Hello Fillies and GentleColts, welcome back to the story... Ugh, I feel like s*** right now... I've been trying to deal with the final projects that I have for the end of my Junior year of Highschool, and it's been kicking my ass. Also, I've been buried under a crapton of Art requests from both Internet and real life... I've been a busy guy... I have also been reading the comments down below, and just for everypony to know, you were right, the last chapter had a lot of plot holes and things that were either really unnecessary or just plain stupid... Like giving 'Cody' so many powers from the get go. I swear, I'm not trying to make him into a Gary-Sue, and if I am, please let me know! Anyways, I'll talk more at the bottom of the chapter. So just sit down, kick back, crack open a RockStar/Monster/Cold Brew/Brewski/whatever you drink, and Enjoy!
P.S. You could call this sorta like a filler chapter...
Chapter 5: Making Friends and random Shenanigans...
(PoV: Cody)
Yep, just as I thought... When I turned around, guess what I found? Give you a hint; it's not a pile of my dirty laundry, but it was indeed very colorful, both visual and in speech... You done yet? Well, the answer is a pile of pastel colored ponies that I knew too well, and they all looked like they played a really bad game of Twister. Twilight seemed to be in the middle, cursing up a storm, while Dash and Rarity somehow got their limbs tangled together with Twi's. Applejack, Pinkie, and Ditzy were on the bottom, and surprisingly enough, Fluttershy was on top... Jeez, I felt really bad for them, but I couldn't help but chuckle a little.
"Sugarcube, get your hoof outta mah face!"
"Oopsie, sorry AJ!"
"Rainbow, for Celestia's sake, take a shower every now and then! You smell like my brother after his hoofball sessions." Twilight yelled, trying to untangle herself with her magic. I looked at Dash, and boy, did she look pissed!
"Well, SORRY, Princess! I didn't get a chance to last night due to the weird weather! Rainy Drops wanted me to work overtime!", the speed demon retorted, shuffling around like the others. Weird weather? Might have been me that caused that... I mean, I did faceplant to Equestria from about, what, 2,000 feet in the air? While the group down below was tangling p even more than before, Fluttershy, being the little 'cherry' on the 'pony sundae', seemed to just be sitting atop the pile... Looking straight at me with a confused expression, strangely enough.
I began walking towards my dresser, just to grab a different outfit because... Well, my current one was torn to shreds. I don't want to freak out everyone in the neighborhood, especially my parents. A chill ran down my spine as I thought about what my folks would do if they saw me right now... Brr...
I dug around and found a pair of blue jeans, my original good-luck jacket, not the one I was wearing as it was a backup, a red button up Pendleton, and black tank top . When I turned back around, Flutters was still staring at me...
"Hey, Fluttershy?" She cocked her head to the side a little, making me resist 'squeeing' at the adorable sight. "When the others have stopped arguing and have gotten... Untangled, you mind telling them to wait for a bit? I gotta get out of these ripped clothes." She nodded in response, as I made my way out the door. I stopped as I remembered something else. "Oh, and 'Shy, if someone knocks on the door, hide in the closet." I opened the door, closed it behind me before Fluttershy could respond, walked down the stairs, and went into the bathroom. Placing the clean clothing on the the ground, I looked at the damage to my current outfit... Needless to say, I wasn't happy. The t-shirt, I could easily replace for sure, but my pants and jacket, no way in hell will I be able to fix them.
Sighing, I took off the ruined coat and shirt, and stopped when I saw my left arm. Smack dab in the middle of my forearm, there was this intricate, oval like, gray tattoo. It seemed like it like it was a design on a piece of armor, oddly Skyrim-esque, but it looked very old. What was very odd about it, wasn't the fact that I mysteriously got a tattoo, but that the skin around said tattoo was... Stiff. It was still smooth to the touch, but when I pressed down on it, it barely moved, almost like I had a slab of metal in my arm. That section of my arm just felt numb! I need to talk to the girls about this... Probably Scott, when he shows up... SHIT, I FORGOT ABOUT SCOTT! Forgetting about the tattoo, I pulled on the rest of my new clothing, and started up the stairs, until I saw my mother knocking my bedroom door... Damn it...
"Hey Ma!" I called out, getting her attention as she looked at me, a smile replacing the frown from seconds before.
"Hey kiddo! I was wondering where you were!" she responded. I smiled back at her, carrying my destroyed clothes under my arm, trying to get around her before she noticed them.
"What happened to your clothes?" ...Damn it! What should I do?! Um, ahh... OH, I got it!
"... Um, w-well, you remember Cassidy, right?" I asked, my voice wavering a bit. My mother just stares at me blankly, before facepalming.
"How many of your clothes is she going to destroy? I just bought you a pair of pants last week!"
"No idea mom, no freaking clue." I responded. I brought my hand up to the doorknob, but then remembered something, and called out to my mother as she was walking down the stairs.
"Hey Ma, did Scott call when I was go-Er, ah, I mean asleep?" She looked at me weirdly, but shook her head, and replied.
"He left a message saying he was going to be a bit late, but should be around here at 1. By the way, your Dad and I are gonna be gone for the next week after you head out." I nodded my head, understanding what she meant. Her and Pa always wanted to go out on their 'honeymoon' ever since they got married, but haven't had the money to do so.
"Alright, I hope you guys have a safe trip!" After saying that, I entered my mess of a room, and surveyed the area, noticing that the pile of ponies had gone missing. I had a good hunch on where they were, but decided to... well, play a joke on them. Walking as silently as I could, I made my way up to the closet door, and put my ear next to it.
"What's going on?"
"Ah dunno, can't hear nothin'."
"My knee feels pinchy..."
At the last whisper I heard from them, I flung the door open, and they all fell out at once.
"YAH- WHAT THE B-" Before Twilight finished, she was on the floor in a pile with her friends, once again in a colorful fashion. She glared up at me.
"Really?" She asked, as I gave her a cheeky grin.
"You better watch it, Buster! Prank me one more time like that, you'll find itch-powder covering every square inch of your room!" Rainbow threatened, I smirked even more, almost making my face the same as that of a certain feline from Alice in Wonderland.
"Dearest Rainbow, whatever do you mean? I just casually opened the door, to see what secrets would be revealed." The whole group just looked up and glared at me...except for Fluttershy.
"*Sigh*... Okay, okay, fine." I said, and they climbed to their hooves.
"Where are we?" Pinkie asked.
"We're in my house, or to be more specific, my room, as your friend just said, coincidentally." I answered, the seven gave me odd looks. "Also, I never did introduce myself." I continued, "My name is Cody Clarkson, but a few of my friends call me C.C."
"How did you do that?" Twilight asked, making me feel confused, due to the sudden change in topic.
"How did I do what?"
"Teleport." she retorted. "How did you teleport us here without the use of a portal? We shouldn't even be here right now!" I opened my mouth as if to say something, but I stopped. I started thinking about it myself, and all I could come up with was that mysterious voice...
"I… I don't know. I don't think it was… well... 'me' per say…" I answered, looking over my shoulder.
"Then who did?" She continued, and I was about to answer, when I heard the door open downstairs, followed by rushing footsteps up the stairs.
"Oh shi-! Quick! Hide in the clo-" Before I could finish, the door swung open with my long time friend, Scott, in his red flannel shirt and jeans, along with his high tech goggles, standing there. he looked excited as holding two plane tickets.
"Hey Cody- good news! I got first class tickets to...t-t-taa-aaaaaaaaaah-!?" He stammered, the volume of his voice lowering but pitch rising, making him sound like he was a strangled chicken. His mouth had also fallen agape at the sight of the seven ponies in my room…
Well, shit.
"Uhhh-! Uh-! Wha-!?" He stammered, raising his finger to point between me and the girls. My face went blank, as the color drained from Scott's skin, making his already white complexion seem like school board chalk.
"Huh-!?" He choked out.
"Yeah… Scott… turns out… they're real." Before he could let out another word, his knees gave out from under him as his barely visible eyes rolled back, and collapsed on the floor. I did a face-palm at the sight of it.
"Goddamn it, Scott." I whispered, the girls looked at Scott rather curiously…
"Uhmmm… well... sorry about the mess." I said, turning towards them.
"Who's this guy?" Pinkie asked, almost scaring me again at how close she was.
"An old buddy of mine…" I said, all the meanwhile continuing my face-palm.
"Here- help me…" I said, and Twi helped me get him up and into my bed so he could regain consciousness... all the meanwhile, Twilight looked at him, and by the look on her face, she seemed as if she had seen a ghost.
"What's wrong, Twi?" I asked, she looked up at me with almost… sad eyes?
"He looks a lot like one of the humans we met…" She said, and looked back down to the carpet floor.
"Twi?" I asked, she shook her head.
"I'm alright, really."
... Ok, this is getting awkward.
'Alright, time for a recap.' I think, 'Right now, I'm in my bedroom, surrounded by pastel colored, cartoon ponies, as my friend is rendered unconscious on my bed... Give me a break.' I look around and see that everyone who's still awake, is now looking around my barely decorated room. The only things that have up on my walls are a 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' movie poster, and a few band posters: including Weird Al Yankovic, the Kiss/Motley Crüe World Tour, and Combichrist's 'We Love You' tour... Yeah, I ain't exactly proud of the last one, but it's the only thing that reminds me of my lost friend.
"So... Who's Combichrist?", Rainbow asked. FINALLY! Someone broke the ice.
"They're an 'agro-tech' band, deriving off the electro-industrial genera." I responded in a bored tone. Walking over to my desk after seeing their confused looks, I opened up my laptop, and brought up one of their latest songs. I could see that Pinkie Pie and Dash were enjoying the beats, but Twilight and Rarity, well, they were giving me the stink eye.
Funny thing was, I think that a certain butter colored Pegasus was enjoying it too, due to her bobbing her head back and forth with a slight grin on her face. The only ones who were indifferent about the song were AJ and Ditzy. Applejack had a blank expression, while the gray pegasus just smiled.
"Why does this... Genre... need to be so-" I cut Rarity off before she said anything about my friends music tastes.
"Dirty? Vulgar?" I asked. I received a nod from her in response, as I quit the song. "To be honest, I'm not really sure. I only liked just one of their albums, and that was it. Heck, that isn't even my poster up there! That's just a... keepsake. From an old friend." This perked their attention.
"Who's this friend of yours? And why do you talk about him like he's gone?" I looked over at Twilight, who had a slightly worried expression. I sighed and closed my eyes.
"His name's Jonathan Elise. Really funny guy, the usual prankster, an overall nice person. I think you guys would've liked him. The thing is though..." I took a moment to breath, and look at them all. "About six months ago, he and another friend of mine, Jake, went missing, and the only evidence of him left was his house destroyed, and his family... Killed." A series of gasps broke the silence permeating the air. I saw that they all had a somber look... Except for Flutters and Ditzy, who looked like they were going to burst into tears at any minute.
"That's...that's horrible." Ditzy cried out, getting a few sad nods in agreement. I shook my head and walked over back over to my dresser, and pulled out a semi glowing, flat piece of Quartz crystal, just about the size of my palm.
"As sad and tragic as it may be, I know that Jon's still alive." I brought the crystal out to show them, which was almost taken out of my hands by Twilight's magic.
"...What is this?" She asked, I shook my head.
"I don't know… but it's the only thing that was found in the wreckage… well… actually…" I stopped, they gave me strange looks.
"To be perfectly honest… I took it from the wreckage. I saw it there, and… well… when I held it up to my ear, I heard a voice… his voice." I explained, they exchanged nervous looks. The crystal continued to give off its slight crimson glow.
"What did it say?" Twilight asked, I looked down at the crystal.
"...I don't know… it was too jumbled for me to make out…But it sounded like my friends' voice… I just have the feeling... Like it's some sort of sign..."
I placed the crystal back in its place in the dresser, and closed the door to it. Turning back, I noticed that Scott was starting to shift around.
"Guys- go outside-" But the moment I said that, he shot up in the bed…
...Uh-oh.
Looking back on it, I find it kind of funny… the look of utter stupor on his face was priceless, and if I were anyone else, I probably would've burst out laughing… but the situation was way too awkward. The Seven ponies seemed to be taking it rather calmly… too calmly, at that.
"Uhm... Scott? You ok, there?" I asked, hoping for him not to start screaming.
At this point, he screamed (typical), startling the seven ponies into my closet.
"What the actual feck, Cody!? What is this-!? Wha-!? I mean- Ugh… I must be having a crazy dream- wake me up!" He shouted, tearing off his goggles and sloshing a glass of water from my desk onto his face… only to be even more surprised he didn't wake up.
"Hey, watch the sheets, man! I just changed these!" I shouted, looking for a towel to dry the now wet area.
He stared at the seven backed into a closet, looking almost horrified. I realized how he was feeling at that moment… and the sheets became the least of my hung his head in utter confusion.
"Girls... Do you mind giving us a few minutes? Scott and I need to talk..." Nodding my head towards the door, they all, in a single file line, just walked out the door, leaving just my friend and I alone.
"Need to talk? NEED TO TALK!? Ya need to explain to me why there are seven feckin' cotten candy colored ponies in your-"
SLAP!
"Ow!" He shouted, after I slapped his cheek.
"Dude- relax!" He then was silent, with nothing but a look of complete and utter confusion stuck upon him.
"...So let me get this straight… you were covered in a black mist… and woke up in Equestria?" He asked, I did a facepalm.
"Do you want me to go over it again…?" I asked, He looked to the ground…
"Jesus, man… this is ridiculous… those guys over at those occult academies got the last laugh…" He said, he removed his goggles and rubbed his eyes- revealing them to be a milky, pale white.
"Woah- dude- what's up with your-"
"Never mind that." he said, quickly hiding his eyes behind his goggles again.
"Ugh… I just… h-how is this happening!?" He asked, looking like he was on the brink of a mental breakdown.
"I… I don't know." I admitted. I remembered the Tattoo on my arm again, and wondered how it got there.
"...Cody, prove to me this isn't some joke- bring them back in."
"It's not a-"
"Bring them back in!" He demanded, surprising me.
"Okay, man! Chill! I'll go get them… just try to relax." I said, I then walked out of the room and out into the hall- only to find them empty.
'Wait… where are they…? Oh no…' I thought, bolting downstairs to find they had gone outside into the backyard, six of them running around, and Rarity looking over my Mother's' handiwork in the garden... Typical Rarity...
"I must say, Cody, your garden is stunning-" But I interrupted her.
"What are you girls doing out here!? Get inside!" I shouted.
"What-? But-" Ditzy replied, I interrupted them again.
"Just get inside!"
I then noticed two kids along the fence- to of those 'gangster-esque' kids from middle school, when they saw the seven ponies on my lawn they screamed.
"Stupid pony loving fag!" They shouted, thank god… they must have thought they were toys. They walked away. The seven stared at me in confusion.
"Get inside!" I shouted, the boys looked over their shoulders and stared as the seven ran inside… I looked back at them, and flipped them off.
"What... What the Hell?" One of them shouted, as I nonchalantly saluted them, and locked the door.
"It's your dream." I bluffed, the two looked at each other, and fainted on the side of the street.
I looked at the seven who were in the dining room.
"What in tarnation was that all 'bout?" Applejack asked, I shook my head.
"We'll get to that later… follow me." I said, and they followed me upstairs to where Scott was sitting, waiting for me and the girls… he looked somewhat stressed.
He looked up at the seven with no less surprise as earlier.
Twilight approached him.
"Good afternoon… my name is Twilight Spar-" He held his hand up, cutting her off.
"I know who you are…" He said, reaching down the front of his shirt to reveal a necklace with one of each of their marks on the necklace as beads.
The seven girls eyes widened it utter surprise. I decided to speak up.
"Girls... Did I mention that you are somewhat… popular here?" I said, as the seven looked up at me with growing surprise. I turned on the T.V. where it was in the middle of the first episode of season 5.
I watched as, for the next ten minutes or so, their jaws remained dropped to the floor… then, Applejack, Dash, and Twi all shouted, in unison:
"ACK! WHAT THE BUCK?!"
And the others stepped away from the screen, slowly… and then, Rarity fainted, Fluttershy jumped back into the closet… and I then noticed, Pinkie's hair had completely straightened,and as she turned to look at me, she gave me a sneer.
"Nice…" She said, rather sarcastically. That's when 'it' started happening.
My heart literally started skipping beats. I had seen what she was like when her hair was straight like that… and after reading a certain fanfiction about a type of pastry, it left me straight-out scared. She noticed the look on my face- and rather quickly… grew sad?
"It's because of 'that video' about me, isn't it?" She asked, I looked at her, rather surprised.
"WAIT, WHAT?" I screamed, still completely terrified of the Pink Menace before me.
"Cody! No screaming in the house!" My dad called.
"Sorry!" I called back, but my 'terror' drained when I saw a tear pool in her eye, the other six remained unphased while watching the show.
"Oh… I'm- I'm sorry… but, how did you know?" I asked, she looked up at me with wet eyes. She looked like she wanted to tell me something, but she choked on her words, and simply said:
"Secrets." She then was silent, as she bowed her head down.
I then noticed she looked like she was about to cry… how did she know about… 'that' story? I still don't know... But right then, I had to apologize, so it wasn't my top priority.
"Hey," I reached over to Pinkie with a shaky hand and placed it on her shoulder, ", I'm sorry I freaked out, ok? I just... I didn't mean to upset you." Silence. Only a short series of sniffles was what I got in return.
I felt as if something stabbed me in the heart, and I wrapped an arm around her, causing her hair to 'inflate' again- but only a bit.
"...Thank you..." She silently whispered, but only loud enough for me to hear. I smiled warmly back at her.
But the next thing she said made my heart stop altogether.
"Ah well… at least it's not those guys who waste all their time drawing 'pictures' of us." I just froze altogether... What in the- how- just... HOW?!
"I'M SORRY- WHAT!?" I shouted.
"Cody! For god's sakes, no shouting in the house!" My father yelled.
"Sorry, Jeremy! Cassidy freaked Cody out over Skype again!" Scott responded, saving me from trouble.
"What? I was talking about the bad fan art!" She said.
"Oh, thank God…" I thought.
"Not against the guys who do good fan art." She said, that's when the gears in my head started to move.
"Wait- how did you know about that?" I asked, and then, she winked.
"Secrets!" I then noticed- Twilight blinked, and she turned away from the T.V. to look at me. I reached for the remote and turned off the T.V.
"W-What the hay was that!?" Rainbow stammered.
"Well," Scott started," ya just saw what's called 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'... And it happens to be your life story." I looked back at him, a blank expression evident on my face. I stood up, and calmly walked over to him.
"... You do realize that you could've been a little bit more... Easier on them about it..." I replied in a monotone voice, getting up in his face while pulling my hair back a tad, grinning a bit. "...Right, Scotty?"
"Dude… that is so freaking creepy… it doesn't even make any sense…" he replied, stepping back a little. "And please, for the love of God, don't show me that damn eye! You know how much it creeps me out."
I sighed, letting the little bit of hair that I brushed away fall back in it's natural state.
"Cody, dude, ya literally scare everyone half to death when ya do that! Seriously, man, I know it's a genetic condition, but… Errrgh…" He said, shuddering.
"Okay! Okay! I get it!" I said, turning away from him, crossing my arms. He doesn't need to remind me every time... Then, Ditzy, being the bubbly mare she is, walked(or was it trotted) up to us.
"What's he talking about, Cody?" She asked, making me snap out of my thoughts.
"Nothing, it's nothing. Has Rares woken up yet?" I asked, looking at the fallen unicorn.
"Uhm- Cody- What the Buck!?" Twilight swore. I raised an eyebrow at her, until I realized my mistake.
"Oh right, they just found out their life story is a frickin television show… damn it Cody… goddamn it Scott..." I thought.
"Yyyyeahh… I know it's hard to believe, but… oh well…"
"But- how- I mean- why-?" Dash stammered.
"Hell if I know… imagine how I felt when I saw you guys! My heart was jumping up to my throat!" I said, shrugging.
"You seemed to take it really easily..." Ditzy spoke up, making me turn my head in her direction.
"Well- my brain had already exploded when I saw Luna, so... " I remarked.
"Wait- you saw PRINCESS LUNA?!", Scott shouted, making me cringe at how loud he was being.
"SCOTT! CODY! ONE MORE SHOUT AND I'M COMING UP THERE!" My dad called.
"Sorry, Dad/Jeremy!" Scott and I yelled back simultaneously.
"-but seriously, you met LUNA?" Scott asked.
"You KNOW about Luna?" Twilight asked, making Scott and I face palm.
"Cody! I didn't say you could have a girlfriend over!" My dad called. I froze, as the color drained from my face.
"I- I'm on Skype!" I called back.
"Suuuure…" He said, I then heard laughing. "Just turn the volume on your Laptop down a tad! I turned back to the group... And Poor Twi's face was now red as a tomato.
"Sorry about him, he's a kidder, but he's a good man at heart." I explained. She just nodded, not looking me in the eye, and trying to cover up that blazing blush of hers.
After a while, the rest of the group had 'gathered themselves' after a long pause of sheer stupor.
"So… we're basically idols here?" Rarity asked, looking extremely excited.
"Well, you can't go in any shop that doesn't have MLP merchandise anymore, so, yeah you're pretty popular." Scott answered, adjusting his goggles again.
"Flutters? Can you please come out of the closet?" I called, only getting a whimper in reply.
"It's okay Fluttershy, it's just a show." Scott said.
"Just a show? JUST A SHOW?" Rarity interrupted, startling me.
"Say what?"
"I would like to meet whatever divine soul made such an art piece!" She said, glowing with pride.
... Nothing made a sound, but a lonely cricket that found its way near the window, as everyone around just gave her an odd look.
'Egotistical much? I thought that was Dash's forte...' I thought, facepalming for what seemed like the tenth time today. Scott stood up from the bed, and looked weirdly at the pristine white equine.
"Ya do realize that the show is essentially your life sto-"
"EXACTLY!" Rarity exclaimed, cutting him off.
I was struggling hard not to laugh at this point… Scott being interrupted by Rarity? ...Priceless image..
"R-rarity?" A meek, quiet voice said, coming from the closet. A little strand of pale pink hung out from the barely opened door. 'So, Flutters finally talks...', I think to myself.
"Yes, darling?" Rarity replied in a 'sing-song' voice... How is Rarity taking this... Like this?! Fluttershy made her way out of the closet, just a little more than before.
"Uhm- well... I think that... Cody's friend w-was talking about something else. About the show, I mean." The only unicorn in the room now had a confused look stuck on her face, like she had no idea what Flutters was talking about. Shaking his head, Scott just adjusted his goggles once again before speaking.
"What I was gonna to say before ya 'rudely' interrupted me, was that it isn't just about your own life Rarity, but your friends lives as well. Don't 'cha find it just a little odd that your own life is a show for others to watch, without you knowing?" He paused, waiting for a response from her. Rarity just seemed to have finally got the message, and just looked a little uneasy. I wouldn't blame her, I'd feel the same way if I found out if my life was just an object of entertainment. Returning back to reality, I clapped my hands together, and rubbed them against each other for a few seconds.
"So, Scott, what were you going to say before your mind was screwed over?" I asked him, getting the one finger salute from him in return.
"Oh, hardy har, very funny." He responded sarcastically. "Now, before something ELSE startling happens, I got the tickets for the flight later today, Cody." I suddenly stopped, trying to get my brain working again.
'Crap baskets, I forgot the flight was today! What am I going to do with the girls?!' Looking around frantically, I saw a bunch of suitcases in my closet. 'Perfect... Only if they were smaller though... Shit!' "Aaaggghh! Why?!" I quietly said to myself.
"What's the matter, Cody?" Ditzy asked, coming towards me to see what I was staring at. I looked at her, smiling slightly at her wall-eyed face.
"It's nothing... Well, ok, it's a problem." I confessed, gaining everybody's attention. "Today, Scotty and I were going to go on a trip to see my Uncle down in Boston, but now, since you seven are here, I just don't know how we're gonna get passed security. Hell, I don't know how you all are going to be able to get outside the house unnoticed!"
"Well, why can't we just go out normally? Didn't you say that we were famous not that long ago?" Twi spoke up. I gave her a look that said 'Are you kidding me'.
"Yeah, but as cartoon characters, not real people! Imagine if something from one of your books that you loved and knew so much just somehow came alive? And you knew that they were completely fictional, too." I explained. She seemed to understand, mainly by the focused expression, and closed eyes. Scott looked at me with a concerned look.
"Cody, how are we going to get them to the airport? We can't just leave them here!" I shook my head, starting to get aggravated.
"I dunno man, we can't just waltz out the door with a handful of candy colored ponies and board a plane to Massachusetts, smiling along the way! We can't just simply stuff them in a suitcase with a spell, and hope everything is hunky dory!" I said, feeling my hair start shifting to the right.
"Um, d-dude? Y-your h-h-hair..." Scott stammered, pointing to my semi-revealed eye.
"Listen, Scott, I know, but now ain't the time. Right now, I'm more concerned about the fact that the characters from our favorite show, are right in front of us, and that we have no way of bringing them with us on our damned trip!" I felt my hair completely shift over, and as that happened, everyone else, that wasn't Scott, just either gasped, or silently screamed.
"What the Buck?!"
"Sweet Celestia!"
"What the hay?!"
"What the?!"
"Oh my Goodness!"
I looked around, and saw their faces of horror and surprise...
'Fuck me, could this get any worse?' I thought. Dash looked like she was going to attack me, while Twilight prepared a spell for the same exact thing. "Wait, wait! Hold on!" I quickly said, before any of them did something brash.
"What in tarnation is up with yer eye?!" AJ shouted, not loud enough for my dad to hear, but loud enough to echo through the room. I just sat down at my desk and rubbed my temples, as I tried to process the situation that I was in.
"That's another thing about me that I don't know about. I was just born with it, ok? I don't know why it's such a big deal." Twi just looked at me like I was an idiot, or something, and didn't even ease up her posture.
"Cody, that is the eye of a Demon! Only those with demonic blood in them have that!" She stated, making me shake my head back and forth. I chuckled a little bit, honestly not believing what she was saying.
"Really now? Great... This is just like 5th grade all over again. 'Hey everyone, let's all make fun of the kid with the weird eye!' Just because I have something wrong with my eye, doesn't mean that you should judge me on it!" I replied, making some of them look down. "I mean, look at Ditzy for example." Said mare just looked at me with wide eyes.
"Me?! Why me?" She yelled, making everyone look confused.
"Well, just because your eyes are... well... Crooked, doesn't mean that you're a bad person, right?" I asked, trying not to get too personal with how she was. I don't know how she is about the population of the Town is about her, so I want to play it safe. She looked at me, nodding her head as she thought about it.
"Well, that is true..." She said, surveying the room. "I guess that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover." I smiled, as the Mane 6 started seeing what I was talking about. Scott then spoke up.
"It's true ya know. Ya wanna know why I wear these goggles 24/7, Cody? It isn't for show." He said, taking me by surprise. He pulled off the high tech spectacles, and reveals his milky whites to the ponies in front. "I'm essentially 85% blind. The only thing I can see without these things, are your silhouettes. These here goggles however, allow me to see crystal clear. Colors, details, everything. Hell, I can see things others can't without special equipment. The point is, I had to stay home, and had to be homeschooled until I entered my 8th grade year, all 'cause I was afraid that others would make fun of me due to my handicap. Hell, I even kept it from even you Cody, because I thought ya might make a crack about it... Sorry about that, dude."
I was shocked... I mean, I had no idea about him being completely blind, but I just... I didn't know... "...Scott..." I began. "I... I'm sorry... I didn't-"
"Don't. Ya don't need to to apologize. I'm the one who should be saying sorry. I lied to ya for 4 years, and I think that I should make amends with ya." He said, interrupting me. I smiled, my hair returning back to its normal spot over my left eye. I then stood up from the swivel chair, and held my hand out to my best friend. He looked surprised after putting his goggles back on, but smiled back and took it in his own, as I pulled him in a one-armed hug, which he openly returned.
"Well, how does 'Geordi La Forge' sound for a nickname?" I asked, as I got a smack upside the head in return. "Ow!"
"Feck off." He replied, but with a grin instead of a scowl. I grinned back, rubbing my head with my hand. After that was settled down, we both looked at the group, as they stared back at us with sincere smiles. Twi then walked up and stared up at me.
"I'm sorry that I misjudged you. I guess that what Ditzy said is true. You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover." I knelt down, and rustled her hair a little. "Hey!"
"Apology accepted. Just try to think a little more carefully, and not freak out over something small. Ok?" I responded. She shot me a dirty look, but relaxed and returned back to her trademark grin.
"Ok." Then, Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity, and Fluttershy did the same thing, which made my heart soar, but brought me back to the topic at hand: how were we going to get to the airport, or even get on the plane for that matter.
"Hey Scott, how are we gonna get on the plane still?" I asked. Before the man could answer however, Twilight asked:
"Would a size adjustment spell work?" My visible eye shot wide open.
"Wait, do ya mind repeating that again, lass? I thought you said something about a 'size adjustment spell." Scott asked, almost not believing her suggestion.
"You heard correctly, Scott. There actually happens to be a spell that changes the size of an object or pony from normal to small. It only works that way. You can't grow bigger with it." Twi explained. I started getting an idea... If only...
"So, it's essentially like a shrink ray? You can return back to normal after casting it?" I asked, receiving a nod from her.
"Yes, basically like a shrink ray, and yes to the second part... Why do you ask?" I grinned, as I went to the closet and pulled out my packed backpack. I placed my laptop in it, as well as the charger and mouse in the main pocket and put my headphones around my neck. Zipping open one of the pouches, I looked back to her, as she had a confused look on her face.
"Can you make everyone around... Say... 3 inches high?" She looked back at the other Six, who started to get at what I was thinking, and looked back to me, nodding.
"It may be a little difficult, but I'm sure I can pull it off." She replied. I glanced over at Scott, who had an eyebrow raised.
"Scotty boy, you think you can take 3 of them with you onboard?" I asked, making him look at me, with a blank expression that is.
"Ya can't be serious." He began. "Ya can NOT be serious."
I laughed a little. "Oh, but I am. After all..." I paused.
"We are just taking carry-ons, right?"
To be continued...
Author's note:
Well, I hate to leave it on a really badly placed cliff hanger, but I just thought I'd leave you guys with something to chew on while I get the next chapter up and running. Trust me, you're gonna love it. Anyways, please, leave a comment down below, and please, tell me if there's anything that should be fixed, or if there's anything that you'd like to see happen, just let me know. Also, if you want me to draw any of the characters, such as Scott or Cody or any upcoming ones, let me know. I'd like the practice, and I have a few great ones to show from a dear friend who drew 1 or 2 a couple of days ago.
This is CloudGazer45, signing off. Adios amigos/amigas!
P.S.: I only took 6th grade Spanish, so I apologize for what I just did there.