Chapter 2 - The Voice
"Roger?"
Roger started to wake up from his sudden fall. He slowly dragged himself up and quickly started thinking of what happened. "OK, I was unlocking the door and then I suddenly jumped back a few feet, slipped, fell and landed on my back... and it hurt! But why did I jump back for no reason?"
"Maybe that was because of me... I'm sorry if you hurt yourself."
Roger screamed from absolute terror as a voice, as friendly as a mother's, spoke out to him from nowhere. Trying to keep his reputation as a heartless bully, he started shouting at the voice. "Who's there? I demand that you show yourself!"
The friendly voice giggled. "Well, if I show myself to you, you might get the shock of your life."
"What the hell are you talking about!"
"I mean, you might freak out and something bad might happen."
"OK... just tell me where you are so I can teach you a lesson because whatever you are planning, it's not going to work."
"I am in Equestria, a distant land from where you are which is populated by-"
"WHAT THE FU*K ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!" Roger's voice boomed down his street and a group of people nearby overheard and looked to see who the thunderous voice belonged to with confusion on their faces. When they saw Roger Larkfield, the school bully that puts fear into everybody's hearts, they dashed away with fright on their faces.
The voice was shocked with Roger's sudden anger. "Excuse me? Is that any way to speak to a Princess?"
"Well, no but- wait a minute... PRINCESS?"
"Yes, my name is Princess C-"
"Cinderella? Oh FU*K NO! ANYTHING BUT HER! NO!" It turns out that Cinderella is Roger's most disliked film of all time, but the worst of all is that he is forced to watch it with his sister, Sally Larkfield, from start to finish every day of his life because she LOVES it. What will happen if people find out about it? Roger Larkfield watches Cinderella?
His life would be ruined... FOREVER!
"Who is Cinderella? Please tell me, Roger."
"Firstly, how do you know my name? And how are you talking to me from that place... um, what's it called?"
""Equestria"... and I'm talking to you via magic."
"Magic? Can this get any more stupid?" Roger thought to himself.
"Stupid, Roger?"
The Princess can read anybody's mind with magic, something Roger didn't know about at all. He screamed, fearing she would do something magical to him. "ARGH! I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean for you to hear that." He quickly controlled himself and asked: "So, you know about me because of your magic?"
The Princess chuckled with a young, girly tone, cleared her throat and then quickly started talking like a real Princess again. "No... surprisingly, magic has nothing to do with it. I hacked your school's website and checked all the student's records of who they are, where they come from, who their families are and most importantly, who their FRIENDS are... and your description matches perfectly with the student called Roger Larkfield."
"Wait! So you can see me right now? Prove it!" Roger waited patiently for the Princess to respond.
"Well, you have short, spiky hair..."
"Yes."
"Black jacket, which is unbuttoned, black shirt, black trousers, black boots, green eyes and your body ALWAYS looks like it has been bench-pressing."
"Wow! You proved it! I'm impressed!" Roger wasn't expecting the Princess to get EVERY detail of him right, even if she is in a completely different world.
The Princess giggled. "Believe me; I'm smarter than you think, Roger."
Roger then remembered that the Princess said she "hacked" the school website. "How can you hack the school website without magic? You're a Princess, not a crime scene investigator!"
"Um... well, IronHeart, my royal guard who is first in command, has a son who is mad about computers; he taught me how to hack websites made by humans."
Roger noticed something in that sentence that he had to question. "Wait Princess... did you just say "humans"?"
"Yes, why do you ask?"
Roger gave a "don't ignore me and answer the question" look into thin air, trying to get the Princess to see it, and she saw it... she saw it as clear as day. She knew why he was looking at her like that.
"Oh, right! Well, you see... I'm not human."
"Really! Wow, I wouldn't have guessed!" Roger sarcastically said.
"Your sarcasm is well timed, I'll give you that."
Roger felt proud of himself after that comment. "Thanks, Princess!"
"Please Roger, call me Princess Celestia."
"Celestia? Haven't heard that on Disney."
"D-Disney?"
Roger instantly knew what Celestia wanted him do to. "NO! I'M NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT STUPID DISNEY! NO WAY!"
Celestia whined. "But, it sounds so exciting and interesting!"
Roger gave a deep and frustrated sigh. "Fine... Disney is a human-made film company-" "I can't believe I'm doing this..." "Who make films for children. That's it." Roger waited for Celestia to respond, fearing at what she might say. He didn't want to talk about Disney. He was way too old for it... and it would be embarrassing.
"Well, that was... interesting. What do the films teach children about?" Celestia had a look of curiosity on her face.
"Are you kidding me!" "Can't you research about Disney on the internet, Celestia?"
Celestia looked up in surprise. "Roger, you can't tell a Princess what to do... especially me!"
Roger sighed again. "I have to tell you, don't I?"
"Yes... you do." Celestia giggled.
Roger took a deep breath and started to talk to Celestia about what Disney teaches children. "Disney teaches children about getting along with family members, being brave, friendships, relations-"
"Friendships?" Celestia interrupted Roger.
"Y-yes, friendships." Roger said with a surprised face.
"Wow, my student is learning about friendship, even as we speak."
"Good for him."
"Her!" Celestia said aggressively.
"What?"
"Good for HER, is what you mean, Roger."
"Sorry, I'm just used to students being BOYS that's all." Roger then looked at his watch, which not surprisingly, was black. The watch read 10:25... Roger and Celestia have been talking for 15 minutes. "Would you look at that time?" Celestia didn't understand what Roger meant. "Sorry Celestia, I have to go inside my house... we'll talk later, OK?"
Celestia waited for a few seconds... and then she responded. "OK, talk to you later, Roger. Bye!" And quicker than she started, Celestia faded away from Roger and then everything went silent. Roger sighed with relief, walked to the door and started turning the keys again. The door started to open with a creak when suddenly, the phone upstairs started ringing. Roger quickly closed the door, ran up stairs into his parents' room and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
To Be Continued...
Wow, this chapter took longer to make than I predicted... sorry to those who were dying of boredom while waiting for this chapter to arrive :P
Josh Meihaus: Thank you for your review on Chapter 1. You gave me great tips on how to be a better writer and I'm very grateful for having a friendly member of my audience. I'm still trying to "show" the reader the story but it's really difficult, please don't think I'm ignoring your hints because I'm not.
PS3Concerned: You're quite the messenger, aren't you? Sending me messages every day... my official FanFiction postman :P Yes, it would be funny if Roger beats up RD... the only problem is that she just so happens to be my favourite pony; I might have to carry some tissues with me because some blood and tears will have to be involved, especially if I'm typing ;(
Xtremesmw: No, I won't have any OCs or shipping in this story. Sorry if this disappoints you.
