Episode 53: You Really Need To Sort Out Your Priorities
Opening Theme:
Kichi’s Comment
Kersey’s Comment
“Well let’s see…Argh. So many options, what do I choose?” you say aloud.
You only thought of three options, how is that too many?
“No no, those were the ones that first popped into my head, but there are others. Like, I could just go out, find, and hang out with one of the Deadly 6 till the party starts…but with my luck that would lead to either over affection, snide spiteful conversations, or compromising positions, or all three at once.”
OK, take that option off the table then.
“Or I could find one of my other friends I haven’t seen for over a year. Big Red and I could have some bro time…but then again he hardly speaks, so I’d end up having to carry the conversation.”
You’d have better luck starting a conversation with a wall.
Walls are great conversationalists. Walls filled with the souls of your enemies that is…Sombra druggedly warbles.
“Oh yeah, I guess we could also pick up some more sedatives. Though, now that I’m kind of broke again after giving all those Pinkies my bits, I need some other way of getting drugs.”
Why not just steal the animal tranquilizers from the Veterinary Clinic?
“Oh sure. That will look real good. ‘Baker Sylvester Tennant comes back from the grave, gets caught stealing puppy medicine,’” you say sardonically.
I’m just trying to offer solutions she huffs back.
“Well…it does give me an idea. Fluttershy has a bunch of animals, so surely she’d have some tranqs. I guess I could just ask her. That is after we…*Sigh* Have a talk with her. Man that’s gonna be awkward,” you lament.
Awkward doesn’t even come close to what it will be. Though her ire it seems will be with me, Selena growls.
“Yeah, but I’ll try to let her know otherwise. I’ll…No, I can’t let her know about the Otherworld,” you shudder.
That would be wise. But when the time comes, if she wants to accuse me, then I can defend myself.
“Huh? What do you mean? You’re not gonna-“
No fool. I will give this little strumpet a piece of my mind if she insists on badmouthing me. And don’t you DARE try to prevent me.
“I-I…Okay sure if it comes to that, but just words Okay? We don’t want her hating you anymore,” you concede.
Verily. But she is not a pressing issue at the moment, so let’s put her and our drug supply on the back burner.
“Yeah Okay. And really there’s only one pressing issue that I…no wait a minute,” you trail off as you have an epiphany.
What? What is it?
“If I have awhile then… maybe I could see if Derpy is here.”
The Cross Eyed Mare? Selena is silent for a moment, in thought just like you.
“Yeah…If she’s here, then maybe I can find out some answers about the Doctor. If anything, I can finally talk with someling else who went through that otherworld hell that we did.”
Yes, we could do that. But on the other hoof I doubt that The Doctor would have told her anything about your Grandbuggy.
“You never know. She seems closer to the Doc than the other companions I’ve seen in the serial. Like, REALLY close,” you imply. “Maybe he let slip something.”
I don’t know Bugze. The Doctor lies after all. And what he said about your Grandbuggy doesn’t sound like something he would reveal to her.
“Y-yeah I know, I know, I just want some answers is all. I know Grandbuggy and Granny Smith knew the Doc, but there’s still so much I don’t know. And I’ve kept it in the back of my mind even as we hunted those Knights. ”
So, then do you wish to find her now?
“I…no, not now. I don’t know where she lives, and I don’t want to just walk down the street all willy nilly where everyling will want to ask me questions I’ll just answer at the party. I’ll just wait on her. Heck, maybe she’ll show up, and we can talk. Besides, there is a more pressing matter…”
The Dragon?
“Yes The Dragon!” you yell exasperated. “He’s all alone with her, and you saw how clingy they were being! I bet he’s just waiting for the chance to get her alone, and get his claws on-“
Fine then! Let’s go after the dragon! Selena snarls suddenly, causing you to jump a bit.
“Whoa, really? You agree?”
Yes! She is far too young for that! And your scenario visions aren’t helping!
“Heh. And you’re usually the voice of reason Mother Hen” you chuckle.
Quit laughing and find her already! My baby will not be some Dragon’s Consort!
“Right! Right. Find and watch Nightshade (possible crush Spike) first, worry about fixing my life later!” you say in determination as you head to the front door of the library.
As you are about to exit however, you see the bushes out the door window rustle.
“What the?” you mutter as you peer harder at them.
They don’t move again, so you shrug, and as your eyes wander from the bush you conclude one thing…
PonySpartan’s Comment
Pinkie is Luna damn fast with her advertisement. Looking out the window you see there are already five banners indicating that a party is happening, but with how she was proven to be the real Pinkie Pie, and that her long lost friend is now found alive, she is probably unsurprisingly happy and excited about it.
“Yeesh Pinkie, you just left a few minutes ago.”
“HONK HONK!!!” comes a voice behind you.
“AAAHHH!!!” you yelp as you leap to the ceiling in fear, clinging to it.
You look down and see Crackle the Dragon looking up at you with her goofy grin.
“Don’t do that Crackle! You almost gave me a heart attack!” you admonish as you fall and land next to her.
“Blarg?” she asks with a confused look.
Oh Crud! She doesn’t know Tennant. It’s The Offender she knows, and I can’t talk to her as him right now, it’ll be suspicious.
“Um…Twilight mentioned your name,” you stammer.
This seems good enough for the dragon who smiles, but then looks around and gives a questioning honk.
“Oh, they already left. They went to start setting up for a Pinkie Party.”
The dragoness’s eyes sparkle at that, as she gives a mighty,
“HONK!” Before running out the door.
“GOTCHA!!!” comes a familiar accented voice, followed by a confused,
“BLARG?!” and a crashing noise.
Curious, you look out the door and you see…
“Oh I’m sorry Ms. Crackle. I thought you were Mr. Tennant exiting.”
“Honk Honk, Blarg, Groah,” comes the annoyed noises of Crackle as an earth pony mare sits awkwardly on her.
ALOE?! You think in panic as the mare giggles nervously at the annoyed dragon and slides off of her.
Hmmph, it seems your most avid stalker has already caught wind of your return, Selena surmises.
I can see that Selly. The question is how? I know the banners are up already, but how did she know I was here in time to wait and glomp me?
FLASHBACK
Guardsling66’s Comment
At the pony spa Aloe tends to Thunderlane’s wings.
"So how did the flying go Mr. Thunderlane?" she asks.
"It didn’t,” he huffs grumpily. And seeing as how it was HIM getting a massage from a beautiful Mare, that says something.
“Ah, did you strain them during your Mare watching again?” she teases. He blushes at that.
“N-No! No. Nothing like that. I’m kinda sorta dating Flitter…I think. So it wasn’t anything bad.”
“You think?”
“It’s a complicated relationship…” he mutters.
Rolling her eyes, but storing that bit of gossip for later, she continues to massage his wings.
“So then what did happen to your wings?” At this he boasts his chest out and starts talking like a ‘Cool Guy.’
“Well I was out in a field, pulling off some stunts that would put Rainbow Dash to shame. She thinks she’s the only one getting into the Wonderbolts? Ha! Bulk and I will show her. I know we’ll make the cut.”
“YEAHH!!!” comes the muffled agreement from another room. Aloe rolls her eyes at this, but Thunderlane continues.
“But, as I was pulling off a sick stunt…I got distracted by a group of cheering Pinkie Pies and crashed into a tree.”
"Oh dear that sounds terrible.”
“It was, and none of them helped me!” he grumbles, before smirking. “But one of them got some comeuppance. Some guy in weird clothing shocked one before yelling crazily at her.”
“Someone in weird clothing yelling like a maniac and hurting random ponies? That sounds so…nostalgic,” she mutters a bit sadly.
Thunderlane looks back at her, and even he knows who she’s thinking about. And judging by her expression, she hasn’t heard the good news. He smiles at that.
“Oh hey now Aloe, there’s no need to feel sad. Haven’t you heard?”
She looks at him in confusion.
“Heard what?”
“Tennant’s back.”
She pauses mid movement, her entire body frozen at that declaration.
“What?”
"Yeah. When I was heading over here, Cloud kicker popped by and told me that BST was walking into town with Rainbow Dash and her friends."
Aloe’s eyes go even wider.
"What?" she seethes.
"Yeah, I wouldn’t have believed it myself, if I didn’t see the banners for the party tonight."
Aloe doesn’t feel the same joy Thunderlane does, instead she felt a rage building up inside. The more he talked, the harder she began to squeeze his wing.
"But yeah, I figured you’d want to know since you were one of the mares that- Ah! Hey Aloe? You seem to be crushing my winnnggg!!! He begins yelping in pain.
Aloe doesn’t quite register this as her angry mind seethes.
If this is some type of joke to mess with a mare’s broken heart, I will break every bone in his body and send it to the deepest pits of Tartarus and watch him burn as every chaos demon enjoys tearing apart his soul! Then I will hang his skull on the skull throne and the blood god Khorne will give me the power to avenge Baker’s dea-
“Aloe, Aloe! You’ll never believe what I just found out!”
Aloe's thoughts of revenge and demonic power get interpreted when Lotus enters the room.
"Baker Sylvester Tennant is alive! Ms. Rarity and her friends took him to the Library, and we’ve all been invited to a party and..." Lotus’s smile fades when she sees Aloe hurting Thunderlane’s wing as he mouths the words ‘Help Me’.
"Is everything alright?" Lotus asks her sister. Aloe immediately smiles widely, looking at her sister as she releases the stallion’s wing.
"Of course sister, everything is fine!”
“Ooohhh, Why?” moans Thunderlane.
“Umm, are you sure you’re- “.
“Everything is PERFECT Lotus!” Aloe cheers, a happier than happy look upon her face. “In fact, I think it’s time we closed for the day.”
“But we’re still open for another- “ Lotus begins before Aloe picks up Thunderlane, walks him to the front door and throws him out.
“AAAAHHHH!!! Now my leg hurts!” the stallion cries out.
Aloe then slams the door and puts the closed sign on it.
“We’re closed sister. If what you said is true, my HUNK is back!” Aloe squees, making her sister wince. “Now, you get our dresses for the party, I have to glomp my Tennant before that Rainbow Tramp, Applewhorse, or Flutterslut Do!” She then opens the door, and runs out, running right over Thunderlane.
“OW! My muzzle! Why?! Why am I being punished for trying to cheer someone up?!”
As she watches the Stallion wincing on the ground, and her sister running off into town, Lotus sighs as Bulk Biceps walks up.
“Maybe I should have waited to tell her?”
Bulk nods and gives a subdued “Yeah.”
FLASHBACK END
“Really, I apologize. I was hoping to glomp my stallion and jumped the gun,” she chuckles nervously rubbing the back of her head as Crackle raises an eyebrow.
I knew it! Oh crud, I gotta get past her. Every moment she stalls me is another Spike will try to swoon my daughter! You think irrationally.
Well you better hurry before she sees you, then we won’t have the chance.
Beside the door, is a box full of used/damaged books. A cardboard box.
Oh no, anything but tha-
“Again, I’m so sorry Ms. Crackle. If you wish, I can give you a coupon for a free scale polish later?”
Crackle smiles at that and nods.
They both suddenly hear a lot of tumbling coming from the doorway and look to it. They see a bunch of books in the doorway, and a cardboard box sitting just outside the door.
“Odd. Was that box always there?”
Crackle shakes her head as they continue to stare. Being curious, Aloe starts walking towards your “Camouflage” and the books. Thinking (Or rather NOT Thinking) Quickly. You raise your hoof out of the top of the box and point behind her.
“LOOK! A DISTRACTION!!!”
“Huh?”
“Blarg?” both Aloe and Crackle turn around, giving you time to heroically flee.
As you round a corner of houses, you hear Aloe say,
“That was odd. And where did that box go?”
“Honk Honk,” Crackle shrugs.
You smirk at this. It feels so good and nostalgic successfully using the oldest trick in the book. It’s the one tool at your disposal that has never failed you. It even helped make your Cardboard Box sneak successful.
I wouldn’t call that successful. Sneaking is supposed to be…sneaky.
Yeah yeah, whatever. But now I am free to find Nightshade before…Oh there she is, you think as you see her walking with Spike down the street.
Your overprotectiveness kicks into overtime as you declare,
“Sneaky Sneaking Time!” as you start shuffling in your box down the road, some ponies looking at your box in confusion.
You keep using that word…you hear Selena sigh.
As you stalk your daughter and her friend, you wonder what it is they’re talking about.
POV Change Nightshade:
BrownDog’s Comment
Walking down the road, you let a calming sigh overtake you.
The town is just how you remember it…well aside from all the clean up going around town from the horde of Pinkies. Speaking of which.
“Pinkie, I know you want to get the party started, but we have to make sure that Mirror Pool is never used again,” Twilight Sparkle says from up ahead, walking towards the forest. Pinkie Pie bounces beside her with a sheepish look.
“Oh OK, but let’s hurry this up and put a lid on this whole situation, the longer I think about it the more I chance falling into existential dread,” Pinkie chatters.
Between the two mares is Big McIntosh pulling a cart with a giant boulder in the back. He gives his two bits on the conversation.
“Eyup.”
As you and Spike watch the three ponies heading off into the woods, you turn to him and ask,
“Hey Spike, do you know what the deal was with all those Pinkie Pies?”
Spike stops and stutters for a bit, but then regains his composure.
“W-Well, I don’t know the whole story, but Pinkie Pie somehow found some way to make more of herself, and it got out of hand. Twilight…” he then stops talking and bites his lip.
Feigning ignorance, you ask, “Did she do something bad?”
“Yeah,” Spike admits in defeat. “That’s probably what they were talking to your dad about, you know, aside from the not being dead thing.”
“What did she do?”
“She…look, I know Twilight alright?!” he gets defensive. “There’s no way she knew that she was killing those Pinkies,” he defends.
You let out a mock surprised gasp, but you do already know this part. But you can’t let him know that you know, Ya know?
“Sh-She couldn’t have known. It was only supposed to be a spell to send the fake Pinkies back where they came from. We didn’t know they had feelings…” he stutters nervously.
You haven’t seen Spike in months, and already he’s panicking.
Oh way to go Nightshade. Real smooth, you chide yourself.
You place a comforting hoof on his shoulder and he stops shaking.
“It’s Okay Spike, You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“But I just sat there eating popcorn Nightshade,” he says sadly. “I didn’t do anything to stop it. And we could’ve hit the real Pinkie with that spell…”
“Spike, it was a crazy situation. I know Ms. Twilight can go Crazlight every now and again…but I believe you if you say she didn’t know what she was doing. Don’t beat yourself up about it Okay?”
The dragon sighs and nods, but you can tell he is still a bit on edge. Trying to change the mood and cheer him up, you smirk and ask,
“Sooo, are Big Red and Ms. Cheerilee still married?”
This gets a smile and a chuckle out of Spike.
“Heh heh, No. Not anymore. It took a while and Mr. Waddles bad mouthed them the whole time, but they finally got it annulled. Since I’m technically a notary for the Princess, guess who was present with their lawyer?”
“No way,” you spout in shock as the two of you start walking again.
“Yeah…don’t let that circle around too much though, I have enough problems dealing with Twilight’s paperwork as it is, I don’t want to be a go to guy for Ponyville’s problems.”
“My lips are sealed,” you promise as the two of you laugh. After the laughter subsides, you get a prickling feeling in the back of your neck.
Huh, why do I feel like someling is secretly seething in misplaced anger?
POV Change: Bugze
You see the exchange, the hoof on the shoulder, the range of emotions. The carefree laughing! It can mean only one thing.
“Ugh! This punk is playing on her emotions! He’s good…Too Good!” you snarl aloud.
“Whoa!” comes a voice from above you, causing you to freeze.
“Tavi, did that box just talk?”
“I didn’t hear anything Vinyl. Though that begs the question of why this Box is in the middle of the road,” comes a more sophisticated voice.
Your eyes widen in shock. You know exactly who is outside your box. Now as long as they don’t get too curious…
“I am too curious now,” comes the sophisticated voice of Octavia.
Buck!
Suddenly, the box is yanked off of you and you stare up at the surprised faces of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody.
Their mouths hang open in shock and you start sweating nervously. Vinyl then lifts up her shades revealing her crimson red eyes, rubs them then stares again.
TheRutherford’s Comment
"Yo! Do my eyes deceive me? BST back from the grave? Do you see this Tavi?"
“I…I…” Octavia mumbles staring at you.
CRAP! I was hoping to avoid this.
"Um…Hi?” you weakly say.
“AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!” Octavia screams, drawing the attention of other ponies.
You don’t know what you were expecting her reaction to be, but it sure wasn’t this.
“Whoa, whoa, Calm Down Octavia It’s just-*WHACK* OW!” you cry as you are socked in the nose by the classical musician.
“No! Back foul spirits back!” she cries as she starts hitting you upside the head, causing you to fall.
“Ow! Ow! Ouch! Stop it!” you cry out.
“Yeah Tavi, what are you doing?!” Vinyl fails and tries to hold her friend from bashing you.
“NO! He’s come back to haunt us for failing to protect him! Begone! Back to your final resting place!” she screeches with fear as she continues hitting you.
As you are hit and a crowd draws, you lose sight of Spike and Nightshade.
“Oh Come On!” you bellow.
A Few More Whacks, and A Calmed Down Musician Later.
You rub your head as the crowd wanders off, while the winded Octavia breathes heavily, being held back by Vinyl.
“Now, you done being crazy?” the DJ asks.
“Y-Yes I am…I’m sorry,” she apologizes to you before glaring back at the DJ.
“Why didn’t you tell me the party tonight was for him?”
“I thought the whole, ‘Back From The Dead’ thing for the party was about her being the true Pinkie Pie now that all those clones are gone. But even I put two and two together after we lifted the box up.”
“You can say that again,” you mumble. Octavia looks at you again, and guilt crosses her face, but still she is shocked.
“I’m so sorry. But even still I am having trouble believing. Mr. Tennant, is that really you?"
Shaking the dizziness from your head you look at her and say,
“Yeah it is me. How are you two doing it has been a while huh?"
"I'll say. We thought you were dead dude. Everypony did. How are you still alive?"
You sigh at this before you explain,
“As I already explained to Fluttershy and her friends, I did not die after getting my daughter back from the changelings, although I may have had a small part to do with the forest fire. I decided that it was too dangerous for me and my daughter to stick around so we left. Sorry I was not able to write. And I’m going to have to say that multiple times tonight I think.”
Octavia nods and breaks free of her grip from Vinyl. They then look at each other then back at you. They then rush you, and you brace for more beatings…but instead it’s a double hug.
“Well welcome back from the dead bro,” Vinyl says.
“Indeed. Please forgive us for not helping you before and for me just hitting you.”
“Hey hey, it’s alright. I’ve had worse,” you chuckle as you place your hooves around the two soft mares, causing them to hug you tighter.
Aw, it feels good talking to these two again. Why was I so scared of them?
Because the Unicorn harlot wished to engage both you and the Cello player in relations at the same time. Twice. Selena points out, a bit of edge to her voice.
Your eyes widen at that.
Right! Right…
So you cough and break the hug.
“But yeah. Good seeing you guys. I’ll let everyone else know more later at the party, but right now I gotta find my daughter.”
"Oh but of course, but where is your daughter? I figured she would be with you. Also, why were you under a box?" Octavia points out.
Your eyes steel at this, "She ran off with Spike and I was stalking them. Now I gotta find her and make sure that boy does not get any ideas.”
"Heh, now there’s no doubt that the Papa Wolf has returned,” Vinyl chuckles. “And I think I saw Spike up the street awhile ago, you know before Tavi was trying to “Beat Your Spirit."”
“It’s not often you’re confronted with the dead coming back to life Vinyl!” Octavia huffs.
“For normal ponies anyway,” you mutter thinking back to Sunny Town, before shaking those thoughts away. “But yeah, I have to find them!”
“Mr. Tennant, Spike is not some miscreant, he’s a good little dragon,” Octavia admonishes.
“Uh Huh, they all start out as good little guys until they’re out of sight!” you ramble to them. “But now that I’ve lost sight of them, I need to track them. Do any of you know where Applejack’s dog is?”
“Umm, I’d assume at her home?” Vinyl points out.
“Ugh, that’s too far away. I need some other way to track their scent…wait a minute,” you say as you get an idea.
You pull Mangle out of the inventory and set her down, completely ignoring the shock on Octavia's face and Vinyl looking on in awe.
"Mangle, can you help me find Nightshade? We have to get to her before it’s too late!"
Mangle nods in affirmation and starts to move parts inside her around. You can only guess that she is either enhancing her scent tracking ability or using a magic scanner attuned to your daughter. Knowing the level of (insane) genius that created her, either option is incredibly likely.
"Wow! Where did you find that? It is totally awesome! It reminds me of the animatronic heads that I use for my Nightmare Night setup. Like a paint job of the Foxy one,” Vinyl excitedly says as she sticks her face close to the robot fox.
Mangle looks at her with a worried expression, then back to you before hiding behind your legs, putting you between her and the DJ.
"Please calm down Mangle. Those heads were already dismantled after the restaurant they were at was closed. And besides I won't let anyone hurt you. And you and I both know how Nightshade would act if you got hurt,” you say patting the fox on the head.
Mangle seems to calm down a bit, shuddering in agreement about Nightshade's actions. You then turn to the two music mares with a glare, to which they back up.
"Sorry DJPON3, she is not just an animatronic. While she may seem like a toy or robot to you, to Nightshade and I, she is another member of our family. She also possesses an extremely advanced AI that likely will not be seen in another animatronic for who knows how long seeing as how she kind of cannibalized them…"
Mangle glares at you for that last line and Octavia still looks a bit confused, but Vinyl gets a look of guilt on her face.
"Crud, I'm sorry, Mangle was it? (You nod) Right Mangle. I didn’t mean to scare you. I was just surprised. You honestly look pretty cool to be honest."
Mangle looks up at the DJ, a little calmer, but still a bit apprehensive and gives a solemn bark.
“Dawww,” Octavia lets loose, causing more confidence to come to Mangle.
“Yeah yeah, you’re cute you little Springtrap. Now, how are we doing on the scent?”
The fox salutes, then you see her eyes flash green before returning to normal. She then points down the road, and motions you to follow her.
“Right, well ladies I guess I’ll see you at the party. Till then,” you then pull your box back over you and gallop after the tracking fox.
As the two mares watch you go they chuckle.
“Dang, good seeing him again eh Octy?”
“Indeed,” Octavia sighs watching you.
“And did you feel how much more muscley he’s gotten under that coat? I wouldn’t mind feeling them closer, or would you rather feel them first?” Vinyl teases.
“Vinyl!” Octavia says embarrassed, “You know my heart belongs to The Offender and The Offender only.”
“Well yeah, you’re heart does, but what about the rest of you?” Vinyl trolls with wiggling eyebrows.
“Oh hush up you! He only just got back, let him have time to adjust. Besides, I’m sure that indecent Massage Therapist will already be giving him trouble,” she admonishes as Vinyl chuckles.
POV Change: Nightshade
At The CMC Clubhouse
ThePonySpartan's Comment
Nightshade sits quietly on the floor with Spike to her right. In front of her...
...Is Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo staring blankly at her.
Spike just stands in the middle of them fidgeting while Nightshade stares and waits for their reaction.
And stare...
And stare...
And stare...
And stare...
Then a thought comes to Nightshade's mind.
Why do I feel this is common with daddy?
That little thought brings you no answers, and it doesn’t stop the staring. You don’t know how long time goes on as those three pairs of eyes stare into your soul.
Kersey’s Comment
Okay, the stares are still staring. What would Daddy do in this situation?
Your thought bubble proceeds to imagine your father running around in a circle screaming insanely, setting fire to everything before getting slapped away by a giant changeling hoof wearing the Power Glove.
You sit there very disturbed by that thought.
...either that's movies ruining my imagination like Granny Smith kept claiming it would, or it means I need to slap myself out of it. Either way, I don’t think I should do what Daddy would.
You look back to your three friends, as the staring still commences, unblinking, unrelenting.
How did I even get into this situation?
BrownDog’s Comment
A Little Before The Staring
As Spike leads you up the steps to the Cutie Mark Crusaders Tree House, you can’t help but feel a little nervous.
Calm down Shade, sure it’ll be awkward for a bit, but once that’s over, we’ll all have fun again.
Unfortunately, the plan to talk to Applebloom first goes out the window as you and Spike both hear Sweetie Belle’s and Scootaloo’s voices.
“So when is this cousin of yours coming?” Scootaloo asks.
“In about a week. Oh, I can’t wait to meet her. She’s a blank flank like us,” Applebloom responds.
“Oh, we should definitely make her a member. Heck, maybe she knows some big city stuff that we can try for,” says an excited Sweetie.
“I don’t know, I think we’ll teach her a thing or two. Speaking of which, I think I can safely say that Pinkie Herding is not one of my specialties,” Applebloom remarks.
“Well, I guess we better just get it over with and talk with her alone later?” Spike asks.
“Yeah, let’s do this…”
Back To The Present, With The Staring
Oh, right. We just walked in, they stopped talking and they just started staring.
A lifetime of stares seems to pass, before you realize you’ve had it with this bullspit.
“OK, Enough with the staring! No I’m not an illusion, dream, or ghost, it’s really me. Hi Girls!” you shout.
“NIGHTSHADE!!!” they all screech and glomp you.
And the hugs intensify. If any adults were around, they would surely daaww from the excess sweetness of it.After many hugs, tears of joy, and laughter, finally somepony asks something coherent.
“What happened?!” Sweetie asks.
“We thought you were dead!” Scootaloo replys.
“Not all of us,” both Applebloom and Spike whisper under their breaths to each other, a conspiratorial look in their eyes.
“Well girls, it’s a long story, but I’ll fill you in.”
The Abridged/Fabricated Version of Events.
“And then we were on the train to go visit my uncle, when Daddy jumped out, and here I am.”
The girls and Spike have their mouths open in shock.
“So…After you wrestled King Sombra and the Hooded Offender in the Crystal Empire, you teleported into the Everfree and fought Zombies?” Sweetie Belle gasps.
“Eyup.”
They then look to Applebloom and Spike.
“Spike, we’re so sorry we didn’t believe you,” Sweetie apologizes.
“You too Bloom. But why didn’t you tell us you saw her there in Sunny Town?” Scootaloo accuses.
“Well sorry! A part of me thought maybe I was going crazy after Twilight found no trace of the town. And another part of me realized I did make a Pinkie Promise to keep it a secret…well, except for Spike that is,” Applebloom explains.
“And so THAT’S why you and Spike have been meeting up every so often?” Sweetie asks.
“Yeah, sorry we couldn’t tell you guys. But we did promise,” Spike says.
“Wow. Nightshade I’m glad you’re alive, but now that I know Sunny Town was real, I don’t think I’m ever going back to the Everfree,” Scootaloo shudders and Sweetie nods.
“I don’t blame you, that place was creepy with a capital C,” Nightshade admits.
“But wait a minute, if you’re alive then that means…” Sweetie thinks before,
CRASH
The door is kicked open, and Baker Sylvester Tennant pops through with his power glove on fire and a Pink and White Animatronic Fox on his shoulder.
POV Change: Bugze
“Alright you little punk, get your damned claws off my…” you stop mid-sentence as instead of seeing what your overactive imagination conjured, you instead see Spike, Nightshade and the Cutiemark Crusaders staring at you wide eyed.
You stare at them, they stare at you…and continue to sta-
“NO! No more staring!” Nightshade shouts, causing everyling to get out of their stupor.
You chuckle nervously as you lower your power glove, seeing as how Spike isn’t doing anything.
Ah, See. We had nothing to fear after all. I swear, your thoughts are corrupting me, Selena groans.
Well excuse me, she was all excited to see a guy after a year! How could I not overreact?
Before she can answer you though…
“MR. TENNANT!!!” the CMC cry out and glomp you, causing Mangle to leap off your shoulder and run to Nightshade.
“We’re so glad you’re back! We missed you!”
“HRK!” you cry out as your heart lurches in your chest from the cuteness.
Oh My HRK! Too much cuteness! Comes the groaning of the tyrant.
Oh for the love of, You don’t even have a heart monster! Selena admonishes.
“And Oh My Gosh, What is this adorable thing?” Sweetie breaks from your neck and fawns over a nervous Mangle.
“Yeah, I didn’t know you had a robot,” Spike adds. Applebloom and Scootaloo break the glomp and crowd around Mangle, giving you time to concentrate on breathing and making sure your heart doesn’t explode.
“This is Mangle guys, It’s OK Mangle. These are my friends I told you about.”
The fox then nods and allows Spike and the girls to pet her.
“Oh, she’s so cute,” Sweetie coos.
“Her teeth are so sharp,” Scootaloo gushes.
“And her fur is so soft,” Applebloom squees.
“I wish I had an awesome pet like you Shade,” Spike adds.
“I know right? But anyway,” Nightshade glares at you, “What’s the idea bursting in here like that Daddy?”
“I um…” you finally still your heart and face her, “I had to make sure Spike...um...that you didn’t…um…”
She rolls her eyes.
“Daddy, how many times do I have to tell you to stop being a psycho?”
“Not enough times I guess,” you mutter. Before this conversation goes on though, Applebloom steps forth.
“Mr. Tennnat…I just wanted to say. Thank you for saving our lives back in Sunny Town. I never got the chance last time.”
Your eyes widen at that.
“You Knew?!” you blurt out before glaring at Nightshade. “What did you tell them?”
She chuckles nervously before saying,
“She kind of figured it out when we passed out after burying Ruby.”
“And you didn’t tell me?” you say indignantly.
“Um…Whoops?”
“That’s another thing, how come you didn’t recognize Mr. Tennant back in Sunny Town Bloom?” asks Spike.
“He was kind of covered in Zombie Gore…it was gross,” she gags.
“That is so cool that you fought a bunch of zombies!” Scootaloo fangirls out leaving Sweetie Belle with Mangle.
“And Pyramid Head! I watched Button play that videogame, and he is scary,” Sweetie says in awe and fear as she hugs the fox close to her.
“Alright, Alright you adorable little munchkins, we all need to have a serious talk inside this treehouse about the importance of keeping secrets,” you command.
That get’s their attention.
“Now, repeat after me. I,”
“I” they repeat.
“Your Name,”
“Your Name.”
“…Really?” you say in disbelief till they break into giggles. They then all say their names.
“Pinkie Promise to never talk about Sunny Town, or our involvement in it.”
“But what about Nightshade fighting in the Crystal Empire?” asks Spike.
Your eye twitches at that.
“Honey…?”
“Oh you know dad,” she chuckles, “You know when I accidentally teleported there causing you to panic for a few hours, and I fought the evil dictator and the Hooded Offender? And when I teleported back you were upset and didn’t like the Offender anymore?”
“…Oh…Yeah…that. Absolutely,” you say in a stilted manner at what is technically not a lie. “Also promise that you guys won’t talk about that either.”
After a few groans of protest, the four fillies and 1 drake then go through the motions of the Pinkie Promise. Now that the promise is essentially bound in blood, you breathe a little easier.
What did everyling do before Pinkie Promises?
Probably blabbed to their hearts content.
You then spend a few hours, sitting in what you realize was your first home in Ponyville, as you and Nightshade speak with the CMC and Spike. And even though Spike sits close to her, he doesn’t do anything that your overactive imagination conjured. Maybe you do have a problem.
Eventually though, Pinkie Pie herself drops by.
“There you two are. Come on everypony, the Mirror Pond has been sealed and the party is already started without it’s guests of honor.”
“Um, you’re the real Pinkie Pie right?” Applebloom stammers.
“Of course it’s me. All the other Pinkies…Uh…” Pinkie trails off nervously while the CMC look confused. Not wanting them to be scarred, you jump in.
“The other ones were found in an intelligent and NON-LETHAL test to be the clones, and then they were sent off to live a better life.”
Spike and Nightshade’s expressions tell you they’re in on your white lie as Pinkie sighs in relief.
“Really? Y’all sent them away?” Applebloom asks.
“Uh huh. And wherever they are, I’m sure they’re fine,” you conclude.
With practically all of my money they better be...
IN APPLELOOSA
Vesperion Seraph’s Comment
Kichi’s Comment
Braeburn wipes the sweat from his brow as he walks home after a long day of bucking apples. He pauses though when he sees the train coming into the station.
Smiling, he walks over to the station and waits for the doors to open.
“I always love welcoming new folks to town,” he says aloud. The doors then open, and he opens up with his signature greeting,
"WEEEEELCOOOOMEEEE TO AAAAPPPPLEEEELOOOOO-"
"FUN FUN FUN FUN" Braeburn is interrupted by a horde of Pinkie clones leaving the train who knock him over, flattening him like a crepe and begin bouncing around him, some of them into town.
The Apple stallion lying on the ground is bewildered as he looks around.
“Now what in tarnation? Pinkie Pie?” he says aloud.
“Yes?!” comes all of the clones’ response.
“Oh wait, we aren’t supposed to be Pinkie anymore!” one of them yells.
“No we’re not Pinkie. We’re…other ponies,” lies another.
“Yeah, totally different ponies,” chuckles another nervously.
They then all start making excuses, confusing Braeburn, before he is tapped on his shoulder. He looks behind him at a Pinkie with a bit of a straighter mane, and a burn mark on her side.
“Um…Hi.”
“Hello…” Braeburn answers nervously.
“Um, we were told by a Mr. Vengeance that we would be safe here? You don’t want to kill us do you?” she asks sadly.
Shocked Braeburn responds,
“Kill you? I should certainly say not. You look just like my cousin’s friend Pinkie Pie. Why would somepony want you dead?”
“It’s a…long story,” she says looking down.
“Well I’d certainly like to hear it. Now, can you help me get your…Sisters I’m guessing? Can you help me get them settled down?”
“Y-yeah, OK,” she says as she walks with Braeburn towards the other Pinkies.
“Oh, and as I tried to say before,” he rears up “WEEEEELCOOOOMEEEE TO AAAAPPPPLEEEELOOOOOSSSSSAAAA!!!”
The other Pinkies all begin mimicking him, neighing out Appleloosa to the sky with smiles on their faces. This even makes burned Pinkie smile wider.
BACK TO YOU
You are now at the party after having been ushered by Pinkie Pie. You and Nightshade have told the tale you told the Deadly 6 using the karaoke machine to the gathered ponies, which seems to be most of Ponyville. Aside from the Deadly 6 and your usual band of stalkers, you see Lyra, Bon Bon, Thunderlane, The Flower Trio, and others in the crowd. Even Derpy who looks at you with a sad smile. There is no sign of the Doctor though.
After your tale is finished, everyling claps for your return. Now the party is in full swing. While there are those that still talk to Pinkie Pie about the Mirror Pond, others look at you in awe.
“What do we do now Daddy?” Nightshade asks as everyling drinks and eats.
“Now we Mingle for awhile Nightshade, just like you wanted. We’re not going to stay in town forever, so we might as well chat with them,” you tell her.
“Well how long are we going to stay?” she asks.
“I don’t know, a few days? A bit longer? We’ll figure that out later. Right now let’s just talk and not be suspicious. And stay a bit close to me, Aloe’s out in the crowd,” you say as you pull her close.
There’s a lot of Ponies milling about ready and willing to talk.
What Do You Do?
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What do with Pinkie Clone? Umm... Teach her the ways of video games and lead her into a life of fame and fortune in every competitive tournament.
As you begin to walk around the party you see a brown and a blond tail turning a corner followed by a familiar sound. You run to the door to see a faint outline of the TARDIS fading away.
What do you do with a Pinkie clone?
You turn them into Pinkie pies.
Now what do you do when you are done?
You eat that pie with the guys.
Use her to breach the fourth wall enough to make a portal or just use her powers to go trought.
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Bugzee walk around, as he remember his first time in ponyville and his welcome to ponyville party when they meet, as he chuckled he decided to try to search for some of his friends to talk with them.
As he was looking around, he noticed a changeling and a diamond dog talking in a table, but when he closed his eyes to look again, there was only a diamond dog so Bugzee assumed it was only his imagination.
"There is no clue about The Doctor, and I can't just leave... Maybe later I could go to Grandbuggy base" Tought Bugzee
As Bugzee was looking around he had a eerie feeling, as if someone just talked as if it was nothing about something that was going to doom him.
MEANWHILE WITH NIGHTSHADE
Nightshade and the others were in the basement of Sugarcube Corner, around them strange symbols in the walls and a pentagram in the floor.
"Are you girls sure it's a good idea?" Asked Nightshade
"Nope" The say in unison the other crusaders
"Oh well... How did you get all of this here? Now that I think" Asked Nightshade
"We didn't... It's from a club my sister and Miss Fluttershy have. They say it was something about the 'Cult of Smooze' or something like that" Say Sweetie Belle
"Yeah, very strange..." Say Apple Bloom
"So... Let's continue with the plan" Say Scootaloo
"Yeah, Yeah... You know that if somepony catch us here they are going to think something strange?" Asked Nightshade
"Strange like what?" Asked Sweetie Belle
"Strange like trying to summon a demon and sell your soul to get a cutie mark" Answered Nightshade
"Oh, yeah... That. We tried it the last week, but somehow I can't really remember, something about powerfull evil, Tirek, eternal slaves and become powerfull demons in the future. It's all foggy" Say Scootaloo as the other two nod with the head
"Creepy... Oh well... Why did we go here?" Asked Nightshade
"We wanted to talk with you about your adventures and then we managed to see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon spying us, so we decided to go somewhere else to talk after you commented how your dad could interrupt us" Say Apple Bloom
"Oh, yeah... Well... Let's see... We talked about the Crystal empire, Sunny Town... Oh yeah... We kicked many ass" And then Nightshade begin to tell them what else happened.
RETURN WITH BUGZEE
Bugzee is approached by Twilight
"Tennant, good to see you again... Say, do you still want me to teach magic to Nightshade? I was even thinking to let the crusaders join in a project called Twilight time" Say Twilight smiling but Bugzee shivers
"Ugh" Mutter Bugzee
"Everything okay?" Asked Twilight confused
"Uh? Oh... Nothing, just something I heared from the burning avenger, about a changeling that was using foals as a battery... Really, how evil could he be to do that?" Ask Bugzee
SOMEWHERE IN A HIDDEN LOCATION
"Atchum" Kichi sneeze
"Jesus" Answer a voice
Kichi the changeling was in his cell sitting in front of the door
"Great... The last I want is to pick a cold. Sigh, plan 78#B32 to escape failed... And I tought it could be a good idea to sneak in the laundry cart when they were not looking, but of course, a guard was smoking and a little of ash just landed in the only part that was revealed... So they got me and throw me again in the cell... I suposse I'm being paranoid, something is telling me that something is going to happen and soon or later we will go out, but I can't take that strange nightmare from my head... I mean, really? Changelings without chitin, with antlers and green" Kichi nearly throw up as he tought about the strange dream
"Oh well... Another day, another plan..." Mutter Kichi as he got ready to sleep, as there was not much else he could do.
Returning with Bugzee
As Twilight shiver for a second, she shock the head.
"So... What do you think about the magic lessons?" Asked Twilight
"Meh... I'm not sure... Are you sure that you are not going to go crazy again and leave her with Ice Cream as you begin to shout that the sky is going to be destroyed or a strange minotaur is stealing magic?" Ask Bugzee
"Of course not! That was only one time... Can't you just forget it?" Comment annoyed Twilight
"Well, it's not like I don't like the offer, but we wanted to take the next train to Applelooooooooooooo...." Bugze continue with the o until Twilight hit him in the head
"Thanks, I just got stucked" Say Bugzee
What would I do with my own Pinkie Clone? I would have a new friend to spend time with and, since I imagine she would be living with me like a roommate, she could help me cook. Who knows what zaney ideas we could come up with for cooking?
As you make your way through the crowd, you see Twilight and Spike in the corner. Spike rolls up a scroll and sends it off with his dragon fire.
Bugze: What are the odds that that letter has something to do with what she did with the Pinkie clones and with BST's return?
Selena: "Knowing your luck, extremely high. Although I am not too sure that the purple psycho added her poor actions in that report."
Bugze: What makes you say that?
Selena: "Think about it, how disappointed would would my "perfect" sister be in her "prized pupil" if she found out she resorted to magical violence to solve her problems."
Bugze gives off a surprised thought
Selena: "What?"
Bugze: I think that is the first time you have ever called Celestia your sister.
Selena: "I really can't help it. After spending so long with Luna, I sometimes call her that out of habit. Even if it is only in my mind and not to you."
Bugze: Probably does not help with Nightshade calling them Aunt.
Selena: "Well either way you wanted to talk to the cross-eyed one correct? She is over there in the corner."
Bugze: Yeah, let's get that taken care of.
As you begin to make your way over to Derpy (Thankfully your internal conversation did not take so long that it looked like you zoned out) you hear a loud belch and the sound of fire coming from where Twilight and Spike were. You continue making your way over to Derpy when Twilight runs up to you.
Twilight: "Mr. Tennant, Can I have a moment?
Insert Kichi's Comment Here:
7699081
Twilight: "No problem. Also I just wrote to Princess Celestia, telling her that you returned.
Bugze: Called it! "What about the whole Pinkie Pie Fiasco? Did you tell her about the clones leaving Ponyville?"
Twilight's ears fold back and she blushes.
Twilight: "Um, actually I kind of left that part out. I figured that incident could wait."
Selena: "Ha! Called that!"
Twilight: "Any way, I told the Princess what you told us about how you were in hiding and your relation to the bounty hunter who took them down. She and Princess Luna want to speak to you soon."
Bugze: "Well, like I said, Nightshade and I were on our way to Appleloosa."
Twilight: "Well, that should be fine considering they said they won't be able to come down here until the Saddle Arabian diplomats come down here."
Bugze: "Um...Isn't Saddle Arabia that desert country where they filmed the "Daring Do and the Raiders of the Lost Chest" and "Daring Do and the Last Hurrah"? If they are sending diplomats, then why would they come to Ponyville instead of Canterlot?"
Twilight: "Oh, I am putting on a magic display here the night they arrive. And yes that is the country they filmed those movies at. Anyway the dignitaries won't be here until next week. That is when the Princesses are hoping to speak with you."
Bugze: Well, a lot can happen in a week, so we will try to be there, but no promises."
Twilight: Great! I will have Spike send a letter telling them you'll be there."
Bugze: "But I didn't say that!"
But it was too late. Twilight had already walked away and Spike had already started writing. Seeing as you have been RSVP'd to an event, the only thing you can do is try to talk to Derpy.
Well, I'd try to treat the clone right, take care of her like a member of the family ( also teaching her to play video games :D), and maybe;
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Non sensual, anyone joking inappropriately about the above image will have to answer to me, and I might remove it if things get too bad.
Anyway, for the story itself;
Act casual, especially around the Mane/Deadly Six. Nobody needs to know who you really are.
Also, find a private moment to talk to Fluttershy about the whole Selena thing, how she knows Selena (former Nightmare Moon) is in your head, and how to go on from this point forward.
Life-sized Pinkie plushie.
I think food for thought would be what would a Pinkie Clone do with me? O.o can't stop the madness: madness
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Annnyway, I was wondering if Bugze was treating the situation similarly to his past time in Ponyville. He would usually have self-justifying, internal comments about the Pink Psycho and the fillyfooler. I am just wondering if he has had enough character growth to outgrow his more cynical side. (Or perhaps we haven't gotten deep enough into Ponyville again for that to matter, but it seems a bit strange when he was thinking about Pinkie -- Pink Psycho)
Keep it up man, love this story and I look forward to aloe's craziness
As you continued shaking every pony hoof and thanking them for coming to the party. You couldn't help but feel that you done something wrong. Apart of you has hurt some pony but you can't figure out who? You where about to shake the next pony's hoof when you got yanked by some pony and pulled in to a bone crashing hug.
"Finally I have you." A voice said didn't take you long to recognised the voice 'ALOE'
"Its.. great to... see you again Aloe." you replied trying to get words out of your mouth.
"I was so worried about you. I thought the love of my life has gone to the after life without me. But know your here we can continue where we left off." Aloe said with a creepy smile.
"And where did we left off at?" you asked hoping to Luna that the next part isn't what you are thinking off
"Easy you, me, bed, NOW!" Aloe said as she dragged you to the bedroom. But now you where pulled off Aloe and in to a group of mares where a light blue hoof and orange hoof where holding on to you.
'OH THANK LUNA. The BST Angels are here.' you thought as this maybe a sign that your luck is about to turn.
"Not to night Aloe" apple jack said. Then turn her gaze on to you.
"Yhea I'm happy to see you again BST but right now. he has got some explaining to do." Rainbow dash said as she looked in to your eyes with an anger look.
'This ins't good. Did I do something wrong?' you thought
"Uh Dash did I do something wrong?" you asked
"You left us Baker. We thought you where gone for good. Then you suddenly you appear at the station like nothing happy happened." Rainbow dash taking few step forward towards you. You didn't like it where this was going so you backed up as the rest of your mare friends force you back to a corner. Where they they keep on asking 'WHY?'
"Fluttershy and Aloe may forgive you but the rest of us don't. How could you play our hearts for that making us think you are dead then coming to town. We had to spend days trying to move on and forget about you but now your alive I don't know if I'm going crazy or gone insane seeing you again." Rainbow dash said as tears where starting to leak from her eyes.
Ha-Ha the rainbow one is crying. Selena laughed
'Selena don't this is important.'
What do you mean?
'Don't you see I came back from the dead. These mares Loved me but I fake my death in the forest fire. They believed I died and spent Luna knows how look to moron my death till they can move on. But now BST is back here they are starting to hate me for it. I got to fix this or I'm really am going to die.'
And how are you going to do that?
It's won't be easy but it will be there only hope.
"Well say something?" Rainbow demanded
'Here goes nothing' you prepared yourself to want you are about to say.
"I'm sorry girls. I didn't mean to make you all upset. I was to busy protecting Nightshade that I forgot about my friends at pony vile. I wanted to come back 'not'. But with the crimson knights out and about I was worried that they may take me as a prison and use you to do deeds that you might regret. That is the price for love to use ones emotions against. I couldn't let it happen to you all. So that is why I didn't come back when the forest fire was over. Because I was protecting you all." you said as you pulled out the photo and showed it to them. "I know you mares loved me. That is why I had to fake my death case I love you all with all my heart." you said feeling proud at what you said even the story said isn't true.
"AAAAAWWWWW!" every pony said as your speech had cause a scene for every pony to listen.
That was the nieces thing you said. Selena said
I just hope it works you thought and waited the result. The mares looked at the photo and back at you and as one they charged at you.
DIDN'T WORK PLAN B! PLAN B! Wait I don't have a plan B. OH LUNA THAT'S IT MAN GAME OVER MAN GAME OVER! I'm gonna died for really you panicked you closed your eyes waiting the inevitable able but it didn't came in stead you felt multiple hooves warped around pulling you to a group hug as you felt every bit of air being squeezed out till you pass out.
Aloe POV
"UH-HO BST is out time for nurse Aloe to give some 'CPR'." Aloe giggle and got to work before the rest of the group have a turn.
NO MARE, STATION OR ANYPONY GETS IN MY WAY OF MY FUTURE HUSBAND! Aloe thought as if she can't get any crazier
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I fixed it sorry about the old one I delete it didn't feel good so I hope this one's better.
-Pinkie Clone send her off on a journey, spread the fun.
During the festivities, you spot Derpy over in a corner of the room, sitting on a chair, watching you sadly.
Well, guess I should get this over with.
You walk over to her, and she shifts in her chair nervously as you approach
She looks at you with a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes.
You nod to her as you both stay quiet for a moment.
Eventually she sighs and says,
“Hello Bugze.”
“Hi Derpy,” you respond.
Again, a silence stands between you two, and she eventually looks down.
“Do you hate me?” she asks sadly.
“No. No I don’t hate you,” you sigh as you sit down next to her.
“You should,” she says sadly looking down. You put a hoof on her shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“Oh Bugze, I’m so sorry about how we left things. I didn’t know The Doctor was going to leave you on your own. I only noticed what he’d done by the time the TARDIS started moving, and by then it was too late and…”
“Derpy, I don’t hate you. You haven’t done anything to me that would warrant that,” you comfort.
She shakes her head at that, but still she doesn’t look up at you.
“I tried to make him go back, but he wouldn’t. I asked him why, but he said he couldn’t tell me. ME! After everything he and I had been through, he wouldn’t tell me why he left you,” she starts getting worked up.
“Derpy, it’s OK. It wasn’t you. It was him. I don’t blame you at all,” you comfort. She looks up at you with tears starting to form.
“I don’t hate you at all, you believe me right?”
She smiles sadly before hugging you. After a few seconds, you both break the hug and she looks a little better.
“Thanks for that Bugze. It’s been so long I couldn’t believe that you would still like me.”
“Of course I would. Sure, it’s been a few months for me, but I don’t think I could hate you. Not after we survived…over there,” you say with a shudder.
She shudders too before saying, “It seems like it’s been years since that awfulness happened.”
“Yeah…And Derpy, I hate to ask but, Where’s the Doctor? I’ve got some questions for him.”
She looks back down again in sadness.
“I don’t know.”
“Huh?”
She looks back at you.
“I don’t know where The Doctor is Bugze. I haven’t seen him for months,” she says bitterly.
You are shocked at this. “I…Uh…”
“I know, shocking right?” she then shakes her head and scowls a bit. “After he left you behind, and we took care of that Cadence, he took me back to Ponyville…and he left me.”
“He left you?” you ask flabbergasted.
“Yeah,” she says with a sniffle.
“Oh Derpy, I’m so sorry.”
“You don’t have to be sorry. It’s my own dang fault for thinking he was different from the other stallions. I thought I meant something to him. Something…more. But in the end I’m just like everypony else. Someone he can lie to and keep secrets from.”
She then sniffles again and looks to you.
“He abandoned me too Bugze, and I don’t know why. Before he left, I asked him and all he said was that he had to check up on an old friend…and then he was gone. I haven’t seen him since.”
You pat the brokenhearted mare’s back in a comfort.
Eventually she looks up to you.
“Thanks Bugze. I guess maybe it is for the best. I got my little girl to look after, and I am a few years older than I should be at this time, thanks to time travel.”
If she is, you can’t tell.
“Derpy, I know it’s a sore subject for you, but I need to know. Do you know anything about the Doc’s last words to me?”
She shakes her head at this.
“I’m sorry Bugze. I don’t know what promise he made with your Grandbuggy. He never told me. All I know was that he and Granny Smith were his companions at the same time years and years ago. Aside from that, I have no clue.”
“Dang. Well, thanks anyway. And don’t ever think that I hate you. You’re my friend.”
She nods at this and the atmosphere with you two seems better.
“Um. How’s Nightmare Moon doing?” she asks in a lower voice.
“That’s not her name anymore. It’s Selena,” you correct. “And, well, she’s doing much better now. She’s not as big as she once was, a lot cuter if I’m honest, but she’s alive and kicking and keeping me alive.”
She smiles at that, “That’s good to hear…”
Wow, I never thought anypony, much less this wall eyed mare would care about my well being, Selena says in warmth.
“OI! Buck off Thunderlane, that’s my cake!” Nightshade’s voice comes from across the room, followed by the sounds of Thunderlane getting hit.
Derpy grimaces at that. “And I guess Nightshade is doing fine. Still haven’t gotten around to fixing her mouth have we?”
You chuckle nervously at that, but she shakes her head and rolls her eyes.
“Sorry, kind of didn’t have time. I mean, I’ve had a lot of crazy stuff happen to me over the months.”
“Yeah, I heard. Eating King Sombra sounds like quite a crazy thing.”
Your eyes pale at that but before you can defend yourself, she continues.
“I won’t even ask about it. Chances are The Doctor knew and didn’t tell me…just like he didn’t tell me a lot of things,” she says sadly.
You eventually break from the mare after cheering her up again and go to mingle with the rest of the party.
Freaking Doctor. How could you have done that to her?
After being revived, you decide to go outside for some fresh air by yourself.
You stare up at the moon as you listen to the silence.
I always find it odd that so many mares can be attracted to you at the same time, Selena muses.
Neither can I. I mean, what changed after The Gala to make me a heart throb?
I do not know. If anything, you’d think it would have had the opposite effect after we smashed it.
I know right? I never even stood a chance back out in the hive. The one time I thought I did I…you trail off. Well you know what happened.
Indeed I do, she snarls at the changeling mare who broke your heart. Though I still find it strange you can’t remember what that whorse looked like.
I guess I blocked it out. My memories still aren’t one hundred percent clear from before the invasion.
Before this conversation can continue, you hear a PST come from the side of the building. Curious, you look and see
“Fluttershy?”
She beckons you into the alley. You sigh as you realize it’s time for the talk.
After checking that you two are alone, she huffs and looks at you.
“Alright Hoody. Spill it. Give me one good reason why the girls and I shouldn’t get rid of that witch with the Elements?”
“What?!” you gasp in shock at her forcefulness.
Why did you ever trust her with my existence?!
“Fluttershy, just calm down alright.”
“Calm down? CALM DOWN?! I didn’t see you for months after the forest fire, and then when I finally see you again, she makes you lose control and EAT A PONY!” she shrieks.
“That wasn’t her!” you growl.
“You told me that she’s the one who gave you your power and was the one who trashed the Gala. Were you lying?”
“No! Dang it Fluttershy, just listen for a second.”
“How! She trashed the Crystal Empire and ATE King Sombra. She made you a cannibal! And-“
You shove your hoof in her mouth to keep her from shouting more.
“That. Wasn’t. Her!” you declare, a bit of edge to your voice as Fluttershy still glares at you (Thankfully not The Stare)
“Now, instead of ranting and raving, can you let me explain?” she nods at this and you take your hoof out of her mouth.
“Now, yes, I did lose control and eat that guy,”
You will never be forgiven for that…
“But she didn’t control me, or anything. Noling was in control Fluttershy. In fact, had she been in control, she would have stopped me.”
“But why didn’t she then?”
“Because she was hurt at the time. Almost dead actually.”
“How can you know that for sure? She might make you think she couldn’t help but- *GASP*”
Fluttershy’s words die in her throat as you pull aside your shirt revealing your scar.
“Yeah, not pretty is it? She stopped this from killing me, nearly killing herself in the process,” you say.
“What happened Hoody?”
“I can’t tell you that, but it was bad,” you say as you cover your chest again.
“So yeah, no one was in control Fluttershy. She didn’t do anything wrong. It was all a big mess that I wish I could take back. But I can't. It is what it is.”
“B-but. If it weren’t for her in the first place, that power wouldn’t have been there to go rampant. In a way, this is still her fault” she mutters.
You are about to retort, when all of a sudden you feel yourself pushed back.
“If it weren’t for me, my Bug would be dead ten times over you little tramp,” Selena growls using your mouth, causing Fluttershy to take a step back.
Selly!
No, let me have my say!
“You put yourself on a pedestal of morality, and yet you have no idea what we’ve been through," she continues.
“Y-You…”
“And yet, what have you ever done for my changeling? What have you EVER done to help him in any meaningful way?”
Fluttershy looks a little taken aback by this and stumbles on her words,
“I-I was his friend and-“
“So you claim, and yet how has that helped him? You sputter uselessly on the sidelines while your friends hunt and hurt him. It’s been three years, and yet you’ve never once gotten these friends of yours to stop. You just stood by and let him be beat. I on the other hand, have protected him since the beginning.”
“But y-you hurt ponies…”
“Yes. I’ll admit, I was harsher in the beginning, but even then I was actively helping. So you started a fan club, big whoop, that only led to more problems for us. I all but gave up my life to protect him, and yet you have the gall to say I deserve death? That my daughter can be raised better by you?” her voice rises in indignation.
“I-I…” Fluttershy stutters.
“Don’t you dare look down upon me! You haven’t been in my shoes! What I've lost. What I've gained. Don't. You. Dare!”
Fluttershy looks very conflicted as Selena berates her.
“H-How can I believe that you’ve changed? That you won’t hurt others?”
“You supposedly reformed that fool Discord, and yet you can’t believe I can? Well to Tartarus with you. Believe what you want. I'm done speaking to you,” she huffs, and relents control back to you.
You stare at Fluttershy, she stares at you, but before that gag can come back you chuckle nervously and say.
“Um, yeah, so don’t hold anything against her. She’s had a lot to deal with being in my head, and sorry for the personal stuff...”
“Am I really that useless?” she asks.
“What? No way. Look, she’s grumpy because you were threatening her and-”
“No, she’s right. What HAVE I actually done to help you?”
“You were my friend Fluttershy. I know it doesn’t seem like much, but it helped,” you reassure her. “You believe me right?”
“I…I don’t know what to believe Hoody. I’ve just been making so many assumptions for the last few months.”
“Well are you still thinking of hitting me with the Elements of Harmony?”
“I…no, I don’t want to reveal your BST identity. And…” she pauses and sighs. “I guess it would be hypocritical of me to not give her a chance after what I did for Discord.”
“That’s all we ask Fluttershy. And look, we’re not gonna cause any problems, I’m not staying here for good.”
“How long are you going to stay?”
“I don’t know. I want to eventually meet back up with my brother, so not overly long. But long enough I think.”
She smiles at that.
“But please, just understand, I need her and she needs me. She's not going anywhere.”
She sighs at this.
“Ok Hoody. I’ll trust you. You better get back to your party,” she says as she starts walking away.
“You’re not coming back in?”
“No. I need to go think on some things,” she then looks back at you. “And to you…I’m sorry.”
She then starts walking back to her house.
Well?
Well what?
Aren’t you going to say anything?
No. I already said what I wanted. Let her think on her actions
You’ve been thinking about this moment for awhile huh?
Of course. Thank you for staying on my side.
No problem Selly. And hopefully after tonight Fluttershy will be on your side too.
Oh goody, she says sarcastically.
Passive aggressive bullspit, all of this drama needs it’s own show, Sombra giggles druggedly.
You then walk back into the building and continue to mingle. Applejack offers to let you stay in your shack since they never got rid of your stuff inside. Also, Twilight talks about keeping you around in town till she can get the legal paperwork to declare you alive again so you can legally make money.
While that process goes on, AJ offers some bits for you to help set up for her Family Reunion in about a week.
And if I had my own Pinkie, I would use her godly bring about a New World Order...or I would just party all the time and have a fluffy pony to hug. One of those two
You just made me remember something and I think it's the best time to put it.
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As Bugzee walk away, he ask to Selena
"Now that I think... As she mentioned the Elements, do you think the elements could take out Mister Druggy from my head?" Ask Bugzee to Selena as she shock the head
"Who knows, the first time turned Discord into stone, the second time banished me and Luna to the moon for a thousand years, the third time they 'banished' me from Luna and I ended in your body... Could they take out Druggy Sombra? Maybe, but at what price? Ask Selena as she seems to think about it
"What do you mean price?" Ask Bugzee confused
"Well... What if he end inside of someone else head and begin to make evil? What if the elements banish both he and me? After all they could think that I'm also a danger... And I... Sincerely could not want to be with anyone else that you Bugzee Say Selena with a little sadness in her voice
"Wait? Are you sure? I mean, I know that we are very friendly but..." Begin to say Bugzee but was interrupted
"Bugze... I.. I want to say this from time ago... I... Bugze I lov... Selena begin to say but she is also interrupted, this time by Sombra
"Oh! Just kiss already!" Groaned Sombra from inside the head, making both Selena and Bugzee to blush and after a couple of minutes plan some extra ways to torture him for that.
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Edit: Okay, I have 2 unlike and 1 like, don't know what I did right and what wrong, so if someone want to send a PM is free.
What I would do with a Pinkie clone? Get her to spill her reality-breaking secrets. So that I could bend reality to my will.
The Pinkies will train in subterfuge and learn the ways of Shapeshifters..!
i wonder if any pinkie clones survived in the show.