leads to them both yelling,
"FINE! LET'S LET HIM DECIDE!"
They both turn towards you... only to see smoke in your shape where you once stood. Rainbow and Applejack blink in confusion as they ask,
"Mr. Tennant?"
Suddenly they hear a far off cry of,
"THIS IS WHY I NEED TRAPS!"
As you run away from the mares, you can hear them shouting,
"GET BACK HERE!"
You visibly pale as you increase your speed as you yell,
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! CURSE YOU DEJA VU! AND CURSE THIS BUCKING HOLIDAY!!!"
IN TOWN
After you finally made it into town (and confident you lost the mares), you begin to calm down and walk around the area. You see couples everywhere and it sends a sick feeling to your stomach when you suddenly get a full blast of...
With all the love in the air, you feel as if your senses are fogged. You don’t need to eat love anymore, but you can still sense it, and there is a lot today.
You feel very annoyed because this day, above all else, has one of the worst memories (that you can recall at the moment) you’ve ever had. It’s kind of putting you in a grouchy move where you just huff and puff and snap at ponies wishing you a good day.
Love energy. Even though you can't consume love anymore, you can still sense that there's so much love in the air that you begin to feel suffocated. Even if you were able to consume love, this holiday just has so many bad memories that you end up in a grouchy mood as you wander through town and snap at anypony wishing you a happy holiday,
"Happy Hearts and Hoo-"
"Shut up."
"I love you more than oxygen."
"And I love you so mu-"
"Get a room!!!"
"Happy Hearts and Hoo-"
"BUCK OFF AND DIE!!!"
You continue scrooging around town until you hear...
Even though you can't consume love anymore, you decide to still eat all the "free food" (the "free food" in this case being flowers and chocolates thrown away by heart-broken ponies. Kinda cold, but hay; free is free.)
Oh... in my hate for this holiday I forgot to eat... you obliviously think, But where the buck am I gonna eat in peace without running into any stupid couple-
Suddenly you see an upset-looking unicorn mare holding a box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers. She looks back at a couple with tears in her eyes before throwing the flowers and candy into a trash can before running off in tears towards an ice cream shop filled with heartbroken ponies shoveling buckets of ice cream into their mouths. You then notice that the trash can has a picture of a broken heart and is filled with rejected flower bouquets and unopened boxes of candy.
"Welcome to my world..." you mutter as you take a bouquet of flowers out of the can and take a bite,
"Mmm... Tuli- *poink spit* OW! Roses!"
You angrily smash the flowers against a wall before you grab armfuls of the rejected boxes of candy and sit down before you start tearing them open one after another and angrily shove hoof-fulls of chocolate into your mouth. As you anger-munch on the heartbreak candy, your thoughts drift to back to Fillydelphia, or more specifically...
Bugze wonders why he hasn't heard from those Changelings from FIllydelphia again, but loses that train of thought as he sees a familiar orange Pegasus (wearing a jacket and shirt instead of armor) walk (or arrive on the train) into Ponyville.
Who were those changelings? The female one looked familiar, but there was too much chaos going on for me to get a clear look. She even knew my drone number, so she must've been someling from my unit. And if that's the case, she must be up to something. You'd think changelings would lay low after that wedding disaster, but getting caught in public helping the most wanted criminal doesn't seem like the brightest thing to do. And how the buck did she know the Hooded Offender was a changeling? Does my ex-Queen know about me? I mean why would sh-Oh buck no! Why in Luna's name is HE here?!
You see an orange pegasus stallion with a spiked blue mane in a white shirt with his cutie mark on it and a black jacket with red and white stripes walking away from the train station while carrying a guitar case. You glare at the orange pegasus as you think,
Must be on vacation. That or he's here to ask Sparkle-butt ou-
Your thoughts are suddenly interrupted as hundreds of whiny bloodthirsty voices shout out in your head,
KILL THE WAIFU-STEALER! HE WAS A TOTAL JERK TO TWILIGHT IN RAINBOW ROCKS EVEN IF HE WAS UNDER SOME EVIL PEOPLES SPELL! HE MADE HER CRY! TWILIGHT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DATING MY OC! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! Ki-*smack*
You smack yourself to end the annoyance that is those voices as you think,
What the buck? I thought these voices stopped after the gala. What's a Waifu anyway? Whatever, I'll ignore them for no-
You reach for another box when you grab nothing but ground and look to see you've devoured all the rejected boxes of candy.
"Buck..." you mutter as you get up and trot off. In your bad mood, you don't watch where you're going *crash* and you run into someling. You rub your head in pain as you look up and see...
This exchange,
You ask Big Red,
"Big Red, punch me in the face as hard as you can."
"Ey-What?"
"You're right, not enough... Just violently smash my head against that hard-looking rock as violently as you can."
"Why...?" Big Macintosh asks in concerned confusion,
"Cause with any luck I'll get knocked out and wake up when this Luna-forsaken holiday is over."
Big Red. You smile at the huge stallion as he offers his hoof to get you back up. You accept it as you take his hoof and get back up. As you thank the stallion and are about continue scrooging around town, you get a brilliant idea that can end this holiday (for you at least) faster. You give Big Red a smile (even though he can't see your face behind your scarf and face mask) as you ask,
"Hey Big Red, can you do me a favor?"
“Eyup.” Big Red says as he nods his head in affirmative. You smile as you ask,
"Good. I want you punch me in the face as hard as you can."
"Eyu-What?" Big Macintosh stops in shocked confusion.
You shake your head as you put on your thinking pose as you say,
"You're right, not enough... In that case just violently smash my head repeatedly against that hard-looking wall as violently as you can."
"Why...?" Big Macintosh asks in concerned confusion,
"Cause with any luck I'll get knocked out and wake up when this Luna-forsaken holiday is over."
Big Red gives you a confused and asks,
"Why d'ya want the holiday to end?"
You sigh as you look around before whispering,
"Hey Red, think ya can keep a secret?"
Big Red looks around too before leaning in with a nod. You sigh as you say,
"Okay, you see..."
"Well you see the thing is Hearts and Hooves day isn't a very fond time for me.”
He raises an eyebrow at that.
“I had a very traumatic and embarrassing event happen to me...”
“Mare?” he asks.
“Ya... you could say that... there was this mare, right, she was like, way out of my league. I mean way way WAY out of my league. Like she’s a Model and I’m a snail- you get the picture?”
“Eyup” he answers.
“Well she invited ME to the Hearts and Hooves Day Dance. Me! I knew I should've questioned why...”
You don't notice your voice getting louder as a small crowd forms around you as you continue,
“Anyway, she took me to the dance, and I was high on life, I had the prettiest bug-er, mare at my side, and I couldn't wait to taunt my bullies about it... only when we walked in the door, they kept smiling...”
You put your head down in sadness,
“That should have been my second wake up call... but I ignored it. We danced, we laughed... everything was alright. And then they called out the King and Queen of the dance, and we were it...”
You pause a bit as you suck in some breath.
“Go on...” commands an enraptured crowd member and you obliviously continue (thinking it was Big Red),
“Well we got up on stage, I was given a banner, I was prepared to kiss her... but then she jumped back away from me, and the next thing I knew I was soaked head to hoof in red paint and slime...”
The crowd gasps at this.
“I... I looked out and everyling was laughing at me. The Jocks, the nerds, the teachers, and everyone in between... they all laughed at me... I turned to look at her... and she was laughing” you begin to tear up.
Big Red rests his hoof on your shoulder in comfort as you sniffle,
“Thanks…anyway, I ran. I ran all the way home and didn't look back. My grandbu-pony home schooled me after that.”
“Those jerks!”
“How could they!”
“You should’ve gotten revenge!” shouts a few members, and you register them as Big Red speaking to you. You would have been in shock at blurting out a painful memory in public, but the misery of the memory keeps you on track,
“I wanted to... heck, I was so angry and hurt that I just wanted to burn the whole place down with them inside and revel as they screamed from the cleansing flames consuming their wretched bodies as the beautiful flames cleansed them all in agonizing cleansing glor...” you stop yourself and cough as you realize you're slipping into 'psycho arsonist' mode,
“Well, I wanted to hurt them... but I didn't... and that’s why I bucking hate Heart’s and Hooves day.”
You look up to Big Red, “Thanks for listening man, sometimes it’s good to just talk Stallion to Stallion.”
“Eyup” he says as he pats your back.
You then hear crying as you come out of your story telling zone and see the crowd gathered around you.
“The Buck?” you say taken aback. "...They've been here the whole time haven’t they?”
“Eyup.”
Yes... *Sniff* They have... Selena adds.
Buuuuc- Wait, are you crying? you mentally ask her.
NO! I just hate this holiday for my own reason and I have... allergies...
In my mind?
Shut up! Now find our daughter quickly before a young suitor elopes with her.
You know she’s making excuses, but it works.
*snap*
“AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! BUCK THIS HOLIDAY AND BUCK EVERY MOTHERBUCKER WHO BUCKING CELEBRATES IT!!!” you shout as you run off, ponies shaking their heads in pity.
As you charge off, you don't hear a very angry Selena say in your mind,
If I ever meet the whorse that did that to you, then even you won't be able to hold me back as I make her pay... dearly.
With that said Selena goes back to... wherever she goes in your mind after she's done talking to you while thinking of plans to brutally punish that unclear mare from your fuzzy memories. But you don't notice this as you continue looking for your daughter...
POV CHANGE: NIGHTSHADE
After some after-school punishment (repeatedly writing "I will not be late for or swear in class" on a chalkboard), Nightshade goes into town and finally finds the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Before she can say anything, Apple Bloom asks,
“So Nightshade, you want to help us get Ms. Cheerilee and Big Mac together?”
“Say what now?” you ask, taken aback.
“We're trying to set her brother up with Cheerilee because she’s alone on Hearts and Hooves Day.” Sweetie answers.
“Oh... OK, but don’t adults like, do that themselves?” Nightshade ask.
“Well ya, but come on, they’ll both be alone, so why not get them together?” asks AB.
“Well I just think that Big Red could do SO much better, Cheerilee is mean.” Nightshade pouts.
“Well it’s only because you get bad grades."
"And swear in class."
"And all those pranks ya pull ain't helping." The CMC point out,
“Hey! I... OK, you do have a point.” Nightshade resigns,
“Ya, we all like her, and she deserves someone like my brother, so that’s what we’re gonna give her.”
“But why Big Red?” you ask “Was he just the first stallion you saw?”
“No, we sang a whole song about it,” says Scootaloo, “Button was too young, Mr. Waddles was too old and in the middle of a funeral, your Doctor friend splashed us with mud...”
“Not to mention the creep in the jelly...” Sweetie says with a shudder.
“Huh?” Nightshade asks.
“Nothing... but yeah, we ended our song on Big Macintosh, so now he’s our choice.”
“Darn Tootin, nopony else is better,” Apple Bloom adds.
“You just want her to get with your brother so that you get better grades in class don’t you?” Nightshade accuses.
“Hu-Wha-Whhhaaattt? Nah... don’t be silly hehehe” Apple Bloom stutters as she looks around shiftily.
“Uh-huh. But alright, I’ll help you, as long as she helps my grades too.”
“Deal” Apple Bloom says as the two fillies shake hooves.
“Bloom’s ulterior motives aside, we still want her to be happy, so we’re going to have them meet at the gazebo. Nopony should be unhappy today.” says Sweetie.
“My Dad seemed kind of sad..." Nightshade laments as she remembers his angry ranting about how much he hates this holiday.
“Oh! OH! OH! OH! I just had a great idea!” Exclaims Scootaloo
“What?” they all ask.
“We could get your dad a special somepony as well!”
“Hey ya, that’d be neat, then he wouldn't be sad!”
“And then you could have a new mom!” shouts Sweetie.
“I... I've never had a mommy...” Nightshade muses.
“I know the feeling,” Apple Bloom mumbles in sympathy.
“I guess we could give it a shot, I get a mommy and Daddy gets to be happy, and we all get good grades because of Cheerilee being your sister in law!”
“Heck ya!” you all shout.
“So wait, who do we get my dad set up with?”
“I don’t know, how about Applejack?” asks Sweetie, “she seems to like your dad alot."
“Hay yeah, then you and Bloom will be related!” Scootaloo adds causing Nightshade and Apple Bloom to feel a slight shudder of irony at that statement, but they don't know why.
“I don’t know," Apple Bloom muses "I’m already hitching off mah brother, and having my sister there too might make things... awkward.”
“Good point, How about Rainbow Dash?” adds Scootaloo.
“They did already kiss each other,” says Sweetie.
“Daddy says he was wearing his facemask so it doesn't count. And I thought she was a fillyfooler,” Nightshade counters.
“Well she constantly talks about your dad day and night, so I don’t think so.” Scootaloo adds.
“I don’t know, who else is there?”
“Well, we've both overheard both my sister and Rainbow talking about a group of mares that seem to like your dad, like the DJ Pony, Ms. Aloe, Ms. Octavia...” Apple Bloom says.
“Oh and Fluttershy seems to like him too.” Sweetie Belle interrupts.
“Ugh... that’s way too many mares” Nightshade says exasperated “Whoever is gonna be my new mommy has to be nice, good at getting food, and above all else be tough enough to be able to survive with me and Daddy.”
“Survive what?” the others ask.
“You know, life...” Nightshade starts to say before trailing off as she remembers she can’t tell them too much about the past.
“So what do you want to do?” asks Apple Bloom.
“Well... I know! We invite all those mares into one place for a massive free-for-all to the death! No holds barred! No mercy! And the last mare standing is worthy of being my Mommy! MWAHAHAHAHA!” Nightshade excitedly says before laughing evilly.
The CMC all look at Nightshade in concern before saying,
“That’s... seems excessively violent which would normally be awesome, but it might make Mac and Cheerilee’s date go bad.” Scootaloo comments.
“Well... I don’t know then, I don’t know who daddy likes best.” Nightshade shrugs.
“Oh, why don’t we try one at a time? Your dad has plenty of options. Mac and Cheerilee are absolutely perfect, so we’ll test your dad and see which mare is the best for him” says Sweetie.
“Test? How?”
“Well, we start from the quietest and calmest and if that doesn't work, we’ll work our way up to the loudest and awesomeness.”
“So Fluttershy first?" Apple Bloom asks.
"Yeah, that’d be a good place to start, she’s nice, sings me lullabies when I can't sleep, has a bunch of animals I can play with (even though I still can't find that "Angel" she's always talking about), she even used to have a problem with feeding me enough, but she's learned. Don’t know how she would do in a Battle Royale though...” Nightshade muses.
“Hey, don’t count her out, that Stare of her’s is deadly” Scootaloo points out.
“Alright, sounds like a plan... we’ll make up a story about animals or something to get her out of the house” Sweetie says.
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MATCHMAKERS YAY!” they all declare.
POV Change: BUGZE (You)
LATER THAT DAY
After running around Ponyville (and knocking through couples like a bowling ball), you finally found Nightshade with the CMC only for them to tell you that Big Red needs help patching the Gazebo. After making sure Nightshade wasn't a special somepony to any colts (although your brain did freeze when Nightshade told you a few fillies gave her "Be mine?" card), you headed over to the Gazebo (after doubling back and asking the CMC where the Gazebo was... three times). You finally reach the Gazebo area and you see...
The gazebo completely unbroken and a picnic set up with Cheerlie and Fluttershy on one side, Big Red on the other, and the CMC right in between. You stare blankly at them as they have yet to notice you as you mutter,
"This can NOT be a good sign..."
What do you do?
Run run for your life!
Favorite Video Game?
Perfect Dark from N64. Still have the poster that was given from release date (over 10 years ago).
I'm a fan of Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and the Ratchet and Clank series.
My favourite game?
Starcraft II, not because I like strategic games or something like that (I am horrible at SC II), but because of all the great gamemodes in the arcade.
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As long as it is Fluttershy there can't go anything wrong yet.
You are a murderer, and she knows it (not even Nightshade does know that, right?).
And you are both not interested. I imagine it ends with you toppling over the food, causing it to roll down the hill.
Well, there are a few options to you at this time:
1. Walk away now before you are caught and proceed to hide away the rest of the day in your shack...wait, you can't go there, AJ and RD were there last time. How about under a rock? It's so original. (And you found a nice large rock in a park while you were trudging through town that would be perfect.)
2. Humor the girls and sit down and talk to Fluttershy, Big Mac, and Cheerlie. (Will probably end up with you getting a lecture about your daughter's grades and language.)
3. Lecture the girls and risk getting caught up in their scheme anyway. (Dear Luna, you hate this holiday.)
Bugze mutters to himself: "Well, option 1 it is.: You proceed to walk away when-
Fluttershy: Oh, hello Mr. Tennant.
Bugze:*whispers BUCK! and turns around* Hello Fluttershy, Miss Cheerlie, Red, *looks to the bush the girls are hiding in* Girls, how are you all doing?
Bugze: I guess I am going with Option 2. Selena, please help me from doing something completely stupid.
Selena: And you think I know how to properly court a mare? Did you forget that I was imprisoned on the moon for the last millennia?
Bugze: I just need help keeping me from making a bigger fool of myself than I feel I am going to make.
Somehow during the picnic, you end up drinking the love potion, only to have it not effect you the way it did with Mac and Cheerlie, but gave you the vigor power Possession. Now you can temporarily bring others to your side, plus it has a side effect of not making your possessed enemy kill themselves after the effect ends. Handy!
Just Cause is my fav
Favorite game? Can't decide, lol.
Okay, how much do I have to pray to god to have Selena x Bugze shipping?
You, Fluttershy, Big Red, and Cheerilee all look at each other in awkward silence. When Cheerilee points out Big Red has something in his teeth, you and Fluttershy concur and you try to remove it with duct tape (much to Big Red's annoyance).
Other mares butt in quickly ruining the "double-date"
Bang your head repeatedly against the gazebo,
"Trying to *thud* knock *thud* myself *thud* out *thud* so this *thud* bucking *thud* holiday *thud* will be *thud* over."
Cheerilee then says,
"Anyway, Mr. Tennant about your daughter's-"
"Not in the bucking mood!" you snap, "I swear if I hear one more word outta you about my daughter's grades it will be your head repeatedly slamming against this gazebo!"
The others look at you in stunned silence before you go,
"Now where was I? Oh yeah!" *THUD*THUD*THUD*CRACK*
You slam your head so hard and break one of the pillers before commenting,
"Hey! The gazebo does need patching!"
Big Red rolls his eyes before you and him fix the gazebo.
Run into Quacksalver again who says that this holiday results in a spike of "Cardiac-Breakus" and says he treats it with either,
-Direct surgery involving using Rose thorns as scalpels
-Prescribing a diet of huge amounts of ice cream "to freeze the torn cardiac muscles whole again"
Unsurprisingly, the latter option is ALOT more popular and thus Quacksalver usually profits on Hearts and Hooves Day (plus he gets discounts on ice cream because of grateful ice cream shop owners).
After giving Quacksalver a bit for a "prescription", you go to the local ice cream shop, hand them his "prescription" and they give you one order of "Chocolate Tub Therapy" (a tub the size of your head filled with chocolate ice cream with dark chocolate pudding ripple, chocolate cookie dough, chocolate chips, chocolate mini-marshmallows, brownie bites, and chocolate sprinkles with hot fudge) and you eat it with an offhand "Buck this holiday" (to which the lonely/heartbroken ponies in the shop toast to as well)
(33 Bits remaining)
Flash runs into Twilight who recognize each other from the Gala and from the Diamond Dog-minions incident.
"You're scouting undercover through the various towns not in Shining's sweeping pattern." Twilight deduces,
Flash looks at her in stunned/impressed silence, but before he could say anything Twilight says,
"Even though the baggy jacket hides it, the outline of your armor is still visible from under your shirt, your guitar case has various small town souvenir stickers on it and speaking of which, that guitar case looks too big for your average guitar so I'm guessing it contains your Royal Guard-issued weapons instead of a guitar."
Flash chuckles and says,
"Wow, your Shin- I mean, the Captain's sister all right. You were right about everything except the last one. This case still has enough room for my guitar too."
After sneaking some of the love potion while the CMC aren't looking (the CMC are against Nightshade's "free-for-all" idea) and waiting for them to leave for their CheerileeXBigRed antics, Nightshade makes some (admittedly disgusting-looking) punch before spiking it with the love potion. She then somehow manages to get Aloe, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy together under the guise of trying her new punch. The mares are very hesitant at first due to the punch looking disgusting, but Nightshade makes them drink it with a combo of puppy eyes and;
"But my daddy likes it..."
The mares all drink (except for Fluttershy who remembers something animal-related at the last minute and leaves) resulting in,
-AppleDash becomes canon and they start making out (resulting in you having a big nosebleed and Twilight losing another bet to Rarity)
-Pinkie unwittingly gives the punch to more ponies (thinking it's ordinary punch) causing even more chaos in town.
-Aloe uses mudbending
-Big Red barrels through the brawling mares while dragging a house
-Nightshade laughing evilly and getting called out by the CMC
-Nightshade awkwardly chatting with Berry Punch in a dragged house
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This, except it's Flash Sentry pointing this out instead of Bugze (due to the CMC's antics being infamous (Celestia herself has commented she's gotten more damage reports as a result of those fillies actions than from Parasprites), Flash questions why Twilight would just nonchalantly give them a book about how to make a love potion)
Celestia's usual "Hearts and Hooves Day" tradition is being given a HUGE heart-shaped box of chocolate (except with cakes made in the shapes/flavors of chocolates instead of chocolates in each compartment)
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Favorite video game:
Red Dead Redemption for making you feel like you're playing in a Spaghetti/Zapata western (especially the "Deadeye" mechanic) and having an engaging story about the twilight of the Wild West.
Through the use of your brilliant mind, you manage to deduce that the CMC are currently trying to play matchmaker, something that would undeniably end in complete and total disaster. With this deduction in mind, you decide that the best option is to turn tail and book it out of there. This resolve steels your mind, and you turn around and start to leave.
*CRACK*
You freeze in place at the sound, and look down to see that you stepped on a small twig. A sense of dread fills you, and you look back to see that the sound has drawn the attention of the ponies in the Gazebo.
"Buck you Lady Luck!" You shout.
My favorite game is Starcraft. It was the first game I ever played, and shall forever hold a special place in my heart, no matter what game comes.
Favorite video game so far is Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, so I'm looking forward to the 3ds remake.
favorite game? Legend of zelda Twilght princess
Angel of matchmaking comes down to stop Bugze from running away...
And this happens... Yup
For some reason I automatically read Selena's "Shut up..." in Jesse Cox's voice.
"I Bucking hate Hearth and hooves day" Groan Bugzee
Just then a idea appear in your head, take out your disguise and go full changelling making all the couples scream and destroy them
"NO!" Scream Selena
"What?" Ask Bugzee
"You are not going to do that... Think of Cadence, if you do that, you are not going to be better that when I and Luna wanted the Eternal Night"
Bugzee begin to think, and nod
"You are right... But I still bucking hate this day" Groan Bugzee
As a strange shadow aura similar to the tails with the offender suit seems to appear around Bugzee, but Bugzee shock his head and go near the CMC as the strange aura dissapear and you listen to the plan of the CMC.
After they say that plan you begin to think
"If maybe I put that potion in the water system, everypony will be in love and then, when their hearts are broken, they will see that love is a stupid thing" Mutter Bugzee very low so the CMC don't listen
*GONG*
"I SAY ¡NO!" Scream Selena
Just then Bugzee see a colt hidden in other bush, at first don't think is too much, but then, he see in others bush others colts, most of them with a card of hearth and hooves day and all of them seems they are looking to Nightshade in the distance, waiting maybe for a chance.
"Crap, they don't give up" Mutter Bugzee
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about the questions...
From PS2 Prince of Persia the two thrones
From N64 Ocarina of time
From GBA Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
From PC MMORPG Aion
Fav game? Probably FTL or legend of Zelda skyward sword Terraria is a close third because I've overplayed it a bit.
Civilization 5 and Victoria 2 are a couple of my favorites, though I'm playing a lot of Shogun 2 ATM.
Anyway... In order to keep the mares away (and prepare for a fight, in case Flash or someone else does something), you nail metal horseshoes to your hooves (kind of like brass knuckles, but better). In addition, you decide to look up the holiday to see how to get your revenge on it (like in Dan Vs.)
“So…what’s going on here? I thought you said the gazebo needed fixing” you ask.
“Eyup,” Big Red agrees.
“Oh yeah…it definitely does” says Scootaloo. When you point at the perfectly fine Gazebo she just starts chuckling nervously
“Uh-huh, but we also were going to talk to Cheerilee and Fluttershy says Applebloom in a nervous manner.
“But I thought you girls needed help with Math Homework,” says Cheerilee.
“You told me you found a platypus-bunny you wanted to show me” says Fluttershy.
You all look to the girls.
“A platypus-bunny? That sounds awesome!” you shout.
“Eyup!”
“I’ve never even heard of such a thing, how fascinating” says Cheerilee.
“Can we see him girls?” asks Fluttershy.
“Yyyyeeeaaahhh…we did say that too…ummm…” the girls all try to remain non-chalant.
“That is why…we are going to get it” says Night Shade “It’s over there somewhere, next to our homework, so you all just sit tight while we go get both.”
“Oh, maybe I should go with you it might get scared of you three.”
“No no it’s fine, he already likes us” stammers Applebloom.
“Yeah, we already named him and everything” says Sweetie.
“You/We did,” everyone but Sweetie says at once.
“Umm…yes…” Sweetie sweats nervously “his name is…”
“Doug?” guesses Scootaloo randomly
“Yeah, Doug!” shouts Sweetie.
“Ya, so you four sit tight, and we’ll go get Doug!” Night Shade stammers.
The girls bolt away but you cry out “Wait! What are we supposed to do with the Gazebo?”
Sweetie Belle turns around, “Forget about the Gazebo! Get Comfortable!” she shouts before jumping into a bush.
You all look at each other and just shrug. You then all talk about how you can’t wait to see the Platypus-Bunny. Maybe if you just get one glimpse of it then you will forget what day it is and feel much better.
A few minutes pass, so you talk to Fluttershy and ask her when the meeting will be. She says that the day after Spike’s Birthday would be a good time.
After more waiting, more of your stalker crowd shows up.
Octavia shows up because she was told an audience wanted to hear her play, so she keeps trying to.
Aloe shows up because someone told her that Bulk Biceps was around and she's trying to set up her sister with him so that she'll get off her back when it comes to Tennant. She sees you there and proceeds to start massaging your shoulders.
Vinyl shows up because she was promised booze, and she even brought her own for some reason just in case, so she starts sharing.
Finally AJ and RD show up at the same time still squabbling, but both of them start talking about how they were told to come for different things. AJ came because there was supposed to be a rope salesman (don't wonder why she needs it) and RD was told that Spitfire was practicing out there.
You look around hoping to see said Wonderbolt, but are disappointed. Eventually all the girls start putting the moves on you while you wait for the platypus-bunny that never comes, making things awkward, and because Lovey-Dovey stuff is apart of this horrible holiday, you get annoyed and prepare to leave.
POV Change
“OH COME ON!” shouts Sweetie.
“What the hay are they doing here?” asks Applebloom “the first date hasn’t even finished.”
“Right on time, I gave them all the same letters” says Night Shade looking at her watch “Telling them to come at different times, it has been five minutes, but I guess some of them came early.”
“You thought Five Minutes was enough for a date?” asks Scootaloo.
“Well I don’t know! I don’t know how this works, I’m only 1 and a half, cut me some slack.”
Sweetie Shakes her head, “Well obviously it would be longer beca…wait what? How old are you?”
“Your age!” she says quickly eyes darting around which the others look skeptical about, but they focus their attention on the arguing mares.
With all the mares in front of you arguing, you slip away and run as fast as you can without them seeing you.
Big Mac and Cheerilee decide to leave as well, and Fluttershy decides to look for the Platypus-Bunny herself.
As you walk in the directions you saw the girls run, you just mumble to yourself.
“Stupid Holiday! Stupid obsessed Mares. Any other day is fine (not really), but not Bucking today. I’m glad I burned those stupid Colt’s letters, Night Shade is going to hate this day too if it’s the last thing I do.”
You said this as you passed a bush. If you looked carefully inside, you would’ve seen Night Shade with her teeth grit and eyes glowing white as the other CMC huddled in the opposite corner.
“He…burned…my…letters?!” she says in a restrained angry whisper.
“Ohhh…no wonder Button, Rumble and Truffle looked so sad in class” muses Applebloom.
Nigh Shade looks to the girls with an evil smile “Well girls, I’ve decided I’m going to get revenge on my dad by getting him ALL of those mares, whether he likes it or not.”
“That sound evil” says Scootaloo.
“Daddy’s gotta learn not to butt into my life all the time…” Nightshade grunts.
After helping the girls make a love potion and giving it to Big Mac and Cheerilee, Night Shade smiles evily at how dopey it’s made them.
“Perfect…”
She mixes the contents into a bigger punch bowl, gathers all the mares from before and gives them each some punch.
“Now, this is all a gift from my Daddy as an apology for being a grump” she says as she holds up a picture of your dad.
“Um…sugarcube? That ain’t your daddy, that’s a picture of a changeling” says a confused AJ.
She looks at the picture she’s holding and it shows Bugze without an outfit on smiling at the camera.
“Whoops, wrong photo, how did that even get there?” she wonders. “Here we go,” she says as she holds up a photo of BST.
She then tapes the picture to the front of the bowl as all the mares drink (INCLUDING FLUTTERSHY)
They all stare at the photo and immediately they all decide they need to find Tennant as soon as possible. They then run off in search of him.
“Heh heh, take that daddy, burn my letters will ya?…guess I should probably buy those guys a cupcake or something so they don’t think I’m a B!$&# like Diamond and Silver Spoon” she says as she wanders off forgetting about the punch.
Pinkie Pie comes along the punch and decides to give it to everyone she sees.
Thanks to Pinkie, countless mares, and even a few stallions, look desperately for Bugze.
Caramel and his girlfriend are given the punch, and they look at each other and agree that they both love Tennant, confusing an inner part of their mind which cries out in horror.
Flash, who is talking to Twilight about any mysterious characters is given the punch by Pinkie. He drinks it and interrupts Twilight who was talking about the only newcomer being an old Donkey “Look, you’re cute and all, even if you are the Captain’s sister” he says causing Twilight to blush in shock “BUT MY HEART BELONGS TO BAKER SYLVESTER TENNANT! WHOEVER THE BUCK THAT IS!”
He then bursts through the door and into the streets. Twilight is left speechless by this and groans in frustration.
“Grrr…why do all the handsome ones turn out to be Colt Cudlers?!” she then downs the punch glass Pinkie gave her as Spike comes into the room.
“You OK Twi? I heard shouting?” he asks.
“On second thought, he does have great taste in stallions,” she says. “Hold this Spike, I’m going to go lose my innocence to Mr. Tennant!” she then runs out the door.
Spike just looks at the empty cup and back out the door in confusion. “Wh-What?”
As Bugze walks into town, he is suddenly glomped by a group of mares who keep kissing him all over his face until he teleports away.
He sees the usually crowd, AJ, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Aloe, Octavia, Vinyl, as they all start wrestling each other…(Spurt) but then he see’s become surrounded by countless more mares (and a few stallions). Including the Mayor, Raven, the Flower Trio, Lyra, Bon Bon, Flash, Caramel and the rest of the Deadly 6 (except Pinkie), and countless more.
“We all love you Tennat! Be our special somepony!” they all yell in unision, creeping you right the buck out.
You are about to shout your anger to lady luck…but then you feel a leg around your neck.
“I don’t know how you did it buddy, but you’ve gotten practically every mare in town after you. Respect Bro!” Thunderlane hoof bumps you.
“You’ve gotta help me out!” you scream.
“Sorry bro…” he says as he looks to AJ and RD wrestling in mud with Octavia and Fluttershy and Vinyl as Aloe mudbends them “But I have to see this through…” he rushes off and sets up a lawn chair with some beers and watches the mares with drool in his mouth.
“OH BUCK YOU THUNDERLAAAAAAANNNNNEEEE!!!!” you shout to the sky as the town surrounds you.
Also, Flash tries to kiss you , so you slap him in the face with electricity which seems to snap him out of it a bit.
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My favorite game is any of the Halo Games. I freaking Love Halo, because it holds significance as the first game I beat without cheat codes or my Brother's help. (I used to suck badly at games...still kinda do ) But I freaking love the story and the action
Favorite game: Metroid Prime. It's just loads of fun to play.
Portal and Portal 2 are my favorites they are just so much fun and the characters are so funny sort of....it's an experience of awesome!
As for poor Bugze, he should just basically run for it with the music we all know and love....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8iWgoOxaYU
my fav game?
Darksiders all the way
5608028 I like the portal series as well.
Bugze- *ahem* may I talk to the girls for a moment?
*ushers the girls out of earshot from the rest*
Bugze- whats going on?
Sweetie- well, we noticed your sad a lot and we decided to get you a special sompony! *squee*
Bugze- huh.... well, if you'll excuse me, I have to do something, you may go back now
*you walk to the nearest wall and cast a soundproofing spell. proceed to smash you head against it whilst screaming obscenities about lady luck and hearts ans hooves day*
Meanwhile back at the picnic
Fluttershy- um girls, why is Hoo-Tennant hitting his head against a wall?
the three just shrug and begin to eye the daisy sandwiches while their mouths watering
At the moment, I'll go with Minecraft. There's just so much you can do, and even more on servers...
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Would you mind if I tweaked with your comment a bit? I have an idea for the scene at Town Hall, and it would probably end up extending this episode arc. The ending of your comment might not get used for a bit longer.
You finish screaming at the mob of ponies, and silence hangs heavy over the town.
It didn't work.
How do you know?
Because magic doesn't work like that. The enchantment needs-
Rainbow Dash bolts into the air. "Kiss me, Husbando!"
"GAH!"
You step back, and you foot falls through a hole in the ceiling. Your weight breaks it open, and you fall all the way down to floor.
Are you still alive?
Who's in charge of repairing this place?!
I'll take that as a yes. As I was saying, the enchantment needs to be broken. When a spell binds two ponies together, separation can weaken that bond, but you are not tied to the mares outside. More extreme measures are needed.
The door opens, and Nightshade and the CMC charge in.
"Daddy, are you OK?!"
"HUSBANDO!" The mob screams and surges forward.
You struggle to your feet. "Close it! Close it! Close it!"
Flash Sentry runs through the door before it closes, but Scootaloo stick out a leg and trips him up. He hits the ground, and his guitar case slides over to you.
Extreme measures, huh?
You open the case, ignore the weapons and armor inside, and pick up his guitar. You look him dead in the eyes as you raise it up and smash it against the floor.
His eyes turn from admiration to rage in a heartbeat, and he tackles you. "You son-of-a-diamond-dog! I'll buck your teeth down your throat for that!"
A bang on the windows draws your attention. The two of you look over to see Aloe pounding on the glass. "He stole him! The orange pegasus stole him from us!"
Flash blinks. "What? Oh." He looks down at you, and you up at him, as he lies on top of you. "This can't be happening..."
The shouts outside take on a new form.
"KILL THE HUSBANDO STEALER!"
"Oh, come on! That isn't fair!"
You shove Flash away and stand up again. "Nightshade! Everyone! Get out the back! Now!"
Flash grabs his case and follows the fillies, you bringing up the rear just as the windows and doors break. Mayor Mare dashes in front of the others as they chase you.
"You belong with me! Everyone can see it!"
You and Flash slam the back door shut in her face, and you hear her hit the ground on the other side. You turn to Flash with a smirk. "They have a cave troll."
He chuckles, and the five of you run for safety.
"So..." Nightshade pants, "what's... the... plan?"
"Somehow, someway... I have to make every mare in Ponyville fall out of love with me."
Oh, I am going to enjoy this FAR more than I should...
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My favorite game would be Persona 3. You've heard the expression that something has change someone's life? This game actually did that for me. It's themed around life and death, and playing through it changed the way I think about both.
All by playing through a year of high school.
5618210 This... make it happen!
My favorite game?
Persona 4.
My favorite want-to-be game?
Fullmetal Alchemist MMORPG
My favorite anime?
Fullmetal Alchemist (the first one; brotherhood sucks)
Favourite game: either Watchdogs or Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Would be hilarious if there was an alternate version of the story where Bugze takes every chance at love