Dadonequus Discord (Book 2)

by CrazedLaughter

Chapter 223 - Winter Krumb

Alright, here we go.

You stood in front of Cozy’s dorm door, ready to help her with whatever big thing she needed sending. She said she needed to send it to a friend, so whoever this friend was, you were happy she just had more than you and your school group of friends. Though, you hoped this wasn't another villain. No, you were sure it wasn't this time, she knew better.

You knock on the door, and decide to stand valiant and proud. You always enjoyed the praise for how daring you looked, and considering how pristine Discord’s ‘pizza baking’ had you right now, it made you wish you had run into a few mares to see if they’d notice and call you cute.

“Hello?” Said Cozy from behind the door. “Anon? Is that you?”

“Yep, I'm done with my project. So I thought I’d swing by and help you out.” You said.

Cozy opened the door, and just beamed you the biggest smile as she rushed to give you a hug. “Yay! Thank you so much! Golly, I hope it isn’t too much trouble using a magic charge on me.” Cozy said as she suddenly seemed so apologetic. “You really are a great friendship professor. I-I mean, if you did come to do that, that means I should always help my friends in such a big way too, w-wight?”

D’awwww. She was already being adorable and friendship oriented. “I mean, you should always do your best, Cozy. And never let anypony take advantage of your big heart.” You would tell her not to take advantage of anyone either, but it was already clear she wasn’t like that.

“Anon…” She began to tear up, sniffling, as she wiped her eyes with her hooves. “I-I pwomise. And I pwomise t-to never let that happen... Ever again... Oh, and of course I’d never ever take advantage of anypony either. No no no, I never ever would!” She said, frightfully so, as if she had already done it. She seemed so overly timid all of a sudden.

Looks like your pristine looks didn’t matter here, all she cared about was the friendship aspect of things. W-which is fine, you could do without the praise of your adorable looks, it wasn't important. “C’mon, Cozy. I know you would never do that. Hey, relax, okay? I know! Why don’t you show me… Wait, is that it? What is that?” The hell? It looked like a painted bench in the shape of a long and adorable cat, with the head on one end, and a tail on the other. It was painted like a calico with a white belly as part of the bottom of the bench. But… The hell? Was it this? Why was it a bench?

“That’s what I need to send, silly.” Cozy said with a giggle, immediately coming out of her depressive funk as she found your reaction humorous. “It’s a bench I made for my friend. I’ve been writing to him for a long time now, and he told me that he always had trouble sitting outside because he didn’t have any place to sit. So I made him a bench! I-I didn’t have a lot of bits though, so I used the porcelain left out in the forest to make it. I-it doesn’t seem to be dangerous, I-I think! I, um, I even made porcelain booties, see?” Cozy rushed over to her bed, and from under it, she pulled out four porcelain boots. “I made them for practice before making the bench. I-I don’t know what I’d use them for yet, but I did try wearing them a lot in my room, and nothing happened. Oh, Anon… I didn’t do bad, did I?” She gave you a big long look as her eyes began to water again, her ears folding down.

Ah, goddammit. The porcelain? From the huge kitchen sink?! How the fuck?! No doubt that thing was infused with chaos… But, so were the boots, and if she said she wore them a lot, then it should be fine, right? Hell, whatever she did to remold it all didn't seem to have caused any crazy shit either. She looked fine, too, no injuries or mutations. But… Well, it should be okay, Fluttershy has had Discord’s more chaotic tea on the rare occasion she has tea-time at the house. But it just seems so random. You sighed, and gave her a gentle pat. The material may have been made through chaos, but it shouldn’t do anything since the original construct never came to life in the first place. But a bench? Who was this friend? Dammit, you wanted to be suspicious, because it just seemed like something was off. But you won't, you'll just ask the questions about the friend and that's it. The porcelain should be fine, hopefully. “Cozy, i-it’s fine, really! C’mon, you can’t be getting all emotional all the time, okay? I actually think it’s pretty intuitive to use the porcelain I made. Saved you a lot of bits, and it actually looks really cute. Look, the only thing I have to say is you gotta be careful with stuff like this, the forest is dangerous, y’know? You could have gotten hurt.”

“I-I know… A-and I try not to get all emotional. But golly, after that big mess with my not-friend, Mr. Storm King… I just…” And there she went, putting herself down again.

“Look, it’s fine. That was the past, and I think we all learned from our mistakes when it comes to that guy. Don’t you worry, alright? You’re about to give somepony a really nice gift, so don’t be blue, alright? C’mon…” You give her a poke on her side, causing her to give a yipping giggle. “Let’s see a smile.”

“Hehehe! That tickled! O-okay… Yeah, I-I can’t be sad! I’m about to give a big gift to a good friend! At least, I think he’s a good friend, his letters are always nice to read. He knows a lot of stuff about Equestria, he always sends me stories about everything he’s seen.” Cozy said as she perked up again, and went to grab something from her dresser.

“He does, huh? Say, Cozy, who is this friend, exactly? Sounds like you only know each other through letters.” You asked, curious as to who this mysterious being is. The fact that it seems like they never properly met does make things a little more suspicious than you thought.

“We do! He lives very far away and is so very lonely. So I decided to send him letters to cheer him up! It is what friends do, after all. Even for friends who haven’t met yet. He can’t really leave his home these days, and he’s so old… I feel bad for him, I always do, even when he tells me entertaining stories through his letters. I had to do this for him, Anon, I weally weally had to! His stories are so spectacular and put a smile on my face that I have to make it up to him in some way!” Cozy said as she finally grabbed what she was looking for in her mouth and held it towards you. It was a paper.

You take it in your hoof and look it over. There wasn’t even much on it, just some runes that looked like letters. “Yeah? How did you even find out about the guy? And what is this?” Did these spell something?

“Well, to be honest, I wanted to practice being a friend to somepony who really really needs it. I looked through some papers for places that might have somepony who are lonely and could use a friend. And then I found some place and ended up with my mail friend! The place he lives in is full of old creatures who are lonely, and I think he was the loneliest of all. He did so much when he was younger, and now nopony wants to think about him. I felt really really bad.” Cozy said with a pout. “And that paper? That’s the address to send big stuff to where he lives. But my friend is so silly, he made it some kind of funny puzzle. I don’t think he realized that if I can’t figure it out, I can’t send it. Um, it isn’t going to be a problem, is it?”

So it’s some old fart archeologist? Scientist? Researcher? An old geezer stuck in some old folks home, it seems. “Nah. What’s the guy’s name though? Maybe I heard of him.”

“His name is Winter Krumb. With a K. And I can pwomise that he’s a great friend!” Cozy said.

“Huh… that’s…” You stopped yourself, you didn’t want to be rude. Pony names usually make more sense than that, and have a theme. “...A name. And the old guy needs a bench, huh? Well, if he’s that great, I’ll make sure it gets to him. Let’s see…"

These runes are spaced out as three words, it seems. At least, that is what it looks like. They seem to spell something out. ‘Lirr Ot Ekd’

‘Lirr ot Ekd’

The fuck did that even mean?

“Anon… Erm, did you figure it out?” Cozy asked, again pouting as her ears folded. “Are you going to be able to send it?”

“Er…” It’s possible the runes weren’t even actual letters, they just look like them despite the weird curves and inscriptions. However, you had chaos magic, you could just cheat and send it directly to wherever these runes expected you to send the bench to. “Not really. But with chaos magic, I can send this baby to whatever this is supposed to be. It’s cheating, but when it comes to friendship, then it can be overlooked.”

“Wow, you can really send it to him, really?” Cozy said with big happy eyes as her wings flittered.

“Yeah, watch this.” You plopped the horn on your head and held the address note up using your magic. You then shot a beam through the runes that passed through them and hit the bench, immediately sending it away. “And bam, it’s done!”

“Wooooooooooow! Golly, you really did it! It’s gone! But, wait… Did it really get sent to him, Anon? Weeeeaaalllyyy?” Cozy asked, her excitement ever growing.

You nodded with complete confidence in your spell. “Yup, andGYAH!” Suddenly, Cozy jumped right into you, knocking you down as she snuggled on top with maximum adorableness.

“Thank you! Thank you!’ She exclaimed, snuggling into you. “You’re the bestest best, Professor Anon!”

You just laid there, sighed, and enjoyed the affection. Was this cheating? Nah, Diamond will be fine, Cozy had no interest in you, and like Silverstream, just saw you as an amazing guy. You did good this time, Anon, you really did. Yona was right, even for all your screw ups, you were a good pony that tried to do good when he could.

But there was still Ocellus to deal with. You wouldn’t even have to find her, you were going to use your magic to have her come to you. You didn’t care what she was doing, she had to answer for talking shit about you. Actually… “I know I am… Hey, Cozy, I don’t want to be that pony, but I kind of have something important that I really need to get to right now.”

“Oh?” Cozy hopped off of you and looked at you with a head tilt, curious as to what you needed to do. “Really? Are you sure? I was going to bake you some 'super thank you' cookies for being the bestest best! Do you really have to go? What happened?”

“Hero colt stuff. You know how it is, there’s always somepony who needs some sort of help.” You lied, not wanting her to worry… Dammit, you just lied without even thinking about it… Whatever, it’s fine. This was important.

“Just like you helped me and Winter! Right!” Cozy gave you a salute. “I should have known, you don’t usually look so clean. I really should have realized you made yourself look nice for something important.”

Guh! What?! She doesn't think you're clean?! Ngh… You can’t even question her on it, she’d just get sad again. “R-right… Eheh, yeah. But, er, hey! You let me know if Winter gets that bench, okay?”

“Yes, sir!” Cozy said with another adorable salute. “Good luck, Anon. And if you need my help, never hesitate to ask your student!”

You smirked at that, and gave her a gentle little pet before you placed the horn on your head once again. “I will. Take care, Cozy, and don’t worry so much about every little thing, okay?”

“Erm, yes sir!” Cozy said, holding her salute while trying to look oh so adorably serious, even her wings stiffened in an attempt to look sturdy.

And with that, you teleported off… Knowing you already had Ocellus in tow to your destination.

Comments

[Munro]

yeah she never take's advantage of anyone

[EntropyEntropy]

A part of me really hopes Anon manages to contain his surprise, for any inane reason, cause I feel like with how hook line and sinker Cozy believes she has him, him not being surprised at the twist would mess with her SO MUCH.

[CrazedLaughter]

11084072

I won't say too much about the planned climax other than Anon nor Cozy should be underestimated. I just wonder if anyone can figure out the runes.

[EntropyEntropy]

11084212
I mean, I only know of a few cultures that used runes. Mostly the Scandinavian people, frankly.

From what I know of the iconography of their language from literally seeing it just in video games, but also mostly what their possible goals are and what it is exactly he's sending, I assume it means something along the lines of "there and back" or something, a two way portal if you will.

That's my guess anyway.

[Megabrick]

11084358
You may be overthinking it.
'Lirr Ot Ekd' is an anagram for 'Lord Tirek.'

Funnily enough, at first I thought "Winter Krumb" was an anagram, but couldn't make it fit. I only arrived at this conclusion after reading your comment.

[CrazedLaughter]

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Its to confirm the thought, as the name also has the letters T I R E K

[Hein des Nisseroi]

then it should be fine? Right?

Perhaps replace the first question mark with a comma?

The place he lives is full of old creatures who are lonely

‘‘he lives in is full (...)’’
Although this might be because of Cozy trying to do the baby-speech routine (or whatever it is called).

it seems.” ‘Lirr Ot Ekd’

Closing quotation marks at the end of what is not a line of dialogue.

Erm,did you figure it out?

Missing space.

even for all your screw ups,

screw-ups?
I might be wrong with a few of the above.

[CrazedLaughter]

11087758
okay, so it wasn't that bad this time

[Hein des Nisseroi]

11088787
It is getting better again.

[Resu]

Never ever make a surprise barge-in into a teenager's room. This story has a different rating, so we won't be seeing that scene, but always keep that in mind. Respect their privacy.

[Walrusesarecute]

You stood in front of Cozy’s dorm door, ready to help her with whatever big thing she needed sending. She said she needed to send it to a friend, so whoever this friend was, you were happy she just had more than you and your school group of friends. Though, you hoped this wasn't another villain. No, you were sure it wasn't this time, she knew better.

*Cough Cough* tirek