Just a Misunderstood Mango Munching Menace
Scary
Menacing
Frightening
...Mango crazed
— All words I’ve heard used to describe me in the small handful of days that I had lived in Ponyville. Can you believe it? Mango crazed? I mean really, what a common cliche am I right? Sure, mangos are like some of the best fruits in existence, and just the thought of them makes my mouth water in anticipation, but if I’m going to be honest, pineapple and citrus are the far superior fruit. Still though, the first three couldn’t be any further from the truth. Sure, the sharp fangs and scary bat wings probably don’t help, but on the inside all we really want is some cuddles and head pats. You wouldn’t believe how hard that is to get sometimes, especially when everypony just runs away from you like you’re some kind of scary monster. So what’s going on here? Why am I telling you this? Well that’s easy! I’m telling you this because today’s the day that all changes, today’s the day I finally prove that we’re not just a bunch of big scary bats that only come out at night! Well, that was the idea at least… I guess some things are easier said than done, but that didn’t stop me from trying.
So there I sat, on top of Ponyville’s town hall at the break of dawn, waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting market and show the world that I wasn’t a scary monster! As the sun slowly started to rise, my attention was pulled back down to the market below. Already I could see a hoof full of ponies trotting about, unaware of the adorable attack they were about to witness! I had taken extra care to look as fluffy as I could possibly be that morning and had picked out my best pair of socks— apparel that was statistically proven to make even the scariest looking pony a hundred and fifty times cuter! It was go time, and I was ready to strike.
Giving myself one last look over, I gracefully leapt from the top of the tower and glided down to the market below, taking care to swoop around the towering town hall, finally coming down to an almost impossibly soft landing. Already an assortment of the assembled ponies took notice of me, greeting me with a strange look that almost seemed to convey a sense of confusion and curiosity. No doubt they were all primed and ready to flee at the sight of such a scary looking creature, so I’d need to plan my next move carefully. I fluffed up my chest and started to cheerfully trot forward, meeting their confused stares with a toothy grin, putting my scary fangs on display for the whole village to see.
In retrospect this was probably a terrible idea, but none of them had run away in fear yet, giving me a small burst of confidence that my plan was working so far.
“Good morning!” I cheerfully shouted out at one of the nearby pegasi, who gave a short, almost hesitant nod in return.
“Morning…” She slowly greeted me, “You’re awfully cheerful today, aren’t you?”
I excitedly nodded, “You bet! Just having a perfectly fun and not scary day!”
She hadn’t run off yet, but she still flashed me a look that screamed something’s not quite right. I couldn’t tell if she was afraid of me and merely waiting to see what would happen, or if my plan was starting to work.
“Everything… okay?”
“Of course!” I cheerfully replied back, “So how are you doing today?!”
“I’m uhhh… fine, I guess. Just getting some running around done. What about you?”
“Just enjoying this wonderful morning, trying to show ponies what a nice and not scary pony I am.”
She paused for a moment, her face softening, “You’ve had problems with that in the past or something?”
Here’s the part where things got a little surprising. I didn’t expect her to actually hold a conversation like this. I mean ever since I moved here ponies had run away at the sight of me, so this was definitely an unexpected twist. Had my plan actually worked? It sure seemed like it!
“I… well, I guess yeah. I’ve been here for a week and ponies all seem to just run away from me whenever I try and say hello. You’re actually one of the first ponies that’s stopped and just chatted away.”
“Mhmm,” she replied, “Well why do you think they did that?”
I actually didn’t know how to reply. As far as I could tell, I hadn’t done anything too frightening, “I don’t really know, they all just kind of ran off after my first night here.”
“That doesn’t sound right, what happened on that first night?”
I started to comb my brain, thinking back to that, “Well, I guess I got a little hungry and went out to find some fruit to eat, and my memory’s a little fuzzy after that.”
Her eyes flashed in realization for a moment, “You’re that fruit bat aren’t you?”
My heart sank for a moment, and I started to think that I had blown it, “Fruit bat? Nahhh, I’m just a nice fluffy bat, not some scary monster.”
“No, that’s right, you’re the bat that went off on that rampage, eating up all the fruit you could manage to find,” she replied.
I hesitated for a moment, letting out a small sigh, “Right, I guess you heard about that…”
“The whole town has. So what’s up with the act? Why are you acting so… odd?”
I finally let my cheerful facade down, “To tell you the truth, it’s because I’m trying to show everypony that I’m not just some big scary monster. I guess I gave a bad first impression or something.”
“So you’re acting overly cheerful instead?”
“Yes,” I replied, “To show everypony that I’m not scary.”
“Uh huh… So what do you want from this?”
I paused, not sure what the actual answer was, “Uhhh… some headpats I guess? I mean I didn’t think I’d get this far. I kind of expected ponies to run away from me like they did the other night.”
She let out another laugh, “You just want headpats? That’s really what this is all about?”
I nodded, “Sure is. I guess just to prove that I’m not scary.”
She rolled her eyes and shook her head, raising up her hoof and gently patting me on the head, “Does that help?”
A big goofy grin spread across my face, “Actually, it does!”
“Good. Name’s Cumulus by the way, guess we never had a chance to make a proper introduction.”
“Cumulus… nice to meet you, I’m Moonlight.”
“Well Moonlight, just a heads up, ponies probably ran off from you because you were frantically running through town eating fruit like a bat outta tartarus. Trust me when I say that they’re definitely not afraid of you.”
My eyes shot open, “They’re… not? For real?”
She laughed again, giving me another headpat, “Trust me, they’re not.”
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This was such a cute slice of life story. And it has headpats in it! <3
Keep up the great work, and stay awesome.
Heh. Awkward conversations after one rampage that everyone understood as to be not-scary. Great work, Tiki
Hilarious, adorable, a great read with likeable characters and a fun premise.
Keep up the good work with these awesome stories! :D
Cute little story
I want more HeadPats stories!
Hnng my heart to cute
Wholesome, adorable, sweet, man you put everything in this little fic and made it so flippin' amazing! I couldn't tell ya how long my smile stood on my face after reading this beauty! I hope ya didn't mind, but I just had to make a lil' reading on this!
Audio Linky!: https://youtu.be/QoaEKs5Kxbc
(I don't mean to offend anyone with this comment in any way!)
You can tell he wasn't eating apples.
"So..." Officer Rights looked around the market, which was unusually calm, except for the odd line in front of the Apple Family cart. "Does anypony know where the pony is who was causing all the ruckus?"
"Over here," called out Applejack, waving at Miranda from behind her cart. "Might be a bit afore you can pick him up and haul his buns to jail, though."
"Soooo fluffy!" cooed a pegasus, who was bent over and petting something on the ground.
"Come on, come on," groused the pony in line behind her. "Your time's up, and I've got my two bits here, AJ."
"Just put it into the bucket," said Applejack as Officer Rights came around the corner and looked down. At first, she really didn't understand what she was seeing, but after blinking several times, the tied-up batpony with the lump on his head made more sense.
"Stealing apples out of your stand, I presume," said Officer Rights.
"He's paying for them now," groused Applejack. "An' maybe a few bits more to post bail."
"Uhhh," groaned the batpony. "I'm innocent, Copper. I was struck by the wild beauty of the place."
Applejack frowned. "Want another lump there, loverboy?"
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You don’t know how happy this comment just made me. I’ve been writing for a while now and I never feel like I make something that really stands out to people. I’ve never had anyone do a reading of any of my stories before so thank you so much!!! That means a lot to me, and I’m glad you enjoyed the story!
And everypony lived happily ever after...
Until Moonlight got a whiff of mango, and suddenly went mango crazy, setting her species back a thousand years.
I wanna boop da snoot!!!
That’s not a bat pony, that’s a changeling in disguise!
Left me with a big smile on my face. I'm a sucker for adorable characters ^^
Great work :)
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This really means a lot to me, glad you enjoyed it!
Kind of surprised ponies aren’t running at her, waving bills and demanding recompense for fruit.
It was too cute to resist
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I love this!!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it enough to make a reading! ;-;
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they deserve head pats
Hey, bat pony are adorable
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This is the second time I’ve ever gotten a reading on this story (or any story for that matter) and it really means the world to me that people enjoy it so much. I wrote it in maybe an hour and didn’t put a ton of thought into it but I’m so glad and honored that people still like it enough to do something like this. So again, thanks a million!
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Happy to do a reading and make your day
It's true!
Ponies and socks simply match perfectly! No idea why, but it just works.
Indeed!
Who can say not to this?
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.