This was supposed to be a one-shot, but there is just a bit too much to cover in one chapter. Tell me if you find any errors.
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"Do you think there is a problem?"
I apparently had a problem. I was mentally degrading and my sanity was burning away. I may not be as sharp as I used to be, but that was due to my break up with Colgate.
"There is no such thing as a problem, you know, just things we agree with and don't agree with." I countered, avoiding the question. As much as I appreciated the gesture, I hated opening up to people.
"Do you find anything wrong?" Dr. Hooves, my therapist, inquired.
"There is no such thing as wrong because there is more than one perspective and there is always one perspective that looks at it as good." I said flatly.Soon enough he will get frustrated. I thought. A Cutie Mark for patience this time, so it will take longer than normal to wear him down. But if there is anything I have learned it's that everypony has a breaking point.
"What has happened recently? Anything major happen?" Dr. Hooves tried once more with a look of exasperation. He probably wasn't used to patients being this difficult.
"Nothing has happened for 3 months, two weeks and 5 days." I replied, accidently answering the question.
"What happened that day?" Dr. Hooves questioned. He seemed intrigued by this sudden release of information.
"That was the day that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna found that the gap between the rich and the poor was growing too large, so they held a meeting for everypony to discuss the situation." I said, naming an unrelated event that happened that day
"I don't think you understood my question." Dr. Hooves stated. Everything about that sentence irked me. I hated being treated as if I was stupid and the way he said it certainly implied it.
"Of course I understand, it was the only thing that has happened to me in recent history. I remember that day perfectly. Me, Colgate and DD went to it, just so we could do a project." I said, revealing far too much in my frustration.
"I know who Diamond Dasher is, but who is Colgate?" Dr. Hooves said, prying his way deeper into my enigma.
"DD, or as you like to call Diamond Dasher, is my best friend. The one constant in my life. I wish I could say the same for Colgate." I said, no longer paying attention to Dr. Hooves, but to my memories.
"Who is Colgate?" Dr. Hooves said. His voice had changed from that of an interrogator to a sincere helper. Though I find that people flip-flop too easily, I appreciated this.
"Who wasn't she? She was everything to me. It hurt when I wasn't around her, and I had a feeling of ecstasy when around her." I said honestly.
"Did anything happen with your friends that day?" Dr. Hooves asked.
"I honestly have no idea what happened. It started out as a normal day." I said as I recalled that day that seemed so long ago, yet was really not that long ago. No matter how long it would be, I would never forget that day. It was a day that no matter how much I tried to shrug it off, it still persisted, breaking through my defenses and consuming my soul.
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I stared at the clock across from me. It read 4:36. The sun was just barely reaching over the horizon. I blew upwards, pushing the hair out of my eyes. I wonder if Colgate is awake. I wondered. I quickly decided to not try communication and instead continue to think of ideas that would melt away within the hour. I glanced back at the clock 4:39. "SUNOVA-" I began, only stopped by knocking. I trotted to the door. Many questions raced through my mind, but the most prominent was who the heck is awake at 4:40 in the morning? I opened the door to see two faces that actually mattered to me. Both were out of breath and looking towards the ground rather than me.
"Dude. I. Found out. About. A perfect. Final. Project. For. Us." the out-of-breath Diamond Dasher said. I loved him like a brother. We both lived in Manehattan and I met him at a cafe. He was a sky blue pegasus with a white mane. He was a nice guy who had a soft spot for introverts, or more commonly known as the shy people. We had both went to the same high school. I could still remember how I had met him. Six years ago during lunch, I was just sitting next to a tree, feeling the cool zephyr grace my coat on that warm day. I had no food as usual and he must have seen me and taken pity. Normally, I would have spit at someone who provided charity just because they felt bad, but how could I do that to a pony that had been through so much, and who truly wanted to help? He brought his lunch over and sat next to me. Neither one of us spoke for a while, until he offered me a bite of his hayburger. I politely refused, but he looked back and said "aren't you hungry? I've never seen you eat much." At that point, I had laughed and took a bite. Thanking him, we ended talked a bit and after I thought well that's the end of that. I expected him to give up, just like so many other ponies had. However, he came the next day, and the day after that and before too long, it was normal. We would help each other on homework, spot each other a few bits, but most importantly, we would be there for each other.
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"What is it?" I inquired.
"Its. Absolutely. Perfect!" Colgate exclaimed.
"The current event." Diamond said, taking a break to catch his breath. "Okay, think I'm good now. The current event project is going to be due soon, right? Well, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are doing a speech today, so we go to that, bing bang boom we are done."
"Sounds good, what are we waiting for?" I said, pumped by this idea. I normally wasn't this excited, given my complete lack of sleep, but the idea of a completed project excited me.
"Well, I guess the speech. It's at noon." Colgate said.
"Oh, where is it?" I asked.
Silence filled the room as nopony knew where this genius idea was.
"I have the flier at my place." Colgate proposed. With a bright burst of magic, Colgate teleported us to her apartment. It was a nice place that was tidy and had multicolored bubbles decorating the walls. The walls were the only source of color though, everything else was white or black, whether it was stripes or otherwise. Colgate herself was spinning in circles, dazed after her mass teleportation spell. She was not used to short distance teleportation and the greater need for accuracy made it a bit more of a strain on some ponies.
We wandered into her main room, which also happened to be her bedroom. The bed was perfectly made, though it probably had her sleeping body inside of it not too long ago. I looked at my marefriend's home, somewhere I frequented when I got sick of my bare walls and empty notebook. She gave me permission to come in whenever I wanted, but I still knocked. Maybe I didn't trust myself or maybe I wasn't sick of bare walls, just loneliness. Even if she went back to sleep after I arrived, something about somepony knowing I was there, that I was near them, was comforting.
I saw a pamphlet and picked it up. It was easy to spot, as the floor was bare and one solitary color, a deep midnight blue. The pamphlet itself had a picture of a crescent moon inside of a sun on one side. On the other, it read,
'What- Princess Celestia and Princess Luna royal announcement.
When- Tuesday, November 2nd.
Where- Ponyville.'
"I found it!" I shouted.
"Cool!" Colgate and Diamond Dasher replied enthusiastically. Colgate snagged the leaflet out of my hooves with her magic. I liked the feel of paper in my hooves, so I rarely used magic to read or write, except for picking up a pencil.
Colgate read the paper, mouthing the words that she read.
"So, where are we going?" Diamond Dasher asked.
"To Ponyville," Colgate told him, "I take it we're teleporting?"
"I don't think I can fly that far. Plus, I can't transport three people" Diamond said.
"Yeah, I guess we're teleporting. Now let's get going." I said, eager to get going. I wanted to go a lot because I had spent most of my life in Manehattan, and had never been to the quaint town.
"We should pack some food or something." Colgate said, proposing yet another great idea.
"Well, I got some spare bits, but not much food." I said, opting out of the food option.
"Same here!" was DD's reply.
"Do you two eat anything but Hayburger King?" Colgate muttered. "I guess I'll have the food covered." She sighed, walking towards her monochrome kitchen. She covered the pantry with a magical aura and opened the doors revealing all sorts of health foods.
"But that food sucks!" Diamond Dasher complained when he saw the contents she was pulling out.
His complaint only received a chuckle from her as she pulled out some food and put it in a little bag. It was a bag of her creation, one that could hold way more than it looked. Sadly, if it got too far away from a unicorn, it would compress on the contents, erasing the contents from existence, along with the bag.
Before too long, she finished packing her health food. Colgate focused her magic, her aura cloaking out bodies. She was used to long distance travel, so she was able to do it flawlessly
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My surroundings suddenly shifted as the effects of teleportation took place. I hated teleporting, but it was too nifty to ignore. We were at the town center, only 20 or 30 feet away from the stage. Seconds later, Colgate was right next to us. She, unlike me, was okay with teleportation and took it all in stride. Luckily for us, as I was unfamiliar with long-distance travel. I felt so dizzy and tired, I nearly passed out on the spo-
I was rudely pulled out of my memory by Dr. Hooves.
"How do you remember this day so well?" He asked wonderingly.
"I have wondered where I went wrong so many times, whenever I sleep, it is just a replay. Soon enough, I had it memorized." I replied.
"Continue, I was just wondering. Besides, sometimes it's good to let things out and talk about them." Dr. Hooves assured.
"Alright, so we arrived in town square..." I began as I was once again consumed by the memory, hopefully for the last time.
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"So what are we going to do for the next 6 hours?" Diamond Dasher groaned.
"I have no idea." Colgate replied, glaring at him.
"We could just chill in the park." I said, trying to act as if it wasn't that big. I had never been to a park, and was curious to know what it looked like, what it smelled like, what the grass felt like beneath my hooves and what it sounded like. I had imagined it to be quiet and peaceful, somewhere where you could just live, without a care in the world.
"Sounds good, what do you think DD?" Colgate accepted.
"Sure. Just one question. Where is it?" Diamond Dasher said, poking a hole in our plan yet again.
"Well, we aren't in a rush. We'll find it eventually." Colgate said.
Luckily, we didn't have to spend the entire time wandering around town aimlessly. We made it to the park in good time and found a place where we could sit.
After minutes of silence, Colgate whispered "It's beautiful."
"Not as beautiful as you, Blue." I countered, calling her by her pet name. I was Emmy and she was Blue, named after her gorgeous sapphire hair.
We kissed, and she blushed as she turned away. She grabbed her bag and pulled out some food.
"I'm famished, what about you guys?" Colgate said, without looking up from the food laid out in front of her.
Diamond Dasher's stomach growled. "I guess I am!" He said laughingly.
"Why not?" I smiled, going against my routine. That was something Colgate had taught me over the past two years. Sometimes, it was best to deviate from the plan.
Colgate began to make sandwiches filled with carrots, lettuce, sprouts and chips. Her specialty and my favorite. She finished the first one and received a look of protest when she gave it to Diamond Dasher. She began a second one out of the same materials, but this time she locked eyes with me, not looking away for a second. The end result was a kiss on the cheek and a sandwich without a sprout out of place.
After we were done and she knew we were satisfied, she made her own sandwich. It was moments like these that made me feel like a bad coltfriend, knowing that she was making sure I was happy before tending to her own needs. Nevertheless, I still said nothing as usual and was content to watch her work and eating the sandwich slowly.
"So what do you guys want to do now?" Diamond Dasher asked now that his stomach was full.
"The clouds." I said, directing my hoof to the skies above, not as a warning, but a suggestion.
"Fine then." Diamond said, lying down on the grass. The three of us watched the sky as dawn began to creep away, taking away its orange influence. The wispy clouds crawled across the sky. I felt as if I had seen it before, but I didn't care.
That was another thing I learned from my relationship with Colgate. Not to care about every little thing, because no matter how much was wrong, there was one thing right. Her. Looking back, I wonder how much she learned, other than how to deal with bums like me, people who don't contribute much."
"Why did you stop?" Dr. Hooves asked, perplexed by my sudden silence.
I chuckled. "My mouth is getting a bit sore. Could I just skip to the actual event?" I asked. I really was feeling tired, my jaw aching.
"Do whatever you like." Dr. Hooves said. "We have plenty of time left."
"Fine, thank you. So we had finished listening to the princesses, and it was not motivating... at all." I said, falling back into the hole that had claimed me so many times before.
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"How the heck are we supposed to write a report on that?" Diamond Dasher asked, putting our collective thoughts into words.
We continued to walk away from the town center until we spotted a café.
Without confirmation that anypony else was going to join them, we walked in. Great minds think alike, I guess.
We collapsed at a table and I glanced at the clock. It was well past three, so the princesses talked for over three hours. The problem wasn't lack of substance; it was that there was nothing of importance.
"Well that was a waste." Colgate groaned.
"No kidding. All they really did was talk about food prices and such." I agreed with her. She didn't look like she was comfortable, as if she didn't want to be here.
"What's wrong Blue?" I asked, concerned.
"I want to take a break." She said, disbelief apparent on my face.
"From what? Do you want to go back home?" I asked, still confused.
"From this relationship. I love you- a lot- but I just feel we are together and doing stuff with each other, but not together in the spirit." Colgate said softly, not meeting my gaze.
I was speechless. This did not comprehend with me. When it did, I began to cry. I broke down in public and didn't care. She had tears in her eyes, but it wasn't even close to where I was. Half of my life was torn away. I had already selected a wedding band; I was going to propose once I finally bought them. I rarely ate because I knew that once we were together forever, it would all be worth it.
"I was going to propose. Please! We can make this work." I begged.
She shook her head. This further rejection brought anger, something I hadn't felt in years. Such a flood of emotion that it overwhelmed my sense of decency and restraint.
"FINE! IF YOU DON'T WANT ME IN YOUR LIFE, THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF MINE!" I yelled, instantly regretting it. Nopony yelled at a mare. Anypony who did was disgusting, the scum of Equestria. I galloped out of the cafe, leaving Colgate to feel bad about what she had done. Diamond Dasher followed, but he was trying to catch up to me. The rage I felt simmered, slowly being quenched as I galloped father away. The rage disappeared, and I felt, not self-pity, but disgust. I yelled at a mare. Somepony who had mattered so much to me for so long. I collapsed at the base of a tree, the same one from earlier. I heard hoofsteps behind me, somehow knowing it was Diamond Dasher. He came closer, but I curled up into a sobbing ball.
"Don't worry. This is just a new chapter." Diamond Dasher murmured, attempting and failing to comfort me.
"I just lost everything, and you say 'don't worry?'" I said, mocking his choice of words. I began to cry even harder.
"You haven't lost everything, not by a long shot." He pointed out.
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