I sighed as I watched the mountains slowly crawl past the window. I rolled my eyes and stood up before heading towards the back of the train.
"Where are you going?"
I turned to Talion and shrugged.
"Bathroom."
He nodded as I left the car. I made my way to the end car so I could have a bit of privacy. As I reached the caboose I opened the door and stepped out. The wind whistled past me as the train continued through the green hillocks near the mountains. I sighed as I set my head down on the railing.
"I wish I--"
Cold, why did I feel--
*Flash!*
Have any of you ever gotten hit in the head really hard? Like... really hard. Once my brother and I were wrestling and he accidentally sent my head through a wall... and into the beam inside. That dazed confused feeling, that's all I was feeling right now.
I staggered to the left as my vision swam and I fell over something. I rolled as I hit the ground before coming to a stop. I was a little scrapped up but not too bad. But... the question was, where was I?
>Ugh... what happened?<
Huh? Wait....
~I think we got hit by a bus.~
Are we... in the mountains?
I raised a hand to my head as pain coursed through my skull. Okay, only thing I could think of as to why we were in the middle of nowhere with a massive headache was....
>Massive bender.<
~Kidnapped by the mob?~
Hell if I know. My head feels like someone used it as a diving board. I remember leaving the hospital... going into the forest... and then... those blue flowers. Everything else is a blur.
>How about we never go picking glowing drug flowers ever again.<
~So we have no idea where we are, what day it is, or where out stuff is. All we have is our clothes and the magicite in our pocket... that or you're happy to see me.~
It's magicite and... are those train tracks?
>Maybe we got on a train?<
~Our bags must be on it.<
I lept to my feet and sprinted after it.
>What are you..."
"MY WAX SHARKS ARE IN THOSE BAGS!"
~Oh hay!~
>STOP GRAB ASSING AND RUN!<
I ran as fast as I could after the train. Nobody takes my sharks, NOBODY!
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Twilight and friends walked down main street as Princess Luna gathered supplies. They decided that town hall was as good a place as any to ask directions to the nearest bakery. (Pinkie was hankering for a cupcake!) Upon entering, the mane six saw a rather depressed looking secretary sitting at the desk. She looked at them and tried to force a smile.
"H-hello, welcome to Featherborrow."
Twilight, being the good pony she was, immediately walked up to her as Pinkie began digging through her suitcase looking for her "I'm sorry you're sorry and that makes me sorry" sorry cake. It's like a regular cake, except sorry.
"Is something wrong?"
Brooke sighed.
"No, I'm fine."
Applejack huffed.
"Sugarcube, even I could make that lie sound more real."
Brooke looked down before looking at the five mares in front of her. (Pinkie was still looking.)
"You can tell us! We're the Elements of Harmony. If it's a friendship problem it's our duty to help!"
Brooke bit her lip before replying.
"I accidentally said some things that hurt two friends of mine. And, because of that, they had to move. I... I just want to see them again and tell them how sorry I am and make sure they know I didn't mean what I said."
Twilight clapped her hooves together. This obviously would teach everypony a valuable lesson and she'd write to Celestia and Celestia would compliment her on being the best student ever!
She put a comforting hoof on her shoulder and smiled.
"Don't worry, we'll come with you to see your friends. Where are they?"
"Uh... the Gryphon Kingdom."
Pinkie cheered as she found her cake. Not her "I'm sorry you're sorry and that makes me sorry" sorry cake, but her "we're solving a friendship problem and got the munchies" not-sorry friendship cake.
"Then let's go to the Gryphon Kingdom! I'll go tell Luna!"
Brooke raised a hoof as she vanished out the window.
"But I--"
The five mares cheered and began pulling Brooke towards the train station.
"Have work!"
Mayor Bureau looked out from his office and sighed as, yet again, his employees disappeared.
"I'm getting too old for this."
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I stood panting before a bridge running out over the ocean. Far out to sea was an island that was where the train had gone.
>You might want to turn into a pony again. You don't want to be seen.<
~And then you can fly!~
Good idea! I'm coming Sharky!
I spread my wings and took flight. Mysterious island here I come!
Huh. So being knocked out of pony transformation stop poison joke. Good to know.
And he doesn't remember any of it? Oh boy. This is gonna get complicated.
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I wonder how many people will want to strangle him?
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There are already a bunch of ponies that want to strangle him, Luna at the top of list. I'm more concerned what's going to happen when he realizes Talon is gay and that he was ran out along with him for thinking he was.
Hell, considering you had to file a form to get girlfriend, would that have been something he even considered? I wouldn't if an oppressive government like the union made it illegal. Like "we need more workers and soldiers, why would we ever let you enter a relationship that wouldn't produce a child?"
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Exactly. That's the reason he was so oblivious in the first place.
Talion is going to be so confused. Or really, really concerned. Or both, why not. So at this point literally no-one knows exactly what's going on. Confusion and madness await! Onward!
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What if it was the other way? Say, "We have too many people to feed, let them enter relationships with no chance of having children." Sheer practicality making social justice as a byproduct.
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An interesting idea, but a bit idealistic. I think it's more likely overpopulation would leave to slave labor, being worked to death and just switching out a dead worker for a new one.
Yay, the voices are back! I needed some comedy! But so how did he fall out? For a second I thought Luna just swooped in from behind. Also, good job tying the different parts together!
Feel off of a moving train and immediately start chasing after it... Respect, begrudgingly given respect.
Yes!! The voices are back now i can laugh again!! I Love you!! (no homo)
Ahhhhh yes I forgot about the voices......, well the chapter started nice.
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Yes! Madness!
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He stumbled over the pony sized railing due to his poison joke induced hangover
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The voices represent the dichotomy of change.
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Sooooooo, who's gonna tell him he's dating?
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Someone will have to eventually. And ooooh boy, it's gonna be good.
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I think I understood it that far, I just don't enjoy those voices in stories, but at least it is only a 1 from 10. I mean those "guides" that explain everything to the character, bodyless voices (gods) and other beings take much more fun away like the main char figuring stuff out themself in several funny or interessting moments.
This goes up to body sharing (which can be good if I'm honest), bodysharing with the main char probably going back to his own world and the new body controlling the main char.
Long story short, while this version is the one I prefer over every other voice thing, I don't feel like it is needed. I understand all the possible reason like his new body having certain hormones and stuff like that, but there are several stories or probably even movies that work without it too. I just prefer it without this, but if I remember it right you said we can hope that it is gone in the future after whatever needs to happen happened.
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No matter how this will play out, I will greately enjoy this scene I believe, even if I'm probably dissapointed that he didn't got one of the two possible choices. I still vote for Broke if she is still possible if I remember it right, but I will also enjoy Talon.
does this mean jack isnt gay anymore? plz? ill continue reading this story if that's the case
(i was reading out of boredom. OK?! Also u
I wanna see the union shred dem gay ponies)
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I've got several ideas that I'm worlds on and I'm not entirely sure which one I'm going to do. So who knows?
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Glad to see you back!
I'm just going to say that I'm glad this story looks likely to not have Jack and Talion end up romantically. i don't care about Gryphons and generally skim over parts involving them. As for sexual orientation, I don't usually read many stories that include male/male romance. It just has never appealed to me to read that stuff.