Chapter 7 (Edited)
"What am I supposed to do now?" Dante looked around the room as if searching for the answer. Those three just took off and left me in their house, he thought. I don't know if I am supposed to stay in bed here or leave. He took a moment to consider both ideas. I don't exactly want to be rude to their hospitality, so I'll stay in the house and wait for them to come back. With his decision made, he swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. He noted that not only did no pain reappear, but he also didn't get vertigo from the quick ascent. Wow that golden apple sure did the trick! he thought. Just then he heard a loud commotion outside the room that sounded like pots and pans.
A heavenly smell drifted past his nose, waking up his still unsated appetite. Is that apple pie? he thought. He stepped out of the room, having to duck his head to get through the door frame, and into a hallway that ended in a staircase. He followed them down and found himself in a living room. The entire building so far had seemed about a foot shorter than what he was used to. The smell was coming from just beyond a pair of old western style saloon doors. After quietly making his way over to them, he put a hand on each door and poked his head through.
Inside was a kitchen. It had an old wood burning stove and oven, kitchen counters, cabinets, and even a sink. "Very rustic," Dante said out loud.
"EEH? WHAZZAT BIG MAC?" a loud and somewhat senile sounding voice called from inside the kitchen.
"Um, I'm not-" Dante started to say, but was cut off.
"Git in here and help granny with the dough, you!" the voice demanded.
"But-" Dante started again.
"No buts. Git over here!"
Seeing no other choice, Dante made his way into the kitchen. Surely the woman would notice he was not the pony she was looking for.
Meanwhile, above Ponyville…
Luna was pulled from her thoughts as her chariot broke through the cloud layer bringing the small town of Ponyville into view. She let her eyes wander across the town. In the corner of her vision a large black object was lying on the ground near the town hall. She turned her head to get a better look and was surprised to see that rather than an object, it looked more like a burnt patch of grass. She followed the trail as it got wider and saw that a great patch of forest had been leveled and charred. What in Equestria happened here? she thought. She nervously returned her gaze to the town and searched it for anything out of the ordinary or signs of destruction.
Nothing. She saw no signs of distress on any of the streets. No frantic running, no mayhem, no wails of terror. Due to the lack of "imminent danger" in the atmosphere, she let herself relax and bounce around thoughts of how the line of char could have been made.
Luna saw her intended landing spot near Twilight’s castle and sat up in a more regal and presentable way. Even though her sister told her that the royal fanfare was unnecessary, she was still a princess after all. The chariot bounced once and landed. Luna disembarked and trotted up to the front door. She raised one hoof and knocked.
There was a long pause. Should I knock again? Luna wondered. She raised her hoof again and prepared another strike. As she did the door swung inward to show a nervous looking pegasus. "Ah, Fluttershy, greetings! Is Twilight home perchance?" Luna asked.
"Oh, hello Princess. Um... Yes Twilight is inside," Fluttershy managed to respond, her demeanor loosening after realizing that it was someone she knew at the door rather than a stranger. "Please come in," Fluttershy stepped aside and motioned inward with a hoof.
Luna nodded and stepped inside. "Did Twilight receive our sister's letter preceding our arrival?" she asked.
"Yes, she did. She is in the throne room right now," Fluttershy responded.
"Lead the way, dear Fluttershy," Luna said. Fluttershy nodded and made her way through the maze-like castle with Luna following shortly behind.
A soft knock on the door informed Twilight that Fluttershy had returned from getting whomever was at the door. She was looking around for something to make it seem she was "acting natural." Spike was off in Manehattan, for the day, at some sort of Comic-Whatever so Twilight had nopony to talk her down. Fluttershy stepped into the room. Twilight's head snapped to the door and she hurriedly demanded, "Who was at the door?"
"Princess Luna," Fluttershy squeaked as she shuffled her way to her throne. Luna entered the room on cue.
"Greetings, dear Twilight. It has been too long," Luna greeted her fellow Princess. "I believe you know why I am here?" she asked.
"Um... Celestia sent me a letter about some sort of magical disturbance, is that correct?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, that is correct Twilight. By the way, before we go any further, may I ask what happened to the forest outside of Ponyville?" Twilight winced at the question. "Whilst I was flying in, I noticed that there was a line of scorched earth-" Luna was cut off as Twilight's guilt exploded.
"It was me! I am so sorry I was surprised and the other ponies said it was-"
"Twilight," Luna interjected.
"Yes?" Twilight asked tentatively.
"Was anypony hurt?"
"Not too badly."
Luna pressed a hoof against her temple and sighed, "Twilight would you start from the beginning?"
Twilight took a deep breath, "Okay. The girls and I were out for lunch when Roseluck and Lily came running down the road screaming that they had seen a monster. When I asked them about it they said it was really, really big and scary, and that it was in front of the town hall. The girls and I started heading that way to check out the situation when a bunch of other ponies ran by screaming that a monster was going to eat Mayor Mare..." she trailed off. Luna motioned for her to continue. "When we got to the town hall I was a bit tense so I may have gone overboard on the door. Rainbow Dash rushed in ahead of the rest of us and got hurt when she ran into something."
“And that something was the monster?” Luna asked. “What does it look like?”
“Well, it walked on two legs and had hands like a minotaur…”
Meanwhile…
"Since when were ya' so mouthy, Big Mac," Granny shouted.
"I'm telling you, for the hundredth time, I'm not Big Mac," Dante shouted back while dusting flour off his hands onto the tiny apron he had found hanging in the kitchen. "OK, the pies are in."
"Did ya' preheat the oven?" Granny squinted accusingly.
"Yes ma'am."
"Good, now git. No sweets before supper," Granny warned.
"Mhmmm..." Dante hummed as he removed the apron to put it back on the hook he had found it.
With that done, he returned to wandering the house, eyeing all of the family photos and various knickknacks. His restless mind began flooding with thoughts about his curious new abilities. His first reaction was to reach into his pocket to check his inventory. His fingers brushed against one of his sticks. Nothing to do? Testing time. A devilish grin spread across his face.
Dante quickly made his way to the front porch looking for room and stuff to hit with his sticks. Upon stepping outside he selected his Knockback Ten stick and a fist sized rock. He tossed the rock and swung with all his might towards the orchard fields. The rock, on contact with the bat, went careening at breakneck speeds leaving an audible whoosh of air. It impacted with one of the swells, shaking the earth. The apple tree on it was uprooted, the whole thing blown down to its side.
"Oh, crap."
Right Down the Road
"Wow! Look at that!" Sweetie Belle said, pointing a hoof to a large cloud of dust and clods of grass soaring high into the air.
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9594059
heh, boy are you in for a loop
Hey this is a pretty neat surprise, I remember tacking this awhile ago. This was a pretty good story, nice to see more of it.
Bloody awesome mate !!
An update to a unique story
hehehe
Time to reread this from start.
This looks like a job for Bonemeal!
Back from the dead! Always had a soft spot for this goofy story, good to see you’re thinking about it too.
:D
Edited all the chapters I see? Was that the reason of the delay?
Also, welcome back!
yes!
When you get killed by Applejack for breaking her tree and respawn in Granny Smith's bed.
its aluve!!! looks good!
The guys kind of a dolt isn't he.
HOLD UP OFFICER, this story is both alive AND featured!?
Take TWO stashes good sir/madam
9850305
Mood.
I'm just glad that this story with a great concept isn't dead. Keep up the good work!
It lives!!!
Welcome back blackhotmetal, thanks for continuing the story.
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Exactly my thoughts. Far easier to just plant a new sapling than to figure out how digging works, and then plop the old tree back in.
Can't wait for the bonemeal-fed tree to somehow become far larger than normal.
Ah, and to the author, thanks for the short-notice second chapter!
i kinda want him to try to go to sleep causing a entire night to go past in a instant to the annoyance of Luna and celestia
This thing has been dormant so long i might as well start anew.
Oh applejack is going to be piiiiiissed~
Eh. Akward but amusing.
I can’t wait 𝓕𝓸𝓻 more!
oh, hey look. This story has respawned! It isn’t on hardcore mode after all!
More AWESOME chapters! Please. Xd
9850945
Lives remaining: 2
9851564
Please, this is just vanilla so he just losses all his items... until of course, he does '/gm 1'.
9851598
True lol.
Please continue
9852059
👌
Really, the idea of this story is good, but the OOC is really killing it for me. Plus the MC’s lack of emotion and reaction.
Gonna keep reading to see where it goes, but it’s a dislike from me. Who knows, maybe it’ll change.
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That would be so funny
Hmmm, I like this. Gimme some moar please
Shame. AJ might have been willing to forgive and forget before that.
I'm loving this! Keep up the good work mate!
God DAMNIT!! WHEN ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A NEW CHAPTER!?
How much longer do we have to expect to wait for the next chapter. No rush just asking
Are you still alive?
How much money do I have to throw at you to get a chapter per quarter?
Is this dead
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Most likely. Its been out for about 16-17 months or somewhere are that. So a year and 4-5 months, I've seen some stories still come back but those are rare as hell. Over a year and only 13k words. It's why I skip most stories or just keep em on my read later list so when I come to it, it has more chapters.
It's a shame for the top-rated Minecraft story to be abandoned. At least we still have the second top-rated Minecraft story on the site.
I want more!
Huh, that ended abruptly. Too bad it didn't get a continuation.
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MORE
More pls and have him be nice and not a dick.
Will this ever be continued
Damn. That was disappointingly short. Wouldst there be more, mayhaps?
Uh oh... Dante chose the wrong stick...