Don't Ask Questions You Aren't Prepared to Know the Answer To
On weekend nights, Ocellus and her friends liked to hang out together. Since they weren’t allowed outside of the campus after hours, it really gave them something to do otherwise. What made these nights even better was the fact that Counselor Starlight gave Ocellus (and only Ocellus) a key to the school so that they could access the library at night. Counselor Starlight turned out to be really cool like that. As long as you aren’t doing anything that’ll cause trouble, she’s willing to look the other way on a lot of stuff.
The library turned out to be a great place for all of them to hang out. It provided more room for them than their tiny dorm rooms could ever. Not only that, but it was far away from any other ponies in the dorms. That meant they didn’t have to worry about disturbing them with whatever they were doing. This also meant that they could increase the range of things they could talk about without being heard.
Tonight, under the light of the numerous candles and lanterns they lit, alongside boxes of pizza and a couple sodas, Ocellus and her friends were doing one of their favorite conversation games. One creature would ask another creature (respectfully) about a rumor and/or stereotype of their race. They would then educate them on the validity of it. This usually took conversations down interesting roads before they got to the next question.
Right now, Sandbar was answering Smolder’s question about ponies' rumored ability to break out into song and dance on near demand.
“I don’t know where that rumor even comes from!” Sandbar said in exasperation. “We do NOT have choreography classes when we’re foals! We’re not even as good at going into song and dance as everycreature says we are.”
“Dude,” Smolder countered. “Since I’ve been in Equestria, I’ve see at least five different song and dance numbers. There was an entire grand musical number when that one restaurant opened.”
“Oh I remember that!” Silverstream exclaimed. “They all seemed so happy about it opening. That song gave me such hope for the future!”
“Ponies seem to like dancing,” Yona agreed.
“Ok, I’ll admit,” Sandbar sighed in defeat. “We seem to have a bit of a tendency to break out into song a lot. But that still doesn’t mean we’re biologically prone too.”
“Yeah, I don’t think there’s any other species on this planet that can pick up on another’s music like a pony,” Gallus smugly said.
“I mean, there have been multiple studies on the subject,” Ocellus brought up. “And they found that ponies, even when complete strangers, can and will aid in a musical number for another nearly one hundred percent of the time.”
“I think you might be misquoting,” Sandbar said sheepishly.
“What was your first song?” Silverstream asked, leaning her arms on the table towards him.
“Oh, it was when I was five,” Sandbar instantly answered the question. “It was the chorus for the transfer student’s first day of school.”
“And friend Sandbar, just know words of song?” Yona raised her eyebrow.
“Well of course. It was really easy to get into.” Sandbar nodded.
“And, everyone else in the class did too?” Smolder asked.
“Well of course! That’s how chorus’s work.” Sandbar seemed pleased with himself, but soon found that he was the center of a lot of odd looks from his friends. “Is that, not normal?”
“It really isn’t,” Gallus flatly said.
“Well then,” Sandbar couched. “That’s really, all I can add on the subject. So if there are no other questions, about pony music, then I’ll ask my question now.” There were no objections from the table. “Ok, hmm, Gallus, do gryphons actually eat meat?”
“Yeah, we do.” Gallus informed the rest of them.
“Wait,” Yona raised her hoof. “Meat is, dead animals, right?”
“Well that’s a very, crude and on the nose way of saying it,” Ocellus said to Yona. “But yeah, that’s what meat is. Gallus is an omnivore, which means he eats both plants and meat. Smolder and Silverstream are ones too. And um, technically me too. I could eat meat and plants if I wanted to with no complications. But, changelings feed off of love. You and Sandbar are actually the only herbivores in the room.”
“Yeah but we’re in a country of ponies,” Smolder pointed to Sandbar. “So mostly everycreature around here only eats plants.”
“You guys are making me want salad now,” Sandbar muttered.
“So, gryphons eat any animal?” Yona asked with some concern. “Any, creature?”
“Nah,” Gallus put to rest Yona’s fears. “It’s mostly just small stuff, like rabbits and squirrels. Stuff you can justify not being on the same level as you. That way you can kill it and not think about its feelings,” He turned his eyes to the side, “Though I know a couple of butchers who wouldn’t care what they’re selling if they could get a good price for it.”
“I don’t think you should mention that to Professor Fluttershy,” Ocellus brought up with concern, “She can actually talk to animals. I think she’d be heartbroken if she heard that. Or worse...” Ocellus put her hooves over her mouth, “Put you in detention!”
“Really got your priorities in order there,” Smolder laughed, “But I honestly think she wouldn’t lose that much over it. I mean, she seemed fine with that lecture she gave us on predator and prey.”
“Yona think Professor Pegasus is stronger than she look,” Yona nodded.
“I guess the weirdest thing about being a meat eater,” Gallus went on, “Is the fact that I’m in a country of herbivores. Sometimes when I’m out for lunch, I’ll be in the mood for something like cutlet stew. But then I have to remember that you can’t get meat in Equestria.”
“I know!” Silverstream eagerly agreed, “I miss fish so much! The first thing I do when I go home is always gorge myself on a big fish dinner! I wish I could get it here.”
“I mean you can,” Sandbar informed them, “But you have to go to a big city like Manehatten to find a place that serves it. Small towns like Ponyville won’t have anywhere like that.”
“Meat itself isn’t illegal in Equestria.” Ocellus added, “But most processes related to butchery are. So all of their meat tends to be imported.”
“As far as you know,” Smolder grinned mischievously.
“Well that’s pretty much all I can think of on that subject,” Gallus leaned back in his chair, “Anything else you guys want to know about meat?”
“No I think that answers everything,” Sandbar said, “Ok, now it’s your turn.”
“Hmm,” Gallus put his talon to his beak and thought for a second about what he would ask. He straightened himself and looked across the table at Ocellus, “Ok, Ocellus. I heard that Changelings can sense a creature’s sexual preference. There’s no way that’s true, is it?”
“Well, yeah, it actually is.” Ocellus nervously said, “It, um, was really useful for stealing love. It let us know, how best to get it. You know, the best form to take.”
“So does Changeling know ours?” Yona asked.
“Um, yes,” Ocellus shuffled in her seat a little, “I’ve known all of yours, since the day we met. It only takes me a few minutes with somecreature to find out. I swear I don’t do it on purpose!”
“Woah, woah, woah.” Smolder looked more intently Ocellus, “You can’t make a claim like that without proving it.”
“What?” Ocellus widened her eyes. “You all, would be ok, with me saying that?”
“Eh I got no problems,” Smolder shrugged.
“No objections here,” Sandbar agreed.
“Oh guess me! Guess me!” Silverstream eagerly waved her hand in the air.
“Yak have no fear!” Yona declared.
“It’s bogus anyway,” Gallus smirked, “So go ahead and try.”
“Well um, alright,” Ocellus gulped. She took a look at everycreature around the table. She shuffled again, before taking a deep breath.
“Everycreature in this room is bisexual.”
“Hah!” Gallus sat up, “I knew you were lying.”
“Let me explain. Silverstream and Sandbar,” Ocellus pointed to them. “You guys both know this and are comfortable with this part of yourselves. Silverstream, I think you even had both a girlfriend and boyfriend at different points.”
“Heh, correctamundo,” Sandbar grinned.
“Wow! That’s absolutely right!” Silverstream put her hands to her head in amazement.
“Smolder, you only had interest in girls for the longest time. But, recently, you’ve started to realize that you like boys too. Specifically, because you had your first experience with one...” Ocellus gasped at the realization of what she just said, “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry I shouldn’t have said that! I just…”
“It was Spike.” Smolder nonchalantly said. This earned her the awkward and stunned gaze of everycreature in the room, “What? You all were thinking it,” They all began to open their mouths in objection, but soon all nodded their heads in agreement, “But yeah, that pretty much hit the nail on the head Ocellus.”
“Now, um, Yona,” Ocellus took a moment to pause, thinking about how she phrase this, “You try to ignore it when it comes up in your mind. You really don’t want to acknowledge it. But you are bisexual. I’m getting the feeling that you had a crush on another girl in the past, and didn’t know how to process it,” She got closer to Yona and put her hoof on her shoulder, “I just want to say that there’s nothing wrong with you. We’re all like you.”
“Yona, no want to comment,” Yona shrunk back down in her seat. She blushed as she thought back to the Yak she was paired with to help chaperone young Yaks up the mountain for the first time. How strong and brave she was.
“And now, you Gallus,” She turned to the highly doubtful griffon, “You think that you’re gay. And to your credit, you have a heavy guy preference. So you’ve never realized it before. But I do know for a fact that you are bisexual. You just haven’t really seen a girl that’s interested you.”
“And what about you?” Sandbar asked.
“I’m a changeling,” Ocellus explained, “It would be considered abnormal if I wasn’t bisexual.”
“Wow that’s amazing Ocellus!” Silverstream exclaimed when she was all done, “How did you know all that?”
“Yeah, you got really specific there,” Sandbar agreed, “Were you like, reading our minds or something?”
“No no no!” Ocellus insisted. “Changelings can’t read minds. Only um, queens like mmm-Chrysalis!” Ocellus quickly changed what she was going to say, “Only queen changelings like her can control minds. That level of detail, all changelings can get on their own if they have enough time. It’s like um, different wavelengths. Sort of like how you can tell how someone is feeling just by the tone of their voice.”
“I still think you’re wrong,” Gallus scoffed.
“Dude,” Smolder glared. “She got the rest of us to a T. Do you think that maybe it’s possible that you do like girls?”
“I am fairly certain I only like guys,” Gallus insisted stubbornly.
At this point, everycreature was starting to get a little annoyed by Gallus. Ocellus stood up, took in a breath, and made a declaration.
“In addition to knowing what your preference is,” Ocellus stated. “I can also sense exactly what you like. I can prove to you that you like girls.”
“Oh yeah? How’s that?” Gallus looked confident in himself.
Wordlessly, Ocellus stood and got on the table. Something inside of her seemed to have shifted. She stood in front of Gallus, looked down at him, and ignited a blue flame around herself.
“Holy sweet mother of Celestia!” Sandbar shouted in shock. He then joined the rest of his friends in a simultaneous gape in awe at the form Ocellus had taken. They were speechless and didn’t know what to say. The wings of everycreature who possessed them were stiffened outward.
Including Gallus, who seemed the most shocked out of the five. He tried to open his beak to talk. But he could barely even manage a mutter, let alone a full word. Blood dripped out of his nostrils. Eventually, Ocellus dropped her form, and confidently sat down on her seat.
“I rest my case,” She smirked.
“W-what was that?” Yona asked, still in utter confusion at what she just felt.
“That,” Ocellus said, “What the absolute most attractive Gallus could possibly find a female.”
“That was downright pornographic!” Smolder laughed. “And you didn’t even flash anything. Look at the wingie on Gallus.”
“Look at the one on you!” Silverstream cried, either unaware or apathetic of her own.
“So,” Ocellus kept up her smug smirk, “Still think I’m lying, Gallus?”
Gallus crossed his arms and turned away from every creature. “Stupid, sexy, changeling…”
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I wanna know which form Ocellus took, also almost admitting that she's a Queen
pretty funny. Only thing I would have done differently was give them a little more variety in their preferences.Maybe keeping Yona and silver stream straight (with silver having a thing for Gallus) and maybe Smoulder stay a lesbian with a crush for Ocellus. These are nitpick really, but it makes them seem a little more special. Anyway, good writing.
Also other races, not just ponies. Shouldn't it be "creature"?
Herbivores, not herbivorous - the latter is an adjective, not a noun.
"Known".
"That was the absolute most attractive female Gallus could possibly find."
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I read that last one as is; He is such a narcissist that the most sexy female is himself ;)
It should be noted that despite the popular conception, equines are actually omnivores.
Spike and Smolder? Nah, she like a cool big sister to him.
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I'm pretty sure I've seen that setup before on pornhub...
No one has heard of the term "heart song"? I hear those are banned in Griffonstone.
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I always liked the idea that Cadance has a special love for Oysters and Gravlax.
Pegasi are part birds, therefore they can and will eat fish.
Also horses and deer will eat meat based on opportunity.
There are arabian horses that eat crickets, locusts and camel meat... there's not much grass or hay in the desert so what else would horses eat there?
Also the show has ponies cooking and possibly eating eggs.
Not obligate vegans or herbivores.
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I'm actually aware of that. But doesn't eating meat like, mess them up? Like, then they'll only have a taste for meat?
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From what I've read, not really. Horses sometimes eat small animals or birds and if you have a sandwich lying around, they will eat the meat out of it.
The way you write the Student Six is simply delightful!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. 😄
spelling errors abound, but they're possible to overlook
and i love how you avoided making this gallbar trash
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Thanks, I've corrected the two incorrect word choices.
I actually thought hard about that first point. I did consider using creature, but decided to use pony. I'm pretty sure that at least for its first year, The Young Six were the only non pony members of the school. Since each country leader came with their student and made a big deal about dropping them off. Like they're all the test run and if it goes well, they'll allow more to enroll. And I don't really ever recall seeing anycreature other than ponies in the background. So, that's my rational for using pony in that case.
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I heard they mostly do it for the salt in blood, because an all-plant diet is not very salt-heavy.
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I wonna know the form too.
This feels like the lead up to an orgy.
This was some great silly Student Six fun
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No, they're herbivores. Herbivore does not mean "can never eat meat regardless of situation", just that their digestive system and other parts of their physiology are adapted towards eating plants, but not meat.
Wolves are an example of the opposite way; they're carnivores, but have been known to eat grass on rare occasion.
No one is hated more than he who speaks the truth - Plato
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Actually, Wolves are only mesocarnivores (30-70% meat diet), so they can get by at least briefly on non-meat foods like fruits and even grains. Cats are a better fit there, being hypercarnivores (>70% meat diet).
Okay, I don't know about everyone else, but I would love for Ocellus to tell and show exactly what I am attracted to. Because right now I am just confused and trying to figure myself out. So where can I sign up?
Signing, VShuffler42
This is very funny. I enjoyed it. I especially liked the detail of meat consumption in Equestria due to influx of new creatures. Kind of reminds me of how alcohol is regulated in the Gulf states, that are Islamic but have a large expat community.
So is Ocellus a closeted changeling queen? And can read and control minds?
I smell a sequel.
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Interesting Quora answer on the subject (https://www.quora.com/Could-horses-be-omnivorous)
So susceptibility to disease would be a good reason for ponies not to eat meat. But then like humans, ponies have cooking technology.
Various errors aside, this was cute. There was a bit of an info dump to get us into the setting that I personally think could've been condensed into something shorter, but when I got to "ponies' rumored ability to break out into song and dance on near demand" I knew I couldn't go back.
YES YES YES YES! Aside from loving this bit, I think this was just a really fun character exploration. I'm super glad to have read it, and I'm so happy you shared it with us!!
Would you be willing to write an M rated, clopfic sequel to this? That would be a very fun read . . . for more than one reason
...I wonder what she looked like if they all (at least the ones with wings) got "wingies"...
It was probablyFluttershy.I kind of finding hard to buy all of them being bisexual, only cause all the bisexuals I know insist bisexual is baseline so anything else is an oddity, something they share with devoted stright people. I find it's more likely nearly everyone goes though a phase where they explore the possibilities before settling on their "real" sexuality. I'd say in the end it's more an even split Ocelleus, Smolder and Silverstream as bi while Yona, Sandbar and Gallus are hetero, Yona and Sandbar hooking up and Gallus favoring females with more dominat personalities.
Am and Dash clearly gay. Flutters, Rarity and Twilight hetero and Pinkie though having a male soulmate bisexual.
Of course these are my opinions and frankly bisexual settling into a traditional male x female relationship doesn't mean they stop being attracted to the other sex.
That ending was amazing
*Cackle.* I love this so much! Quite entertaining and an interesting read on their preferences!
It took me reading this twice to realize Ocellus was about to say 'mom' right here.
Question for occulus how would a changling feed from someone with multiple personalities or in my OCS case being bound to 4 demons with there own separate beings and the fact they can control his body as a driving host at times
Soooooo gallus likes hermaphadites that are more female then male
The capitalization of "He turned" doesn't fit the punctuation near it. It could either be
or
This story is extremely funny. I love it!
...Not quite true; horses can and will eat meat if there's no other choice, or if they're curious about what's actually edible. I've heard people call horses "opportunistic carnivores", in that while they don't usually eat meat - they need plants to grind down their constantly-growing teeth and to fill their digestive system - they will eat it if they get the chance.
I've also heard stories of people feeding their equines blood-soaked hay, and herring.
So ponies could indeed eat flesh - as long as it's not too rotten, since they can't vomit.
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There was a whole conversation about this earlier. And I did some more of my own research
TL;DR: Ponies can eat meat. Any herbivore can eat meat. The problem is that they can't digest it very well. Ponies and Horses are still herbivores
Great story and points for the Stupid, Sexy, Changeling.