After the defeat of Tirek, Mark embarks on crazy and hilarious adventures in Equestria.
After the defeat of Tirek, Mark was informed by Celestia that he would not be able to get back home anytime soon. So instead of being all sad and mopey, Mark decides to get Luna's help with mastering his newfound powers, so he can go around Equestria making new friends and helping wherever he can. Alas, everything is not all sunshine and gumdrops in Equestria, for a great evil lies on the horizon.
Watch as Mark along with old and new friends, including an old and special little friend that we all know and love (I'm leaving it as a surprise but most of you might already know who it is), embark on a quest of action-packed and hilarity-filled adventures to defeat the great evil that is to come! So go grab a bag of popcorn, a giant cup of soda, and enjoy Markiplier's Crazy Adventures in Equestria!
Rated Teen for swearing
Chapter 1: Donuts and Hot Cocoa Are Perfect for Cold Days
It has been two weeks since we had defeated Tirek. Since then I have learned a lot of new things, some both good and bad. One of bad things I found out was that it might take a looooong while for Celestia to be able to send me back home. But I decided not to stress on it because throwing a fit wouldn't solve anything, so since then I've been productive.
Luna's been teaching me how to control and use my powers after I decided that I wanted to travel around Equestria helping anywhere I could becuase you know, With great power comes great Responsibility, in the words of Uncle Ben. It's been a week and a half since I asked Luna to help me with my power and I'd like to think I've been making giant progress, for example I've learned how to draw out and use my power, which involves a Warfstache appearing on my face, which is absolutely awesome. I've also learned how to fly, use telekenesis, and teleport, though my teleportation is a little rough around the edges, I can only teleport about 3 meters.
Oh and I can't believe I forgot to mention that I asked Twilight to help me summon a special somebody(box). Which then I decided to adopt him as son because on Earth he was just in video games, but now that he is physically real I decided to take this chance to spend as much time with him as I can. Even if he isn't a human or a pony I still love him very much and he is my little biscuit.
"Did you finally tell them about me, Mark?" asked a voice from my left shoulder. "I still can't believe you forgot to tell them about me," the voice on my shoulder said.
"I know, I know and I'm sorry, I can't believe I forgot to tell them either," I said to the little box and now my son, Tiny Box Tim, who was sitting on my shoulder as we walked towards Donut Joe's. "How bout' I make it up to you and buy you your favorite donut, chocolate frosting with sprinkles," I said to Tim.
"Okay! But I want two this time, I'm feeling extra hungry this morning," he said, rubbing his box stomach as we walked through the doors to Donut Joe's.
As soon as we stepped through the door I breathed a sigh of release, thankful for the heat coming from the vents. Apparently there had been an unexpected snow storm during last night and we got like 3 inches of snow luckily the pegasai got to work on the clouds right away so it should be warmer tomorrow.
"Okay, but this time don't just lick the frosting off and leave the rest, It's wastefull and it's not healthy for you," I told him as I remembered him just licking the frosting off last time and just leaving the rest.
As we walked up to the counter to order, I looked around and noticed that it was still pretty empty. "Well, it is 5 in the morning," I thought to myself. "Hey Joe, how's it hanging," I say to him as he's cleaning a mug, we stop in front of the counter.
"Oh, hi guy's, business is pretty slow this morning but at least I can relax a little before the breakfast crowd comes in," he responds as he continues cleaning a mug with a washcloth. "So what can I get you boys today," Joe asked as he put the mug away.
"Can we get a bakers dozen of chocolate covered donuts with sprinkles and 2 to-go cups of Hot Chocolate, please" I asked as pulled my bag of bits out of my jacket.
"Sure thing, that would be five bits" he said as I dug around in my bit bag for 5 bits. "So I heard about the unexpected snow storm last night, I hope it wasn't too cold for you, you know with not having fur and all," he said while filling the to-go cups with hot cocoa and placing the box of donuts on the counter.
"Eh, we've had worse weather than this back home, so it wasn't that bad but thanks for worrying," I said and smiled as I put the aforementioned amount of bits on the counter. "Mmmmm, those donuts smell delicious like always Joe," I complimented as I picked up the hot cocoa and box of donuts.
"Well I don't have a donut as a cutiemark for nothing!" he laughed as he grabbed the bits and put them in the register. "Enjoy the donuts and hot cocoa guys, hopefully it keeps you warm for the trip back to the castle!" he yelled as he waved goodbye.
"Don't worry we will and thanks for the donuts and hot cocoa!" I yelled back, waving as we walking out the door stepping out into the cold once again.
"We better hurry and get back to the castle, Luna will be really mad if we are late for our lessons again," I said as we started our trek back to the castle.
"Mfff-Mmm," Tim said with two donuts stuffed in his mouth. I rolled my eyes as I chuckled at his adorableness.
as I am about to pick up a donut from the box I decided to try and get used to my powers, so I concentrated and picked up the donut with my telekenis. I take a bite out of it smiling as the donuty goodness hits my tastebuds. As we were walking I decided to levitate the box of donuts on the way back as I held my hot cocoa and took a sip from it.
"You've gotten a lot better at that, Mark, maybe soon you'll be able to control those laser blasts or whatever you call them," Tim said as he just finished swallowing the two donuts he was eating. "Or better yet perfect that new spell Luna is teaching you," he finished as he grabbed a 3rd donut trying to be sneaky.
I ignored that as I thought about the new spell Luna was teaching me, Apparently it is a spell that can summon a weapon or something if I ever need it, and considering what just happened with Tirek I think it is a good idea to learn it.
"Oh well I'll worry about that later, but right now I want to enjoy my hot cocoa," I said not knowing the dangerous adventures that would be ahead of us.
As we walked into the castle, box of donuts levitating alongside me, I looked around marveling at the architecture once again. It was for this reason why I bumped into probably one of the worst ponies I have ever had the misfortune of meeting.
"Ah! Watch where you're going you stupid hairless monkey!" said one of the most obnoxious voices ever belonging to one of the most obnoxious ponies ever. "Now I probably have all you're disgusting germs or something," he added flicking his hoof dramatically. I just looked at him keeping my temper in check.
"Good morning to you too, Blueblood," I said with a fake smile as I picked up my box of donuts that had fallen when I lost focus. Luckily none of them had fallen out. "How are you this fine morning?" I asked with a fake smile still on my face.
"Well, it was going fine until an insolent pest decided to get all his alien germs on me," Blueblood said with a disgusted voice "And it's PRINCE Blueblood you insolant ape. You'll do well to remember that," Blueblood sneered as he glared at me.
"Oh come on Blueballs, why do you always have to be such a gripe?" I asked using his nickname I knew that he hated. "You need to lighten up every once in a while, if not for me then for everyone else," I said as he glared at me for calling him Blueballs. "Maybe then ponies would start being nicer to you and actually treat you like a prince, but instead you're always a douche nozzle," I finished as he stomped his hoof on the ground.
"First of all, I thought I told you not to call me Blueballs, and Second of all, I will not start acting all nice and happy for ponies I don't even know all the time like you, it's idiotic and it's a waste of time, now get out of my way you stupid ape," he said as he passed me "accidentily" stepping on my foot. Unfortuneately for him I new he would try something like that so I just swiped his hoof out from under him and he tripped then fell flat on his ass.
"Huh, seems like I'm not the only one who needs to watch where they are going, I mean look you just tripped on a leg like a imbecile," I said, trying to keep a triumphant grin off my face as I walked towards the training grounds. "You know," I said to Tim "he actually might have a case of Blue Balls, I mean it would explain a lot," I finished. As I pushed open the doors to the training grounds I felt a annoyed presence in the room, I looked to see Luna looking at me with a scowl.
"You're late...again" she said still scowling. I looked down at my watch, only to remember I don't have a watch. So instead I look up at the wall clock to see that I am indeed a few minutes late.
"Well ya see, I ran into BlueBlood in the hallway just now and.." I started to explain why I was late.
"Well no wonder you were late Blueblood definitely is a pain in the flank," she said nodding in understanding. "And I can also see that your skill and concentration has gotten a lot better since a week ago," she commented when she saw the box of donuts levitating by me.
"I know right, I remember I couldn't even lift a pen without getting a headache, but now I can lift almost a ton with no sweat," I said as I flashed back to the first time I learned how to use telekenesis.
Flashback to about a week ago
Luna just finished with training me on how to actually controll my power so now she is about to teach me about telekenesis. "So now that we got past the basics lets see you try and pick up this pen right here and if you can keep it levitated in the air for lets say...2 minutes, I want you to then levitate 4 of them in the air for 1 minute," Luna told me while holding up a pen in her hoof. "And then if you can do that we can move on to teaching you how to fly, now I should go to bed so I'm not tired all not, come see me when you've completed this assignment," she finished as she walked out the door, closing it behind her with her magic.
After she had left, I picked up one of the pens and examined it. "Huh, it's not even that heavy. This should be a piece of cake," I said to myself as I concentrated on the pen. Picturing a hand in my mind that's picking it up just like Luna had taught me. The familiar red and white aura surrounds the pen as it wiggles a little bit in my hand. I let it go as it floats in my red and white aura, not even 10 seconds later the aura surrounding it suddenly dissipates and it falls to the floor. "What?"
Two hours later and I haven't made any progress so far. I'm just about to give up when I remember something Luna had told me once. "Sometimes when unicorns always use magic for the first time and I've come to find out that when you are tensed up it is much harder to do magic, so instead of being all tense just inhale and exhale and let all the tension go" Luna's voice said in my head.
I inhaled and exhaled as I relaxed my body and closed my eyes picturing myself picking up a pen like I normaly would. When I opened my eyes I saw the pen in my familiar red and white aura. I keep my body relaxed as I close my eyes. 2 minutes later I open my eyes to see the pen still floating in my red and white aura. "FUCK YEAH!," I yell in triumph. "Whos the man. Thats right, me, Markiplier," I say to noone as I continue celebrating, while I run out of the door to tell Luna.
Flashback End
"Yeah I was so happy that I remember running to your room yelling 'FUCK YEAH!' the whole time, I got a lot of strange glances from the gaurds for that," I say as I am about to start eating another donut, until Tim snatches the donut right out of my hand. I look at him with a playful glare as he stuffs the donut into his mouth. "How many of those have you had this morning?" I ask as he finishes swallowing it.
"Uhh...2?" he lies with a guilty look in his eyes. "Okay maybe it was 4 or 5," he says as he smiles nervously.
As I'm about to scold Tim and tell him it's not good to have a lot of sugar, Luna interrupts me, telling me what she'd be teaching me today "Today I am going to teach you that new spell I've been talking about. How to make weapons out of magic and how to use them," she smiles as she begins the lesson.
As Luna was finishing up her lesson I started thinking over all that has happened to me since appearing in Equestria. I doubted anyone would believe me at home if I were to tell them that I somehow got pulled into a cartoon for kids, met six colorful talking ponies and 2 princesses, battled a power-loving Centaur from hell, adopted a little talking box (Which I love dearly), and now am being taught by one of those said princesses on how to use magic that doesn't even exist on Earth. "Well maybe some of my friends would believe me like Wade, Bob, Jack, and Aaron (Yamimash) would believe me but I highly doubt a stranger that barely knows me would believe me if I told them this, they would probably call the cops or something and I would get thrown into an insane asylum," I thought to myself as I shiverred. Ever since playing Outlast, the idea of going to an insane asylum has always scared me.
I decided that now was probably be a good time to get back to listening to Luna's explanation. "-so be careful when using this spell so that you won't somehow explode," she finished.
"Wait, WHAT!" I yelled when I heard that last part. I look at Luna to see her with an unamused expression on her face. I smiled nervously as I twiddled my thumbs. "Uh, I mean yeah of course, so just don't blow up," I answered nervously.
"That last part was a lie I just wanted to see if you were listening or not, have you even been listening to me this entire time," she asked with a small glare. I shifted around with a nervous smile on my face.
"Uhhhh...No?" I said with a nervous chuckle. Luna facehooved as I continued chuckling nervously. "I'm sorry I was just thinking about something else, so can you please maybe explain it one more time?" I asked with a pleading look. "I promise I'll pay attention this time," I said with the pleading look still on my face. She sighed as she rubbed her face with a hoof.
"Fine, but you actually have to listen this time or you'll have to try and figure it out yourself," she told me as I thanked her. "Ok, so first imagine what kind of weapon you want and what it will look like," she told me as I thought about what kind of weapon I'd want. a gun would be too mainstream and I don't even know how to work one, and I doubt any of the ponies would know how to use it either. A mace? No. An axe? No. A battleaxe? No. After a while of thinking over what kind of weapon I'd want. I decided to just go with the old trusty sword. I then imagined what I wanted it to look like, smiling as I did it. "Then after you have that done, concentrate on that image in your brain and imagine it appearing in your hand," she explained as I imagined it appearing in my hand. I felt the handle of it materialize in my hand as I celebrated internally. I opened my eyes to see... one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
I stared at it in excitement, as I started to swing it around a little, watching the bright red and orange flame leaving trails in the air with each swing. "Congratulations Mark you have just made your first weapon," Luna said with a proud smile on her face. "Now we just need to find somepony to teach you how to use it," she said, facehooving as I accidently cut through one of the walls. It felt like I was cutting butter while cutting that wall, I began to get even more excited, but calmed down when Luna "Ahem'd".
"Sorry, I guess I just got a little too excited," I apologized as I held the sword carefully to my side, not wanting to wreck anything else. I started to get a little dizzy as I felt down on my butt still clutching the sword. "Woah, that took a lot more out of me than I thought it would," I said as I closed my eyes already feeling a headache coming on.
"Yes, I think that is enough teaching for today," she said looking at the clock on the wall "I still have to get sleep so I don't doze off during the night, and I think you should get some rest too before you do anything else," she said to me as I almost dozed off right there and then. I thanked her again and waved goodbye as she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.
"Wow Mark, that was pretty awesome!" Tim said from his place on the rack of barbells. "Although you don't know how to use it, I can't wait to see it in action," he said as I held it in my hands, watching the flames flicker. "I wonder who Luna is going to get to teach you," he wondered as I continue messing with it.
While I was still messing with it, flames all of a sudden shot out from the tip of the sword, turning the table it was pointing towards to ashes, startling both me and Tim. "HOLY BALLS, WHAT THE FUCK!!" I screamed as I dropped the sword holding my hands up in the air. Tim and I look at each other with wide eyes as I shake from the huge scare. "I think I should stop messing with it for now until I actually learn what it can do. I'm going to need a fireproof scabbard or something for it though," I say as I carefully pick the sword back up, keeping it to my side.
After I got over that big scare I decided that I wanted to give my new weapon a cool name. I mulled over some names until I decided. "I'll name you The Sword of Stache," I said walking out of the room to go and get some rest.
I lie on the bed, which Princess Celestia had given me for the duration of my training with Luna, staring up at the ceiling. My sword was in a box under my bed. Before I came back to my room to rest I had decided that I'd ask celestia for a fireproof scabbard and a box to hold my sword. Tim is sleeping in his miniature box sized bed that I asked Princess Celestia to put in the room. I'm just bored as hell right now so I've been pondering if I should go and practice my flying because I'm still trying to make my speed faster while moving in the air. I make up my mind as I quietly get up as to not wake up Tim, before I leave I decide to tuck Tim in and I smile at how adorable he looked all snuggled up in his blanket. I leave the room, quietly closing the door behind me. I decided that I'd practice my flying in the courtyard. A few minutes later I'm in the courtyard, stretching just because. I concentrate as my red and white aura surrounds me, remembering the first thing Luna taught me when I was first getting ready to fly.
A Few Days Ago
"Imagine as if you are as light as a feather blowing in the wind" Luna said as I was bursting with excitement. "It might not be easy at first but keep practicing and I think you'll get the hang of it," she told me as I started hovering above the ground a few feet, her looking at me in surprise, then she facehoofed as I tried moving forward and ended up slamming face first onto the ground breaking my concentration. "At least you've actually gotten of the ground, now we just need to work on your movement in mid-air" she said as she levitated me back onto my feet. I kept practicing with Luna until lunch, which after she had it she'd be going to bed. In that time I'd sorta gotten the hang of it, but not completely. I could hover above the ground , then when I try to move I get all of 10 feet before I fall to the ground.
After Luna had gone to bed I decided to keep practicing until I could at least actually fly instead of hovering and only moving a few feet. After hours of no progress though, I'm sitting on the ground thinking of a solution. "Luna mentioned something about feather...and wings are made out of feathers, and a pegasus uses wings to move around in the air, so...maybe I just need to imagine myself having wings?" I asked noone as I stood up. After getting up into the air I imagined that I had a pair of awesome pair of pink wings on my back, flapping them as if I had them physically. I feel myself move forward a few feet after doing that. Smiling in victory I keep flapping my imaginary wings like I've seen Rainbow do a hundred times. I do a few flips and spins in the air yelling as I'm doing it.
End of Flashback
I smile as I remember the first time I learned how to really fly. Then I wondered how I would be able to make myself go faster, I heard about how Rainbow did something called a Sonic Rainboom once where she broke the speed of sound. If I ever want to be even close to as fast as her though I'm going to need to practice, practice, and practice, so I might as well start right now.
Rising into the air, I fly to the top of the highest tower, deciding that it would be easier to get more speed from up higher. As I reach my destination, I grip the roof with one of my hands and plant one foot down firmly. As I look around in amazement I spot a small village, with a giant castle, actually peaceful for once. I don't understand why Ponyville is a beacon for trouble, it's probably because the elements, and now The Princess of Friendship lives there. I chuckle as I remember the first time I came to Ponyville, the first Pony I met was Twilight, which is kinda funny that the first pony I met was one of the very few Princesses in Equestria. Of course, the first thing I did was point at Twilight and scream "HOLY SHIT, A TALKING PURPLE HORSE". Worst first impression ever amiright. Well after she somehow got me to calm down and tell her everything, she decided that I should meet her friends. Oh yeah, and after meeting all her friends, except one, I got the absolute shit scared out of me when we walked back in the Library, all the lights off, then "SURPRISE!" and of course I grabbed the first thing I say to use as a weapon, a chair. I almost ended up nailing a mint-green unicorn in the face with it. After apologizing profusely she just waved it off and repeatedly asked if she could touch my hands, finally after repeatedly saying no and her repeatedly asking, I finally relented. Before she could actually do anything she got pulled away by a brown Earth pony mare, her getting dragged all the way by her tail. That was actually one of the best parties I had actualy ever been to.
I decided that I'd been hanging there long enough, letting go, I shot straight down with my arms against my side, tiltinng up a little I shoot straight through a tree, leaving a gravity defying hole in it. I keep going straight and shooting straight off the edge of the mountain, Unfortunately I never really thought about how I was going to stop, and of course with my luck I'm heading straight towards Ponyville. I shoot straight through 4 clouds some of the cloud pieces sticking to my face giving me a comical Santa Clause look. I shoot through another cloud, which was unfortunate for a certain rainbow haired pegasus that was sleeping on it. "SORRY DASH!" I yelled, as she spun around in the air before righting herself. Still not stopping, I dodge out of the way of a few ponies, who yelled in surprise, jumping out of the way, me keeping on saying sorry everytime. Unforrtunately I wasn't looking where I was going flying straight into the Everfree slamming into a tree and falling unconcious.
I wake up a few minutes later laying upside down against the tree that I hit. I notice that Celestia had just recently lowered the sun. Ok good news is I finally stopped...bad news is I'm right smack dab in the middle of the Everfree Forest and it's nighttime. Worse news is I can hear growling and see a couple pairs of yellow eyes glaring at me from the darkness of the trees.
"...Well isn't this a son of a bitch," I say as multiple timberwolves step into the clearing I was in. "I think the Universe just loves to make my life miserable sometimes," I say backing up into the tree with a defensive stance, channeling magic into my hands.
As I'm crouching there with a bunch of Timberwolves around me, one word comes to me, "Why me?".
I stand there looking around at the Timberwolves surrounding me, really regretting not bringing my sword. I couldn't help the fear that showed in my eyes, the only battle I ever fought was when I battled Tirek, but I had no idea how to actually fight, pure adreneline and Wilford Warfstache is what got me through that ordeal. So I had no idea what to do with all these Timberwolves surrounding me. I also don't have enough magic left to fly out of the forest so I was stuck on the ground for now, I knew that I couldn't take on all of these Timberwolves by myself, so I decided with the best course of action for right now...RUN!
I run and burst through an opening in the wall of Timberwolves, looking straight ahead as I keep running, not stopping for even a second. I have no idea which direction I am heading, but I just need to outrun these Timberwolves and shake them off of me. Just as I finish that thought process I look behind me only to see the Timberwolves right on my tail. I make a decision and stop then I run straight to my right, jumps over a Timberwolf that was about to snap at my leg, kicking it in the face and using that as a good push forward. As I keep running I think about running back to Ponyville but there was two problems with that one, I didn't know which way Ponyville was, and two, I couldn't risk letting loose a couple of Timberwolves into Ponyville.
I get an Idea as I keep running, I run straight into a tree until at the last minute I turn and run right. I look back to see that my plan had worked, as soon as I had jump out of the way a few Timberwolves couldn't slow their momentum and ended up crashing into the tree and bursting into a bunch of sticks. I knew I couldn't rest easy just yet because, looking behind me I still can count about 15 or 20 Timberwolves following me and they were catching up. I kept running until I find myself in a large clearing, it seems that the whole universe is against me as I run straight into a solid object (again). Apparently I'm an idiot and can't see 3 feet in front of me, because the solid object I just ran into was a giant cliff .
"SON OF A BITCH, THAT HURT!!" I yell as I'm crouching down holding my bloody nose in pain. As I'm about to yell a couple more obscenities I hear multiple growls from behind me. I turn around only to find myself surrounded by Timberwolves. I crouch down into a defensive pose, cursing the universe about a thousand times in my head. "Gawd fucking dammit," I say as I keep up my defensive pose. "I don't suppose we could all make up and sit down for a tea party?" I say only getting more angry growls in response. "Yeah I didn't think so," I sigh as I bring out what little magic I had, my hands being surrounded in my aura.
I look around for anything I can throw at them, that is until a Timberwolve tries to rush me, I jump out of the way kicking it in the head in retaliation. I crouch back down into a defensive pose and start looking around again for anything I could use as a weapon. As my eyes land on a exceptionally sharp and sturdy stick that had fallen off of the Timberwolve I kicked I get an Idea. Levitating the stick up in front of me, I wait until another Timberwolve decides to try and rush me. As soon as it jumps at me mouth open and teeth bared, I launch the sharp stick right into it's mouth. It had a confused look on it's face just before it exploded into a bunch of sticks and leaves. I don't hesitate and grab the next sharp and sturdy stick from the pile the just exploded Timberwolve on the ground. Grabbing a few more sturdy and sharp ones, I launch another stick at a Timberwolve that had gotten too impatient, as I keep launching sticks at Timberwolves like a badass, I can't help but love Dead Space even more than I already have, because frankly that game is one of the only reasons I'm surviving right now.
Inevitably I run out of sharp and sturdy sticks, luckily there were only a handfull of Timberwolves left. I decide that I needed to start thinking of something else real quick, so I jump up and grab one of the strong branches of the tree above me. Lifting my foot up just in time before one of the Timberwolves could take a bit out of my leg. I continue to climb up higher as the Timberwolves beneath me start jumping up trying to snap at my feet, until I get to high for them to jump. As I reach the top of the tree I look down only to see them climbing up it. I didn't have anywhere else to go so I put a little magic into my feet to make them able to absorb more impact. I decided that if I was going to jump down I was going to take 1 or 2 of them with me. I jumps down right into one of the Timberwolves's face, knocking it off of the tree. Unfortunately for 1 of the Timberwolves below it, I grabbed onto a loose stick pulling another down with me. I use the 2 Timberwolves to help with the impact by putting them between me and the ground, so they take all of my weight and break my fall, them exploding into a bunch of leaves and sticks.
I tuck and roll, jumping onto my feet as I turn around. Unfortunately I didn't see one of the Timberwolves jumping down straight at me, I try and dodge too late as it crashes into me, clamping it's mouth onto my forearm. "FUUUUUUUCK!!" I yell in pain as I try to make the Timberwolf let go. It finally let go but it took a pretty big bite out of my arm, I stomp it's head into the ground, it exploding into sticks after I do. "Gawd damn motherfucking wooden wolves," I growl as I hold my bloody arm.
I look up only to see the last two Timberwolves getting ready to jump on me, looking down at my injured arm, I see that I'm losing a lot of blood. Deciding that I needed to end this before I lost consciousness from blood loss. I didn't have time to think about how to do that, as they both charged at me not giving me enough time to react. One of them latches onto my leg and the other one onto my other forearm. I yell in pain as I try to stay conscious, spotting a large rock by my feet I grab the rock with my free hand, and start smashing it into the head of the Timberwolf that was latched onto my leg. It finally going still after a couple of tries. I didn't have time to relax as there was still a Timberwolf latched onto my arm, so I ram my arm into the ground, grunting in pain each time, until it finally lets go. I stomp it's head into the ground before it can get up to try to attack me again, it then dying like the rest.
My vision starts to go dark as I fall onto my back. I can feel that I've already lost a lot of my blood, probably from running around a lot. "Oh my, what is it I see? It is a creature in great need," I hear a voice say as I lose consciousness.
"Where the fuck am I," I say to nothing but the darkness that surrounds me. "am I...dead?" I ask no one, already starting to get paranoid. I put my hands up in front of my face and count my fingers. "Oh God no, please don't let me be dead," I say whipping my head around.
"You're still alive you idiot, you're just unconscious," I jump as I hear a voice say behind me. "Although we did almost die from blood loss, but thankfully someone came to our aid," the voice said.
I turn around and jump back in surprise from the pair of eyes that are staring back at me through the darkness. Unfortunately I couldn't see anything but their eyes, so I couldn't actually see who was talking to me. "Wh-who are you, ARE YOU THE CRAZED BUTT STABBER!?" I yell, backing up and covering my butt.
"Don't you think that if I was the crazed buttstabber that I would of stabbed you already?" he says with a roll of his eyes. "I guess I should probably reveal myself before you start breaking down into hysterics, even more than you already are, I mean," the voice sighs as a figure steps out of the shadows.
The first thing I can see from the figure stepping out into the open, is a very familiar pink mustache. My eyes widen almost to the point of my eyeballs falling out of their sockets. Standing in front of me, is none other than, the one and only sexy beast, Wilfred Warfstache.
"Okay, seriously, either I'm dead and this is some sort of limbo or I'm tripping major ballsacks," I say still staring in disbelief, "I don't know which would be worse though," I say as I finally let my eyes go back to their normal size.
"You are not dead, like I said before, and you're also not tripping major ballsacks," he said reafirming that I am indeed alive and am not tripping balls. "and to answer your earlier question, we are inside your mind right now," he says to me.
"But that doesn't explain what you're doing in my head," I say with a slight frown, "I also still want to know how I got here and why I am in my own mind," I say gesturing to the darkness all around me.
"Well, as to how you got here, that might have been my fault and as for why well, I thought it was about time to introduce you to all the different ego's of you that have been living in your head for a while now," he says leaning on his cane and pulling at his mustache.
"Wait wait hold on a minute, what do you mean different versions of me?" I ask waving my hands in front of my face, "and what do you mean they're living in my head?" I add with a WTF face.
"hold your horses, I was getting to that," he said holding up a gloved hand, "You know how through your Youtube career you've come up with a bunch of different alter ego's of yourself, like me and Doctor Iplier," I answer with a yes, then he continues. "Well on Earth they were just alter ego's, not real, but apparently when you got sucked into Equestria all those alter ego's you've made up over the years have starting becoming real with individual thoughts and feelings," he finishes as he straightens out his jacket.
"So wait, how many of you are there then?" I ask trying to remember how many alter ego's I made up back on Earth. "The only one I've seen so far is you, where are the others?" I wonder looking around.
"Well I don't know the exact number, I've only seen about 4 or 5 of the others," He says pulling his mustache in thought while leaning on his cane. "I've seen Santiplier, Dr. Iplier, Babyplier, SCP M.A.R.K.I.P.L.I.E.R...OH, and can't forget about Darkiplier, not a very nice guy that one is," he says with a scowl. "the only one I've seen him be nice to so far is Babyplier," he says.
"So then, where is everyone else then?" I question, once again looking around seeing if I could see anyone else. "It's like you and I are the only ones here," I say looking back at him.
"Well right now I think everyone is either sleeping or are off doing something else," he says looking around. "Oh, wait I think I see one of the others he says," squinting into the distance.
I look to where he's looking only to see one of the other me's floating around making "scary" noises. "I'm going to give a guess and say that that's SCP me," I say still staring at him. "Why is he even making those noises when noones even around to "scare"?" I say, adding air quotes to "scare". "I mean, he just looks stupid right now making all those noises," I say as I facepalm at how stupid I must have looked doing that in that SCP video.
"You're guess is exactly spot on, don't worry about him though you'll get used to him, eventually," Wilfred says leaning on his cane lazily. "Oh, and here comes Santiplier I think right now, oh and you might want to duck," he says looking in the direction SCP Markiplier came from
"What, why would I need to du-" I say before I hear sleigh bells accompanied with a very familiar voice.
"HO HO HO HO!" Santaplier says as I duck almost getting decapitated by a sleigh to see a big red sleigh being pulled by elves, with santa holding the reigns that are attached to the elves. "HO HO HOLY CRAP, KIDDIES WE'RE LOSING PROPULSION AHHHHHHHH!" Santaplier yells as he crashes into th floor behind us, one of the elves bodiless heads bumping into my feet. "OOOOOOOOH NOOOOO MY SWEET NUBILE KIDDIES!" he yells continuing to scream.
Just as I'm about to go over and try to help him, a door opens up right next to me and a me in a lab coat runs out with a beautiful and voloptouis nurse coming out after him. "Ah, and that would be Mr Dr Iplier," Wilfred says his eyes following Dr Ipliers movement. "Oh, and his Nurse of course, a very beautiful one that one is," Wilfred says looking at the Nurse.
"So..wait if only my other personalities came to life then why did the Nurse and Santa's elves become real with it?" I ask him scratching my head.
"Well, my guess is that whoever or whatever actually made us real decided that if it was going to make your alter ego's real that they or it thought they should all have the thing or person associated with that ego with it," he said while waving his hand around. "Of course, this is just a theory, I don't know if that's what actually happened," he finished as he stroked his chin.
"Well it's a lot better than the theories I came up with, so we'll just go with that," I said shrugging my shoulders. "but I do want to know what in the hell they are doing over there," I said pointing to where quite a comical scene was taking place. Dr Iplier was hitting Santaplier repeatedly in the stomach muttering something like "I know what's best" over and over again. Meanwhile the elves's bodies lay next to him, their heads sewn back on...but upside down
Wilfred facepalms as he sighs. "I don't think even he knows what he is doing," Wilfred says holding his head in his hands and shaking it. "He says that he got his doctors degree from Nicuargua, but I don't really believe that," he says lifting his head up.
I look back at Dr Iplier and Santa and cringe remembering all the times in surgeon simulator that I had let Bob die. I sigh "Poor Bob" I say and cringe back as a particuarly powerfull swing lands a hit right between santa's legs, immediately followed by a pained yell/
"AHHHHHHH NOT SANTA'S GUMDROPS!" Santaplier screams in agony. I decided that now was probably a good time to look away. I turn around only to come face-to-face with an one of the other me's I had hoped not to meet.
"Well, well if it isn't Mr Goody Fucking Two Shoes," Darkiplier says with a wicked grin on his face showing off his sharp teeth. "What are you doing here in this neck of the woods all alone?" he asks squinting his eyes all the while keeping that same shit-eating grin on his face.
"What? What do you mean all alon-?" I ask turning around only to see the others nowhere in sight. "Wait, what the fuck is going on?" I ask just now realizing that it was now all white around me instead of black "Where did all the other me's go, they were just with me?" I ask wondering what was happening.
"Well, apparently you somehow accidently stumbled into my room, which if I'm being honest, don't know if I really like," he says finally losing his grin, only for it to be replaced by a sneer. "and although I know we are both supposed to be the complete opposite of eachother I thought I would give you a fair warning, because it also concerns me," he says sitting down in a swivel chair that appeared out of nowhere. "I'll just be blunt and outright say it, The Mark is trying to break into reality," he says with a serious look on his face.
"Wait, who is The Mark?" I ask putting a hand up "and would it be bad if it actually escaped to reality?" I ask.
"Of course it would be bad, YOU DUMBASS!" he yells waving his arms around angrily "Remember when you played that fan-made game where you could shoot giant pink mustaches at your enemies?" he asks me as I remember what he is talking about.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that," I say sheepishly while rubbing the back of my neck. "Yeah that thing was creepy as hell when I first saw it," I say shivering a little bit.
"ANYWAY!" Darkiplier says clapping his hands "If The Mark somehow gets into the real world, life as we know it may never be the same," he says as he starts spinning around in his chair. "Of course there is no telling when he might actually break free," he says while frowning in thought.
"So...why are you telling me all this?" I ask spreading out my arms. "I mean I don't think I'm exactly a match for the Mark anytime soon," I say "I mean I can barely control flying fast," I finish throwing my arms up in the air.
"I'm telling you this because, even though I hate to admit it, you are probably the only hope we've got of defeating The Mark, and even though you're pretty much worthless right now, I think you can get a lot better with practice," he explains linking his fingers together. "I heard that after you were done training with Luna you were gonna go out on an adventure and start helping people or some shit," he says acting like helping people was the worse thing possible. "But change of plans, after you're done training with Luna you'll still go on that adventure but your training won't be over, oh no, while you're on this journey, Wilfred, another Mark that isn't here yet, and I will train you," he says with a grin.
"I can understand Wilfred teaching me, but you, I mean what do you get out of this?" I ask scowling at him. "and what could you possibly even teach me?" I ask.
He just chuckles under his breath before returning to his serious mode. "For one thing I get to live and for another, if anyone is going to be trying to take over the world it will be me," he says with an evil grin. "and I don't think Luna has tought you anythiing having to do with Dark magic yet, so that is what I will be teaching you, Warfstache I don't know what he is gonna teach you," he says leaning back in his chair. "and hopefuly while you are out their helping people and shit, I'm hoping that you'll get a lot of experience," he finishes as he stands up and stretches.
"So...what happens now?" I ask scratching my neck looking around. "Am I supposed to wake up or something?" I ask him.
"Actually, yes and you should be waking up in about 5..4..3..2..1," he says with a smirk.
"Wait what are you talki-," I don't get to finish as my whole world goes white.
The first thing I felt when I woke up was pain, a lot of it. I flinched as soon as I opened my eyes, it being too bright all of a sudden. As my eyes adjusted to the new amount of light, I started to sit up. Looking down I find that there are bandages covering almost my whole body.
Feeling that my mouth was too dry I started looking around the room I was in to see if I could find any water, my eyes finally landed on a pitcher of water and a glass sitting on a table right next to me. groaning a bit from having to move my aching body I fill the glass up until it is almost overflowing. After taking a much needed drink of water I put the glass back next to the pitcher.
Looking around I started to wonder just now where I actually was, I also just now realized that all but my boxers were gone, which was understandable I mean with all the bandages on me. Looking around myself once again, I see a that I'm in some sort of hut or shack.
As I keep looking around the room looking at all the masks and stuff, I spot my clothes folded on a chair in the corner of the room. Sighing in relief of knowing that my clothes weren't taken, I was about to get up to grab them when the door opened. A zebra with a giant mohawk and a lot of jewelry walked in. She jumped a little as soon as she saw me awake and sitting up.
"Oh my, you were covered with Timberwolve injuries," the zebra said in a female voice. "so how are you up so fast, if I may inquiry?" she asked as she set a glass bottle filled with something green on the shelf.
I vaguely remember Twilight telling me about a zebra that she said lived in a hut in the Everfree, I just never really thought I'd meet her so soon, assuming this was her, but I mean how ponies or zebra's in the Everfree.
I try to remember her name, but as I try to remember I felt a sharp pain all of a sudden in my head, I lift my hand to rub my head when I found out my head is also wrapped in bandages. 'How did I just now notice that' I think to myself until another sharp pain hit my head as I wince in pain.
"Though it seems your head is still paining you," she said with a worried look. "Maybe I can bring it down with the help of this brew," she said as she grabbed a few things from the shelf and walked over to the cauldron.
I remember Twilight saying that the zebra also always rhymed. "You must be that zebra that Twilight told me about who lives in the Everfree," I say with small smile. "Though I'm sorry, I can't really remember your name, everytime I tied to think I feel a sharp pain in my head" I finished with an apologetic smile.
"It seems that you cannot recall, that you took quite a hit to the noggin with that nasty fall," she said as she started pouring some stuff into the cauldron. "although of zebra's there aren't a plethora, I am one of the few and am named Zecora," she said as she started stirring whatever that stuff was.
"Well then thank you Zecora for bandaging me up and bringing me to your hut," I thank her. "Although I think I heard you say you're making a brew that could help me with this headache," I say as I rub my head in emphasis.
"Yes a brew it is I am creating I am, and healing your headache is a part of the plan," she said. "The brew I am making is almost finished, so hopefully that pain will soon diminish," she says as she pours some of the liquid into a cup.
She walked over to me with the cup and handed it to me, I curiously sniffed the strange green liquid. "Ugh, no offence but this stuff smells like shit," I say looking down at the liquid in disgust, holding the terrible smelling liquid away from me. "Do I have to drink all of it?" I ask with the same expression on my face.
"I know that it may stink, but for it to work all of it you will have to drink," she said with an apologetic look. "and foul it may test and smell, it will bring your headache down a spell," she finished as she pushed the cup back towards me.
I look down at the liquid in defeat, taking a little sip of it first I almost throw up but am able to hold it down. "Whelp, here goes nothing!" I say as I throw my head back and dump the disgusting liquid down my throat. It burns my throat as it goes down and I almost threw up a few times, but finally I got it all down.
Fortunately the stuff was working because my giant headache was starting to go down. "Wow, you were right I can barely feel the pain anymore!" I exclaim with a smile on my face. "Thanks again, Zecora!" I say with a relieved smile on my face.
"I am happy to hear that your pain abates, hopefully it was well worth the taste," she says smiling back at me. "Although you still may need a few days to recover, if you don't want your body to b broken forever," she finishes going over and putting stuff back away on the shelves.
"I still can't thank you enough Zecora is there anyway I can repay you?" I ask hoping I could repay her in some way. "Really I mean anythin-,"
"Now stop with that nonsense my dear friend, just try and not let this happen again," she said as she walked back over to me. "While you here resting and healing, I went to Ponyville and told Twilight about our meeting,"
"Thanks, I guess, I hope she didn't get too worked up about it though," I say "I mean, it was just a hit to the head and a few scratches," I say rubbing my bandaged head.
"She would have come to see you for herself my friend, If she didn't have so much princess duties again," she said, then she looked at my legs. "But a few scratches and a bump on the head is not all that you have, for I found that your leg was almost broken in half," she says going to grab things off the shelf.
"I think I would notice if my le-," I say until I look down and see that my leg was in a splint. 'How did I not notice before and why doesn't this hurt' I ask myself in disbelief. I try to get up but feel a very sharp pain travel up my spine, so I sat back down. I reiterate my internal question out loud to Zecora. "and I don't even remember getting my leg broken," I say until I remember myself jumping off that high tree. I say this to Zecora "I did feel a sharp pain in my leg after hitting the ground," I tell her, thinking of how stupid that might have been at the time.
"Do not fret over your broken leg my friend, for very soon you will be up and walking again," she says mashing some stuff in a mortar bowl. "For this ointment I am making you see, will have you very soon standing up with ease," she said as she started to rub a greenish-brownish like paste onto my broken leg. "this will sting for a while, but having no broken leg will make it worthwhile," she said as she stepped back, finished rubbing the stuff on my broken leg.
At first it was just a little tingle going up my leg, until it started to mend the bones back into place. It was probably one of the worst feelings ever. I gritted my teeth trying not to scream, I can't deny that a couple of tears might have fallen from my eyes. It had only been a few minutes but to me it felt like an eternity. finally the pain started to subside and replacing the pain was relief that it was over. "Fucking hell," I say panting a little bit. "That was one of the worst fucking possible things I have ever felt," I say.
"I am sorry that the ointment has caused you great pain, but you'll be happy to know that you can walk again," she said as she helped me stand up
Walking around a little bit, I found that she was right. It felt like I got a completely new leg, I put my weight on it and it still didn't hurt. Turning around I thank Zecora. "THANK YOU SO MUCH ZECORA!," I say with a giant smile on my face, kicking my newly healed leg a few times. "I still wish there was someway I could repay you though," I say to her feeling a little guilty.
"Like I said before there is no need for thanks any friend of Twilight is a friend of mine, you are welcome to my hut anytime," she says smiling at me.
"Still I can't thank you enough," I say giving her a hug after a surprised moment she returned to hug. "I should probably get dressed and get back to the castle though, so the princesses don't get worried," I say putting, walking over to my clothes and I start to get dressed.
"It is probably best for you to go home, wouldn't want the princesses to wonder where have you gone," she says. "Try and rest for a couple of days, before start becoming more strained," she tells me as I finish tying my shoes.
"Thanks and I will, wouldn't want to get anymore injured than I already am," I say opening the door to her hut. "Goodbye Zecora and thank you again," I say thanking her for the hundredth time.
"Goodbye and good luck my friend, and if you ever need help come see me again," she says waving to me and I wave back.
I close the door behind me before levitating into the air. I fly at a leisurely pace towards the castle, mulling over that dream I had. I decide that I should probably keep it to myself for now, I don't know why I just felt that I should. I sigh
"Well that sucked but at least I finally met Zecora," I say to myself. 'I should also start teaching myself how to brake' I say to myself with a sweat drop.
Chapter 8: A Visit To Ponyville and Meeting Up With Spike
Looking in front of me, I could see the castle only a little more ways away. As I near the castle I start to worry of how Tim will react to me being gone for almost half a day, hopefully he's not too mad. After thinking about something I turn right and start heading towards Ponyville, I decide that I might as well get some treats from Sugar Cube Corner, both because I am hungry and I want to make up being gone so long to Tim.
My leg was still a little sore from the process of my bones being all of a sudden mended back together. Although it's a far cry better from having to wear a cast or something on my leg for the rest of my life.
Landing on the dirt road leading into Ponyville, I land a little hard on my still sore leg, which causes me to stumble. Windmilling my arms, trying to grab onto anything, I try and regain my balance before my face can have a close up meeting with the dirt road, luckily it seems the universe wasn't totally against me today. Grabbing onto the conveniently placed sign-post, I regain my footing and keep most of my weight off my still sore leg. 'That was a close one' I think to myself as I try and catch my breath from that sudden workout.
I look around trying to see if anypony saw what just happened, but luckily, it seemed that everypony was still going on about their business. I guess a human failing while trying to land is one of the least weirdest things to happen around here.
Figuring that I probably shouldn't be dilly dallying, so I turn around and start to make my way towards Sugar Cube Corner, not noticing the little purple dragon in front of me until it was too late.
"Oomf!" Is what I heard after something bumped into my legs, I look down and see Spike, who I'm guessing was the one who bumped into my legs, on the ground rubbing his head, with groceries spilled all over the ground. "Hey! who put this wall here...Oh! Mark, it's you," He says still in a daze, until noticing that that wall he ran into was me. "What are you doing here, I thought you will still be in Canterlot?," He says in puzzlement.
"Spike!, sorry about walking into you," I say as I stoop down to help him gather up the groceries he spilled. "I guess I didn't see you there with you being all...well you know," I say rubbing the back of my head nervously. Luckily it seems Spike isn't offended that easily because he just laughs it off.
"I'm the one who should be sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going," he says picking up his now picked up bag of groceries. "I mean I should have noticed you, considering how tall you are compared to me and other ponies," He finishes dusting himself off.
Now it was my turn to laugh, "Really because where I come from I'm considered short for my age," I say laughing at the prospect that someone considered me to actually be tall.
"Really?, You're short from where you come from, man, I'd like to see how tall an average human is," He says in amazement. "Not trying to be rude or anything but you never answered my earlier question, what are you doing here, not that i'm not happy to see you, its just," he says until i cut him off.
"It's no problem really, I was actually leaving from Zecora's hut when i decided to stop at Sugar Cube Corner," I say. "I decided that since I had been gone all night, that I would try and make it up to Tim for being gone so long by buying some treats, plus I'm also a little hungry for something sweet also," I say.
"Wait, why were you at Zecora's and more importantly what happened to make you be gone all night?" he asks still puzzled.
"Didn't Twilight tell you about what happened?" I ask wondering why Twilight hadn't told Spike about what happened. Shaking his head no, I tell him about what had happened to me, and how I had gotten to Zecora's hut. "and that's pretty much what all happened," I finish as I look at my till sore leg.
"Man, that must have sucked, sorry to hear about what happened Mark, and Twilight probably wasn't able to tell me this morning because I was out running errands all morning," he says holding up the grocery list. "and did you say you were going to Sugar Cube Corner, because that's actually the last place I need to go today," he says smiling at me. "Since we're both going to the same place maybe I could join you," he says adjusting the groceries in his grip.
"That's sounds like a great Idea," I say and smile at him. As him and me start making our way to Sugar Cube Corner, neither of us noticing the foreboding storm clouds heading towards Ponyville behind us.
As we continue our way to Sugar Cube Corner, I feel something wet land on my shoulder, then another, and another, until I realize that it is starting to rain, me and Spike look at eachother and nod, running the rest of the way towards Sugar Cube Corner so we can get out of the rain, I spot the aforementioned building in front of me.
Sprinting the rest of the way up to the entrance with our arms over our heads we make it inside just as it starts to pour cats and dogs. I look out the window to see Ponies having the same idea as us, running into their houses or any restaurant or shop open they can find.
I start running my hands through my hair trying to get the water out of it, while Spike just shakes himself like a dog, the water flying off of his scales and landing on me, getting me even more wet.
I look at him with a slight glare and he gives me a sheepish look. Wringing my hair out again, I start to look around and see a few dozen or so other ponies waiting in line to order or sitting at a table or booth.
Spike and I walk up to the end of the line and wait there. "So how long do you think the Weather ponies were planning this storm for?" I ask as I look down at him seeing him digging around some money.
He sighs in ax-aspiration and hangs his head. "What's wrong?" I ask as he gives me a sad look.
"I think I forgot my bit bag at the last store I was at," he says now with a frown. "hopefully it will still be their when I go back," he says.
I look at his defeated look and decide on something. "What did you need to get from here?" I ask, as he looks at me with a questioning look.
"Why?" he asks me.
"Because I can buy whatever you need so you don't have to go back outside into the rain, to got a bag of bits, that might or might not have already been stolen," I say taking out my bag of bits and shaking the bag, sounds of a bunch of coins jingling around inside. "It's no problem really, I have more bits than I know what to do with," I say.
"Really, are you are you sure, Mark?" he asks in an unsure voice. "It is your money and I'd feel bad...," he says until I cut him off.
"That's what friends are for," I say as I smile at him.
"Thanks Mark, and to be honest I was not really looking forward to going out in the rain either," he says, then tells me what it is he needed to get, writing the list down in my mind.
A few minutes later we are up at the counter, and the first pony I see is Mrs. Cake. "Oh! hello Mark,hello Spike," she says with a smile. "What can I get you two dearies today?" she asks keeping the smile.
After telling her everything we needed, I gave her the right amount of bits and go sit down at one of the empty tables, Spike following me and sitting down next to me. "I hope it doesn't rain for too long, I don't want to delay getting to Canterlot more than I have to, Not that I hate it here, I'm just worried about Tim," I say eating one of the chocolate donuts I bought.
"Yeah, and I need to get back to the library and put all this stuff away," Spike says, eating a glazed donut with what I think is gems on it.
I nod and look out the window to see the rain still going as hard as ever, however I did not see the tall shadowy figure staring at me from a dark alley from across the street, nor the red glowing eyes it had.
Fifteen minutes later the rain is still coming down as hard as ever, I'm on my third donut while Spike already ate all but one of his gem covered ones, half a dozen to be exact.
I layed my head in my hand and exhaled in frustration, fogging up my glasses in the process, taking them off to clean them, my hands slip and I drop them in the process. As if they're in slow motion, they fall to the ground and I cringe when they hit the ground, the sound of which is like an avalanche to me. I stoop down to pick them up and sigh in relief when I see that there are no cracks in the lenses, which that relief then turns to horror when the lenses pop out and break into shards on the ground. I cringe at the sound of glass breaking and look around to see if anyone else heard it, which no one had.
Sighing in sadness, I look down to see one of the very little things I came to Equestria with is now in pieces.
Spike looks up from his milkshake, just now seeing the cause to my sadness. "Dammit," I say. "there goes the only thing that could help me see," I groan massaging my temples in frustration, frustration at all the bad luck I seem to have these days.
Spike gave my leg a comforting pat. "If you really need them that much to see I bet we could ask Twilight to fix them, that is if you don't mind a little detour from Canterlot," Spike says to me. "Though I don't really think that it would be a good idea to fly in this kind of weather anyway, especially with your leg still healing and also you know, not being able to see," he finishes with a worried yet hopeful look.
I mull it over in my head, deciding that getting my glasses fixed was a bigger priority than getting to Canterlot faster, especially since it would be even harder to see with the raging storm going on out there. "You're right, it's probably better to take a detour than getting lost in this storm without glasses trying to get to Canterlot," I say letting my eyes fall back to my broken glasses. "That is if Twilight doesn't mind me all of a sudden dropping in and asking for a favor," I say quickly after.
As we get up to leave I remember the broken glass that is still laying on the ground and decide to go ask Mrs. Cake for a broom and pan. After cleaning up the broken glass and putting the shards in my pocket for sentimental reasons.
Before we leave I also decide to ask if she had a spare umbrella, which luckily she did. After thanking her with a promise to bring back before I return to Canterlot Spike and I both steel ourselves to go out and face the storm.
It's been around 5 minutes and I'm already completely soaked to the bone but at least the umbrella is keeping my head dry, it's also getting harder and harder to hold it up against the downpour though. Spike... well a lot of the rain is sliding off his scales so he doesn't really have to worry about getting wet, but he still doesn't look like he enjoys it, which probably has to do with him being cold-blooded.
I can already feel a cold coming on, which would really suck considering I just fought a bunch of Timberwolves. I have to get into somewhere dry and get out of these wet clothes before I catch a cold, luckily Spike, as if he could read my mind, says we're almost to the castle after wondering how much further it would be. I'd probably already be lost and dead from hypothermia if I didn't have Spike with me guide me.
"How are the girls anyways, Spike?" I ask him as I hug myself a little tighter, trying to keep as warm as I can. "It feels like it's been forever since I've seen any of you" I say in earnest.
"Well, everyponies doing fine although I think Twilight still misses the Library, and to be honest so do I," he says to me. "I still can't believe you were able to defeat Tirek though," he says in a mix between amazement and wonderment.
"Honestly, Twilight and the girls were the ones who defeated Tirek, I just held him off long enough for them to blast him with the Elements," I say earnestly. "But I still don't know how I was able to hold him off for a second, least of all in the amount of time it took," I say scratching the side of my head.
"Luckily you have one of the princesses to teach you about and how to use magic," he says to me as I nod in agreement. "Though I have been wanting to know what Luna has been teaching you during the time you've been gone," He wonders aloud, looking up at me in curiosity.
"I was actually not going to tell anybody what I've learned yet because I wanted it to be a surprise, but I guess I could tell you, just as long as you promise not to tell the girls," I say with a face that betrays the excitement I feel at finally being able to tell someone what I've been learning.
"I Pinkie Promise that I will not tell anyone else what you are going to tell me," Spike says while going through the motions of a Pinkie Promise.
Just as I'm about to tell him about what I've learned something very pink jumps out of the barrel we were walking by. "FOOORRREEEVERR!" Pinkie yells then, just as fast, disappears back into the barrel going to who knows where. I stumble back in surprise, almost lowering the umbrella in the process, yet somehow succeed in keeping it up-right.
As you can probably already guess, I'm not fully used to Pinkie's crazy antics yet, and honestly, I don't know if I ever will.
"Phew, that was a clos-," I'm about to say when the rain somehow, I don't know how, tears a hole trough the top of the umbrella, thus drenching me in even more rain than before. "-e one," I finish with a frown and sigh, looking like a I just went and jumped into a lake with my clothes on.
"Uh, are you okay, Mark?" Spike asks me, seeing that my head was faced towards the ground.
"How about I wait to tell you about what I've learned to do until we get out of this pouring rain," I say to him as I shiver because of the cold. "There's no use freezing to death before I'm even able to tell you," I say as I motion for him to continue to lead the way.
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea," he says as he starts to walk in front of me again. "It's only about 2 more minutes away so maybe we should go a little faster, so, like you said, you don't freeze to death," he tells me as he speeds up a bit and I speed up to keep up with him.
"There's one thing I want to know Spike," I say to Spike as he looks at me in acknowledgment.
Finally arriving at the doors of the Castle Of Friendship, I'm ready to get out of these soaking wet clothes, get a warm shower, and get a good nights sleep.
I'm probably going to have to stop by the Carousal Boutique in the morning though to ask Rarity if she could make me some new clothes before I return to Canterlot, you know after almost getting shredded by those Timberwolves.
My first priority tonight though was to get out of my soaking wet clothes and to see if Twilight would be able to fix my glasses, because honestly I can barely tell at all where I'm going.
The only reason I haven't been tripping over and crashing into everything is because I've had Spike to help guide me.
The funny thing is, this is only my second time in the castle, the first time being maybe a week and a half ago. Spike opens the big doors to the castle and we walk in.
When we walk in I notice that Twilight is sitting on a rug, in front of the fireplace, while reading a book. The expression on her face isn't one of peace though, but worry.
I soon understand why though, when she whips her head around, her eyes landing on Spike, and her worry then turning to relief. "Spike!, thank goodness you're okay I was getti-" she stops, just now noticing me standing next to Spike.
She has a half surprised and half confused look on her face when she notices me. "Mark? What are you doing here? Not that It's a bad thing but I thought that you'd be in canterlot, resting, after, you know, the whole ordeal with the Timberwolves," she says.
I chuckle slightly at the surprised and confusion in her voice. "Sorry for dropping in unnanounced, Twi, but I just thought I could stop by and get a quick treat from Sugarcube Corner," I say. "Then I ended up running into Spike and it started raining, one thing led to another, and now I'm here.
She smiles and walks up to give me a hug, but I stop her before she can do so.
"You might want to hold off on the hug for right now," I say, directing her attention to my drenched self. "I was actually wondering If I could stay here for the night, you know, if it's not too much trouble."
She smiles and nods. "Of course you can Mark! I mean there's certainly more than enough room," she says, then gives me a stern stare. "But before any of that, you need to get out of those clothes and go take a hot shower before you catch a cold. You remember where the bathroom is, right?"
I nod but then frown slightly, remembering something important. "But these are the only pair of clothes I have with me right now, and it will take a while for these ones to dry," I say, but Twilight just smirks.
"Well it's a good thing Rarity gave me some more clothes for me to give to you when I visited Canterlot again," she says, levitating a white T-Shirt, Boxers, Socks, and a pair of Pajama Pants, which had a bunch of Tiny Box Tim's on them.
I smile to myself, and remind myself to remember to thank Rarity when I see her again.
Twilight startles me from my thoughts. "Now enough standing around waiting to catch a cold, go take a hot shower while I go and get a guest bedroom ready," she says in what she thinks is a stern voice, but the smile she has kind of betrays it.
I smirk and giver her a joking "Yes Mom" and "Okay Mom". I start to walk down one of the many hallways, which, if I remember correctly this one has a bathroom, when I remember another thing and turn around, taking my broken glasses out. "Also I was wondering if you would be able to fix my glasses," I say, holding them out to her.
She nods, taking the glasses from me with her magic, looking at the glasses with a thoughtful expression. "I think I might have a spell that would be able to help," She says and smiles. After giving her a quick thank you, I walk down the hallway.
As I'm walking towards the bathroom, I look around just now noticing how different the place looked from the last time when I visited this place. The once bare walls now were covered with pictures and designs. I decide to ask Twilight about this when I get done with my shower.
My inner monologue stops as I come upon the door to the bathroom, which had two large doors.
I push open the doors and stop as soon as I see the bathroom. The bathroom is a lot bigger than I remember, with the tub looking more like a small pool.
I whistle, shutting and locking the door behind me. After a couple of seconds of trying to figure out how the shower worked, I start to peel my drenched clothes off of me, setting them on a counter beside me.
I shiver, hurrying over to the shower and all but diving under the warm spray.
As soon as the spray hits me, funneling into the drain, I can feel tons of stress I didn't even know I had disappear along with it.
After thoroughly washing and drying myself, I put on the clothes Rarity had made for me. After I'm all dressed I can't help but notice that these are a lot more comfortable then any of the clothes on Earth I usually wear.
I walk out of the bathroom, holding my shoes in one hand, and the towel I used to dry off containing the drenched clothes in the other hand.
As I step into the main room, I see Twilight sitting on the rug again, but this time she has her wing around Spike, who is leaning against her side. They both have mugs, Twilight's levitating in her magic, and Spike's in his hand.
They're quietly talking to each other about something, but it's too quiet for me to hear.
I set my shoes down next to the door quietly as to not disturb them, but they both look up, now noticing I had entered to room.
"Oh, hi, Mark," Twilight says. "Spike made us some Hot Chocolate, do you want some?" she asks me as I sit down in one of the many chairs in front of the Fireplace.
I grin. "Abso-frickin-lutely!" I say and Twilight lightly giggles, levitating a mug into my hands. "Thank's," I say taking a sip.
I instantly feel myself melting into the chair I'm sitting in, a dopey smile appearing on my face. This Hot Chocolate was fucking amazing, it's the best I've ever had, even better than Donut Joe's, I'll have to remember to ask Spike what the recipe to his Hot Chocolate is later.
Noticing the look on my face, Spike grins. "It's good, right?" he asks proudly.
I look at him. "Good? Spike, this is the best Hot Chocolate I've ever had!" I say with a smile. "You've got to tell me the recipe for making it!" I say.
Spike smiles guiltily. "Sorry, Mark, but this is my secret recipe, I've never told the recipe to anyone else," he says and I sigh, but then realize that this just makes it taste even better.
"He wouldn't even tell Rarity when she asked for it," Twilight says, grinning at Spike, who's blushing a little.
"That's okay that just makes this taste even better," I say smiling. "Oh, um, what should I do with my dirty clothes?" I ask.
Twilight levitates my dirty clothes over, with them still inside the towel, over to Spike, asking him if he could go and put them into the dryer.
As Spike leaves, I turn to Twilight. "So what's happened with you guys, during my time in Canterlot?" I ask.
Twilight gains a sad expression and sighs. "That's actually kind of a long story," she says.
"So let me get this straight, you mean she could actually take the Cutie Marks off of ponies. How is that even possible?" I say.
Twilight had told me everything, from them finding the map that led to the village full of communist like ponies, to them meeting Starlight Glimmer for the first time.
Both Twilight and Spike, Spike having come back sometime during the story, just nod. "Apparently she believed that without Cutie Marks there wouldn't be any conflict," Twilight says.
I shake my head. "That's just not right," I say. "You know, we have a saying where I come from, 'Without Diversity there is no Unity'." I don't exactly remember who said that but it was someone brilliant.
"That's actually very wise," Twilight says with a fond smile.
"You know, this Starlight Glimmer sounds like a pretty powerful unicorn, aren't you worried she might try to get revenge or something?" I ask, concerned.
"Well...it's not out of the question that she might try to get revenge, but there's really no use in worrying about that right now because it will just keep us awake all night," she says. "It's getting pretty late, so maybe we can talk about this in the mor-" she cuts herself off with a yawn. " Excuse me. Morning," she finishes with a slight blush.
I just now realize that we've been talking for a little over an hour, I look to one of the clocks on the wall and realize that it's already 11:00 PM. "You're right it is getting pretty late, I think maybe we should all get some sleep before we end up snoozing on the floor," I say, with a yawn of my own.
Twilight gets up, while gently levitating Spike, who I now realize had fallen asleep, onto her back. "I'll show you where you'll be sleeping for the night," she says walking towards stairs that lead up to the next floor.
After walking for a few minutes, or trotting in Twilight's case, we arrive at a door that looks just a little smaller than the bathroom one.
"Well, I'm off to my own room now before I end up falling asleep on the floor. Goodnight Mark," Twilight says walking away, with Spike still snoozing on her back.
She suddenly stops. "Oh, I almost forgot," she levitates my now fixed glasses over to me
"Thanks Twilight, for everything" I say, taking the glasses and smiling at her.
Twilight stops a little ways away and turns her head in acknowledgement. "Anytime Mark," she says with a tired smile and continues to walk to her own room.
I watch after her for a few seconds to make sure she doesn't fall over from exhaustion. When she finally opens the door to her own room, I open mine and walk in.
I almost fall over, just now realizing how tired I actually am. I drag myself to the bed and slide in under the cover, almost instantly falling asleep.
You know that feeling you have when falling in a dream? Well, that's the feeling I woke up to.
"Sonofabitch!" I quickly yell before my face meets the ground for what felt like the fifth time this week. "Go fuck yourself Universe," I sigh, pushing myself off the floor while rubbing my, thankfully not broken, nose.
Finally back on my feet, I grab my now fixed glasses, from off the end table. "That's so much better," I say, my vision now clear again.
I frown and breathe on my hand, bringing it to my nose. I grimace and decide that I should probably freshen up before doing anything else.
Stretching and yawning, I walk to the bathroom, which is admittedly a lot smaller than the one on the first floor, to start my daily morning routine.
I walk out of the bathroom, freshly shaven, and with my hair and teeth brushed. I'm wearing one of the new T-shirts Rarity made me, which has a large red M on the front and back, along with a new pair of jeans she also made.
'I really do need to thank Rarity for this again, before I leave' I think to myself.
My thoughts are interrupted when my nose catches something that smells really good.
'What is that smell' I think to myself, while comically floating towards the source of it.
A few seconds later and I arrive at the kitchen, still floating. When I arrive I can see Spike at the stove making pancakes, which is the source of the smell.
"Those smell delicious," I say, startling Spike and making him jump. He turns around and I chuckle slightly when I notice that he's wearing an apron that says 'Kiss the Cook'.
"Oh! Hi Mark," Spike says, smiling. "Thanks, I just thought I should make some pancakes since you spent the night, also, Twilight loves it when I make pancakes," he says with a smirk.
I just now notice the plate next to him, stacked high with pancakes. "That's a lot of pancakes!" I say. "Not that I'm complaining, but why did you make so many?" I ask turning to him again.
He gains a nervous smile. "Well, you see, I kind of went a little overboard while making them," he says. "But this is the last pancake I'm working on right now," he says, flipping said pancake onto the top of the leaning tower of pancakes.
After turning off the stove and grabbing the plate of pancakes, he walks over to a big table and sets the stack in the middle. I also notice that there's some Orange Juice and Syrup on the table too.
"If you don't feel like having Orange Juice there's also a pot of Coffee on the counter, if you'd like instead," Spike says to me, pouring some Orange Juice in a glass.
Still feeling a little groggy, I decide that maybe a cup of Coffee would help to get rid of the grogginess. "I think I actually will take some Coffee," I say, walking over to the Coffee pot and pouring some into a mug.
Spike holds a claw up. "Just make sure you leave some for Twilight, last time Twilight didn't have Coffee in the morning, she fell asleep while testing a spell and it misfired," he shivers a little after that for some reason. "My scales were pink for 2 days,"
I laugh a little at that, Spike cheeks turning a little red in embarrassment. "Hey, at least it was a manly color," I say to him.
He laughs "What are you talking about? Pink's not a manly color...," I frown at that, any mirth I once had now gone. "Um...did I say something wrong, I mean, do you really believe that Pink is a manly color?" he asks with an expression of disbelief.
I give a firm nod. "Yes, actually, I believe that Pink is one of the manliest colors there is," I say. "Anyone who disagrees is obviously not a man!" I yell that last part.
Spike gains a look of admiration. "I never thought of it like that," he says and I nod. "You're right, although, I'd still rather be my natural color," he says. I nod in understanding.
"There is nothing wrong for wanting to just be who you are," I say with a smile.
He smiles at that, then remembers that he still had some pancakes left. "I better finish these before they get cold," he says, shoveling the rest of the pancakes into his mouth.
I looks down, just now remembering I also had pancakes, but just as I'm about to take my first bite, Twilight walks, well drags herself is a better word for it, in.
"Hey Twi, Good Morning," Spike says holding up a cup of coffee for her. I also say a good morning to her.
She takes the coffee in her magic grasp, giving a nod of thanks to Spike. As soon as she finds a chair, she pretty much crashes down into it, it scooting back a little at the force.
The table goes into a peaceful silence, Twilight taking a sip from her coffee every now and then. I decide to be the first one to break the silence.
"So...did you have a good nights sleep Twi?" I ask looking towards her. All I get is a grunt in affirmation and a sip. I nod, quietly taking a sip from my coffee.
I turn to Spike next. "So...tell me, what happened during the time I was gone, to the castle, I mean?" I finally ask.
Spike smiles, happy to be rid of the uncomfortable silence. "Actually there's a reason to that," he tells me, going into the story of how the castle came to be how it is.
Twilight actually put's her own input in every now and then. I notice that she's also becoming a lot more animated than she was before. I actually cringe along with Spike at the part where he got the massage.
By the time Spike finishes his story, Twilight's finally answering in more than grunts, and also looks a lot more lively than before.
Spike was right, I can't help but think, Twilight DOES need her coffee in the morning, or else she ends up like a zombie who only can answer in grunts.
I proceed to ask them both if anything else happened while I was gone, to which they both responded with a loud 'Yes'.
"There's actually one other thing that happened," Twilight says, gaining a slight look of sadness, which quickly disappears, in favor of a sad smile.
They proceed to tell me about Rainbow Dash and how Twilight and the others had to help her cope with Tank having to hibernate for the Winter.
"That must have been hard. I'm sorry I wasn't here to help," I say sadly. I know I couldn't have done anything, because I was in Canterlot, but that still doesn't make me feel any less guilty.
Twilight gives me a sad smile. "Don't beat yourself up over this Mark, but if you really feel guilty, which you really shouldn't," she adds with a frown. "Then maybe you could go see Rainbow yourself today and see that shes okay," she says smiling at me.
I nod, figuring that since I couldn't help before, the least I could do is visit her now. Although that might be hard considering she could be anywhere. after all, she does love to fly.
I'm about to continue wondering where she could be when Twilight brings up our conversation from last night.
"You said that Starlight Glimmer could try to get revenge, and honestly I can't help but agree with you," she tells me, a look of concentration taking over.
I nod, If any of the movies I've seen have any truth, the villain will always try to get revenge when their plans are spoiled.
"It's not like we can do anything right now, but what I'm saying is to just keep an eye out for anything. Okay?" I say/ask.
Twilight nods in understanding, after levitating her now empty coffee cup into the sink, she stands up and walks out of the kitchen. "I'm just going to do some research, feel free to explore, I know you didn't get to fully see the Castle the last time you were here," she says giving me a wave before walking out the door.
"K, have fun," I say as I stand up, looking at the clock above Spike. "I should actually probably go soon," I say, thinking that I should go visit Rainbow Dash before I go back to Canterlot.
"Well, before you leave let me at least show you around the rest of the castle," Spike says to me with a pair of puppy dog eyes.
After a few seconds of looking at those eyes, I finally relent. "Okay, but try to make it as fast as possible, I have to make a couple of stops before I go back to Canterlot," I say, not unkindly.
After finishing the tour, which ended at the highest point in the castle, Spike takes me back down to the front door.
As I'm putting on my shoes, Spike holds out a hand with a bag in it. "Here are the rest of your new clothes that Rarity~ made you," he says, getting hearts in his eyes when he says Rarity's name.
I grin, taking the bag and patting his shoulder. "Thanks, Spike! Oh, also, tell Twilight I said bye and thanks again for everything," I say. I'm about to leave when Spike stops me by grabbing my pant leg.
"Just remember to come and visit every once and a while, will ya?" he asks and I smile, holding out my fist for a fist bump. "See ya around, Mark," Spike says with a grin bumping my outstretched fist with his.
"See ya later, alligator," I say giving him a grin and a wave as I walk out the door. He waves back, then a few seconds later closes the door.
"Okay, now if I was Rainbow Dash where would I be," I say to myself with a hand on my chin. "Guess I'll start off with her cloud home," I say with a shrug.
I turn towards where I know Rainbow's house is and start walking.
"Hopefully it doesn't take too long to find her," I think to myself, already kicking myself for probably just jinxing it.
"This is gonna be a long day," I sigh.
Chapter 12: The Search For Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's Cottage
I was starting to get frustrated, It's been almost half an hour already and I still haven't seen hide or tail of my rainbow maned friend.
The first place I checked was her house, next I checked around the trees in Sweet Apple Acres, remembering that she sometimes liked to take a nap in them.
Surprisingly, I didn't see any sign of Applejack either while there.
You'd think it'd be easy to find a pony that was made up of the colors of a rainbow, but that has not been the case.
I make my way towards where I know Fluttershy's cottage is, hoping that maybe Rainbow's fillyhood friend would know where she was.
After arriving at Fluttershy's cottage, I make my way up the path leading to her front door. As I get closer to her front door I hear what sounds like a commotion coming from inside.
After I hear what sounded like a vase breaking I decide that I should check and make sure my Shy friend was okay.
I try the handle finding that it is locked. I hear a scream from inside.
"Fuck this," I say. I take a step back and turn my shoulder towards the door. "I hope she'll forgive me for breaking her door,". I ram my shoulder into the wooden door as hard as I can.
As I feel the door give, I start to yell Fluttershy's name. "Fluttersh-," before I could finish calling out her name, something small and white rocketed towards my face.
I let out a "manly" scream as my arms fly up to my face, prepared to pry off whatever had just latched itself onto my face. I start moving around frantically, not being able to see anything but white.
While frantically moving around, I trip over something laying on the floor. If anyone had been witnessed to what had happened next they probably would have died from laughter.
I let out another "manly" scream as I fall onto my already sore back. I just lay on the ground, wondering what I had done to deserve this.
I hear frantic hoofsteps make their way over to where I am laying. "Oh dear, Mark, are you okay?", I hear Fluttershy ask. Oh, thank God, she's okay, I think to myself.
Wait a minute, I think to myself. All the commotion, Fluttershy crying out, the white furry thing latched onto my face.. I finally realize what all the commotion and screaming was. Goddamn rabbit.
I feel the white furry thing, Angel, get pried away from my face. As the small white furry demon is removed from my face, I see the worried face of Fluttershy.
"Hey, Flutters," I say, as she helps me sit up.
"Oh, Mark, I am so sorry, I was trying to give Angel a bath, and well, Angel doesn't really like baths," she says, helping me to stand up.
That's when I notice the state Fluttershy's cottage was in. There's a broken vase on the floor and I notice a bar of soap near the door and where I was "attacked". That's probably what I slipped on, I realize.
I chuckle a little. "It's okay, Fluttershy, I know how difficult Angel can be," I say, remembering all the times I had the misfortune to interact with him.
Speaking of the white little devil, I notice him hiding behind the couch, glaring out at me. Fluttershy starts leading me over to the last piece of standing furniture that I can see, the couch.
Fluttershy notices me wince and grab the injured part of my back as I sit down on the couch. "Oh dear, you're hurt, I'll be right," she says.
"It's okay," I say, trying to placate her. She would have none of it, however.
"I'll go and get some bandages and something to help dull the pain," before I can object, she hurries off to another part of her cottage.
After, making sure that she couldn't see me, I turn to where Angel is, him still glaring at me. I flip him off, but all he does is just stick his tongue out at me. I glare at him before looking towards Fluttershy as she comes back into the room, a plate with bandages and what looked like a hot drink in her mouth.
She sets the bandages and drink down on a nearby table. "This should help with the pain," she says handing me the cup of whatever it is.
I take whiff of it only of find that it smelled fairly pleasant. It's warm and tastes like mint and gives me a warm and pleasant feeling when going down my throat. After a few minutes I set the coffee down on the table.
"Whew, thanks, Flutters," I say, already feeling the pain ebbing into a dull ache. "Feels so much better,".
"We still need to bandage your back, make sure that the fall didn't make your injuries from the other night in the Everfree," she says, grabbing the bandages from the table.
Oh yeah, I forgot, Twilight said she already told everyone else about what happened that night in the Everfree, I remember.
She orders me to take off my shirt and I do. As she is bandaging up my back I remember the main reason I had come here in the first place.
After she's finished tending to my back and tells me I can put my shirt back on, I tell her the main reason I had been coming here in the first place.
After telling her the main reason why I came here, and asking if she has seen Rainbow at all, she gives me a frown and shakes her head.
"I'm sorry, Mark, I actually haven't seen her at all today, but I don't really think you should be beating yourself up for not being there, especially since Tank just woke up a few days ago, that is, if you don't mind me saying," she says, still as shy and polite as ever.
I give her an honest smile. "I know, Fluttershy, but I just can't help but feel guilty for not being there, while all of you were, for support," I say. "If it makes you feel any better, I won't be begging for forgiveness, I'm just going to apologize," I say.
She gives me a sad smile, and puts her hoof on my hand. "Okay, Mark, I'll let you know if I find her, but until then, you should really get some rest," she says. "I could even let you take a nap in the guest bedroom fi you'd like," she says this in a way that leaves no room for argument.
I sigh. She's right, it won't do me any good if I start moving around a lot again, especially after what just happened.
"Okay, Flutters, but I can't rest for too long, I do need to find Rainbow" I say.
"I know, Mark, you should only need to rest for a little bit, then you can go back to looking for Rainbow," she says.
Flutters offers to help me upstairs to the guest bedroom, but I politely decline. "It's okay, Flutters, I can make it up the stairs myself," I say. "Besides, don't you still need to give Angel his bath," I say, deciding this is one way to get back at that devil bunny.
"Oh dear, you're right, I almost completely forgot about that during all the commotion," she says. She looks back at me worriedly, "Are you sure you will be okay?" she asks, and I nod.
"I'll be okay Flutters," I say, pushing myself onto my feet and making my way over to and up the stairs.
As I turn the corner on the staircase, I catch a glimpse of Angel, a mortified look on his face as Fluttershy carries him into the bathroom.
Heh, serves you right, you little ball of fur. I smirk as I make my way into the guest bedroom.
