Night Glider finds a human named David and they both interact with each other over a couple days while David experiences bad nightmares.
David wakes up from a nightmare to find himself in a hospital filled with coloured ponies that seem friendly enough to make friends with. However, when the strange nightmares persist David starts to think that something is wrong. Luckily, Night Glider was the pony to take him into her shelter and she is the pony that David is starting to get attracted to.
Slight gore in the opening prologue and throughout some dream sequences.
“P-please don’t” Night Glider whimpered as I pushed the barrel of my Browning Hp harder onto her cheek.
“Right, now you shut de fuck up! Wasn’t dat what I told you?” I shouted back.
“How could you? I thought that you were nice David” Night Glider said.
“What de fuck did I just fuckin say? Right pussylips, I tell you what to do. Alright?” I shouted, my finger itching to pull the trigger and to watch this small, blue pony’s brains spill out onto the ground
She feebly nodded her head, “I just-“
“Alright den, you want to fucking play it de hard way den let’s fuckin go come on, up you get” I said, removing the gun from her cheek and flicking it upwards slightly to signal her to stand up.
Slowly, Night Glider stood on all four hooves and looked up at me with a terrified expression. I raised my arm with the gun in hand into the air and brought it down across Night Glider’s temple. The sheer force of my swing knocking her to the hard ground.
“Ow!’ Night Glider shouted in pain. “You know what, f-fuck you David, that’s right fuck you!”
“So you want to play it dat fuckin way, alright den” I said as I lifted the gun up and aimed down the sights at Night Glider’s front right arm. Pulling the trigger, a loud bang erupted from the barrel of the Browning and a splash of red blood spurted from Night Glider’s arm, splattering on the ground. A shriek of pain cascaded from Night Glider’s mouth, and she brought a hoof down to the bullet wound. Staining her hoof red.
“Keep talking and dat will be all your limbs” I shouted, the anger building up in my gun hand.
“You fucking monster” Night Glider whispered to herself as tears streamed down her face.
“I’m sorry what was dat?” I asked, bringing a hand to my ear and crouching down in a joking manner.
“You.. you fucking monster!” Night Glider screamed. I brought the gun up again but this time her rear. Pulling the trigger once more as another splash of blood spilled onto the ground.
“Right on de ass!” I shouted in glee.
“Please stop! Please!” Night Glider screamed, twitching in pain in a pool of her own blood.
“Now you see baby. I want to stop you know. I really want to. Just kidding” I said as I shot another round into Night Glider’s back leg. The blood turning her dark blue coat dark red.
“You know what, I’m gonna let you be free of any more suffering. But it’s gonna be painful for just a little bit longer” I said as I brought the gun to her head, pushing gently.
“No, please Celestia no!” Night Glider whimpered.
“Celestia ain’t gonna save you here” I said in a serious tone. “Say goodbye”
I pulled the trigger and watched as part of Night Glider’s head burst open after the shot. Parts of her skull landing several meters away and blood spraying all over the ground. Night Glider’s body jerked slightly but soon rested and her eyes slowly shut as thick red blood trickled out of her mouth
My eyes shot open to find that I was inside a well lit room with a white ceiling and white walls, and I was laying on a comfortable bed of some sort.
“What de hell” I said, rubbing my eyes.
“Oh thank Celestia he’s awake!” A cheery voice yelled.
‘Who’s dat?’ I thought, rolling over to see a white horse shaped figure with a light, fading pink mane and tail. Her eyes were a light blue colour similar to mine.
“What da fuck!” I yelled in surprise, shifting away slightly.
“Oh dear!” The white pony exclaimed. “I’m sorry if I scared you”
“D-dat’s okay but w-what da hell are you?” I asked cautiously. She chuckled for a second before and looked at me with a grin.
“I’m a nurse here at the hospital known as Nurse Red heart” She said proudly. “And over to your left is Night Glider, the helpful samaritan who found you and with the help of some other ponies, brought you here”
I looked cautiously to my left and saw the pony from the nightmare I had just had. Dark blue coat with a white mane and tail with streaks of blue throughout it. Her eyes a beautiful shade of light blue similar to Nurse Redheart’s and mine. She flashed me a friendly and welcoming smile and waved one of her hooves at me.
“Hey, I’m Night Glider” She spoke cheerily.
“H-Hi” I stuttered out nervously. I don’t know why but I felt a strange feeling with this Night Glider. The feeling that we both had a connection as soon as I saw her.
“I saw you while I was flying over Everfree Forest and you looked pretty much unconscious. I couldn’t leave you there in that scary forest all alone so I flew back and signalled for help”
“Well thanks” I said.
“No problem, I’m happy to help anyone” Night Glider said as she bounced slightly. She was actually kind of cute the way she did that. Awkward silence filled the room for several moments as I stared at Night Glider who was staring back with a warm smile on her face.
“Well” Nurse Redheart broke the silence. “You seemed to have large amounts of trauma in your body when Night Glider brought you in. But we couldn’t trace it to where it was located”
“W-well I’m kinda feeling a little pain on my back” I said to her.
“Do you mind if I check it for you? We don’t know what it could be” Nurse Redheart kindly asked.
“Uh yeah sure” I answered.
“Ok, stand up. Come on” Nurse Redheart instructed.
Mustering up some strength, I pushed myself out of the bed onto the slippery tile floor, surprisingly still wearing my denim jeans and leather jacket. Standing up straight I towered over Nurse Redheart and Night glider, they probably came up to hip level. Nurse Redheart looked up and at my jacket.
“Uh, may you please take that off?” She asked.
“Sure” I agreed, unzipping the jacket and sliding it of my arms. I draped the jacket over the bed and stood in front of Nurse Redheart. She looked at me with confusion as I had a polo shirt on.
“Why do you wear so much clothing?” She asked. I looked down and saw my shirt.
“I don’t know. I guess it’s a sort of fashion sense. It looks good” I answered her.
“I don’t see why though, not to offend you” Night Glider perked up.
“No offense taken” I responded.
“Well can you take it off please?” Nurse Redheart asked.
“Do I have to?” I asked, rubbing the back of my head.
“Yes, come on. Show us a bit of skin” Nurse Redheart joked. “You might impress Night Glider here”. She started to laugh as I saw Night Glider rubbing her arm with her hoof, a blush starting to appear on her face.
“Fine” I reluctantly said. I unbuttoned the three buttons below the collar of my shirt and pulled it over my head, messing up my hair.
“There we go, wasn’t that easy?” Nurse Redheart asked.
“Yeah just hurry up” I said back. I saw Night Glider’s mouth open slightly and her eyes widen a bit as she saw my toned body. The blush increasing on her cheeks.
“Alright then, turn around” Nurse Redheart instructed. Doing what she said I turned around to show my back. I heard a gasp come from behind me.
“Oh my goodness!” I heard Nurse Redheart exclaim.
“What is it?” I asked, worried slightly.
“I-I don’t know” Nurse Redheart said nervously.
“Well do you have like a mirror or something so I can have a look?” I asked, slightly more worried.
“No we don’t, but it’s like s-some sort of large wound on your back. It looks pretty bad though. It also looks like it was caused by something hitting you. Like if someone-“. She stopped suddenly. “Night Glider are you alright? You’re just staring at him. Hang on, what are you doing?”
“Wait what?” I asked. I turned around to see Night Glider with her neck outstretched and her eyes shut, sniffing me on the crotch part of my pants. Startled, I jumped back a little. This made Night Glider’s eyes open and she gasped loudly, slowly walking backwards with her ears pressed down and an embarrassed look on her face.
“I-I’m so sorry” she apologised.
“It’s alright I guess. Why were you doing dat?” I asked.
“I-I don’t know, I could just smell something nice on you” she admitted.
“Oh it’s probably dat cologne dat I put on earlier today” I realised.
“Well um, it smells nice” she said, looking down at the ground in shame.
“Hey Night Glider, dat’s your name right?” I asked. She nodded her head slowly.
“Well come here” I asked, slipping my shirt back on. Nurse Redheart looked at us both with a look of smugness on her face.
“I might as well leave you two” she said as she walked to the door and opened it. “I’ll be in the hallway behind the door”. She walked out and closed it gently behind her.
“Well okay” I said, confused. “Anyway, come here Night Glider”.
Slowly, Night Glider started to lift her head and look at me with her ears still pressed down.
“Don’t be shy, come on” I said as I crouched and put arms in front of me in a welcoming manner, gesturing for her to come closer. She started to inch her way closer to my arms, eyeing my cautiously. Once she got close enough, I wrapped my arms around her in a forgiving hug. She gasped slightly but soon raised her fore hooves and wrapped them around my neck, resting her head on my shoulder. It was kind of weird the fact that I was hugging a pony but it felt like the right thing to do in this kind of situation.
“It’s okay” I reassured her, clearly she was embarrassed about her earlier mishap.
“Sorry about that, I-I didn’t realise what I was doing” Night Glider said. I patted her back gently to calm her down.
“Hey, honestly I don’t care” I said, releasing her from the hug and standing back up.
“Oh I forgot to ask” Night Glider perked up. “What’s your name?”
“David” I answered.
“That’s kind of a weird name” she said back.
“Well to me your name’s weird” I shot back.
“Well anyways should we call Nurse Redheart back in?” she asked.
“Yeah. Hey Nurse Redheart!” I called to her. Shortly, Nurse Redheart budged the door open and walked inside with a look of content plastered on her face.
“Well, I guess you two are done” Nurse Redheart said. “Now, I’m going to have to ask Night Glider to leave the room”
Night Glider looked at me, flashed a friendly smile and walked out of the room. Gently closing the door behind her.
“Right” Nurse Redheart spoke. “I have some questions for you to answer, you can take a seat if you want”
I walked back to the bed the bed and sat on it. “Go ahead” I said.
“Alright” Nurse Redheart said as she looked down at the clipboard in her hoof that I didn’t notice at first. “Do you feel drowsy or light-headed?”
“No not at all” I answered.
“Can you feel any pain inside of your body, like chest pain or something like that?” she asked.
I paused for a moment to think about that. There was a small feeling of pain in my lower back, close to my hip. “Yes der is, on my back”
“Well that’s clearly evident by the wound that has nested itself there” Nurse Redheart pointed.
“I ain’t seen it yet, how bad is it?” I asked, concerned. Could it have damaged something vital?
“The only thing I can make out as to how that wound got there was that someone or something might have impaled you with maybe a knife or you might’ve have been shot with something”
‘Shot? Shit’ I thought to myself.
“Anyway, question three is actually a test. Can you please stand up and walk around the room normally. Just to see if you’ve maybe taken some alcohol or narcotics”
“Narcotics?” I asked inquisitively.
“Yeah, drugs” Nurse Redheart said.
“Um, okay den” I said as I got up and did as she had asked. Waking around the room several times, noticing that it was a little hard to keep myself up straight.
“You seem to be faltering a little. Are you sure that you’re not tired?” Nurse Readheart asked.
“Yeah I feel fi-“I stopped as I found myself falling to the right. Quickly, I put my hands out to protect myself from the oncoming floor. I landed hard, knocking my shoulder against the ground hard.
“Oh gosh are you alright?!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed as she dropped the clipboard and ran to my aid.
“Yeah, I’m fine” I reassured her.
“That’s what you nearly got to say before you just fell over” Nurse Redheart said, clearly worried.
“This time dough I’m right” I said, making my way back up to a standing position.
“Yeah right. What made you fall?” Nurse Redheart asked.
“I don’t know, I just lost balance all of a sudden” I described.
“But you can balance yourself now?” Nurse Redheart asked.
“Yeah, yeah I can” I said.
“Well you can sit back on the bed now, only a couple more questions” she said, walking beside me to make sure I didn’t fall again.
“Alright, bit of a scare there” Nurse Redheart chuckled as I sat back on the bed.
“Definitely” I joined in.
“Let me just grab this” Nurse Redheart said she bent down and picked up her clipboard off of the floor. “Okay, now do you remember how the incident that could have caused this wound happened?”
I shook my head, “No, no clue. In fact, I don’t remember dat much before I woke up a bit ago”.
“Hm, I can’t see what would’ve caused that wound on your back. I can only assume that it happened when you came here”
“I think it would be a good idea to ask Night Glider about dat, she’s de one who found me after all” I pointed.
“Well I’ll have to ask her later. Last question, do you have any symptoms that would make you think you have the flu or something like that, similar to question two” Nurse Redheart asked. “Basically, do you feel sick?”
“Not really, it does feel like der’s something on my back though, like it’s really itchy and irritated” I explained.
“Well it did look infected when I had a look at it. Pardon my language but it looked like it would’ve fucking hurt!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed,making me chuckle in the back of my throat. For a formal looking and sounding person or….pony, she did have a sense of immaturity in that sentence.
“Well, it hurts a little now. But you said infected?” I asked.
“Yes, it does look like you may have either a case of some sort of infection. We haven’t been able to take a sample to see what it really is but the skin was decaying around the wound, so it needs to be treated” Nurse Redheart explained to me, making me think of what it might look like. Blood probably drying around the wound on my back.
“Alright den” I said.
“Oh and final question” Nurse Redheart said. “Why do you talk that?”
“What, like dis? Dat’s my natural accent from where I came from. It’s because my tongue goes to de top of my mouth when I say ‘t’ and ‘d’ sounds” I said in my natural mafia like accent.
“Oh okay” Nurse Redheart said as she nodded in understanding. “Well, I better be off to determine what to do with you. In the meantime you just lay on the bed and rest”.
“Alright den” I said. Nurse Redheart smiled and turned around to make her way to the door. When she had opened it she paused and looked back at me.
“Oh and the things that we found on you are in the drawer next to the bed, feel free to take a look. And if you need me at any time just press the button on top of the drawer” Nurse Redheart said, closing the door behind her.
“Okay” I said, sighing and bringing my head to my hands. “What have I gotten myself into dis time?”
I hopped off of the bed and looked at the drawer. ‘What was on me?’ I thought as I opened the drawer and took a look inside. Inside the drawer there was a gold crucifix on a golden chain, mine presumably.
“What de fuck” I uttered quietly as I pulled a Browning Hp handgun from the drawer, holding it up and letting the sunlight shine off of it. Curiously, I clicked the magazine release and caught the clip as it fell from the gun, making a metallic scratching noise as it slid out from the handle.
“Hang on” I whispered. There’s meant to be thirteen nine millimetre rounds in the clip, so why are there only twelve? I could count them because of the holes in the side of the clip.
“Weird” I said, confused as I pushed the clip back into the handle. Hearing the clicking noise as it passes fully into the gun.
“What’s weird?” a voice said behind me.
“Oh shit!” I exclaimed as I dropped the gun back into the drawer.
“Woah! Sorry, are you alright?” Night Glider said behind me.
“Yeah, you just scared me a bit. Never wake de bear out of hibernation” I explained.
“What’s a bear?” Night Glider asked.
“Don’t worry. It’s just a metaphor I heard somewhere, it means don’t surprise someone when der in deep thought” I said.
“Oh okay, so what did Nurse Redheart ask you?” Night Glider asked.
“Oh just general things about my health and such. She asked me if I had any idea about what could have caused it. I told her to ask you because you found me after all” I answered.
“Yeah, she did ask me. I told her that I found you face-first on the ground with a red stain your back. That’s all I know” Night Glider explained. “Anyway, what were you holding in there?”
I glanced nervously back at the drawer, the gun laying down over some other objects. “Um, just some stuff dat de nurse said was found on me”
“Like what?” Night Glider asked.
“Oh nothing really, just stuff like my necklace” I said cautiously, I didn’t want her to know about the gun.
“Okay. You better get some rest like the nurse said” Night Glider said.
“I know, I was just about to” I pointed, closing the drawer with my hip and climbing onto the bed.
“Well if you need me then I’ll just be over here” Night Glider said as she pulled a seat over to the bed and sat down with her head resting on her arms.
“Don’t you like, need to go home or something?” I asked inquisitively.
“No, I’m good” Night Glider said.
“Or do you just like de smell of me?” I joked with a small smirk on my face.
Night Glider’s cheeks turned red slightly and she softly punched my leg with one of her hooves. “Shut up” she said through laughter. “Well, how long do you have to stay here?”
“I don’t know, until dey treat dis thing on my back. Dat would at least take a couple of days” I explained.
“Shit, it’s not bad is it?” Night Glider asked, leaning more on her hooves.
“Well Nurse Redheart said it could be an infection of some sort, at least dat’s what I could deduce from what she said” I said, rubbing my eyes. “Listen, are you sure you want to stay here for at least a couple of days? I know you might be caring but you need to look after yourself”
“Look I’m fine and yes I am caring. Besides there’s a restaurant near here” Night Glider said.
“Well okay den, I can’t change dat” I gave in.
“What, me or the restaurant?” Night Glider joked.
“I think both” I joined in. Night Glider sighed in content and stared at me with half-lidded eyes as she rested her head on the bed next to my leg. "De thing is doe, where am I gonna stay after they're done with me?"
Night Glider looked upwards for a second, thinking to herself before saying, "You could stay at my place, on the couch is the only bed for you but at least it's a roof over your head Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from down somewhere in the hallway outside the room, jolting both me and Night Glider.
“What de hell was that?!” I exclaimed.
Night Glider had one of her hooves to her chest, “That nearly gave me a heart attack!” she screamed.
Someone from outside the room shouted, “Griffons! Everyone evacuate!”
Night Glider’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in shock.
“What’s wrong? What are griffons?” I asked, still shocked from the explosion.
“G-griffons are like the predators of the sky, they’re ferocious. I don’t know why they’re here though” Night Glider stammered.
Someone could be seen running past the door, getting punced on by a large winged creature with sharp yellow talons and equally sharp and equally yellow beak. Brown feathers covering all of it’s body. The griffon stood over the helpless doctor who had fallen over, ready to tear his throat out with it’s beak.
“Oh Celestia someone please help me!” he shouted in terror and panic.
Quickly, I jumped out of the bed and opened the drawer grabbing the Browning, noticing that there was a few spare clips underneath it. I pulled the slide back and released it, emitting a clicking sound as it struck back.
“So that’s what was in the drawer” Night Glider said to herself.
“Yeah cover your ears” I instructed as I brought the gun up to look down the sights, bringing the griffon into them.
“Why do I ne-“ Night Glider didn't get a chance to ask as I pulled the trigger and a loud bang erupted from the gun along with a burst of fire as the griffon was knocked backwards off of the doctor and onto the ground. Blood spraying the wall behind the griffons head.
“Fuck David!” Night Glider screamed.
The doctor, meanwhile, had gotten off of the floor and was running away from the corpse of the now still griffon.
“Thank you so much!” he yelled as he ran as fast as her could.
“No problems” I called back, slowly making my way to the door. Carefully I leaned out and looked down both ways of the hallway. To the left, two griffons had Nurse Redheart pinned to the floor. They were pecking her with their beaks, leaving small gouge marks in her flesh. Nurse Redheart was screaming in pain, the red wounds evident on her white fur. The natural anger when I see someone getting hurt building up in my veins.
“Hey! You pricks!” I yelled out, bringing the gun up to aim down the sights. They both stopped injuring Nurse Redheart and looked in my direction. With astonishing speed, they both took off the ground and sped towards me leaving a small dust cloud before their feet. I turned slightly and managed to hit one in the head, sending it sliding across the ground as its blood smeared the floor. The other hit me and knocked me to the ground.
“You will pay” the griffon said through gritted teeth, showing its anger as it stood over me. The towering figure seemingly intimidating due to the beak. As it thrust its head down to impale me with its beak I grabbed its neck with my hands and stopped the griffon in mid-air. The strength of it matching mine. I removed the hand with the gun in it and brought it down on the griffons head as hard as I could. It screeched in pain and I managed to push it off of me and onto the ground, it got back up quickly though and growled with seething anger. It lunged forward again and raked it’s talons down my leg, cutting deep into my thigh and ripping downwards. The pain was unimaginable and I lost control in my left leg, this sent me into a kneeling position as blood trickled down my leg.
“Not so strong are we” the griffon mocked, slowly walking closer.
“Ahh!” I yelled, dropping the gun and placing both hands on my leg. The griffon saw my weakness and took his time in making fun of me. Fuelled by anger, pain and adrenaline, I lunged forward not caring about my leg and grabbed the griffon by the neck, bringing both of us to the ground. I put one hand on his head and lifted it up, before bringing it back down on the floor. I repeated this several times while the griffon screamed in pain, struggling to escape. Eventually, its movements came to a standstill and the griffon fell limp in my hands.
Slowly, I made my way to my legs and limped towards the gun on the floor and picked it up. I then made my to the room I was just in before I heard Nurse Redhearts whimpering. I turned around to see Nurse Redheart, amazingly, standing on all four hooves. Her eyes shut tight and her teeth gritted in pain. Tears could be seen streaming from her eyes
“God, Nurse Redheart!” I yelled, limping as fast as I could over to her. “Are you alright?”
Nurse Redheart’s only response was falling onto my hip, leaning softly on it.
“Y-yeah, I’m alright” she said softly through tears.
“Come here” I instructed, putting the gun into my shirt pocket and holding my arms out. Nurse Redheart slowly climbed into my arms and I carried her to my room. The pain in my leg burning with the intent on making me fall. When I got inside the room I gently placed Nurse Redheart onto the bed and sat down on the chair. Nurse Redheart’s breathing was incredibly fast and she looked at me with a look of sadness on her face. Like she knew that she was going to die soon.
“Don’t worry Nurse Redheart, you’re gonna make it” I reassured her, squeezing her hoof gently. Her breathing calmed slightly.
“W-where’s Night Glider?” Nurse Redheart asked.
“I don’t know” I answered.
Night Glider then suddenly emerged from underneath the bed, squeezing herself out and standing up straight. She noticed Nurse Redheart and gasped loudly.
“Shit! Nurse Redheart!” She exclaimed as she rushed over and put her hooves on the bed.
“Its f-fine Night Glider, I’m alright” Nurse Redheart said through tears.
The wounds on her abdomen were quite severe looking and were bleeding all over the blankets of the bed.
“I’m gonna go get a docter, Night Glider stay here with her and shut de door behind me. They could still be here” I instructed Night Glider, she nodded in agreement.
I made my way to the door, pain still burning in my leg. Pulling the gun out of my pocket, I nudged the door open and looked down the path that the doctor ran through.
“T-there should be an evacuation room to the left of t-the corner down there. You should find some doctors there. Hurry please” Nurse Redheart struggled to say.
I simply nodded and made my way down the hallway, reaching the corner and turning left to a door marked ‘Evacuation Room’. I knocked on it and waited a couple seconds.
“Hello? It’s David, open up Nurse Redhearts injured” I yelled.
Slowly, the door cracked open and an eye peeked out, before the door opened and two doctors rushed out.
“Where’s Nurse Redheart?” One of them asked.
“Here” I said as I walked back to the room. The doctors entered and saw Nurse Redheart laying still on the bed. Night Glider was crying.
“She’s not answering to anything” Night Glider sobbed. The doctors quickly rushed past me and went to Nurse Redhearts aid, pushing Night Glider out of the way. I walked over towards Night Glider and looked over to Nurse Redheart, who was limp on the bed. Eyes closed.
“What if she’s dead?” Night Glider asked, staring at me with tear soaked eyes.
“She’s not dead, don’t worry” I reassured as I wrapped my arms around Night Glider. Her tears soaking my shoulder. The only sounds around us were the doctors arguing over Nurse Redhearts condition. Her eyes closed tight as the tears mixed with the blood on the bed. Suddenly, she coughed and the doctors looked at her in astonishment. There was a moments silence before the doctors rushed back to the bed and started to try and get her to respond. Nurse Redheart's eyes opened weakly and she looked around. One of the doctor started to check her pulse and make sure she was breathing properly.
“David”, one of the doctors called. I looked up and nodded for him to go on.
“Thanks so much for alerting us so soon, it looks like she’s going to live” he explained.
"Oh thank God" I said to myself.
Night Glider looked at me with a look of amazement and hugged me tighter.
“Thank Celestia you saved her!” Night Glider shouted.
“I’m just glad that she’s gonna be fine” I said.
"But what about you? The scratches on your leg look terrible" one of the doctors said.
"Dat's exactly what it is, a scratch. " I reassured him. He looked at me dumbfounded but turned back to Nurse Redhearts aid.
"Come, let's go somewhere else. Let the doctors do their thing" Night Glider said, gently tugging my hand. I agreed and followed her out of the door, stepping over the dead griffon.
We both made our way into the waiting room which was down the hallway opposite the evacuation room. Night Glider helped me take a seat in one of the rows of seats which lined the walls, she then took a seat beside me.
“Today has been quite an eventful day” Night Glider said.
“Can’t argue with dat” I said back, turning to look at her.
"I'm still surprised from that explosion. That was terrifying!" Night Glider exclaimed.
"Mhm. I'm just surprised dat I managed to bring down three griffons, is dat what you call them?" I asked.
"Yep, I could hear banging from outside" Night Glider explained.
"Dat could've been one of der heads against de ground" I said to myself.
"Wait, you managed to take down a griffon your own hooves, or whatever it is those things are on the end arms" Night Glider exclaimed.
"Yes I did. Just seeing Nurse Redheart on the ground, crying out and injured just made me so furious and seething with anger" I said, clenching my fists.
"Well, adrenaline is one hell of a drug" Night Glider said, her eyes wide.
"Yeah, can agree with dat" I responded. "I just wanna sit here and chill for a bit. you can go see how de doctors are going with Redheart. Go on"
"Okay then, I wanted to check on her" Night Glider said as she got up and made her way down the hallway to the room Nurse Redheart was in, stopping for a moment to look at the dead corpse of the griffon. She pulled a disgusted face and went inside the room.
I sighed loudly and looked up at the ceiling.
"What de hell is all of dis. Dis can't be real, I'm in a world where der's colorful, talking ponies and large winged creatures of death. Please tell me dis is a dream" I said to myself quietly, rubbing my eyes in the hope that when I opened them everything will be back to normal. When I did open them however, the ceiling was still there.
"Well, at least dis place isn't dat bad" I thought to myself.
“Right, now I’m done with you” I said as I stood up next to the corpse of Night Glider.
Her white lifeless eyes staring at nothing as blood continued to drip out from the wounds I’d inflicted. The bullet cartridges scattered before her as I turned around and started to walk away.
“Piece of fuckin shit” I uttered to myself as I looked back over my shoulder.
Night Glider’s mouth was moving, only slightly but it was moving. And it was trying to mouth some word. Surprised, I turned around and inched closer towards her. Pulling the gun up and aiming down the iron sights, just in case.
Suddenly, Night Glider’s mouth curved upwards in an impossible smile and her body started to jerk and convulse. A sadistic laugh escaped her mouth and her body slowly levitated upwards, my gun following her the whole time. Her body jerking faster and faster. Her neck then twisted around so that her head was upside down, a sharp shard of bone ripping through her neck and jutting out as the skin tore around it. Her mouth opened and
“What de hell are you?!” I yelled in horror, firing off a few rounds into the abomination that was in front of me, convulsing and twitching violently.
Another laugh escaped its mouth as lumps on Night Glider’s body started to appear. Then, these lumps burst and black, matte tentacles stretched outwards and whipped around Night Gliders body.
“Ohh fuck!” I yelled, disgusted at the sight in front of me.
I put over my eyes to shield them from the monster hovering before me, its lifeless eyes still fixed on me. I refer to it as an ‘it’ because the way it moved and looked was nothing like the Night Glider from before
All of a sudden, it lunged forward and an echoing shriek came out of its mouth as it opened it jaws. A glint shining off its sharp fangs. It got closer and closer enveloping all of my vision, the only thing being heard was the horrible cry it made.
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“Gah!” I yelled as my eyes shot open and I was catapulted from the couch onto the floor. The nightmare making me jolt in surprise. The pain of falling onto my shoulder slowly coming forward and showing its presence.
“Oh, God” I said quietly as I brought my hands to my face. “What de hell was dat?”
I removed my hands from my face and looked at the clock on the wall, half past five. I didn’t feel tired though, the nightmare making me feel like I couldn’t shut my eyes. Since I didn’t think that I could fall back asleep I decided to make some breakfast.
I slowly rolled over and pushed myself off the ground, a slight weakness in my shoulder due to just falling on it. I walked into the kitchen and looked in the top cupboard for a plate. I rummaged around for a bit noticing the amount of plates in the cupboard and how they were stacked messily.
“I really need to clean dis out” I muttered to myself, my hands finally finding a plate.
I grabbed the plate and pulled it down to the bench below, hearing the soft tap as it made contact with the bench. I opened the fridge and saw the carton of milk that had been half drank. I grabbed it and placed it onto the bench next to the plate.
“Now where’s de coffee?’ I asked myself as I looked around every cupboard and drawer but couldn’t find any coffee.
Then I realised that coffee wasn’t available here. Due to the fact that it doesn’t exist.
I mentally slapped myself and placed the milk back into the fridge, letting out along sigh. I opened the cupboard next to the fridge and looked through it for anything edible that was also to my taste. But I was too distracted from the earlier jump scare that I couldn’t focus on anything but that final image of the terrifying Night Glider darting towards me.
“Ah fuck it” I muttered as I closed the cupboard and put the plate back into the place it came from, the other cupboard.
I needed to clear my head and the only way I could think of doing that was to go on a walk. Didn’t matter where, I just needed to go for a calm and relaxing walk. Maybe look at some scenery or talk to someone. Just, anything.
I ran my fingers through my hair and rubbed my eyes, before walking back to the couch and grabbing my jacket. I was still in my original clothes as nobody in this area could make me anything to wear, they were starting to wear out after a few weeks of being worn. I slid it over my body and zipped it up, before turning and walking to the door. Grabbing the cold doorknob and twisting it in my hand. The door opened inwards and I was hit with a cold breeze. I turned around and closed the door quietly behind me, and then made my way down the paved road passing by the house. The morning sun shining bright in the sky.
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I slipped my hands into my jacket’s zip pockets and soldiered through the cold wind, my eyes protected by the gold aviator sunglasses with a pearlescent blue and purple lens that I found in my jacket only a couple days ago.
“God damn, dis wind is not letting go” I muttered, spotting a hillside overlooking a beach. That’s where I decided to head.
When I reached it I spotted a park bench that was a mix of metal and wood, the metal rusting in some areas and the wood chipping, obviously rotting.
The wind started to die down, much to my hair’s delight, and the calming sounds of the waves crashing below filled my ears. I took a moment to let everything slip from my mind and tried to concentrate on the sound of the beach scene below. Before I walked over to the bench and sat down, the wood creaking underneath my weight. This was probably the first time it had held up something like me.
I rested my hands on the back of the bench and looked up at the sky, noticing a couple pegasi playing around with the clouds. Turning them into funny and interesting shapes, such as a tree or a heart shape. The pegasi flying in rhythmic shapes, whittling down the cloud into the shape they preferred.
I hummed a tune to myself and let the surroundings relax my mind and calm me down. The pegasi laughing and admiring their creations as they joyfully flew through the sky. My thoughts were interrupted by a creaking sound from the other side of the bench, I didn’t pay much attention to it and continued to watch the pegasi cut down clouds.
“They are quite playful for such a cold day aren’t they?” A female voice with a mid-strength british accent said to the left of me.
“Yeah” I responded nonchalantly, not wanting to start a conversation.
“Pardon me, but aren’t you that new person that everyone’s talking about?” the voice asked.
“Well I look very different den you all don’t I, so yes it does make me noticeable” I uttered.
“Well, I’m pleased to meet you. My name’s Octavia Melody” the voice said.
That name, I remember that name somewhere. It was at a performance I saw her in. She was playing a cello that was taller than her. I distinctively remember how amazed I was at how her hooves could hold a bow and maneuverer it over the strings in an amazing performance.
I tilted my head back down and looked to the direction of the voice. Sure enough, a grey earth pony with a dark charcoal, wavy mane and tail was sitting next to me on her haunches. Her mouth forming a small and welcoming smile, her eyes half closed like when I first saw her. A white collar with a purple bowtie secured around her neck.
“Oh, your dat pony that plays de cello right?” I asked, staring at her elegance even though she was just sitting on a chair.
“Why then, I guess you’ve seen me perform” Octavia chuckled, bringing a hoof to her chest.
“Sure have” I agreed.
Octavia removed the hoof from her chest and asked, “Hey, do you mind if I just shuffle a bit closer to you?”
“Uh, yeah sure” I said, watching as she inched closer to my hip.
“Sorry, it’s just that it’s really cold” Octavia said, finally making contact with my hip. “Anyway, I didn’t grab your name. What is it?”
“David, David Lucieto” I said proudly, clinking the rings on my fingers together.
“Well, hello David” Octavia said cheerily with a slight smile on her face. “Why are you out this early, is that a normal thing for your culture?”
I frowned, why does part of my brain have to be thinking about this nightmare at some part?
“Oh I just had to…clear my mind about something” I said, trying to avoid talking about it.
“What was it? A nightmare? A breakup?” Octavia questioned.
“Second choice is right” I muttered, looking back up at the flying ponies above us. This time they were both sitting on a cloud, talking to each other.
“A nightmare, really? What about?” Octavia pushed curiously.
“About Night Glider” I sighed, wiping my face.
“Is she the one that found you?” Octavia asked, flicking her mane back as it was in her face.
“Sure was” I answered.
“What about her, in the dream I mean” she corrected herself.
“It was pretty much me killing her. Dat’s about it” I said briefly, not wanting to talk about the latest dream. I took my hands off of the back of the bench and leaned forward, resting my elbows on my thighs.
“Wow, pretty grim” Octavia exclaimed, surprised.
“I know. What I don’t know is why I would kill her or what motivation I had behind me. But it’s a dream, not a real thing” I reassured myself, probably not Octavia.
“I don’t know David, have you had any more events similar to this?” Octavia asked, tapping into the conversation I didn’t want to start.
“No” I lied, hoping the problem would die down.
Octavia looked at me with a look of considerable doubt on her face, like she knew I was lieing.
“Well anyway. Since we’re on the topic, what do you think of Night Glider?” Octavia asked, earning her the new nickname of Questioner.
“What do you mean? Be a bit more specific” I asked back, turning my head to face her. Starin into her lilac eyes.
“Do you like her as a friend or do you like her as something deeper. Like you could see yourself spending your life with her” Octavia explained, better defining the question for me.
“Well since you put it like dat. I do like her as a friend, nothing more and nothing less” I said.
“Are you sure?” Octavia questioned, cementing her new nickname.
“Yes, I am” I answered coldly, starting to doubt myself. I was starting to like Night Glider, not in a ‘have a relationship’ sort of way, but she did save my life after all.
“I can’t push you. But you should start taking an interest in her. Who knows you might get lucky” Octavia replied with a wink.
“I don’t know, de whole relationship thing still sounds a bit alien to me. Considering dat you all are like a different species to me” I said, thinking about what life would be like if I fucked a horse, making me chuckle mentally.
“Oh you’re no fun” Octavia complained, nudging my shoulder. “You’re sitting next to a beautiful mare looking at a beach setting while the mare is asking you about your relationship status, and you tell her that you think the act is foreign”
I reconsidered my thoughts as she said that, maybe I should try and ask Night Glider on a date or something.
“Well I’ll think about it. But right now I’m trying to get to know everybody and everything here” I said, expressing my general thinking at the moment.
“I know, take your time but just remember. My thoughts are telling me that Night Glider is the one for you. And also-“she stopped as she hopped off the bench, shivering slightly as moved away from me. “Don’t worry about that dream, and if it happens again then don’t worry about that. Well I need to go so if you see me again, we should talk some more. But bye for now”
“Alright den, see ya” I said, waving to her as she trotted away. Watching her tail bounce slightly as she walked away. She stopped a couple meters away from me and turned, her mouth slightly open.
“One more question” she started.
“What?” I said.
“Why do you talk the way you do?” Octavia asked.
I snorted with laughter and rubbed my face with my hands.
“Everyone has been asking me dat question. It’s because my tongue moves to de top of my mouth when I say ‘t’ and ‘d’ sounds. I was waiting for you to ask dat” I explained, smirking.
“Oh okay then. That explains a bit. See you again” Octavia waved a hoof and walked in the opposite direction.
“See you later” I muttered to myself.
I sighed and leaned back, stretching my arms out and hearing the cracks as my bones popped in their sockets. Should I go out with Night Glider? Yes. Yes I should. She’s the only pony here that seems to care about me, following the past couple of weeks.
I stood up and stretched my legs. Taking one final look at the beach and turning to walk back to the house. Where hopefully Night Glider was waking up.
I turned the doorknob and walked through the front door and into the living room, noticing the blanket that was strewn on the floor due to me waking up a little too frantically. Sighing I walked into the kitchen sat down at the table, grabbing the newspaper which I hadn’t yet fully read. My eyes focused on a particular article halfway through where I left off. The article was about me, surrounded by various things such as politics and advertisements.
“Hm, der still taking about me” I chuckled, grinning slightly.
I read through some more of the newspaper before checking the clock in the living room. Eight o’clock. Hoofsteps started to emanate from above, making their way to the stairs. Night Glider walked into the kitchen and looked at me with a smile, her eyes bagged with lack of energy.
“Oh hey David” she greeted, walking over to the chair next to me and jumping up to sit on it.
“Morning” I greeted back, looking at her messed up and fuzzed up hair.
“Why are you up so early?” Night Glider lazily asked.
“Why are you up in de state you’re in?” I answered with a question.
“I couldn’t get any sleep last night, just thinking about things” she said.
“Like what?” I asked, starting to think about what could’ve kept her up.
“Oh just things” Night Glider said, rubbing her eyes. I decided not to push her further.
“Alright den, hey quick question” I started.
Night Glider looked at me, her eyelids drooped. She must be very tired.
“Yeah” she responded.
“Do you have any plans dis afternoon?” I asked nervously.
“Not really, why?” Night Glider said.
“Oh I was just eh, wondering if you wanted to maybe go out to grab something to eat or maybe something to drink” I said whilst rubbing the back of my neck with my hand, placing the newspaper back down on the table.
“You mean a date?” Night Glider grinned.
“Yeah, if you say it like dat” I said. “What time’s good for you?”
“Um, maybe tonight. Does seven sound about good to you?” Night Glider asked.
“Well I ain’t got anything to do so, yeah sure” I agreed.
“Okay then, I have a shopping day today with Octavia so that’ll take up all day” Night Glider explained, reminding me of our talk earlier this morning.
“Okay den” I said. “Where do you want to go?”
“There’s a nice diner not far from here. Forgot the name but it’s supposed to have good drinks there” Night Glider explained, starting to look less like her earlier tired self.
“Well I’ll see what dey got when I’m der” I said, excitement showing itself through the grin on my face and on her face.
“Oh I can’t wait” Night Glider exclaimed with a newfound burst of energy as she bounced in her seat. “What are you going to do today until then?”
It rubbed my chin with my hand, feeling the little prickles of my unshaven beard tickle my fingers. “I’ve been thinking about some things to buy lately”
“Like what?” Night Glider asked, hopping off the seat to fix herself some breakfast.
“Oh I don’t know. I’ll just have to look around and see what I fancy” I explained, having a mental casino at what I should have a look at buying.
“Well alright then. I still can’t believe that you’ve finally asked me out” Night Glider giggled.
“Yeah yeah enjoy it while it lasts” I joked.
“It’s going to last a long time” Night Glider laughed, stumbling on the floor while she prepared her meal.
I sighed and rubbed my eyes before chuckling at her comment. It’s going to be a fun night tonight.
I pushed the solid glass door open and walked inside the store that I’d seen while walking down random street. The store had the label ‘Smokey’s Cigar Shop’ above the door and was written with dark, cherry red letters on a wooden background.
The nicely dressed stallion behind the counter, whose name I guessed was probably Smokey, looked at me with a moment of confusion, eyeing me up and down.
“Well” He started, a low but warm voice making its way to my ears. “You’re a different kind of customer”
I removed my aviator shades and greeted him with a smile. Thinking of all the times I’ve gotten that comment. It wasn’t offensive but kind of funny in a way. It might be the way they look at me with confusion and amazement before putting on a smile and welcoming me into a kind conversation.
“Hey, I’m still a customer am I?” I asked sarcastically, not dickish but in a friendly sort of way.
“Rightly so. So what are you looking for today? Anything specific?” he started to ask. I made my way to the counter where he was situated and leant my elbows on the glass surface.
“Well actually” I started. “I’m looking for some cigars. Would you have any of those?”
I’d seen some of the upper class ponies around smoking cigars so I thought that I would try them out to see if they were any different than back home. The stallion chuckled and nodded his head.
“Of course I do. They’re right under the counter you’re leaning on” He pointed, making me lift my elbows and look underneath them. Sure enough, rows of brown coloured cigars were sitting beyond the glass.
“What sort of flavour or smell are you looking for?” he asked, scratching behind his ear.
I looked over the rows and noticed the slight variation in the shades of brown.
“There’s more to your left, and the lighters are to your right” the stallion pointed, physically with his hoof.
“Okay” I nodded, signalling to thank him for his directions when I could’ve just rotated my head. I walked over to the counter, the stallion following me, to the left and saw many darker shades of red, green and blue coloured cigars. Different emblems shining in gold could be seen near the end of them. Presumably the logo of the shop I’m currently in.
“I like dat one der” I pointed with my index finger at the dark red one. “What flavour is it?”
“That isss” the stallion trailed as he leant over to examine it more closely, his eyes looking over it like he was trying to remember which one it was.
“Dark cherry” he finished, pushing himself back up to look at me.
‘I do like the taste of cherry’ I thought to myself. “I’ll take it, about ten of dem, is dat alright?”
“Of course of course let me just go get them for you. Do you want to have a look at the lighters over there?” He asked, moving to a dark brown door.
“Yeah sure, I’ll take a look” I said, walking back to the other counter shelving the lighters. I looked by all of them and focused on one that caught me. Golden and engraved with a rose pattern on the side of it. This one I liked.
Just as I thought that, the stallion nudged open the door with a box in one hoof.
“Here you go” he grunted the box was placed on the counter.
“Can I get dis lighter as well?” I asked, pointing to the gold, engraved lighter under the clear glass.
“Sure” he said as he walked over to the glass counter and slid open a little door to which he reached his hoof in and grabbed the lighter. I’m still amazed at the dexterity these ponies’ hooves have. “All up, around about two hundred bits”
I reached into my back pocket and pulled out my wallet, digging inside to find the right amount of coins. I dropped them onto the counter, hearing the clang as they collided with the glass, and watched the stallion round them all up and count them. He took about two and handed them back, presumably spare change.
“Thanks sir, your payment is appreciated” he said, placing the lighter and cigars into a velvet bag with a logo printed on the side. He held the bag above the counter towards me.
“You’re welcome” I smiled, taking the bag from his hoof and turning to walk out the door.
“Come back again if you need anything else” the stallion called as I pushed the door open, feeling the temperature change as cold wind gently caressed my face.
“I will, thanks” I called back, reaching inside my jacket pocket where my shades were. Placing them in front of my eyes to block out the glare of the sun.
“Hey David!” the cream coloured pony behind the counter called. Grabbing my attention. Everyone’s been calling my name lately.
I turned my head in the direction of the voice and saw one of the first ponies that greeted me when I came here. Bon Bon.
“Oh hey Bonny” I called back, walking inside her store still holding the bag of cigars and a lighter.
“How are you going?” Bon Bon asked, placing her head in her hooves on the counter and flicking her blue and pink hair back.
“Really good, thanks for asking” I said, leaning on the counter with my arm. “Why do you keep asking dough?”
“Well hey, it’s good to be friendly and welcoming” Bon Bon grinned.
“Well I’ve been excellent. I’m actually going out with Night Glider tonight” I explained.
Her eyes widened at the statement, “No way! Really? That’s such a good move”
“Yeah well I decided to make dat move after staying in de the same house with her for about a week or so” I said, softening the shock of telling her.
“Well where are you two going tonight? A diner maybe” Bon Bon said, twisting one of her forelocks with her hoof.
“Actually no. We’re going to de bar to have some dinner and maybe a few drinks” I said, scratching my arm at the new found itchy spot that housed itself there.
“Hm, are you going to the bar where Berry Punch works at?” Bon Bon asked, shifting her head slightly.
“Who’s dat?” I asked.
“Berry Punch? Oh she makes the best drinks in town. Don’t worry though, you won’t remember anything after them” Bon Bon said with a smile.
“I will den” I said, smiling back. “Well I’ll start heading back. But hey, where does Berry Punch work?”
“She’s just down the street from here, you see down there” Bon Bon said as she pointed her hoof at a small building built into the wall of a larger one.
“Alright den, thanks Bonny” I waved, back as I walked out onto the street and back in the direction of Night Glider’s house.
“See you, hope tonight goes good!” Bon Bon called, waving a hoof back at me before attending to a customer that had just moved forward to buy something.
I pushed open the front door to Night Glider’s house and walked inside, placing the bag on the couch and unzipping my jacket to throw along with it.
“Hey Night, I’m home” I called out.
No response. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw the time, one thirty, of course she wouldn't be home yet.
“Women take der goddamn time” I muttered to myself, pulling my jeans up slightly.
I walked into the kitchen and grabbed the newspaper on the table, I was nearly done reading it so I figured that I’d pass some time by reading through the rest of it. I walked back out into the living room and flopped myself on the couch, opening up the newspaper about three quarters of the way through and began to read.
“Hm, young mare murdered inside her home by a gang of some sort” I read, my eyes widening slightly as they continued to read the article. “The severed head of the mare was found inside one of the cupboards in her kitchen”
My heart started to beat faster as I slowly put the newspaper down and got up off the lounge. Making my way to the kitchen, I looked at the drawers and started to open. Luckily all I found was general things that you would find inside a cupboard. I wiped the sweat off of my brow and breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank God” I said to myself.
I walked back to the couch in the living room and decided to just have a sleep until Night Glider came home. I did just that and flopped back again on the couch, sinking into the cushions and allowing my eyes to close themselves shut.
A gentle pressure of a circle shaped object poked me in the shoulder, awakening me from my slumber. My eyes opened up to see Night Glider standing in front of me, a bag strung down her side with the strap around her shoulder.
“Oh, hey” I said croakily, giving a small grin.
“Hello” Night Glider said happily. “I’m back”
“Yeah I can tell dat” I said as I pushed myself off of the lounge and onto my feet.
“You still excited about tonight?” Night Glider asked while walking to her room up the stairs.
“Still am, don’t you worry” I reassured. “What did you buy today?”
Night Glider paused and looked back. A goofy grin on her face. “Oh just stuff” she joked.
“Like?” I asked.
“Surprise” Night Glider giggled.
“Yeah, well anyway I’m gonna have a shower and just try and look nice” I said, walking up the stairs behind her towards the door to the bathroom.
“Yep, okay then” Night Glider hummed as she trotted into her room, closing the door behind her.
I walked up to the bathroom door and turned the shiny brass handle, granting me access to the bathroom and the shower which lay within. Slowly, I took my clothes off and underarm threw them into the corner next to the sink cabinet. Opening the shower door and hopping inside, I turned the hot water tap first and then the cold. Adjusting the temperature to suit my needs.
“Fuckin hate dis problem, fuckin every time can’t get de temperature right” I mumbled to myself in frustration. It bugged me because it always happened whenever I had a shower. I could never get the margin between boiling water and nearly ice.
Finally, I managed to get the water the right temperature and proceeded to wash myself. Grabbing a bottle of lavender scented shampoo and squirting some into my hand before rubbing it vigorously through my hair.
Suddenly, I heard the shower door open. Startling me slightly.
“Fuck, who’s dat?” I asked, a little bit jumpy.
“It’s just me” Night Glider’s voice floated through the steam.
“Uh, what are you doing in here?” I asked, noticing her calmly stepping inside the shower. Quickly, I thrust my hands down to cover my genitals. What was she doing in the shower?
“What? Am I doing something wrong?” she asked warily as she froze in position. The front part of her hair starting to soak with water that bounced off of my chest.
“Well um” I stuttered, embarrassed. “Why are you in de shower with me?
“What’s wrong with it? I did it all the time with my friends” Night Glider said, smiling as she moved fully into the shower, brushing my leg with her mane as it started to drip down her shoulders with water.
“Uh, it’s kinda weird and ” I half-shouted.
“Oh come on, I gotta have a shower too you know and this makes it quicker” Night Glider protested, nudging me with her slicked shoulder.
“Oh fine” I gave in. “But no peeking at me, alright?”
“Yeah yeah” Night Glider giggled, thrusting her face into the warm cascade of water. The droplets soaking into her fur and making it matte in colour. I turned around so my back was facing Night Glider and removed my hands from my crotch. Exposing my manhood to the wall.
“So” Night Glider started. “What are your thoughts about tonight? Are you excited?”
‘Not a good idea to bring up a conversation while staring at my ass. That’s reserved for fucking’ I thought to myself, chuckling at the dirty thought that sprouted out of that previous thought. Then I thought about the thought before the dirty thought and realised something. 'Wait' I thought, 'Ain't it me who's supposed to be looking at her ass and not her looking at my ass. Then that would consider me a male stripper. Why the hell am I even thinking about this?!'
“Uh yeah, yeah you could say I’m excited” I said nonchalantly, breaking out of my inner monologue session. . Which was pretty hard to do considering the predicament I was in.
After an embarrassing shower which sprouted many odd conversations I politely asked Night Glider to hop out so I could finish my shower.
“Oh alright” she huffed, cautiously stepping out of the shower as to not slip on the floor. She grabbed a towel from the rack and began to dry herself. Her fur fluffing up to make her look slightly bigger, it made her quite adorable and even more huggable. She walked out into the hallway and down to her room. Forgetting to close the door. I stepped out the shower to close it for her.
“Well dat was weird and random” I said to myself. Did she literally just walk into the shower with me? Possibly to catch a glimpse at my junk.
I turned both of the taps off and the water flow stopped, bringing with it a chilling coldness that swept over my body. Quickly, I grabbed the other towel off of the rack and dried myself hurriedly so I could get some clothes and warmth onto my body.
I walked out of the bathroom, dressed in my usual attire which consisted off a pair of denim jeans, which had been slightly worn out from numerous weeks off not being washed, and a polo shirt topped with a tan leather jacket. I looked down the far end of the hallway at the living room clock. Six thirty.
“Good’ I thought to myself. Feeling refreshed and cleansed after a decent shower. Even though my clothes were shouting out the exact opposite. I walked over to Night Gliders room and knocked on the door.
“Yo Night! It’s time to go now” I called.
The door opened in front of me and I nearly gasped at the sight before me. Night Glider, decked out in a black dress with sparkling frills at the end. The dress tapering to her body shape perfectly.
“Wow, you look…genuinely stunning” I said, sitting there staring at her like a goof affixed with his crush. Wait.
“Why thank you. You look good to” Night Glider cheerily said. A blush slowly making its way to her cheeks as her eyes looked away from me. “We better get going, Octavia told me there’s gonna be a big show of some sort tonight at the bar we’re going to”
“So dis is de place?” I asked inquisitively, my tongue shredding itself to pieces with so many horrible ‘d’ sounds. I pushed my glasses back up to cover my eyes fully.
“Yep” Night Glider said. “Ready to get drunk as hell”
I breathed a sigh of content. “Oh I am. Come on, let’s go in”
Night Glider agreed and trotted close beside me. Her side brushing my leg. I pushed open the door to the bar and walked inside. Immediately being greeted by flashing strobe lights and rave music playing at full volume. The floor underneath me vibrated with the bass coming from the speakers mounted to the roof. This worried me. I wasn’t much of a party person. I just liked to get either high or drunk as fuck.
“Looks good huh? I probably shouldn’t have turned up in this though” Night Glider said, flicking her head back at her dress.
“Yeah I guess so” I said. “You should’ve got something a bit more, party-like”
Night Glider chuckled slightly. “Hey there’s Berry Punch”
“Where?” I asked, as Night Glider pulled me by the arm to the bar. Me stumbling with her.
“Hey Berry!” Night Glider called over the music. Berry Punch, who was a dark pink colour with darker pink in her mane, turned in our direction as I crashed forward onto a seat with Night Glider following without fail like I’d just done.
“Oh hey Night!” she exclaimed with a smile on her face. See looked at me and the smile was replaced with a look of inquisitiveness. “And who’s this?”
“Hi” I gasped, winded from the near fall. I took my sunglasses off and took a second to breathe. “Name’s David”
“Oh hi David! Are you Night Glider’s friend or something?” she asked.
“Well actually, he’s taking me out tonight on a date” Night Glider laughed, bringing an embarrassed feeling over me.
“With this party. You’re probably looking to get laid tonight” Berry Punch joked.
“Probably” Night Glider laughed with her. I was the only one not laughing, just sitting there like a loser. Maybe a drink will spice things up.
“Yo Berry Punch! What drinks you got? Do you have uhh, can you get me a. You know what, surprise me” I asked. Berry Punch smiled and turned around to begin making my drink. Grabbing various ingredients and liquids from the counter and mixing them into a cup, I don’t know that much about mixology so I had no idea what she was doing.
“So what do you think?” Night Glider asked, grabbing my attention. “You like this place?”
“Yeah I do. I don’t like de rave aspect though” I said, keeping an eye on Berry Punch’s magic with the mixing. Her hooves working their magic on my alcoholic beverage.
“I think it’s alright, I come here sometimes with friends” Night Glider said, flicking her mane back over her shoulders and out of her vision. “You should’ve seen how drunk we’ve gotten”
“I can only imagine what it was like” I grinned.
“Yeah, Octavia can tell you about that night. She’s not that much of a drinker but that night, man, we lost all maturity.” Laughed Night Glider, “Heck if we both got bucked I can’t remember!”
Berry Punch chuckled before calling, “Hey David. What size glass do you want? , over her shoulder.
“Ah, regular or something around dat” I requested. She nodded in agreement and pulled a large beer glass off of a shelf.
“Fuck” I exclaimed.
“What?” Night Glider asked, turning her head away from the DJ and towards me.
“Oh, it’s just dat glass” I said, pointing towards the glass with my index finger.
“Oh right, it is big. Sure you can handle it?” Night Glider asked with a smirk. “Is the normal glass too large for ya?”
“Bring it on. You not asking for a drinking contest are you? Cause if you are, oh boy are you asking for it” I chuckled.
Her eyes shrunk to half-lidded, “Okay then, you’re on pal. What do you want to bet?”
“I ain’t bettin anything, just want to see how drunk we both get”
“Okay then. Hey Berry!” Night Glider called. Berry Punch turned around and looked towards Night Glider. Flicking her slightly upwards as if to indicate a ‘Yeah?’ response.
“Can I get a margarita please?” Night Glider asked, hanging on the ‘please’.
“Coming right up” Berry Punch called back, turning back to her mixing table, or whatever you call it.
I noticed the Dj switching to another song with a more bassy vibe and a more solid beat. The stool underneath me vibrating with the low ends of the track.
“You liking the music here?” Night Glider asked, snapping me out of my music analysis session.
“It’s alright, not my taste though” I responded.
“I love it, come here” Night Glider asked as she hopped off of the stool and walked towards the dancefloor where a couple dozen ponies where having the dance fever. She turned around and motioned for me to come closer, a warm smile on her face.
“Why?” I asked, not wanting to attract attention by dancing beside ponies that were half my height.
“Oh come on, I know you want to” She begged.
“Nah, sorry” I hesitated, lifting a hand in denial. Night Glider let out an exaggerated and loud sigh that closely resembled a moan but with a hint of exhalation in it. That is what a sigh kind of is.
Berry Punch turned around with two glasses on a platter, balanced carefully on her hoof as she walked over to us and placed it down on the table. Alerting Night Glider that our drinks were ready. She came back to the table with an annoyed look on our face and sat back on her seat.
“Oh yeah” I exclaimed with a smile. “Drink up!”
I grabbed the glass and inspected the liquid contained. A dark brown in colour yet slightly clear, resembling muddy water without other chunky bits in it. I tipped the glass and felt the alcohol pour down my throat before nearly coughing it back up.
“Oh fuck! Dat’s strong” I sputtered, coughing into my other hand. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Night Glider giggling to herself. Spurring me to drink up more.
I tried a little more slowly this time, keeping the beverage in my cheeks before carefully allowing it down my throat in small amounts at a time. The drink burned my throat as it went down the hatch but left a sweet aftertaste that matched the likes of strawberry or raspberry.
“Who!” I exclaimed, emptying the glass and slamming it onto the table. “Dat’s a good taste. Hit me again”
Berry Punch nodded her head with a soft smile and turned to begin the process of my next drink. I turned my head and saw Night Glider mimicking my slamming motion with her glass which was completely empty. Her gaze turned to me as a confident smile grew on her face.
Me and Night Glider stumbled through the doors of the bar with the world spinning around us. Obviously by how we were walking, any stranger could tell that we both were very drunk. Everything around us was blurry to the point that it was un-recognisable and we both couldn’t exactly tell where we were going.
“Ohhhhhhh fuk miiiiiiii” Night Glider trailed, nearly crashing to the ground face-first.
“I now riht” I mumbled, reaching out with my hands to touch empty air.
“Do you ‘hic’ know the way bak?” Night Glider asked, struggling to stay up straight without wavering slightly.
“Uhhh yeeeeaah” I said in a haze as I started to walk to the corner that was near the cigar store that I’d passed earlier today. “This waaye”
Little did I know that Night Glider hadn’t followed me simply for the fact that she’d passed out on the cold ground. So I continued to the corner about to turn it. Suddenly, a dark, black figure cloaked in an equally black gown jumped out from the corner and landed on the ground in front of me. The figure raised a single hoof and blew a strange powder into my face. I stumbled backwards and clasped my hands to my face.
“Ou wot te” I exclaimed. ”Woah”
Everything in my field of vision started to change colour as I fell on my back, weakness and paralysis taking over my body. All of my senses shut down except for sight as everything that I could see began to fade to black.
Before I fell unconscious I heard a muffled chuckled, and then hoofsteps sounding quieter and quieter as the figure ran away down the street.
