Chapter the Eighteenth Part Two
As the majority of the class erupted into chaos, panicking and running to the back of the room, Cheerilee, now having reason to panic, screamed, before rushing to her student’s sides, preparing to defend them if necessary.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders, however, didn’t join their classmates, much to Cheerilee’s horror. Instead, they practically bounced up to the strange creature, surrounding it. “G-girls, get back from that! It could be dangerous!”
“Huh? Moony’s not dangerous!” Sweetie Belle said in protest. “He’s nice!”
“Indeed,” Luna agreed, nodding. “Though he is lacking in his ability to dodge Kaye.”
“W-who is Ka-”
“Vee!”
Half the class screamed again as a pink furball ploughed into Princess Luna, who staggered only one hoof’s distance before regaining her poise. “Kaye, what didst We tell you about fighting indoors? Now apologize to Moonstone for tackling him into the classroom and disrupting Mistress Cheerilee’s lessons!”
“F-fire! The playground’s on fire!”
Sweetie Belle growled viciously as she rushed out of the schoolhouse, followed by the rest of the occupants as she screamed, “Fluffy!”
.o.O.o.
Crap! Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap cr-
As much as I hate to break your pattern of thought... You really need to do something about that seesaw, brah. I don’t think that ponies can use one that is currently enflamed, but seeing all of the other crazy stuff they can do, it wouldn’t surprise me if they could...
I know, I know! I’m looking, I’m looking!
Okay, I know what you’re thinking, and this was totally not my fault, alright? See, I was just taking a walk through the playground, right? To see what I wanted to play on first. So first I tried the swings, but found that it was much harder without being able to sit like a human, and I was not about to sit like that without... you know, clothes?
So then I headed to the jungle gym, but I was just big enough that I couldn’t really do much goofing off, so that was a bust. After that, I decided to just take an enthusiastic walk through the playground, in case I became inspired. So I was just walking along, when this gigantic, hairy, eldritch abomination from the very depths of Hell came along and nearly killed me!
So I tried to make the best of the situation: I burned it with fire. Lots and lots of fire. And that brings us to the part of my walk where I’m panicking about how to now put out said fire of the seesaw.
So let me get this straight... You were taking a walk through the playground-
An enthusiastic walk through the playground.
... So you were talking an enthusiastic walk through the playground, and you stumbled upon a gigantic, hairy, eldritch abomination, and so you freaked out like a sissy before killing it with fire.
Lots of fire.
Right... Lots of fire... And so you burned it to death.
Enthusiastically.
Yeah... Words fail to express just how... Wait, isn’t that a water pump right over-
I’m saved! Just gotta... What luck! There’s a bucket right there, too! Okay, just gotta fill it up... Yes, I’m saved!
I staggered a bit on the way back, but I was able to save enough water to put out the fire on the seesaw. As I watched the leftover water soak into the wood and slowly drip onto the dirt beneath, I had only one thought: I was saved!
“Ignis Fluffy Solaire Flareon, you’re so busted!”
I’m screwed! If I could see myself, I’m sure I paled a good five shades or more. You know you’re in trouble when someone uses your full... Wait a sec...
Since when was my name Ignis Solaire Flareon?
Wait, weren’t the first two her name suggestions way back when?
Err... I don’t know, sure?
She probably made up a ‘full’ name for you so that she can shout it when you’re in trouble. Good luck surviving.
... Gee, thanks. Yeah, I wish me luck too...
I grinned nervously and uneasily at Sweetie Belle as she stormed towards me, righteous fury in her eyes. I would have thought it insanely cute if I weren’t so damn nervous.
“Just what do you think you’re doing?! I told you not to get into trouble! That means not setting stuff on fire!”
Fire, what fire? I don’t know what fire you’re talking about! Please, somepony, notice the lack of fire in the near vicinity so that she’ll stop being ticked at me!
“Interesting... Fluffy, didst thou set fire to this wood?”
Oh shit! Princess Luna?! I am so royally screwed now...
... Please tell me you did not just say that...
Huh? Why? Why would you care if I... Oh... Well, that certainly gives that phrase a whole new meaning...
Swallowing hard, and ignoring the slowly growing crowd of foals from the school, I nodded, but was quick to point out the bucket of water and that the board was still dripping.
“Thine fire did not damage the wood at all.”
Say wat?
“But we all saw the fire,” Dinky said, protesting as she pointed at the scorch marks around the seesaw.
“Quite,” Luna agreed, nodding as she sat down, ignoring Kaye as the Eevee started playing a game of tag with some of the braver foals. “But how didst Fluffy not destroy anything? What, exactly, were you trying to destroy?”
“Demon spawn from the depths of Hell that would make Cerberus play dead, demons wet themselves, and Hades go crying home to mommy!”
As I ranted and raged about the one creature that God should have never allowed to exist, I failed to not only remember that they couldn’t understand me, but also failed to notice some certain ponies sneaking up behind me carrying...
“Hey look, it’s Princess Luna! Maybe she’d want to see the spider we caught, mate!” a small grey pegasus colt exclaimed, nudging his earth pony friend covered in brown spots.
Yes, I screamed like a little girl. No, I feel no shame in admitting that. I jumped I don’t know how high into the air, screaming, before landing on all four paws, shoving Sweetie Belle in front of me as a shield, screaming, “Kill it! Kill it with fire!”
“Eek! G-get it away from me!” Sweetie Belle screeched, her hooves frantically trying to backpedal away from the small spider in Pipsqueak’s hoof. “Kill it! Burn it, fry it, get it away from me! Get a flamethrower!”
I’m sure my eyes went slightly glassy as I spaced out. I knew that Sweetie Belle hadn’t meant to give me an attack command, but as she did inadvertently, I could see in my mind’s eye how to perform a proper Flamethrower attack, and not that weak ember-like attack I did on the first spider.
Dodging around Sweetie Belle, I opened my mouth, took a deep breath, and then released it with... It’s hard to explain, really. I mean, you know how you can breathe with your lungs or with your diaphragm? Well, it’s kinda like that, but there’s another... Fire Pokemon, heck, maybe all Pokemon have some sort of variant, or a third option, I don’t know. All I know is I knew Flamethrower now, and I was not going to hold back!
Of course, I didn’t mean to hit Pipsqueak and Rumble as well, (found out their names later), but even though they were bathed in the flames, they only got covered in soot. Their captured spawn from Hell, however, was promptly returned to the lake of fire, where it shall continue to roast for the rest of its undeath. Huzzah!
While everyone else gaped at the two colts who were now entirely black, I pranced back to Sweetie Belle, sickeningly proud of myself for having murdered the bane of my existence in one attack, and saving Sweetie Belle in the process.
Fluffy - 2, Eldritch Demon Spawn - 0.
“O-oh my gosh! Rumble, a-are you okay?!”
I blinked as Sweetie Belle ran past me, stopping in front of the pegasus colt. “Y-yeah, just fine, Belle,” the black colt coughed, before shaking himself vigorously, a black cloud exuding from his body. “That... Umm... S-sorry I forgot you hate spiders...”
“Princess Luna, Princess Luna!” Pipsqueak exclaimed, bouncing forward. “Look, I’m all dark like you now! Does this mean I can be your guard in the future?”
“Like, seriously? You and that blank-flank are both scared of spiders? That’s, like, totally pathetic, right Tiara?”
… Oh, you did not just say that... No one, and I mean no one, scoffs at the fear of the abominations known to others as the dreaded ‘Spe-eye-der’! (I can only assume that Spe means eight, and der is an anagram of Demon Eldritch Revived, since they keep coming back, no matter how many times I kill the damn things!)
Turning around to take a gander at who had spoken, I failed to choke down a snarl as I saw what were clearly two ‘popular girls’. They’re all the same: disinterested facial expressions, nose (or snouts, in this instance) in the air, and a general attitude of being holier-than-thou. Oh, and a condescending tone of voice, how could I forget?
The pink one with a crown thing on her head seemed to be the one in charge, since the silver one had deferred to her, standing half a pace behind. Ugh, it’s like looking at a young version of Miss Peacock from Clue (but without the proper manners and general politeness.) Horn-rimmed glasses and a large, fairly fake-looking pearl necklace. Either her father was rich, her boyfriend was rich, or... Nah, I doubt her mother’s dead, so it can’t be hers. Maybe an older sister she stole jewelry from? That happens, right? Sisters borrowing jewelry? Hell if I know! (I grew up with two brothers, so heck if I know what sisters do and don’t do.)
“Is it snarling at us?” the pink one exclaimed indignantly, glaring at me. “Sit! Heel! Stupid mutt! If you bite me, my daddy will make you pay!”
… Yeah, wow, I am so scared. I mean, what could possibly be more dangerous to me, a fire-breathing dog, than her father? Whelp, I guess I’d better just go ahead and surrender and grovel for my life, since I obviously won’t win in a fight against a rich jerk.
With a smug-ass deadpan, as I sat in front of them, I raised my right paw, then flexed my paw just so, revealing my claws. Now, it needs said that I don’t have claws claws, but all dogs, cats, and so forth have nails, so yeah.
Oh man, their faces... Absolutely priceless! They ran away, screaming in fear, yelling that their dads would get me in trouble, and blah blah blah. I wasn’t really paying attention, because I was too busy laughing my furry butt off. At least, until a certain blue bitch of a fox decided to tackle the fluff right off me.
Oh, it is on! And there’s going to be hell to pay!
“What the hell is your problem?!”
Snark mode activated! “A train leaves Canterlot at a speed of 80 miles per hour. At the same time, The Friendship Express leaves Ponyville-”
She scratched me. Crystal just-
Okay, screw chivalry! She wants to play with fire, I’ll give her some freakin fire!
.o.O.o.
Yeah, that went well...
Oh shut up! You’re not the one who got into a fight... Why the hell did I even follow your advice?!
Okay, so here’s what happened. I mean, it all happened pretty fast, so sorry if my thoughts are a bit scattered. I had taken a breath to use flamethrower, figuring that would be an amazing place to start. Of course, you kind of need to be able to, you know, take deep breaths, and with her on top of me, yeah, couldn’t exactly breathe that well. Oh well, who needs fire when you can just use an old-fashioned Headbutt?
Got her off me, but if she was mad before, she was pissed now. I swear she snorted freaking ice! If I wasn’t just as pissed at her, I probably would have thought that was hot.
Sadly, hindsight’s a bitch. If I had thought a bit more about Flareon and Glaceon’s natural stats, I would have realized that, really, I didn’t have much of a chance, outside of the type advantage. See, Flareon and Glaceon have the same base stats for Hit Points and Speed, firstly. With how the rest of the stats are split up, her attack and my defense were equal, and my special attack and her special defense were equal. So really, the only advantage we each had over each other was that I had an extra twenty in my ‘base’ attack stat, and she had hers in her special attack comparative to our defense against those types of attacks.
tl;dr, she kicked my ass all over the field. Sure, she used physical attacks instead of special attacks, but there was no type disadvantage for her that way, and on top of that, she’s freaking fit. She’s like... Crap, think... Jillian! Yeah, you know, from Biggest Loser? She’s like Jillian levels of fit, and I’m... yeah, super fat. Doesn’t take a genius to realize that she’s going to win.
See, I said we had the same ‘base’ stats, right? Well, levels aren’t really a thing, right? They’re just a game mechanic to show how a character is getting stronger, more experienced, and so forth. So with my being fat, and her being highly fit, it’s like a level five starter trying to fight a gym: you aren’t going to win.
I mean, not that she got away unscathed, but I definitely took more damage than she did. The only thing that saved me, really, was the fact that there were foals around.
I learned many things over the course of the day, but one of the most important I learned that concerns my safety... never, and I’m not one to curse, but I mean f(buy some apples!)ing never threaten kids when Moonstone is around. He might only be, like, fifteen or sixteen, but he will wreck your ever-loving freaking shit.
Now, I had always wondered about the move Protect, because, and correct me if I’m mixing moves up, but in the show, (Team Rocket) Jessie’s Wobbuffet knew both Protect and... Reflect, I think? And there was an episode somewhere where it kind of focused on how they both not only protected against physical and special attacks respectively, but also freaking reflected them back to their source!
Turns out, it works like the show... Well, either that, or Moonstone’s Protect did shit, because I definitely felt like I got run over by a truck. See, Crystal and I had charged each other at the end, and by that point, I was angry enough that I was able to use Flare Blitz to help with my speed. Well, right as we got close, all of a sudden Moonstone came bounding forward, and the air shimmered a little bit, then... Blackout.
*Sigh*
I am getting really, really bloody sick and tired of getting knocked out... I’m getting an entirely new appreciation for Pokemon, though, and how they’re treated...
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Moar, I loved the idea of Moonstone's intervention, and we would like to read more. HURRY UP AND PUBLISH THE NEXT CHAPTER
... if you would like to... please?
2672537 'if you would like to' THOU HAST NO SAY! Deliver the chapter unto us, or pay the consequences for thy insolence!
($3.50)
2673215 Nah, if anything, I should add a donate box. I wouldn't get paid to write, but it would give me more free time, as I wouldn't have to spend as much time looking for a real job, so... Yeah.
I'm trying... ; ; (To get the next chapter out much more quickly, I mean.)
2673374 Heh, it was my lame attempt at a joke. Apparently, you've never met the Loch-ness monster.
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2673215 I ain't giving you no tree fiddy.
2673458 But I'm not a Loch-ness monster!
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They really need to work some of that..........stress out!
2674100
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Morning! I'll take it as a compliment that you read it when you got up! XD how's the weather out there across the big, blue wet thing?
2674112 Ah yes.....I remember that meme. And now this one...
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And ponies are more important then stupid maths classes!! Weather over here's not too bad today. If I wasn't in class, I'd be getting a nice tan!
2674128 NOICE! Getting a lot of rain lately (like minor flooding levels of rain) but I'm debating starting to get up earlier in the day to start jogging outside instead of on a treadmill. Down to/still at 211, so... Yeah! Gotta lose that weight! (Just like Fluffy still needs to.
)
2674142 Yeah, I've got to do more as well. Failed my fitness test yesterday, and got twelve weeks to pass it now.
Annoyingly, I passed it a couple of weeks ago to get here! Why can't I pass it now??
2674192 12 weeks, huh? Alright... Make you a deal. If I get down to 180 in that amount of time, you have to get at least a B equivalent on your test! No barely passing, an honest to goodness solid pass. What do you say? Can you man up to the challenge?
(And yes, that's a serious challenge to me, since that's only 12 weeks to lose 30 pounds. 20 would be more realistic.)
2674207 Well, we do the bleep test, and our target is 9.10, 20 press ups (doesn't sound like a lot, but I have no upper body strength) and 35 sit ups. But yeah, I'll go with that deal. I have no self motivation, so someone else (that I don't even know personally!) jumping on my back as well is going to help!
2683026 Err, which part?
Uhh... tl;dr ? I guess the important parts are Sweetie got mad at Fluffy for setting a seesaw on fire accidentally while trying to kill Undead, Eldritch Spawn from Hell (also known as Spe-eye-ders). Tiara and Silvy started making fun of Sweetie Belle's fear of Undead, Eldritch Spawn from Hell, so Fluffy got ticked, scared them off without really threatening them, which ticked Crystal off for reasons you readers don't know yet. Then Moonstone used Counter, (Fluffy incorrectly identified it as Protect, cause he only THINKS he knows all about Pokemon, but he really doesn't.), which, after as long as he and Crystal fought, was enough to KO Fluffy. Next chapter(s) will focus on Crystal, since Fluffy is unable to battle.
poor Fluffy... he really needs to start training if he plans to win any arguments in the future
Counter. It was Counter, not Protect. Protect cancels out your opponents move for one turn, no exceptions. Counter makes the Pokémon wait, and if it gets hit with a physical attack and survives, it returns the attack exponentially stronger.
2687019 ... You didn't read all of the comments, did you? There's a reason he said what he did. (Though I think you're the first person who's actually DIRECTLY said that it's wrong, so congrats!)
2687035 Read all the comments? Why ever would I do that? I glanced through them and didn't see the words Counter or Protect anywhere, and that was good enough for me.
Really though, I'm just ridiculously encyclopedic when it comes to Pokémon, and I get so Worked Up over people getting stuff wrong that my Attack stat's as high as it will go.
2687059 I explained when I had to summarize the chapter (Because someone didn't understand anything that happened, apparently. (Not sure how. Was it confusing at all to you? I know things might have happened a little FAST, but... Was it that poorly structured?) that Fluffy used the wrong move on purpose. As in, he HONESTLY thinks it was Protect used. (Not me.) Remember when he said one of the three newcomers was Mew, and it turned out to be an Eevee? He blamed it on his eyesight, when really he just jumped to the conclusion that it was Mew because it was pink. I'm trying to start showing Fluffy (and ergo my) flaws in his character. So, sorry, but there's going to be inconsistencies like that, but I assure you that they're intentional. Fluffy THINKS he knows everything about Pokemon, when really he only knows enough to be dangerous.
2687114 Ah. Well, the only thing that really confused me was that Crystal just sorta came out of nowhere without any warning, not even a single sentence like, after her shouting, Fluffy turns and sees her. He just starts snarking and we don't find out to whom until after conflict has arisen. Where did she come from? From what direction? Why? How long has she been there?
It was a bit off-putting, like we were expected to already know that it was her from the moment her first sentence was spoken. I'm probably making it out to be bigger than it is, but that's only because it's the only complaint I have.
2687143 Firstly, I would like to direct your attention to the following:
Glaceon may be a cross between a fox and a cat, but I thought that would have been enough for readers to go "Oh, great, Crystal. Wait, where the * did she come from?!" I mean, it says, right there, that he wasn't paying attention. And anything she might have been shouting or roaring would have been drowned out by both the fillies screaming as they ran away, and Fluffy's own laughter.
Secondly, and it's possible you forgot since it's been awhile, but ORIGINALLY each day was going to alternate views. Fluffy would get day one, but we'd see Crystal's diary entry, which would, at least mostly, explain what happened from her perspective, though much shorter. (Since it's just a diary, it's not like she'd go HIGHLY into detail, but it would explain why she was/is PO'ed at Fluffy.) So, and I know it annoys some people, but you're not really SUPPOSED to know/understand why she attacked. That's part of the WTF, and why Fluffy was snarky. I mean, someone just up and starts attacking you when you're laughing? What the Hell's their problem?! That's what the reader is supposed to feel, so considering that's mostly what your complaint is... I'd say I did it right!
Does that explain it well enough? I tend to ramble and go on tangents, so if you're still confused, or if I just talked your ear off, lemme know. I know I talk too much...
2687184 ...I don't like Crystal.
2687199 ... Good. I'm writing her well, then. Just know that this is gonna be like BLEACH. Just about every villain is really just misunderstood, or is going about things in the wrong reasons. You're NOT SUPPOSED to like her, because, at least right now, and for reasons you don't know yet, she's the antagonist. TRUST ME, you're not going to hate her QUITE as much once you find out why she's doing what she's doing. Yeah, I know readers will likely not like her even after it's explained, but THAT HAPPENS. But, just because I'm curious... WHY don't you like her? We/you don't really know much about her...
2687235 Okay, first, stop shouting.
As for your question, I don't like her because she's a b****. You are in fact writing her very well, because I can see a few sympathetic qualities in her, like she seems to be really into self-improvement and stuff, but she seems unnecessarily mean, and possibly a bit unstable with a hint of self-loathing that I'm starting to believe may not entirely be based on her apparent hatred of Glaceon.
...I don't want to say this, because it's really not the kind of thing I say, and it feels wrong to even
writetype this, but it's like... like she's constantly having the worst period ever, and isn't even trying to keep it in check.2687276 Wasn't shouting, sorry. Just easier to stress words typing by Royal CanterLOCK Voice instead of italicizing. Sorreh...
And... Wow, that has to be one of the best summarizations of Crystal there's going to be. (I mean, aside from that last comment), but hopefully as the story goes on, you might be able to figure out what happened to her that's making her act like she is. Man, I really want to jump forward in time now, so that she can be 'redeemed', but... Gah! Just... Yeah, when it's revealed... it's going to be a bomb shell. I'm either going to pull it off, and it's going to be EPIC, or I'm going to fail hard-core...
2687300 Well, I'd rather have an epic failure than a lame victory.
2687310 XD Well, it's time to get writing for Crystal's PoV now, so... Yeah! Don't worry, everything's gonna be explained!
I love this story!!!! Please keep writing oh Master Magical Trevor (now neeling on on one hoof).
this is my fave chapter so far! it made me laugh so hard. anyways love the chapters from fluffys POV.
So Fluffy is a #fuckmotheringflareon?
2687019 No exceptions, huh?
uh, Feint, Shadow Force, and Phantom Force would like to have a word with you.
I agree with Fluffy – spiders are eldritch demon spawn.
Funnily enough, though, while normal spiders scare me to death – both in real life and in stuff like video games – giant, fictional spiders never seem to creep me out at all. I have no idea why. Fortunately, spider Pokémon (e.g. Spinarak and Joltik) don't bother me.
So wait is it some kind of mind control that makes Pokemon obey commands or something?
So let me get this straight... You were taking a walk through the playground-
An enthusiastic walk through the playground.
... So you were talking an enthusiastic walk through the playground, and you stumbled upon a gigantic, hairy, eldritch abomination, and so you freaked out like a sissy before killing it with fire.
Lots of fire.
Right... Lots of fire... And so you burned it to death.
Enthusiastically.
Ahh. Helsing abridged
I cannot believe it took me this long to catch a possible Megamind reference. The dreaded spe-eye-der!
7743087 Second one actually. There was a "Girls, you're both pretty" before.
Also, nother Hellsing Abridged reference, niiiice.