We entered the room together, the other ponies sitting around her dining room table talking cordially to each other, trying very hard to not stare at the two latecomers. We sat at the table next to each other, Applejack still blushing, and tried not to bring unwarranted attention to ourselves.
Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash didn't have a subtle bone in her body.
"What took you two sooo long, what did ya do, stop and make out!" She asked jokingly.
Seeing the look of horror on their friends faces, they all gasped.
"So are you two, ummm, together now?" Asked Twilight warily.
With a deep blush on her face, Applejack mumbled something into her mug.
"Umm, dear, we didn't hear you." Said Rarity, who was leaning in to hear better.
Another mumble from Applejack, she was desperately trying to hide herself in her mug at this point.
"So Cass," Said Twilight as she looked at me. "are you two dating now?"
"Well, ummm..."
"YES!!" Yelled Applejack, who looked ready to die from embarrassment. "If that's okay with you." She added quickly.
"Course!" I said, wrapping my arm around her, pulling her in close.
"YAY!" Yelled Pinkie Pie as she popped up behind us, nearly giving me a heart attack. "I've never had a party for a couple getting together!" She said excitedly as she bounced around the room.
Twilight, seeing the overwhelmed look on our faces, used her magic to catch Pinkie Pie mid jump, who didn't seem to notice and continued listing items she needed for the party.
"Well girls, its getting late, we should be getting home" She said cheerfully as she levitated a still talking Pinkie through the open door.
"Should we leave these two love-birds all alone?" Teased Rainbow Dash, nudging me in the ribs with a wink.
"Rainbow! That's incredibly uncouth of you to say! And even then it none of your business!" Said Rarity, who had a big smile on her face, you could tell she was thinking the same thing but had more class than to say it out loud.
That just left Fluttershy, who quietly sneaked through the door with her friends, she paused just outside the doorway and said, "Congratulations!" before she swung the door shut, leaving me and Applejack alone in the kitchen.
"No" Said Applejack, punching me lightly in the ribs.
"What?"
"You ain't gettin into my bed that easily!" She said, her blush deepening.
"That wasn't my goal at all, and you should know that." I said, slightly hurt that all my new friends thought I would move onto the later stages of our relationship so quickly.
"I know." She said as she leaned into me, finally relaxing.
Putting my arm around her we sat there for a long time, just enjoying each others company before she finally slipped into sleep. Being as gentle as I could I picked her up and carried her up to her room, tucking her into bed. Before I left the room I planted a kiss on her forehead and left towards my room. Passing by Apple Bloom’s room I couldn’t help but smile as the small pony within talked in her sleep, something about finally getting her cutie mark.
Entering my room I sat on the bed, slipped my boots and DACU top off before finally going to sleep myself.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Screamed Sarah's face, inches from mine.
I immediately flinched backwards, slipping on the blood all over the floor, landing in a pile of burnt corpses, their shriveled hands grabbing me, pulling me down into the pile. I jumped up and ran from them, bursting through a door into a blindingly bright street. Soldiers flanking me on either side. Sgt Canner, ran up to me and shook me.
"Get a Grip on yourself, focus on the mission" He whispered to me, trying to prevent the other soldiers from hearing.
I merely nodded and he went back to his position. We walked down the street into a town, tall building on either side not providing any shadows. Up ahead, a [url= suddenly rolled out of an alley and started shooting towards us, mowing the soldiers down in a pink haze. I ran to a nearby doorway and reached for my grenades as the Sgt from before ran towards me, nearly reaching the safety of my cover before he was blown in half, covering me head to toe with blood. In a rage I threw the grenades towards the BTR, but the grenades had little effect on the heavily armored vehicle. Behind me the doorway opened and a dozen hands pulled me in. Looking up I saw that it was a classroom and the hands belonged to the students there.
The door opposite exploded inwards, troops piling in, firing into the group of children, penning me under their bodies. After the massacre Sarah, dressed as one of the soldiers walked up to me.
"Why?" She asked as she poured gas on me as I struggled.
"Why? Why did you betray me with that whore? Why did you leave me?" She asked again, crying now as she opened a zippo, tossing it at my face.
"WHY!" She yelled over the roar of the flames as they enveloped me.
The stench of burning flesh, the pain of being burned, the hot followed by the cold as my body died.
"NOOO!!" I screamed with the last of my energy.
I woke with a start, nearly pushing the orange mare who was holding me out of my bed. I was shivering despite the fact that it was warm in the room. The stench of burnt flesh still filled my nose as tears streamed out of my clenched eyes.
"Its okay." Applejack whispered gently in my ear as she stroked my head.
"You gonna be okay?" Asked Apple Bloom from the doorway, still looking half-asleep.
"Yeah, just a bad dream." Said Applejack. "Now go back to sleep."
Apple Bloom stood for a moment longer before getting a look of inspiration and running off, coming back with a small stuffed animal in the shape of a pony, it was obvious that the toy had been well loved, the once brightly colored fur faded and worn. Apple Bloom trotted up to me and dropped the toy in my lap.
"This is Mr. Apple." She said sadly. "He always helped me when I was little, maybe he can help you."
I was touched, a young pony giving up what was obviously one of her favorite toys to a near total stranger. Fighting back tears I finally responded. "Thanks, I'll take good care of him."
"You'd better!" She said quickly as she walked out of the room.
"I remember him." said Applejack, looking at the stuffed animal dwarfed in my hands. "Ah gave him to Apple Bloom years ago when she was having some bad nightmares. He used to be mine, one of the last things my parents gave me."
Seeing she needed comforting I pulled her close, reversing our earlier positions. I held her close as she held me close, the small toy between us as we drifted off into a comfortable sleep.
I woke in a happy daze, a warm body cuddling next to mine. I just laid there for a long while, just enjoying the company. Applejack, who was still hugging Mr. Apple, was snoring in her familiar way that just made not smiling impossible. There was a tapping at the door outside, but whoever it was could wait, nothing on this world could be important enough to wake Applejack. The tapping on the door continued for a while before stopping, thinking whoever it was had gone away I lay idly stroking her mane, enjoying the silky smoothness coupled with the slight smell of apple and cinnamon that she almost always seemed to have.
CRASH
I jumped out of bed, grabbing the bedside lamp and throwing it full force at the intruder who came crashing through the window, hitting the blue pegasus square in the face, knocking it into the wall, shattering the lamp. That's about the point that I recognized it as Rainbow Dash, who had a dazed look on her face and was bleeding slightly from her nose and various other scratches.
"Oh shit!" I yelled as I ran to her.
"Help!" Came Applejack’s muffled cry from underneath the mattress I had also apparently flipped.
Rushing back to the bed I hastily unburied Applejack and returned to Rainbow Dash who was still dazed.
"What in tarnation happened?" She said, seeing the bleeding pegasus.
"I over-reacted, again." I said meekly.
"I'd say!" Said Rainbow Dash, slurring her words slightly.
"What were you doing outside my window anyways?" I said as I picked up the surprising light pony.
"Ummmm, I was just checking to see if your house was burglar proof!" Said the bleeding pony with a smile.
"Of all the underhanded sneaky things you've done!" Exclaimed Applejack, "You were peakin’!"
"And I saw you two sleeping together." She responded, earning vivid blushes from both of us.
"Nothing happened!" I said hastily. "Heck ask Apple Bloom."
"Wait, I don't care that you two are going at it but don't you think Apple Bloo...Woah!" The rest of her sentence was cut short by me suddenly going from carrying her gently over my shoulder to carrying her upside-down in front of me.
"Go ahead and continue, just remember, I'm the only one between you and Applejack, and by extension, Big Mac." I said with a sadistic smile.
"Alright alright, I was joking anyways." Said the blue pony who had crossed her arms...forelegs, in front of herself.
Flipping Rainbow Dash back upright I sat her in one of the kitchen chairs, and grabbed a towel to start cleaning up her face to see what damage I had done. I was about half-way done when Apple Bloom came down the stairs, stopping and staring in shock at the mayhem before her.
"Ah don't wanna know." She said as she grabbed some food and trotted out the door.
"Hold on!" Yelled Applejack as she ran out the door to catch up with her so she could walk her to school, leaving me to deal with Rainbow Dash.
"So you got any good excuses for yourself now?” I asked.
"I'm sorry but I was just curious, I wanted to see if you two could be trusted alone, that and I had a bet with Rarity." She answered meekly under my stern stare.
"Uh huh, ever heard the phrase ‘curiosity killed the cat’?"
"Yeah." She said looking away, hoof on the back of her head. "And how did you do that?"
"Do what?" I asked as I felt up her nose, feeling for anything broken.
"React so quickly, I hadn't even hit the floor before you nailed me with that lamp."
"Practice, and lots of it." I said quietly, pausing for a moment.
"Can you teach me how to do that? Maybe I could use it in a trick!" She said excitedly.
"Sure, but it would involve me tossing a lot of lamps at your face and I really don't have the money to be buyin’ all the lamps in Ponyville."
"Aw shucks." She said, seemingly deflating.
"Anyways, seems to me like I didn't break your nose or anything, your just bleeding everywhere. I got the majority of it up but you might want to wash your face to get the rest of it."
"Thanks." She said as she trotted over to the sink, splashing water on her face.
"So what were you two doing sleeping together anyways?" She asked playfully.
"Not what you wha..Whump!" I was cut off as I was tackled from behind.
"Why were you and my sister sleepin’ together now?!" Demanded a deep southern voice coming from the large red horse who was standing on my back.
big mac..... why is he always portrayed as over protective in every story?
.... although im saddened as i can probably predict how this conflict with mac is gonna go i shall continue to watch and wait
*fades into the shadows*
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And I bet your probably wrong And i see him as over-protective because that's what I would do If I was in his place, that is, if my sister wasn't already happily married and had a kid....
1161768 true true and im not saying i would do any different if i had a sister
but still to me anyway im slowly starting to get tired of overprotective big mac as i tend to see him as a simple laid back farmer. but i guess in many peoples minds there is only room for one chilled out brother and shining fits that bill a bit easier. and as for me guessing for how this go's we shall see. and if you do surprise me and this doesnt go with one of the scenarios in my head, then i pinkie promise to tell you and admit i was wrong. Until then i shall wait for the next chapter
More?
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whoops, completely forgot about him....
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GAH! Workin on it, got a chapter in the works already
Details and grammar my dear Watson!
Since reading up to this point, there were a few events in the story that I felt could've used more depth and detail as they played out. Of course, I become one of the detail-freaks when I write... but still! Also, there are still a couple weird little word mix-ups and sentence things that dot the chapters, but other than this, the story is very enjoyable so far. I look forward to the next chapter. Cheers.
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yeah, but proof reader can't keep up with me.. speaking of which haven't heard from him this week....
anyways, its a standing request to point out what miffs you, usually a 100% guarantee that ill go through and fix it when i log back on
Cools story bro...
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thanks
Good story so far can't wait for more
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hmm, nice to know, and thanks, will fix that here shortly.
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I get the feelin i should be attempting to hire you to replace my current proofreader...
I'm eating this story up!
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A few minor grammatical mistakes here and there, but the story has me so intrigued that it doesn't even really bother me. Keep up the good work.
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lol, workin on fixin them
1163123 What is the code on that page break you use?
Seeing she needed comforting I pulled her close, reversing our earlier positions. I held her close as she held me close, the small toy between us as we drifted off into a comfortable sleep.
**** Right Here? ****
I woke in a happy daze, a warm body cuddling next to mine. I just laid there for a long while, just enjoying the company.
1163560 line break that is in their word program should be [ hr ] minus spaces, why?
1163606 So like this?
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That looks right
1163666 Ch.9
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now are those fully edited chapters?
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getting to that, it'll make its reappearance later
1163842 Mostly, a few spots I wasn't sure quite how you meant something but that's exactly the sort of thing you get readers to comment on. ;) Cass's dialog is a little rough in places but since that is your OC only you know his verbal idiosyncrasies. Plus I'm not really an expert, or professional... or anything other than a humble Virginian.
1163842 SHIT! No Ch.9 wasn't, forgot to format the "CRASH". Done now.
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well point them out and ill explain, or fix, probably fix
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Saw that :P
That's about the point that I recognized it as Rainbow Dash, who had a dazed look on her face and was bleeding slightly from her face.
It seems like it should be:
That's about the point that I recognized it as Rainbow Dash, who had a dazed look on her face and was bleeding slightly from her nose.
But it could also be lacerations from when the lamp broke. It doesn't really seem that serious until: I was about half-way done when Apple Bloom came down the stairs, stopping and staring in shock at the carnage before her. and "Anyways, seems to me like I didn't break your nose or anything, just blood everywhere, I got the majority of it up but you might want to wash your face to get the rest of it."
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Truthfully re-reading the first sentence Im not liking it, Im thinking it should be rewrote as
"That's about the point that I recognized it as Rainbow Dash, who had a dazed look on her face and was starting to bleed from the multiple cuts on her face."
and for "Anyways, seems to me like I didn't break your nose or anything, just blood everywhere, I got the majority of it up but you might want to wash your face to get the rest of it." It could probably be rewrote as "Anyways, seems to me like I didn't break your nose or anything, a few cuts and a bad nosebleed. I got the majority of it up but you might want to wash your face to get the rest of it."
1164054 If thats the case might want to amp their reactions up a bit. They are being pretty mellow. AJ and Dash that is.
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Well one of them is upside down being carried down the stairs, she has bigger things to worry about, and AJ, well yeah...
Its a work in progress
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New updates are up, and ready to go, thanks to Vātēs Dēspērō
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What would he use them for? that what im wondering
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Feel free, it would be much appreciated, just pm me them whenever you feel like it
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Use it as a prop to show what he really did and how dangerous he is. Make him scare the living fuck out of Bigmac. Also sorry, I just hate over protective people. Not saying I hate you, I just don't like that aspect of people.
1161754 dude all brothers should be like that i put a guy in a coma for mistreating my sister so dude don't fuck around with guys sisters
1167483 ok i can understand intervening with some douchbag messing with ur sister but putting them in a coma? im honestly not sure whether i believe you or not as that is probably the most stupid thing you could do or at least in places like were i live cause thats a 1way trip to a massive fine plus possible jail time but i digress im basing this of how big mac seems to know nothing of him yet as is strait away on him. id atleast try and find out abut a guy first before i jump on him like that. but never mind i'm clogging up the comments section so good day i shall wait for the next chapter and see how he reacts.
1168384 ok here let me explain it now to you my sister is now as they call a 'Vegetable' she has no awareness and no motor controls because of that douche bag hit her with a fucking tire iron because she left him now can you understand?
1168415 i can but i was referring to a normal situation with a non aggressive douchbag
and i have watched my brother bleed to death infront of me and the bastard who was responsible got off the charges due to claiming damaged eye sight or somant like that so he got off no punishment and if i could i would smash his head with a baseball bat until there's nothing but a mush left. you want to know the icing on the cake with that one? my brother was only 10 and me and him were both fostered due to our mom being addicted to heroin. he was the only thing keeping me going through that part of my life and i watched him die. now these are what i call special situations wich of course you beat the shit outa somone for doing. what i was referencing was some one who has done nothing wrong and you know nothing about or if they were just being an asshole with money loans or somthing. now as i said before lets not spam this storys comments. i think we can both agree theres some shit you have to do in life and there is shit you avoid.
Okay, I'm tracking this because it's rather good and I'm bored.
I kind of think these ponies are moving to fast for the poor guy. He's had it rough losing his home and they're angry at him for not wanting a relationship when we just lost his love. These ponies are jerks. Let the man settle down in the strange alien world before pushing for a relationship.
YOU sir are the master writer.are you doing updates everyady?or weekly?or monthly?this story is SO epic!
This dude needs his trusty AK-47
Just out of curiosity how in the world did this story go from being (no offense) shit to being dam good?
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This. I just recently found this story and it seemed interesting, but this is unfortunately the point where I drop it. The entire story moves way WAY too fast. AJ knows him for three days. To be dating, making out and sleeping in the same bed in that time is fast under normal circumstances. Granted, Luna tells him that he can never go back, but that doesn't even get a proper reaction out of him. Where's the denial, the anger? He just got tossed into another world/universe and the local ruler tells him that he can never go back and he'll never see his fiance again. Three days later (the week long coma doesn't count btw.) he has a new girl. I'm sorry, if this comes off more as a rant and I sound rude, but that's because I really liked the story until the romance barreled in like a freight train. And that's nothing against the romance itself. I thought it was great that the story skipped the entire "but she's a pony" spiel because I firmly believe that if humanity ever meets aliens, they will try to get them into bed, but that doesn't change the fact that to me it feels like reading a summary of a story.
Again, I say: Those poor, poor, doomed, fucked to hell, bastards.
1167483 I've always stayed clear of my girlfriend's brother figure but my nuts ain't safe from my girlfriend's twin sister still gat twins of pain that to this day and that was three years ago