This is Fond Feather's fanfic about Feather Bangs fighting a giant Bug Bear.
Fond Feather, one of Feather Bangs' fanmares, reads to her friends her fanfiction about Feather Bangs protecting her, her friends, and the whole town from an evil Bug Bear.
A light bulb lit up inside of an old-looking attic. It was like most attics where it had several boxes and other trinkets that were also covered in dust and cobwebs. Coming up the attic's stairs was Fond Feather as she lead her two friends, Swoon Song and Dear Darling, into the attic.
"I appreciate you guys on helping me clean up my attic." Fond said to her friends.
"It's no problem, Fond." Swoon replied. "You would help me or Dear if we need you."
Dear shuttered from looking around the attic. "Could we do this quickly, I'm not so good when it comes to things that could be infested with creepy crawlies." Dear flinched when she spotted some cobwebs.
"Sorry about that. After the whole village removed Starlight from power, I packed up most of the equality decorations and put them up here so I don't have to remember the bad memories of when Starlight was in charge. I think now it's a good time for some spring cleaning and permanently get rid the stuff."
"Alright," Swoon agreed as she looked around at the boxes to see that they weren't labeled. "So, which boxes have the equality stuff in it?"
Fond bit her lips from hearing Swoon's question. "Yeah, that's the thing. I sort of forgotten which boxes had the equality decorations on them."
"It's alright, we'll just open the boxes and figure out what to throw out." Swoon suggested.
"Let's just get this over with!" Dear claimed as she used her horn to levitate a box and carefully opened it. The cleaning began with each mare opening boxes to check what's inside. The mares were able to find some of the equality stuff and brought it outside. Fond opened one box to find a framed picture inside.
"Hey girls, check this out!" Fond said which made her two friends move towards her. "It's an old picture of us when we moved to this town." The picture showed all three of the mares standing together while they were in front of one side of the town. Their mane styles matched and their coats were more bland than usual. On their flanks showed that they had the equal signs that appeared when Starlight used the Staff of Sameness to remove ponies' cutie marks.
"Sheesh, it's a good thing we got our cutie marks back." Dear commented. "I honestly looked so bland back then."
"Do you want to get rid of this photo, Fond?" Swoon asked. "It was the first picture we took as friends."
Fond breathed heavily. "I think it would be best to get rid of it. I need to get rid of everything that reminds me of when we lived like that." Fond said as she brought the box outside. "Besides, we can always take a new photo with all three of us." Swoon and Dear nodded in agreement.
"That would be a great idea!" Swoon said. "The only way to move on from such terrible memories is by making new ones!" The mares resumed with cleaning out Fond's attic. A few of the other boxes were filled with Fond's personal belongings such as old clothes and photos of her with her family. Sometimes, Swoon or Dear would tease about how cute Fond was when she was younger which Fond didn't mind. The cleaning went on for about an hour or Dear felt really exhausted. She got up and stretched her hooves from sitting so much.
"I feel like Luna when she returned from the moon!" Dear claimed. "I'm going to head down to get some drinks." Dear said as she made her way to the attic's entrance. Little did Dear knew, she walked into a large spiderweb that was hard to see. Dear froze when she felt the web stick to her face. She began to scream in panic from the possibility that there would be a spider on her. "Ah! Get it off of me!" Dear said as she fired beams with her magic.
"Dear, be careful!" Swoon warned as she tried to avoid getting hit by the beams.
"You're gonna burn my house to the ground!" Fond included. Dear was so busy panicking that she didn't hear what her friends said. Dear ended up running into some of the boxes where she collapsed.
"Ow," Dear whined as she rubbed her forehead.
"It's a good thing these boxes broke your fall, Dear." Swoon claimed as she offered her hoof to help Dear get back up. "Other wise, Fond would have to deal with a big hole on her ceiling."
Dear turned around to cringe from seeing that some of the boxes were really bent and broken. "I'll clean this up, Fond." Dear said as she opened up one of the broken boxes. Dear noticed that the box's content was made up of white paper booklets that looked similar to movie scripts. Dear used her horn to levitate a booklet to read what was written on the front page. "Mrs. Fond Feather Bangs' Honeymoon?" Dear read out loud while still confused. Fond shrieked and snatched the booklet from Dear's magic.
"Please don't read this!" Fond pleaded as she hugged the booklet tightly.
"Why? What's in it?" Dear asked.
"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to, Fond." Swoon said. Fond looked at her friends as she thought about her decision. Fond knew her friends longer than other ponies. She knew that Swoon and Dear would want to hear her out and not tell anypony else if she didn't want to.
Fond took a deep breath before she spoke. "These are my fanfictions." Swoon and Dear just stared blankly at Fond.
"Fanfictions?" Dear replied.
"Y-yeah, I started writing them when I was younger as a hobby as I wanted certain characters to be in certain situations." Fond then started blushing. "Well, specially Feather Bangs,"
"So these are mostly about Feather Bangs?" Swoon said as she looked at some of the booklets.
"Y-yeah, he is such a great stallion that he inspired me to write about him doing amazing things even though he can't do them in real life. But my stories show that he can do great things!"
"So, what made you stop writing?" Dear asked.
"I kind of grew out writing as I was too occupied with hanging out with you girls. I also thought that you guys might tease me for having such a weird hobby." Fond looked down shamefully.
"Fond, you don't need to feel ashamed for having this kind of hobby." Swoon assured as she placed a hoof on Fond's shoulder.
"Really?" Fond said in surprise.
"Yeah! I actually think that this is pretty interesting! Especially if it involves Feather Bangs and we all agree that he is really great!" Dear said.
"We all express our love for him and these stories are just another way of you showing that you care for him." Swoon explained.
"Thanks," Fond said as she wiped some happy tears off with a hoof.
"So, can you read us some of these fanfics?" Dear asked. "I could use a break from cleaning up this attic."
"Umm, sure." Fond replied. "We should probably do it in the living room." Fond's friends agreed and made their way to the living room. Dear brought out some snacks and placed them on the table while Swoon brought out some bean bag seats and all three of the mares took seat.
"So which story should we start with?" Swoon asked.
Fond tapped her chin before she thought of something. She reached into her box to pull out one of the booklets.
"How about this one?" Fond suggested. "This one was my recent story. It's about Feather Bangs fighting a bug bear."
"Oh! Now that's a good story to start with!" Dear cheered as she took sip from her drink.
Fond opened the booklet on the first, cleared her throat, and began to read out loud what she had written in her fanfiction.
It was a peaceful day in the village as everypony was trotting on with their daily routines. Out of nowhere, a large creature landed in the middle of the village. Everypony looked in fear as the creature in front of them had a frightful appearance. The creature looked like a massive bear with some characteristics of a bee. The beast growled which strikes fear to the nearby ponies.
"Citizens of this backwater town!" The beast yelled out. "I am the Bug Bear! And I have come to destroy!" At an instant, the ponies began to run and scream in panic from hearing the Bug Bear's announcement. "Bwah ha ha ha! Run all you want! That will never stop me from causing wreckage to all of you!" As everpony scattered, Fond Feather got bumped by the other panicking pegasai and she ended up falling to the ground. What's worse, she landed right in front of the large Bug Bear. Fond got up and started to shake in terror as she was face to face with the towering monster. The Bug Bear licked its lips and moved its' head closer to the pegasus mare.
"I think I found myself a tasty snack." The Bug Bear said as it used two of its arms to grab Fond and held her on. She waled a high pitched scream as the Bug Bear flew up and continued to cause havoc. On the ground, Swoon Song and Dear Darling held each other in fear as they saw their friend being held captive by the Bug Bear.
"Can anypony stop this fiend?!" Swoon and Dear cried at the same time.
On top of a large hill, a cloaked figure saw the Bug Bear attacking the village and the ponies. The cloaked figure's face showed a grin as he prepared to take action.
Back at the village, the Bug Bear threw some carts while still holding on to the screaming Fond. The Bug Bear laughed manically while it heard the sounds of ponies' screams.
"You ponies are so easy to scare!" The Bug Bear claimed as it was about to throw another cart. Before the Bug Bear was about to throw the cart, a blue blast of sound waves hit the monster. The Bug Bear crashed against one of the buildings and the monster also let go of Fond. Before Fond had a chance to react, she landed in the arms of the cloaked figure.
"Who are you?" Fond asked. The cloaked figure removed his hood to reveal the face of a pony Fond was extremely familiar with.
"Feather Bangs!" Fond cheered as she was happy to be saved by the one pony she admired the most.
"That's my name." Feather said while winking at Fond. "Now, how about you fly away to a safe spot while I take care of this jerk." Fond nodded as she got up and flew away from Feather. The Bug Bear flew down and landed in front of Feather.
"Who in the world are you?" The Bug Bear asked while growling. Feather smiled while he stood up with confidence.
"The name's Feather Bangs! And I'm here to stop your rein of terror!" Feather claimed while looking at the Bug Bear in its eyes.
The Bug Bear ended up laughing as he thought what Feather said was hilarious. "Y-you think you can stop me? Your presence doesn't scare me, shrimp." The Bug Bear said while giving a smirk. "Now run along and join your terrified friends."
"I'll do one better, I'll blast you into eternity!" Feather said while removing his cloak. It reveal that Feather had a shiny, red electric guitar strapped to himself. The Bug Bear laughed again at Feather's 'failed' attempt into scaring it.
"And what are you going to do with that? Play me a lullaby?" The Bug Bear asked mockingly.
"Watch...and listen!" Feather said as he began to play on his guitar. As Feather played on his instrument, the top part of the guitar glowed a blue light that caught the Bug Bear's attention. When Feather strung his last verse, a large blast of sound collided with the Bug Bear and it flew backwards until it managed to regain its balance.
"What trickery is this?!" The Bug Bear demanded.
"This is the power of music!" Feather claimed as he resumed playing his guitar. This made Fond, Swoon, and Dear scream in excitement as they were Feather's biggest fans. The Bug Bear roared as it flew straight towards Feather. The monster prepared to use its stinger to hit Feather with. Luckily for Feather, he was able to move to the side fast enough to avoid getting stung by the Bug Bear. Feather blasted some of his guitar beams at the Bug Bear. The Bug Bear kept flying to avoid getting hit by the guitar's blasts.
"You think your little light show can defeat me!?" The Bug Bear questioned.
"Says the one who's flying around like a scared little fly!" Feather sassed back. Anger grew in the Bug Bear as it had enough of Feather's antics. The Bug Bear flew down and began to chase after Feather. Feather continued to allow the Bug Bear to follow him until they were in the outskirts of the village near the rocky mountains. Thanks to the high rocks, Feather was able to enter tight spots that would be impossible for the Bug Bear to enter. The Bug Bear growled in frustration as it lost sight of the stallion. Behind the Bug Bear, Feather was on top of the cliff that was way above where the Bug Bear was hovering. Feather got his guitar ready and strung it to cause a blue beam to hit the Bug Bear. As the Bug Bear became confused, Feather moved back a bit before he jumped and landed on the Bug Bear's back. The Bug Bear attempted to get Feather off by flying in all directions. The Bug Bear crashed into a few of the mountains before it was able to throw off Feather from its back. Feather ended up landing on an area that was completely surrounded by rocks. What's worse was that Feather's guitar broke when he crashed to the ground. The Bug Bear chuckled as it moved in towards Feather until he was standing behind a dead end.
"Too bad your guitar broke. Now you can't make any last music requests." The Bug Bear said as it licked its lips.
"I don't have to use an instrument to make music!" Feather claimed as he cleared his throat. "Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!" Feather sang. Feather's verse echoed from the mountains and it caused an avalanche of rocks to fall on top of where the Bug Bear and Feather were standing. Feather quickly ran towards the Bug Bear and he slid under it. As Feather continued to gallop away, the Bug Bear attempted to fly around to avoid getting hit by the falling rocks. That was until a boulder larger than the Bug Bear slammed on top of the monster. The Bug Bear ended up getting squashed by the large rocks while Feather was able to escape. When Feather reached a far enough distant, he turned to see that there were no signs of the Bug Bear. Feather breathed in relief that the monster was no more.
"Feather!" Feather's fanmares said as they and the rest of the town made their way towards Feather.
"What happened to the Bug Bear?" one of the townsponies asked.
"Let's just say that the Bug Bear won't be causing anymore harm as it fell down between a rock and a hard place." Feather joked, causing most of the ponies to laugh.
"Let's hear it for our savior, Feather Bangs!" Another pony said as most of the village ponies cheered and chanted Feather's name.
Fond flew up and wrapped her hooves around Feather's neck. "My hero!" Fond said as she cuddled with Feather.
"Heck yes I am!" Feather said as he grabbed Fond and gave her a kiss on her lips.
Fond closed the booklet as she was done reading her story. "So, what do you girls think?" Fond asked. She noticed that her friends were staring with awe expressions.
"That....was....amazing!" Swoon and Dear said at once while jumping to show their enthusiasm.
"Really?" Fond asked in disbelief.
"Yeah! It was amazing how Feather was able to take that Bug Bear down!" Dear said.
"I also thought that Feather using the power of music was so fitting for him!" Swoon included.
"You guys even liked the part when Feather and I kissed?" Fond asked again.
"It was alright as it was your story after all." Swoon assured. "So it's okay for you to include that since you were taken by that Bug Bear." Fond couldn't help but smile as her friends enjoyed what she had written.
"I'm so amazed from your story that I want to write a Feather Bangs fanfic of my own!" Dear said as she ran towards the door.
"Where are you going, Dear?" Fond asked.
"I'm gonna go get some quills and paper so I can write my stories on! I'll come right back to get your advise!" Dear then galloped out of the house.
"Maybe this could be a new thing we could do together." Swoon suggested to Fond. "We could get together, write our stories, and share them with each other to get certain feedbacks. That is, if you want to." Fond smiled from hearing Swoon's idea.
"That sounds really fun." Fond responded. "It could also be another way to express how much we care for Feather."
"Great! While Dear is out getting supplies, I'll help you finish cleaning up your attic." Swoon said as she went up to the attic's stairs. As Fond followed Swoon into the attic, her mind was already sparking new ideas for new Feather Bangs fanfictions.
